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The Chicago Bulls were a force to be reckoned with back in the 1990s. The NBA team won their first NBA Championship in franchise history in 1991, and then never seemed to stop. Powered by players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and later on Dennis Rodman, they were unstoppable. In the whole decade of the 1990s, the Bulls won six NBA championships out of a possible 10. Naturally, they had all the eyeballs back then and celebrities liked to hang out with them.

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Incidentally, Dennis Rodman was dating Carmen Electra, a popular singer and a Hollywood actress. Meanwhile, the former player of the Chicago Bulls, Bill Wennington once recalled a time when a famous actor came over to the locker room to meet the Bulls squad after their 1998 Championship win.

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Michael Jordan meeting Leonardo DiCaprio

Michael Jordan and the Bulls dominated the Utah Jazz in the finals of the 1998 NBA Finals. The Bulls won the series 4-2, the win came after a first-game defeat of the Bulls. After which they bounced back with three consecutive wins to more or less end the series a couple of games later.

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?Many celebrities came to watch the Bulls? games. Jim Carrey, the legend Muhammad Ali, and Oprah Winfrey famously held a Dennis Rodman jersey, just to name a few. After the 1998 NBA Finals win, Leonardo DiCaprio also appeared in the locker room of the Chicago Bulls congratulating the whole squad.

Three-time NBA Champion Bill Wennington recalled the incident “Leonardo DiCaprio came into the locker room after the Utah victory in ’98 ? that was just after ‘Titanic’ came out.” The former Bulls player added, ?Everyone was celebrating and in the moment, so it was more like ‘Look whose here.’?

In fact, the Chicago Bulls roster were so busy celebrating their grand feat, they barely possessed the state of mind to process the presence of celebrities. On the contrary, they were more invested in their remarkable achievement.

Nevertheless, Michael Jordan had a fruitful conversation with the legendary actor. DiCaprio bid goodbye to Jordan after praising his skills on the hardwood. ?What you did out there was poetic!? Leonardo said after meeting His Airness.

Bulls’ 1998 campaign to the NBA Finals

The Chicago Bulls had, as always, an amazing campaign in the regular season with 62 Wins. In addition, they finished first in their division and conference.

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The Bulls didn?t play the seventh game in any series of the playoffs except the Conference finals against the Indiana Pacers.?

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