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| Dates | June 3–14 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Trail Blazers: Clyde Drexler (2004) Bulls: Michael Jordan (2009) Scottie Pippen (2010) Coaches: Rick Adelman (2021) Phil Jackson (2007) Tex Winter (2011) Officials: Dick Bavetta (2015) Hugh Evans (2022) Darell Garretson (2016) | |||||||||
| Eastern finals | Bulls defeated Cavaliers, 4–2 | |||||||||
| Western finals | Trail Blazers defeated Jazz, 4–2 | |||||||||
The 1992 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1991–92 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls took on the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers for the title, with Chicago having home court advantage, as they had the best record in the NBA that season.
The two teams appeared headed to face each other for most of the season and comparisons were made between Clyde Drexler and Michael Jordan throughout the season.[1] 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.[2] The media, hoping to recreate a Magic Johnson–Larry Bird type rivalry in Jordan-Drexler, compared the two throughout the pre-Finals hype.
The Bulls went on to win the series in six games, becoming the fourth NBA team to win back-to-back championships after the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Detroit Pistons. 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.
- ^ Brown, Clifton (May 30, 1992). "It's Bulls Against Blazers As Jordan Rules Again". The New York Times. p. 27.
- ^ "Clyde Drexler, now no worse than the NBA's No. 2 player". Sports Illustrated. May 11, 1992. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012.