Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller is just one of many superstars who couldn't get past Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls at the height of their dominance in the '90s.

Although his Pacers team failed to dethrone the Bulls in the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals, Miller is proud of the fact that the squad managed to avoid succumbing to Chicago's “death sentence“.

The Pacers, who were coached by another former Jordan rival in Larry Bird at the time, pushed the Bulls to the brink when they stretched the series to a winners-take-all Game 7.

They were overwhelmed at first, losing the first two games on the road. The tides turned once the series shifted to Indianapolis, thanks in large part to Miller's heroics. They tied the series to two wins apiece after Miller went off in Games 3 and 4.

Indiana dropped Game 5 but managed to storm back in Game 6. However, it was the Bulls who secured another trip to the Finals by winning Game 7.

Still, Reggie Miller relishes the fact that his team pulled off victories at a time when most teams would have already succumbed to Michael Jordan and the Bulls' greatness.

Chicago, after all, rarely allowed a series to go seven games considering they go for the kill each time they smell blood on the water.

Even their Finals opponents, the Utah Jazz, also couldn't get over the Bulls' death sentence. They lost two consecutive Finals series to Chicago in six games.

Although they ended up short in the end, the 1997-98 Pacers team was indeed the stiffest challenge the Bulls faced during their second three-peat conquest.