1992 NBA playoffs

Postseason tournament August 2023 NBA playoffs 1992 1992NBAPlayoffsofficiallogo.png 1991–92 April 23–June 14, 1992 16 Chicago Bulls 2 Portland Trail Blazers Cleveland Cavaliers Utah Jazz Scoring leader(s) Michael Jordan (Bulls) 34.5 PPG MVP Michael Jordan (Bulls) 1991 1993 The 1992 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament following the National Basketball Association's 1991-92 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight year. The Blazers won their second Western Conference title in the past three years, and third overall in franchise history, behind the leadership of Clyde Drexler. The Jazz made the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. They returned in 1994 and 1996 before finally breaking through in 1997. The fourth-year Miami Heat became the first of the 1988 and 1989 expansion teams to make the playoffs, though they were swept in the first round by the Bulls. In 2006, the Heat would become the first of these teams to win the NBA title. This was the first year since 1987 that the Bulls and Pistons did not meet in the playoffs. They did not meet again until 2007. Likewise, it was the second straight year the Bulls and New York Knicks met in the playoffs with the Knicks taking the Bulls to a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference Semifinal series before losing. This was the first time since 1986, that the Pistons did not reach the Eastern Conference Finals, as well as, losing in the first round. The Clippers made it to the playoffs for the first time since 1976, when they were the Buffalo Braves. It was also the first time since the Clippers' arrival in Los Angeles in 1984 that both of Los Angeles' NBA teams, the Clippers and Lakers, qualified for postseason play together. Despite Magic Johnson's stunning retirement due to testing HIV positive prior to the start of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers still managed to make their 16th straight NBA playoff appearance. It was their first appearance since 1974 without Johnson, Michael Cooper, or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Two games were postponed due to the Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King verdict, one being the Trail Blazers at the Lakers and the other was the Jazz at the Clippers. For safety purposes, both the Lakers and Clippers decided to move their home games to a nearby alternate venue; the Lakers played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada (formerly an alternate home arena of the Jazz in 1983–84 and 1984–85 seasons; later host to the 2007 NBA All-Star Game) for Game 4, the Clippers at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California for Game 4 (the Clippers returned to Anaheim at Arrowhead Pond in 1994 as an alternate venue and played there until 1999 whenever the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was unavailable). Game 4 of the Blazers-Suns series was the last game ever played at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. It was a long game that lasted two overtimes and broke the NBA's playoff game record for points scored in one game, the Trail Blazers outlasting the Suns by a score of 153–151.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-12-sp-1857-story.html Trail Blazers' Win One for the Books : NBA: Portland's 153-151 victory over Phoenix is highest-scoring playoff game ever. Associated Press 12 May 1992 11 April 2018 LA Times The Celtics' first-round sweep of the Pacers would be their last playoff series win until 2002. After losing in the second round to Cleveland, Larry Bird retired after 13 seasons. As for the Cavs, it was their first Conference Finals appearance since 1976, but fell to the Bulls in 6 games. They would not return again until 2007. Playoff seeds Eastern Conference Chicago Bulls (67–15) Boston Celtics (51–31) Cleveland Cavaliers (57–25) New York Knicks (51–31) Detroit Pistons (48–34) New Jersey Nets (40–42) Indiana Pacers (40–42) Miami Heat (38–44) Western Conference Portland Trail Blazers (57–25) Utah Jazz (55–27) Golden State Warriors (55–27) Phoenix Suns (53–29) San Antonio Spurs (47–35) Seattle SuperSonics (47–35) Los Angeles Clippers (45–37) Los Angeles Lakers (43–39) Bracket E1 Chicago* 3 E8 Miami 0 E4 New York 3 E5 Detroit 2 E3 Cleveland 3 E6 New Jersey 1 E2 Boston* 3 E7 Indiana 0 W1 Portland* 3 W8 LA Lakers 1 W4 Phoenix 3 W5 San Antonio 0 W3 Golden State 1 W6 Seattle 3 W2 Utah* 3 W7 LA Clippers 2 E1 Chicago* 4 E4 New York 3 E3 Cleveland 4 E2 Boston* 3 W1 Portland* 4 W4 Phoenix 1 W6 Seattle 1 W2 Utah* 4 E1 Chicago* 4 E3 Cleveland 2 W1 Portland* 4 W2 Utah* 2 E1 Chicago* 4 W1 Portland* 2* Division winner Bold Series winner Italic Team with home-court advantage First round Eastern Conference first round (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Miami Heat #eee April 24 8:00 PM Boxscore Miami Heat 94 Chicago Bulls 113 27–24 26–36 20–27 21–26 Steve Smith 19 Rony Seikaly 11 Steve Smith 7 Michael Jordan 46 Michael Jordan 11 Scottie Pippen 11 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois TNT 18,676 Joe Forte, Darell Garretson, David Jones Chicago leads series, 1–0 The first playoff game in Miami Heat history. April 26 5:30 PM Boxscore Miami Heat 90 Chicago Bulls 120 20–32 21–32 23–29 26–27 Rony Seikaly 26 Rony Seikaly 7 Bimbo Coles 4 Michael Jordan 33 Michael Jordan 13 Michael Jordan 6 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois NBC 18,676 Terry Durham, Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak Chicago leads series, 2–0 #eee April 29 8:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 119 Miami Heat 114 19–33 32–23 28–24 40–34 Michael Jordan 56 Pippen, Grant 8 each Pippen, Jordan 5 each Glen Rice 25 Rony Seikaly 12 Shaw, Smith 6 each Miami Arena, Miami, Florida TNT 15,008 Jess Kersey, Ronnie Nunn, Derrick Stafford Chicago wins series, 3–0 +Regular-season seriesChicago