 This would end up being the Lakers' last home win in the championship series until 2000.| align="left" | || 7 || 7 || 29.6 || .414 || .000 || .714 || 4.1 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 1.1 || 13.1 
| align="left" | || 7 || 7 || 36.4 || .573 || .000 || .859 || 5.0 || 2.3 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 21.3 
The Detroit Pistons season documentary "Bad Boys", narrated by George Blaha recaps Detroit's run to the Finals and how they garnered the "Bad Boys" moniker while the Los Angeles Lakers documentary "Back To Back", narrated by Chick Hearn recaps the Lakers quest to become the first team since the Bill Russell-led Celtics to achieve NBA championships in consecutive years.That year, CBS Sports used three sideline reporters which were Pat O'Brien (the Pistons' sideline), Lesley Visser (the Lakers' sideline) and James Brown (both teams).