1992 Eastern Conference Semi-Final: The Celtics last hurrah. The 1980's was the decade of the Magic and Bird, the Lakers & Celtics. With a rising star, Reggie Lewis, the Celtics led By Bird, McHale and Parrish had a legitimate shot to get back to the promised land. However, the upstart Cavs led by Brad Daugherty and Mark Price stood in their way. Series went 7 games and game 7 turned out to be the final game of Larry Bird's NBA career.

May 2, 1992: Celts were on a high riding an 11 game winning streak when they met the Cavs to start this series. Kerr hit a demoralizing half-court shot at the end of the 3rd that laid rest plans of a Celtics come-back.

May 4, 1992: The old man took criticism to heart as he leads the Celtics to victory.

May 8, 1992: An exciting game that saw Cleveland take control in the 3rd. However, a 4th quarter surge by the Celtics led by Reggie Lewis saw them pull it out in the end.

May 10, 1992: A thrilling game that saw the return of Larry Bird to action. Lewis with a career day of 42 points led the Celtics while old-pro Larry Nance picked up the slack for the Cavs.

May 13, 1992: Ehol, the forgotten man of the series hits his first 8 shots. Cavs defense shut down the Celts big three in the 2nd half to take control of the game and the series.

May 15, 1992: What turned out to be Bird's final game as a player in the Boston Garden was an emotional one from the introductions to his highlight plays in the first quarter.

May 17, 1992: Quicker, stronger, faster, fresher. These words describe perfectly the winner's performance in this Game 7 showdown. This turned out to be Larry Bird's final NBA game.

1992 Western Conference Semi-Final: This series is most known for the highest scoring NBA Playoff game of all-time, a 153 to 151 double OT thriller. However, it was a fascinating look into the West's most dominant team led by Drexler, Kersey and Porter facing an up-and-coming Suns team just before the Charles Barkley era.

May 5, 1992: A thrilling close game that came down to the final seconds. A top defensive play the difference.

May 7, 1992: Balzers get off to a big start but the Suns battle back after Kevin Johnson drops 22, including 18 straight, points ion the 3rd quarter. Blazres take the lead for good when Johnson is rested in the 4th.

May 9, 1992: This game was the perfect example of the Suns fast-break offense.

May 11, 1992: One of the best playoff games of all time. Over 300 points in this double OT thriller.

May 14, 1992: The upstart Suns put on a valiant effort but it was not to be. Their time would come one year later.

1994 First Round: One of the biggest upsets in NBA history as for the first time an 8th seed beats a number 1. Seattle led by Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton were supposed to sweep this series against the young Nuggets led by Dikembe Mutombo.

April 28, 1994: The Sonics, the team with NBA's best regular season record, played like they were the best team as they dominated Game 1.

April 30, 1994: More of the same in Game 2. Surely this series will end in 3.

May 2, 1994: Hold the phone. Reggie Williams is the hero as the Nuggets are dominant in the paint and force a Game 4.

May 5, 1994: LaPhonso Ellis is the hero in this game with big numbers. Seattle ended the season losing all 4 games it had played in Denver. Nevermind, they are heading back to their safe haven in Seattle for Game 5.

May 7, 1994: One of the most dramatioc games in NBA history sees for the first time ever a number 8 seed win a playoff series. Robert Pack and Brian Williams are huge off the bench and Dikembe, what a defensive performance.

1994 Western Conference Semi-Final: After getting so close in 1993 surely Charles Barkley and the rest of the Suns felt they had a real shot with Michael Jordan retired. What they and the rest of the league didn't count on was a Houston Rockets team led by Hakeem Olajuwon on a mission.

May 8, 1994: The crowd was silenced as the Suns stunned the Rockets in this Game 1. The Rockets took an early commanding lead but the Suns got on track in the 2nd half and held on for a close victory.

May 11, 1994: A fantastic game that saw the Suns set the biggest 4th quarter comeback in NBA history by coming back from 20 down with 10 minutes to play in the 4th. Game went to overtime where the Suns took control. Only one team in NBA history had won a series after losing Games 1 & 2 at home, after this series there would be two.