won 4–0 in the regular-season series#fff January 8, 1992 1992 01080 MIA Chicago Bulls 108 Miami Heat 106 Miami Arena, Miami January 11, 1992 1992 01110 CHI Miami Heat 99 Chicago Bulls 108 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois #fff March 6, 1992 1992 03060 CHI Miami Heat 81 Chicago Bulls 123 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois March 16, 1992 1992 03160 MIA Chicago Bulls 116 Miami Heat 100 Miami Arena, Miami This was the first playoff meeting between the Bulls and the Heat.https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=CHI&opp_id=MIA&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Chicago Bulls versus Miami Heat (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015 (2) Boston Celtics vs. (7) Indiana Pacers #eee April 23 8:00 PM Boxscore Indiana Pacers 113 Boston Celtics 124 28–32 25–21 34–34 26–37 Reggie Miller 29 Detlef Schrempf 11 Micheal Williams 6 Reggie Lewis 36 Robert Parish 14 John Bagley 9 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts TNT 14,890 Ron Garretson, Ed T. Rush, Don Vaden Boston leads series, 1–0 April 25 1:00 PM Boxscore Indiana Pacers 112 Boston Celtics 119 OT 34–31 27–18 27–37 14–16 10–17 Chuck Person 32 LaSalle Thompson 9 Micheal Williams 7 John Bagley 35 Robert Parish 14 John Bagley 15 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts NBC 14,890 Ed Middleton, Jake O'Donnell, Eddie F. Rush Boston leads series, 2–0 #eee April 27 8:00 PM Boxscore Boston Celtics 102 Indiana Pacers 98 33–26 24–21 21–29 24–22 Reggie Lewis 32 Ed Pinckney 14 John Bagley 11 Reggie Miller 32 Dale Davis 13 Micheal Williams 11 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana TNT 16,530 Hugh Evans, Tommy Nunez Sr., Ronnie Nunn Boston wins series, 3–0 +Regular-season seriesTied 2–2 in the regular-season series#fff November 20, 1991 1991 11200 BOS Indiana Pacers 101 Boston Celtics 116 Boston Garden, Boston February 23, 1992 1992 02230 IND Boston Celtics 95 Indiana Pacers 102 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis #fff February 26, 1992 1992 02260 BOS Indiana Pacers 109 Boston Celtics 130 Boston Garden, Boston April 3, 1992 1992 04030 IND Boston Celtics 97 Indiana Pacers 101 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=BOS&opp_id=IND&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Indiana Pacers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Boston leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1991 Boston Celtics 3 Indiana Pacers 2 1991 Eastern Conference First Round (3) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (6) New Jersey Nets #eee April 23 7:30 PM Boxscore New Jersey Nets 113 Cleveland Cavaliers 120 30–36 31–32 26–23 26–29 Dražen Petrović 40 Derrick Coleman 11 Derrick Coleman 9 Brad Daugherty 40 Brad Daugherty 16 Mark Price 10 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio SportsChannel Ohio 16,512 Bernie Fryer, Ed Middleton, Jake O'Donnell Cleveland leads series, 1–0 April 25 8:30 PM Boxscore New Jersey Nets 96 Cleveland Cavaliers 118 20–36 26–26 27–28 23–28 Derrick Coleman 24 Derrick Coleman 9 Mookie Blaylock 6 Brad Daugherty 29 Hot Rod Williams 9 Mark Price 15 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio TNT 20,273 Ron Garretson, Ed T. Rush, Don Vaden Cleveland leads series, 2–0 #eee April 28 7:30 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 104 New Jersey Nets 109 30–31 24–28 30–18 20–32 Larry Nance 28 Larry Nance 14 Mark Price 12 Chris Morris 28 Derrick Coleman 11 Mookie Blaylock 12 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey SportsChannel New York 15,258 Mike Mathis, Tommy Nunez Sr., Eddie F. Rush Cleveland leads series, 2–1 April 30 8:00 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 98 New Jersey Nets 89 16–30 24–18 27–25 31–16 Hot Rod Williams 20 Brad Daugherty 14 Craig Ehlo 7 Coleman, Morris 22 each Derrick Coleman 14 Derrick Coleman 6 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey TNT 13,071 Joe Crawford, Jack Nies, Bill Oakes Cleveland wins series, 3–1 +Regular-season seriesTied 2–2 in the regular-season series#fff November 21, 1991 1991 11210 CLE New Jersey Nets 112 Cleveland Cavaliers 116 The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio December 18, 1991 1991 12180 NJN Cleveland Cavaliers 93 New Jersey Nets 102 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey #fff February 15, 1992 1992 02150 CLE New Jersey Nets 92 Cleveland Cavaliers 128 The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio April 10, 1992 1992 04100 NJN Cleveland Cavaliers 86 New Jersey Nets 110 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey This was the first playoff meeting between the Cavaliers and the Nets.https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=NJN&opp_id=CLE&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder —Brooklyn Nets versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015 (4) New York Knicks vs. (5) Detroit Pistons #eee April 24 7:30 PM Boxscore Detroit Pistons 75 New York Knicks 109 16–22 22–27 15–32 22–28 Joe Dumars 13 John Salley 5 Joe Dumars 5 Patrick Ewing 24 Patrick Ewing 12 Mark Jackson 6 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York MSG Network 19,081 Terry Durham, Bernie Fryer, Mike Mathis New York leads series, 1–0 April 26 3:30 PM Boxscore Detroit Pistons 89 New York Knicks 88 18–23 22–18 27–28 22–19 Joe Dumars 21 Bill Laimbeer 12 Isiah Thomas 6 Xavier McDaniel 24 Charles Oakley 18 Mark Jackson 10 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York NBC 18,793 Dan Crawford, Darell Garretson, Lee Jones Series tied, 1–1 Isiah Thomas hits game-winning jumper with 7.6 seconds left. #eee April 28 8:00 PM Boxscore New York Knicks 90 Detroit Pistons 87 OT 22–20 18–21 21–18 18–20 11–8 Patrick Ewing 32 Ewing, McDaniel 13 each Mark Jackson 7 John Salley 20 Dennis Rodman 14 Isiah Thomas 11 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan TNT 21,454 Joe