This is the last playoff series win in the Bad Boys era, and would be the last playoff win for Detroit until they beat Toronto in the 1st round during the 2002 playoffs.
I was at this game. It was one of the most well-played games - by both teams - you could ask for. The crowd was so in tune with every detail, every play that was happening. Hubie Brown was at his best on the broadcast. The Pistons' championship reign peaked with this game. Thanks for posting.
Where was this aggression just 2 days later? I remember this was Friday, the ECF was on Sunday and then Tuesday, Detroit just didn't compete in that series.
@@bryanburnap4537-he would do the exact same thing the following year in Game 3 against NY that would have iced that game with 4 seconds left . He missed both, NY forced OT and won to take a 2-1 lead. People never mention those games or his wild drive in Game 6 that could have won the title that year.
From this series vs the Celtics, the Pistons moved on to yet another Eastern Conference Final showdown vs the Bulls. It didn't end well obviously though for the once-mighty 'Bad Boys'.
They beat a team that was winning Championships 10 years before, if you call that a triumph, what do you call 87 game 5 and game 7, a learning experience? They couldn’t beat a team on fumes in 87, this is a Celtic team that is even worse than that. Isaiah - nice pass- to Bird😂
This was a phenomenal game, joe dumars was best player on the floor for pistons and Kevin McHale for celtics (with some spectacular plays from dee brown who I believe was a rookie that year) anytime celtics and pistons played in playoffs 87, 88 or 91 was great games And Isiah Thomas big in overtime!!!
@@EFunkRock-not in 1989 ECF. If Isiah doesn't take it to Jordan, Pistons don't reach Finals and Dumars doesn't win that MVP. People keep forgetting that fact.
Ohhhhh the days of RIVALRY!! The brand and style of play was so strong. Teams didn't like each other.....and competition was fierce! A fans dream!! No rivalry these days of podcast and no hand checking......😢😢😩😩🤕🥶🏳️💯
@@bryanburnap4537Definitely, the refs favored Detroit in this game, no doubt, how in the world can you make such an atrocious call like that? Especially in a playoff game, terrible!
Thank you ! This was my senior year and this call ruined my graduation etc... It's one of the worst calls in playoff history !! Robbed the Celtics of a date with Chicago in 91.
I'd love to get some full games of this series. It's like the last of an era because the Bulls were taking over and this was like the Pistons and Celtics last hoorah, somebody please link me if you can get the full one
For the Pistons, this is the calm before the storm. They were confident their Bad Boy ways can still weave magic to top seed Bulls. On the other, the Celtics trying to make traction with Reggie Lewis surrounded by post-primes Larry, McHale, and Chief. How I wish that also includes Len Bias. 🙏
The Celtics were up 2-1 in this series and looked like they had a good chance at beating the two time defending champs. They gave Detroit a really tough series. The Celtics had an aging Big 3 with a bunch of up and coming young players. Parrish was out for this game and definitely could have made a difference if he had played. One more thing, that goal tending call was horrific. Not even close.
That Pistons team was stacked.They're obviously not prime 80's Bad Boy Pistons, but look at the talent.Isaiah, Dumars, Laimbeer, Rodman.Vinnie Johnson is in the argument for greatest 6th Man of all time.In the 80's, they were even more stacked.When they added guys like Adrian Dantley & Mark Aguirre.Personally, I'd put the '89 Pistons up against any team in history.They basically had an All Star team.Not only that, they played a very physically opposing, brutal style of basketball.That backcourt trio of Isaiah, Dumars, and Vinnie Johnson was vicious.Each one of those guys were capable of getting hot & dropping 20 points in a qtr.
No they wasn’t stacked that was a young Rodman lost players to the expansion draft mahonne I believe this was a very weak time in basketball but yes that backcourt was something dribble shoot pass and they kept outsmarting Mike who jus didn’t have the intelligence before phil
@festusaniemeka3350 Rodman was already a beast by 1988.H just didnt get a lot of minutes early on because, as I said, the team was stacked during those years.They also had Rick Mahorn & John Salley to throw at people.Rodman won Defensive Player Of The Year back to back in '90 & '91.That was nearing the end of the Bad Boy dynasty.They weren't the same anymore, but still a formidable bunch.I disagree about it being a weak era.You still had dynastic teams like the Celtics & Lakers.Not to mention the Bulls finally started to mature into a dynasty in their own right.I'll put the '85-'90 Pistons, Lakers, and Celtics up against any team in history.I think they'd beat anybody Especially the '86 Celtics, '89 Pistons, and '87 Lakers.Personally, I think the '87 Lakers are the best NBA team of all time.
