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Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls

40Belt meetings
23Hawks wins
17Bulls wins
15Title changes

Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls have met 40 times with the NBA belt on the line, from November 15, 1966 to November 9, 2016. The belt changed hands in 15 of those games. Atlanta Hawks lead the belt series 23–17.

Belt gameDateResult
1,667Nov 15, 1966St. Louis Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 107–99Defense
1,714Feb 4, 1967St. Louis Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 119–111Defense
1,737Mar 14, 1967St. Louis Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 111–98Defense
1,763Nov 7, 1967St. Louis Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 111–106Defense
1,818Feb 10, 1968St. Louis Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 108–107Defense
2,004Jan 18, 1970Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 125–107Title change
2,033Mar 25, 1970Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 129–111 PlayoffsDefense
2,034Mar 28, 1970Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 124–104 PlayoffsDefense
2,035Mar 31, 1970Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 106–101 PlayoffsDefense
2,036Apr 3, 1970Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 131–120 PlayoffsTitle change
2,037Apr 5, 1970Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 113–107 PlayoffsTitle change
2,252Dec 7, 1972Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 94–89Title change
2,265Jan 2, 1973Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 100–90Defense
2,474Feb 27, 1975Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 111–91Defense
3,061Mar 27, 1981Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 108–83Defense
3,417Dec 29, 1984Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 104–101Title change
3,418Jan 2, 1985Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 121–107Defense
3,429Jan 26, 1985Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 117–104Defense
3,591Nov 11, 1986Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 112–110Title change
3,602Dec 10, 1986Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 123–95Defense
3,645Mar 9, 1987Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 108–103Defense
3,665Apr 16, 1987Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 117–114Title change
4,015Mar 10, 1991Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 122–87Defense
4,021Mar 20, 1991Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 129–107Defense
4,168Nov 7, 1992Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 100–99Title change
4,502Feb 22, 1996Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 96–91Defense
4,521Mar 28, 1996Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 111–80Title change
4,562Nov 16, 1996Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 97–69Defense
4,603Feb 14, 1997Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 89–88Defense
4,790Mar 26, 1999Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 93–81Defense
6,014May 2, 2011Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 103–95 PlayoffsTitle change
6,015May 4, 2011Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 86–73 PlayoffsTitle change
6,016May 6, 2011Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 99–82 PlayoffsDefense
6,017May 8, 2011Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 100–88 PlayoffsTitle change
6,018May 10, 2011Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 95–83 PlayoffsTitle change
6,019May 12, 2011Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 93–73 PlayoffsDefense
6,037Jan 3, 2012Chicago Bulls beat Atlanta Hawks 76–74Title change
6,040Jan 7, 2012Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 109–94Title change
6,489Mar 28, 2016Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 102–100Defense
6,529Nov 9, 2016Atlanta Hawks beat Chicago Bulls 115–107Defense

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