1992 NBA Finals
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The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1991-92 NBA season.
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls continued their dominance in the 1991-92 season, finishing with a 67-15 record. Jordan won his second consecutive MVP award with a 30.1/6.4/6.1 season. After a physical seven game series over the emerging New York Knicks in the second round and finishing off the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals, the Bulls faced off against Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers in the Finals.
In the 1991-92 campaign, the Blazers repeated as Pacific champions. They steamrolled through the Western Conference playoffs en route to the epic showdown with the Bulls. The 1992 NBA Finals would cement the reputations of both Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler (placing the latter firmly in the former's shadow).
The two teams appeared headed to face each other for most of the season and comparisons were made between Drexler and Jordan throughout the season. A month earlier Sports Illustrated had even listed Drexler as Jordan's "No. 1 rival" on a cover the two appeared on together before the playoffs. The media, hoping to recreate a Magic-Bird type rivalry in Jordan-Drexler, compared the two throughout the pre-Finals hype. Jordan responded to this by draining the six 3-pointers and scoring 35 points in the first half of Game 1, at one point even making an "I can't explain it either" gesture towards NBC commentator Magic Johnson at courtside. The Bulls would go on to win the game and the series in six games.
Michael Jordan was named Finals Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row, to go with his sixth straight regular season scoring title.
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[edit] 1992 NBA Finals Roster
[edit] 1992 Chicago Bulls
Head Coach:Phil Jackson
Michael Jordan | Scottie Pippen | Horace Grant | John Paxson | BJ Armstrong | Bill Cartwright | Stacey King | Will Perdue | Craig Hodges | Cliff Levingston | Scott Williams | Bob Hansen | Chuck Nevitt |
[edit] 1992 Portland Trailblazers
Head Coach:Rick Adelman
Clyde Drexler | Terry Porter | Jerome Kersey | Clifford Robinson | Buck Williams | Danny Ainge | Kevin Duckworth | Alaa Abdelnaby | Robert Pack | Mark Bryant | Ennis Whatley | Lamont Strothers | Wayne Cooper |
[edit] Series Summary
| Game | Date | Home Team | Result | Road Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | June 3 | Chicago | 122-89 | Portland |
| Game 2 | June 5 | Chicago | 115-104 (ot) | Portland |
| Game 3 | June 7 | Portland | 94-84 | Chicago |
| Game 4 | June 10 | Portland | 93-88 | Chicago |
| Game 5 | June 12 | Portland | 119-106 | Chicago |
| Game 6 | June 14 | Chicago | 97-93 | Portland |
Bulls win series 4-2
[edit] Trivia
- The Bulls became the fourth franchise in NBA history to win back-to-back championships, joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons.
- By winning his second straight Finals MVP award, Jordan joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird as the only multiple Finals MVP award winners. Jordan became the first win it in consecutive years.
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NBA Finals 1992 |
Succeeded by 1993 NBA Finals |
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