Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackmon were the most underrated duo of the 80's. And Roy Tarpley was one of the biggest what if's and tragic tales in NBA history.
@@suiken3149 Who would figured that the guy who wound up making the biggest impact in this infamous draft, was the guy drafted 27th overall in the 2nd round, Dennis Keith Rodman...
The Mavericks looked like the team of the future in the western conference and turns out 1988 was the peak for that group. They had the talent to compete with the Lakers and Blazers in the following years, but it all fell apart quickly.
Those intros give you chills setup the game and the storylines perfectly Miss cbs and nbc coverage of the nba this was the golden era of nba basketball
Mark Aguirre was a top player in those 80s with the Mavericks. My team is Philly and still is, but I like the Mavericks as my second team. The Dallas cowboys is my football team, people was wondering how 🤔 that can be, when I'm from Chicago.
My senior year of high school. I became a Mavericks fan watching this series, and I still am to this day. June 04, 1988 was a bittersweet day for me. I graduated that day, but that’s the day the Lakers beat Dallas in game 7 of the WCF. We got our revenge by sweeping the Lakers in 2011 on our way to the Chip.
Crazy how cbs and nbc always had compelling stories before the game now we get abc/espn just putting stephen a and random knick players to just talk about the finals
CBS in the 80's was so good. The intros set the tone for all those great Playoff Series. In the 90's, the great Playoff matchups continued. Bob Costas narrating to those opening vignettes followed by "Roundball Rock" was the pennical. I miss 80's & 90's NBA.
A much better playoff outing for these Mavs, pushing the ShowTime Lakers to 7 games in the West Finals. Much better for the Mavs, after their brutal first round exit in the previous playoffs to the 7-seed Sonics, who had a losing record Mavs first season in the NBA was the 1980-1981 season, and they had some nice teams in the 1980s, with this 1988 playoff run being their greatest run. And then their brutal 1990's decade started, until the arrival of Nash-Dirk-Finley-Don Nelson-Cuban changed everything in the new millennium
Oh man..... the Mavs came so close to knocking these Lakers out and moving on to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history after eight years in the league.
@@dfcintron I don't recall. I know he and the head coach of the Mavs had issues with each other at the time. I don't think Aguirre played in the 4th quarter of Game 7.
Of course Lakers had a killer line up and bench, but this was a great Mavs team also. Starting line-up with Harper, Blackman, Aguirre, Perkins, and Donaldson. Then Tarpley, Shrempf, and Davis coming off the bench!
The '88 Mavs are one of my personal "best teams" to never win a title! Their strengths were: 1)they were big, extremely long, could protect the paint as well as any team and, could be an absolute force on the glass, leading the NBA in TOTAL and OFFENSIVE rebounding in '88 2)could run-the-break or play half-court, 3)Had great outside shooting with Aquirre, Harper, Perkins, Blackman, and Davis, 4)Had solid post-up options in Aquirre, Perkins, and periodically Donaldson, 5)Were a GREAT free-throw shooting team, shooting 79%(4th '88), 6)Were an excellent passing team at ALL 5 positions, 7)Could switch on screen-action w/o compromising themselves defensively, 8)Tremendous home crowd! Their few weaknesses were: 1)Decision-making was sometimes careless and questionable, 2)Could rely on their outside shooting too much, 3)Effort and consistency was sometimes an issue, especially with Aquirre, Perkins, and Tarpley. Though the rosters were slightly different each year, the Mavs and Lakers played some hard fought series in '84, '86, & '88! Mavs would win on occasion at The Forum during the regular season but, couldn't quite get over-the-hump in the playoffs and beat the Lakers. Lakers had difficulty with Dallas's length, size, shooting, and quick guard-play but, in the end, the Lakers were just too good with the 3 HOFers, enormous experience, and battle-tested intelligent play!
@@edkiely2712 Yeah I was gonna say all that. 😂 JK. Great analysis and summary. Bad decision making? You mean like when Harper ran out the clock cause he thought they were ahead, but were tied and then ending up loosing in OT!? BTW Lakers had 3 HOFs, but probably should be 4 with Byron Scott. One of the best to never make the All Star Game. Strick is probably number 1 in that category.
@@pointview71 But then they swept the first three rounds the next year in '89 before losing to Detroit. If Bryon Scott doesn't get hurt to start the series is one if the greatest what if's?
