One of the most overlooked clutch shots in NBA history with Vinnie Johnson bringing the title home on a near buzzer beater. That last 3 1/2 minutes epitomized the difference between Detroit and Portland. The Pistons didn't rattle and could execute in the closing moments. Portland had a bad habit of playing scattered and rattled at the end of close games. Cost them in this series, against the Lakers in 91, and against the Bulls in 92. All three series that were winnable for them.
"Playing scattered" started with Clyde. The problem with him as your #1 offensive anchor is unlike the truly greatest SGs in history I'd rank ahead of him (Jordan, West, Bryant Wade) he had a very unreliable offensive game in the halfcourt. His 3peat shot wasn't reliable until he went to Houston. He relied on getting to the basket, post ups in the half court, crashing the glass for offence. He had trouble with midrange shots, creating his own off the dribble in the halfcourt. But if a game was a fast paced track meet....Clyde was arguably the greatest offensive player in NBA history. He had a fantastic series vs Detroit in 1990 though. I will say it's a pity a younger pre injury ridden Sabonis was not able to play with the 90-92 Blazers like he should've. They were only missing a reliable halfcourt presence offensively. I think he would've put them over the top and made the champions from one of these 90, 91 and 92 seasons.
@@chrisuncleahmad Blazers came into the Finals as the best rebounding team in the league, but didn't out rebound the Pistons once in this series. Drexler and Porter did enough to win while Laimbeer and Salley took the bigs to school. Blazers more or less drew even in the back court battle, but they got it handed to them in the front court one.
+Cris Kreaqer;it went to NBC,and Marv Albert would CLIMAX every time Jordan dribbled da ball!! Marv creamed is pants wit;JORDAN drives to da lane and BOOOOOOOM;a MONSTER slam!! JOOOOORDAN is just INCREDIBLE,and Laimbeer as just it 7 3-pointers since start of da quarter,and Isaia Tomas scored 34 in quarter 3!! But JOOOORDAN is just SPECTACULAR!! nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..........
Isiah Thomas played in the final college game on NBC. He won the title and MOP. Isiah Thomas played in the final game on CBS . He won the title and MVP. Both times when the networks switched, Michael Jordan won the title.
THAT was fun to watch... I was in Athens Greece at the time watching this game live, rooting for my Pistons... They made a very difficult time being so far away from home a little better, and I will always be grateful for those memories. BAD BOYS!!!!
Amazing that you rarely ever see this game on highlight films of the great NBA era of Magic, Jordan, Bird, and Isiah. The Pistons of that time were one of the greatest teams to ever play in the NBA but rarely, if ever, get talked about as such.. Now with "The Last Dance" documentary they're even more disrespected. They deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Bulls, Lakers and Celtics from that era period. It's also weird that you rarely hear or see highlights of the 2004 5 game "sweep" of the Lakers. THAT was an amazing team as well but they rarely get mentioned. Disrespect to Detroit teams is nothing new to Detroit sports fans.
Because they were garbage - Pippen migraine and Paxon ankle in game 7 ECF is the only reason the Bulls were not drilling Portland for ring #1 of 7 in 1990 - Piston didn’t have the talent that the BULLS had so they had to play dirty - if they were so good, why only 2 rings ? MJ23 has 6 - just saying
@Joshua Seeley key words (away from) - when in doubt, just run straight through the defense and score a lay up in 5 seconds, just take the ball away from Carl Malone (give me that, you don’t want it), then just knock down a jumper on Brian Russell sliding ass and walk off the court with 6 🏆 - MJ got to the point where he was not coming up short again
@@tynaeadams3562 puhleeze..Chicago wasn't winning in 90 regardless of Pippens woes. The Bulls got blown out in game 7 vs Detroit. It's not like they lost by 2 or 3 points. You're just making excuses. They had to wait til 91 when all the odds were in their favor with homecourt and a better record.
@@tynaeadams3562-the stupidity of this fool . So soft ass Pippen was going to outplay Rodman and Aguirre and Paxson was going to own Isiah Thomas? Did your mother drop you on your head at birth?
I LOVED these teams. They were true champions and they beat Bird, Magic, and Jordan. (and Kobe and Shaq if you count Dumars as the GM in 2004). That being said, they also had a hand in helping the Bulls dynasty in coming alive; Chicago did take this team to Game 7 of the 1990 ECF that year. The Bulls, as the world knew, would then become an iconic brand world-wide with their 6 championships. I may take heat for this, but I loved, and still do, both the Pistons and the Bulls and am happy both franchises have multiple championships. I would love to see one, or both of these franchises return to glory!
@@joyis9638 …physically the Knicks were probably tougher. Mentally tougher? Not by a long shot. The Bulls probably grew to be mentally tougher than both.
