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.

Here's a continuation from the previous clip (in honor of Dominique Wilkins). Here's some action for the 4th quarter of the classic game 7 between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks. One of the best quarters of action in NBA playoff history, and perhaps in all of NBA history.

As with other profiles of older players, there weren't any good Bob Pettit clips. So, I'll instead feature his old team, the Hawks, in a classic game 7. This game seven came from the 1988 Eastern Conference semifinals between the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics. Dominique Wilkins of the Hawks dueled brilliantly with Celtic legend Larry Bird, scoring 47 points. But Bird's points were more timely; he scored 20 of his 34 points in the fourth as Boston won 118-116 in one of the best seventh games in NBA history. This clip comes from the late 3rd/early 4th quarter, when the action starts to heat up.

Admittedly, this may have been the most difficult clip find I've tried to do in the short history of the Zone; Adrian Dantley didn't have many great playoff moments. So, I chose to feature his NBA Finals debut. This is CBS' intro from game 1 of the 1988 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dantley's Detroit Pistons. The defending champion Lakers were the prohibitive favorite, but somebody forgot to tell the Pistons. They beat L.A. 105-93 at the Forum. Unfortuantely for Dantley, the Lakers recovered and won the series in seven games.

This is the CBS Intro to Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons. The Lakers held off Detroit 108-105 (with Isiah Thomas unable to duplicate his performance from game 6) behind James Worthy's first (and only) triple-double with 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists as the Lakers became the first team to repeat as champions since the 1968-69 Celtics.