Ranking the Chicago Bulls' 6 Championships

#5 1997-98 62-20 record, 15-6 in the playoffs, defeated Utah 4-2

The shot that ended Jordan's Bulls career and clinched the 6th title.

The third title of the second three-peat title comes in fifth as, once again, fatigue played a huge factor in the Bulls season. They were in the midst of completing the best three-year run, record-wise, of any team in NBA history, and by the end, they were hanging on by a thread. In an inverse of the 92-93 season, the Bulls maintained their defensive consistency, ranking third in the league, while watching their offensive efficiency dipped to an unheard of ninth.

This team faced adversity early on, as Pippen only played 44 games on the season with a bad back, key reserve Steve Kerr only played 50 games and Toni Kukoc and Dennis Rodman toggled back and forth in the starting lineup. However, they still had Jordan for all 82, and while his efficiency scoring was starting to dip, he only shot 46% this season, they still had his dominant will to win carrying them to 62 wins, tied for the best record in the league.

In the Playoffs, they faced one of their toughest challenges in the Eastern Conference Finals, as the Indiana Pacers pushed them to the brink of elimination before the Bulls pulled out a grind it out game 7, 88-83. In the Finals, the Bulls were gassed and had to fall back on mythical championship mettle to pull out the title.

MJ and Pippen shot horribly for the series, having to rely on an efficient Toni Kukoc to help buoy them, while Dennis Rodman was a shell of himself by the end of the series, averaging 8 rebounds a game. In the end, Jordan cemented his and this team's legacy, going basket, steal, basket to clinch game 6 on the road by one point.