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The Pistons won Game 1 at home, 105–99, [28] [29] [30] but lost Game 2 in overtime, 106–105 as the Blazers tied the series at one game a piece, [31] [32] [33] the Pistons defeated the Blazers in five hard-fought games to win their second consecutive NBA championship. Thomas was named NBA Finals MVP.
A ticket for a November 1988 game between the Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets. The 1988–89 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 41st season in the NBA and 32nd season in the Detroit metropolitan area. [1] The Pistons moved from the Pontiac Silverdome to the brand-new Palace of Auburn Hills before the start of the season. [1]
The 1989 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1989 season. The 86th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28 ...
[52] [53] While the Pistons did win Game 6 in Detroit, they lost the series in a tough Game 7 back in Boston. [52] [53] Chuck Daly, coach of the 1989 and 1990 NBA champions. A ticket for Game 1 of the 1988 NBA Finals at The Forum.
The Pistons have experienced two major periods of failure. Between 1956–57 and 1982–83, the Pistons had just three winning seasons and overall had a winning percentage of .417, culminating in a combined record of 37–127 (win percent .226) in the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons, after which the drafting of Isiah Thomas completely ...
The 1990 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1989–90 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs.The series pitted the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons against the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers.
Vincent Johnson (born September 1, 1956), is an American former professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) championships of 1989 and 1990. He was nicknamed "the Microwave" in the NBA for his ability to score quickly off the bench.
He is currently a radio analyst for the Detroit Pistons, [1] works as a co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio, and during the summer is the head coach of the Aliens of the BIG3. Mahorn had a reputation for physical play, and was a member of the late 1980s Detroit Pistons teams known as "The Bad Boys", and with them won the 1989 NBA Championship.