The 1987-88 NBA season was an extended moment that burned like flash-paper. Now: tell me I’m wrong. This was an excerpt from the book ‘When the Game Was War’ by Rich Cohen.

A candidate for greatest All-Star Game ever featured a surprise MVP. From NBA.com Staff WEST 154, EAST 149 (OT), at The Kingdome (Seattle) ATTENDANCE: 34,275 MVP: Tom Chambers, Seattle SuperSonics ...

The 1987 All-Star Game kind of crystallized where the league was. The East started Bird, Jordan, Erving, Wilkins and Moses Malone and had Kevin McHale and Isaiah Thomas coming off the bench, along ...

In 1987, the Lakers welcomed their 10th franchise NBA title with a 106-93 win over the Celtics in Game 6 at the Forum. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 32 points, and Magic Johnson added 16 points and ...

The Lakers won the game, 106-103, which was a sign of things to come. True to the prediction of Jerry West and Pat Riley, the Lakers faced the Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals.

In the 1986-87 season, he reached peak form, averaging a career-high 26.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game to deservingly earn a place on the All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive First ...

The Utah Jazz had one of the best point guards in NBA history, John Stockton who occupies many of the top spots in their ...

Magic's game-winner After losing the first two games of the 1987 Finals, the Celtics were able to win one in Game 3. Boston was tipped to win all their home games at the Boston Garden after that.