1992 NBA Finals

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In the 1992 NBA Finals, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, 4-2.

Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls continued their dominance in the 1991-1992 season, finishing with a 67-15 record. Jordan won his second consecutive MVP award with a 30.1/6.4/6.1 season. After a physical seven game series over the emerging New York Knicks in the second round and finishing off the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Conference Finals, the Bulls faced off against Clyde Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers in the Finals.

In the 1991-1992 campaign, the Blazers repeated as Pacific champions. They steamrolled through the Western Conference playoffs en route to the epic showdown with the Bulls. The 1992 NBA Finals would cement the reputations of both Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler (placing the latter firmly in the former's shadow).

The media, hoping to recreate a Magic-Bird type rivalry in Jordan-Drexler, compared the two throughout the pre-Finals hype. Jordan responded to this by draining the six 3-pointers and scoring 35 points in the first half of Game 1. The Bulls would go on to win the game and the series in six games. During the playoffs, the Blazers' reputation as a "dumb" team—one which thrived on athleticism and emotion, rather than sound fundamentals—begin to take hold, especially in Game 6 wherein the Blazers gave up a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter against a lineup consisting mostly of Bulls reserves after dominating Chicago for most of the game.

Michael Jordan was named Finals MVP for the second year in a row, to go with his sixth straight scoring title.