@@bryanburnap4537-he would do the exact same thing the following year in Game 3 against NY that would have iced that game with 4 seconds left . He missed both, NY forced OT and won to take a 2-1 lead. People never mention those games or his wild drive in Game 6 that could have won the title that year.
They beat a team that was winning Championships 10 years before, if you call that a triumph, what do you call 87 game 5 and game 7, a learning experience? They couldn’t beat a team on fumes in 87, this is a Celtic team that is even worse than that. Isaiah - nice pass- to Bird😂
This is the last playoff series win in the Bad Boys era, and would be the last playoff win for Detroit until they beat Toronto in the 1st round during the 2002 playoffs.
@@bryanburnap4537Definitely, the refs favored Detroit in this game, no doubt, how in the world can you make such an atrocious call like that? Especially in a playoff game, terrible!
Ohhhhh the days of RIVALRY!! The brand and style of play was so strong. Teams didn't like each other.....and competition was fierce! A fans dream!! No rivalry these days of podcast and no hand checking......😢😢😩😩🤕🥶🏳️💯
I was at this game. It was one of the most well-played games - by both teams - you could ask for. The crowd was so in tune with every detail, every play that was happening. Hubie Brown was at his best on the broadcast. The Pistons' championship reign peaked with this game. Thanks for posting.
From this series vs the Celtics, the Pistons moved on to yet another Eastern Conference Final showdown vs the Bulls. It didn't end well obviously though for the once-mighty 'Bad Boys'.
This was a phenomenal game, joe dumars was best player on the floor for pistons and Kevin McHale for celtics (with some spectacular plays from dee brown who I believe was a rookie that year) anytime celtics and pistons played in playoffs 87, 88 or 91 was great games And Isiah Thomas big in overtime!!!
@@EFunkRock-not in 1989 ECF. If Isiah doesn't take it to Jordan, Pistons don't reach Finals and Dumars doesn't win that MVP. People keep forgetting that fact.
The Celtics were up 2-1 in this series and looked like they had a good chance at beating the two time defending champs. They gave Detroit a really tough series. The Celtics had an aging Big 3 with a bunch of up and coming young players. Parrish was out for this game and definitely could have made a difference if he had played. One more thing, that goal tending call was horrific. Not even close.
Thank you ! This was my senior year and this call ruined my graduation etc... It's one of the worst calls in playoff history !! Robbed the Celtics of a date with Chicago in 91.
I'd love to get some full games of this series. It's like the last of an era because the Bulls were taking over and this was like the Pistons and Celtics last hoorah, somebody please link me if you can get the full one
Detroitwas past their prime. Isiah Thomas was past his prime, Aguirre past his prime, Laimbeer was washed up. The fact that they struggled badly against Atlanta and Boston shows they were already running on E
That Pistons team was stacked.They're obviously not prime 80's Bad Boy Pistons, but look at the talent.Isaiah, Dumars, Laimbeer, Rodman.Vinnie Johnson is in the argument for greatest 6th Man of all time.In the 80's, they were even more stacked.When they added guys like Adrian Dantley & Mark Aguirre.Personally, I'd put the '89 Pistons up against any team in history.They basically had an All Star team.Not only that, they played a very physically opposing, brutal style of basketball.That backcourt trio of Isaiah, Dumars, and Vinnie Johnson was vicious.Each one of those guys were capable of getting hot & dropping 20 points in a qtr.
No they wasn’t stacked that was a young Rodman lost players to the expansion draft mahonne I believe this was a very weak time in basketball but yes that backcourt was something dribble shoot pass and they kept outsmarting Mike who jus didn’t have the intelligence before phil
@festusaniemeka3350 Rodman was already a beast by 1988.H just didnt get a lot of minutes early on because, as I said, the team was stacked during those years.They also had Rick Mahorn & John Salley to throw at people.Rodman won Defensive Player Of The Year back to back in '90 & '91.That was nearing the end of the Bad Boy dynasty.They weren't the same anymore, but still a formidable bunch.I disagree about it being a weak era.You still had dynastic teams like the Celtics & Lakers.Not to mention the Bulls finally started to mature into a dynasty in their own right.I'll put the '85-'90 Pistons, Lakers, and Celtics up against any team in history.I think they'd beat anybody Especially the '86 Celtics, '89 Pistons, and '87 Lakers.Personally, I think the '87 Lakers are the best NBA team of all time.
