With tomorrow's nostalgia-fest taking place at the Palace, it's only appropriate for this Bad Boys appetizer popped up on YouTube today. In case you had trouble figuring it out, it's Detroit closing out the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Bulls. They went on to beat the Celtics in six before losing the NBA Finals in seven to the Lakers.
(Although, were it not for a Bill Laimbeer phantom foul in Game 6 of the Finals, the Pistons would have won back-to-back-to-back titles. What, me still bitter after 20 years? Okay, maybe a little.)
Bonus footage: old school Isiah Thomas commercials.