@@terrancesmith428 Exactly! Scott and the Lakers were playing some of their best playoff basketball during the 80's during that 11-0 stretch to the finals. The 9-day layoff doomed the Lakers! Riley took them to Hawaii, where they use to hv their camp and, he practiced the hell out of them to keep them in shape. The night before the Gm.#1, Scott tore his hamstring and, Magic tore his in the 3rd quarter of Gm.#2 which, the Lakers were controlling and playing well at the time. Playing w/o Scott was difficult enough but, w/o Magic- it was a wrap! Taking out 40pts a gm is unrecoverable plus, Scott's defense on Detroit's guards. Even w/o those two, the Lakers were still competitive. Worthy was amazing in #3 & #4! Had the Lakers been healthy and, still been able to maintain their level-of-play they were playing with against Phoenix, I think they would hv stood an excellent chance at a 3-peat! Part of the reason the '88 series went to 7gms was because of the two previous 7gm series against Utah and Dallas. Lakers were gassed! When both teams were playing their A-games- the Lakers were the better team! But, that's not how it always plays out. Would hv been nice to see what would hv happened!
@RamsLakersDodgers The 9-day layoff killed the Lakers! They went to Hawaii and practiced hard for 3hrs a day to keep in condition. Had the Lakers played Detroit healthy with the same rhythm and level-of-play they had against Phoenix, they would hv 3-peat! They were playing some of the best basketball they played as a team in the 80's during that 11-0 undefeated run to the finals!
Wow, I’d forgotten the Mavericks were actually that good back in 1988. And they put up a great fight in this series, but the Lakers were still the beast in the NBA.
Man I miss watching Mark Aguire. There was never a better streak shooter until Klay Thompson. Watched him at DePaul and was heartbroken to see him lose a great chance at a national championship on some bullshit, then come so close but never win in the NBA. Such a shame most people never got to see him play.
Great post! What a game. Love the action here. Both teams had so much firepower. Interesting that they could foul Magic at the end and he only gets two free throws. Forget what year that was changed. Just two years prior to this the owners wanted to swap Worthy for Aguirre and Jerry West jumped in and said no dice. Worthy would go on to be a major force for the lakers the next few years - especially in 87 and 88. Aguirre would get two rings with the Pistons. Interesting to see in the opening segment that crazy take down of Byron Scott by Sam Perkins who was not really known as a dirty player.
Magic wanted that Aguirre for Worthy trade. Mark Aguirre was his 2nd best friend. The 3rd close friend in the triangle, Isiah Thomas got his buddy Mark Aguirre in a mid season trade the next year
Wonder if that clothesline that Sam Perkins put on Byron Scott was just a common foul. When McHale did that to Kurt Rambis in the 1984 finals it was just a regular 2 shot foul. Not even a technical
Lakers won series in 7 games,tough WCF series vs Dallas Mavericks.Homec ourt advantage vital for 1988 Lakers winning back to back NBAtitles their dominant decade
@@georgestamatakis697yes he did and he played great with them n made everyone he played with better unlike a guy like lebron. Every great player he plays with suffers n hurts their career.Magic was the opposite. He could play with any great player n make them better and fit them right in
Man, I remember when I thought this Mavericks team was gonna be the team to dethrone the Lakers in the next couple of years, perfect blend of veterans and youth and then, bam, they completely fell apart
@@thomasdepitout7739 yea the Knicks were down 3 with a few seconds left and John Starks got fouled shooting a 3 but only got 2 free throws because of that stupid rule.
Same thing happened in Game 2 1986 Celtics/Bulls, McHale fouled Jordan on a 3 point shot but Jordan only got two free throws to go to overtime instead of three to win
Someone was just trying to explain to me why Boston and their 50 3pt shots a game were exciting to watch. If you see a game like this, you understand why they are just clueless.
@@MDBBall i know that when NBC had it, they displayed scores, and that was well before 1999. it must have been a CBS thing, because TNT and tbs used to show the scores before 1999
@@coreyortiz9913 yea I agree. the new “Mavs” font is nice tho. But the rest of the uniforms are just too gimmicky now, same goes for the rest of the teams. They need to all go back to the 1990’s uniforms! start back from there, then go to the early-mid 2000’s. Classic uniform era, in my opinion.
The NBA on CBS dominated my childhood thru my late teens! The true Golden Age of pro basketball!
The NBA on CBS intro doesn’t get old. Amazing.
This theme was as good as roundballl rock(NBC) in my opinion. I remember this theme playing on the floor model tv as a small child in the 80’s! 😀
That's my favorite intro if that's what will be changed now in the NBA, i agree,can't get tired of listening..
Never!!!!
The best intro ever
This brand of basketball was beautiful
Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackmon were the most underrated duo of the 80's. And Roy Tarpley was one of the biggest what if's and tragic tales in NBA history.
His draft class was cursed with drug issues, Len Bias the biggest one.
