Index
NBA Finals
1989 |
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| BOXSCORE | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers |
| GAME1 | 4 | 0 |
| GAME2 | REGULAR SEASON STATS | REGULAR SEASON STATS |
| GAME3 | NBA FINALS STATS | NBA FINALS STATS |
| GAME4 | MVP: Joe Dumars | |
| GAME5 | ||
| GAME6 | ||
| GAME7 | ||
Game #1 @Detroit
The Pistons, behind Isiah Thomas’ 16 1st half points, led by as many as 11 points in the opening half. L.A., already playing without the injured Byron Scott, was hurt further when Michael Cooper, A.C. Green, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Orlando Woolridge were all forced to the bench with foul trouble. The Pistons then went on a 11-3 run in the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half to take a 66-51 lead. They continued to pull away as they led by as many as 18 (97-79 with 6:00 left in the 4th) and L.A. was never able to get closer than 12 points in the 4th quarter. Detroit shot a sizzling 82% from the field in the final quarter.
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Worthy | 39 6-18 5-8 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 17 |
| Green | 25 3-8 2-2 2 6 8 1 3 0 0 0 8 |
| A-Jabbar | 14 4-7 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 8 |
| Cooper | 25 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 1 0 0 3 |
| Johnson | 41 6-12 5-6 1 4 5 14 2 3 5 0 17 |
| Thompson | 37 5-8 5-11 4 1 5 0 4 1 1 0 15 |
| Campbell | 25 4-9 4-6 0 2 2 0 5 2 2 0 12 |
| Woolridge | 24 3-5 3-3 1 4 5 1 4 0 1 1 9 |
| Lamp | 4 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 |
| Rivers | 3 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 |
| McNamara | 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTAL | |
| 3-PT: Cooper 1-4, Johnson 0-2 | |
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Aguirre | 27 4-11 4-6 4 6 10 1 3 0 1 0 12 |
| Mahorn | 21 1-4 0-0 2 6 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 |
| Laimbeer | 21 2-4 0-0 0 8 8 1 4 1 2 0 4 |
| Dumars | 39 11-16 0-0 0 2 2 7 1 0 2 0 22 |
| Thomas | 32 9-16 5-6 0 0 0 9 2 0 2 0 24 |
| Rodman | 27 2-3 0-1 1 9 10 3 3 1 3 0 4 |
| Edwards | 25 5-9 5-5 2 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 15 |
| Salley | 21 2-5 1-2 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 5 5 |
| Johnson | 21 9-14 1-1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 19 |
| Williams | 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 |
| Long | 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 |
| Dembo | 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 46-83 16-21 9 36 51 26 28 2 13 5 109 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 1-1, Aguirre 0-1 | |
| Los Angeles 22 26 18 31 97 | |
| Detroit | 28 27 24 30 109 |
| A- 21,454 | |
Game #2 @Detroit
L.A. was struck with a deathblow in this game. Having already lost Byron Scott before the series started, they then lost Magic Johnson with 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter when he injured his hamstring. Joe Dumars had been on fire with 24 points in the 1st half but L.A. still led by 6 at halftime. Michael Cooper forged that lead on two late 2nd quarter trifectas. In fact, the Lakers had led by 10 points on 2 occasions in the 1st quarter. The score was knotted at 75 when Magic left, but L.A. put on a 15-6 run to take a 9-point lead behind Michael Cooper and Tony Campbell. Detroit finally regrouped and outscored L.A. 21-5 to take a 102-95 lead as L.A. did not hit a shot until the 3:38 mark of the 4th period. L.A., though short-handed, would not give up and closed to within 106-104 late. Detroit was whistled for a 24-second violation with 8 seconds remaining. James Worthy was fouled with 2 seconds left but made only 1 of 2 shots to make it 106-105. Isiah Thomas hit 2 free throws to clinch it.
