Thursday Throwback Posterization: Drexler Throws Down on Laimbeer

For this week's late Thursday Throwback Posterization, I give you Clyde "The Glide" Drexler with a vicious one handed slam on Bill Laimbeer. This is from the 1990 NBA Finals, which would culminate with the Detroit Bad Boys winning in five games for their second straight title. This Blazers squad led by Drexler, Terry Porter, and Cliff Robinson would make it to the Finals again two years later only to fall prey to another back-to-back champion in the Chicago Bulls. Drexler would eventually get that elusive ring with the Rockets and fellow Phi Slamma Jamma alumni Hakeem Olajuwon in 1995.

Despite being one of the most highly regarded defenders of his era, Joe Dumars gets absolutely burned by Drexler. With Dumars left in the dust, Drexler goes up strong for the dunk on the late arriving Bill Laimbeer for the and 1. Laimbeer was notorious for hard fouls, so Drexler turns up the speed and throws it down extra hard to make sure he gets the bucket. It appears that Drexler didn't get a technical for slamming the ball, which would be a guaranteed technical in today's NBA.