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This was the first NBA Finals since 1979 — and the only one between 1979 and 1992 — that did not feature either the Los Angeles Lakers or the Boston Celtics, and one of two NBA championships of the 1990s (the other was won by the San Antonio Spurs in 1999) won by a team other than the Chicago Bulls (6 wins) or the Houston Rockets (2 wins).
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
The 1990 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1989–90 ... Detroit won 4–1 in the regular-season series November 8 ...
Larry Bird was the last player to win the award in three consecutive years. Hakeem Olajuwon is one of three players to win the NBA MVP and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in the same season. Michael Jordan won the NBA MVP five times. Derrick Rose became the youngest player to ever win the award at age 22. LeBron James is a four-time ...
In the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, the East defeated the West 130–113. [1] Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers took home the game's MVP award, becoming the third player in history to win the award in a losing effort. [1] Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks edged out Kenny Smith of the Sacramento Kings to win the Slam Dunk Contest. [2]
1993-94 Houston Rockets (won NBA Finals): 15-0. 1948-49 Washington Capitols (lost NBA Finals): 15-0. 2002-03 Dallas Mavericks (lost Western Conference Finals): 14-0.
Former Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson has won eleven NBA championships, the most in NBA history. He won six titles with the Chicago Bulls and five titles with the Lakers, and is one of three coaches who have won multiple championships with more than one team (Pat Riley and Alex Hannum are the others).
The 1991 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1990–91 season, ... and went on to win the conference finals in six ...