1987–88 NBA season

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NBA season

The 1987–88 NBA season was a professional basketball campaign notable for featuring stars like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and culminating in the Los Angeles Lakers winning back-to-back championships.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA season ⓘ
allStarGameConferenceWinner Eastern Conference ⓘ
allStarGameDate 1988-02-07 ⓘ
allStarGameHostArena Chicago Stadium ⓘ
allStarGameHostCity City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
allStarGameMVP Michael Jordan ⓘ
allStarGameScore East 138–133 West ⓘ
champion Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
championCoach Pat Riley ⓘ
coachOfTheYear Doug Moe ⓘ
conference Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
defensivePlayerOfTheYear Michael Jordan ⓘ
endYear 1988 ⓘ
executiveOfTheYear Jerry Krause ⓘ
finalsGame7City Inglewood, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Inglewood, California
finalsGame7Location The Forum ⓘ
finalsMatchup Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons ⓘ
finalsMVP James Worthy ⓘ
finalsResult 4–3 ⓘ
followedBy 1988–89 NBA season ⓘ
introducedFranchise Charlotte Hornets (expansion announced for future season) ⓘ
LakersBackToBackTitles 1986–87 and 1987–88 ⓘ
LakersFinalsAppearancesIn1980sCount 7 ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
mostImprovedPlayer Kevin Duckworth ⓘ
MVP Magic Johnson ⓘ
notablePlayer Larry Bird ⓘ
Magic Johnson ⓘ
Michael Jordan ⓘ
notableRuleContext three-point line in full use league-wide ⓘ
notableStoryline Detroit Pistons reach NBA Finals as emerging powerhouse ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers win back-to-back NBA championships ⓘ
Michael Jordan wins MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and scoring title ⓘ
numberOfTeams 23 ⓘ
playoffFormat 16-team playoff ⓘ
precededBy 1986–87 NBA season ⓘ
regularSeasonGamesPerTeam 82 ⓘ
rookieOfTheYear Mark Jackson ⓘ
runnerUp Detroit Pistons ⓘ
runnerUpCoach Chuck Daly ⓘ
seasonNumber 42 ⓘ
sixthManOfTheYear Roy Tarpley ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startYear 1987 ⓘ
televisionPartnerUS CBS ⓘ
TBS ⓘ
topScorer Michael Jordan ⓘ
topScorerPointsPerGame 35.0 ⓘ

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Reggie Lewis → NBAdebutSeason → 1987–88 NBA season ⓘ