@@suiken3149 Who would figured that the guy who wound up making the biggest impact in this infamous draft, was the guy drafted 27th overall in the 2nd round, Dennis Keith Rodman...
Aguirre should be in the Hall of Fame.
True indeed !! I was shocked when Dallas traded Mark Aguirre to the Pistons !!
The Mavericks looked like the team of the future in the western conference and turns out 1988 was the peak for that group. They had the talent to compete with the Lakers and Blazers in the following years, but it all fell apart quickly.
Those intros give you chills setup the game and the storylines perfectly Miss cbs and nbc coverage of the nba this was the golden era of nba basketball
That 88 Mavs team had a lot of firepower, but a team with 3 HOFers is hard to beat
Mark Aguirre, Detlef Shremph, Sam Perkins, Derek Harper, Rolando Blackman, man those late 80's Mavs teams were rough.
Mark Aguirre was a top player in those 80s with the Mavericks. My team is Philly and still is, but I like the Mavericks as my second team. The Dallas cowboys is my football team, people was wondering how 🤔 that can be, when I'm from Chicago.
My senior year of high school. I became a Mavericks fan watching this series, and I still am to this day. June 04, 1988 was a bittersweet day for me. I graduated that day, but that’s the day the Lakers beat Dallas in game 7 of the WCF.
We got our revenge by sweeping the Lakers in 2011 on our way to the Chip.
Old school NBA ..Sure brings back memories
Crazy how cbs and nbc always had compelling stories before the game now we get abc/espn just putting stephen a and random knick players to just talk about the finals
CBS in the 80's was so good.
The intros set the tone for all those great Playoff Series.
In the 90's, the great Playoff matchups continued. Bob Costas narrating to those opening vignettes followed by "Roundball Rock" was the pennical.
I miss 80's & 90's NBA.
Dallas’ last playoff win until April 2001
Heck yeah! Man this was like the exact game I had been looking for too!!! First Mavs game ever played in June. Thanks so much bro
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@@MDBBallgreat upload I love it
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Love how on the break both teams go to the hoop.
A much better playoff outing for these Mavs, pushing the ShowTime Lakers to 7 games in the West Finals.
Much better for the Mavs, after their brutal first round exit in the previous playoffs to the 7-seed Sonics, who had a losing record
Mavs first season in the NBA was the 1980-1981 season, and they had some nice teams in the 1980s, with this 1988 playoff run being their greatest run.
And then their brutal 1990's decade started, until the arrival of Nash-Dirk-Finley-Don Nelson-Cuban changed everything in the new millennium
13 year old me was so excited for this game. That Mavs team was so much fun. Thank you for the memory.
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Let's give some respect to that Mavs team
Oh man..... the Mavs came so close to knocking these Lakers out and moving on to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history after eight years in the league.
Didnt Aguirre get injured in g7
@@dfcintron I don't recall. I know he and the head coach of the Mavs had issues with each other at the time. I don't think Aguirre played in the 4th quarter of Game 7.
@Mark-xl1ze wow maybe that was it.
A Mavs vs Pistons Final in 1988 would've been a compelling matchup of teams who hadn't won a championship before.
@@coreyrowe4119 Agreed
such great times. I had just graduated from high school. Those Mavs teams were fun to watch
Of course Lakers had a killer line up and bench, but this was a great Mavs team also. Starting line-up with Harper, Blackman, Aguirre, Perkins, and Donaldson. Then Tarpley, Shrempf, and Davis coming off the bench!
The '88 Mavs are one of my personal "best teams" to never win a title! Their strengths were: 1)they were big, extremely long, could protect the paint as well as any team and, could be an absolute force on the glass, leading the NBA in TOTAL and OFFENSIVE rebounding in '88 2)could run-the-break or play half-court, 3)Had great outside shooting with Aquirre, Harper, Perkins, Blackman, and Davis, 4)Had solid post-up options in Aquirre, Perkins, and periodically Donaldson, 5)Were a GREAT free-throw shooting team, shooting 79%(4th '88), 6)Were an excellent passing team at ALL 5 positions, 7)Could switch on screen-action w/o compromising themselves defensively, 8)Tremendous home crowd! Their few weaknesses were: 1)Decision-making was sometimes careless and questionable, 2)Could rely on their outside shooting too much, 3)Effort and consistency was sometimes an issue, especially with Aquirre, Perkins, and Tarpley. Though the rosters were slightly different each year, the Mavs and Lakers played some hard fought series in '84, '86, & '88! Mavs would win on occasion at The Forum during the regular season but, couldn't quite get over-the-hump in the playoffs and beat the Lakers. Lakers had difficulty with Dallas's length, size, shooting, and quick guard-play but, in the end, the Lakers were just too good with the 3 HOFers, enormous experience, and battle-tested intelligent play!