If Boston would have ran the offense thru Lewis they might have had a chance but they were still trying to respect bird which he still could go when his back felt good but he should have deferred as Lewis was the truth. Celtics had a lot of young talent imagine Len bias running with this group of youngins. Excellent scouting
Detroitwas past their prime. Isiah Thomas was past his prime, Aguirre past his prime, Laimbeer was washed up. The fact that they struggled badly against Atlanta and Boston shows they were already running on E
Larry Bird again loses to the Detroit Piston Bad Boys. Same ball club who snatched the torch from them in 1988, who themselves would have the torch taken in the next round by the team they had beaten three previous years - in a sweep - MJ and the Chicago Bulls.
Larry lost these series because of his painback. He tried to help but after heroic playing against Indiana it was impossible. In 1988, though Bird tells in Drive he was well defended as the reason of his bad % shooting, his injury in the feet was in the way.
The Celtics probably could've given the Bulls a run for their money in the ECF while the Pistons despite ultimately winning this series never stood a chance of beating the Bulls for a 4th straight year.
Reggie Lewis could not guard Joe Dumars, there is no way that he is guarding Jordan. Bird looks about done here. He would have struggled with Pippen on both ends. They were without Parish and Joe Klein inspired fear in nobody. McHale gave everyone fits. I don't really see this Celtics team winning any more than 1 game the Bulls.
@@kingsports1113What's so funny? He or she is right, the refs always favor the home team, bad call, it's a shame back then they didn't have replay, they would have corrected that call, McHale was robbed.
That ridiculously bad goaltending call by the refs on the McHale put-back and then the Reggie Lewis foul before that where they didn’t count the shot make was ridiculous. This game would’ve and should’ve been won by the Celtics in regulation with no OT if not for the bad call by the refs who I can only suspect had money on the game or something lol in the wake of the Donaghey revelations god only knows what we didn’t know, especially back then around this time lol. Sure the Pistons executed in OT but it shouldn’t have gone to OT, and the Celtics were tired and beaten down physically from the bullshit from the refs either crooked or stupid asses and the Pistons ridiculous style of play that the refs should’ve never allowed. So many calls here that were fouls that the Celtics didn’t get and then so many times the Pistons had the gall to complain about obvious foul calls that it gave the refs some hesitancy, like calling traveling when there was clearly pushing going on. This shit is annoying, it shoulda been back to Boston where Boston would’ve won, then it should’ve been MJ v. Bird in the conference finals, where MJ probably would’ve won (if not we would’ve had the final Magic Bird showdown, but then we’d have to deal with more nonsense from the LeBron Stans than we already do in the GOAT debate re: MJ lol) but it would’ve been conducted with far more class than Pistons showed in that series of course. I get why Chuck Daly had to do what he had to do with this trash squad so I don’t blame him too much, really he’s just got too much of that Irish charm and charisma and wit/IQ and realness (hence why he was the boss of the Dream Team over the then new kid on the coaching block but back to back champion coach Phil Jackson, but also over all the other more established coaches at the time like Pat Riley, Coach K, Lenny Wilkins, Don Nelson, etc., so I can’t hate on him as much as I possibly should lol, but that said, fuck every one of those players from those Pistons teams except maybe Joe Dumars (and yes I’m including John Salley, he’s not the chill peace loving hippie dude he fronts as if you watch those games, including this one with his McHale fight, and as for Dumars, well he was kinda the one good cop role player so maybe he doesn’t even deserve the credit I’m giving him but I just always liked him and his game so I’ll possibly/probably unfairly give him a pass like I did with Chuck Daly lol).
We all knew back then it was a great era, what we didn't know was down the road this kind of basketball would fade away in favor of flashy dunks, no defense and logo 3's!!!
11:17; the passion of the athletes in the postseason was real unlike the snowflakes like Westbrook and Lebron that give up and throw the game in the 4th quarter
This whole series was painful to watch. Neither team was what they were & neither were going to challenge the Bulls. The Celtics especially were sad to watch because they had been playing so well earlier in the year & looked like they could hang with the Bulls.
1991 was one of thèse that could be 10 years in one . END of eigjhties stars celtics of bird pistons of Thomas and Lakers of magic to see the rise of the Jordan’s bulls
Great game. Bird was disminished by his backpain. If he had been healthy, Boston would've won the ring that year. Anyway, Isiah was incredible in the overtime.
Nobody was stopping the Bulls in 1991. MJ, by himself, was all the Cs could handle in '86. And you think they was stopping a prime MJ, with a supporting cast, in '91. You boston fans have more passion than you do sense. A Bulls dynasty was inevitable & everyone knew it. So spare us the revisionist history.
@@zap_sigma1 I have no doubt Boston would've won Chicago without injuries. Lewis could defend Jordan. Bird with Pippen, no problem, Larry always. Mchale and Parish would've destroyed Grant and Cartwright. Ah, who in Chicago could defend Shaw, Brown, Gamble, even Pinckney? Chicago won his 6 titles fairly but the injuries or retirement of the real GOATs were the main reason of their dinasty.
