What would you rank as the Top 3 NBA Finals series' in the 1990s decade

me personally

1. 1998 Bulls-Jazz. Went 6 games and gave us imo the most memorable moment in Basketball history when Jordan hit the game winner to win the title as his last shot as a Bull. This is my personal favorite NBA Finals and personally enjoyed that years playoffs more than any other

2. 1994 Rockets-Knicks. Went down to Game 7 where the Houston Rockets defeated the New York Knicks. Just an awesome series and one that's hard to forgot

3. 1996 Bulls-Sonics. The great defense of the Seattle Supersonics featuring Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton going up against Jordan and the Bulls. Went 6 and was fun to watch

finals? i dunno... MJ's a given...

but when it comes to playoffs...
theres always one series that comes to mind

1. Bulls-Sonics
2. Rockets-Knicks {great series lasted 7 games; the end result soured it for me}
3. Bulls-Jazz {both of them}

1. 1991 Bulls over Lakers in 5. It was the Bulls first championship and the start of it all.. so that's number one for ME.

2. Rockets over Knicks in 7.

3. Bulls over Jazz in 6... both times.

Nenadidas wrote:

1. 1991 Bulls over Lakers in 5. It was the Bulls first championship and the start of it all.. so that's number one for ME.

2. Rockets over Knicks in 7.

3. Bulls over Jazz in 6... both times.

Dang it Nenad hahaha you had to have seen the NBA Finals and not just have been alive during that NBA Finals. Unless you've watched the 1991 NBA Finals don't have it up on this thread hahaha ...

Lucky and unlucky for me the 1st year of me watching basketball was 93-94 I was 4/5 years old and NY lost. I remember hearing about MJ but never saw him play cause he was off playing what the Spanish call beisbol. When he came back boy did I get to know MJ.

I have seen it... they had it on NBATV.. along with a bunch of other Finals series hahaha.

Okay I've seen those as well I've seen the 73 NBA Finals on MSG Network and on the DVD discs my mom has bought me over the years for X-Mas doesn't mean I saw them in the moment of it all, which is too bad hahahaha...

well in that case I can only pick the finals between 1997-1999 hahaha.

I was really young before the 97 season.. and don't remember much at all. Only people being happy that the bulls won haha.

I got into the Knicks cause 1 of my uncles is a Knicks fan, but my aunt's then bf was a huge Knicks fan and I first got into basketball with him introducing me to Ewing and the Knicks. My grandpa didn't like him that much not because he was a Knicks fan and my grandpa liked the Jazz who I also watched a lot of growing up, but because he just didn't like him for my aunt hahaha...

I watched all 5 full games of the 1991 NBA Finals on a DVD. If I was older I would've ranked it at #1 too because that started the dynasty haha.

Knicks in the 90s were exciting to watch. I remember watching that 1994 Finals Game 7 and people in the New York Area being so pissed the next day lol

I was a pissed 5 year old after that I remember crying and a whole bunch of my family members had to calm me down. The next day me and my friend Mark, who is still a homie right up to this day both were bummed cause he's a big Knicks fan as well. John Starks was on the money that entire playoffs and in the NBA Finals and then he let out a huge stinker in the most important game of the NBA Finals game 7 with a horrific 2-18 shooting game going 0-10 in the 4th quarter. In Game 6 he had his shot blocked by Hakeem in a 2 point loss for NY to end the game. Knicks were screwed by the rules of 1993 in Game 3 though. In the closing seconds of Game 3 NY was down by 3 and Starks was fouled by Olajuwon. Starks went to the line and at that time 3 foul shots because of getting fouled while attempting a 3 pointer was not the case. Starks connected on both of them and NY lost the game needing 1 more foul attempt to tie.

1998 Bulls vs Jazz

1999/00 Lakers vs Portland

1991 Bulls vs Lakers

That was the semis Darko great series Pippen gave us a handful but that wasn't the NBA Finals

I changed it!

1. Houston-New York. It was a hard fought series, plus I'll always remember a certain freeway chase involving NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson and the LAPD.

And seeing the sign "The Juice is Loose." by a pedestrian near the chase.

Great series though. Rough, tough and foul filled. Sam Cassell in the beginning stages of his clutch shooting career. John Starks building a brick house. The Ewing/Olajuwon showdown that was seen before in NCAA championship game. This time The Dream got his revenge in the Pros.

2. Chicago-Seattle. I loved this Sonics team. Kemp was a monster and had a strong series vs. Dennis Rodman. The Glove was a nuisance on D and awkwardly effective on offense. It was also the series that Jordan grabbed the ball in the final seconds and fell to the floor clutching the ball in his hands and arms weeping... That game 6 victory was on Father's day... three years after the death of his dad.

3. Chicago-Phoenix. Charles Barkley's MVP season and Jordan's best friend in the NBA. It was fun to see Charles do his all to dethrone the Bulls, but Jordan had an amazing series versus the Suns. Completely unguardable. Unstoppable. Un-anything-able. Jordan set the NBA Finals record avg 41pts a game for the series and a NBA record three consecutive Finals MVPs'.

Even though I wasn't a Bulls/Jordan fan, I watched every game in awe of Jordan's skills.