The 24-3 Bulls and 20-5 Pistons owned the two best records in the NBA at the time of this Christmas Day game in 1996, Doug Collins was in his second year as Detroit coach.
Luc Longley missed the contest for Chicago due to an injury suffered in a surfing accident a month earlier.
You heard me.
“It was a shark attack,” Longley said, searching for some hum…
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