Crawford, Bill Oakes, Blane Reichelt New York leads series, 2–1 Patrick Ewing hits the game-tying shot with 13.4 seconds left. May 1 8:00 PM Boxscore New York Knicks 82 Detroit Pistons 86 23–19 16–30 25–21 18–16 Ewing, McDaniel 18 each Charles Oakley 16 Greg Anthony 6 Joe Dumars 23 Dennis Rodman 17 Isiah Thomas 12 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan TNT 21,454 Dick Bavetta, Hugh Evans, Jack Nies Series tied, 2–2 #eee May 3 1:00 PM Boxscore Detroit Pistons 87 New York Knicks 94 23–19 12–19 23–25 29–31 Isiah Thomas 31 Isiah Thomas 10 Isiah Thomas 6 Patrick Ewing 31 Patrick Ewing 19 Mark Jackson 5 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York NBC 19,135 Hue Hollins, Jess Kersey, Jake O'Donnell New York wins series, 3–2 +Regular-season seriesTied 2–2 in the regular-season series#fff November 22, 1991 1991 11220 DET New York Knicks 99 Detroit Pistons 90 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan November 30, 1991 1991 11300 NYK Detroit Pistons 96 New York Knicks 103 Madison Square Garden, New York City #fff April 7, 1992 1992 04070 NYK Detroit Pistons 103 New York Knicks 94 Madison Square Garden, New York City April 12, 1992 1992 04120 DET New York Knicks 61 Detroit Pistons 72 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=DET&opp_id=NYK&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Detroit Pistons versus New York Knicks (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series#fff 1984 Detroit Pistons 2 New York Knicks 3 1984 Eastern Conference First Round #fff 1990 Detroit Pistons 4 New York Knicks 1 1990 Eastern Conference Semifinals This is the most recent playoff series between the Knicks & Pistons until 2025. Western Conference first round (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (8) Los Angeles Lakers #eee April 23 10:30 PM Boxscore Los Angeles Lakers 102 Portland Trail Blazers 115 18–35 23–40 33–18 28–22 Scott, Teagle 22 each A.C. Green 10 Byron Scott 5 Clifford Robinson 24 Buck Williams 13 Clyde Drexler 10 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon TNT 12,888 Hugh Evans, Hue Hollins, Wally Rooney Portland leads series, 1–0 April 25 3:30 PM Boxscore Los Angeles Lakers 79 Portland Trail Blazers 101 16–25 21–25 18–28 24–23 Byron Scott 16 Elden Campbell 12 Divac, Sparrow 4 each Kevin Duckworth 19 Buck Williams 12 Terry Porter 6 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon NBC 12,888 Bruce Alexander, Joe Crawford, Bill Oakes Portland leads series, 2–0 #eee April 29 10:30 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 119 Los Angeles Lakers 121 OT 25–23 22–30 30–22 25–27 17–19 Clyde Drexler 42 Buck Williams 13 Clyde Drexler 12 Terry Teagle 26 A.C. Green 10 Sedale Threatt 6 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California TNT 16,690 Terry Durham, Paul Mihalak, Jake O'Donnell Portland leads series, 2–1 Terry Porter hits the game-tying 3 with 29.6 seconds left to force OT. May 3 3:30 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 102 Los Angeles Lakers 76 22–18 27–15 28–23 25–20 Clyde Drexler 26 Buck Williams 11 Clyde Drexler 7 Sedale Threatt 17 A.C. Green 14 three players 4 each Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada NBC 15,478 Joe Forte, Ron Garretson, Ed T. Rush Portland wins series, 3–1 Lakers played a home game at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas due to 1992 Los Angeles riots +Regular-season seriesPortland won 4–1 in the regular-season series#fff December 28, 1991 1991 12280 LAL Portland Trail Blazers 98 Los Angeles Lakers 88 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California January 21, 1992 1992 01210 POR Los Angeles Lakers 92 Portland Trail Blazers 131 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon #fff March 3, 1992 1992 03030 POR Los Angeles Lakers 101 Portland Trail Blazers 105 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon March 18, 1992 1992 03180 LAL Portland Trail Blazers 98 Los Angeles Lakers 93 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California #fff April 18, 1992 1992 04180 POR Los Angeles Lakers 109 Portland Trail Blazers 101 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning four of the first five meetings. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=LAL&opp_id=POR&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Lakers versus Portland Trail Blazers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Los Angeles leads 4–1 in all-time playoff series#fff 1977 Los Angeles Lakers 0 Portland Trail Blazers 4 1977 Western Conference Finals #fff 1983 Los Angeles Lakers 4 Portland Trail Blazers 1 1983 Western Conference Semifinals #fff 1985 Los Angeles Lakers 4 Portland Trail Blazers 1 1985 Western Conference Semifinals #fff 1989 Los Angeles Lakers 3 Portland Trail Blazers 0 1989 Western Conference First Round #fff 1991 Los Angeles Lakers 4 Portland Trail Blazers 2 1991 Western Conference Finals (2) Utah Jazz vs. (7) Los Angeles Clippers #eee April 24 10:30 PM Boxscore Los Angeles Clippers 97 Utah Jazz 115 23–29 24–30 18–27 32–29 Doc Rivers 23 Charles Smith 9 Doc Rivers 5 Karl Malone 32 Karl Malone 10 John Stockton 21 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TNT 19,911 Bob Delaney, Jess Kersey, Jack Nies Utah leads series, 1–0 April 26 7:00 PM Boxscore Los Angeles Clippers 92 Utah Jazz 103 28–22 20–26 19–27 25–28 Danny Manning 22 Ken Norman 14 Doc Rivers 6 Karl Malone 32 Karl Malone 13 John Stockton 19 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TNT 19,911 Bruce Alexander, Dick Bavetta, Steve Javie Utah leads series, 2–0 #eee April 28 10:30 PM Boxscore Utah Jazz 88 Los Angeles Clippers 98 19–24 17–23 25–23 27–28 Karl Malone 22 Karl Malone 10 John Stockton 13 Danny Manning 17 Ron Harper 12 three players 5 each Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California SportsChannel Los Angeles 14,086 Dan Crawford, Ed T. Rush, Greg Willard Utah leads series, 