Index
NBA Finals
1988 |
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| BOXSCORE | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons |
| GAME1 | 4 | 2 |
| GAME2 | REGULAR SEASON STATS | REGULAR SEASON STATS |
| GAME3 | NBA FINALS STATS | NBA FINALS STATS |
| GAME4 | MVP: James Worthy | |
| GAME5 | ||
| GAME6 | ||
| GAME7 | ||
Game #1 @Los Angeles
The Pistons jumped on the Lakers and never let them recover as they stunned L.A. at the Forum. Detroit scored the game’s first 8 points before the fans could get settled in their seats. L.A. came back to take the lead but back-to-back jumpers by Vinnie Johnson gave Detroit a 26-23 advantage early in the 2nd. The game would never be so much as tied again. The margin was 11 in the dying seconds of the 1st half when Detroit, for all intents and purposes, put the game away. First, Bill Laimbeer hit an open 3 with 0:03 on the clock and then Isiah Thomas stole the ball and hit a 3 at the buzzer to push the lead to 17. Adrian Dantley would take it from there as he scored 22 points in the 2nd half including 12 straight Piston points in the 4th quarter.
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 43 14-16 6-7 1 3 4 4 3 0 2 0 34 |
| Mahorn | 10 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 |
| Laimbeer | 34 4-9 2-2 0 7 7 2 2 0 0 1 10 |
| Dumars | 25 3-5 3-3 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 9 |
| Thomas | 40 6-16 5-5 1 2 3 12 2 4 4 1 19 |
| Johnson | 27 7-11 1-5 1 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 16 |
| Rodman | 24 3-5 0-0 1 2 3 3 3 0 1 1 6 |
| Salley | 20 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 0 2 1 2 |
| Edwards | 17 4-9 0-0 1 4 5 0 4 0 0 1 8 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 42-73 17-22 6 28 41 29 26 4 9 6 105 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 2-4, Johnson 1-2, Laimbeer 1-1 | |
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 44 3-6 3-4 4 8 12 2 4 0 2 0 9 |
| Worthy | 38 7-18 5-5 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 19 |
| A-Jabbar | 28 4-13 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 |
| Johnson | 44 8-11 10-10 2 6 8 10 3 2 1 0 28 |
| Scott | 46 10-24 5-6 4 2 6 3 5 1 3 0 25 |
| Cooper | 23 0-7 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 |
| Thompson | 17 1-4 2-2 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 33-83 25-27 13 22 47 21 18 5 10 0 93 |
| 3-PT: Johnson 2-2, Cooper 0-3, Scott 0-2, Worthy 0-1 | |
| Detroit | 22 35 23 25 105 |
| Los Angeles 21 19 28 25 93 | |
| A- 17,505 | |
Game #2 @Los Angeles
Los Angeles overcame a flu-ridden Magic Johnson to even the series. The Lakers used a balanced attack to grab the lead and held onto the lead until the 4th quarter. With the score 80-68, Detroit scored 12 unanswered points to tie the game with 8:17 left to play. L.A. responded behind James Worthy to go back out in front by a 93-86 count. Dennis Rodman then scored back-to-back hoops to cut the lead to 93-90 with 2:59 left in the game. But the Lakers closed the door with a 10-2 run led by A.C. Green’s 4 points that left them leading 103-92 late.
