NBA On CBS - Jazz @ Lakers 1988 WCSF Deciding Game 7 Highlights

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[@VancouverChokers]

The Jazz came much closer than people realize. They probably upset the Lakers without Cooper’s clutch shot in game 5

[@coreyrowe4119]

If Utah had won this game we might have gotten to see a dream Isiah vs Stockton PG matchup in the 1988 Finals.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Are we sure Utah beats the Mavericks?

[@coreyrowe4119]

@@chrisuncleahmad they split their 6 regular season matchups 3-3 so it probably would've been a pretty good series.

[@Riles3152]

@@coreyrowe4119 I think the Mavs would have beaten Utah. Utah would’ve had no answer for Aguirre or Rolando Blackman. Sam Perkins and Roy Tarpley would have been a combined match for Karl Malone.

[@nala3038]

You weren’t beating Dallas!

[@Bigedub101]

​@chrisuncleahmad Mavs were notorious for trash defense but then again who knows

[@terrancesmith428]

The 1987-88 NBA talent pool was ridiculous. Mavs, Cavs, Bulls, Pistons, Jazz, Blazers, Nuggets, Sonics, Knicks, Bullets, Hawks, Celtics and Lakers had teams loaded with talent.

[@TheSands83]

It really was ridiculous how loaded the league was from 85-93

[@xentrouswilliams1874]

Back in the golden days of the NBA too much talent to go around 😊

[@Methadone4Life]

Yes, load of talent, some of the greats from the late 70's and early 80's were still hanging around and all of the talent from the recent drafts starting to hit their stride...talent level was simply insane!

[@williamwright1749]

Don't forget those Bucks teams because they were still tough during that time because they took on the Celtics a tough series in the 1987 Eastern Conference Semifinals in 7 games before the Celtics played the Pistons in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals. I also I remembered in the early to mid 1980's the Bucks, Celtics, & Sixers played each other real tough in the playoffs and them were tough series in the Eastern Conference back then.

[@Methadone4Life]

@@williamwright1749 Oh hell yeah! Cummings, Moncrief, Pressey, Bridgeman and I think they had Sikma in 87, didn't they also have John Lucas for a while? I know they had Craig Hodges as well. I can't quite remember if they had this was the year Lucas was playing well and either got hurt or was suspended for his off-the-court drug issues. The years get mixed up for me. I tell ya, the Bucks were contenders year in and year out, starting out the 80s with Lanier, Marques and company to the 87 squad we are discussing the Bucks were legit title contenders most seasons. They gave the Sixers and Celtics all they wanted. Yep, didn't mean to leave out the Bucks, they were a solid squad throughout the 80's. I was a huge Atlanta Hawks fan and suffered as I watched the Celtics, Sixers or Bucks put my guys out as it seemed the Hawks, like the Bucks, always won 50+ every season. Good stuff...

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Lakers had 3 straight 7-game playoff series that season. No team until New York in 1994 would play 3 straight playoff series that went to a 7th game.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Pat Riley’s famous guarantee was what kept LA going against hungrier teams and making sure they didn’t become fat cats already satisfied with previous success

[@Bigedub101]

And Refs and Phantom foul in the Finals

[@TheSands83]

That fucking James worthy with that first step was so quick ! And he didn’t fuck around he was so quick and decisive with his moves. Not to mention him n magic n Byron Scott were like turning loose greyhounds on the break.. and AC green was fucking fast in his own right

[@capbruhcorn]

It’s crazy to think but the Jazz didn’t come out of the West until 9 years later! Just imagine Steph and Klay never had won any titles dating back to 2015 and finally getting out the West this year in 2024. Such perserverance by Stockton & Malone and to still be a great tandum so many years later is unbelievable. It took Michael Jordan’s greatness to beat them.

[@Coachrlc1]

Crazy they would be there 10 years later...Great duo...

[@bobbyjohnson9409]

This team might have been better. They had Stockton and Malone plus Eaton at center. Was a loss when they lost him and they took a step back

[@donovanshannon1234]

I have to watch these championship highlights cause the the current state of the lakers is a mess

[@garya.2281]

It's absolutely disgusting they are dead to me and I been watching since 88'

[@ltod2]

@@garya.2281 after winning 2020 title,franchise is mess.Lebron needs to retire ASAP

[@Riles3152]

The Lakers after sweeping the Spurs in the 1st round, had to play 3 straight game 7's before finally getting past the bad boy Pistons to make good on Riley's "re-peat" guarantee, and become the 1st team to win at least 2 straight since Russell's Celtics in the 60's. Also, by this point James Worthy was clearly the 2nd best player on the team behind Magic, and Byron Scott may have been the 3rd guy after that. Kareem was on his last legs even though he still was a good player into his 40's.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Riley's promise wouldn't have been kept if not for Laimbeer's bogus foul call on Kareem.

