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This Bulls' 72-Win Mixtape Is a Solid Reminder of Just How Nasty They Were

Let's just put aside comparisons between the '96 Bulls and the 2016 Warriors, and recognize how good these guys really were.

You've had to endure countless think pieces about which team would beat who—the 95-96 Bulls, or the 2015-2016 Warriors—and they are getting annoying as hell. But there's always something off about these arguments. A lot of them are wrapped in the gauze of hazy memories. Old timers spinning tales on the porch. But just how good were the Bulls? The answer: really, really fucking good.

Today, to commemorate the potential last night the Bulls stand alone with 72 season wins—what with the 71-9 Golden State Warriors playing the (albeit dominating) Spurs—the NBA cooked up a batch of clips to remind us of exactly what those hazy memories were made of. (They even made a quaint little CD jewelcase graphic to accompany it [for those of you not born yet, a CD is a compact disc, and it stores… nevermind; just look it up on your internets.])

The standout takeaway from the mixtape is just how sick these guys were in the paint. The dunks, the no-look passes, the lay-ins, the tip-ins, the post-ups, the alley-oops. All the hyphenated connecting plays you could ask for. The chemistry! They acted as one fluid machine of destruction. It truly is impossible to tell how the deep three-shooting Warriors would play against this kind of dominance in the key. We don't have a time machine, and it'd be weird to see two Steve Kerrs. But let's just put aside comparisons for a second and recognize, stand-alone, just how fucking good these Bulls really were. It's spectacular.

[h/t Complex Sports]