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 35 5-10 9-11 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 19 |
| Mahorn | 19 4-9 3-4 2 7 9 1 2 0 1 1 11 |
| Laimbeer | 32 5-8 1-1 0 9 9 1 4 0 4 0 11 |
| Dumars | 34 5-11 1-1 0 1 1 7 1 0 2 0 11 |
| Thomas | 37 5-14 3-4 1 3 4 7 6 1 2 0 13 |
| Salley | 25 3-4 3-6 0 5 5 2 5 1 3 0 9 |
| Johnson | 25 3-14 2-4 4 3 7 2 2 0 1 1 8 |
| Rodman | 25 6-9 0-0 3 5 8 0 5 1 0 1 12 |
| Edwards | 8 1-6 0-2 3 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 37-85 22-33 15 35 58 22 28 3 13 5 96 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 0-4, Johnson 0-1 | |
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 32 3-9 6-6 3 10 13 1 4 0 0 0 12 |
| Worthy | 45 10-19 6-11 5 5 10 6 4 0 2 1 26 |
| A-Jabbar | 32 6-15 3-4 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 15 |
| Johnson | 42 7-12 9-9 0 7 7 11 3 2 3 0 23 |
| Scott | 44 8-14 6-8 0 6 6 3 3 1 0 0 24 |
| Cooper | 24 1-5 2-2 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 5 |
| Thompson | 16 0-3 2-4 0 3 3 1 3 0 3 2 2 |
| Rambis | 4 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 |
| Matthews | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 35-77 35-46 8 35 54 27 25 6 9 5 108 |
| 3-PT: Scott 2-3, Cooper 1-3 | |
| Detroit | 20 19 30 27 96 |
| Los Angeles 25 24 27 32 108 | |
| A- 17,505 | |
Game #3 @Detroit
L.A. seized the lead in the series behind a balanced attack from their starters. However, their bench continued to struggle from the field. A.C. Green held Adrian Dantley to 2 1st half points and Rick Mahorn continued to be plagued by a back injury. The Lakers then broke it open when James Worthy scored the first 8 points of the 3rd quarter to give L.A. a 55-46 lead. L.A. would shoot 64% in the period while the Pistons only shot 35% as L.A. opened up a 14-point lead. Detroit could get no closer than 9 points in the 4th quarter. Apparently having seen enough, Pistons coach Chuck Daly would get tossed from the game in the 4th period.
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 41 9-11 3-6 3 5 8 1 2 0 2 0 21 |
| Worthy | 41 8-20 8-8 2 7 9 3 1 1 2 2 24 |
| A-Jabbar | 28 4-7 4-8 0 7 7 1 2 0 1 3 12 |
| Johnson | 40 7-8 4-5 0 6 6 14 2 3 3 0 18 |
| Scott | 38 6-13 5-5 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 18 |
| Cooper | 27 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 |
| Thompson | 22 2-6 0-2 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 |
| Matthews | 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 37-72 24-32 5 33 48 21 13 8 11 6 99 |
| 3-PT: Scott 1-1, Cooper 0-1, Matthews 0-1 | |
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 36 6-11 2-2 3 5 8 3 3 0 4 0 14 |
| Mahorn | 6 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
| Laimbeer | 37 5-12 0-0 4 5 9 2 3 0 0 2 10 |
| Dumars | 27 4-10 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 |
| Thomas | 45 10-21 8-10 2 5 7 9 4 3 4 0 28 |
| Salley | 28 4-9 0-0 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 3 8 |
| Rodman | 28 3-7 0-0 4 8 12 0 3 0 1 1 6 |
| Johnson | 20 3-11 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 6 |
| Edwards | 11 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 |
| Russell | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Lewis | 1 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 38-91 10-12 16 32 52 18 23 6 11 6 86 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 0-2, Laimbeer 0-1 | |
| Los Angeles 23 24 31 21 99 | |
| Detroit | 21 25 18 22 86 |
| A- 39,188 | |
Game #4 @Detroit
L.A. used a 10-0 run midway through the 1st period to take a 22-21 lead but Detroit would retake the lead behind Isiah Thomas’ 6 assists in the period. L.A. would be hampered in the 2nd period when James Worthy and Byron Scott both had to leave the game with their 3rd person fouls. Michael Cooper continued to be mired in a horrid shooting slump and L.A. had nobody to take up the slack. Dennis Rodman covered Magic Johnson during a key stretch of the game and helped Detroit surge to the lead. Detroit opened up a 48-37 lead in the 2nd period when James Edwards and Vinnie Johnson combined to score 14 of 16 points during the Detroit run. Detroit was still leading 68-61 when Magic had to leave with foul trouble with 7:03 left in the period. Detroit then went on a 15-4 run to open the lead up to 18 points. All that was left was a near fight between Isiah and Magic after Magic elbowed Isiah as Isiah drove down the lane.
