In the summer of 1991, the EuroBasket is held in Rome, an event that would show us for the last time Yugoslavia as a unified country. The last competition in which Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Slovenes and Bosnians played under the same flag. The Balkans would win Gold after beating Italy 88-73
In the NBA of ’91 the Chicago Bulls began their reign. Michael Jordan was finally crowned, after losing several years in the conference finals to the Pistons. They would just take revenge on the Pistons in the Eastern final, and then beat Magic Johnson’s Lakers 4-1
In the 1.991 ACB, and after seven years in which the champions alternated between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the Joventut de Badalona basketball city par excellence, wins the league, defeating its neighbor Barcelona by 3-1
In the previous round all the important ones do not miss their appointment with the regular league. Kingston have to be highlighted by beating first Den Helder and then CSKA Moscow. Scavolini and Bayer Leverkusen return to play among the best after several years away
In 1991 the cup was held in Zaragoza, where Barcelona, after three years of waiting, won the cup again, beating in the final a Estudiantes who would still have to wait one more season to take the title. The final was close until the last possessions, with victory blaugrana by (67-65). The MVP went to the losing side, inside Estudiantes Juan Antonio Orenga
In 1991, the Cup Winners’ Cup final was held in Geneva, where Zaragoza, who were on the right track in the final, lost to PAOK (76-72), in a match where they were heavily influenced by the extra-sporting
The 1991 Korac was a final marked by the heart attack that took the life of coach Ignacio Pinedo in the first half of the first game. In sporting terms it was a very tight final, where in the first leg, Cantú won by two against a Real Madrid team paralysed by what happened to their coach, and in the second leg, an extra time was needed to decide the winner. Mannion was a nightmare for the Madrid defence
