The 1988–89 NBA season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning the NBA championship, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers. This was the
Los Angeles Lakers facing the Boston Celtics in December 1988. This would be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last jump ball at Boston Garden.
A ticket for a November 1988 game between the Dallas Mavericks and the season's eventual champions Detroit Pistons.
A ticket for a game between the Miami Heat and the Charlotte Hornets during their inaugural season.
A ticket for Game 1 of the 1989 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former professional basketball player who was a center for 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He play
1988–89 NBA season
…black sneakers. Following the Bulls' unlikely playoff run, other teams began adopting the style, beginning with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1990. This was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last season. The Los Angeles Lakers became the first team to sweep two consecutive best-of-seven series…
Abdul-Jabbar with the reverse two-hand dunk against Stanford
Abdul-Jabbar performing a ceremonial net cutting following the 1969 NCAA basketball championship win over Purdue