NBA: 1988 playoff finals - Pistons vs Lakers (game 7, Worthy 36 pts + 16 rebs + 10 assists) 

For Worthy to score 36 against perhaps the best defense of all time shows just how good he was.

Crowds are so into the game. I love the heat.

BIG GAME JAMES WORTHY only has 1 triple double in his career. He chose to do it in 1988 Finals Game 7! Legend!

Amazing how many people mugged the floor at game's end. Unprecedented

You are looking live at the Forum in Inglewood California, the Detroit Pistons vs the defending World Champion Los Angeles Lakers!!!!!!

This game for the 1987-88 NBA title was played on June 21, the first official day of summer in 1988. I remember a news article the day after saying that for the first time ever, a complete season in a US sports league covered all the 4 seasons of the year, having started in the fall of 1987. This season may have been the greatest single NBA season of all time.

Last time Magic rocked the goatee. Was 5-2 in the Finals with it…0-2 without it.

The most highly rated game in nba history!!!!!

I miss the CBS nba music....kid memories.

"Big game James" was cemented on this night

Wow (1988) Detroit vs. Los Angeles its a classic series piston thomas jonhson game 7

What a great era of sports basketball 🏀 baseball ⚾ football 🏈..boxing 🥊 all sports thank you..amazing ball..❤

Hard to believe this was 36 years ago, seems like yesterday. The Lakers were phenomenal!!

1:33:49 Laimbeer should be a HOF'er. 1:34:27 Magic is the Laker GOAT

That ghost foul is crazy

These things even out. Isiah got hurt the next year Magic got hurt.

Thank you, this was a banger 😊

The Pistons were down by three with three seconds left, they easily could have made something to send it into overtime; but the crowd rushed the floor, and the refs didnt call the hip-check foul at the last moment. still, if any team deserved to be cheated out of a chip, it was the badboy pistons; the dirtiest team in NBA history. A whole team of Embiids and Draymonds. Big Game James proved himself Worthy of his name with this one. That was one CLUTCH performance

I was sooo nervous, Isaiah almost beat the Lakers by himself while playing on one good leg. Lucky NO CALL at the end.

My man said he was hooked up to a machine that released elecrodes to push his thresholds of pain.

Isiah was fouled with 1 second left. Plus the fans were storming the court when Laimbeer was trying to inbound the ball. The Pistons not having any timeouts the last few minutes of the game...really hurt them.

Nothing beat the NBA in the 80’s and early 90’s, it’s plain garbage now.

ea rayo puñeta que clase de celebración y juegazo del 1, en este presente ya no se celebra así 😆

Jack Nicholson was in attendance, and I turned 17 some 18 days before. Look at those mountains, look at those trees; Look at that bum over there, he's down on his knees. Look at these women, ain't nothing like it nowhere. Century Boulevard (you'll love it!) Victory Boulevard (you'll love it!) Santa Monica Boulevard (you'll love it!) 6th Street! (You'll love it! You'll love it! You'll love it!) You Love L.A. We love L.A.! (You'll love it!) We love L.A.! (You'll love it!) We love L.A.! (You'll love it!)

THIS is the real basketball, played by real men.

Thanks for posting this video, luv it! (quality kinda blurry, though)

What was Rodman doing shooting at : 41?

rip dr buss

We Detroiters heard every excuse about Magic Johnson and Scott in 1989, the year Detroit was 6-0 against them the entire season, BUT Lakers fans KNOW that in Game 7 of 1988, they were fortunate to play against Isiah Thomas on that bad ankle.

@43:33 Thats 5 shots flagrant foul ejection suspension and they would call in the national guard in 2024, but in the 80's get up like a man two shots.

Lakers almost lost the game due to missed free throws. Honestly, AC Green should have just run the clock at the end so no more chances for Detroit. That foul at the end was not given. Still had over a second after the foul. A free throw and a miracle follow up could have tied the game. You knew the NBA wanted the Lakers to go back to back.

1:27:05 Rodman making this shot was the final nail. If he would have passed and they could have scored with Johnson or Sally, I think Detroit would have won this game. Why did he think he had any business taking that shot?