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Worthy | 43 7-19 5-8 2 3 5 4 3 0 3 1 19 |
| Green | 34 3-6 4-4 2 7 9 0 3 0 2 0 10 |
| A-Jabbar | 28 4-12 3-4 1 1 2 2 3 0 3 1 11 |
| Cooper | 44 6-12 3-3 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 1 19 |
| Johnson | 29 6-12 5-5 2 4 6 9 2 0 0 0 18 |
| Campbell | 21 6-8 2-2 1 3 4 1 3 0 1 0 15 |
| Woolridge | 20 1-2 5-6 3 2 5 1 2 0 3 0 7 |
| Thompson | 20 2-6 2-2 3 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 6 |
| Lamp | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTAL | |
| 3-PT: Cooper 4-8, Johnson 1-3, Campbell 1-2, Green 0-2 | |
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Aguirre | 33 7-11 0-0 2 4 6 2 5 0 4 0 14 |
| Mahorn | 21 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 3 2 |
| Laimbeer | 14 1-3 0-0 2 3 5 0 4 0 1 0 2 |
| Dumars | 36 10-16 13-14 1 1 2 6 2 0 0 0 33 |
| Thomas | 34 9-21 3-4 1 3 4 7 4 2 3 1 21 |
| Edwards | 32 3-8 2-2 3 1 4 2 4 0 1 1 8 |
| Johnson | 27 8-14 1-1 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 18 |
| Rodman | 26 1-1 0-0 2 5 7 0 3 0 1 0 2 |
| Salley | 17 4-4 0-0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 3 8 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 44-81 19-21 13 22 38 21 31 3 10 9 108 |
| 3-PT: Johnson 1-3, Aguirre 0-2, Thomas 0-2, Dumars 0-1 | |
| Los Angeles 32 30 30 13 105 | |
| Detroit | 26 30 28 24 108 |
| A- 21,454 | |
Game #3 @Los Angeles
Magic Johnson attempted to play with his bad hamstring, but had to leave after only 5 minutes with L.A. leading 11-8. The Lakers would build an 8-point bulge while Detroit would lead by as many as 5 in the 1st half. Despite playing without their starting backcourt, the Lakers built a 83-76 lead late in the 3rd period. Detroit stayed in it as Joe Dumars scored 21 of their 29 points in the period, including 17 straight at one point. The Microwave, Vinnie Johnson, heated up with 13 points in the 4th quarter as the Pistons took the lead. His jumper with 2:06 remaining gave Detroit a 109-104 lead. L.A. rallied and 2 free throws by David Rivers cut the lead to 113-110 with 13 seconds to play. Rivers had played a total of 8 minutes in the playoffs before this game. Dumars lost control of the ball and L.A. had a chance to tie the game. However, Dumars came right back and blocked Rivers’ shot attempt and then saved the ball from going out of bounds. Detroit would sink a free throw to seal the win.
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Aguirre | 24 0-6 2-2 3 3 6 3 3 2 1 0 2 |
| Mahorn | 21 3-4 1-2 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 7 |
| Laimbeer | 29 4-7 2-3 0 2 2 6 3 1 0 0 10 |
| Dumars | 35 12-21 7-7 0 2 2 5 1 2 3 1 31 |
| Thomas | 43 9-20 7-9 1 2 3 8 3 2 2 0 26 |
| Rodman | 28 3-6 6-6 7 12 19 1 4 1 4 1 12 |
| Salley | 23 4-6 1-1 0 3 3 3 5 0 0 0 9 |
| Edwards | 19 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 0 |
| Johnson | 18 8-11 1-2 2 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 17 |
| Team | |
| TOTAL | 43-83 27-32 14 30 51 29 30 8 13 3 114 |
| 3-PT: Thomas 1-2, Johnson 0-2, Laimbeer 0-1, Dumars 0-1, Rodman 0-1 | |
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Worthy | 42 9-18 8-9 4 4 8 1 6 3 2 1 26 |
| Green | 37 3-6 5-9 4 4 8 1 6 3 3 1 11 |
| A-Jabbar | 33 10-19 4-4 3 10 13 2 1 1 2 0 24 |
| Cooper | 48 6-14 0-0 0 0 0 13 2 1 2 1 15 |
| Johnson | 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Campbell | 23 3-4 5-7 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 11 |
| Thompson | 22 3-6 2-3 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 8 |
| Woolridge | 18 3-4 3-4 0 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 9 |
| Rivers | 11 2-6 2-3 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 6 |
| Lamp | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 39-79 29-39 13 25 45 24 27 9 13 5 110 |
| 3-PT: Cooper 3-8, Rivers 0-2, Campbell 0-1 | |
| Detroit | 27 30 29 28 114 |
| Los Angeles 22 33 33 22 110 | |
| A- 17,505 | |
Game #4 @Los Angeles
In a game strangely similar to Game 4 of the 1983 Finals, an injury depleted Laker team down 0-3, built a big lead only to see it slip away in the 4th quarter. Detroit helped the cause in this game by missing 11 free throws in the 1st half. There was a double technical after Rick Mahorn and Michael Cooper exchanged unpleasantries in the 1st quarter. L.A.’s largest lead was 40-24 with 10:09 left in the half before Detroit closed the gap late in the half. The Lakers made 70% of the shots in the 1st quarter and James Worthy had 17 points in that quarter.