If Boston would have ran the offense thru Lewis they might have had a chance but they were still trying to respect bird which he still could go when his back felt good but he should have deferred as Lewis was the truth. Celtics had a lot of young talent imagine Len bias running with this group of youngins. Excellent scouting
Larry Bird again loses to the Detroit Piston Bad Boys. Same ball club who snatched the torch from them in 1988, who themselves would have the torch taken in the next round by the team they had beaten three previous years - in a sweep - MJ and the Chicago Bulls.
Larry lost these series because of his painback. He tried to help but after heroic playing against Indiana it was impossible. In 1988, though Bird tells in Drive he was well defended as the reason of his bad % shooting, his injury in the feet was in the way.
@@kingsports1113What's so funny? He or she is right, the refs always favor the home team, bad call, it's a shame back then they didn't have replay, they would have corrected that call, McHale was robbed.
The Celtics probably could've given the Bulls a run for their money in the ECF while the Pistons despite ultimately winning this series never stood a chance of beating the Bulls for a 4th straight year.
Reggie Lewis could not guard Joe Dumars, there is no way that he is guarding Jordan. Bird looks about done here. He would have struggled with Pippen on both ends. They were without Parish and Joe Klein inspired fear in nobody. McHale gave everyone fits. I don't really see this Celtics team winning any more than 1 game the Bulls.
We all knew back then it was a great era, what we didn't know was down the road this kind of basketball would fade away in favor of flashy dunks, no defense and logo 3's!!!
This whole series was painful to watch. Neither team was what they were & neither were going to challenge the Bulls. The Celtics especially were sad to watch because they had been playing so well earlier in the year & looked like they could hang with the Bulls.
1991 was one of thèse that could be 10 years in one . END of eigjhties stars celtics of bird pistons of Thomas and Lakers of magic to see the rise of the Jordan’s bulls
Great game. Bird was disminished by his backpain. If he had been healthy, Boston would've won the ring that year. Anyway, Isiah was incredible in the overtime.
Nobody was stopping the Bulls in 1991. MJ, by himself, was all the Cs could handle in '86. And you think they was stopping a prime MJ, with a supporting cast, in '91. You boston fans have more passion than you do sense. A Bulls dynasty was inevitable & everyone knew it. So spare us the revisionist history.
@@zap_sigma1 I have no doubt Boston would've won Chicago without injuries. Lewis could defend Jordan. Bird with Pippen, no problem, Larry always. Mchale and Parish would've destroyed Grant and Cartwright. Ah, who in Chicago could defend Shaw, Brown, Gamble, even Pinckney? Chicago won his 6 titles fairly but the injuries or retirement of the real GOATs were the main reason of their dinasty.
11:17; the passion of the athletes in the postseason was real unlike the snowflakes like Westbrook and Lebron that give up and throw the game in the 4th quarter
@JAWrightonline I am sure,before this system will take effect,who ever designs it,will take every single tiny precautionary measure,to make all calls are done correctly.All I am saying is,there have been too many bad calls made,due to human error,that cost teams victories,and sometimes,there are Playoffs,and Championships on the line.I know this sounds ridiculous,but I have a feeling,there will be a major change in all of sports as far as refereeing goes.Foitball already has VAR,and it is a major success.
Yes he did unfortunately, he was shoveling concrete for his mom's driveway and hurt his back, pulled something, not sure exactly, but wow, why not just hire someone to do it, he definitely had the money, but wanted to do it on his own, that's just the type of person he is and it ended up hurting his career.
Painful, painful. The Celtics got owned by the Pistons from 1988 to 1991 in the playoffs. Yes, this went 6 games. However, Pistons won the series. Just shows the changing of the guard.
The main reason of both defeats: Injuries. Excuses? Nope. Detroit deserved to win rings, of course. They were a hard working team that defended so close to legal limits but Boston was more talented and without injuries they'd have won always. Anyway, it was in 6 games in spite of the injuries. Imagine with all the guys playing.
