The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988-89 NBA season. The series was a rematch of the previous year's Championship Round between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. During the season, the Los Angeles Lakers had won their division, with Magic Johnson collecting his second MVP award. The team swept the first three playoff series, resulting in a rematch with the Detroit Pistons in the Finals.

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  • The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988-89 NBA season. The series was a rematch of the previous year's Championship Round between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. During the season, the Los Angeles Lakers had won their division, with Magic Johnson collecting his second MVP award. The team swept the first three playoff series, resulting in a rematch with the Detroit Pistons in the Finals. Johnson and Byron Scott were injured with Scott suffering a hamstring injury in practice before Game 1 and Johnson pulling a hamstring during Game 2. The Lakers had won two straight NBA championships in 1987 and 1988. The Pistons had dominated the Eastern Conference, winning 63 games during the regular season. After sweeping the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, the Pistons beat the Chicago Bulls in six games, earning a second straight trip to the NBA Finals. The season before the Lakers had beaten them in a tough, seven game series. The Pistons won the series in a four-game sweep. For their rough physical play, and sometimes arrogant demeanor, Pistons' center Bill Laimbeer nicknamed the team 'The Bad Boys'. The name became an unofficial 'slogan' for the Pistons throughout the next season as well. Following the series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced his retirement at 42, after 20 years with the NBA. Pistons' guard Joe Dumars was named MVP for the series. Until the Lakers win of 2009, the Pistons are the last Finals champion to have been the runner-up the previous season as they were in 1988.
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  • June 6 - June 13
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  • Pistons defeat Bulls, 4-2
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  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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    '''Coaches:'''
    Chuck Daly (1994)
    Pat Riley (2008)
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  • Joe Dumars
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  • ''' Detroit Pistons 1988-89 NBA Champions'''
  • ''' Los Angeles Lakers 1988-89 Western Conference Champions'''
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  • The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988-89 NBA season. The series was a rematch of the previous year's Championship Round between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. During the season, the Los Angeles Lakers had won their division, with Magic Johnson collecting his second MVP award. The team swept the first three playoff series, resulting in a rematch with the Detroit Pistons in the Finals.
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  • 1989 NBA Finals
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