The Chicago Bulls are rivals with a Detroit basketball team.
 The Chicago Bulls became the third NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (19461950) and the Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (19611963, now the Washington Wizards)
 The Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks in five and six games, respectively, thereby reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 1998 to 2023, and faced the Miami Heat

