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<tbody><tr><th>Team</th><th>Coach</th><th>Wins</th></tr><tr class="vcard" style="font-weight:bold;"> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a></td> <td>3</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">June 7–21</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a><br />(Los Angeles Lakers)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Pistons:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> (2008)<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> (2006)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a> (2011)<br /><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> (2000)<br /><b>Lakers:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> (1995)<br /><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a> (2024)<br /><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> (2003)<br /><b>Coaches:</b><br />Chuck Daly (1994)<br />Pat Riley (2008)<br /><b>Officials:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Hugh Evans</a> (2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Darell Garretson</a> (2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_Strom" title="Earl Strom">Earl Strom</a> (1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Pistons</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1987–88 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a>, 4–2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season">Mavericks</a>, 4–3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1988 NBA Finals</b> was the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">championship series</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>'s (NBA) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88 season</a>, and the culmination of the <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_playoffs" title="1988 NBA playoffs">season's playoffs</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">defending NBA champion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a> 4 games to 3 to win their 11th title. </p><p>One of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a>'s most famous moments came when he promised the crowd a repeat championship during the Lakers' <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a> championship parade in downtown Los Angeles. With every team in the league now gunning for them, the Los Angeles Lakers still found a way to win, taking their seventh consecutive Pacific Division title. While the 1988 Lakers did not produce as many wins in the regular season as the 1987 Lakers, they were just as successful in the playoffs, becoming the first team in 19 years to repeat as champions. </p><p>One of Pistons guard <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a>'s career-defining performances came in Game 6. Despite badly twisting his ankle midway through the period, Thomas scored an NBA Finals record 25 third-quarter points, as Detroit fell valiantly, 103–102, to the Lakers at the Forum. </p><p>Thomas still managed to score 10 first-half points in Game 7, as Detroit built a 5-point lead. In the 3rd quarter, the Lakers, inspired by Finals MVP <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Byron Scott</a> (14 3rd-quarter points), exploded as they built a 10-point lead entering the final period. The lead swelled to 15 before Detroit mounted a furious 4th-quarter rally, trimming the lead to two points on several occasions. The Lakers ultimately prevailed and captured their 5th championship in the last 9 seasons. </p><p>This was the first NBA Finals since <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a> not to feature the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_(ticket).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_%28ticket%29.JPG/200px-1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_%28ticket%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_%28ticket%29.JPG/300px-1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_%28ticket%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_%28ticket%29.JPG/400px-1988_NBA_Finals_-_Game_1_-_Detroit_Pistons_at_Los_Angeles_Lakers_1988-06-07_%28ticket%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="874" /></a><figcaption>A ticket for Game 1 of the 1988 NBA Finals at The Forum.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Lakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season</a></div> <p>During the 1987 championship parade in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, Lakers coach <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> guaranteed a repeat championship, a feat that had not been achieved since the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969 NBA Finals</a>. Motivated by their coach's boast, the Lakers once again earned the league's best record in the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88 season</a> (62–20), despite winning three games less than the previous year. They also had a 15-game winning streak from December 11, 1987, until the Lakers were beaten by the <a href="/wiki/1987-88_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1987-88 Los Angeles Clippers season">LA Clippers</a> (109–110) on January 13, 1988. They also had another double-digit winning streak (10-game winning streak) from February 11 until February 28. </p><p>The playoffs proved to be a difficult climb for the Lakers, however. They swept the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> in the first round. They came back from a 2–1 deficit against the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1987–88 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> in the semifinals round before beating them in Game 7. They then defeated the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a> in 7 games in the Conference Finals round. The Lakers eventually prevailed in both series thanks to their championship experience.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_Pistons">Detroit Pistons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Detroit Pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">1987–88 Detroit Pistons season</a></div> <p>The Pistons of head coach <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a> were an up-and-coming team that gradually moved up the Eastern Conference ranks. Known as the "Bad Boys" for their physical and defensive-minded style of play, the Pistons' core featured guards <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a>, forwards <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mahorn" title="Rick Mahorn">Rick Mahorn</a>, center <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a>, and bench players <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a>. Midway through the season, Detroit gained a valuable backup to Laimbeer and Mahorn when they acquired <a href="/wiki/James_Edwards_(basketball)" title="James Edwards (basketball)">James Edwards</a>. </p><p>The 1987–88 season marked a further ascension for the franchise, as Detroit won the <a href="/wiki/Central_Division_(NBA)" title="Central Division (NBA)">Central Division</a> title with a 54–28 record. The second-seeded Pistons beat the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1987–88 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1987–88 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> in five games each, before facing the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1987–88 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> once again in the conference finals. This time, the Pistons were the better team, eliminating the Celtics in six games for their first NBA Finals appearance since <a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a> and the franchise's first since moving to Detroit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_to_the_Finals">Road to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Road to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NBA Playoffs">1988 NBA Playoffs</a></div> <table style="width:100%; font-size:90%" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th colspan="2" style="width:45%;"><a 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<th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1987–88 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>.378</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1987–88 