1988-89 NBA Playoffs – NBA Championship
Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz
Fourth Quarter: Chicago Leads, 91-76
Utah opens with the ball. Bryant scores off a Stillman pass. Bynum fouls Lopez. Bryant with a steal. He gets it to Bynum, who travels with it. Chicago called for a shot clock. Cooper misses a layup, and Whitman gets the board. Bryant blocks Escalera. Shank blocks Stillman! Josh scores a layup. Braynt misses, and Shank gets the board. Josh with a tip-in…Bryant responds for Utah. 95-80, 8:39 left. Snodgrass scores. Shank follows, but Stillman hits. Jack on the bench still. Escalera hits a three! 100-84, Chicago! Snodgrass hits a layup…back to fourteen. Cooper scores…it’s down to 12.
Braynt scores, and the lead is ten. Jack still on the bench. Lopez misses, but off of Utah. Jack back. Mazza with a steal. Bryant misses a big three. Bryant gets a charge off Bye Felicien. The EHC misses, and Jack finds Shank for the bucket. Utah keeps threatening, but Chicago keeps answering. 5:19 left, the EHC makes it 102-92. Utah ball…Bryant is blocked by Shank! Bryant hits a three…102-95, Utah back to within seven. Bryant with a steal. Cooper misses, Jack with the board. He has 30-17-9. Jack misses, EHC with the board…Cooper misses a three. The EHC makes it a five-point game, 102-97. Chicago calls time.
Whitman finds Jack. 104-97. Cooper fouls Whitman. 1:46 left. Cooper goes one of two, and the ball is off of Chicago! Whitman back to the line…he hits both. 107-99 after Snodgrass scores. Whitman gets two more layups. Josh with a foul, and Mazza finds the EHC. Jack misses a three, but he gets the layup. Chicago is going to win this game! The EHC misses from three, Jack with the board…
IT IS OVER! IT IS OVER! Utah threatened, but the Chicago Bulls are YOUR 1988-89 NBA Champions! They have defeated the Utah Jazz, 109-101!
Jack went cold late, just 1-4 in the fourth, but he finishes with 32 points, 19 rebounds, nine assists, three steals, and three blocks! Josh Jones scored 18, while Gayle Cruz and Gregory Escalera both had 12. Sheldon Maurer had 10 big points down the stretch for Chicago.
Sammie Snodgrass and the EHC both finished with 26. Bryant had 20 and 11 boards, along with four blocks.
The party is on in the Windy City! The Chicago Bulls are the champs for the second time in four years, and for the first time, they have vanquished the dynastic Utah Jazz!
Code:
Chicago 109, Utah 101 - 6/1/1989
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1 2 3 4 T Utah Leaders Chicago Leaders
UTA 22 29 25 25 101 Points: Harris Connors 26 Points: Jack Dawkins 32
CHI 32 36 23 18 109 Rebounds: Royal Bryant 11 Rebounds: Jack Dawkins 19
Assists: Harris Connors 6 Assists: Jack Dawkins 9
Utah (58-24):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Royal Bryant C 40 9-18 2-4 0-0 5 11 0 2 4 3 1 6 20
Harris Connors PF 39 11-24 1-3 3-6 2 9 6 0 1 0 2 -14 26
Brian Mazza SF 37 2-6 0-0 0-0 2 10 4 2 2 4 4 -8 4
Sammie Snodgrass SG 42 11-17 2-2 2-3 2 8 6 2 0 2 0 -5 26
Craig Cooper PG 37 6-13 1-5 0-0 0 1 6 1 0 1 5 4 13
Dalton Stillman SF 11 1-2 0-0 2-2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Stanford Shipe PF 17 3-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 -8 6
Kevin Bynum SG 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 -3 2
Manfredo Bacigalupo PG 11 0-4 0-4 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -12 0
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
44-93 6-18 7-11 11 45 29 8 8 14 14 101
47.3% 33.3% 63.6%
Technical Fouls: Brian Mazza , Craig Cooper
Chicago (61-21):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Gayle Cruz C 30 6-16 0-0 0-0 1 5 2 0 0 1 4 8 12
Joshua Jones PF 39 9-19 0-1 0-0 2 6 3 0 3 0 2 -4 18
Jack Dawkins SF 37 14-21 2-4 2-2 5 19 9 3 3 5 1 8 32
Gregory Escalera SG 43 4-14 1-3 3-4 0 4 2 0 1 1 2 7 12
Josh Whitman PG 37 0-6 0-1 5-6 1 5 9 1 0 2 0 -4 5
Nicky Lopez SF 15 2-7 1-3 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheldon Maurer PF 9 5-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 12 10
Edward Shank C 18 4-6 0-0 1-1 2 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 9
Felicien Delahaye PG 11 2-6 2-4 0-0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 12 6
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
46-101 6-16 11-13 14 49 30 6 10 13 12 109
45.5% 37.5% 84.6%
Game Summary:
Game Stats UTA CHI
Halftime Score 51 68
FGM-FGA 44-93 46-101
FG% .473 .455
FTM-FTA 7-11 11-13
FT% .636 .846
3PM-3PA 6-18 6-16
3P% .333 .375
Rebounds 45 49
Assists 29 30
Steals 8 6
Blocks 8 10
Turnovers 14 13
Team Fouls 14 12