The 1991 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1990–91 NBA season. It was the first NBA Finals.
The Chicago Bulls of the Eastern Conference took about the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Convention for the title, together with Chicago having home court advantage. It was Michael Jordan’s first NBA Finals appearance, Magic Johnson’s final, and also the last NBA Finals for the Lakers until 2000. The Bulls would win the series, 4-1. Jordan averaged 31.2 points about 56% shooting, 11.4 assists, 6.6 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks en route to his first NBA Finals MVP Award.
The series wasn’t the first time that the Bulls and Lakers confronted at the playoffs. Before 1991, they met for four postseason series (1968, 1971, 1972 and 1973), all Lakers successes. Chicago was a member of the Western Conference at the time and moved to the East in 1981. The first time the Bulls defeated the Lakers was marked by the 1991 Finals.
This series would indicate the Lakers Showtime era’s end and the start of the Bulls’ dynasty. After winning five championships in eight finals appearances in the 1980s, the Lakers would fight for the remaining 1990s before winning five championships between the 2000-2002 and 2009-2010 seasons.
The 1991 Lakers were headed by Johnson, who was 32 and acting in what could be his final full season, as well as fellow All-Star teammate James Worthy; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had two seasons earlier. The Bulls, led by NBA MVP Michael Jordan and celebrity small forward Scottie Pippen, would acquire five more championships after 1991 in a seven-year span, cementing their status as a dynasty.
As it was all said and done, Michael Jordan became just the third man in NBA history (later George Mikan and Abdul-Jabbar) to capture the scoring title and the NBA Finals Championship in precisely the same season.
Until 2015, the Bulls were the final team to win an NBA championship despite fielding a complete roster lacking in championship or championship experience. Not one of the Bulls players had logged even a moment of NBA Finals experience.

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