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>.341</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1987–88 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1987–88 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>62</td> <td>.244</td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>65</td> <td>.207</td> <td>45 </td></tr></tbody></table>1st seed in the West, best league record </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">Regular season</a> </th> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35em; font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern 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title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>c</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1987–88 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>25</td> <td>.695</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>54</td> <td>28</td> <td>.659</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1987–88 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1987–88 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1987–88 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>44</td> <td>.463</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1987–88 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>44</td> <td>.463</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1987–88 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>44</td> <td>.463</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1987–88 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>36</td> <td>46</td> <td>.439</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1987–88 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>63</td> <td>.232</td> <td>38 </td></tr></tbody></table>2nd seed in the East, 4th best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (8) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a>, 3–0 </td> <th colspan="2">First Round </th> <td>Defeated the (7) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1987–88 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a>, 3–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (5) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1987–88 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a>, 4–3 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td>Defeated the (3) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1987–88 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a>, 4–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (3) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a>, 4–3 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td>Defeated the (1) <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1987–88 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>, 4–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> won both games in the regular season series: </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">January 8, 1988</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 106</b>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 104 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Silverdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverdome">Silverdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 21, 1988</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 110, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 117</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Road team</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Home team </th></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#1">Game 1</a></td> <td>June 7</td> <td><b>Detroit Pistons</b></td> <td>105–93 (1–0)</td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#2">Game 2</a></td> <td>June 9</td> <td>Detroit Pistons</td> <td>96–108 (1–1)</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#3">Game 3</a></td> <td>June 12</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b></td> <td>99–86 (2–1)</td> <td>Detroit Pistons </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#4">Game 4</a></td> <td>June 14</td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers</td> <td>86–111 (2–2)</td> <td><b>Detroit Pistons</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#5">Game 5</a></td> <td>June 16</td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers</td> <td>94–104 (2–3)</td> <td><b>Detroit Pistons</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#6">Game 6</a></td> <td>June 19</td> <td>Detroit Pistons</td> <td>102–103 (3–3)</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/finals/1988.htm#Game%20#7">Game 7</a></td> <td>June 21</td> <td>Detroit Pistons</td> <td>105–108 (3–4)</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 7<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 105</b>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 93 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>22</b>–21, <b>35</b>–19, 23–<b>28</b>, 25–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> 34<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> 7<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 12</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 10</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit leads the series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 17 Joe Crawford</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Pistons had just dispatched the Celtics in six games, while the Lakers were coming off back-to-back seven-game wins over the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a>. The Lakers were tired, and it showed. <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> scored 34 points, hitting 14 of 16 shots from the field. The Pistons took control of the game with four seconds left in the first half when <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> hit a three-point shot to put the Pistons up 54–40. <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> then stole <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem</a>'s inbound pass at half court and let fly with another three-pointer which hit nothing but net at the halftime buzzer. The Pistons had a 57–40 halftime lead and never looked back, stealing Game 1 with a 105–93 win. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 9<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 96, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 108</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>25</b>, 19–<b>24</b>, <b>30</b>–27, 27–<b>32</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> 19<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Laimbeer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Mahorn" title="Rick Mahorn">Mahorn</a> 9 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a> 7 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> 26<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 4 Ed T. Rush</li> <li>No. 20 Jess Kersey</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Facing the possibility of going down 2–0 with three games to play in Detroit, the veteran Lakers found resolve with a 108–96 win. <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> led the Lakers with 26 points, <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Byron Scott</a> had 24, and <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 23 despite battling the flu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 12<br /><small> 3:30 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 99</b>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 86 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>23</b>–21, 24–<b>25</b>, <b>31</b>–18, 21–<b>22</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> 24<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 14</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 9</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads the series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Silverdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 39,188<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 12 Earl Strom</li> <li>No. 25 Hugh Evans</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>With Magic still battling the flu, the Lakers got a key win in Detroit, 99–86, to go up 2–1 in games. The Lakers took control of the