 This was the first Finals assignment for referee Dick Bavetta, who had been an NBA official since the 1975-76 season.He would go on to set the league record for most games officiated and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.A little under a month after the release of her debut single "Vision of Love", future best selling recording artist Mariah Carey performed a heavily acclaimed rendition of "America the Beautiful".