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| Dates | June 5–14 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Isiah Thomas (Detroit Pistons) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Trail Blazers: Clyde Drexler (2004) Dražen Petrović (2002) Pistons: Joe Dumars (2006) Dennis Rodman (2011) Isiah Thomas (2000) Coaches: Rick Adelman (2021) Chuck Daly (1994) Officials: Dick Bavetta (2015) Hugh Evans (2022) Darell Garretson (2016) Earl Strom (1995) | |||||||||
| Eastern finals | Pistons defeated Bulls, 4–3 | |||||||||
| Western finals | Trail Blazers defeated Suns, 4–2 | |||||||||
The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1989–90 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The series pitted the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons against the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers.[1]
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 Pistons became just the third franchise in NBA history to win back-to-back championships, after the Lakers (first accomplished in 1949, 1950) and Celtics (first accomplished in 1959, 1960).
- ^ "1990 NBA Finals - Trail Blazers vs. Pistons". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2023.