1990 NBA Finals
The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1989–90 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The series pitted the defending NBA and Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons against the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers.
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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 | |||||||||
This was the first NBA Finals since 1979 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).