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 33 3-8 3-4 2 8 10 0 3 1 2 0 9 |
| Worthy | 26 3-9 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 7 |
| A-Jabbar | 24 5-10 3-4 2 2 4 1 2 0 2 0 13 |
| Johnson | 34 7-13 9-11 0 4 4 6 5 1 2 0 23 |
| Scott | 37 6-14 1-1 0 5 5 2 4 0 5 2 13 |
| Thompson | 25 2-5 2-4 2 3 5 0 4 0 2 0 6 |
| Cooper | 28 1-7 1-2 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 3 |
| Rambis | 11 1-2 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 |
| Matthews | 4 0-1 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 |
| Campbell | 9 1-2 4-4 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 6 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 29-71 28-37 8 24 42 11 30 3 16 3 86 |
| 3-PT: Cooper 0-3, Johnson 0-2, Worthy 0-1, Scott 0-1 | |
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 35 7-14 13-15 0 3 3 2 3 0 5 0 27 |
| Mahorn | 16 3-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 8 |
| Laimbeer | 29 4-12 5-5 2 6 8 1 3 0 1 2 13 |
| Dumars | 33 3-7 0-0 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 6 |
| Thomas | 36 2-7 5-6 0 9 9 12 3 0 1 0 10 |
| Johnson | 23 6-11 4-7 3 1 4 1 4 3 1 0 16 |
| Salley | 23 2-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 1 4 |
| Edwards | 20 5-9 4-5 3 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 14 |
| Rodman | 19 2-3 3-6 1 6 7 0 5 1 2 1 7 |
| Russell | 3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 |
| Lewis | 2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 |
| Nevitt | 1 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 37-76 36-46 13 35 59 22 29 7 12 7 111 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 1-3 | |
| Los Angeles 29 22 14 21 86 | |
| Detroit | 32 26 25 28 111 |
| A- 34,2976 | |
Game #5 @Detroit
L.A. looked to have regained their form as they scored the game’s first 12 points on route to a 15-2 lead. In their last game ever at the Silverdome, the Pistons would not fold. Led in the 1st half by Adrian Dantley’s 19 points and Vinnie Johnson’s 12, Detroit would come back to lead by 9 at the break. The game was tied at 37 when Detroit went on a 13-2 run to seize command. L.A. would cut the lead to 2 twice in the 3rd period but could not get things squared. The Pistons used their advantage on the boards in the 4th to maintain their lead. Detroit came up with 10 offensive rebounds in the 4th while L.A. had just 2.
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 30 2-3 1-2 2 4 6 0 5 1 0 0 5 |
| Worthy | 26 4-10 6-7 2 2 4 4 5 0 2 1 14 |
| A-Jabbar | 34 12-21 2-4 3 3 6 0 3 0 4 1 26 |
| Johnson | 45 4-15 7-11 2 4 6 17 3 2 4 1 15 |
| Scott | 44 6-16 2-5 2 3 5 2 3 3 2 0 15 |
| Thompson | 24 7-8 0-2 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 14 |
| Cooper | 24 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 |
| Rambis | 5 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 |
| Matthews | 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 |
| Campbell | 5 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 |
| Smrek | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Wagner | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 37-78 19-33 15 16 38 26 27 7 14 3 94 |
| 3-PT: Scott 1-1, Cooper 0-3 | |
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 36 7-10 11-13 4 3 7 3 3 1 3 0 25 |
| Mahorn | 10 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
| Laimbeer | 33 4-14 0-0 2 9 11 3 3 0 1 1 8 |
| Dumars | 39 9-13 1-2 3 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 19 |
| Thomas | 32 4-13 7-8 0 5 5 8 2 2 7 0 15 |
| Rodman | 25 1-1 0-0 2 5 7 0 6 0 0 1 2 |
| Salley | 24 1-2 5-6 5 5 10 1 5 1 0 3 7 |
| Johnson | 24 8-16 0-0 2 3 5 0 3 0 1 0 16 |
| Edwards | 15 4-6 2-2 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 10 |
| Russell | 1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 |
| Lewis | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 38-76 28-33 20 33 60 20 29 5 14 5 104 |
| 3-PT: Johnson 0-1 | |
| Los Angeles 30 20 25 19 94 | |
| Detroit | 27 32 22 23 104 |
| A- 41,372 | |
Game #6 @Los Angeles
The Lakers used the hot hands of James Worthy and Byron Scott to forge a lead in the 2nd quarter. They were still leading 56-48 in the 3rd period when Isiah Thomas began one of the best quarters in Finals history. Thomas would go 11-13 from the field in 3rd quarter and score 25 points in the period. At one point, he scored 14 straight Piston points. However, with 4 minutes left in the 3rd, Thomas landed on Michael Cooper’s foot and severely sprained his ankle. He would return but it would have consequences. Still, with 1 minute remaining it looked like Detroit might win their 1st NBA championship as they led 102-99. Scott knocked down a 14-footer to cut the lead to 1 with 52 seconds left. Thomas then missed an 18-foot jumper and L.A. claimed the rebound. On the ensuing possession, Bill Laimbeer fouled Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on a skyhook attempt. The goggled one then made both shots to give the Lakers a 103-102 lead with 14 ticks left. Joe Dumars then missed a 5-footer in traffic and Scott pulled down the rebounded and was fouled with 0:02 left. He missed both shots but Detroit could not get a shot off.