Pay Attention: Look at how hard the Pistons were playing in this game, okay? Look at the minutes Daly gave to his front court of Salley and Edwards; look at how aggressive Isiah Thomas was and especially how aggressive defensively the Pistons were as a unit. .... Why is this important? JUST 2 DAYS LATER IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS LOOK AT WHAT TOOK PLACE: Isiah Thomas takes 9 shots in game 1 and only 9 shots in game 2; Bill Laimbeer takes just 7 shots in game 1 and only 2 shots in game 2; Joe Dumars took just 10 shots in game 1 and only 10 shots in game 3 while Chuck Daly played John Salley only 9 minutes in game 2 and played Edwards just 11 minutes in game 2 and only 9 minutes in game 3. Now a rotation and minutes along with shot attempts -- that's done ON PURPOSE and it has nothing to do with an opponent.... So look at the Pistons from game 6 here which was on a Friday and then on Sunday and Tuesday in the Eastern Conference Finals and then that following Saturday in game 3. THE PISTONS PURPOSELY LOST THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS IN 1991. Another thing to note, why didn't Thomas just keep coming off the bench in the Eastern Conference Finals?... Detroit had a good rotation going but Thomas inserted himself into the starting lineup in the ECF taking only 9 shots in game 1 and 9 shots in game 2 -- CONTROLLING THE GAME so that the Pistons COULD NOT win and Daly doing his part with the rotation and Laimbeer and Dumars plugging in their roles....So the leadership of the Pistons did the following: The scorers didn't shoot and the coach didn't play his front line guys minutes to succeed and what happened? The Pistons lost to a team they were 26-9 against from 1988-1990 eliminating them 3 straight seasons in the playoffs...but some how they do not know how to get one game? Funny as hell. See, the Pistons made it obvious, had the 1991 ECF been a 6 or 7 game series, nobody could see it, but Thomas and the Pistons leadership would not play ball, they made it obvious and then walked-off showing you it was a peaceful protest more than anything and they were made to do this and had to step aside so Jordan could win...why? THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS!!!!... Especially opening up those global markets and furthering revenues for the players as Isiah Thomas was the President of the Player's Association doing those negotiations on behalf of the players with a 53% revenue share in favor of the players.... So that's what we were seeing and that's how NBA history was forever changed and NBA basketball was destroyed for, 'The Michael Jordan Show' and guess what? The Pistons broke up their championship-contending team by waiving Vinnie Johnson and trading James Edwards to the Clippers -- this way the Pistons could NEVER compete for titles again and be a threat to Jordan. HAHAHA!...Everyone moved aside to make sure Jordan won - Isiah, Magic, and then Jordan competed against his friends: Ewing/Oakley, Barkley, and non-competitors at the Conference Finals/Finals level like Kemp/Payton and Malone/Stockton, who it took them to 1997 to even get to the Finals with all that experience and then they couldn't perform in the Finals because they weren't intelligent, same with Seattle.
Hey, wouldn't surprise me. You see this type of thing all the time in the NFL. People were perplexed with the Ravens and how they played in the AFC Championship. Teams suddenly coming out and looking like a completely different team should send alarms to people that what they're seeing is the fix. This doesn't take anything away from Jordan and the Bulls. They were great but were they as great as the NBA wants you to believe? Maybe not. One thing is certain though. MJ is the GOAT and it's not he rings that make him the GOAT. He was the GOAT long before he won his first ring. As an individual player, nobody could do what he did.
😡👂👂👂👂👂👂 listen. That ref's bad call taking away Kevin McHale put back COST BOSTON CHAMPIONSHIP. They would have won this game and game 7back in Boston. Celtics would have crushed in finals.
Yes he did unfortunately, he was shoveling concrete for his mom's driveway and hurt his back, pulled something, not sure exactly, but wow, why not just hire someone to do it, he definitely had the money, but wanted to do it on his own, that's just the type of person he is and it ended up hurting his career.
If PARISH was here for this game and Healthy. Boston wouldve blew Detroit out , just as they did in Game three. McHale just needed a lil help. That Big 3( BIRD, PARISH, & McHALE) was just unstoppable. Everyone talks about how old the big three(3) was, but no one is looking at "EXPERIENCE ". 0nly if we had PARISH "The Big CHIEF". Boston wouldve won and won BIG. Great Game tho.... RIP "Reggie Lewis" Boston had the TEAM back then. Injuries just hurt them that year. S0 SAD!!!!!!😢😮😮😢😮😮😮
Painful, painful. The Celtics got owned by the Pistons from 1988 to 1991 in the playoffs. Yes, this went 6 games. However, Pistons won the series. Just shows the changing of the guard.
The main reason of both defeats: Injuries. Excuses? Nope. Detroit deserved to win rings, of course. They were a hard working team that defended so close to legal limits but Boston was more talented and without injuries they'd have won always. Anyway, it was in 6 games in spite of the injuries. Imagine with all the guys playing.
