ORLANDO, Fla. - If yesterday was a preview of the Eastern Conference finals, the NBA is in for a treat.

Michael Jordan hit a turnaround jumper with just under a minute to go, Anfernee Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal missed shots in the final 10 seconds and Chicago and Orlando battled down to the last possession before the Bulls escaped with a 90-86 victory.

O'Neal, who returned to Orlando's lineup after missing two games because of the death of his grandmother, shot an airball after Hardaway missed on a drive. Both shots would have tied the game, but the Bulls rebounded and Kukoc sealed the outcome on two foul shots with less than a second remaining.

Jordan had 27 points despite a subpar 10-for-30 shooting performance. Kukoc hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 for the Bulls, who won their sixth straight game and moved within four victories of becoming the first NBA team to win 70 games.

Hardaway led Orlando with 25 points. O'Neal had 21 points and nine rebounds despite missing the first quarter after arriving at Orlando Arena as the game was starting.

The Magic battled back from a 79-70 deficit to tie the game, 86-86, on Horace Grant's jumper with 1:09 left. Jordan scored over Brian Shaw 13 seconds later, but then gave Orlando one more chance to tie or take the lead.

The Bulls held on despite shooting only 41 percent from the floor and scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter. Jordan was 2-for-10 in the period.

The Los Angeles Lakers took some of the luster off the last meeting of the regular season between the top contenders for the Eastern Conference title by snapping Orlando's 40-game home winning streak March 26.

The Bulls and Magic were both trying to become the first team in NBA history to go an entire season without losing at home. Chicago, which lost in its only other appearance at Orlando Arena, can accomplish the feat by winning its last four games at the United Center.

O'Neal arrived at the arena shortly before tipoff and received a standing ovation when he trotted out of the tunnel from the locker room and took a seat on the bench with just under four minutes remaining in the first period.

Team officials who attended the funeral of O'Neal's maternal grandmother in Jersey City, N.J., said they had not spoken with the player since the services Saturday afternoon.

He entered the game at the start of the second quarter and scored 11 consecutive points for the Magic before Joe Wolf broke a seven-minute drought for the rest of the team with a jumper.