Hawks at Lakers, 1989 (w/ awful national anthem performance)

[@rickack8176]

“Well, that’s over. That’s the first time in Forum history I’ve heard them BOO the anthem singer.” - Chick Hearn, Lakers broadcaster

[@PepeCelaya]

juegazo de los halcones. no merecian perder ese juego. excelente

[@CliffPierson777]

That national anthem was hilarious! The cheerleaders laughing and Chick's quip at the end.

[@TiltBrook]

Just sing the anthem the way it was written and meant be performed. … I love how she looked so proud of herself toward the end before she finished and the crowd started booing

[@TommyGibbs1]

F that slave song! I’m glad she made a mockery out of it

[@nonplayerzealot4]

That 42 straight FT record by Goodrich that Chick/Stu discussed between the 1st and 2nd Qtrs here wasn't broken until 1/19/06 at SAC by Kobe who continued onto the new record of 62 straight which was broken in the 81 pt game of all things. So Kobe now owns the record at 62 and it'll probably last as long as the 42. So it ran from as far back as the 70s to 2006. That one is pretty safe for awhile.

[@springfieldbearpatrol2937]

I remember this one, very exciting game. Always lots of fireworks when these two clubs played each other. Chick explained why they chose Worthy, ahead of Terry Cummings and Dominique. He was the better fit. Riley said they watched Worthy fly down the court on that NCAA team and realized he was one of the few players that could run ahead of Magic’s curious pace on the break. And they liked his Tar Heel pedigree.

[@alwayskul]

17:32 and 17:58 - Big O would always grunt when he dunked. NPZ, I think we need an Orlando Woolridge grunt compilation. LOL.

[@edkiely2712]

AC Green was on the All-Grunt or All-Wailing team as well! The 2 years they had AC and Woodridge together in '89 and '90 were definitely filled with laughable grimacing every time those two went to the basket!

[@gdobie1west988]

Have to admit that was the worst anthem I have ever heard. She sure was stretching out her 5 minutes, pathetic. The crowd had a right to boo her performance. RIP Chick Hearn, the goat.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

You can tell she was trying to sound like that singer Taylor Dayne who got popular around this time.

[@blkjedi]

@@nonplayerzealot4 and failed miserably. Did you catch her name? I would like to see how her career went, etc.

[@Dannys_Dimensions]

She was PURE TRASH 🗑 trying too hard

[@edkiely2712]

Hey NPZ! Do you have other Lakers games from the 80s you can post?

[@algismorales]

Hahaha. This was up there with Fergie’s anthem rendition.

[@nonplayerzealot4]

Is that the one where she pissed herself?

[@gdobie1west988]

@@nonplayerzealot4 I actually like the version by "Bleeding Gums Murphy" on the Simpsons episode. "Dancing Homer" better than this one. lol

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

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[@RedGarnett-n2p]

​@@nonplayerzealot4Fergie was nowhere near this damn bad

[@Nolibtards_allowed]

That anthem ranks down there wth karl lewis

[@reginaldbernard2554]

No she's a lot better than Carl Lewis. Her voice wasn't bad. She was just being extra but Carl was atrocious

[@Methadone4Life]

I loved the Hawks back in the day, especially when Nique came aboard as he is one of my all-time favorite players. However, I remember in the mid to late 70's when the Hawks were far from good, but they had some nice players including guys like Dan Roundfield a super rebounder and defender with athleticism who was another underrated player and John Drew a natural scorer and a few others as they were building towards being a legit contender year in and year out in the mid 80's. TBS just came to our local cable and we were the home selected to be a test spot for the cable company so we had cable about a year before the rest of my hometown. They used to show the Braves and Hawks and I mean around 95 percent of the games. It was great. I remember names like Charlie Criss, Mike Glenn, Eddie Johnson, Kevin Willis and the aforementioned John Drew who I enjoyed watching but I think maybe drugs stopped him from reaching his potential. Even when they were only a .500 team it was great to see a team play every game and being from WV who did not have a pro team, many here, like across the U.S became fans of Atlanta teams because of the Superstation TBS!!!

[@mr.jaysonbaker4271]

early AM upload right here!!

[@godsbabi1]

I don't know if I should cry or laugh 😂😢

[@AVILE00]

Npz what happened to those 1980s Laker games you used to have? From like 87 to 89?

[@agapechannel]

Man I thought this Hawks team would be one of the favorites to win a chip this year. Goes to show put together super teams don’t always win. But I was shocked how their season ended

[@reginaldbernard2554]

She might ve been a bit extra but it was still better than Carl Lewis. Her voice actually wasn't bad.

[@PakRT48]

Great shot Doc. Great win.

[@DesertDrifter]

What happened to most of all your 86-89 games? You deleted?

[@TiltBrook]

Trying to figure this one out, but maybe you will know the answer to this… I know it was sometime in the 88-89 season… But when did the name change from “The Forum“ to “Great Western Forum? Of course the sidelines and center court logos are the indicators. Do you know what the last game was that the court logos read as; “The Forum,” and the first game where the court logos read as; “Great Western Forum?” Thank you

[@Dr.ScatKohlenblo-nj2cv]

All I know is it was straight downhill as soon as they changed that name and started playing "we love LA" 28 times a game.

[@agmapleleaf93]

.... and besides Marvin Gaye made the finest anthem ever at 1983 all star game in this SAME building Reflected a changing culture in america which a certain entrenched demographic had a difficult time understanding !

[@robbereal1982]

Is that the chick off Melrose place?

[@Lettersfromhome18]

In just two years Whitney Houston would bless us with the greatest performance ever.

[@jhall1887]

Who is the singer??

[@mynameisjeff512]

Did you figure it out

[@up4playin21]

And I thought Flea's anthem performance was bad.

[@John-g8w]

This is actually the worst anthem performance put this shit on tiktok

[@DEIONCARTER21]

Who the hell was she? 😂😂

[@daviddiaz2529]

Anybody know if during halftime the lakers were given a ring? Im trying to remember, i was about 8 yrs old n my school had taken us to a laker game in which i could swear lakers got a ring during halftime

[@nohisocitutampoc2789]

Beatiful ballgame. Shame it wasn’t the full match.

[@radar0412]

Our National anthem should be changed to "Proud Mary" by Credence Clearwater Revival anyway. The Star Spangled Banner is Rubbish.

[@agmapleleaf93]

World has infinitely more important problems

[@plinkow]

As bad as this national anthem was, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as this gem from Roseanne: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn7dep5opbqohLc

[@nonplayerzealot4]

Roseanne Barr's was hilarious at the time, but I don't wanna even consider that an honest attempt. The Padres had to be idiots to think she could sing that, so the outrage they had when she pulled that was BS. It was their fault for putting a nasty comedian with a notoriously obnoxious speaking voice out as a singer of the supposed solemn patriotic anthem. I cracked up watching it a few years ago after not having seen it since 90, but that was more at her audacity.