@JAWrightonline I am sure,before this system will take effect,who ever designs it,will take every single tiny precautionary measure,to make all calls are done correctly.All I am saying is,there have been too many bad calls made,due to human error,that cost teams victories,and sometimes,there are Playoffs,and Championships on the line.I know this sounds ridiculous,but I have a feeling,there will be a major change in all of sports as far as refereeing goes.Foitball already has VAR,and it is a major success.
@@Mrd9960 As minimum the same trouble Detroit had to win them. Boston lost in 6 games in 1988 and 1991 in spite of the injuries and it was by little margin. I don't think Detroit was better.
Bird was seriously injured. Imagine to play with backpain and limitations to move. He won Indiana the previous series and simply he couldn't give more that year.
Nope. Boston would have been the real best Regular Season team if Larry had played most of the games. With Bird, Boston won about 76% of the games he played in. Detroit was under Boston all of the season. It was a classic problem what happened in playoffs: Injuries.
The last game i watched with my dad before he died!! Thank you for the uplaod!!
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Rest in peace to your pops bro
Sorry to hear that.
My condolences for the loss of your father. May you be comforted.
I know we never met I am so sorry for your loss I can truly relate and he will always be remembered!!!!!
What an amazing game. Playoff time was no joke, particularly these two rivals. Not enough thanks in the world for uploading all these.
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Best era in basketball.
That is some kind of pass from Zeke at 19:24. The vision and precision is truly something to behold. My god, I love this era of basketball...
Yeah same here, most of the players back then were so much better fundamentally, just smarter players.
Another really well done video. I was 36 years old watching this game and all these late 80s to 90s Eastern conference games they were fantastic.
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Now you must be in 70s age bracket
@@B501Rdecades start to pass like years as you age
@@B501RSí señor.
The competitive nature of each team/player is off the charts. Spectacular game to watch.
This is the last playoff series win in the Bad Boys era, and would be the last playoff win for Detroit until they beat Toronto in the 1st round during the 2002 playoffs.
I was at this game. It was one of the most well-played games - by both teams - you could ask for. The crowd was so in tune with every detail, every play that was happening. Hubie Brown was at his best on the broadcast. The Pistons' championship reign peaked with this game. Thanks for posting.
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Where was this aggression just 2 days later? I remember this was Friday, the ECF was on Sunday and then Tuesday, Detroit just didn't compete in that series.
Dumars always a pleasure to watch
Great player ! Surprised he missed those 2 foul shots to ice the game
@@bryanburnap4537-he would do the exact same thing the following year in Game 3 against NY that would have iced that game with 4 seconds left .
He missed both, NY forced OT and won to take a 2-1 lead.
People never mention those games or his wild drive in Game 6 that could have won the title that year.
Dumars Is a fantastic player
From this series vs the Celtics, the Pistons moved on to yet another Eastern Conference Final showdown vs the Bulls.
It didn't end well obviously though for the once-mighty 'Bad Boys'.
The last triumph for Detroit’s Bad Boys as NBA champions
And my Bulls were foaming at that mouth..hungry AF
The Detroit Pistons had captured their 14th consecutive playoff series
@@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486 I think it was 11 not 14.
@@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486it was actually their 10th straight.
4 in 1989.
4 in 1990.
2 in 1991.
They beat a team that was winning Championships 10 years before, if you call that a triumph, what do you call 87 game 5 and game 7, a learning experience? They couldn’t beat a team on fumes in 87, this is a Celtic team that is even worse than that. Isaiah - nice pass- to Bird😂
This was a phenomenal game, joe dumars was best player on the floor for pistons and Kevin McHale for celtics (with some spectacular plays from dee brown who I believe was a rookie that year) anytime celtics and pistons played in playoffs
87, 88 or 91 was great games
And Isiah Thomas big in overtime!!!
1989 too.
@@EFunkRock didn't include 89 cause bird injury took the fun out if it
@@EFunkRock-not in 1989 ECF.
If Isiah doesn't take it to Jordan, Pistons don't reach Finals and Dumars doesn't win that MVP.
People keep forgetting that fact.
Ohhhhh the days of RIVALRY!! The brand and style of play was so strong. Teams didn't like each other.....and competition was fierce! A fans dream!! No rivalry these days of podcast and no hand checking......😢😢😩😩🤕🥶🏳️💯
Joe D sure had a sweet jumper!
11:17-11:21 "Eazy! Eazy! Eazzzy! What are they doin'?" Pure Hubie Brown.
Lol and he's still going strong today also, 30+ years later.
That offensive goaltend was a horrific call.
Not even remotely close; yet another proof that NBA (like all professional sports) is rigged.
