nope...

just wasn't going to happen.....

Isaiah getting hurt in that series actually became insignificant because the guy set a finals record...AFTER...I repeat...AFTER he got hurt...

and the Pistons came very close in Game 6 because of Isaiah who again had a record performance AFTER he got hurt..

and again..they weren't going to win a Game 7 at the Forum...

nope.


The next season... The Lakers were undefeated in the playoffs leading into the finals..hadn't lost not 1 game and was playing at close to as high a level as they ever played in that era...the Pistons still might have won...but again there's a pretty strong argument that a team going for a 3-peat and having not lost a game in the playoffs...and sending off basketball royalty in his final season would have at a minimum not gotten swept..and would have had a good shot of winning the series if not for losing their backcourt... you know Tony Campbell was only going to do so much...lolol..