game in the third period, outscoring the Pistons 31–18. Despite his illness, Magic had 18 points, 14 assists, and six rebounds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 14<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 86, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 111</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 29–<b>32</b>, 22–<b>26</b>, 14–<b>25</b>, 21–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 6</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 12</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 2–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Silverdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 34,276<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li> <li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>In front of their home fans, the Pistons tied the series at 2–2 with a 111–86 win. The Pistons decided to attack the basket and make <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> defend. Johnson wound up on the bench early in the second half with foul trouble. </p><p>With Magic out of the game, the Pistons built a substantial lead. During timeouts, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> was almost frantic. He kept saying, "No letup! We don't let up!" They didn't, and blew out the defending NBA champions by 25 points. </p><p>Left open by the trapping Lakers defense, Dantley led the team with 27 points. <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a> came off the bench to add 16 while <a href="/wiki/James_Edwards_(basketball)" title="James Edwards (basketball)">James Edwards</a> had 14 points and five rebounds off the bench. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 16<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 94, <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 104</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>30</b>–27, 20–<b>32</b>, <b>25</b>–22, 19–<b>23</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 26<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a> 6 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 17</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a> 25<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Detroit lead the series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Silverdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 41,372<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 17 Joe Crawford</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Pistons' 104–94 victory was a perfect farewell to the <a href="/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome" title="Pontiac Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a>. Bill Laimbeer told <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> with a minute left in the game to "look around and enjoy this because you'll never see anything like it again". He went on to say, "Forty-one thousand people waving towels and standing. It was awesome." </p><p>The Lakers opened Game 5 with a fury of physical intimidation, scoring the game's first 12 points. But that approach soon backfired, as the Laker big men got into foul trouble. </p><p>Dantley played a major role in the turnaround, scoring 25 points, 19 of them in the first half, to rally the Pistons to a 59–50 halftime lead. <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a> added 12 of his 16 points in the first half to keep Detroit moving. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> added 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting to send the Pistons back to Los Angeles, one win away from their first NBA title. </p><p>Games 3, 4, and 5 were the last NBA Finals games to be contested in a domed stadium built primarily for football until the 1999 NBA Finals in which Games 1 and 2 were played at the <a href="/wiki/Alamodome" title="Alamodome">Alamodome</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>. The Pistons left the <a href="/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome" title="Pontiac Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a> after the 1987–88 season and moved into <a href="/wiki/The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills" title="The Palace of Auburn Hills">The Palace of Auburn Hills</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1988-89_NBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1988-89 NBA season">1988-89 NBA season</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_6">Game 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 19<br /><small> 3:30 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 102, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 103</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>26</b>–20, 20–<b>33</b>, <b>35</b>–26, 21–<b>24</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 43<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> 28<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> 10<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 19</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 3–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 25 Hugh Evans</li> <li>No. 4 Ed T. Rush</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Lakers led 56–48 in the third quarter when <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> suddenly began a classic performance. He scored his team's next 14 points, hitting two free throws, a driving layup, four jump shots, and a running bank shot. </p><p>With a little less than 5 minutes left in the period and the score 70–64, Lakers, Thomas rolled his right ankle while passing off to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> for a basket. Thomas tried to run upcourt, but collapsed while the Lakers scored again. Despite a severe sprain, Thomas returned to the game with 3:44 left and the Lakers up 74–66. Thomas, with his bad ankle, scored 11 of the Pistons' last 15 points of the quarter to finish with 25, an NBA Finals record for one quarter, on 11-of-13 shooting. During this time, the Pistons outscored the Lakers 15–5 to take an 81–79 lead. </p><p>The fourth quarter was nip-and-tuck; with 1:30 left, Thomas, sore ankle and all, hit a baseline jumper for his 42nd and 43rd points to give the Pistons a 100–99 lead. The Lakers came down and <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> got the ball inside to <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, but his layup attempt was blocked by <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a>. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> penetrated inside on the ensuing possession, was fouled, and hit the two free throws for a three-point lead at 102–99 with a minute left. </p><p>The Lakers called timeout, and on the next possession, <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Byron Scott</a> drove by Thomas from the top of the key and hit a 14-footer from the right elbow to cut the lead to one with 45 seconds left. Thomas then missed another baseline jumper and Worthy rebounded with 27 seconds remaining. The Lakers then set up and Scott got it to <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, who drew a foul on <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> (his sixth) as he wheeled for a skyhook on the right baseline with 14 seconds left. This foul has remained controversial to the Pistons and their fans, who claim that Laimbeer never made contact with Jabbar on his shot attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abdul-Jabbar then proceeded to sink two high-pressure free throws providing the Lakers with a one-point lead. </p><p>After a time out, the Pistons set up for a final shot. Thomas collided with Dantley after inbounding the ball, but Dumars penetrated in the paint and put up a shot that missed after he was forced to by <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> to alter it. After a scramble, Scott came up with the ball for the Lakers and was shoved out of bounds by Rodman, inciting a near-fight, with 5 seconds left on the clock. Scott missed both free throw attempts, but the Pistons, who had no timeouts remaining, lost precious seconds trying to secure the loose rebound and could not get a shot off before time expired. </p><p>Thomas would end up with 43 points and eight assists in a heroic performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_7">Game 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Game 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 21<br /><small> 9:00 pm EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> 105, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 110</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> <b>23</b>–21, <b>29</b>–26, 21–<b>36</b>, <b>34</b>–25</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a> 25<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> 7</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> 38<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> 16<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Johnson" class="mw-disambig" title="Johnson">Johnson</a> 14</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles wins the series, 4–3</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 12 Earl Strom</li> <li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>This was the first Game 7 since <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a>, and the first to be played under the 2–3–2 format, adopted in <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>. </p><p>In the final game, Thomas' ankle was still sore, as evidenced by his limping badly in warm-ups. He did manage to play the first half, scoring 10 points and leading the Pistons to a 52–47 halftime lead. But, the delay between halves caused the ankle to stiffen, and Thomas played little in the second half. With Isiah on the bench, the Lakers turned the halftime deficit into a 90–75 lead early in the 4th quarter. A key factor was Laker guard <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a>; he had been mired in a terrible shooting slump all series, but suddenly caught fire, hitting three 3-point baskets. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a> then went to a faster lineup with <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a> that created matchup problems for the Lakers and enabled the Pistons to score at a torrid pace. With 3:54 left, Salley canned two free throws to cut the Laker lead to 98–92, making the <a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood, California)">Forum</a> fans nervous. </p><p>With 1:17 left, Dumars hit a jump shot to cut the lead to 102–100. <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> then hit a free throw after a Rodman foul to put the Lakers up by three. After the two teams exchanged turnovers, Rodman took an ill-advised jumper with 40 seconds left. <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Byron Scott</a> rebounded and was fouled. His two free throws pushed the lead to 105–100. After another Pistons' turnover, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a> had a chance to essentially clinch the victory after being fouled, but he missed both free throws, and the Lakers' lead remained at five. </p><p>After Dumars made a layup, <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> hit a free throw and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a> canned a 28-foot three-pointer, pushing the score to 106–105 with six seconds showing. <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> completed the scoring with a layup off a length-of-the court pass from Magic, making it 108–105. Laimbeer made a long desperate pass to Thomas who caught the ball trying to shoot a three to send the game to overtime, but Thomas fell to the floor in a collision with Johnson, losing the ball as time ran out. Fans were already beginning to storm onto the floor even though time had not expired, but the officials ignored this. <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> and the Laker players hurried back to their dressing room as the players and coaches on both teams were pummeled by the storming fans. </p><p>Worthy racked up a monster <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a>: 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. It would prove to be the only triple-double in Worthy's Hall of Fame career.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For that and his earlier efforts in the series, he was named the Finals MVP, cementing his nickname "Big Game James". </p><p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> are the only members of all 5 Lakers championship teams from the 1980s. <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> is the only coach that was on all 5 Lakers championship teams from the 1980s, he was an assistant coach on the 1980 championship team, and head coach on the other four championship teams. </p><p>This was the Lakers' first Game 7 Finals victory since <a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_Finals" title="1954 NBA Finals">1954</a>; however, it was their first ever Game 7 win in the championship series since moving to Los Angeles in 1960; they were 0–5 in previous Game 7's since moving (<a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a>). This would end up being the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Lakers</a>' last home win in the championship series until <a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_rosters">Team rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Team rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_2">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Lakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001330000000000000♠">33</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000218440000000000♠"></span>7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1947–04–16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001190000000000000♠">19</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Campbell" title="Tony Campbell">Campbell, Tony</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1962–05–17 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠">21</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Cooper, Michael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–04–15 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_Mexico" title="University of New Mexico">New Mexico</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠">45</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">Green, A.C.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">220 lb (100 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–10–04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_University" title="Oregon State University">Oregon State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson, Magic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–08–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">G/F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lamp" title="Jeff Lamp">Lamp, Jeff</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–03–09 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">Virginia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Matthews" title="Wes Matthews">Matthews, Wes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–08–24 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">Wisconsin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Rambis, Kurt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">213 lb (97 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1958–02–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_University" title="Santa Clara University">Santa Clara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byron Scott (basketball)">Scott, Byron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–03–28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001520000000000000♠">52</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Smrek" title="Mike Smrek">Smrek, Mike</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">250 lb (113 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1962–08–31 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Canisius_University" title="Canisius University">Canisius</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠">55</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Thompson_(basketball)" title="Billy Thompson (basketball)">Thompson, Billy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–12–01 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">Louisville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001430000000000000♠">43</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">Thompson, Mychal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">226 