Portland came into this Western Conference Final series as the best team in the West with 63 wins. A formindable team of Clyde "The Glide" Drexler, Jerome Kersey, Terry Porter and Buck Williams. They met a Lakers team led by veterans Magic Johnson and James Worthy with a valiant supporting crew led by Byron Scott, Vlade Divac and Sam Perkins. The series seemed to be going the Lakers way until Game 6 when Portland was cruising on a fast break late in the 4th quarter to put away the game and head back to Portland....

May 18, 1991: Lakers were down 12 entering the 4th quarter

May 21, 1991:Game of rebounds as the Blazers control the boards

May 24, 1991

May 26, 1991

May 28, 1991

May 30, 1991: A Classic Game 6 that comes down to the final minute

April 26, 1991: One of the more classic First Round series of all-time! The story of this series was Larry Bird's back and his heroic entrance during the 3rd quarter of a classic Game 5. A struggle between the aging Celtics led by Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish and the upstart Indiana Pacers led by star Chuck Person and up and coming players Reggie Miller and Rik Smits. After this Game 1 Bird went to the hospital so he could enjoy a good night's rest.

April 28, 1991: Chuck Person sets an NBA Playoff record with 7 three-pointers!

May 5, 1991: One of the more memorable deciding games of all-time. Bird goes down hard late in the 2nd quarter and does not emerge at the start of the 2nd half. Halfway though the 3rd he comes out of the tunnel a-la Willis Reed (1970 Knicks) much to the delight of the fans and players....

May 7, 1991: This Eastern Conference Semi-Final match-up marked the end of the Celtics - Pistons dominance in the East. One last chance for the stars of the 1980's, namely Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and others to show how much they wanted once more title and the series didn't disappoint. The series went to a classic Game 6 that has an ending to this very day that is still disputed and has fans of the Celtics wondering what if....

May 11, 1991

May 17, 1991

May 10, 1991: Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals comes down to the final minute. Jordan puts on a heroic display with 46p but the plucky Sixers led by Charles Barkley and Hersey Hawkins have other ideas.

May 5, 1991: Run TMC were on a high after upsetting the San Antonio Spurs in the first round. Could the dynamic trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin match up with the might Lakers led by Magic and Worthy?

May 10, 1991

May 12, 1991

May 14, 1991: Warriors desperate for win and get a big lead in the 4th, but the Lakers are too powerful led by Magic in a classic that goes into overtime.

April 27, 1991: A Classic First Round upset sees the Run TMC trio at their very best against the David Robinson, Sean Elliott and the rest of the San Antonio Spurs. Don Nelson successfully employs a 4-guard offense with Sarunas Marciulionis filling that role.

May 3, 1991: The Warriors look to close out the series at home.

April 26, 1991: Never has an 8 seed defeated a 1 seed in a First Round match-up. The young and upstart Sonics of Seattle led by Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton nearly pull off this feat against the powerful Portland Trail Blazers. In this Game 1 Clyde Drexler socres a career playoff high of 39p.

May 4, 1991

April 28, 1991: The story of this First Round series was the absolute dominance of the Pistons led by Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman over the Dominique Wilkins, Spud Webb, Doc Rivers and the rest of the Atlanta Hakws during the regular season (5 to 0). But this is why they play the game....

May 2, 1991: At the end of this Game 4 Moncrief scores 12 points in the final 5 minutes; Hawks went to the line 51 times!

May 5, 1991: 2 - 2 and back to Detroit for a deciding Game 5 that included Laimbeer and Wilkins almost coming to blows.