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 39 3-10 8-8 1 5 6 1 2 1 1 0 14 |
| Mahorn | 10 2-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 |
| Laimbeer | 39 0-5 2-2 0 9 9 2 6 0 2 0 2 |
| Dumars | 34 7-12 2-2 1 1 2 10 1 1 1 0 16 |
| Thomas | 44 18-32 5-7 1 2 3 8 4 6 5 1 41 |
| Rodman | 23 2-2 3-5 3 3 6 1 5 2 0 2 7 |
| Salley | 21 1-2 1-1 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 3 |
| Johnson | 18 2-7 1-2 1 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 5 |
| Edwards | 12 4-6 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 8 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 39-79 22-27 10 23 39 30 29 11 12 3 102 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 2-3, Laimbeer 0-2 | |
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 29 2-2 6-8 2 8 10 0 2 0 2 0 10 |
| Worthy | 46 12-22 4-6 4 5 9 4 1 1 5 0 28 |
| A-Jabbar | 32 3-14 8-8 2 4 6 1 5 1 3 2 14 |
| Johnson | 45 5-12 12-13 2 2 4 19 2 2 2 0 22 |
| Scott | 35 7-12 2-4 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 1 16 |
| Thompson | 25 3-6 1-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 7 |
| Cooper | 22 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 4 |
| Rambis | 6 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 34-72 35-43 13 28 52 30 19 6 14 3 103 |
| 3-PT: Johnson 0-1, Cooper 0-1 | |
| Detroit | 26 20 35 21 102 |
| Los Angeles 20 33 26 24 103 | |
| A- 17,505 | |
Game #7 @Los Angeles
The Pistons controlled the game in the 1st half and led by 5 after Isiah Thomas hit 2 jumpers in the last 27 seconds of the half. James Worthy and Adrian Datley both scored 11 points in the 1st quarter. Thomas, playing on a very bum wheel, scored 10 points in the 1st half but could play little after halftime. In the 2nd half, Michael Cooper finally broke out of his clump with some big shots as L.A. built a lead. The Pistons only made 1 field goal in the first 6:05 of the 3rd stanza. Worthy scored 7 straight to give L.A. a 56-54 lead. He would score 11 and Byron Scott would score 14 in the 3rd. The Lakers were leading 90-75 in the 4th when Chuck Daly went with a pressing line-up of Vinnie Johnson, John Salley, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman and Bill Laimbeer. The Pistons then mounted a comeback as they cut the lead to 98-92 with 3:52 left to play after a 13-4 run. They continued to claw back and cut it to 102-100 on a Dumars hoop with 1:17 remaining. Magic made 1 of 2 free throws but an ill-advised Rodman jumper got L.A. the ball right back and Scott nailed 2 free throws to make it 105-100 with less than 40 seconds remaining. Dumars again came through and cut it back to 3. Worthy made 1 of 2 at the line and Laimbeer nailed a 3 to cut the lead to 106-105 with 6 seconds left. A.C. Green got free for a lay-up on the ensuing in-bounds play and, when Thomas couldn’t get a final shot off, the Lakers had repeated.