Gratitude

Look at the final play of the series and tell me Detroit didn't get screwed. 1-2 seconds on the clock, Detroit down 3 and the entire LA bench is on the court. That should have been a Technical Foul with Detroit getting the ball at midcourt. 2-By the time Isiah Thomas catches the ball, LA fans are ON THE COURT.

I remember this! I was 11😅

Back 2 Back

The kiss is weird af. Lol

The chaos at the end gets the headlines but the Pistons got some bad calls in their favor during the comeback. The super late and-one by Salley, the jump ball when Rodman only had one hand on the ball, etc.

Showtime Lakers, Healthy Bird's Celtics, Dr. J and Moses 76ers and Bad Boy Piston would destroy Jordan's 90's Bulls. Bulls will have a very hard time keep those teams under a 100 points and the Bulls definitely NOT Winning 4 games out of 7 scoring UNDER 100 points...that worked against 90's teams, but not against 80's teams

Piston beat the Lakers and almost beat the refs too. Fan and reporters on the court before the final buzzer. No tech, no penalty.

As laimbeer said,what foul?

WHAT"S THE LAST REFEREE LAST CALL?

1:27:05 "rodman takes the jumper" what the hell rodman?

1:25:36....what did the commentator mean when he reference Bill Laimbeer in changing up the shot selection on that play? Never understood that

The 1980's was a great time...when the team wins the fans and groupies all go to the locker room... Woo hoo! lol wait What you doing in here?

Any team with Bill Laimbeer deserves lost.

If Isaiah Thomas had been healthy the Pistons would have won

Next they swept them

1:34:07

Lakers smack down.

26:16

whaqt kind of crappy ending was THAT?!? erving johnson fouled him , so he shou;ld've had 3 FTs and a chance to tie the game lmao. THAT WAS BULLSHHHHT ending

One of the biggest robberies in NBA history!

Can you guys do better cleaning up these videos there’s a lot 70’and 80’s NFL games in RU-vid that look crystal clear you guys uploading these NBA games should clean them up these games are gold

Detroit impressive with no quit to the end, if Isiah was healthy a different result perhaps.

Mr Michael Glasewski U said alllat 2 say what?! Answer these ?s n idc what u say 2 me just answer them as if your having a by yourself meeting n that way u will only be trying 2 deceive yourself 4 the greatest deceiver is the 1 who deceives himself Mr "talking loud saying nothing" Glazsewski... 1.in terms of Bird n Magic did they or did they not have a far more supporting cast than Doc prior 2 Moses's arrival?! Thas a no- Brainer of course they did when u can create a whole team just counting the hall of famers between the Celtics n lakers alone!!2.Did the Sixers 82-83 season outdo not just the times they faced the Celtics n Lakers but every championship run they ever had{Bird n Magic teams)?3whos won the most games as a professional ballplayer Magic,Bird or The Doc?n not 4 nothing,Me,the city of philadelphia n Doc(being the classy,unselfish team player he was)love Moses 4 completing the puzzle in terms of the roster n getting it done!!n Moses being the finals mvp has no effect on Doc's overall legacy 4 Doc's best years were behind him by that point but clearly he was still good enuf 2 get it done in the same year Moses came so I don't know why u even mentioned that?!They swept the Lakers that year n 4 those that know,know that says it all!!! It says that Doc needed far less than Magic n Bird 2 win the chip....Again Doc has the highest winning percentage between the 3 of them!!!f..it u can add jordan,kobe n lebron 2 the list also!! So if u can answer them ?s with true value Mr Glaszewski then u will prove 2 be a man that keeps it real in the moment of truth opposed 2 some1 that just lies 2 kick it..excellent,proceed..$ecure aka Mr.Boston

They celebrate 2 seconds before 😄the game wasn’t over yet 😄Lambeer can make another 3 point in two seconds 😊 but every one wants LA to win that year 😊

Pistons destroy them if Zeek is healthy

Did Karl Malone smash Isaiah Thomas' face apart before or after this series? I think it was after. That was the best play in sports history. Watching Big Tough Bill Laimbeer powerlessly hopping up and down like a 5 year old girl while Pretty Isaiah was laid out gushing blood and squirming around on tge floor was beautiful. I heard it took the doctors hours to reconstruct Isaiah's face.