SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: James Worthy leads Showtime Lakers to defeat the Pistons

The Showtime Los Angeles Lakers, so named for an electric era of basketball, had some incredible talents on their team in the 1980s. Magic Johnson was great as a point guard and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was incredible as astarting center alongside him. But one other player that was great on this team was JamesWorthy. The talented forward was always filling the lane, catching Magic’s passes and finishing with an acrobatic one-handed layup or a dunk. James Worthy, right, of the Los Angeles Lakers, grabs a rebound from Bill Laimbeer of the Detroit Pistons during the NBA championship game at the forum in Inglewood, California on June 21, 1988 Photo credit: Lennox Mclendon, The Associated Press And in the NBA Finals Game 7 versus the Detroit Pistons on June 21, 1988, Worthy wasexceptional. He would post his first triple-double of his career with 36 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists as the Lakers would defeat the Pistons 108-105. With that win, the Lakers would become the first team since the Boston Celtics in 1968 and 1969 to successfully defend their title.The post SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: James Worthy leads Showtime Lakers to defeat the Pistons first appeared on NABJ Black News &...