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The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1988–89 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons and the two-time defending NBA champion and Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The 1989 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1988–89 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Joe Dumars was named NBA Finals MVP.
On January 6, 1989, [1] the Bullets franchise played its first regular season game in Baltimore since 1973; this was the first of 35 regular season "home" games the Bullets played in Baltimore through the 1996–97 season. [2] Akeem Olajuwon becomes the only player in NBA history to accumulate over 200 steals with over 200 blocks in a season. [3]
Toggle Winners of major team competitions 1988-1989 subsection. 1.1 Men. 2 Player awards (NBA) ... NBA Finals MVP. Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons; Slam Dunk Contest
At BetMGM, the Lakers' odds for winning their 18th NBA championship more than doubled, going from +4000 to +1800. That's a change in implied probability from 2.44% to 5.26%. That's a change in ...
The year was 1989. The Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Bills met each other in the AFC Championship game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. Archives: Bold predictions, heated rivalry ahead of ...
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
The Ravens rolled to a dominant 34-10 win, which punched their first ticket to a conference championship game since they won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season. As the top seed in the AFC, the ...