Here's a clip from game seven of the 1988 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons in honor of James Worthy. It comes from the end of the third period. The Lakers won 108-105 to win their second straight title, with Worthy having his best game in the NBA with 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his only career triple-double.

I'll post this clip autonomously to give a clue for the profilee later today. Hint: he plays in this game, which is CBS' intro for game 2 of the 1989 NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. Note that Pat O'Brien fills in for Brent Musburger for this game (Brent was at the College World Series at the time). The Pistons won this game 108-105 en route to a series sweep. This is also another of my videos on Youtube, btu rest assured; this won't become just my vids!

Though it may not be pretty, there is one clip that defines today's profilee, Kevin McHale. Here it is; the infamous clothesline by McHale on Kurt Rambis during game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. Though things got really testy here, Boston had the last laugh; they won the game in overtime 129-125 en route to a seven-game series win.

In another of my uploaded videos, this autonomous clip is CBS' introduction to game 1 of the 1985 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. This isn't the snippet from the NBA's DVD celebrating those Lakers; this is the full intro to the game, Brent Musburger and all! The Celtics won the "Memorial Day Massacre" 148-114, but the Lakers won the series in six games for their first championship series win against the C's. Check out the full game video (and I mean full game!) at my Youtube channel (DownsA530's channel)!

Today's autonomous pick is the CBS intro to game 1 of the 1989 NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Pistons won the game 109-97 en route to a four-game series sweep. I love the guy who posted this. You know why? Because it's me! Yes, that's right; expect me to post some more of my videos to this site as I upload them. Enjoy!

The Charles Barkley tribute clip intention was to feature perhaps his most replayed shot (over David Robinson in 1993), but in lieu of it, I'll post the intro to game 1 of the 1993 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Barkley's Phoenix Suns. Phoenix celebrated their first Finals game since 1976... with a 100-92 loss, as Chicago won the series in six games. Still, this intro features a cool mini-retrospective of both Barkley and Michael Jordan's varying career paths, and thus it makes for a good clip.

For the 1998 NBA Finals, what other clip would best exemplify that series? Of course; it's Michael Jordan's dramatic final shot as a Chicago Bull in game 6 of that series between the Bulls and the Utah Jazz! In fact, we get to see the dramatic final sequence, picking up with 35.4 seconds remaining. Right after Jordan scored a layup to cut the Jazz lead to 86-85(not featured), he strips Karl Malone of the ball, dribbles the ball down, and dekes out Bryon Russell (Jazz fans claim he pushed off, and maybe he did!) to score a jumper, giving Chicago a 87-86 lead. After Utah misses (not included in the clip), the Bulls win their sixth and final title of the 1990s. A sequence that was pure Jordan, and one of the greatest sequences in NBA history.

In tribute to Bob Cousy, I dug up a clip from the oldest NBA game preserved today. It comes from a "Vintage NBA" show about Cousy, and it's from game 6 of the 1963 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers in what was Cousy's last game as a Celtic. Boston won 112-109 for their fifth straight NBA title. The action comes from the 1st quarter of that game, and though the segment preceding it is in Spanish, the game is still in English. Enjoy!

For the Larry Bird tribute today, here's a clip from his first NBA championship run. Here is CBS's intro to game 6 of the 1981 NBA Finals between Bird's Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets. Bird had 26 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists as the Celtics wrapped up their 14th NBA title with a 102-91 victory at the Houston Summit. The cool thing about this clip is we see Gary Bender (the stopgap between Brent Musberger and Dick Stockton) doing the commentary with Bill Russell and Rick Barry (who was dismissed after the seres for controversial remarks directed at Russell). Enjoy!