[@darrendoyle568]

Didn’t Bobby Hanson later end up on the Bulls

[@kaspafischer]

Yup

[@alexanderpopov4691]

Oh wow, that is my all time favourite NBA Playoff series, thank you!

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@rooseveltdarbey9493]

Utah just couldn't get out of the west because it was so tough. They always ran into a team more talented, here the Lakers then the Blazers, Sonics, Rockets, Bulls.

[@DavidChen322]

Mark Eaton was a complete monster. Kareem was running mostly on his reputation, which by 1988 was far greater than his actual abilities. But he was 41.

[@brandlyscottconner9824]

Can You Upload 1990-1991 Chicago Bulls Basketball Games MDBball

[@Mark-xl1ze]

The first of three-straight Game 7 wins for the Lakers in this postseason.

[@coreyortiz9913]

teams were hungry and the lakers were trying to do something that hadn't been done in almost 2 decades and thats win back to back titles

[@ronaldgraham8941]

Brothers Ronald and Donald Graham both enjoyed watching this exciting playoff game.

[@brianc.1149]

Ahhhhhh... The golden years of the Lakers. Never gonna get back to that with LeDad running the team.

[@KathrynFloyd-sl1pz]

Ahhhh....hillbillies loviin' on LBJ again. Triggered much?😅😅

[@KathrynFloyd-sl1pz]

LBJ triggers you huh?😅

[@kaybigg]

@@KathrynFloyd-sl1pz Lebalco triggers every true basketball fan.. Only tiktokers worship him

[@Cantrell-k3d]

Mann Stockton wAS GOOD

[@swayjacob7778]

Just subscribed 👍 If you can find some early 2000s playoff games too that would be nice

[@MDBBall]

👍 hopefully I'll be able to add some early 2000s games thanks

[@Elkman8102]

26:02 didn’t know Bob Hansen could get up like that

[@Vcg78]

Great game! I love these 80 and 90’s games!

[@Borntolose1976]

Nice when there are no three point shots.

[@nala3038]

Nah love three point shots

[@Borntolose1976]

@@nala3038 Let me guess you are 18 yrs old.

[@redhorse6652]

The 3 point shot started in 1979. These games have 3 point specialists.

[@mikeyposs3132]

Wrong game!

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤️ oldie nba basketball

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Utah Jazz, especially Malone and Stockton, deserved a championship ring. Early on, Magic Johnson and the Lakers got in the way, then it was Drexler's Trail Blazers, Hakeem's Rockets, and ultimately, Jordan's Bulls all kept them from winning a title. Even then on CBS, they are calling Karl Malone the Mailman.

[@nickjuhasz9104]

2:40 looking like the Suns 7 seconds or less offense before there was the Suns 7 seconds or less offense

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

I love that every time the Lakers got near the hoop they'd call a foul on the Jazz immediately....its why the Lakers were able to pull away.

[@matthewpredmore6523]

Those 80’s Laker teams were so tough, for every year of the decade. They were to the 80’s what the Celtics were to the 60’s, with the exception being that the 80’s Lakers played in a much more competitive era. And before anyone thinks I’m some kind of Laker fan, I am most certainly not. My Sixers did just as well as Boston did against LA during that decade; each team went 1-2 in the finals against Kareem and his crew. They had quite the dynasty.

[@alonzofrazier1560]

That starting 5 could beat any team.

[@yaredmussie4086]

I still get so excited when I hear this CBS nba playoff theme music and the montage 🥰

[@sunriseeternity300]

KAJ from the right block. Didn't matter the age.

[@juanfranciscosantana4793]

In the next serie WCF the dallas mavericks carried the lakers to a 7 games too

[@Youtube_Street_Drifter]

And we know the Finals with the Pistons that went to 7 games.I think the Pistons got cheated though they should've won that series and had a 3-peat

[@ltod2]

@@KZbin_Street_Drifter Lakers would've threepeat in 1989 if Magic and Scott hadn't had hamstring injuries against Pistons.They knew it too,Lakers had games 2,3 and 4 close

[@MrDuds1984]

Jim Lampley was at CBS in 1988???

[@keithclark7266]

@MrDuds1984 • His Beginning

[@kaspafischer]

Didn't even know Jim Lampley used to be with CBS... 😅

[@LEVAZ0ID]

Old school gangsta shit basketball

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

1:06 Great Western Forum

[@JoseVasquez-sp6kc]

So glad NBC replaced CBS just in time for the Bulls' dynasty run.

[@MeIn321]

No way, CBS was much better