2–1 May 3 9:00 PM. Boxscore Utah Jazz 107 Los Angeles Clippers 115 21–22 29–31 26–26 31–36 Karl Malone 44 Karl Malone 11 John Stockton 18 Danny Manning 33 Danny Manning 10 Norman, Grant 6 each Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California TNT 7,148 Lee Jones, Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak Series tied, 2–2 #eee May 4 10:30 PM Boxscore Los Angeles Clippers 89 Utah Jazz 98 30–18 22–22 25–33 12–25 Danny Manning 24 Ken Norman 10 Ron Harper 7 Jeff Malone 25 Karl Malone 16 John Stockton 9 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TNT 19,911 Joe Crawford, Darell Garretson, Bill Oakes Utah wins series, 3–2 Los Angeles Clippers played a home game at Anaheim Convention Center due to 1992 Los Angeles riots +Regular-season seriesUtah won 3–1 in the regular-season series#fff November 9, 1991 1991 11090 UTA Los Angeles Clippers 84 Utah Jazz 101 Delta Center, Salt Lake City December 13, 1991 1991 12130 LAC Utah Jazz 101 Los Angeles Clippers 102 OT Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles #fff December 26, 1991 1991 12260 UTA Los Angeles Clippers 115 Utah Jazz 123 Delta Center, Salt Lake City February 25, 1992 1992 02250 LAC Utah Jazz 106 Los Angeles Clippers 101 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles This was the first playoff meeting between the Clippers and the Jazz.https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=LAC&opp_id=UTA&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Clippers versus Utah Jazz (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015 (3) Golden State Warriors vs. (6) Seattle SuperSonics #eee April 23 10:30 PM Boxscore Seattle SuperSonics 117 Golden State Warriors 109 32–30 26–24 38–26 21–29 Kemp, Pierce 28 each Shawn Kemp 16 Gary Payton 12 Billy Owens 25 Billy Owens 11 Tim Hardaway 6 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California SportsChannel Pacific 15,025 Joe Crawford, Bill Oakes, Greg Willard Seattle leads series, 1–0 April 25 6:00 PM Boxscore Seattle SuperSonics 101 Golden State Warriors 115 29–25 31–29 18–30 23–31 Eddie Johnson 22 Shawn Kemp 19 Ricky Pierce 7 Tim Hardaway 23 Billy Owens 12 Chris Mullin 6 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California TNT 15,025 Hugh Evans, Hue Hollins, Wally Rooney Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 28 10:30 PM Boxscore Golden State Warriors 128 Seattle SuperSonics 129 28–28 32–37 31–30 37–34 Sarunas Marciulionis 27 Billy Owens 7 Hardaway, Marciulionis 8 each Derrick McKey 27 Shawn Kemp 10 Nate McMillan 10 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington TNT 14,252 Dick Bavetta, Steve Javie, Lee Jones Seattle leads series, 2–1 Gary Payton's famous alley-oop to Shawn Kemp. April 30 10:30 PM Boxscore Golden State Warriors 116 Seattle SuperSonics 119 35–34 25–24 26–30 30–31 Tim Hardaway 27 Chris Gatling 12 Tim Hardaway 11 Ricky Pierce 27 Shawn Kemp 20 Nate McMillan 10 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington TNT 14,252 Dan Crawford, Bernie Fryer, Jake O'Donnell Seattle wins series, 3–1 Shawn Kemp's famous dunk on Alton Lister. +Regular-season seriesGolden State won 3–2 in the regular-season series#fff November 26, 1991 1991 11260 SEA Golden State Warriors 130 Seattle SuperSonics 136 OT Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle December 21, 1991 1991 12210 SEA Golden State Warriors 112 Seattle SuperSonics 120 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle #fff February 15, 1992 1992 02150 GSW Seattle SuperSonics 122 Golden State Warriors 140 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California March 17, 1992 1992 03170 SEA Golden State Warriors 119 Seattle SuperSonics 107 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle #fff April 19, 1992 1992 04190 GSW Seattle SuperSonics 106 Golden State Warriors 108 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Warriors winning the first meeting. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=GSW&opp_id=OKC&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Golden State Warriors versus Oklahoma City Thunder (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Golden State leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1975 Golden State Warriors 4 Seattle SuperSonics 2 1975 Western Conference Semifinals (4) Phoenix Suns vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs #eee April 24 9:00 PM Boxscore San Antonio Spurs 111 Phoenix Suns 117 36–27 25–27 23–39 27–24 Terry Cummings 30 Terry Cummings 12 Rod Strickland 9 Dan Majerle 25 Cedric Ceballos 9 Kevin Johnson 17 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona ASPN 14,498 Dick Bavetta, Jim Clark, Steve Javie Phoenix leads series, 1–0 April 26 9:30 PM Boxscore San Antonio Spurs 107 Phoenix Suns 119 22–29 27–31 29–31 29–28 Terry Cummings 31 Terry Cummings 10 Rod Strickland 10 Perry, Hornacek 31 each Perry, Lang 10 each Kevin Johnson 19 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona TNT 14,496 Bob Delaney, Jess Kersey, Jack Nies Phoenix leads series, 2–0 #eee April 29 8:30 PM Boxscore Phoenix Suns 101 San Antonio Spurs 92 22–27 31–23 24–20 24–22 Johnson, Hornacek 22 each Tim Perry 9 Kevin Johnson 11 Antoine Carr 20 Cummings, Carr 12 each three players 5 each HemisFair Arena, San Antonio, Texas Home Sports Entertainment 14,853 Nolan Fine, Joe Forte, Darell Garretson Phoenix wins series, 3–0 +Regular-season seriesPhoenix won 3–1 in the regular-season series#fff December 13, 1991 1991 12130 SAS Phoenix Suns 112 San Antonio Spurs 107 HemisFair Arena, San Antonio December 20, 1991 1991 12200 PHO San Antonio Spurs 91 Phoenix Suns 116 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona #fff March 7, 1992 1992 03070 SAS Phoenix Suns 109 San Antonio Spurs 122 HemisFair Arena, San Antonio April 16, 1992 1992 04160 PHO San Antonio Spurs 101 Phoenix Suns 121 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona This was the first