Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons

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NBA Finals series basketball playoff series

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons refers to the NBA Finals matchup that concluded the 1987–88 season, featuring Magic Johnson’s Showtime Lakers against the rising, hard-nosed “Bad Boys” Pistons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA Finals series ⓘ
basketball playoff series ⓘ
broadcastNetworkUS CBS ⓘ
champion Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
endDate 1988-06-21 ⓘ
eraContext pitted Showtime Lakers against emerging Bad Boys Pistons ⓘ
followedBy 1989 NBA Finals ⓘ
format best-of-seven series ⓘ
game7Result Lakers won Game 7 ⓘ
game7Score Lakers 108–105 Pistons ⓘ
game7Venue The Forum (Inglewood, California) ⓘ
surface form: The Forum, Inglewood
historicalSignificance last NBA championship of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career ⓘ
homeTeamEasternConference Detroit Pistons ⓘ
homeTeamWesternConference Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
LakersCaptain Magic Johnson ⓘ
LakersCoach Pat Riley ⓘ
LakersConference Western Conference ⓘ
LakersConsecutiveTitles second consecutive championship ⓘ
LakersNicknameStyle Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
surface form: Showtime Lakers
LakersRegularSeasonRecord 62–20 ⓘ
LakersTitleCountAfterSeries 11 ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
location Silverdome ⓘ
surface form: Pontiac Silverdome

The Forum (Inglewood, California) ⓘ
surface form: The Forum, Inglewood
MVP James Worthy ⓘ
MVPTitle NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
notablePerformance Big Game James ⓘ
surface form: James Worthy recorded a triple-double in Game 7
notablePlayerLakers James Worthy ⓘ
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ⓘ
Magic Johnson ⓘ
notablePlayerPistons Bill Laimbeer ⓘ
Dennis Rodman ⓘ
Isiah Thomas ⓘ
Joe Dumars ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
PistonsCoach Chuck Daly ⓘ
PistonsConference Eastern Conference ⓘ
PistonsFirstFinalsAppearanceOfEra Bad Boys core reached first NBA Finals ⓘ
PistonsLeader Isiah Thomas ⓘ
PistonsNicknameEra Bad Boys Pistons ⓘ
PistonsRegularSeasonRecord 54–28 ⓘ
precededBy 1987 NBA Finals ⓘ
runnerUp Detroit Pistons ⓘ
season 1987–88 NBA season ⓘ
seriesResult Lakers won 4–3 ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startDate 1988-06-07 ⓘ

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1987–88 NBA season → finalsMatchup → Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons ⓘ
1980s NBA → majorRivalry → Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons