returned in the 2005–06 season—and saw O'Neal, Payton, and Malone's last games in Laker uniforms. This game also marked the end of Karl Malone's third and final attempt at winning an NBA championship. He went 0–3 in the NBA Finals. Player statistics Detroit Pistons |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 38.4 || .509 || .471 || .929 || 3.2 || 5.2 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 21.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 13.6 || .375 || .000 || .500 || 2.6 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 2.5 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 44.4 || .402 || .400 || .853 || 5.2 || 4.0 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 21.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 13.0 || .294 || .250 || 1.000 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 3.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 4.4 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 1.7 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 9.8 || .444 || 1.000 || .500 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 39.2 || .389 || .188 || .455 || 6.8 || 2.0 || 1.8 || 0.4 || 10.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 40.6 || .478 || .000 || .294 || 13.6 || 1.4 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 30.2 || .453 || .250 || .778 || 7.8 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 10.4 || .400 || .000 || .900 || 2.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.2 Los Angeles Lakers |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 46.2 || .381 || .174 || .920 || 2.8 || 4.4 || 1.8 || 0.6 || 22.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 7.0 || .167 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.7 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 1.3 |- |