playoff meeting between the Suns and the Spurs.https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=PHO&opp_id=SAS&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Phoenix Suns versus San Antonio Spurs (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015 Conference semifinals Eastern Conference semifinals (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (4) New York Knicks #eee May 5 8:00 PM Boxscore New York Knicks 94 Chicago Bulls 89 25–16 21–22 27–26 21–25 Patrick Ewing 34 Patrick Ewing 16 Patrick Ewing 5 Michael Jordan 31 Pippen, Cartwright 8 each Scottie Pippen 9 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois TNT 18,676 Ron Garretson, Ed Middleton, Ed T. Rush New York leads series, 1–0 The Knicks' only playoff victory in Chicago to date. May 7 8:00 PM Boxscore New York Knicks 78 Chicago Bulls 86 24–27 13–19 17–18 24–22 Patrick Ewing 16 Patrick Ewing 16 Wilkins, Anthony 4 each Michael Jordan 27 Horace Grant 11 John Paxson 7 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois TNT 18,676 Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak, Don Vaden Series tied, 1–1 #eee May 9 1:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 94 New York Knicks 86 32–23 19–27 20–14 23–22 Michael Jordan 32 Horace Grant 13 John Paxson 4 Patrick Ewing 27 Patrick Ewing 11 Mark Jackson 8 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York NBC 19,763 Bob Delaney, Darell Garretson, Steve Javie Chicago leads series, 2–1 May 10 6:30 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 86 New York Knicks 93 25–27 24–20 18–19 19–27 Michael Jordan 29 Scottie Pippen 8 Scottie Pippen 7 Xavier McDaniel 24 Charles Oakley 12 John Starks 5 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York NBC 19,763 Dick Bavetta, Bernie Fryer, Bill Oakes Series tied, 2–2 #eee May 12 8:00 PM Boxscore New York Knicks 88 Chicago Bulls 96 18–22 26–25 23–24 21–25 Xavier McDaniel 26 Ewing, Oakley 7 each Mark Jackson 12 Michael Jordan 37 Scottie Pippen 10 Scottie Pippen 8 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois TNT 18,676 Hugh Evans, Lee Jones, Jack Nies Chicago leads series, 3–2 May 14 8:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 86 New York Knicks 100 17–24 28–29 25–15 16–32 Michael Jordan 21 Scottie Pippen 10 Michael Jordan 8 Patrick Ewing 27 Xavier McDaniel 11 Mark Jackson 15 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York TNT 19,763 Joe Crawford, Joe Forte, Jess Kersey Series tied, 3–3 #eee May 17 4:30 PM Boxscore New York Knicks 81 Chicago Bulls 110 25–30 26–26 13–23 17–31 Patrick Ewing 22 Charles Oakley 10 Mark Jackson 11 Michael Jordan 42 Scottie Pippen 11 Scottie Pippen 11 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois NBC 18,676 Hue Hollins, Jake O'Donnell, Ed T. Rush Chicago wins series, 4–3 This game featured Michael Jordan's famous steal and strip. +Regular-season seriesChicago won 4–0 in the regular-season series#fff December 13, 1991 1991 12130 CHI New York Knicks 89 Chicago Bulls 99 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois February 13, 1992 1992 02130 NYK Chicago Bulls 106 New York Knicks 85 Madison Square Garden, New York City #fff February 15, 1992 1992 02150 CHI New York Knicks 98 Chicago Bulls 99 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois March 31, 1992 1992 03310 NYK Chicago Bulls 96 New York Knicks 90 Madison Square Garden, New York City This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning the first three meetings. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=CHI&opp_id=NYK&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Chicago Bulls versus New York Knicks (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Chicago leads 3–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1981 Chicago Bulls 2 New York Knicks 0 1981 Eastern Conference First Round #fff 1989 Chicago Bulls 4 New York Knicks 2 1989 Eastern Conference Semifinals #fff 1991 Chicago Bulls 3 New York Knicks 0 1991 Eastern Conference First Round (2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Cleveland Cavaliers #eee May 2 1:00 PM Boxscore Boston Celtics 76 Cleveland Cavaliers 101 24–26 18–21 19–29 15–25 Kevin Gamble 22 Ed Pinckney 10 John Bagley 8 Brad Daugherty 26 Brad Daugherty 17 Mark Price 7 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio NBC 17,496 Bob Delaney, Steve Javie, Jess Kersey Cleveland leads series, 1–0 May 4 8:00 PM Boxscore Boston Celtics 104 Cleveland Cavaliers 98 30–27 24–28 21–21 29–22 Robert Parish 27 Robert Parish 8 John Bagley 11 Brad Daugherty 22 three players 9 each Mark Price 8 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio TNT 20,273 Dan Crawford, Hugh Evans, Greg Willard Series tied, 1–1 #eee May 8 8:00 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 107 Boston Celtics 110 22–20 26–28 35–31 24–31 Mark Price 27 Larry Nance 12 Mark Price 10 Reggie Lewis 36 Robert Parish 17 Reggie Lewis 7 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts TNT 14,890 Joe Forte, Bernie Fryer, Jake O'Donnell Boston leads series, 2–1 May 10 12:30 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 114 Boston Celtics 112 OT 26–27 37–24 20–29 20–23 11–9 Larry Nance 32 Craig Ehlo 9 Mark Price 12 Reggie Lewis 42 Robert Parish 18 John Bagley 7 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts NBC 14,890 Lee Jones, Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak Series tied, 2–2 Larry Nance hits the game-tying free throws with 29.3 seconds left to force OT. #eee May 13 8:00 PM Boxscore Boston Celtics 98 Cleveland Cavaliers 114 27–30 22–26 23–34 26–24 Reggie Lewis 27 Joe Kleine 11 John Bagley 5 Brad Daugherty 28 Brad Daugherty 9 Craig Ehlo 13 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio TNT 20,273 Darell Garretson, Hue Hollins, Eddie F. Rush Cleveland leads series, 3–2 May 15 8:00 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 91 Boston Celtics 122 22–34 31–28 20–27 