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Detroit PistonsVERSUSLos Angeles Lakers

1987-88 · NBA Finals Game 7 · Jun 21, 1988

#2 Detroit Pistons vs #1 Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles and Detroit closed a physical Finals series with a winner-take-all game at the Forum.

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Starting fives

Verified starters

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

Before the game

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One day after Isiah Thomas's ankle injury and Detroit's one-point loss, the Pistons had to play a deciding game in Los Angeles. The Lakers were trying to complete Pat Riley's promised repeat while Detroit's emerging Bad Boys sought their first crown.

  • The series was tied 3–3, with Thomas severely limited by the ankle he injured in Game 6.
  • Los Angeles was attempting to become the league's first repeat champion in 19 years.

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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.