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1986 NBA Western Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Boston Celtics

Finals MVP: Larry Bird (24.0/9.7/9.5)

PTS Leader: Hakeem Olajuwon (537)
TRB Leader: Hakeem Olajuwon (236)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (211)
WS Leader: Larry Bird (4.2)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
1 vs. 8 Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 3-0
2 vs. 7 Houston Rockets vs. Sacramento Kings HOUSTON ROCKETS win 3-0
3 vs. 6 Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers DENVER NUGGETS win 3-1
4 vs. 5 Dallas Mavericks vs. Utah Jazz DALLAS MAVERICKS win 3-1

Los Angeles Lakers (3) vs. San Antonio Spurs (0)

Game 1
SAS
LAL		88
135
Game 2
SAS
LAL		94
122
Game 3
LAL
SAS		114
94

Los Angeles Lakers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Magic Johnson 26 3 3 102 23 34 0 1 11 16 4 12 16 48 3 0 14 7 57 .676 .000 .688 34.0 19.0 5.3 16.0 1.0 0.0
2 Byron Scott 24 3 3 81 25 45 1 2 3 3 3 6 9 7 6 0 7 8 54 .556 .500 1.000 27.0 18.0 3.0 2.3 2.0 0.0
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38 3 3 72 23 38 0 0 5 7 4 9 13 7 1 3 6 11 51 .605 .714 24.0 17.0 4.3 2.3 0.3 1.0
4 James Worthy 24 3 3 93 22 36 0 0 5 6 6 3 9 12 7 2 4 8 49 .611 .833 31.0 16.3 3.0 4.0 2.3 0.7
5 Maurice Lucas 33 3 0 72 16 23 0 0 6 7 6 17 23 4 3 0 3 8 38 .696 .857 24.0 12.7 7.7 1.3 1.0 0.0
6 Michael Cooper 29 3 0 89 13 24 2 4 0 0 4 7 11 16 4 2 7 5 28 .542 .500 29.7 9.3 3.7 5.3 1.3 0.7
7 Petur Gudmundsson 27 3 0 46 8 14 0 1 9 13 3 8 11 1 1 2 5 10 25 .571 .000 .692 15.3 8.3 3.7 0.3 0.3 0.7
8 Larry Spriggs 26 3 0 13 5 6 0 0 10 10 1 6 7 2 1 0 0 0 20 .833 1.000 4.3 6.7 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.0
9 A.C. Green 22 3 0 49 7 12 0 0 2 5 0 6 6 0 1 2 2 4 16 .583 .400 16.3 5.3 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.7
10 Mike McGee 26 3 0 18 7 14 0 1 0 4 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 14 .500 .000 .000 6.0 4.7 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
11 Mitch Kupchak 31 2 0 26 4 7 0 0 2 3 4 7 11 2 2 0 3 1 10 .571 .667 13.0 5.0 5.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
12 Kurt Rambis 27 3 3 59 2 7 0 0 5 7 5 22 27 2 1 4 4 5 9 .286 .714 19.7 3.0 9.0 0.7 0.3 1.3
Team Totals 3 720 155 260 3 9 58 81 43 105 148 102 30 15 56 69 371 240.0 123.7 49.3 34.0 10.0 5.0

San Antonio Spurs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Wes Matthews 26 3 3 116 35 54 0 1 6 8 1 6 7 24 6 0 11 7 76 .648 .000 .750 38.7 25.3 2.3 8.0 2.0 0.0
2 Mike Mitchell 30 3 3 107 21 52 0 0 5 10 3 6 9 10 3 3 10 8 47 .404 .500 35.7 15.7 3.0 3.3 1.0 1.0
3 Artis Gilmore 36 3 3 107 16 24 0 0 8 14 7 11 18 3 7 1 10 11 40 .667 .571 35.7 13.3 6.0 1.0 2.3 0.3
4 Dave Greenwood 28 3 3 101 12 23 0 0 6 8 1 17 18 3 3 1 1 12 30 .522 .750 33.7 10.0 6.0 1.0 1.0 0.3
5 Alvin Robertson 23 3 3 98 8 29 0 0 11 13 5 9 14 19 7 1 5 10 27 .276 .846 32.7 9.0 4.7 6.3 2.3 0.3
6 Jon Sundvold 24 3 0 43 7 18 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 1 16 .389 .167 1.000 14.3 5.3 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.0
7 Steve Johnson 28 3 0 53 5 15 0 0 5 11 2 4 6 2 0 1 6 14 15 .333 .455 17.7 5.0 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.3
8 Jeff Lamp 26 3 0 45 7 18 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 0 4 6 15 .389 .333 15.0 5.0 0.3 2.3 0.3 0.0
9 Alfredrick Hughes 23 3 0 18 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 8 .444 6.0 2.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
10 Mike Brittain 22 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .500 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
11 Tyrone Corbin 23 1 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 14.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jeff Wilkins 30 3 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 6 0 .000 5.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Team Totals 3 720 116 249 2 10 42 65 21 58 79 75 28 10 53 78 276 240.0 92.0 26.3 25.0 9.3 3.3