lb (103 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–01–30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠">20</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Milt_Wagner" title="Milt Wagner">Wagner, Milt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–02–20 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">Louisville</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001420000000000000♠">42</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy, James</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–02–27 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bertka" title="Bill Bertka">Bill Bertka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Pfund" title="Randy Pfund">Randy Pfund</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detroit_Pistons_2">Detroit Pistons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Detroit Pistons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#0D4C93; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>1987–88 Detroit Pistons roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #E01D36; color: #FFFFFF;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #E01D36; color: #FFFFFF;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">00</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/William_Bedford_(basketball)" title="William Bedford (basketball)">Bedford, William</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–12–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">Memphis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠">45</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley, Adrian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">208 lb (94 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–02–28 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠">50</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Dawkins, Darryl</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">251 lb (114 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–01–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maynard_Evans_High_School" title="Maynard Evans High School">Maynard Evans (HS)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars, Joe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–05–24 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/McNeese_State_University" title="McNeese State University">McNeese State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001530000000000000♠">53</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/James_Edwards_(basketball)" title="James Edwards (basketball)">Edwards, James</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–11–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">Washington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Johnson, Vinnie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000187960000000000♠"></span>6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–09–01 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Baylor_University" title="Baylor University">Baylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠">40</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Laimbeer, Bill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">245 lb (111 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–05–19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠">35</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Lewis_(basketball)" title="Ralph Lewis (basketball)">Lewis, Ralph</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1963–03–08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University" title="La Salle University">La Salle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="5.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward-center" title="Forward-center">F/C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001440000000000000♠">44</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Mahorn" title="Rick Mahorn">Mahorn, Rick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000208279999999999♠"></span>6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">240 lb (109 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1958–09–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hampton_University" title="Hampton University">Hampton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠">54</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Moore_(basketball)" title="Ron Moore (basketball)">Moore, Ron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000213360000000000♠"></span>7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">260 lb (118 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1962–06–16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_State_University" title="West Virginia State University">West Virginia State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001420000000000000♠">42</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Nevitt" title="Chuck Nevitt">Nevitt, Chuck</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000226059999999999♠"></span>7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">217 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–06–13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">NC State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="3.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">SF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman, Dennis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–05–13 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Oklahoma_State_University" title="Southeastern Oklahoma State University">SE Oklahoma State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="2.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">SG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Walker_Russell" title="Walker Russell">Russell, Walker</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1960–10–26 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">PF</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠">22</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">Salley, John</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1964–05–16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Institute of Technology">Georgia Tech</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">PG</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas, Isiah</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">180 lb (82 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1961–04–30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Bloomington" title="Indiana University Bloomington">Indiana</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Malone" title="Brendan Malone">Brendan Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Suhr" title="Brendan Suhr">Brendan Suhr</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Los Angeles Lakers</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Los Angeles Lakers statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>29.6</td> <td>.414</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.714</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td><b>1.1</b></td> <td>13.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Campbell, Tony"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Campbell" title="Tony Campbell">Tony Campbell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>7.0</td> <td><b>.667</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Cooper, Michael"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>25.1</td> <td>.205</td> <td>.150</td> <td>.625</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Green, A.C."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>34.6</td> <td>.558</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.733</td> <td><b>8.7</b></td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Magic"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>41.4</b></td> <td>.550</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.866</td> <td>5.7</td> <td><b>13.0</b></td> <td><b>2.0</b></td> <td>0.1</td> <td>21.