Originally published June 17, 1996.
Finally!
The NBA championship trophy is back in Chicago.
The long, improbable journey back to basketball’s promised land — which began with Michael Jordan’s stunning comeback, was detoured by last season’s playoff failures, righted with a historic regular season and delayed a few days by a couple of last-second potholes — finally is complete.
And once more, the Bulls triumphantly raised the Larry O’Brien Trophy in celebration.
They secured their fourth NBA championship in six years Sunday night with an 87-75 victory against the Seattle SuperSonics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the United Center.