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In 1988, the Laker beat Utah, Dallas, and Detroit, with each series going to the maximum seven games, in route to their championship. Who was the toughest opponent and what was the best series that year?

All I remember is utah Eaton was tough on kareem.I remember Aguire and the two guards Blackmon, ?and harper? from the Mavs. And ofcourse the BAD BOYS. I would give it to the pistons . One reason
Isiah Thomas.

dalekjazz wrote:In 1988, the Laker beat Utah, Dallas, and Detroit, with each series going to the maximum seven games, in route to their championship. Who was the toughest opponent and what was the best series that year?

Detroit easily. Utah was young & hungry but that was about all. Dallas never gave us a game at the forum, in fact neither team won a game on the road & you know the normal consensus is a series doesnt start til the home team loses a game. Detroit was prime for a title & stole Game 1. It was a dog fight from then on. Even though I feel we would have won the series anyway, we caught a break when Isiah sprained his ankle in Game 6. What a memorable series

Detroit. Those guys actually were within a game of dethroning us at one point in the series.

<<born in '89

Detroit. Came back to the Forum down 3-2, and both the last two games went down to the wire. If not for Isaiah's ankle sprain and that phantom foul on Laimbeer at the end of Game 6 -- couldn't have happened to a more deserving douche -- things might have turned out differently.