The Bulls quickly realized their party …

The Bulls quickly realized their party was growing exponentially. “Everybody that was in the theater in line walked back to the hotel with us,” former center Bill Wennington said. “And Luc [Longley], myself and Toni [Kukoc] ended up being security to keep people away from Michael, Scottie and Dennis. It was crazy. “Michael had his [security] guys there, but there was that many people,” he added of the need for his teammates to double as bodyguards. “We are talking a thousand people left the theater and followed us. In Utah.”