1990 had been a breakthrough year for the Portland Trail Blazers. After four straight years of first-round playoff exits, the franchise broke through under first-year coach Rick Adelman and made the NBA Finals for the first time since their championship year of 1977. The 1991 Portland Trail Blazers edition spent the entire regular season and […]
They were “The Bad Boys”, the rough and tough two-time defending NBA champions. The 1991 Detroit Pistons were as deep as ever, with eight players making significant contributions and future Dream Team coach Chuck Daly masterminding it all. But the combination of a small does of injury problems and a big dose of Michael Jordan […]
This post is part of a series of sports history articles commemorating under-the-radar teams and moments in a given year. This article focuses on the 1991 Boston Celtics, where the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish made their last stand together.