Courtesy of Cleveland's stupid ownership by Ted Stepien in trading away those draft picks consecutive years to Dallas.
@@edkiely2712 Yeah I was gonna say all that. 😂 JK. Great analysis and summary. Bad decision making? You mean like when Harper ran out the clock cause he thought they were ahead, but were tied and then ending up loosing in OT!? BTW Lakers had 3 HOFs, but probably should be 4 with Byron Scott. One of the best to never make the All Star Game. Strick is probably number 1 in that category.
@@DJVijilante Harper and JR Smith can hv drinks together and gv each other knucks every year during the playoffs!
The energy still real .. classic time
I love these throwback videos
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ブラックマン、アグワイア、ハーパー、タープリー・・
80年代後半のダラスは魅力的なチームだった
1988 Lakers won 3 straight 7 game series vs Utah, Dallas and Detroit and won the Seventh and final game at home each time.
And that's how you know the dynasty was about fading
@@pointview71 But then they swept the first three rounds the next year in '89 before losing to Detroit. If Bryon Scott doesn't get hurt to start the series is one if the greatest what if's?
@@terrancesmith428Magic & Scott were both hurt.
@@terrancesmith428 Exactly! Scott and the Lakers were playing some of their best playoff basketball during the 80's during that 11-0 stretch to the finals. The 9-day layoff doomed the Lakers! Riley took them to Hawaii, where they use to hv their camp and, he practiced the hell out of them to keep them in shape. The night before the Gm.#1, Scott tore his hamstring and, Magic tore his in the 3rd quarter of Gm.#2 which, the Lakers were controlling and playing well at the time. Playing w/o Scott was difficult enough but, w/o Magic- it was a wrap! Taking out 40pts a gm is unrecoverable plus, Scott's defense on Detroit's guards. Even w/o those two, the Lakers were still competitive. Worthy was amazing in #3 & #4! Had the Lakers been healthy and, still been able to maintain their level-of-play they were playing with against Phoenix, I think they would hv stood an excellent chance at a 3-peat! Part of the reason the '88 series went to 7gms was because of the two previous 7gm series against Utah and Dallas. Lakers were gassed! When both teams were playing their A-games- the Lakers were the better team! But, that's not how it always plays out. Would hv been nice to see what would hv happened!
@RamsLakersDodgers The 9-day layoff killed the Lakers! They went to Hawaii and practiced hard for 3hrs a day to keep in condition. Had the Lakers played Detroit healthy with the same rhythm and level-of-play they had against Phoenix, they would hv 3-peat! They were playing some of the best basketball they played as a team in the 80's during that 11-0 undefeated run to the finals!
this wouls be rhe Mavericks last playoff win for 13 years
Cool man very good era, way better than today.
Magic and worthy what a combo. Smooth.
Wow, I’d forgotten the Mavericks were actually that good back in 1988. And they put up a great fight in this series, but the Lakers were still the beast in the NBA.
Man I miss watching Mark Aguire. There was never a better streak shooter until Klay Thompson. Watched him at DePaul and was heartbroken to see him lose a great chance at a national championship on some bullshit, then come so close but never win in the NBA. Such a shame most people never got to see him play.
He won 2 rings w/ the Pistons
I have absolutely no interest in NBA from the past 20 + years. I only ever watch 80’s & 90’s. The best era
Great post! What a game. Love the action here. Both teams had so much firepower. Interesting that they could foul Magic at the end and he only gets two free throws. Forget what year that was changed. Just two years prior to this the owners wanted to swap Worthy for Aguirre and Jerry West jumped in and said no dice. Worthy would go on to be a major force for the lakers the next few years - especially in 87 and 88. Aguirre would get two rings with the Pistons. Interesting to see in the opening segment that crazy take down of Byron Scott by Sam Perkins who was not really known as a dirty player.
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Magic wanted that Aguirre for Worthy trade. Mark Aguirre was his 2nd best friend. The 3rd close friend in the triangle, Isiah Thomas got his buddy Mark Aguirre in a mid season trade the next year
Wonder if that clothesline that Sam Perkins put on Byron Scott was just a common foul. When McHale did that to Kurt Rambis in the 1984 finals it was just a regular 2 shot foul. Not even a technical
Lakers won series in 7 games,tough WCF series vs Dallas Mavericks.Homec ourt advantage vital for 1988 Lakers winning back to back NBAtitles their dominant decade
The Mavs' last playoff win until Game 3 of the 2001 Western Conference First Round.
Dallas was stacked!!
