pacers gave the bulls the biggest scare that season. They fought tooth and nail with them and came so close to winning that series. The 97 jazz gave the bulls a much scarier fight than the 98 jazz did. In 1997 with the series 2-2 and utah having a 16 point lead and mj sick with the flu, that series could have gone either way.
Even if the bulls had stayed together for the 99 season, i just couldn't see them 4 peating. They were on their last legs during that 98 season.