18–33 Hot Rod Williams 18 Hot Rod Williams 11 Mark Price 5 Reggie Lewis 26 Dee Brown 8 Larry Bird 14 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts TNT 14,890 Ron Garretson, Bill Oakes, Ed T. Rush Series tied, 3–3 #eee May 17 2:00 PM Boxscore Boston Celtics 104 Cleveland Cavaliers 122 21–35 26–30 24–30 33–27 Reggie Lewis 22 Ed Pinckney 9 Bagley, Brown 5 each Brad Daugherty 28 Nance, Daugherty 9 each Nance, Price 8 each Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio NBC 20,273 Joe Crawford, Hugh Evans, Jess Kersey Cleveland wins series, 4–3 Larry Bird's final NBA game. +Regular-season seriesBoston won 3–1 in the regular-season series#fff January 3, 1992 1992 01030 BOS Cleveland Cavaliers 111 Boston Celtics 100 Boston Garden, Boston January 20, 1992 1992 01200 CLE Boston Celtics 107 Cleveland Cavaliers 102 The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio #fff March 18, 1992 1992 03180 BOS Cleveland Cavaliers 94 Boston Celtics 96 Boston Garden, Boston April 7, 1992 1992 04070 CLE Boston Celtics 100 Cleveland Cavaliers 97 The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first two meetings. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=BOS&opp_id=CLE&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Boston leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1976 Boston Celtics 4 Cleveland Cavaliers 2 1976 Eastern Conference Finals #fff 1985 Boston Celtics 3 Cleveland Cavaliers 1 1985 Eastern Conference First Round Western Conference semifinals (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (4) Phoenix Suns #eee May 5 10:30 PM Boxscore Phoenix Suns 111 Portland Trail Blazers 113 23–28 33–30 30–28 25–27 Kevin Johnson 24 Johnson, Chambers 8 each Jeff Hornacek 12 Terry Porter 31 Clyde Drexler 10 Terry Porter 7 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon TNT 12,888 Dick Bavetta, Bernie Fryer, Tommy Nunez Sr. Portland leads series, 1–0 May 7 10:30 PM Boxscore Phoenix Suns 119 Portland Trail Blazers 126 16–35 33–21 39–32 31–38 Kevin Johnson 35 Jeff Hornacek 11 Dan Majerle 6 Porter, Drexler 27 each Jerome Kersey 9 Clyde Drexler 13 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon TNT 12,888 Joe Crawford, Ronnie Nunn, Bill Oakes Portland leads series, 2–0 #eee May 9 3:30 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 117 Phoenix Suns 124 26–37 26–21 29–31 36–35 Clyde Drexler 37 Jerome Kersey 9 Terry Porter 11 Jeff Hornacek 30 Perry, Majerle 9 each Kevin Johnson 16 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona NBC 14,496 Hugh Evans, Ed Middleton, Eddie F. Rush Portland leads series, 2–1 May 11 9:00 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 153 Phoenix Suns 151 2OT 42–29 32–36 30–35 23–27 13–13, 13–11 Clyde Drexler 33 Jerome Kersey 10 Terry Porter 14 Kevin Johnson 35 Dan Majerle 11 Kevin Johnson 14 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona TNT 14,496 Hue Hollins, Jess Kersey, Greg Willard Portland leads series, 3–1 Terry Porter hits the game-tying 3-point play with 33.6 seconds left in regulation to force the first OT; Kevin Johnson hits the game-tying jumper with 2.7 seconds left in the first OT to force the second OT. #eee May 14 10:30 PM Boxscore Phoenix Suns 106 Portland Trail Blazers 118 31–35 27–36 27–22 21–25 Perry, Chambers 19 each Tom Chambers 8 Kevin Johnson 6 Clyde Drexler 34 Kersey, Williams 12 each Drexler, Kersey 8 each Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon TNT 12,888 Dan Crawford, Steve Javie, Jake O'Donnell Portland wins series, 4–1 +Regular-season seriesPhoenix won 3–2 in the regular-season series#fff November 2, 1991 1991 11020 POR Phoenix Suns 100 Portland Trail Blazers 76 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon January 19, 1992 1992 01190 PHO Portland Trail Blazers 128 Phoenix Suns 132 OT Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona #fff February 12, 1992 1992 02120 PHO Portland Trail Blazers 107 Phoenix Suns 97 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona February 18, 1992 1992 02180 POR Phoenix Suns 116 Portland Trail Blazers 129 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon #fff March 31, 1992 1992 03310 PHO Portland Trail Blazers 111 Phoenix Suns 128 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning two of the first three meetings. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=PHO&opp_id=POR&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Phoenix Suns versus Portland Trail Blazers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015 Phoenix leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series#fff 1979 Phoenix Suns 2 Portland Trail Blazers 1 1979 Western Conference First Round #fff 1984 Phoenix Suns 3 Portland Trail Blazers 2 1984 Western Conference First Round #fff 1990 Phoenix Suns 2 Portland Trail Blazers 4 1990 Western Conference Finals (2) Utah Jazz vs. (6) Seattle SuperSonics #eee May 6 9:00 PM Boxscore Seattle SuperSonics 100 Utah Jazz 108 25–29 26–28 23–16 26–35 Derrick McKey 20 Shawn Kemp 15 Nate McMillan 8 Karl Malone 30 Karl Malone 10 John Stockton 15 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TNT 19,911 Terry Durham, Hugh Evans, Eddie F. Rush Utah leads series, 1–0 May 8 10:30 PM Boxscore Seattle SuperSonics 97 Utah Jazz 103 23–21 29–30 16–25 29–27 Eddie Johnson 26 Shawn Kemp 9 Pierce, Payton 3 each Karl Malone 28 Karl Malone 12 John Stockton 14 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TNT 19,911 Ron Garretson, Hue Hollins, Jess Kersey Utah leads series, 2–0 #eee May 10 3:00 PM Boxscore Utah Jazz 98 Seattle SuperSonics 104 29–22 24–24 28–32 17–26 Karl Malone 30 Karl Malone 8 John Stockton 11 Ricky Pierce 31 Benoit Benjamin 8 Payton, McMillan 6 each Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington NBC 14,104 Jack Nies, Ronnie Nunn, Ed T. Rush Utah leads series, 2–1 May 12 10:30 PM Boxscore Utah Jazz 89 Seattle SuperSonics 83 24–16 20–25 28–24 17–18 Jeff