At 3:41, Bob Costas mentions a worrisome statistical trend. Whoever the western conference champions were in the finals, they lost 8 straight home games. It's interesting he talks about that. That trend would continue (with the exception of Game 4 of this series that Portland won) on through the 1993 finals. While Portland did break that streak in Game 4 of this series, it was only temporary, as Portland lost 2 of 3 to Chicago in Portland in this series, and Phoenix lost all 3 games to Chicago the following season at America West Arena. From 1989 to 1993, the western conference champion was 1-13 at home to the eastern conference champion. Eastern Conference Champions won 13 of 14 road games in the finals from 1989 through 1993.

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