Via ESPN:
Of all the accomplishments chronicled in the upcoming ESPN documentary “The Last Dance,” there’s one streak authored by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls that oddsmakers say will never be topped.
Over the course of two seasons, from November 1995 to June 1997, the Bulls were favored in 185 consecutive games. It’s the longest such streak in ESPN Stats and Information’s odds database (dating back to 1990) — and it’s not even close.
During their 185-game streak, the Bulls went 159-26 outright and 97-87-1 against the spread. They were favored by an average of 10.4 points per game and by less than three points only five times.
There have been runs of being favored in other leagues, just none as grand as the Bulls
And here are some more compelling stats:
• The ’96-97 Bulls were favored by an average of 11.06 points per game in the regular season, the highest average of any team in the past 30 years.
• No team has been a double-digit home favorite more times in a single season than the ’95-96 Bulls. Chicago was favored by 10-plus points in 36 of 41 home games that season. The Bulls went 23-13 ATS in those games.
• During their six championship seasons, the Bulls went a combined 320-281-7 against the spread (53.2%), including a 63-52-1 mark in the playoffs (54.8%).
• Jordan missed six games during the Bulls’ first three championship seasons (1991-1993). The Bulls went 1-5 straight-up and ATS in those games.
• The Bulls were underdogs in 60 games total during their six championship seasons. In the nearly two seasons Jordan missed playing baseball, they were underdogs 67 times.
• The Bulls were 1.5-point underdogs at Indiana in Jordan’s return game (March 3, 1995). Without Jordan, the Bulls were 6.5-point underdogs to the Pacers earlier that season on Dec. 21, 1994.
• The Bulls were 6-point home favorites over the Magic on March 24, 1995, in Jordan’s third game back. When they faced Orlando in January in Chicago, without Jordan, the Bulls were 4.5-point underdogs.
• The Bulls were 1.5-point road underdogs to the Knicks in Jordan’s “double-nickel” game. Jordan scored 55 points in only his fifth game back. Chicago would not be an underdog again until the Eastern Conference semifinals at Orlando.
• The Bulls were underdogs just three times in each of the 1995-96 and ’96-97 seasons, tied with 2016-17 Warriors for the fewest games in a season as underdogs.
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