😡👂👂👂👂👂👂 listen. That ref's bad call taking away Kevin McHale put back COST BOSTON CHAMPIONSHIP. They would have won this game and game 7back in Boston. Celtics would have crushed in finals.
Bird was seriously injured. Imagine to play with backpain and limitations to move. He won Indiana the previous series and simply he couldn't give more that year.
@@Mrd9960 As minimum the same trouble Detroit had to win them. Boston lost in 6 games in 1988 and 1991 in spite of the injuries and it was by little margin. I don't think Detroit was better.
Pay Attention: Look at how hard the Pistons were playing in this game, okay? Look at the minutes Daly gave to his front court of Salley and Edwards; look at how aggressive Isiah Thomas was and especially how aggressive defensively the Pistons were as a unit. .... Why is this important? JUST 2 DAYS LATER IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS LOOK AT WHAT TOOK PLACE: Isiah Thomas takes 9 shots in game 1 and only 9 shots in game 2; Bill Laimbeer takes just 7 shots in game 1 and only 2 shots in game 2; Joe Dumars took just 10 shots in game 1 and only 10 shots in game 3 while Chuck Daly played John Salley only 9 minutes in game 2 and played Edwards just 11 minutes in game 2 and only 9 minutes in game 3. Now a rotation and minutes along with shot attempts -- that's done ON PURPOSE and it has nothing to do with an opponent.... So look at the Pistons from game 6 here which was on a Friday and then on Sunday and Tuesday in the Eastern Conference Finals and then that following Saturday in game 3. THE PISTONS PURPOSELY LOST THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS IN 1991. Another thing to note, why didn't Thomas just keep coming off the bench in the Eastern Conference Finals?... Detroit had a good rotation going but Thomas inserted himself into the starting lineup in the ECF taking only 9 shots in game 1 and 9 shots in game 2 -- CONTROLLING THE GAME so that the Pistons COULD NOT win and Daly doing his part with the rotation and Laimbeer and Dumars plugging in their roles....So the leadership of the Pistons did the following: The scorers didn't shoot and the coach didn't play his front line guys minutes to succeed and what happened? The Pistons lost to a team they were 26-9 against from 1988-1990 eliminating them 3 straight seasons in the playoffs...but some how they do not know how to get one game? Funny as hell. See, the Pistons made it obvious, had the 1991 ECF been a 6 or 7 game series, nobody could see it, but Thomas and the Pistons leadership would not play ball, they made it obvious and then walked-off showing you it was a peaceful protest more than anything and they were made to do this and had to step aside so Jordan could win...why? THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS!!!!... Especially opening up those global markets and furthering revenues for the players as Isiah Thomas was the President of the Player's Association doing those negotiations on behalf of the players with a 53% revenue share in favor of the players.... So that's what we were seeing and that's how NBA history was forever changed and NBA basketball was destroyed for, 'The Michael Jordan Show' and guess what? The Pistons broke up their championship-contending team by waiving Vinnie Johnson and trading James Edwards to the Clippers -- this way the Pistons could NEVER compete for titles again and be a threat to Jordan. HAHAHA!...Everyone moved aside to make sure Jordan won - Isiah, Magic, and then Jordan competed against his friends: Ewing/Oakley, Barkley, and non-competitors at the Conference Finals/Finals level like Kemp/Payton and Malone/Stockton, who it took them to 1997 to even get to the Finals with all that experience and then they couldn't perform in the Finals because they weren't intelligent, same with Seattle.
Hey, wouldn't surprise me. You see this type of thing all the time in the NFL. People were perplexed with the Ravens and how they played in the AFC Championship. Teams suddenly coming out and looking like a completely different team should send alarms to people that what they're seeing is the fix. This doesn't take anything away from Jordan and the Bulls. They were great but were they as great as the NBA wants you to believe? Maybe not. One thing is certain though. MJ is the GOAT and it's not he rings that make him the GOAT. He was the GOAT long before he won his first ring. As an individual player, nobody could do what he did.
Nope. Boston would have been the real best Regular Season team if Larry had played most of the games. With Bird, Boston won about 76% of the games he played in. Detroit was under Boston all of the season. It was a classic problem what happened in playoffs: Injuries.
