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The 1988–89 NBA season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association. ... Following the Bulls' unlikely playoff run, ...
In 2022, he was ranked No. 3 (first in his position) in ESPN's NBA 75th Anniversary Team list, [207] and No. 3 (behind Jordan and James) in a similar list by The Athletic. [208] Abdul-Jabbar was also the first ever NBA player to sign a sneakers endorsement deal with Adidas in 1978. He went on to become the first ever player overall with a ...
A ticket for Game 1 of the 1988 NBA Finals at The Forum. The 1987–88 NBA season was the 42nd season of the National Basketball Association.The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their second straight Championship, beating the Detroit Pistons in seven hard-fought games in the NBA Finals, becoming the NBA's first repeat champions since the Boston Celtics did it in the 1968–69 ...
The 1988 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1987–88 season, ... four jump shots, and a running bank shot.
The 1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 43rd season of the franchise, 41st in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 29th in Los Angeles. [1] This would also be the final season for All-Star center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
It may be the most consequential Defensive Player of the Year award in NBA history. In 1987-88, Michael Jordan became the first player ever to win the scoring title and the DPOY in the same season.
January 5 — Pete Maravich, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Jazz) (born 1947) February 9 — Joe Reiff , All-American college player ( Northwestern ) (born 1911) March 8 — Gordon Carpenter , American AAU player and Olympic Gold medalist ( 1948 ) (born 1919)
In the NBA, big men typically have longer playing careers than smaller men. [17] [18] Older centers and power forwards may have the luxury of pacing themselves while running the court, or they might station themselves in the post. [19] [20] Big men Parish, Willis, and Garnett all had relatively minor roles while playing in their respective 21st ...