Thanks for bringing this game up.
I found this 6 min clip, you can see more condensed barrage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP5K7sWIRNEI kind of see 3 key elements (hints) of the global basketball development here.
1. Europeans being recognized as a NBA-worthy talent (a trend that took BB to another dimension). This was the year 1987. We waited just until 90ies to see its explosion.
2. NBA importing height, they still do.
3. The benefit of a tall and long player shooting and hitting a lot of threes (we are living this today)
I think Americans and the world as a whole were in awe. Like the current Dončić hype. 6'10 guy hitting all 6 threes (again, year '87) in the first half. He missed one if I remember correctly at the start of the 2nd half. Later he said he thought the magic was gone at that point, after halftime, but then after hitting another 5 in a row, he proved himself wrong.