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Dantley | 31 5-11 6-8 3 2 5 1 2 2 3 0 16 |
| Mahorn | 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Laimbeer | 31 5-9 0-0 4 5 9 2 4 3 0 1 11 |
| Dumars | 41 9-18 6-6 2 3 5 4 5 1 3 0 25 |
| Thomas | 28 4-12 2-2 0 0 0 7 2 4 3 0 10 |
| Salley | 36 6-9 5-7 5 5 10 1 2 1 1 1 17 |
| Rodman | 30 5-8 5-10 1 4 5 0 5 2 0 0 15 |
| Johnson | 27 5-14 0-0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 10 |
| Edwards | 13 0-2 1-2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 39-85 25-35 15 24 50 22 23 13 11 2 105 |
| 3-PT: Laimbeer 1-2, Dumars 1-2, Johnson 0-2, Thomas 0-1 | |
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Green | 33 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 4 |
| Worthy | 44 15-22 6-10 5 11 16 10 2 2 5 0 36 |
| A-Jabbar | 29 2-7 0-0 1 2 3 2 5 0 3 1 4 |
| Johnson | 40 6-9 7-8 0 5 5 14 5 2 4 0 19 |
| Scott | 37 7-12 6-6 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 21 |
| Cooper | 28 5-13 0-2 2 3 5 3 2 0 0 0 12 |
| Thompson | 22 6-10 0-1 2 2 4 1 3 0 1 0 12 |
| Rambis | 7 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 43-77 19-27 10 31 48 30 22 6 18 1 108 |
| 3-PT: Cooper 2-6, Scott 1-3, Johnson 0-1 | |
| Detroit | 23 29 21 32 105 |
| Los Angeles 21 26 36 25 108 | |
| A- 17,505 | |
| Regular season stats |
| Los Angeles Lakers (62-20 1st Pacific) |
| Player G GS Min FG% 3F% FT% Reb Ast Stl Blk Pts Avg |
| Byron Scott 81 81 3048 .527 .346 .858 333 335 155 27 1754 21.7 |
| James Worthy 75 72 2655 .531 .125 .796 374 289 72 55 1478 19.7 |
| Magic Johnson 72 70 2637 .492 .196 .853 449 858 114 13 1408 19.6 |
| K. Abdul-Jabbar 80 80 2308 .532 .000 .762 478 135 48 92 1165 14.6 |
| Mychal Thompson 80 0 2007 .512 .000 .634 489 66 38 79 925 11.6 |
| A.C. Green 82 64 2636 .503 .000 .773 710 93 87 45 937 11.4 |
| Tony Campbell 13 1 242 .564 .333 .718 27 15 11 2 143 11.0 |
| Michael Cooper 61 8 1793 .392 .320 .858 228 289 66 26 532 8.7 |
| Wes Matthews 51 8 706 .460 .233 .831 66 138 25 3 289 5.7 |
| Kurt Rambis 70 20 845 .548 .000 .785 268 54 39 13 277 4.0 |
| Milt Wagner 40 4 380 .422 .200 .897 28 61 6 4 152 3.8 |
| Ray Tolbert LaL 14 0 82 .571 .000 .769 20 5 3 3 42 3.0 |
| TOT 25 0 259 .507 .000 .633 55 10 8 5 89 3.6 |
| Mike Smrek 48 2 421 .427 .000 .667 85 8 7 42 132 2.8 |
| Billy Thompson 9 0 38 .231 .000 .800 9 1 1 0 14 1.6 |
| Jeff Lamp 3 0 7 .000 .000 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 |
| Detroit Pistons (54-28 1st Central) |
| Player G GS Min FG% 3F% FT% Reb Ast Stl Blk Pts Avg |
| Adrian Dantley 69 50 2144 .514 .000 .860 227 171 39 10 1380 20.0 |
| Isiah Thomas 81 81 2927 .463 .309 .774 278 678 141 17 1577 19.5 |
| Joe Dumars 82 82 2732 .472 .211 .815 200 387 87 15 1161 14.2 |
| Bill Laimbeer 82 82 2897 .493 .333 .874 832 199 66 78 1110 13.5 |
| Vinnie Johnson 82 1 1935 .443 .208 .677 231 267 58 18 1002 12.2 |
| James Edwards Det 26 2 329 .475 .000 .738 77 5 2 5 141 5.4 |
| TOT 69 44 1705 .470 .000 .654 412 78 16 37 814 11.8 |