Malone 24 Karl Malone 8 John Stockton 13 Ricky Pierce 21 Shawn Kemp 11 Nate McMillan 9 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington TNT 14,252 Dan Crawford, Tommy Nunez Sr., Jake O'Donnell Utah leads series, 3–1 #eee May 14 9:00 PM Boxscore Seattle SuperSonics 100 Utah Jazz 111 36–29 24–35 24–15 16–32 Eddie Johnson 26 Michael Cage 11 Nate McMillan 12 Karl Malone 37 Karl Malone 13 John Stockton 17 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Prime Sports Intermountain West 19,911 Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak, Greg Willard Utah wins series, 4–1 +Regular-season seriesSeattle won 3–1 in the regular-season series#fff November 7, 1991 1991 11070 UTA Seattle SuperSonics 103 Utah Jazz 95 Delta Center, Salt Lake City January 25, 1992 1992 01250 SEA Utah Jazz 104 Seattle SuperSonics 103 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle #fff February 27, 1992 1992 02270 UTA Seattle SuperSonics 130 Utah Jazz 124 OT Delta Center, Salt Lake City March 31, 1992 1992 03310 SEA Utah Jazz 103 Seattle SuperSonics 122 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle This was the first playoff meeting between the SuperSonics and the Jazz.https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=OKC&opp_id=UTA&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Oklahoma City Thunder versus Utah Jazz (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015 Conference finals Eastern Conference finals (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (3) Cleveland Cavaliers #eee May 19 8:00 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 89 Chicago Bulls 103 21–30 19–22 25–24 24–27 Brad Daugherty 23 Larry Nance 12 Mark Price 9 Michael Jordan 33 Scottie Pippen 12 Scottie Pippen 9 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois TNT 18,676 Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak, Jack Nies Chicago leads series, 1–0 May 21 8:00 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 107 Chicago Bulls 81 30–14 29–19 18–17 30–31 Brad Daugherty 28 Brad Daugherty 9 Ehlo, Price 7 each Michael Jordan 20 Horace Grant 12 four players 3 each Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois TNT 18,676 Dan Crawford, Joe Forte, Darell Garretson Series tied, 1–1 #eee May 23 3:30 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 105 Cleveland Cavaliers 96 37–18 20–19 26–29 22–30 Michael Jordan 36 Horace Grant 11 Michael Jordan 9 Craig Ehlo 20 Brad Daugherty 10 Daugherty, Ehlo 5 each Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio NBC 20,273 Dick Bavetta, Steve Javie, Jake O'Donnell Chicago leads series, 2–1 May 25 3:30 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 85 Cleveland Cavaliers 99 24–30 19–25 17–16 25–28 Michael Jordan 35 Horace Grant 15 Michael Jordan 6 Larry Nance 22 Brad Daugherty 14 Brad Daugherty 6 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio NBC 20,273 Hugh Evans, Jess Kersey, Eddie F. Rush Series tied, 2–2 #eee May 27 9:00 PM Boxscore Cleveland Cavaliers 89 Chicago Bulls 112 20–22 18–24 33–27 18–39 Mark Price 24 Hot Rod Williams 11 Ehlo, Price 3 each Michael Jordan 37 Scottie Pippen 15 Scottie Pippen 6 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois NBC 18,676 Hue Hollins, Lee Jones, Ed T. Rush Chicago leads series, 3–2 May 29 9:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 99 Cleveland Cavaliers 94 26–21 19–24 27–27 27–22 Jordan, Pippen 29 each Scottie Pippen 12 Michael Jordan 8 Larry Nance 25 Larry Nance 16 Mark Price 8 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio NBC 20,273 Joe Crawford, Paul Mihalak, Bill Oakes Chicago wins series, 4–2 +Regular-season seriesChicago won 3–2 in the regular-season series#fff December 4, 1991 1991 12040 CHI Cleveland Cavaliers 102 Chicago Bulls 108 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois January 16, 1992 1992 01160 CLE Chicago Bulls 100 Cleveland Cavaliers 85 The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio #fff February 17, 1992 1992 02170 CHI Cleveland Cavaliers 113 Chicago Bulls 112 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois March 28, 1992 1992 03280 CHI Cleveland Cavaliers 102 Chicago Bulls 126 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois #fff April 14, 1992 1992 04140 CLE Chicago Bulls 100 Cleveland Cavaliers 115 The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bulls winning the first two meetings. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=CHI&opp_id=CLE&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Chicago Bulls versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Chicago leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1988 Chicago Bulls 3 Cleveland Cavaliers 2 1988 Eastern Conference First Round #fff 1989 Chicago Bulls 3 Cleveland Cavaliers 2 1989 Eastern Conference First Round Western Conference finals (1) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (2) Utah Jazz #eee May 16 3:30 PM Boxscore Utah Jazz 88 Portland Trail Blazers 113 19–37 18–28 28–28 23–20 Jeff Malone 15 K. Malone, Thornton 7 each John Stockton 9 Terry Porter 26 Buck Williams 8 Drexler, Porter 8 each Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon NBC 12,888 Dick Bavetta, Darell Garretson, Eddie F. Rush Portland leads series, 1–0 May 19 10:30 PM Boxscore Utah Jazz 102 Portland Trail Blazers 119 27–29 24–35 33–30 18–25 Karl Malone 25 Karl Malone 11 John Stockton 11 Terry Porter 41 Duckworth, Robinson 7 each Clyde Drexler 12 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon TNT 12,888 Hugh Evans, Lee Jones, Bill Oakes Portland leads series, 2–0 #eee May 22 9:00 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 89 Utah Jazz 97 25–22 26–21 18–28 20–26 Drexler, Kersey 26 each Kersey, Williams 9 each Drexler, Porter 7 each Karl Malone 39 K. Malone, Eaton 7 each John Stockton 10 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TNT 19,911 Ron Garretson, Jess Kersey, Ed