Penny was on fire to start this season. They started the first 15-20 games of the season without Shaq. And were still off to like a 9-2 start, including beating the 72-10 Bulls team early in the year.
Yep they went 18-5 to start the year without Shaq. They were the first team to beat the 72 win Bulls that year without Shaq and Penny got the best of Jordan and Pippen that game.