| Dennis Rodman 82 32 2147 .561 .294 .535 715 110 75 45 953 11.6 |
| Rick Mahorn 67 64 1963 .574 .500 .756 565 60 43 42 717 10.7 |
| John Salley 82 16 2003 .566 .000 .709 402 113 53 137 701 8.5 |
| William Bedford 38 0 298 .436 .000 .565 65 4 8 17 101 2.7 |
| Darryl Dawkins Det 2 0 7 .500 .000 .667 0 1 0 1 4 2.0 |
| TOT 6 0 33 .222 .000 .400 5 2 0 2 10 1.7 |
| Ralph Lewis 50 0 310 .310 .000 .604 51 14 13 4 83 1.7 |
| Ron Moore 9 0 25 .308 .000 .500 2 1 2 0 10 1.1 |
| Chuck Nevitt 17 0 63 .333 .000 .500 18 0 1 5 17 1.0 |
| Walker Russell 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 |
| Championship Statistics | ||||
| LOS ANGELES | G MN FG-FGA 3P-3PA FT-FTA OR DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS | PPG | RPG | APG |
| Johnson | 7 290 44-80 2-6 58-67 6 34 40 91 23 14 19 1 148 | 21,1 | 5,7 | 13,0 |
| Scott | 7 281 50-105 5-11 27-35 8 26 34 14 21 7 15 3 132 | 18,9 | 4,9 | 2,0 |
| Worthy | 7 267 59-120 0-2 36-49 19 33 52 31 18 5 18 4 154 | 22,0 | 7,4 | 4,4 |
| Green | 7 242 24-43 0-0 22-30 16 45 61 4 22 3 9 0 70 | 10,0 | 8,7 | 0,6 |
| A.-Jabbar | 7 205 36-87 0-0 20-28 8 21 29 7 23 4 14 8 92 | 13,1 | 4,1 | 1,0 |
| Cooper | 7 173 9-44 3-20 5-8 3 8 11 15 22 6 4 2 26 | 3,7 | 1,6 | 2,1 |
| Thompson | 7 151 21-42 0-0 7-17 9 16 25 2 15 0 10 3 49 | 7,0 | 3,6 | 0,3 |
| Rambis | 5 33 2-3 0-0 2-5 2 6 8 0 6 1 1 0 6 | 1,2 | 1,6 | 0,0 |
| Campbell | 2 14 2-3 0-0 4-4 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 8 | 4,0 | 0,5 | 0,5 |
| Matthews | 4 9 1-3 0-1 4-4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| Smrek | 2 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 0,0 |
| Wagner | 2 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,5 |
| TOTALS | 7 248-531 10-40 185-247 72 191 263 166 155 41 92 21 691 | |||
| DETROIT | G MN FG-FGA 3P-3PA FT-FTA OR DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS | PPG | RPG | APG |
| Thomas | 7 262 49-115 5-17 35-42 5 26 31 63 23 20 26 2 138 | 19,7 | 4,4 | 9,0 |
| Dantley | 7 255 47-82 0-0 55-64 14 21 35 15 18 4 18 1 149 | 21,3 | 5,0 | 2,1 |
| Laimbeer | 7 235 32-69 2-6 10-10 12 50 62 13 25 3 8 7 76 | 10,9 | 8,9 | 1,9 |
| Dumars | 7 233 40-76 1-2 13-14 6 10 16 32 15 4 8 0 94 | 13,4 | 2,3 | 4,6 |
| Salley | 7 177 18-31 0-0 14-20 12 32 44 6 25 5 7 9 50 | 7,1 | 6,3 | 0,9 |
| Rodman | 7 174 22-35 0-0 11-21 15 33 48 4 32 6 4 7 55 | 7,9 | 6,9 | 0,6 |
| Johnson | 7 164 34-84 1-6 8-18 12 14 26 21 16 5 6 1 77 | 11,0 | 3,7 | 3,0 |
| Edwards | 7 96 21-44 0-0 7-11 10 11 21 7 18 1 4 3 49 | 7,0 | 3,0 | 1,0 |
| Mahorn | 7 74 9-22 0-0 5-6 5 12 17 1 14 0 1 4 23 | 3,3 | 2,4 | 0,1 |
| Russell | 3 5 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 0,7 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| Lewis | 3 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 0,7 | 1,0 | 0,0 |
| Nevitt | 1 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 2,0 | 2,0 | 0,0 |
| TOTALS | 7 275-565 9-31 160-208 85 210 295 162 187 49 82 34 719 | |||