May 13, 1994: The Houston Rockets were in a must-win situation. Perhaps the Suns felt a little overconfident as Houston took this game 3.

May 15, 1994: The Suns seem to play better when it is a team effort, but aside from kevin Johnson the Suns fell a little flat again and the Rockets unbelievably tied this series at 2 games each.

May 17, 1994: No come-back this time as for the first time in this epic series a home team won. Rockets dominated from the opening tip-off.

May 19, 1994: Now it was the Suns who faced a must-win, and they did just that, sending the game back to Houston for an epic Game 7.

May 21, 1994: From "Choke City" to "Clutch City" as the Rockets stepped up and moved on to the Western Conference Finals.

1997 Western Conference Semi-Final: The Houston Rockets were 2 years removed from their last NBA title and thought that having 3 Hall-of-Famers in the starting line-up should bring them their 3rd tilte in 4 years. Charles Barkley and Clyde Drexler joined Hakeem Olajuwon in Houston and took on last year's West finalists the Seattle Sonics led by Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton in a momentous 7 game series.

May 5, 1997: Seattle's Gameplan was simple, double team Olajuwon and make them beat us from the outside. Well, Houston did beat them from the outside thanks to Mario Elie. Back to the drawing board.

May 7, 1997: Seattle decided to counter Olajuwon by starting Sam Perkins and it worked with great effect. Sonics built an early lead and never looked back. Series tied and heading to Seattle.

May 9, 1997: Game 3 back in Seattle and a much closer game throughout decided in the final minute.

May 11, 1997: A highly entertaining game that went to overtime. Houston wins this and surely has put the series out of reach as we head back to Houston for Game 5.

May 13, 1997: Down 3-1 Seattle's mission was simple: win. And that hey did by putting top defender Payton on rookie sharpshooter Matt Maloney the Sonics held the Rockets to poor 3-pt shooting and pulled out an improbable victory. Back to Seattle.

May 15, 1997: Seattle continued their great defense in taking this wild game 6 featuring a fight. Rockets almost climbed back in it as it seemed Hakeem took on the whole Seattle team, but the lead was too great. Game 7 coming up.

May 17, 1997: An exciting end to a dramatic series sees Barkley, Drexler & Olajuwon heading to the Conference Finals to face the Utah Jazz.

2000 Western Conference Finals: One of the more dramatic playoff series of all-times. Best remembered for an incredible come-back but should also be remembered for the start of the Lakers dynasty for the next few seasons. Lakers were led by Shaquille O'Neal & a young Kobe Bryant facing a top Portland team led by Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace & Steve Smith.

May 20, 2000: Rasheed Wallace gets ejected in the 3rd quarter and coach Dunleavy decides to play the percentages with hack-a-shaq. Backfires as Shaq was hot from the line and scores 41 points overall.

May 22, 2000: A close game was broken open in the 3rd quarter by some brilliant Portland play. Series tied 1-1.

May 26, 2000: A fantastic game with a super ending sees Kobe blocking the 7 foot 3 Sabonis to preserve victory for the Lakers.

May 28, 2000: Nobody thought the Lakers would win 2 in Portland but that's exactly what they did. A wacky game that saw Shaq perfect from the line and guard Ron Harper be an inside force.

May 30, 2000: Lakers have a chance to wrap up the series at home but fail to do so. Pippen and Wallace come up huge on both ends of the court to send the series back to Portland for Game 6.

June 2, 2000: Blazers seemed to get contributions from every player. When the Lakers made a run at them someone steeped up with a key play. The Blazers were determined not to lose the series at home and off we go for a historic game 7 in LA.

June 4, 2000: Scottie Pippen nails a 3-ptr to put the Blazers up 71-55 late in the 3rd quarter. Everything is working, offensively and defensively for the Blazers. Then one of the most monumental collapses in NBA playoff history sees the Lakers turn it on, the Blazers go ice cold, and history is made.