[SoCal Pubbie]

You forget a few facts. The Lakers were 11-0 going into the finals, and were playing the best ball of any on the Showtime teams. Byron Scott, the starting off guard, tore his hamstring BEFORE game one. Magic followed suit in game 2. With LA's starting backcourt out the series was over right there. If the Lakers stayed healthy they would have beat the Pistons like a drum.

[Dan from Michigan]

James Worthy was the guy that always seemed to hurt us though.

[Numbers Guy]

If the Lakers stayed healthy they would have beat the Pistons like a drum.

Detroit destroyed the Lakers in Game 1, with only Scott out of the lineup. The difference between Scott and Cooper wasn't 25 points.

We saw how the two teams matched up the year before. A Detroit team with Mahorn, Laimbeer, and Salley playing hurt the entire series (and with Isiah hurt the last 16 minutes of game 6 and all of game 7) took the Lakers to 7 games (and don't get me started about the phantom foul). Oh, but one year later, with the Pistons all healthy, the Lakers would have beat Detroit "like a drum". Sure.