Table of Contents CHAPTER PAGE Meet the Bulls 4 Glory Days 6 Home Court 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Basketball 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Fast Break 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
Meet the Bulls B asketball fans love to look at statistics Even so numbers umbers don’t tell you everything about a team The Chicago Bulls oo BBuullllss are proof of this They won six championships during the 1990s 90s And though the Bulls of this era had the game’s greatest player the secret to their success was teamwork That type of team spirit has been a tradition in Chicago since the team’s first season in the National Basketball Association NBA The Bulls play with fire and intelligence They work hard on defense and fight for every rebound And they never give up This book tells the story of the Bulls When a game comes down to a few crucial plays they do all the little things that add up to victory The Bulls are known for helping one another making sacrifices and blending their talents to win n Those are the things that statistics can never measure Taj Gibson hugs Tony Snell after a last-second victory during the 2013 14 season 5