88 Mavs takin Lakers to 7 Games aint nothing to sneeze at.
Definitely championship contenders
Miller High Life player of the game! Mark Aguirre!😊
Magic Johnson after Michael Jordan is the only non big worthy of a Mt Rushmore spot. His resume as a PG is untouchable.
He played with a lot of great players. Kareem, worthy, nixon, Wilkes, Scott, Mcadoo
@@georgestamatakis697yes he did and he played great with them n made everyone he played with better unlike a guy like lebron. Every great player he plays with suffers n hurts their career.Magic was the opposite. He could play with any great player n make them better and fit them right in
@@georgestamatakis697They couldn’t beat Boston until Magic got there.
Gracias!👍
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Mark Aguirre 🔥
I’m Lakers for Life but that was great Mavs team. In 88 Lakers won 3 game 7s!
There was rumor of Worthy for Tarpley trade!
Keep up the good work 👏
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Man, I remember when I thought this Mavericks team was gonna be the team to dethrone the Lakers in the next couple of years, perfect blend of veterans and youth and then, bam, they completely fell apart
En esos años 80 & 90 pocos tripletes de 3 puntos de la historia de la NBA 🏀🏀
This would be the Mavericks last WCF series until 2003.
Correct
rip roy Tarpley, rip james Donaldson
As i write this James Donaldson is still alive
That Team should’ve Beat the LA Man for Man they Dallas Had A Squad
The last run the Lakers would make to win the NBA Championship until 2000.
Didn’t they make it in 1991 against the Bulls?? Lol
@@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday the Bulls won that series 4-1 in 1991
@@YouCanChangeYourWorldTodayhe did say to WIN the championship lol 😂
At that time, a foul on a 3-point shot was only 2 free throws, it was such a stupid rule XD
That's why Dallas fouled Magic on the last play.
The Knicks really got screwed by that stupid rule in the final seconds of game 3 against the Rockets in the 1994 Finals too.
@@coreyrowe4119 Oh I didn't know that, never saw this game !
@@thomasdepitout7739 yea the Knicks were down 3 with a few seconds left and John Starks got fouled shooting a 3 but only got 2 free throws because of that stupid rule.
You'd think they'd have made that rule as soon as the three point shot became a thing in the NBA but it took them until 1995.
Same thing happened in Game 2 1986 Celtics/Bulls, McHale fouled Jordan on a 3 point shot but Jordan only got two free throws to go to overtime instead of three to win
I miss the large font now the televisions a bigger with smaller mind game fonts .
I remember the nickname they gave Donaldson "American Tourister" because of his wide body.
Can You Upload More 1990-1991 Chicago Bulls Basketball Games MDBball
Stockton and Heinsohn were the best.
I didn't start watching the NBA until 1991, I just assumed the Mavericks were always horrible until that Dirk/Nash team of 2000.
Brent Musberger sounds like he’s about to fall asleep
Someone was just trying to explain to me why Boston and their 50 3pt shots a game were exciting to watch. If you see a game like this, you understand why they are just clueless.
Is it just me or does Brent Musberger sound disinterested?
CBS seemingly wanted their broadcasters to be dull during this time
It would have been nice if the score had been on the screen
Yep sadly broadcasts didn't start displaying the scores until the late 90s I believe the 1999 season
@@MDBBall i know that when NBC had it, they displayed scores, and that was well before 1999. it must have been a CBS thing, because TNT and tbs used to show the scores before 1999
@@MDBBall It actually started during the 1996-1997 season when the then-Fox Sports Net began.
Sorcery. Big men posting up instead of shooting 3s. Blasphemy I say!
This series was decided by home court advantage.
Lakers were better when they got Thompson and A.C.
Seems like yesterday
Every time I checked to make sure I’m subscribed to this channel. I’m unsubscribed I don’t get it.
The Reunion Rowdies
Players like Luka, Tatum wasn't even born yet during the time
Of course not, Luka and Tatum weren't even born by Dirk's rookie year.
@@malcorub luka wasnt but Tatum was
Yeah.... it would be at least a decade from this before they both were born. Wow.
Then he pulled a KD
Shiiid. Bring the A back to the 👁🗨..
Mavericks were the better team.
Those 80’s Dallas uni’s were hideous . Lol 😝
still better than any of these goofy modern jerseys and dont even get me started on their stupid city jerseys ugh!!
@@coreyortiz9913 yea I agree. the new “Mavs” font is nice tho. But the rest of the uniforms are just too gimmicky now, same goes for the rest of the teams. They need to all go back to the 1990’s uniforms! start back from there, then go to the early-mid 2000’s. Classic uniform era, in my opinion.
Scripted style