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Chicago BullsVERSUSCleveland Cavaliers

1988-89 · Eastern Conference First Round Game 5 · May 7, 1989

#7 Chicago Bulls vs #2 Cleveland Cavaliers

Chicago and Cleveland played a decisive first-round game that came down to the final seconds.

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Home starting five
Cleveland Cavaliers
StarterBDBrad Daugherty
StarterCECraig Ehlo
StarterDVDarnell Valentine
StarterHRHot Rod Williams

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Cleveland had swept all six regular-season meetings with Chicago and entered the playoffs as a 57-win contender. The Bulls were still trying to become more than Michael Jordan's scoring vehicle when the best-of-five series reached its deciding game.

  • The series was tied 2–2; Game 5 would decide whose season continued.
  • Chicago was the sixth seed facing a Cleveland team many viewed as a championship threat.

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Starter
LNLarry Nance
Away starting five
Chicago Bulls
StarterBCBill Cartwright
StarterBSBrad Sellers
StarterCDCharlie Davis
StarterCHCraig Hodges
StarterDCDave Corzine

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.