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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whenever Shaquille O'Neal, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton and Co. play, it will look like the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals. There is no way that this N.B.A. All-Star team will lose a game or even a night's sleep. The battle for the silver will also feature N.B.A. stars: Vlade Divac of Yugoslavia, Arvydis Sabonis of Lithuania and Toni Kukoc of Croatia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIEWER'S GUIDE | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...Thursday for their 67th win of the season, then returned home to play Philadelphia the next night and demolished the 76ers, 112-82, for No. 68. The victory over the Nets was particularly instructive, because while most of the 20,000 fans had come to see Jordan, Rodman and Pippen, they ended up seeing an awful lot of Randy Brown, James Edwards and Dickey Simpkins. At one point in the fourth quarter, with Jordan and Pippen on the bench, the Nets closed to within nine points. Coach Phil Jackson sent to the rescue...Jud Buechler. The funny thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: CUNNING OF THE BULLS | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

...doing this with mirrors and smoke. But the reality has sunk in that this team deserves it all for the way they are playing. We've had some breaks this year, without a doubt, but we've had some hard times too." Indeed, the Bulls have weathered injuries to Pippen, Rodman and center Luc Longley, as well as Rodman's six-game suspension for head butting a referee. Since then Rodman has been on his best behavior--relatively speaking. Asked to assess Jackson as a coach and as a man, the tinted one replied, "Great coach. As a man, well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: CUNNING OF THE BULLS | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

...76ers for 48 points just to leave an impression on rookie and fellow North Carolina alum Jerry Stackhouse. In fact, there are those who say the best there ever was is even better this time around. "The game's easy for him now," says Pippen. "He's a much smarter player; he's using his head a lot more." According to Pippen, Jordan's leadership role has also expanded, from merely setting an example to making sure his teammates follow his example. "Let's face it," says the Nets' Williams. "Michael's second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: CUNNING OF THE BULLS | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

...Pippen to Rodman to Air has a nice sort of ring to it, but before anyone starts writing poems about dese Bulls, he or she might want to consider this: the Cubs' gonfalon bubble in 1906 was burst by the White...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASKETBALL: CUNNING OF THE BULLS | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

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