scored four quick points, and the Pistons took a 59–58 lead moments later. Dumars hit a driving bank shot, drew the foul and made the free throw, giving him 19 points on the evening. Mahorn followed that with another bucket and the Lakers called timeout. Worthy led the Lakers back into a 78–76 lead at the end of the third, but they knew the Pistons were coming on. The Pistons took control of the game in the fourth, with James Edwards scoring particularly well. With 3:23 left and the Pistons leading 100–94, the crowd rose to a standing ovation as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the game. For the next two minutes, it seemed nobody wanted to hit a shot. Abdul-Jabbar reentered the game and spun and hit a bank shot with 1:37 left, his last two NBA points, cutting the Pistons' margin to 100–96. Kareem went out of the game with 47 seconds remaining amid thunderous applause. Laimbeer hit a jumper at the 28-second mark, and the Pistons began celebrating. Riley sent Abdul-Jabbar back in after the timeout, but Michael Cooper missed a three-pointer and Isiah Thomas was fouled. Riley then sent Orlando Woolridge in for Abdul-Jabbar, this time for good, prompting a standing ovation from the crowd and acknowledgment from the players on both the Lakers and, in a rare show of sportsmanship, the Pistons. Thomas then hit the foul shots, closing out the 105–97 win and the championship. Dumars was named Finals MVP. This was the first NBA Finals that ended in a four-game sweep since the Finals went to the 2–3–2 format in 1985. Team rosters Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers Player statistics Detroit Pistons |- | align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 26.8 || .364 || .000 || .750 || 6.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 7.5 |- | align="left" | || 1 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | align="left" | || 4 || 4 || 36.8 || .576 || .000 || .868 || 1.8 || 6.0 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 27.3 |- | align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 24.3 || .444 || 0.0 || .750 || 3.5 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 9.0 |- | align="left" | || 4 || 0 || 23.8 || .600 || .200 || .636 || 3.3