As the Portland Trail Blazers were sweeping the Western Conference championship and entering the finals, in the Eastern, the Chicago Bulls were engaged in a tough battle with the Detroit Pistons.
This was the third postseason meeting between the two teams, following the 1987 and 1989 seasons.
The feud between Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas reached its peak this year.
Jordan and the Bulls were becoming stronger each year, while Thomas and the Pistons had replaced the Boston Celtics as the new rulers of the Eastern Conference.
The NBA is like a pride of lions on the African savanna, where the struggle between rulers and challengers never ceases.
The Bulls finished the regular season with a record of 55 wins, easily defeating the aging Milwaukee Bucks in the first round.
In the semifinals, Jordan faced his good friend Charles Barkley's Washington Bullets and dispatched them in five games.
