1989 Detroit Pistons NBA Champion Framed Newspaper Front Page Print Bad Boys The Palace

A truly beautiful print! The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 National Basketball Association (NBA) season and the conclusion of the 1989 NBA Playoffs. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Eastern Conference playoff champion Detroit Pistons and the defending NBA champion and Western Conference playoff champion Los Angeles Lakers. For their rough physical play, and sometimes arrogant demeanor, Pistons' center Bill Laimbeer nicknamed the team 'The Bad Boys'. The name became an unofficial 'slogan' for the Detroit Pistons throughout the next season as well. The Pistons won the series in a four-game sweep of the injury-riddled Lakers, marking the first time a team (Lakers) had swept the first three rounds of the playoffs, only to be swept in the finals. As of today, the Pistons are the most recent Eastern Conference team to sweep the NBA finals. Pistons guard Joe Dumars was named Finals MVP. Product Options: Framed Options: