Homer though I be this is a ridiculous statement because the Rox never played the Bulls for a championship. We could possibly speculate that the Jordan led Bulls might've beaten the Rox but since they never played each other in the final we can never say for sure. The truth is other than the two times a year during that 8 year run the Rox or the Bulls had no affect on each others run to the championship other than the marginal impact of the two games they played against each other each year.
http://www.shrpsports.com/nba/result.htm 1984-85 season: Tue Dec 18 1984 at Chi Houston 104, Chicago 96 1984-85 season: Tue Mar 19 1985 at Hou Houston 106, Chicago 100 1985-86 season: Sat Dec 7 1985 at Hou Houston 116, Chicago 104 1985-86 season: Sat Feb 1 1986 at Chi Chicago 132, Houston 122 1986-87 season: Thu Jan 15 1987 at Chi Houston 107, Chicago 96 1986-87 season: Mon Mar 16 1987 at Hou Houston 97, Chicago 96 1987-88 season: Sat Nov 28 1987 at Hou Chicago 98, Houston 86 1987-88 season: Sat Dec 12 1987 at Chi Chicago 112, Houston 103 1988-89 season: Fri Feb 3 1989 at Hou Houston 105, Chicago 98 1988-89 season: Fri Feb 24 1989 at Chi Chicago 106, Houston 97 1989-90 season: Thu Feb 1 1990 at Hou Houston 139, Chicago 112 1989-90 season: Mon Feb 19 1990 at Chi Chicago 107, Houston 102 1990-91 season: Thu Jan 3 1991 at Hou Houston 114, Chicago 92 1990-91 season: Mon Mar 25 1991 at Chi Houston 100, Chicago 90 1991-92 season: Sat Jan 25 1992 at Chi Chicago 114, Houston 100 1991-92 season: Thu Jan 30 1992 at Hou Houston 105, Chicago 102 1992-93 season: Fri Dec 11 1992 at Chi Houston 110, Chicago 96 1992-93 season: Thu Jan 28 1993 at Hou Houston 94, Chicago 83 1993-94 season: Tue Nov 23 1993 at Hou Houston 100, Chicago 93 1993-94 season: Sat Jan 15 1994 at Chi Chicago 82, Houston 76 1994-95 season: Thu Nov 17 1994 at Hou Houston 106, Chicago 83 1994-95 season: Sun Jan 22 1995 at Chi Chicago 100, Houston 81 1995-96 season: Wed Jan 3 1996 at Chi Chicago 100, Houston 86 1995-96 season: Tue Jan 30 1996 at Hou Chicago 98, Houston 87 1996-97 season: Sat Jan 11 1997 at Chi Chicago 110, Houston 86 1996-97 season: Sun Jan 19 1997 at Hou Houston 102, Chicago 86 1997-98 season: Sun Jan 18 1998 at Chi Chicago 106, Houston 100 1997-98 season: Sun Apr 5 1998 at Hou Chicago 109, Houston 94
Yup. It's no sense to be Champion of the East! Each playoff team of the West can beat the Champion of the East now!