The 1993–94 NBA season was the 48th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Houston Rockets defeating the New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals to win the franchise's first championship. [edit] Notable occurrences - Just before the start of the season, Michael Jordan shocks the basketball world by announcing his first retirement from the NBA following the death of his father. Jordan would be back on the court in March 1995.
- The Houston Rockets tie a record set in 1948 by the Washington Capitols in starting the season with 15 victories, and start the season 22-1 before finishing with a 58-24 record.
- The Chicago Bulls play their final season at Chicago Stadium.
- The Atlanta Hawks traded Dominique Wilkins to the Los Angeles Clippers for Danny Manning.
- The Cleveland Cavaliers play their final season at Richfield Coliseum.
- The San Antonio Spurs play their first season at the Alamodome.
- Laker legend Magic Johnson tries his hand at coaching, but instead the Lakers sit out of the NBA playoffs for the fourth time in NBA history, and Johnson refuses to come back for the 1994-95 season.
- The 1994 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the East defeating the West 127-118. Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls took home the game's MVP honors.
- The Denver Nuggets made NBA Playoff history by becoming the first eight-seed to defeat a one-seed in the first-round of a playoff series when they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 3 games to 2.
- This year's NBA Finals would be the last to go seven games until 2005. This was also the only year in which both the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Finals would go to seven games and involve teams from the same city.
- On the season's final day, Spurs center David Robinson scores 71 points against the Los Angeles Clippers to capture the scoring title.
- The New York Knicks came one game away from playing the maximum number of playoff contests. Had the New Jersey Nets captured one more victory over them in the first round, this would have been done as the Knicks played seven-game series in the next three rounds against the Bulls, Pacers, and Rockets.
[edit] Final standings [edit] Eastern Conference [edit] Western Conference C - NBA Champions [edit] Statistics leaders [edit] NBA awards Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com [edit] See also |
