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The 1993 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1992–93 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.It featured the two-time defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, and the Western Conference playoff champion Phoenix Suns, winners of 62 games and led by regular season MVP Charles Barkley.
The 1993 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1992–93 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals .
Suns Head Coach Paul Westphal was the only person to appear in both triple-overtime NBA finals games. The first was the classic 1976 contest against Boston, in Game 5 as a player. His Suns also played in that year's finals, thus becoming the only team to appear in two triple-overtime finals games. Back in 1976, the Suns lost 126–128 against ...
The Boston Celtics have won the most championships of any NBA team. Shown are the championship banners hanging in their home arena, TD Garden. The NBA Finals is the championship series for the National Basketball Association (NBA) held at the conclusion of its postseason.
July 27 — Reggie Lewis, NBA All-Star from the Boston Celtics (born 1965) October 17 — Bill Reigel, AAU player and college coach (McNeese State) (born 1932) October 21 — Irv Torgoff, College All-American (Long Island), NBL, BAA player (born 1917) October 26 — Everett Dean, Hall of Fame coach of the 1942 NCAA Champion Stanford Indians ...
Dan Majerle was targeted by Michael Jordan in the 1993 NBA Finals because Bulls' GM lauded Majerle's defense. Dan Majerle reflects on Suns-Bulls '93 Finals, battling Michael Jordan and John Paxson's 3
In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Suns defeated the Bulls in triple overtime, 129–121. This marked the second time a Finals game lasted three overtimes, along with Game 5 of the 1976 Finals, which also involved the Suns. Coincidentally, in the 1976 game, Paul Westphal played for the Suns, and in the 1993 game, he coached the Suns.
The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bulls' 28th season in the National Basketball Association. [1] The Bulls entered the season as the three time defending NBA champions, having defeated the Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals in six games, winning their third NBA championship, their first of two threepeats in the 1990s.