That would never happen today !! Absolutely disgusting and disgraceful
@@bryanburnap4537Definitely, the refs favored Detroit in this game, no doubt, how in the world can you make such an atrocious call like that? Especially in a playoff game, terrible!
Agree that's bs.. referees ruined the game
Great Old School.
❤️ oldies 1980s& early 1990s playoff nba basketball 🏀
that put back was good the refs 100% messed up on that play at 22:04
Thank you ! This was my senior year and this call ruined my graduation etc... It's one of the worst calls in playoff history !! Robbed the Celtics of a date with Chicago in 91.
Thank God for the Time Machine aka UA-cam
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❤️ oldie NBA basketball
Thanks for the upload
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I'm loving these uploads man. Thank you
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The Pistons' last win of their season.
I'd love to get some full games of this series. It's like the last of an era because the Bulls were taking over and this was like the Pistons and Celtics last hoorah, somebody please link me if you can get the full one
For the Pistons, this is the calm before the storm. They were confident their Bad Boy ways can still weave magic to top seed Bulls.
On the other, the Celtics trying to make traction with Reggie Lewis surrounded by post-primes Larry, McHale, and Chief.
How I wish that also includes Len Bias. 🙏
22:05 Not even close to offensive goal tending. Stern didn't want the Bulls losing to the Celtics in the next round.
The Celtics were up 2-1 in this series and looked like they had a good chance at beating the two time defending champs. They gave Detroit a really tough series. The Celtics had an aging Big 3 with a bunch of up and coming young players. Parrish was out for this game and definitely could have made a difference if he had played. One more thing, that goal tending call was horrific. Not even close.
It was, definitely, absolutely ridiculous, one of the worst calls in NBA history!
I wish Detroit lost to Boston as opposed to Chicago ... that Bulls' team was terrible outside of Jordan.
Great Game. Great Memories! Bad Boys Forever.
That interference call on McHale was AWFUL
This game was rigged
That Pistons team was stacked.They're obviously not prime 80's Bad Boy Pistons, but look at the talent.Isaiah, Dumars, Laimbeer, Rodman.Vinnie Johnson is in the argument for greatest 6th Man of all time.In the 80's, they were even more stacked.When they added guys like Adrian Dantley & Mark Aguirre.Personally, I'd put the '89 Pistons up against any team in history.They basically had an All Star team.Not only that, they played a very physically opposing, brutal style of basketball.That backcourt trio of Isaiah, Dumars, and Vinnie Johnson was vicious.Each one of those guys were capable of getting hot & dropping 20 points in a qtr.
No they wasn’t stacked that was a young Rodman lost players to the expansion draft mahonne I believe this was a very weak time in basketball but yes that backcourt was something dribble shoot pass and they kept outsmarting Mike who jus didn’t have the intelligence before phil
@festusaniemeka3350 Rodman was already a beast by 1988.H just didnt get a lot of minutes early on because, as I said, the team was stacked during those years.They also had Rick Mahorn & John Salley to throw at people.Rodman won Defensive Player Of The Year back to back in '90 & '91.That was nearing the end of the Bad Boy dynasty.They weren't the same anymore, but still a formidable bunch.I disagree about it being a weak era.You still had dynastic teams like the Celtics & Lakers.Not to mention the Bulls finally started to mature into a dynasty in their own right.I'll put the '85-'90 Pistons, Lakers, and Celtics up against any team in history.I think they'd beat anybody Especially the '86 Celtics, '89 Pistons, and '87 Lakers.Personally, I think the '87 Lakers are the best NBA team of all time.
@@festusaniemeka3350-weak time in basketball?
Lay off the drugs.😢
@@123slasher.16 very weak time bro.mike saved the league
@@festusaniemeka3350 complete BS.
Some of you MFers are living on Fantasy Island.
Saved the league?
Leave crack alone.
If Boston would have ran the offense thru Lewis they might have had a chance but they were still trying to respect bird which he still could go when his back felt good but he should have deferred as Lewis was the truth. Celtics had a lot of young talent imagine Len bias running with this group of youngins. Excellent scouting
Both teams past their peaks here, but gotta love seeing the game when it was played off the pass instead of the dribble and constant pick and rolls.
Only because Mahorn was lost in the expansion draft.
Only Boston was past their prime. Detroit was the champion the in 1990. Boston had not won anything since 1986.
Detroitwas past their prime. Isiah Thomas was past his prime, Aguirre past his prime, Laimbeer was washed up. The fact that they struggled badly against Atlanta and Boston shows they were already running on E
If you are here for the fight. 11:11
Mchale was a beast!!!
He got robbed on that goal tending call, that was horrible, one of the worst calls in NBA history!
Joe Dumars with hesi in his bag.
Reggie Lewis ❤❤❤❤ R.I.P.
What an incredible game! These Pistons were great, they backed down to no one.
Rip CHRIS FORD @REGGIE LEWIS GONE 2 SOON😢
And, on the other team, Chuck Daly.
