dušan ivković took over as head coach, and gave tomić more playing time. especially during the important last part of the season, when ivković made him starting point guard, moving rivers to the shooting guard position. the end of the season found olympiacos as greek league champions, euroleague champions, for the first time, and greek cup winners, making them the first greek team to hold those titles simultaneously. thus, they won the coveted triple crown. a few months later, olympiacos participated in the 1997 mcdonald's championship, and made it to the final, where they faced the reigning nba champions, the chicago bulls. tomić was guarding michael jordan, and several funny incidents happened between them.