@@123slasher.16 that's awesome man. Crazy how sports can do that isn't it? We remember all these moments from different times in our lives, connected to different moments in sports.
+Don Scott;NOPE!! A TOTAL revamp of defensie rules took place expressly to ENABLE Jordan to beat Detroit!! 1990 was LAST Finals to occur sans profit-influenced referees and amended contest rules!!! After 1990 it was ALL about outrageous score outputs and dunks!!! Jordan merely RUINED da basic PURITY of basketball!! NO lonqer based on strategic measures/countermeasures and adaptive defense applications,but now a CIRCUS-like comedy of PLACIN ball directly INto basket sans ANY actual skill!!! Dunks sould count for 1/3 of a point for all da skill enlisted in performin one!! Jordan was a JOKE,and a trollop of Sterns!!
@@nothingnothing7648 Isiah and the Pistons were defeating everybody in those days.... Greatness...But Can't sleep on Clyde he was doing his thing also.
Dame shooting 3 pointers against those 3 guards would not have worked. If they forced him to handle the ball attacking the basket, both Isiah Thomas and Dumars would have been in his mix with on the ball pressure and Vinnie would have put those big shoulders into his chest like he used to do to MJ .
+Jaypy Eulin;wit David Sterns PERMISSION/collusion!! All you Jordan-believers;do you REALLY believe MJ was SO very superior over every professional IN da sport?!? FAIRY-tales ye simpletons!!! Jordan didn't even lead N.Carolina to ONE solitary National Title;James Worty did it,you fairy-tale believers!! Jordan was vital for NBAs FINANCIAL viability,so MJ was MADE into a super-b-baller as a REWARD for dis!! Wake UP silly people!!
But the Pistons beat the Bulls 3 straight seasons and Thomas' Pistons have a winning percentage post season and regular season vs MJ's Bulls, Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics. When the NBA is on your side, it is easy to win which is what MJ got, special trreatment.
You're just effin wrong. Look at this game for example. What dirty plays?! Point even 1! Cannot can you? Meanwhile, Golden State of recent years and the Heat with LBJ flopped, hacked and held and the NBA LET THEM DO IT. YET YOU SAY NOTHING. You are just a sore loser. The NBA refs for the most part watched the Pistons more closely than any other team.
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One of the most overlooked clutch shots in NBA history with Vinnie Johnson bringing the title home on a near buzzer beater. That last 3 1/2 minutes epitomized the difference between Detroit and Portland. The Pistons didn't rattle and could execute in the closing moments. Portland had a bad habit of playing scattered and rattled at the end of close games. Cost them in this series, against the Lakers in 91, and against the Bulls in 92. All three series that were winnable for them.
"Playing scattered" started with Clyde. The problem with him as your #1 offensive anchor is unlike the truly greatest SGs in history I'd rank ahead of him (Jordan, West, Bryant Wade) he had a very unreliable offensive game in the halfcourt. His 3peat shot wasn't reliable until he went to Houston. He relied on getting to the basket, post ups in the half court, crashing the glass for offence. He had trouble with midrange shots, creating his own off the dribble in the halfcourt.
But if a game was a fast paced track meet....Clyde was arguably the greatest offensive player in NBA history. He had a fantastic series vs Detroit in 1990 though.
I will say it's a pity a younger pre injury ridden Sabonis was not able to play with the 90-92 Blazers like he should've. They were only missing a reliable halfcourt presence offensively. I think he would've put them over the top and made the champions from one of these 90, 91 and 92 seasons.
Which makes me wonder how the 90 Suns/92 Jazz couldn’t take advantage against said scattered and rattled team.
@@chrisuncleahmad Blazers came into the Finals as the best rebounding team in the league, but didn't out rebound the Pistons once in this series. Drexler and Porter did enough to win while Laimbeer and Salley took the bigs to school. Blazers more or less drew even in the back court battle, but they got it handed to them in the front court one.
The end of an era- the final NBA game on CBS.
+Cris Kreaqer;it went to NBC,and Marv Albert would CLIMAX every time Jordan dribbled da ball!! Marv creamed is pants wit;JORDAN drives to da lane and BOOOOOOOM;a MONSTER slam!! JOOOOORDAN is just INCREDIBLE,and Laimbeer as just it 7 3-pointers since start of da quarter,and Isaia Tomas scored 34 in quarter 3!! But JOOOORDAN is just SPECTACULAR!! nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..........
@@SuperDetroit9
So you don't like Jordan? 😂
NBC was great but I loved CBS doing the NBA so classy
But really was end of an era 80’s turned into 90’s!
Isiah Thomas played in the final college game on NBC.
