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- The 1994 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1993-94 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Hakeem Olajuwon was named NBA Finals MVP. This was also the first time that the Boston Celtics (since 1979) and Los Angeles Lakers (since 1976) missed the playoffs. It was their first absence from the playoffs since the playoff field expanded to 16 teams in 1984. It was also the first time that both missed the playoffs in the same year. This would not occur again until 2014. It also marked the first time both of the two Los Angeles-based NBA teams, the Lakers and Clippers (who arrived in L.A. in 1984), missed the playoffs together. The biggest upset came in the first round, when the Denver Nuggets came back from a 2–0 deficit to beat the Seattle SuperSonics in five games, marking the first time in NBA history that an eighth seed had defeated a #1 seed. Denver stretched their improbable playoff run with the Utah Jazz to seven games after being down 0–3, but Utah defeated them in Game 7 91–81. The playoffs also featured the first playoff series victory for the Indiana Pacers in their 18-year NBA existence, as they swept the Orlando Magic (who were making their first playoff appearance in franchise history) in the first round, then eliminated the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks 4–2 in the second round. The Pacers advanced within one game of the NBA Finals, but lost Games 6 and 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Knicks. This was the first time since the ABA–NBA merger prior to the 1976–77 season that all former ABA teams (Pacers, Nuggets, Spurs, and Nets) made the playoffs in the same year. The Chicago Bulls, who made the playoffs despite the retirement of Michael Jordan, swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, but then lost in seven games to the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Knicks made history by playing a record 25 playoff games (one short of the maximum), the most postseason games an NBA team has played. The 2005 Detroit Pistons tied this record. However, it was broken by the 2008 Celtics. Their easiest series was the first-round 3–1 win over the Nets. New York then forced three consecutive Game 7s, eliminating the Bulls 4–3 in the Conference Semifinals, knocking off the Pacers 4–3 in the Conference Finals, both times at Madison Square Garden, before losing in Game 7 to the Rockets at The Summit in the NBA Finals, which meant New York was denied NBA and NHL titles. Game 4 of the Finals took place at the Garden a day after the New York Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in 54 years in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. Knicks coach Pat Riley made history by becoming the first (and to this date, the only) person in NBA history to have coached a Game 7 in the NBA Finals for two teams, having been with the Lakers in 1984 and 1988. In the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors made their last playoff appearance until 2007. Game 3 of the Suns–Warriors series would be the last playoff game to take place inside the original bowl of the Oakland Coliseum Arena; the building was heavily renovated with increased seating capacity throughout the 1996–97 season, during which the Warriors moved to San Jose Arena, home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks. The arena was reopened the following season. Game 3 of the Bulls-Cavaliers series was the last game played at the Richfield Coliseum. Game 6 of the Bulls-Knicks series was the last game played at Chicago Stadium. Game 5 of the Nuggets-Sonics series was the last to be played at Seattle Center Coliseum before its first renovation and eventual rechristening as KeyArena in 1995. During the renovations, the Sonics played the intervening 1994–95 NBA season at Tacoma Dome in nearby Tacoma, Washington; the arena had also been used intermittently during the early 1990s. After the SuperSonics relocated to and rebranded as the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008, the building (which is still being used by the Sonics' former WNBA sister team Seattle Storm) later received a second renovation project to accommodate the NHL's Seattle Kraken. This third iteration of the Coliseum became Climate Pledge Arena and was reopened in 2021. This would be last time when neither number one seed reached the Conference Finals until 2021 (en)
- Los Playoffs de la NBA de 1994 fueron el torneo final de la temporada 1993-94 de la NBA. El campeón fue Houston Rockets (Conferencia Oeste) que derrotó por 4 - 3 a New York Knicks en las finales de la NBA. Este sería el primer título para los Rockets después de dos apariciones en las finales de 1981 y 1986. El MVP de las Finales fue Hakeem Olajuwon de los Houston Rockets. (es)
- Les playoffs NBA 1994 sont les séries éliminatoires (en anglais, playoffs) de la saison NBA 1993-1994. Les Rockets de Houston battent en finale les Knicks de New York. (fr)
- Gli NBA Playoffs 1994 si conclusero con la vittoria degli Houston Rockets (campioni della Western conference) che sconfissero i campioni della Eastern Conference, i New York Knicks. (it)
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- Dan Crawford, Darell Garretson, Hue Hollins (en)
- Jake O'Donnell, Jess Kersey, Jack Madden (en)
- Joe Crawford, Bob Delaney, Bennett Salvatore (en)
- Dan Crawford, Tommy Nunez Sr., Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Jim Clark, Steve Javie (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Steve Javie, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Darell Garretson, Hue Hollins, Lee Jones (en)
