Reliving Isiah's Heroic Game 6 Performance

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6 жыл бұрын

In the 30th Anniversary of the 1988 NBA Finals, James Worthy, John Salley, and Isiah Thomas take a look back through the key moments of the series in the Finals Film Room. In this segment, Isiah relives his historic performance in Game 6 after spraining his ankle, where he scores 25 points in the third quarter and 43 points in the game.

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@bucktaylor9178 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the greatest moments in sports.

@dennisking3638 Жыл бұрын

That is the greatest performance I have ever seen in my entire life... I never seen nothing like that before

@SPtheGREAT Жыл бұрын

Had the Pistons WON THAT GAME, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE GREATEST FINALS PERFORMANCE EVER...

@aaronflowers8881 5 ай бұрын

It still might be.

@maxpeck4154 Жыл бұрын

As an 11 year old Pistons fan watching this game live, they were absolutely everything. Through the years where they just couldn't quite get over the hump in 87 to the second title in 90, I wouldn't trade those years for all the yen in Japan.

@patrickgonczcar1746 Жыл бұрын

Greatest NBA finals performance ever!

@JordanAdkins2023 10 ай бұрын

This better then the flu game

@aaronflowers8881 5 ай бұрын

@@JordanAdkins2023 I agree

@KINGAMIIAMKING Ай бұрын

@@JordanAdkins2023 No it's not.

@KINGAMIIAMKING Ай бұрын

@@aaronflowers8881 You're wrong though. Nothing tops what Jordan did in game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Game 6 1998 NBA Finals The Greatest Minute of Basketball in NBA History. Down 3 points with only 41 seconds left Jordan quite literally did EVERYTHING!!! He scored the quick layup keeping the Bulls hopes alive with 37 seconds left. Next he had the Defensive IQ to act like he was moving with Hornacek but in reality he stayed behind Malone and poked the ball out. If that wasn’t enough he comes down casually and hits THE SHOT ... MJ did it on BOTH ends. MJ 45 points game winning shot Toni Kukoc 15 points Pippen 8 points 👀 Harper 8 points Rodman 7 points Jud Buechler 2 points Bill Wennington 2 points Scott Burrell scored ZERO POINTS Steve Kerr scored ZERO POINTS Luc Longley scored ZERO POINTS

@KINGAMIIAMKING Ай бұрын

@patrickgonczcar1746 Nothing tops what Jordan did in game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Game 6 1998 NBA Finals The Greatest Minute of Basketball in NBA History. Down 3 points with only 41 seconds left Jordan quite literally did EVERYTHING!!! He scored the quick layup keeping the Bulls hopes alive with 37 seconds left. Next he had the Defensive IQ to act like he was moving with Hornacek but in reality he stayed behind Malone and poked the ball out. If that wasn’t enough he comes down casually and hits THE SHOT ... MJ did it on BOTH ends. MJ 45 points game winning shot Toni Kukoc 15 points Pippen 8 points 👀 Harper 8 points Rodman 7 points Jud Buechler 2 points Bill Wennington 2 points Scott Burrell scored ZERO POINTS Steve Kerr scored ZERO POINTS Luc Longley scored ZERO POINTS

@ltellis036 2 жыл бұрын

Isiah came back in AND WENT OFF!

@h.s936 Жыл бұрын

Got to be in the top 5 greatest NBA performances

@diegozimmerman8261 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Isiah for your explanation of the most iconic (at least for me) moments in sports. All I could think of is Willis Reed and how you stretched that more because I am a Detroiter.

@stephencorbitt2752 Жыл бұрын

Iconic game I witnessed this brought me too tears. Love you Isiah.

@h.s936 Жыл бұрын

Unreal....pure Greatness

@mpwmu9041 Жыл бұрын

My childhood idol.

@monica93304 10 ай бұрын

I was 17 watching that Finals. A Los Angeles native, watching it on CBS and listening to Chick Hearn on the radio. I was yelling at my TV cause they couldn't stop Zeke. I could feel that they were not gonna be denied THAT GAME. Zeke was fearless. That was a great Piston team. They only one I hated was Laimbeer, but then most people did. Zeke is a great story teller. My favorite PG after Magic.

@paulcho1692 3 ай бұрын

I started following the Pistons when they drafted Isaiah in 1980. He gave Motown one helluva ride.

@AnthonyTucker-sl4zj 3 күн бұрын

I KNOW what Isaiah went through,breaking/fracturing his ankle!! Im 1998 ,I stepped on my buddys' ankle during a "pickup"game on Charles R. Drew middle scools' basketball court,and BROKE my ankle,going into SHOCK ,after I was picked-up and laid into my other buddies car!! The next morning,I had to report to work at the Detroits' Hudson Building implosion project!! MY workstation was way up on the 24th floor of a building with NO elevators,so,I had to HIKE-up 24 floors on a freshly- BROKEN ankle,and I did so!!! there'd been no elevators in this hulk,since 1983,when the trend towards suburban ashopping centers forced it to close!!

@grjoseph Жыл бұрын

For some reason I think Isiah has been underestimated. Maybe it’s because of the Bad Boys image. I’m a Celtics fan, but IMHO the only player I’ve seen that was better at his position (point guard) was Magic Johnson!

@alanogletree5557 Жыл бұрын

And the celtics was the dirtiest, man u ain't messing with the chief, hane, McHale, bird that team will beat & wope ur @ss

@dapper892 11 ай бұрын

This was awesome.

