The 1996–97 NBA season was the Bulls' 31st season in the NBA. During the offseason, the Bulls signed free agent Robert Parish, who won championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s. The Bulls, on the backs of recording another first-place finish in their division and conference, repeated as NBA champions. The Bulls were led by Michael Jordan, rebound ace Dennis Rodman and perennial All-Star small forward Scottie Pippen, with the latter two (Jordan and Pippen) both being selected for the 1997 NBA All-Star Game. Other notable players on the club's roster that year were clutch-specialist Croatian Toni Kukoc, and sharp-shooting point guard Steve Kerr. Late in the season, they signed free agent Brian Williams, who would play in the final nine games of the regular season. Though, the Bulls look to make history against the New York Knicks in their final regular season game of the year, Pippen missed a game-winning 3 and they finished with a 69–13 record, just missing out on becoming the first team in NBA history to have back-to-back 70 wins seasons.

In the playoffs, the Bulls would go on to beat the Washington Bullets 3–0 in the first round, the Atlanta Hawks 4–1 in the semifinals, and the Miami Heat 4–1 in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals where they defeat the Utah Jazz in six games for their fifth title in seven years. Following the season, Parish retired and Williams went off to sign with the Detroit Pistons.

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