What a defense have this games not like todays ones 😊
You know things are intense when Salley of all people gets into a scrum. I didn't even know it was him at first. lol
Legacy ☝🏼✨
An aging Injured Celtics gave the Pistons a great fight. If went to 7, Boston may have had a chance
Loved it when McHale always had the ball boy give him a towel on demand 😅
Larry Bird again loses to the Detroit Piston Bad Boys. Same ball club who snatched the torch from them in 1988, who themselves would have the torch taken in the next round by the team they had beaten three previous years - in a sweep - MJ and the Chicago Bulls.
Larry lost these series because of his painback. He tried to help but after heroic playing against Indiana it was impossible. In 1988, though Bird tells in Drive he was well defended as the reason of his bad % shooting, his injury in the feet was in the way.
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The Celtics probably could've given the Bulls a run for their money in the ECF while the Pistons despite ultimately winning this series never stood a chance of beating the Bulls for a 4th straight year.
Neither could Boston
No one could beat the Bulls from 1991
The best team after the Bulls where the Pistons
@@lovenlightman the best team after the Bulls in 90-91 was either the Blazers or Lakers imo.
Could've - yeah, OK. Well then I guess the Celtics should have won this series, right?
Reggie Lewis could not guard Joe Dumars, there is no way that he is guarding Jordan. Bird looks about done here. He would have struggled with Pippen on both ends. They were without Parish and Joe Klein inspired fear in nobody. McHale gave everyone fits. I don't really see this Celtics team winning any more than 1 game the Bulls.
@@jeffstreepy9911but Parish being injured didnt help, he might have been the difference maker.
Celtics got robbed. Shouldn't be an ot. That wasn't goaltending by Mchale
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@@kingsports1113What's so funny? He or she is right, the refs always favor the home team, bad call, it's a shame back then they didn't have replay, they would have corrected that call, McHale was robbed.
Celtics-Bulls would've been a great match-up. Sucks the that the C's didn't take this back to Boston. They would've creamed the Pistons in Game 7.
Wow! What awesome highlights and why does the NBA always try to effect the outcome of the game.
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Scripted was setup for Piston to get dethroned by the Bulls.
Dee Brown had some heart in this game, respect to him
That ridiculously bad goaltending call by the refs on the McHale put-back and then the Reggie Lewis foul before that where they didn’t count the shot make was ridiculous. This game would’ve and should’ve been won by the Celtics in regulation with no OT if not for the bad call by the refs who I can only suspect had money on the game or something lol in the wake of the Donaghey revelations god only knows what we didn’t know, especially back then around this time lol. Sure the Pistons executed in OT but it shouldn’t have gone to OT, and the Celtics were tired and beaten down physically from the bullshit from the refs either crooked or stupid asses and the Pistons ridiculous style of play that the refs should’ve never allowed. So many calls here that were fouls that the Celtics didn’t get and then so many times the Pistons had the gall to complain about obvious foul calls that it gave the refs some hesitancy, like calling traveling when there was clearly pushing going on. This shit is annoying, it shoulda been back to Boston where Boston would’ve won, then it should’ve been MJ v. Bird in the conference finals, where MJ probably would’ve won (if not we would’ve had the final Magic Bird showdown, but then we’d have to deal with more nonsense from the LeBron Stans than we already do in the GOAT debate re: MJ lol) but it would’ve been conducted with far more class than Pistons showed in that series of course. I get why Chuck Daly had to do what he had to do with this trash squad so I don’t blame him too much, really he’s just got too much of that Irish charm and charisma and wit/IQ and realness (hence why he was the boss of the Dream Team over the then new kid on the coaching block but back to back champion coach Phil Jackson, but also over all the other more established coaches at the time like Pat Riley, Coach K, Lenny Wilkins, Don Nelson, etc., so I can’t hate on him as much as I possibly should lol, but that said, fuck every one of those players from those Pistons teams except maybe Joe Dumars (and yes I’m including John Salley, he’s not the chill peace loving hippie dude he fronts as if you watch those games, including this one with his McHale fight, and as for Dumars, well he was kinda the one good cop role player so maybe he doesn’t even deserve the credit I’m giving him but I just always liked him and his game so I’ll possibly/probably unfairly give him a pass like I did with Chuck Daly lol).
Celtics played their hearts out. Bird was done. You could see he couldn't move around.
We all knew back then it was a great era, what we didn't know was down the road this kind of basketball would fade away in favor of flashy dunks, no defense and logo 3's!!!
Why isn't isaiah playing that much? It didn't look like he started.
I believe he had an ankle injury. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Going off of memory.
He was on the bench due to injury
@@stephcurrytheg.o.a.tThat's a shame, if he was playing, they win this series, they were a better team than Detroit that year.