@rafikz77 Жыл бұрын

Worthy seems to be a very nice dude Also unselfish as a player

@javianjohnson8746 3 ай бұрын

Really cool breakdown!

@tremainelymon6857 Жыл бұрын

Thats when I saw a great Isaiah thomas get his respect from me, I knew in that moment I knew zeek was a true point guard.

@seansimms6693 10 ай бұрын

Same here, I was a Celtics fan back then… I hated Detroit and LA but weirdly that series, I rooted for Detroit because of this very moment, saw a side of Zeke I never saw before, he was tough like my Celtics who played through injury.

@muskegontribune Жыл бұрын

Man, I remember that game as a Pistons fan, my grandmother and I were cheering non-stop. The Pistons should have won the title that year.

@ericradford2142 Жыл бұрын

The Pistons got revenge on the Lakers the following year to win the NBA championship because Byron Scott ruptured his hamstring before Game 1 and Magic Johnson pulled a hamstring on a fast break in Game 2. Breaks go both ways.

@muskegontribune Жыл бұрын

@@ericradford2142 It was the Piston's time, they really got cheated in 1988

@ericradford2142 Жыл бұрын

@@muskegontribune they did get jobbed in Game 6 however they still had to win Game 7.

@muskegontribune Жыл бұрын

@@ericradford2142 Winning game 6 would won it for the Pistons, the Pistons were up 3-2

@muzidube6927 Ай бұрын

The Great Mr Lord Isisah Thomas!!!!

@sonofapollo5892 Жыл бұрын

This was so dope!

@ThomasK9791 Жыл бұрын

This was awesome

@ashonpar3 Жыл бұрын

ZEKE IS THE goat. Pound for pound the Greatest Man ever.

@paulcho1692 3 ай бұрын

That's what Chuck Daly said back in the day

@stiffjabzz4237 Жыл бұрын

Anybody ever got hurt and really for somebody know that pain!!!

@alanogletree5557 Жыл бұрын

John Sally said it best everybody played hard ball & the celtics was the dirtiest but the pistons were demonized r monsters ZEEK got a bad rep

@d-funksteryea5188 4 ай бұрын

The disrespect this man has received!!! Who beat everyone on the Dream Team... #11 the true GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@nameless5769 Жыл бұрын

and them Stephen A is already crowning Steph as the greatest PG ever because of that 50 pt game in Sacramento.. lol that doesn't compare to this performance by Zeke.

@herrickkang2229 Жыл бұрын

Asiah is the best 10 players all time. Well, no 10. Wilt,Jabor,magic, bird,.....Asiah

@jaysimkins8651 11 ай бұрын

It's crazy how both Isiah and Michael Jordan both have brothers named Larry

@emerpapi6375 2 жыл бұрын

6:53

@hipowa909 Жыл бұрын

I done it before torn ligaments.wore a cast for 3 months.

@SamFergusonNE Жыл бұрын

Remember before this when somehow much of the country outside Detroit thought Isiah was soft?

@danielrodriguez2343 Жыл бұрын

No denying that Thomas was a great player. My issue with him is that he always seems butt hurt that other players in his era didnt like him. The thing is that he knows exactly why, he and the Pistons played dirty. The Pistons did what they had to inorder to win, but you have to know that you are going to make enemies, it comes with the territory.

@TommyGibbs1 Жыл бұрын

Because he understands how the media works, the Celtics were way dirtier than the Pistons (Worthy himself has said that) yet they are celebrated while the Pistons were vilified. He’s also experienced fake friends turning on him for the sake of celebrity. So it’s not “butthurt” he’s telling the ‘fans’ this is the truth vs the narrative you’ve been fed all these years

@sergeolouis9283 26 күн бұрын

@@TommyGibbs1Best synopsis

@Stevesautopartsify 3 ай бұрын

Hate Ishah but that was amazing!!!

@tennaj1367 10 ай бұрын

The best team didn't win that series!

@Tddj11 2 ай бұрын

Phantom foul on Laimbeer... Bullshit

@KINGAMIIAMKING Ай бұрын

Nothing tops what Jordan did in game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Game 6 1998 NBA Finals The Greatest Minute of Basketball in NBA History. Down 3 points with only 41 seconds left Jordan quite literally did EVERYTHING!!! He scored the quick layup keeping the Bulls hopes alive with 37 seconds left. Next he had the Defensive IQ to act like he was moving with Hornacek but in reality he stayed behind Malone and poked the ball out. If that wasn’t enough he comes down casually and hits THE SHOT ... MJ did it on BOTH ends. MJ 45 points game winning shot Toni Kukoc 15 points Pippen 8 points 👀 Harper 8 points Rodman 7 points Jud Buechler 2 points Bill Wennington 2 points Scott Burrell scored ZERO POINTS Steve Kerr scored ZERO POINTS Luc Longley scored ZERO POINTS

@RyanLBrown9396 Жыл бұрын

Yet if you touch Chris Paul with your pinky finger he’s out for two games.

@jesussegarra4148 Жыл бұрын

This is flop

@dylanlanzuela7305 Жыл бұрын

SNAKE talking about game 6 when he scored 43pts and his TEAM LOST because of it lol.

@cooper60 Жыл бұрын

I guess you forgot the b.s. ref call on Laimbeer that actually won the game for the Lakers

@dylanlanzuela7305 Жыл бұрын

@@cooper60 things like that happens, man. If you are THAT good, even the refs can't beat you. Nobody mentions the PUSH that Miller did to Jordan because Bulls won the series.