NBA Live 97 (PS1) (Bulls vs Pistons) (April 13th 1997)
Back to The Palace of Auburn Hills the Chicago Bulls go on April 13th for their final Regular Season game against the Detroit Pistons. Just a few more games left before Playoff time, and it can't get here any sooner. Fun fact: To those who haven't noticed, I've created and had Matt Steigenga in my Bulls roster ever since I began the regular season in this NBA Live game, but guess what? In real life, he wasn't added into the Bulls roster until THIS GAME!That's right, the Bulls vs Pistons game on April 13th 1997 was Steigenga's very first NBA game! On April 12th the Bulls signed him on a 10-day contract. Even though he was drafted by the Bulls in the 1992 NBA Draft (2nd Round, 25th pick, 52nd overall), he wasn't put into the roster until near the end of the 1996-1997 Regular Season because the Bulls needed a new player to temporarily fill in their not-quite-full roster. (Final scores in real life) Bulls lost Bulls - 91 Pistons - 108 Chicago Bulls 1996-1997 Roster Lineup #13 Luc Longley (2009 Sport Australia Hall of Famer, former assistant coach of the 2013-2019 Australian men's national basketball team) #91 Dennis Rodman (Father of National Women's Soccer League player Trinity Rodman of the 2021-2023 Washington Spirit) ( • DENNIS RODMAN | 75 Stories 💎 ) #33 Scottie Pippen Sr. (Father of Scotty Pippen Jr. of the 2022-2023 L.A. Lakers) ( • SCOTTIE PIPPEN | 75 Stories 💎 ) #23 Michael Jordan (NBA GOAT and former majority owner of the 2019-2023 Charlotte Hornets) (I created the player) ( • MICHAEL JORDAN | 75 Stories 💎 ) #9 Ron Harper Sr. (Father of Ron Harper Jr. of the 2022-2023 Toronto Raptors and Raptors 905) Bench #7 Toni Kukoc (The 2017 FIBA Hall of Famer and 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer) #25 Steve Kerr (Head coach of the 2014-2023 Golden State Warriors) #0 Randy Brown (Former assistant coach of the 2015-2018 Chicago Bulls, and in real life he changed his Bulls jersey to #1) #34 Bill Wennington (2005 Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer, radio color commentator for the Chicago Bulls) #30 Jud Buechler #8 Dickie Simpkins (Former scout for the Charlotte Hornets and Washington Wizards) #35 Jason Caffey (Former head coach of the ABA's Mobile Bay Hurricanes) #00 Robert "The Chief" Parish (Signed free agent from the Hornets) ( • ROBERT PARISH | 75 Stories 💎 ) #8 Brian Carson Williams (Bison Dele) (R.I.P. July 7th 2002) (Signed free agent from the Clippers, and IRL his Bulls jersey number was #18) #6 Matt Steigenga (I created this player) Bulls head coach: Phil Jackson (Played for the 1967-1978 New York Knicks and 1978-1980 New Jersey Nets, and former head coach of the 1999-2011 L.A. Lakers) Detroit Pistons 1996-1997 Roster Lineup #52 Don Reid #44 Rick Mahorn #33 Grant Hill (7-time NBA All-Star, and the basketball analyst for CBS and Turner Sports) #4 Joe Dumars (Executive vice president and head of basketball operations of the NBA since May 2nd 2022) #1 Lindsey Hunter (Interim head coach of the 2013 Phoenix Suns) Bench #2 Stacey "The Plastic Man" Augmon (Traded from the Hawks, former assistant coach of the 2007-2011 Denver Nuggets and 2016-2018 Milwaukee Bucks, currently the coach of the 2019-2023 Sacramento Kings player development department) #50 Otis "O.T." Thorpe #43 Grant Long (Traded from the Hawks, cousin of Terry Mills, nephew of John Long of the 1996-1997 Toronto Raptors) #6 Terry Mills (Cousin of Grant Long, nephew of John Long of the 1996-1997 Toronto Raptors) #42 Theo Ratliff (Author and publisher of a children's book published in Jan 1st 2006 about how to deal with bullies called "Theo The Hero") #13 Jerome Williams #12 Michael Curry #32 Ron Riley (The basketball player who was drafted to the Supersonics in 1996 (2nd round (18th pick, 47th overall)), but they sent the drafting rights to the Pistons, and in fiction he is the cousin of my NBA 2K16 MyCareer character Jamal Garris of the 2016-2020 Cleveland Cavaliers) #9 Litterial Green (He's not officially in the game, I created this player too) Pistons head coach: Doug Collins
