This game was the final game to ever have crowd storming. David Stern during the off season changed the seating arraignment and added increased security to prevent fans from rushing the court ever again
You know the entire last sequence where fans are up and damn-near on the court while guys are playing like in a regular gym -- that's bad for a real game but glorious for actual basketball to see how everyone was in the game emotionally.
it's amazing that this sequence (from the made free throw to time expiring, with two scores and three changes of possession) took a total of ~30 seconds in real time. I can only imagine how long this would be drawn out today, especially considering it's game 7 of a literal WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP series... also peep the guy who gets absolutely clotheslined by his friend at the bottom of the screen @ 0:30, that RKO would make Randy Orton proud In conclusion, gotta love the 80's lol
It's crazy that with a 1 point lead in Game 7 of the Finals the Lakers throw a long pass up court to go ahead by 3, then Dick Stockton acts like its over even though its Still a one possession game. Then Isiah trips over Magic, no whistle and thousands storm the court as people trample over each other.
Hello----the reason he said "Green will win it" is because there was no way the Lakers were going to let the Pistons get off a 3 point shot to tie. Why is that? In those days, a foul on a 3-point shot was only 2 free throws. The Pistons were going to get two shot attempts in 3 seconds. Nice try though...
I think Magic had established position there, and Isiah didn't have possession of the ball, either, really. And if you want to see crazy, remember all the old Boston Celtics teams that always seemed to win big games at home in the Finals. This has nothing on that-or the snow jobs the NBA pulled on Portland in 2000 and Sacrament in 2002 when it came to the Lakers. The league probably always has been fixed.
@waltd.952 true, but teams would go to the free throw line and make the first and deliberately miss the second and catch the rebound and put it in the net. It was very common practice at that time.
@@cyborgroxx I had just posted that. but with no tenths of a second on the clock then and 1 second had ticked off, a missed FT rebound would have been really tough. PLUS, NO REPLAY!!!
Even the damn announcers were quiet and didn’t mention how bazar it was having everybody running on the damn floor. Plus they all ignored the trip by magic
I thought the Pistons were going to win Game 6. Dang, they came so close...twice in this series. I painstakingly watched both games live on TV. Pistons made it to the NBA Finals 5 times, inning 3 of them in an average of 4.67 games per series. The two losses were highly contested 7 game series, this one, and again in 2005 against the San Antonio Spurs. Can you imagine if Detroit would have pulled out those as well? We could be talking Boston/LA Lakers (17 each), then Chicago, (6) with Detroit at 5. Crazy.
I said above as a Celtics fan, I hated the Pistons just as much as LA then, but Isiah's performance with hobbling all over the floor in game 6 was the stuff of champions, well, almost!!
Yes, super sketchy. I remember thinking that at the time, and still think it, but I don't recall much talk about how bad that ending was (fans AND bench players on court, clear foul), and I was shocked at that lack of talk. At least there's talk now almost 40 years later!
Lakers stole that crap in game 6 and then in game 7 this last minute we see, foul on Magic, nobody cares but great play by Magic to hit Green down on the other end -- that's the difference between the experienced 1988 Lakers and the upstarting Pistons 'The Bad Boys' up 3-2 and had to get cheated and injured while coming back down big and then that last scene was like freedom, liberty, and showing the world, 'The Pistons are changing NBA history!'
But the following year, the Pistons avenged their loss to the Lakers in a four game sweep to win the NBA championship due to Byron Scott’s and Magic Johnson’s injuries. Breaks go both ways.
1) A Chick Hearn commented Green should have dribbled out or thrown the ball in the air, the ‘right play’ by coaches logic but I’ll give AC some credit for taking off early to ensure the easy bucket otherwise he gets blocked or clobbered 2) Fans on court - not good! 3) Magic had position and Isiah was out of control, tough to fully judge from the TV angle but I don’t see how Thomas catches, gathers and shoots in time - clearly he did not. Great series and I often feel the Pistons were the better team that year - the Lakers were exhausted - but I thought the 89 Lakers were much better but lost Magic and Scott.
If the foul had been called, that would have put Isaiah on the line for 2, behind by 3 with one second left - meaning a hit then an intentional miss and a really quick put back rebound just to tie the game. Highly unlikely, but not impossible. Not clearing the cameramen and fans off the floor was awful - took home court advantage to a whole new level.
The fans on the court was the biggest issue, for sure. Officials should have at least called a TO (shoot, in ordinary situations I would think that it could even warrant a technical foul for the home team!) The bench players were also on the court-- definitely a technical foul for that.
“The game ends…The Lakers have won it …Again “ ! Beautiful and joyful words from Dick Stockton ; What the freak happened to him , as I haven’t heard about him for awhile now .
@@ericradford2142, Thanks for thé info.; Thé old NBA coaches, announcers, etcétéra,…, are either dead , or retired ; Sad , as time passes so fast nowadays; The end times is upon us
Even if they called a foul and even if it had been in the act of shooting a 3, it would have only been two free throws for Detroit. That rule change was still a few years away.
As a Celtics fan, at this point I probably hayed the Pistons more than LA. Sounds bad? Well Bird and Magic was a rivalry build on respect, The Celtics vs Pistons was not. I think it was in 1987 the year before this that BIRD whipped a ball at Laimbeer's head and they still hate each other to this day! And the officials should have stepped up when the crowd started to roam the court. And that Pistons player looked like he was fouled. Should have been 2 FT's. What if the Pistons player make the first, misses the second but DETROUT tips the rebound in? Hard to do with 1 second left and no tenths of a second, but the Pistons should have probably been awarded a technical with the crowd on the court and then the ball. Ok, I'm rambling on now but suspicious ending here.
I love how many diverse NBA fans of others teams (Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings,Boston Celtics,…) have not yet recovered from their NBA finals losses at the hands of the Lakers ; So sweet savoring their aghast miseries ,with their sour grapes grumbling; BTW ,we are living in the end times , so let’s submit and surrender ourselves to THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH (SWT /سبحانه وتعالى ) , by embracing pristine and orthodox Islam; Good luck to all of you , and I will see you in heaven
You do know that Detroit beat LA in 2 of 3 Finals series? In fact, both our NBA and WNBA teams took the titles away from defending LA teams. Michael Cooper should know, since he was part of both dethroned teams.
