Sports · 3
What was the Chicago Bulls' opponents' scoring average per game during the 1991 NBA Finals, the lowest Finals average in two decades?
Answer
93.9 points per game
The Bulls' suffocating defense held their 1991 Finals opponents to just 93.9 points per game, the lowest Finals average in two decades. Phil Jackson's defensive scheme, anchored by Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan, transformed the series from an expected high-scoring affair into a defensive masterclass.
💡 Did you know?
Chicago's defensive scheme in 1991 held opponents to 93.9 points per game—the lowest Finals average in two decades—turning a shootout into a suffocation match.
Other options people guess
- 98.4 points per game
- 101.2 points per game
- 96.7 points per game
Topics
- 1990s
- nba
- chicago-bulls
- basketball
- defense
Know your sports trivia?
Play a free Sports quiz and see how many you get right — no signup needed to start.
More Sports facts
Sports
Which defensive scheme did the Chicago Bulls deploy in the 1991 NBA Finals that helped limit their opponents to the lowest scoring average in two decades?
Chicago's defensive scheme in 1991 held opponents to 93.9 points per game—the lowest Finals average in two decades—turning a shootout into a suffocation match.
Sports
Which Bulls player came off the bench to score 21 points in Game 4 of the 1991 NBA Finals, helping Chicago take a commanding 3-1 series lead?
John Paxson averaged only 8.7 points per game during the 1990-91 regular season, yet delivered some of the most clutch postseason performances of that era.
Sports
Which Chicago Bulls player averaged a team-high 8.7 assists per game during the 1990–91 regular season, quietly orchestrating the triangle offense?
Michael Jordan wore #23 partly because it was half of his older brother Larry's #45—a childhood tribute that became the most iconic number in basketball.
Sports
What betting odds was Buster Douglas given against him heading into his 1990 fight with Mike Tyson?
Buster Douglas's 1990 knockout of Mike Tyson at 42-to-1 odds was so shocking that Tyson's promoter initially claimed the referee's count was wrong on live television.
Sports
What did Japan's Professional Sumo Association ban unmarried wrestlers from doing in 2011?
Sumo wrestlers must be married or live in stable housing; Japan's Professional Sumo Association banned unmarried rikishi from driving cars in 2011.
Sports
Which FCS school stunned preseason #5 Michigan in the 2007 college football season opener, delivering the first FBS loss to an FCS opponent?
Appalachian State's 2007 upset over #5 Michigan marked college football's first FBS loss to an FCS team, shocking fans so deeply that Michigan fired their coach mid-season.