@@Mrd9960what are you talking about? Detroit won this series
@@Mrd9960They did win this series and he did play
Didn’t see Bird shake hands. Should the Pistons be mad about this 33 years later?
Didn't do it in 1988 either.
@@123slasher.16MJ would have taken this personally
@@Elkman8102 did he take those 3 straight playoff losses personally?
No doubt that was an Absolute blown call, the ball didn't touch the rim when McHale putbacks it. That bad call cost Boston.
Why was Thomas coming off the bench?
He was banged up and missed the prior two games outta the last 3 of that series. He had a foot sprain in game 1.
Hubie Brown is the best!
24:10 And one not called to take away the free throw for the win for the Celtics.
25:32 Obvious moving screen by Vinnie Johnson not called to let the Pistons have a chance.
11:17; the passion of the athletes in the postseason was real unlike the snowflakes like Westbrook and Lebron that give up and throw the game in the 4th quarter
Joe Dumars blew 2 fts at the end of the 4th qtr
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Bird was playing hurt and still giving the Pistons all they can handle
Isiah Thomas was hurt too and gave Boston the business.
And that was that for that Boston crew
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This series should've gone to game 7 that was a horrible call on MC Hale.
That tip in by Mchale that was called interference was a terrible call, and Im a Pistons fan.
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This whole series was painful to watch. Neither team was what they were & neither were going to challenge the Bulls. The Celtics especially were sad to watch because they had been playing so well earlier in the year & looked like they could hang with the Bulls.
Where was Isiah???
1991 was one of thèse that could be 10 years in one . END of eigjhties stars celtics of bird pistons of Thomas and Lakers of magic to see the rise of the Jordan’s bulls
Where was parish
I think hurt.
Ankle injury
Great game. Bird was disminished by his backpain. If he had been healthy, Boston would've won the ring that year. Anyway, Isiah was incredible in the overtime.
Nobody was stopping the Bulls in 1991. MJ, by himself, was all the Cs could handle in '86. And you think they was stopping a prime MJ, with a supporting cast, in '91.
You boston fans have more passion than you do sense. A Bulls dynasty was inevitable & everyone knew it. So spare us the revisionist history.
@@zap_sigma1 I have no doubt Boston would've won Chicago without injuries. Lewis could defend Jordan. Bird with Pippen, no problem, Larry always. Mchale and Parish would've destroyed Grant and Cartwright. Ah, who in Chicago could defend Shaw, Brown, Gamble, even Pinckney?
Chicago won his 6 titles fairly but the injuries or retirement of the real GOATs were the main reason of their dinasty.
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Pay Attention: Look at how hard the Pistons were playing in this game, okay? Look at the minutes Daly gave to his front court of Salley and Edwards; look at how aggressive Isiah Thomas was and especially how aggressive defensively the Pistons were as a unit. .... Why is this important? JUST 2 DAYS LATER IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS LOOK AT WHAT TOOK PLACE:
Isiah Thomas takes 9 shots in game 1 and only 9 shots in game 2; Bill Laimbeer takes just 7 shots in game 1 and only 2 shots in game 2; Joe Dumars took just 10 shots in game 1 and only 10 shots in game 3 while Chuck Daly played John Salley only 9 minutes in game 2 and played Edwards just 11 minutes in game 2 and only 9 minutes in game 3.
Now a rotation and minutes along with shot attempts -- that's done ON PURPOSE and it has nothing to do with an opponent.... So look at the Pistons from game 6 here which was on a Friday and then on Sunday and Tuesday in the Eastern Conference Finals and then that following Saturday in game 3.
THE PISTONS PURPOSELY LOST THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS IN 1991. Another thing to note, why didn't Thomas just keep coming off the bench in the Eastern Conference Finals?... Detroit had a good rotation going but Thomas inserted himself into the starting lineup in the ECF taking only 9 shots in game 1 and 9 shots in game 2 -- CONTROLLING THE GAME so that the Pistons COULD NOT win and Daly doing his part with the rotation and Laimbeer and Dumars plugging in their roles....So the leadership of the Pistons did the following: The scorers didn't shoot and the coach didn't play his front line guys minutes to succeed and what happened? The Pistons lost to a team they were 26-9 against from 1988-1990 eliminating them 3 straight seasons in the playoffs...but some how they do not know how to get one game? Funny as hell.
See, the Pistons made it obvious, had the 1991 ECF been a 6 or 7 game series, nobody could see it, but Thomas and the Pistons leadership would not play ball, they made it obvious and then walked-off showing you it was a peaceful protest more than anything and they were made to do this and had to step aside so Jordan could win...why? THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS!!!!... Especially opening up those global markets and furthering revenues for the players as Isiah Thomas was the President of the Player's Association doing those negotiations on behalf of the players with a 53% revenue share in favor of the players.... So that's what we were seeing and that's how NBA history was forever changed and NBA basketball was destroyed for, 'The Michael Jordan Show' and guess what?