He won the title and MOP.
Isiah Thomas played in the final game on CBS .
He won the title and MVP.
Both times when the networks switched, Michael Jordan won the title.
my dad loved the bad boys..
he told me he was at this game..he even has the ticket to prove it..
SO AMAZING!!!
That is beautiful
Microwave with the clutch finish.
Vinnie Johnson coming through in the clutch. A reason he was called “The Microwave”.
Isiah shot *11-16* from downtown in this series on his way to 27.6 ppg and the MVP!
The game was unbelievable.
I love Pistons so much,the power on dream
I love this team
THAT was fun to watch... I was in Athens Greece at the time watching this game live, rooting for my Pistons... They made a very difficult time being so far away from home a little better, and I will always be grateful for those memories. BAD BOYS!!!!
Amazing that you rarely ever see this game on highlight films of the great NBA era of Magic, Jordan, Bird, and Isiah. The Pistons of that time were one of the greatest teams to ever play in the NBA but rarely, if ever, get talked about as such.. Now with "The Last Dance" documentary they're even more disrespected. They deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Bulls, Lakers and Celtics from that era period. It's also weird that you rarely hear or see highlights of the 2004 5 game "sweep" of the Lakers. THAT was an amazing team as well but they rarely get mentioned. Disrespect to Detroit teams is nothing new to Detroit sports fans.
So true, Ken.... They hate that the Detroit Pistons franchise receives is unreal!
Because they were garbage - Pippen migraine and Paxon ankle in game 7 ECF is the only reason the Bulls were not drilling Portland for ring #1 of 7 in 1990 - Piston didn’t have the talent that the BULLS had so they had to play dirty - if they were so good, why only 2 rings ? MJ23 has 6 - just saying
@Joshua Seeley key words (away from) - when in doubt, just run straight through the defense and score a lay up in 5 seconds, just take the ball away from Carl Malone (give me that, you don’t want it), then just knock down a jumper on Brian Russell sliding ass and walk off the court with 6 🏆 - MJ got to the point where he was not coming up short again
@@tynaeadams3562 puhleeze..Chicago wasn't winning in 90 regardless of Pippens woes. The Bulls got blown out in game 7 vs Detroit. It's not like they lost by 2 or 3 points.
You're just making excuses. They had to wait til 91 when all the odds were in their favor with homecourt and a better record.
@@tynaeadams3562-the stupidity of this fool .
So soft ass Pippen was going to outplay Rodman and Aguirre and Paxson was going to own Isiah Thomas?
Did your mother drop you on your head at birth?
I LOVED these teams. They were true champions and they beat Bird, Magic, and Jordan. (and Kobe and Shaq if you count Dumars as the GM in 2004).
That being said, they also had a hand in helping the Bulls dynasty in coming alive; Chicago did take this team to Game 7 of the 1990 ECF that year. The Bulls, as the world knew, would then become an iconic brand world-wide with their 6 championships.
I may take heat for this, but I loved, and still do, both the Pistons and the Bulls and am happy both franchises have multiple championships. I would love to see one, or both of these franchises return to glory!
Because of Dennis 🪱 Rodman, John 🕷️ Salley, James Buddha Edwards won for both franchises?
The best play in that game was Isiah's fastbreak reverse layup he scored on Kersey, showing just how great he really was.
What a game! :D
got to admit it, detroit were the toughest SOB's i ever seen in basketball
+WuTangFan1000 You're probably one of the few people, including me, to give these guys some sort of credit.
+WuTangFan1000 The 90s Knicks were...
@@InfraaVerdaggens the 90s Knicks? How many championships did they win? I'll wait
@@InfraaVerdaggens I respect the Knicks, even as a Pistons fan. They needed a clutch shooter or 2 more to have won a world title.
@@joyis9638 …physically the Knicks were probably tougher. Mentally tougher? Not by a long shot. The Bulls probably grew to be mentally tougher than both.
Bill Lambier is very underrated as a big man. Plus, he'd kill Shaqueer o'kneel in a 3-pt contest lmao.
THEND.
I remember this game so well. I was 11 years old; recorded it on the VCR. Must've watched it 20 times haha.
My memory of that game was the fact it was my last day in the military.
I was in a hotel in South Carolina going fucking crazy when they won .
@@123slasher.16 that's awesome man. Crazy how sports can do that isn't it? We remember all these moments from different times in our lives, connected to different moments in sports.
James Edwards turn around shot from the post was money all day.
Portland actually got off a decent look on that last shot attempt
This was a good finals that year! 👍 #1990 #TheMicrowave #CantTouchThis
(4-1) series was good in your opinion?? 🤷♂️
A lot of (4-2) series are not good like 1996 BULLS vs SONICS - but (4-1) ??