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Matthews, Wes"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wes_Matthews" title="Wes Matthews">Wes Matthews</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.0</b></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Rambis, Kurt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a></span></span></span></td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.6</td> <td><b>.667</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.400</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Scott, Byron"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>40.1</td> <td>.476</td> <td><b>.455</b></td> <td>.771</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>18.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Smrek, Mike"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Smrek" title="Mike Smrek">Mike Smrek</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Thompson, Mychal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">Mychal Thompson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>21.6</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.412</td> <td>3.6</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Wagner, Milt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Milt_Wagner" title="Milt Wagner">Milt Wagner</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Worthy, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>38.0</td> <td>.492</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.735</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.6</td> <td><b>22.0</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Detroit Pistons</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Detroit Pistons statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Dantley, Adrian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>36.4</td> <td>.573</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.859</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.1</td> <td><b>21.3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Dumars, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>33.3</td> <td>.513</td> <td><b>.500</b></td> <td>.929</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Edwards, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Edwards_(basketball)" title="James Edwards (basketball)">James Edwards</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>13.7</td> <td>.477</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.636</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Vinnie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>23.4</td> <td>.405</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.444</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Laimbeer, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>33.6</td> <td>.391</td> <td>.333</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td><b>8.9</b></td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>9.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Lewis, Ralph"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Lewis_(basketball)" title="Ralph Lewis (basketball)">Ralph Lewis</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Mahorn, Rick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Mahorn" title="Rick Mahorn">Rick Mahorn</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>10.6</td> <td>.409</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.833</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Nevitt, Chuck"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Nevitt" title="Chuck Nevitt">Chuck Nevitt</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Rodman, Dennis"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>24.9</td> <td><b>.629</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.524</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>7.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Russell, Walker"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Walker_Russell" title="Walker Russell">Walker Russell</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Salley, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>25.3</td> <td>.581</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.700</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>0.7</td> <td><b>1.3</b></td> <td>7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Thomas, Isiah"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a></span></span></span></td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>37.4</b></td> <td>.426</td> <td>.294</td> <td>.833</td> <td>4.4</td> <td><b>9.0</b></td> <td><b>2.9</b></td> <td>0.3</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television_coverage">Television coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Television coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Detroit Pistons season documentary "Bad Boys", narrated by <a href="/wiki/George_Blaha" title="George Blaha">George Blaha</a> recaps Detroit's run to the Finals and how they garnered the "Bad Boys" moniker while the Los Angeles Lakers documentary "Back To Back", narrated by <a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a> recaps the Lakers quest to become the first team since the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>-led Celtics to achieve NBA championships in consecutive years. </p><p>That year, <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a> used three sideline reporters which were <a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pat O'Brien (television)">Pat O'Brien</a> (the Pistons' sideline), <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a> (the Lakers' sideline) and <a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a> (both teams). <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> served as the play-by-play announcer and color analyst respectively. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Basketball_Association_broadcasters" title="List of American Basketball Association broadcasters">ABA on CBS</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_CBS_Late_Movie" title="The CBS Late Movie">The CBS Late Movie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_CBS_Sports" title="College Basketball on CBS Sports">College Basketball on CBS</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1980s" title="NBA on television in the 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="NBA on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brant" title="Tim Brant">Tim Brant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Doucette" title="Eddie Doucette">Eddie Doucette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Glieber" title="Frank Glieber">Frank Glieber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Kelly (sportscaster)">Jim Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Musser" title="Andy Musser">Andy Musser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nantz" title="Jim Nantz">Jim Nantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Patrick" title="Mike Patrick">Mike Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Robertson_(television_announcer)" title="Don Robertson (television announcer)">Don Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summerall" title="Pat Summerall">Pat Summerall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Andariese" title="John Andariese">John Andariese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dischinger" title="Terry Dischinger">Terry Dischinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Erickson" title="Keith Erickson">Keith Erickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Tom Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stu_Lantz" title="Stu Lantz">Stu Lantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Loughery" title="Kevin Loughery">Kevin Loughery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_McGlocklin" title="Jon McGlocklin">Jon McGlocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Motta" title="Dick Motta">Dick Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Mullins_(basketball)" title="Jeff Mullins (basketball)">Jeff Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Packer" title="Billy Packer">Billy Packer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Raftery" title="Bill Raftery">Bill Raftery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ramsey" title="Cal Ramsey">Cal Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Mendy Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Cazzie Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Shackelford" title="Lynn