The Pistons broke up their championship-contending team by waiving Vinnie Johnson and trading James Edwards to the Clippers -- this way the Pistons could NEVER compete for titles again and be a threat to Jordan. HAHAHA!...Everyone moved aside to make sure Jordan won - Isiah, Magic, and then Jordan competed against his friends: Ewing/Oakley, Barkley, and non-competitors at the Conference Finals/Finals level like Kemp/Payton and Malone/Stockton, who it took them to 1997 to even get to the Finals with all that experience and then they couldn't perform in the Finals because they weren't intelligent, same with Seattle.
Nice conspiracy theory, but I’m gonna go with just they got beat being that they went 7 games the previous year
Hey, wouldn't surprise me. You see this type of thing all the time in the NFL. People were perplexed with the Ravens and how they played in the AFC Championship. Teams suddenly coming out and looking like a completely different team should send alarms to people that what they're seeing is the fix. This doesn't take anything away from Jordan and the Bulls. They were great but were they as great as the NBA wants you to believe? Maybe not. One thing is certain though. MJ is the GOAT and it's not he rings that make him the GOAT. He was the GOAT long before he won his first ring. As an individual player, nobody could do what he did.
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That ref's bad call taking away Kevin McHale put back COST BOSTON CHAMPIONSHIP. They would have won this game and game 7back in Boston. Celtics would have crushed in finals.
58sec left that ref made that horrible call. Cost Boston championship...
Did Bird hurt his back after the 86 championship season?
Yes he did unfortunately, he was shoveling concrete for his mom's driveway and hurt his back, pulled something, not sure exactly, but wow, why not just hire someone to do it, he definitely had the money, but wanted to do it on his own, that's just the type of person he is and it ended up hurting his career.
@@Mrd9960 ok because after 86 his mobility wasn’t the same.
If PARISH was here for this game and Healthy. Boston wouldve blew Detroit out , just as they did in Game three. McHale just needed a lil help. That Big 3( BIRD, PARISH, & McHALE) was just unstoppable. Everyone talks about how old the big three(3) was, but no one is looking at "EXPERIENCE ". 0nly if we had PARISH "The Big CHIEF". Boston wouldve won and won BIG.
Great Game tho.... RIP "Reggie Lewis" Boston had the TEAM back then. Injuries just hurt them that year. S0 SAD!!!!!!😢😮😮😢😮😮😮
Dee Brown was a bust . Had a good series here , but fizzled out in the following years
Where's Isaiah?
Celtics should have won this series.
Painful, painful. The Celtics got owned by the Pistons from 1988 to 1991 in the playoffs. Yes, this went 6 games. However, Pistons won the series. Just shows the changing of the guard.
The main reason of both defeats: Injuries. Excuses? Nope. Detroit deserved to win rings, of course. They were a hard working team that defended so close to legal limits but Boston was more talented and without injuries they'd have won always. Anyway, it was in 6 games in spite of the injuries. Imagine with all the guys playing.
Bird looks so brittle
Isiah must’ve been injured
One day Sporting events will be refereed by some type of Artificial Intelligence.Laugh all you want,it's just a matter of time.
Will the AI call traveling and carrying?
@JAWrightonline I am sure,before this system will take effect,who ever designs it,will take every single tiny precautionary measure,to make all calls are done correctly.All I am saying is,there have been too many bad calls made,due to human error,that cost teams victories,and sometimes,there are Playoffs,and Championships on the line.I know this sounds ridiculous,but I have a feeling,there will be a major change in all of sports as far as refereeing goes.Foitball already has VAR,and it is a major success.
Probably played and coached by AI figures too.
No three-peat for those sob’s
This why the bulls sweept the pistons the pistons went to war against Boston
The Celtics should've won this game
They always had trouble winning at Detroit, if they won this game, no way they're losing game 7 at home.
@@Mrd9960 As minimum the same trouble Detroit had to win them. Boston lost in 6 games in 1988 and 1991 in spite of the injuries and it was by little margin. I don't think Detroit was better.
@@albertodominguez65 And also that BS call against McHale for goal tending didn't help, that was one of the worst calls ever, horrible!
Worse I never saw Bird play! Mchale was better then Bird @ this point?
Bird was seriously injured. Imagine to play with backpain and limitations to move. He won Indiana the previous series and simply he couldn't give more that year.
lary why so bad??
Back and heel injuries he should not have been playing
Detroit was better here; Period. Bird must been done here?
Nope. Boston would have been the real best Regular Season team if Larry had played most of the games. With Bird, Boston won about 76% of the games he played in. Detroit was under Boston all of the season. It was a classic problem what happened in playoffs: Injuries.
Detroit giving it too Isah last play? Wrong!
Terrible Celtics team
Pistons suck. If Boston has Bias they don’t win JACK!
But they didn't stop wishing😅
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