| DETROIT | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Aguirre | 23 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 |
| Mahorn | 35 5-7 3-4 3 4 7 1 6 1 1 0 13 |
| Laimbeer | 30 5-8 4-4 1 5 6 2 4 0 0 0 16 |
| Dumars | 37 5-13 13-17 0 2 2 5 1 2 3 1 23 |
| Thomas | 32 5-9 4-6 0 3 3 5 4 2 3 0 14 |
| Johnson | 29 5-11 4-7 0 6 6 5 2 0 0 0 14 |
| Edwards | 21 4-8 5-9 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 1 13 |
| Salley | 20 3-4 2-4 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 8 |
| Rodman | 13 1-5 0-0 3 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 |
| Team | |
| TOTAL | |
| 3-PT: Laimbeer 2-2, Thomas 0-1 | |
| L.A. | MN FG-FGA FT-FTA 0R DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS |
| Worthy | 46 17-26 4-6 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 40 |
| Green | 38 2-5 2-4 3 9 12 0 3 1 0 0 6 |
| A-Jabbar | 29 2-8 3-4 1 2 3 3 3 0 2 2 7 |
| Cooper | 46 4-14 2-3 0 3 3 9 4 2 0 0 11 |
| Campbell | 14 2-3 2-2 2 1 3 2 6 0 1 0 6 |
| Woolridge | 25 4-7 5-6 1 6 7 3 3 0 1 1 13 |
| Thompson | 24 3-10 5-6 3 4 7 1 3 0 0 0 11 |
| Rivers | 12 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 |
| Lamp | 5 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 |
| McNamara | 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Team | |
| TOTALS | 35-79 24-33 10 30 54 23 30 3 7 3 97 |
| 3-PT: Worthy 2-3, Cooper 1-7, Green 0-1 | |
| Detroit | 23 26 27 29 105 |
| Los Angeles 35 20 23 19 97 | |
| A- 17,505 | |
| Regular season stats |
| Detroit Pistons Record 63-19 Home 37-4 Away 26-15 |
| Player G GS Min FG% 3F% FT% Reb Ast Stl Blk Pts Avg |
| Adrian Dantley 42 42 1341 .521 .000 .839 164 93 23 6 772 18.4 |
| Isiah Thomas 80 76 2924 .464 .273 .818 273 663 133 20 1458 18.2 |
| Joe Dumars 69 67 2408 .505 .483 .850 172 390 63 5 1186 17.2 |
| Mark Aguirre Det 36 32 1068 .483 .293 .738 151 89 16 7 558 15.5 |
| TOT 80 76 1529 .461 .293 .732 386 278 45 36 1501 18.8 |
| Vinnie Johnson 82 21 2073 .464 .295 .734 255 242 74 17 1130 13.8 |
| Bill Laimbeer 81 81 2640 .499 .349 .840 776 177 51 100 1106 13.7 |
| Dennis Rodman 82 8 2208 .595 .231 .626 772 99 55 76 735 9.0 |
| James Edwards 76 1 1254 .500 .000 .686 231 49 11 31 555 7.3 |
| Rick Mahorn 72 61 1795 .517 .000 .748 496 59 40 66 522 7.2 |
| John Salley 67 21 1458 .498 .000 .692 335 75 40 72 467 7.0 |
| Micheal Williams 49 0 358 .364 .222 .660 27 70 13 3 127 2.6 |
| John Long 24 1 152 .475 .000 .846 11 15 0 2 49 2.0 |
| Darryl Dawkins 14 0 48 .474 .000 .500 7 1 0 1 27 1.9 |
| Steve Harris 3 0 7 .250 .000 1.00 2 0 1 0 4 1.3 |
| Fennis Dembo 31 0 74 .333 .000 .800 23 5 1 0 36 1.2 |
| Pace Mannion 5 0 14 1.00 .000 .000 3 0 1 0 4 0.8 |
| Jim Rowinski 6 0 8 .000 .000 1.00 2 0 0 0 4 0.7 |
| Team 82 19830 .494 .300 .769 3700 2027 522 406 8740 106.6 |
| Opponents 82 19830 .447 .285 .785 3319 1855 646 341 8264 100.8 |
| Los Angeles Lakers Record 57-25 Home 35-6 Away 22-19 |
| Player G GS Min FG% 3F% FT% Reb Ast Stl Blk Pts Avg |
| Magic Johnson 77 77 2886 .509 .314 .911 607 988 138 22 1730 22.5 |
