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NBA1988 NBA Finals Game 6

PistonsVERSUSLakers

1988 NBA Finals Game 6 · Jun 19, 1988

Detroit and Los Angeles played an elimination Finals game defined by pain, pressure, and a historic scoring burst.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterAGA.C. Green
StarterBSByron Scott
StarterJWJames Worthy
StarterKAKareem Abdul-Jabbar

Before the game

Spoiler-free context

Detroit had physically and tactically pushed the defending champion Lakers to the brink. The Pistons arrived in Los Angeles one win from their first title, while the Lakers carried a season-long promise to become the league's first repeat champion in nearly two decades.

  • Detroit led 3–2 and could clinch the championship on the road.
  • No team had repeated as champion since Boston in 1969, leaving the Showtime Lakers' stated goal one loss from failure.

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Epic Score

94.1

Fan Rating

★ 4.73

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Starter
KRKurt Rambis
Away starting five
Detroit Pistons
StarterADAdrian Dantley
StarterBLBill Laimbeer
StarterDRDennis Rodman
StarterITIsiah Thomas
StarterJEJames Edwards

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.