Shackelford">Lynn Shackelford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Steele" title="Larry Steele">Larry Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlsie_Cantey" title="Charlsie Cantey">Charlsie Cantey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Chastain" title="Jane Chastain">Jane Chastain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irv_Cross" title="Irv Cross">Irv Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Hill" title="Sonny Hill">Sonny Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Jiggetts" title="Dan Jiggetts">Dan Jiggetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(radio_and_television_personality)" title="Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)">Pat O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Visser" title="Lesley Visser">Lesley Visser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1974 NBA All-Star Game">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1975 NBA All-Star Game">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1976 NBA All-Star Game">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1978 NBA All-Star Game">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1979 NBA All-Star Game">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1981 NBA All-Star Game">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1984 NBA All-Star Game">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons#1979.E2.80.931994:_The_Bad_Boys_era" title="Detroit Pistons">The Bad Boys</a>" <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rules" title="Jordan Rules">Jordan Rules</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals#Game_5" title="1976 NBA Finals">The Greatest Game Ever Played</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shot" title="The Shot">The Shot</a>" </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Cavaliers_rivalry" title="Bulls–Cavaliers rivalry">Bulls–Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ABC_commentators" title="List of NBA on ABC commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ESPN_commentators" title="List of NBA on ESPN commentators">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA All-Star Game broadcasters">WNBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Chet Forte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howard" title="Chuck Howard">Chuck Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ruocco" title="Ryan Ruocco">Ryan Ruocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Sean Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">Johnny Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Majerle" title="Dan Majerle">Dan Majerle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Jack Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline<br />reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Gutierrez" title="Israel Gutierrez">Israel Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hubbarth" title="Cassidy Hubbarth">Cassidy Hubbarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Masekela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sal Masekela">Sal Masekela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sedano" title="Jorge Sedano">Jorge Sedano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beadle" title="Michelle Beadle">Michelle Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenberg" title="Mike Greenberg">Mike Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Nichols_(journalist)" title="Rachel Nichols (journalist)">Rachel Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Patrick (sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sage_Steele" title="Sage Steele">Sage Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Taylor_(sportscaster)" title="Maria Taylor (sportscaster)">Maria Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Broussard" title="Chris Broussard">Chris Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Perkins" title="Kendrick Perkins">Kendrick Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Smith" title="Stephen A. Smith">Stephen A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilbon" title="Michael Wilbon">Michael Wilbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Jay Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wojnarowski" title="Adrian Wojnarowski">Adrian Wojnarowski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a><br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Barnett" title="Dave Barnett">Dave Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">Johnny Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a> (Games 2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a> (Games 1, 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a> (Games 3, 5-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_Finals" title="2003 WNBA Finals">2003</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_Finals" title="2005 WNBA Finals">2005</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_WNBA_Finals" title="2010 WNBA Finals">2010</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_WNBA_Finals" title="2014 WNBA Finals">2014</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_Finals" title="2015 WNBA Finals">2015</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_Finals" title="2017 WNBA Finals">2017</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_Finals" title="2018 WNBA Finals">2018</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_Finals" title="2019 WNBA Finals">2019</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_WNBA_Finals" title="2020 WNBA Finals">2020</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_WNBA_Finals" title="2021 WNBA Finals">2021</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_Finals" title="2022 WNBA Finals">2022</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_Finals" title="2023 WNBA Finals">2023</a> (Games 1, 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_Finals" title="2024 WNBA Finals">2024</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1968 NBA All-Star Game">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1969 NBA All-Star Game">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 NBA All-Star Game">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1972 NBA All-Star Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1973 NBA All-Star Game">1973</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 WNBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 WNBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 WNBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 WNBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 WNBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2013 WNBA All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 WNBA All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2017 WNBA All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2018 WNBA All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 WNBA All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 WNBA All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2023 WNBA All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 WNBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman#Broadcasting_career" title="Jack Twyman"><i>"I think we see Willis coming out!"</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Block_(basketball)" title="The Block (basketball)">"The Block (2016)"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a> </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Bryant–O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Lakers–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry">Cavaliers–Warriors</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">ESPN lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malice_at_the_Palace" title="Malice at the Palace">"Malice at the Palace"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_Championship" title="McDonald's Championship">McDonald's<br />Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1987 McDonald's Open">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1988 McDonald's Open">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1989 McDonald's Open">1989</a></li></ul> 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