Chicago Bulls Milestones

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How the Chicago Bulls history timeline game works

Bulls history arrives one moment at a time here, and you line the moments up by the year they happened. Each headline comes with a short description under it. A single card begins on the line with its year in plain view. For every card after that you pick a gap; the right one reveals the year, and the wrong one costs you one of three lives while the card moves to its true spot.

Most people know the dynasty, and the deck leans into it, so expect a tight run of championship cards that are hard to separate. The descriptions are your friend there: a famous game, a record season or a single performance often tells you which title it was. Outside that run, the cards cover the franchise's early years and a long rebuild afterward, with high draft picks and coaching hires that are easy to misplace.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 28 of the 29 cards you might be dealt, with 1 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Played their first NBA season The expansion club made the playoffs in its debut year under coach Johnny Kerr
Set a franchise wins record behind Bob Love and Jerry Sloan The gritty early-1970s squad won 57 games in the regular season
Reached the Western Conference Finals The team pushed Golden State to a Game 7 before falling short
Acquired Artis Gilmore The star center came aboard through the ABA dispersal draft
Drafted Michael Jordan Chicago took the North Carolina guard third overall, behind Hakeem and Sam Bowie
Jordan named Rookie of the Year as Reinsdorf's group buys the club The rookie averaged 28 a night the same year new ownership took control
Jordan scored 63 in a playoff game at Boston Garden His double-overtime outburst set a postseason single-game record against the eventual champs
Drafted Scottie Pippen A draft-night deal with Seattle landed the future co-star from Central Arkansas
Phil Jackson hired as head coach The triangle-offense disciple was promoted from the bench to lead the team
Jordan scored a career-high 69 points His personal best came in an overtime win at Cleveland
Won the franchise's first NBA championship They beat Magic Johnson's Lakers for the title
Repeated as NBA champions They downed Clyde Drexler's Trail Blazers in the Finals
Completed the first three-peat They outlasted Charles Barkley's Suns before Jordan's first retirement
United Center opened The team moved across the street from old Chicago Stadium into a new arena
Acquired Dennis Rodman The rebounding specialist arrived from San Antonio for Will Perdue
Won a fourth title after a record 72-10 season They capped the greatest regular season ever by beating Seattle
Won the fifth title on Jordan's 'flu game' An ailing Jordan carried them past Utah in the Finals
Won the sixth title on 'The Last Shot' Jordan's jumper over Bryon Russell beat Utah again before the dynasty broke up
Drafted Elton Brand first overall With Jordan gone, they took the Duke big man atop the draft
Drafted Kirk Hinrich The Kansas guard became a building block of the post-Jordan rebuild
Signed Ben Wallace in free agency The reigning Defensive Player runner-up joined from the rival Pistons
Drafted Derrick Rose first overall The hometown Memphis guard went No. 1 after they won the lottery
Tom Thibodeau hired as head coach The defensive tactician's arrival coincided with signing Carlos Boozer
Rose became the youngest MVP in league history At 22, the point guard won the award while leading a 62-win team
Rose tore his ACL in a playoff opener The MVP went down in Game 1 against Philadelphia
Fred Hoiberg hired as head coach The former Iowa State coach replaced Thibodeau on the bench
Traded Jimmy Butler for Zach LaVine A draft-night swap with Minnesota reshaped the roster
Drafted Coby White The North Carolina guard was taken seventh overall