@@tynaeadams3562 Four of the games went down to the last minute. Three of them to the last shot. Great Finals.
@@jayyarbrough9902 I feel ya - (4-1) can be deceiving
Bravo
Pistons were a great team to win championships. One of the teams to beat Jordan, before he won his 6 championships.
Isiah Thomas doe. Da mane giving dem folkz real Pat Pat moves😅🏀🏀. Rackin dem folkz azz
+Spilla;Jordan was a BROAD for conspiring to keep Zeke off te Olympic team!!
My friend's sister got ran over this night on a corner win the Pistons won. Apparently a man was mad he lost a bet on Portland
Portland swore they was gonna win after game2
They said they wouldn't come back to Detroit . . . they were right!
I watched this after watching the Dennis Rodman 30/30
"We don't know what will happen"-Chuck Daly (a year later) Jordan happened
+Don Scott Chuck was talking about whether or not he was going to retire at that point.
+Don Scott;NOPE!! A TOTAL revamp of defensie rules took place expressly to ENABLE Jordan to beat Detroit!! 1990 was LAST Finals to occur sans profit-influenced referees and amended contest rules!!! After 1990 it was ALL about outrageous score outputs and dunks!!! Jordan merely RUINED da basic PURITY of basketball!! NO lonqer based on strategic measures/countermeasures and adaptive defense applications,but now a CIRCUS-like comedy of PLACIN ball directly INto basket sans ANY actual skill!!! Dunks sould count for 1/3 of a point for all da skill enlisted in performin one!! Jordan was a JOKE,and a trollop of Sterns!!
The end of this era nba finals on CBS has moved to the NBA on nbc up until 2001-02
Isiah Thomas vs Clyde Drexler
Drexler was unstoppable
Isiah was.
@@nothingnothing7648 totally agree
@h.s936 You can see why Isiah is still a top 25 goat and Drexler is closer to 45 or 50. Isiah tore them boys down.
@@nothingnothing7648 Isiah and the Pistons were defeating everybody in those days.... Greatness...But Can't sleep on Clyde he was doing his thing also.
@h.s936 yeah, Clyde would body bag a mfer at the rim if they wasn't careful.
«... can't touch this..!» ))
Vinnie johnson looks 45
Good shot to nailed it for the bad boys.
The forgotten championship. I came to see who won before Bulls vs Lakers.
11:58 if only Damian lillard was in the game at that moment
Clyde the glide missed it.
Dame shooting 3 pointers against those 3 guards would not have worked.
If they forced him to handle the ball attacking the basket, both Isiah Thomas and Dumars would have been in his mix with on the ball pressure and Vinnie would have put those big shoulders into his chest like he used to do to MJ .
Portland not playing defense in the the closing moments
1:25 sheesh
One of the be greatest moves ever.
MC Hammer can't touch this
They fouled Drexler out. Put an asterisk on that.
The Pistons would be the last team to win the NBA title not named the Chicago Bulls or Houston Rockets until 1999.
In the 90s decade.
That shot supposed 2 go in
MJ WINS NEXT
Take drexler out of transition his jus avg I don’t understand how they lost to the lakers in 91
But in 1991 bulls destroys pistons in eastern finals
+Jaypy Eulin;wit David Sterns PERMISSION/collusion!! All you Jordan-believers;do you REALLY believe MJ was SO very superior over every professional IN da sport?!? FAIRY-tales ye simpletons!!! Jordan didn't even lead N.Carolina to ONE solitary National Title;James Worty did it,you fairy-tale believers!! Jordan was vital for NBAs FINANCIAL viability,so MJ was MADE into a super-b-baller as a REWARD for dis!! Wake UP silly people!!
But the Pistons beat the Bulls 3 straight seasons and Thomas' Pistons have a winning percentage post season and regular season vs MJ's Bulls, Magic's Lakers and Bird's Celtics. When the NBA is on your side, it is easy to win which is what MJ got, special trreatment.
@@joyis9638 FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back when whites were still in big numbers, and shorts went above the knees!!
U gay
What? There are more whites playing now than in 1990 dummy
A grand total of *one* white guy played in this game (Laimbeer).
Dirtiest team in history. Pistons
Xander Zyrus one of the best teams Zeke Joe D and Rodman all hofers plus a great coach in Chuck Daly coached the dream team
You're just effin wrong. Look at this game for example. What dirty plays?! Point even 1! Cannot can you? Meanwhile, Golden State of recent years and the Heat with LBJ flopped, hacked and held and the NBA LET THEM DO IT. YET YOU SAY NOTHING. You are just a sore loser. The NBA refs for the most part watched the Pistons more closely than any other team.