- Darell Garretson, Jess Kersey, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Jack Madden, Jake O'Donnell, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Jess Kersey, Jake O'Donnell, Bennett Salvatore (en)
- Ron Garretson, Mike Mathis, Bill Oakes (en)
- Bob Delaney, Hugh Evans, Bill Oakes (en)
- Bob Delaney, Jack Madden, Mike Mathis (en)
- Bob Delaney, Jess Kersey, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Dan Crawford, Bennett Salvatore, Bill Spooner (en)
- Dan Crawford, Hugh Evans, Bennett Salvatore (en)
- Dan Crawford, Hugh Evans, Joe Forte (en)
- Dan Crawford, Jess Kersey, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Dan Crawford, Joe Crawford, Jack Madden (en)
- Darell Garretson, Bill Oakes, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Darell Garretson, Ed T. Rush, Dick Bavetta (en)
- Darell Garretson, Ed T. Rush, Hue Hollins (en)
- Darell Garretson, Jess Kersey, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Darell Garretson, Ronnie Nunn, Don Vaden (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Dan Crawford, Joe Forte (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Darell Garretson, Bill Oakes (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Jess Kersey, Jack Nies (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Jim Clark, Dan Crawford (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Joe Forte, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Joe Forte, Mike Mathis (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Steve Javie, Paul Mihalak (en)
- Dick Bavetta, Steve Javie, Ron Olesiak (en)
- Ed Middleton, Bill Oakes, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Ed Middleton, Jack Nies, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Hue Hollins, Ed T. Rush, Greg Willard (en)
- Hue Hollins, Jess Kersey, Ronnie Nunn (en)
- Hue Hollins, Ronnie Nunn, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Hugh Evans, Bennett Salvatore, Greg Willard (en)
- Hugh Evans, Hue Hollins, Bennett Salvatore (en)
- Hugh Evans, Joe Crawford, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Hugh Evans, Joe Crawford, Mike Mathis (en)
- Hugh Evans, Joe Forte, Jack Nies (en)
- Hugh Evans, Lee Jones, Jack Madden (en)
- Hugh Evans, Lee Jones, Paul Mihalak (en)
- Hugh Evans, Mike Mathis, Jack Nies (en)
- Hugh Evans, Mike Mathis, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Hugh Evans, Paul Mihalak, Ronnie Nunn (en)
- Jack Madden, Ed Middleton, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Jake O'Donnell, Jess Kersey, Bill Oakes (en)
- Jess Kersey, Bill Oakes, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Jess Kersey, Jack Nies, Ronnie Nunn (en)
- Jim Clark, Darell Garretson, Steve Javie (en)
- Jim Clark, Ron Garretson, Mike Mathis (en)
- Joe Crawford, Hue Hollins, Don Vaden (en)
- Joe Crawford, Jack Madden, Dick Bavetta (en)
- Joe Crawford, Jack Madden, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Joe Crawford, Jack Madden, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Joe Crawford, Jack Madden, Jack Nies (en)
- Joe Crawford, Jack Madden, Tommy Nunez Sr. (en)
- Joe Crawford, Jack Nies, Eddie F. Rush (en)
- Joe Crawford, Terry Durham, Bennett Salvatore (en)
- Joe Forte, Darell Garretson, Ken Mauer (en)
- Joe Forte, Jess Kersey, Bill Oakes (en)
- Mike Mathis, Bill Oakes, Greg Willard (en)
- Mike Mathis, Bill Oakes, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Mike Mathis, Paul Mihalak, Tommy Nunez Sr. (en)
- Nolan Fine, Darell Garretson, Jack Nies (en)
- Nolan Fine, Joe Forte, Mike Mathis (en)
- Ron Garretson, David Jones, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Ron Garretson, Hue Hollins, Mike Mathis (en)
- Ron Garretson, Jake O'Donnell, Bennett Salvatore (en)
- Ron Garretson, Steve Javie, Ed T. Rush (en)
- Ron Garretson, Tommy Nunez Sr., Ed T. Rush (en)
- Steve Javie, Bill Oakes, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Steve Javie, Jess Kersey, Jake O'Donnell (en)
- Terry Durham, Jack Madden, Jake O'Donnell (en)
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- Chicago leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Chicago leads series, 2–0 (en)
- New York leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Series tied, 1–1 (en)
- Series tied, 2–2 (en)
- Series tied, 3–3 (en)
- New York leads series, 2–1 (en)
- New York wins series, 3–1 (en)
- New York leads series, 2–0 (en)
- New York leads series, 3–2 (en)
- New York wins series, 4–3 (en)
- Phoenix leads series, 2–1 (en)
- Houston leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Seattle leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Houston leads series, 3–2 (en)
- San Antonio leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Seattle leads series, 2–1 (en)
- Phoenix leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Seattle leads series, 2–0 (en)
- Houston leads series, 2–1 (en)
- Houston leads series, 3–1 (en)
- Houston wins series, 4–1 (en)
- Houston wins series, 4–3 (en)
- Utah leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Denver wins series, 3–2 (en)
- Utah leads series, 2–1 (en)
- Houston leads series, 2–0 (en)
- Houston wins series, 3–1 (en)
- Utah leads series, 2–0 (en)
- Atlanta wins series, 3–2 (en)
- Utah wins series, 3–1 (en)
- Phoenix leads series, 2–0 (en)
- Phoenix wins series, 3–0 (en)
- Chicago wins series, 3–0 (en)
- Utah leads series, 3–1 (en)
- Indiana leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Indiana leads series, 2–0 (en)
- Indiana leads series, 2–1 (en)
- Indiana leads series, 3–1 (en)
- Indiana leads series, 3–2 (en)
- Indiana wins series, 3–0 (en)
- Indiana wins series, 4–2 (en)
- Miami leads series, 1–0 (en)
- Miami leads series, 2–1 (en)
- Utah leads series, 3–0 (en)
- Utah leads series, 3–2 (en)
- Utah wins series, 4–3 (en)
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