| James Worthy 81 81 2960 .548 .087 .782 489 288 108 56 1657 20.5 |
| Byron Scott 74 73 2605 .491 .399 .863 302 231 114 27 1448 19.6 |
| A.C. Green 82 82 2510 .529 .235 .786 739 103 94 55 1088 13.3 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 74 74 1695 .475 .000 .739 334 74 38 85 748 10.1 |
| Orlando Woolridge 74 0 1491 .468 .000 .738 270 58 30 65 715 9.7 |
| Mychal Thompson 80 8 1994 .559 .000 .678 467 48 58 59 738 9.2 |
| Michael Cooper 80 13 1943 .431 .381 .871 191 314 72 32 587 7.3 |
| Tony Campbell 63 2 787 .458 .095 .843 130 47 37 6 388 6.2 |
| David Rivers 47 0 440 .402 .167 .833 43 106 23 9 134 2.9 |
| Mark McNamara 39 0 318 .500 .000 .628 100 10 4 3 113 2.9 |
| Jeff Lamp 37 0 176 .391 .500 .800 34 15 8 2 60 1.6 |
| Team 82 19805 .502 .340 .802 3706 2282 724 421 9406 114.7 |
| Opponents 82 19805 .470 .330 .752 3400 2157 752 432 8818 107.5 |
| Championship Statistics | ||||
| DETROIT | G MN FG-FGA 3P-3PA FT-FTA OR DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS | PPG | RPG | APG |
| Dumars | 4 147 38-66 0-2 33-38 1 6 7 24 4 2 7 1 109 | 27,3 | 1,8 | 6,0 |
| Thomas | 4 141 32-66 2-6 19-25 2 8 10 29 13 6 10 1 85 | 21,3 | 2,5 | 7,3 |
| Aguirre | 4 107 12-33 0-3 6-8 9 15 24 6 13 2 8 0 30 | 7,5 | 6,0 | 1,5 |
| Mahorn | 4 98 10-18 0-0 4-6 6 15 21 4 17 1 1 3 24 | 6,0 | 5,3 | 1,0 |
| Edwards | 4 97 12-27 0-0 12-16 6 8 14 3 16 0 3 3 36 | 9,0 | 3,5 | 0,8 |
| Johnson | 4 95 30-50 1-5 7-11 3 10 13 11 9 0 2 1 68 | 17,0 | 3,3 | 2,8 |
| Laimbeer | 4 94 12-22 2-3 6-7 3 18 21 9 15 2 3 0 32 | 8,0 | 5,3 | 2,3 |
| Rodman | 4 94 7-15 0-1 6-7 13 27 40 5 12 2 9 1 20 | 5,0 | 10,0 | 1,3 |
| Salley | 4 81 13-19 0-0 4-7 2 8 10 5 14 1 2 11 30 | 7,5 | 2,5 | 1,3 |
| Long | 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| Williams | 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 1,0 |
| Dembo | 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| TOTALS | 4 167-317 5-20 97-124 45 115 160 97 114 16 45 21 436 | |||
| LOS ANGELES | G MN FG-FGA 3P-3PA FT-FTA OR DR RB AS PF ST TO BL PTS | PPG | RPG | APG |
| Worthy | 4 170 39-81 2-3 22-31 6 12 18 11 13 4 7 3 102 | 25,5 | 4,5 | 2,8 |
| Cooper | 4 163 17-45 9-27 5-6 1 5 6 27 14 7 2 2 48 | 12,0 | 1,5 | 6,8 |
| Green | 4 134 11-25 0-3 13-19 11 26 37 2 15 4 5 1 35 | 8,8 | 9,3 | 0,5 |
| Thompson | 4 105 13-30 0-0 14-22 12 7 19 3 12 1 2 2 40 | 10,0 | 4,8 | 0,8 |
| A.-Jabbar | 4 104 20-46 0-0 10-12 5 15 20 7 11 2 8 3 50 | 12,5 | 5,0 | 1,8 |
| Woolridge | 4 87 11-18 0-0 16-19 5 16 21 6 11 0 6 2 38 | 9,5 | 5,3 | 1,5 |
| Campbell | 4 83 15-24 1-3 13-17 3 7 10 4 19 3 5 0 44 | 11,0 | 2,5 | 1,0 |
| Johnson | 3 75 12-26 1-5 10-11 3 8 11 24 4 3 5 0 35 | 11,7 | 3,7 | 8,0 |
| Rivers | 3 26 4-12 0-2 4-5 0 3 3 5 6 0 4 0 12 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 1,7 |
| Lamp | 4 11 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 | 1,3 | 0,3 | 0,0 |
| McNamara | 2 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 |
| TOTALS | 4 144-310 13-46 108-144 46 100 146 89 107 25 44 13 409 | |||