Index: 0:00 Rick Mahorn vs. A.C. Green 0:44 Mahorn blocks, elbows Green 1:06 Mahorn vs. Green II 1:56 Mahorn Tech 2:33 Mahorn fouled by Michael Cooper 3:04 Mahorn vs. Cooper 4:05 Mahorn vs. James Worthy 4:52 Mahorn vs. Cooper II 6:08 Mahorn vs. Worthy II Detroit Pistons starting power forward Rick Mahorn averaged 6.0 points and 5.3 rebounds during his team's four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1989 NBA Finals though his impact extended well beyond the box score. His physical play set the tone for a Pistons team hellbent on avenging a seven-game Finals loss to the Lakers a year earlier. Despite Mahorn's numerous dust-ups, no players were ejected during the 1989 series. Following the Pistons' successful championship run, Mahorn was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1989 expansion draft. Reluctant to report to his new team, Mahorn was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers prior to the 1989-90 season, where he'd team up with Charles Barkley and engage in fisticuffs with his old teammates when the Sixers and Pistons battled late in the regular season: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2e86u3gBQ

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