1996 Chicago Bulls win their 4th title... on Father's Day

one of, if not the most dominant nba teams of my generation is the 1996 chicago bulls. with michael jordan coming out of retirement and dennis rodman joining the team, the bulls finished the regular season with a 72-10 record, something that i think will be quite hard to break in this time and age in the nba. the bulls, behind the trio of jordan, rodman, and scottie pippen, only lost once (to new york) in their road to the finals, where they faced the seattle supersonics led by the dynamic duo of shawn kemp and gary payton. despite the injuries of pippen and ron harper, the bulls won the title in 6 games, which was the first championship of their second three-peat. the video above features highlights of that memorable game that i had to watch in the priest's television room in the minor seminary when i was in first year high school.

this championship was special to michael jordan, who dedicated the game and the championship to his father james jordan jr. his father was murdered a month after leading the bulls to their first three-peat against the phoenix suns in 1993, which was one of the factors behind his two year retirement from the game. coincidentally, game 6 of the finals happened on father's day of the same year.

on this day, we remember our fathers who have been there for us through our ups and downs, supporting us in our own paths in life, teaching us valuable life lessons, reminding us of what is truly essential, and inspiring us to be the best that we can be. more importantly, our fathers reflect us the face of our loving and merciful father in heaven. happy father's day!