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The 1990s Bulls: basketball quiz

17 October 2026 · Six titles in eight years: how well do you know the men who won them?

Quiz questions

  1. In 1989 the Bulls' coach took the team to the Eastern Conference finals. That summer Chicago fired him and handed the job to his assistant, Phil Jackson. Twelve years later the fired coach and Jordan were reunited in another city. Who was he?

    • Kevin Loughery
    • Stan Albeck
    • Doug Collins
    • Jerry Sloan
    Answer

    Doug Collins. He coached Jordan again with the Washington Wizards in 2001-2003. As a player he made two free throws with three seconds left in the 1972 Olympic final in Munich. The last seconds were then replayed. Kevin Loughery was Jordan's first NBA coach, in 1984-85.

  2. Game 6 of the 1998 Finals in Salt Lake City. Jordan stole the ball near his own basket. Seconds later, with 5.2 seconds left, he hit the jumper that clinched Chicago's sixth title. Which Utah player was guarding him on that shot?

    • Karl Malone
    • Bryon Russell
    • John Stockton
    • Jeff Hornacek
    Answer

    Bryon Russell. The steal came from Karl Malone. Chicago won 87-86, and that jumper was Jordan's last shot as a Bull.

  3. The 1996-97 Bulls won 69 games and the title. On their bench sat a veteran center who had signed with them the previous September. That June he collected his fourth championship ring as a player. Who?

    • James Edwards
    • John Salley
    • Bill Cartwright
    • Robert Parish
    Answer

    Robert Parish. His first three rings came with the Boston Celtics (1981, 1984, 1986). In 1997, at 43, he became the oldest player to win an NBA title, then retired. John Salley also finished with four rings, but his fourth came with the Lakers in 2000.

  4. Chicago drafted Toni Kukoč in 1990, and Jerry Krause courted him from then on. That is why Jordan and Pippen hounded him all game at the 1992 Olympics. In Kukoč's first NBA season Phil Jackson drew up a last-second playoff play for him against the Knicks. A teammate then refused to go back on the floor. Which season was it?

    • 1992-93
    • 1993-94
    • 1994-95
    • 1995-96
    Answer

    1993-94. Kukoč stayed at Benetton Treviso until 1993. He made his NBA debut that November, a month after Jordan's first retirement. Scottie Pippen refused to play the final 1.8 seconds of that Game 3, and Kukoč won it at the buzzer.

  5. Chicago got Scottie Pippen on the night of the 1987 draft. Another team took him fifth and immediately traded him. In return it got the center the Bulls had picked eighth. Four picks later the same team took forward Derrick McKey. Which team drafted Pippen?

    • New Jersey Nets
    • Sacramento Kings
    • Seattle SuperSonics
    • Cleveland Cavaliers
    Answer

    The Seattle SuperSonics. They got Olden Polynice in return, and with the tenth pick that night the Bulls also took Horace Grant. The Nets picked third and took Dennis Hopson.

  6. From 1991 to 1998 the Bulls reached six NBA Finals and won all six. Three of these teams lost one of those Finals to Chicago. Which one never met the Bulls in a Finals in that span?

    • Portland Trail Blazers
    • Houston Rockets
    • Phoenix Suns
    • Seattle SuperSonics
    Answer

    The Houston Rockets, who won the two titles in between, in 1994 and 1995. In the Finals Chicago beat Portland (1992), Phoenix (1993) and Seattle (1996). The other three Finals came against the Lakers (1991) and Utah (1997, 1998).

  7. Four stops. Two of them ended with championship rings, both times under the same head coach. Whose career path is this?

    • Steve Kerr
    • Horace Grant
    • B.J. Armstrong
    • Ron Harper
    Answer

    Ron Harper. He won three titles with the Bulls (1996-1998) and two with the Lakers (2000, 2001), all under Phil Jackson. Horace Grant also won rings with Jackson in both Chicago and Los Angeles. But his career began with the Bulls.

  8. Chicago's late-1990s title teams had a well-travelled bench. Three of these four champions had already played at an Olympic Games before they ever pulled on a Bulls jersey. Which one had not?

    • Steve Kerr
    • Joe Kleine
    • Bill Wennington
    • Luc Longley
    Answer

    Steve Kerr. He won the 1986 World Championship with the USA but was cut from the 1988 Olympic tryout pool. Joe Kleine won gold with the USA in Los Angeles in 1984. At the same Games, Wennington's Canada lost the bronze game 88-82 to Yugoslavia. Longley's Australia finished fourth in Seoul in 1988.

  9. Jordan put up this line in one of Chicago's NBA Finals wins. Which game was it?

    • Game 6, 1998 Finals
    • Game 4, 1993 Finals
    • Game 5, 1997 Finals
    • Game 6, 1997 Finals
    Answer

    Game 5 of the 1997 Finals in Salt Lake City, the Flu Game. Jordan played while ill, and the Bulls won 90-88. At the end he collapsed into Scottie Pippen's arms. He scored 39 in Game 6 and was named Finals MVP.

  10. At the 1991 All-Star Weekend a Bulls guard made 19 shots in a row in the Three-Point Contest, a contest record. It was the second of his three straight wins in the event. Who?

    • Craig Hodges
    • John Paxson
    • B.J. Armstrong
    • Steve Kerr
    Answer

    Craig Hodges won the contest in 1990, 1991 and 1992, and Chicago waived him after the 1992 title. Steve Kerr won it as a Bull in 1997.

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