NBA season tipped off Tuesday! And how exciting it was. Let me just say, that the 3 horse race in the East will be tremendously fun to watch

But continuing our look back into the NBA Archives, lets discuss the NBA Regular season of 1985-86

How sad sad for Chicago…their superstar player Michael Jordan breaks his foot and misses 64 games on the year…They somehow wiggle into the playoffs, only to be swept by the Celtics…yet, in Game 2, Jordan puts on a show for the ages, setting an NBA playoff record for points in a single game, 63, eclipsing Elgin Baylors' previous record of 61

Patrick Ewing was drafted the same year Hakeem made his first (and eventually unsuccessful) trip to the Finals. His next trip would later be against Ewing in 94…destiny??

The Boston Celtics were 50-1 at home, 50-1!! 40-1 during the regular season and 10-0 in the playoffs in route to the NBA Championship…

Hakeem Olajuwon, in only his second year, averages 23.5 per game on nearly 53% shooting, and leads Houston, along with Ralph Sampson to the NBA Finals after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in 5 games. Of course, they would lose to Boston.

Qustions now:

What was significant about the playoffs in the Western Conference that year?

This is a stretch, but can anyone make the connection between All-Star weekend that year and the Rockets (who lost in the Finals) first championship?…

This is the only season in the 80s that _____ didnt represent _____ in the _______?