T. Rush Portland leads series, 2–1 May 24 3:30 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 112 Utah Jazz 121 27–27 29–37 27–24 29–33 Terry Porter 34 Jerome Kersey 8 Terry Porter 7 Karl Malone 33 Karl Malone 12 John Stockton 15 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah NBC 19,911 Joe Crawford, Hue Hollins, Jack Nies Series tied, 2–2 #eee May 26 9:00 PM Boxscore Utah Jazz 121 Portland Trail Blazers 127 OT 22–32 30–28 32–24 23–23 14–20 Karl Malone 38 Karl Malone 14 John Stockton 10 Jerome Kersey 29 Buck Williams 12 Terry Porter 12 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon NBC 12,888 Dan Crawford, Paul Mihalak, Jake O'Donnell Portland leads series, 3–2 Delaney Rudd hits the game-tying 3 with 5.5 seconds left to force OT. May 28 9:00 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 105 Utah Jazz 97 30–33 25–26 22–18 28–20 three players 18 each Buck Williams 8 Terry Porter 10 Karl Malone 23 Karl Malone 19 John Stockton 12 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah NBC 19,911 Darell Garretson, Steve Javie, Mike Mathis Portland wins series, 4–2 +Regular-season seriesTied 2–2 in the regular-season series#fff January 2, 1992 1992 01020 UTA Portland Trail Blazers 103 Utah Jazz 107 Delta Center, Salt Lake City February 24, 1992 1992 02240 POR Utah Jazz 107 Portland Trail Blazers 110 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon #fff March 21, 1992 1992 03210 UTA Portland Trail Blazers 77 Utah Jazz 95 Delta Center, Salt Lake City April 2, 1992 1992 04020 POR Utah Jazz 86 Portland Trail Blazers 118 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=POR&opp_id=UTA&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Portland Trail Blazers versus Utah Jazz (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series#fff 1988 Portland Trail Blazers 1 Utah Jazz 3 1988 Western Conference First Round #fff 1991 Portland Trail Blazers 4 Utah Jazz 1 1991 Western Conference Semifinals NBA Finals: (E1) Chicago Bulls vs. (W1) Portland Trail Blazers 1992 NBA Finals #eee June 3 9:00 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 89 Chicago Bulls 122 30–33 21–33 17–38 21–18 Drexler, Robinson 16 each Michael Jordan 39 Jerome Kersey 7 Pippen, Williams 9 each Clyde Drexler 7 Michael Jordan 11 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois NBC 18,676 Jake O'Donnell, Hue Hollins, Dick Bavetta Chicago leads series, 1–0 Michael Jordan scores 35 points in the first half, along with a then-record six 3-pointers. June 5 9:00 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 115 Chicago Bulls 104 OT 31–23 23–22 16–32 27–20 18–7 Clyde Drexler 26 Michael Jordan 39 Buck Williams 14 Horace Grant 12 Clyde Drexler 8 Jordan, Pippen 10 each Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois NBC 18,676 Hugh Evans, Jess Kersey, Paul Mihalik Series tied, 1–1 Kevin Duckworth hits the game-tying shot with 17.3 seconds left. #eee June 7 7:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 94 Portland Trail Blazers 84 34–26 20–19 16–15 24–24 Michael Jordan 26 Clyde Drexler 32 Grant, Pippen 8 each Jerome Kersey 12 Scottie Pippen 7 Terry Porter 4 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon NBC 12,888 Ed T. Rush, Mike Mathis, Bill Oakes Chicago leads series, 2–1 June 10 9:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 88 Portland Trail Blazers 93 26–18 22–27 21–21 19–27 Michael Jordan 32 Drexler, Kersey 21 each Horace Grant 10 Kevin Duckworth 11 Jordan, Pippen 6 each Clyde Drexler 9 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon NBC 12,888 Darell Garretson, Joe Crawford, Dick Bavetta Series tied, 2–2 #eee June 12 9:00 PM Boxscore Chicago Bulls 119 Portland Trail Blazers 106 39–26 27–28 28–24 25–28 Michael Jordan 46 Clyde Drexler 30 Scottie Pippen 11 Jerome Kersey 12 Scottie Pippen 9 Terry Porter 8 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon NBC 12,888 Jake O'Donnell, Jess Kersey, Hue Hollins Chicago leads series, 3–2 June 14 7:00 PM Boxscore Portland Trail Blazers 93 Chicago Bulls 97 25–19 25–25 29–20 14–33 Drexler, Kersey 24 each Michael Jordan 33 Jerome Kersey 9 Scott Williams 8 Terry Porter 8 Horace Grant 5 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois NBC 18,676 Hugh Evans, Ed T. Rush, Mike Mathis Chicago wins series, 4–2 Chicago overcomes a 79–64 deficit at the start of the 4th quarter to win their second straight title. +Regular-season seriesChicago won 2–0 in the regular-season series#fff November 29, 1991 1991 11290 POR Chicago Bulls 116 Portland Trail Blazers 114 2OT Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon March 1, 1992 1992 03010 CHI Portland Trail Blazers 91 Chicago Bulls 111 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Trail Blazers winning the first meeting. +Previous playoff serieshttps://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=CHI&opp_id=POR&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Chicago Bulls versus Portland Trail Blazers (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com May 31, 2015Portland leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1977 Chicago Bulls 1 Portland Trail Blazers 2 1977 Western Conference First Round Statistical leaders Category Game high Average Player Team High Player Team Avg. GP Games played Points Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 56 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 34.5 22 Rebounds Shawn Kemp Seattle SuperSonics 20 Detlef Schrempf Indiana Pacers 13.0 3 Assists John Stockton Utah Jazz 21 John Stockton Utah Jazz 13.6 16 Steals Tim Hardaway Golden State Warriors 8 Mookie Blaylock New Jersey Nets 3.8 4 Blocks Antoine Carr San Antonio Spurs 7 Antoine Carr San Antonio Spurs 3.7 3 References 30em External links Basketball-Reference's 1992 Playoffs page Category:NBA playoffs Playoffs Category:Sports in Portland, Oregon Category:GMA Network television specials fi:NBA-kausi 1991–1992#Pudotuspelit