1995–96 NBA season

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The 1995–96 NBA season is best known for the Chicago Bulls’ record-setting 72–10 regular-season performance and subsequent NBA championship, widely regarded as one of the greatest team seasons in basketball history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA season
allStarGame 1996 NBA All-Star Game
allStarGameHostCity San Antonio
allStarGameMVP Michael Jordan
allStarGameVenue Alamodome
BullsHeadCoach Phil Jackson
BullsHomeArena United Center
BullsKeyPlayer Dennis Rodman
Luc Longley
Ron Harper
Steve Kerr
Toni Kukoč
BullsPlayoffRecord 15–3
BullsRegularSeasonRecord 72–10
BullsStarPlayer Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
champion Chicago Bulls
coachOfYear Phil Jackson
conference Eastern Conference
Western Conference
defensivePlayerOfYear Gary Payton
EasternConferenceChampion Chicago Bulls
endDate 1996-06-16
executiveOfYear Jerry Krause
expansionTeamDebut Toronto Raptors
Memphis Grizzlies
surface form: Vancouver Grizzlies
finals 1996 NBA Finals
finalsMVP Michael Jordan
league National Basketball Association
mostImprovedPlayer Gheorghe Mureșan
MVP Michael Jordan
nextSeason 1996–97 NBA season
notableAchievement Chicago Bulls set then-NBA record for most regular-season wins
notableTeamRecord Chicago Bulls 72–10 regular-season record
numberOfGamesPerTeam 82
numberOfTeams 29
playoffFormat 16-team playoff with best-of-five first round and best-of-seven later rounds
previousSeason 1994–95 NBA season
rookieOfYear Damon Stoudamire
runnerUp Seattle SuperSonics
seasonNumber 50
sixthManOfYear Toni Kukoč
sport basketball
startDate 1995-11-03
televisionPartner NBC
TBS
TNT
WGN America
surface form: WGN

local regional sports networks
WesternConferenceChampion Seattle SuperSonics

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Chicago Bulls notableSeason 1995–96 NBA season