Bulls pick out up fourth championship with 87-75 win over Sonics

Originally printed June 17, 1996. Finally! The NBA championship trophy is again in Chicago. The lengthy, unbelievable adventure again to basketball’s promised land — which started with Michael Jordan’s surprising comeback, was once detoured through final season’s playoff disasters, righted with a historical steady season and not on time a couple of days through a few last-second potholes — after all is whole. And all over again, the Bulls triumphantly raised the Larry O’Brien Trophy in party. They secured their fourth NBA championship in six years Sunday evening with an 87-75 victory in opposition to the Seattle TremendousSonics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on the United Center. “I can’t even put it in words; it’s been a long road,” stated