Houston Rockets (3) vs. Sacramento Kings (0)

Game 1
SAC
HOU		87
107
Game 2
SAC
HOU		103
111
Game 3
HOU
SAC		113
98

Houston Rockets

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Ralph Sampson 25 3 3 107 21 36 1 1 18 24 10 23 33 10 7 6 12 14 61 .583 1.000 .750 35.7 20.3 11.0 3.3 2.3 2.0
2 Hakeem Olajuwon 23 3 3 102 26 46 0 0 8 19 17 17 34 3 2 9 8 12 60 .565 .421 34.0 20.0 11.3 1.0 0.7 3.0
3 Robert Reid 30 3 3 110 22 46 0 2 10 13 0 8 8 16 7 0 4 15 54 .478 .000 .769 36.7 18.0 2.7 5.3 2.3 0.0
4 Lewis Lloyd 26 3 3 108 20 38 1 1 8 11 5 5 10 17 3 2 6 9 49 .526 1.000 .727 36.0 16.3 3.3 5.7 1.0 0.7
5 Rodney McCray 24 3 3 130 15 30 0 1 8 12 2 16 18 17 4 4 6 7 38 .500 .000 .667 43.3 12.7 6.0 5.7 1.3 1.3
6 Mitchell Wiggins 26 3 0 51 15 25 0 0 2 3 3 4 7 3 3 0 4 5 32 .600 .667 17.0 10.7 2.3 1.0 1.0 0.0
7 Jim Petersen 23 3 0 65 6 12 0 0 5 6 8 8 16 7 3 1 3 8 17 .500 .833 21.7 5.7 5.3 2.3 1.0 0.3
8 Steve Harris 22 3 0 22 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 2 10 .714 7.3 3.3 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.0
9 Craig Ehlo 24 2 0 12 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 8 .750 1.000 6.0 4.0 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.0
10 Granville Waiters 25 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .500 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
11 Hank McDowell 26 3 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 134 249 2 5 61 90 45 84 129 79 33 23 45 75 331 240.0 110.3 43.0 26.3 11.0 7.7

Sacramento Kings

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Eddie Johnson 26 3 1 96 24 55 0 3 8 9 10 11 21 4 3 1 6 7 56 .436 .000 .889 32.0 18.7 7.0 1.3 1.0 0.3
2 Mike Woodson 27 3 3 110 22 49 0 2 12 12 7 4 11 5 4 2 11 13 56 .449 .000 1.000 36.7 18.7 3.7 1.7 1.3 0.7
3 Reggie Theus 28 3 3 102 18 46 0 1 9 12 3 5 8 19 3 2 14 9 45 .391 .000 .750 34.0 15.0 2.7 6.3 1.0 0.7
4 Larry Drew 27 3 0 56 14 25 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 14 5 0 0 2 31 .560 .333 1.000 18.7 10.3 0.3 4.7 1.7 0.0
5 LaSalle Thompson 24 3 3 99 11 32 0 0 7 12 14 21 35 2 2 6 4 8 29 .344 .583 33.0 9.7 11.7 0.7 0.7 2.0
6 Joe Kleine 24 3 0 45 5 13 0 0 5 6 8 6 14 1 1 1 2 8 15 .385 .833 15.0 5.0 4.7 0.3 0.3 0.3
7 Mark Olberding 29 3 3 74 3 9 0 0 9 12 4 9 13 3 2 1 7 9 15 .333 .750 24.7 5.0 4.3 1.0 0.7 0.3
8 Otis Thorpe 23 3 0 35 3 13 0 0 6 13 8 4 12 0 0 1 1 4 12 .231 .462 11.7 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
9 Rich Kelley 32 3 0 35 3 9 0 0 5 6 6 6 12 4 2 0 2 5 11 .333 .833 11.7 3.7 4.0 1.3 0.7 0.0
10 Terry Tyler 29 3 2 51 2 10 0 0 4 4 3 5 8 4 2 3 1 5 8 .200 1.000 17.0 2.7 2.7 1.3 0.7 1.0
11 Mike Bratz 30 3 0 15 3 6 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 7 .500 1.000 5.0 2.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 Carl Henry 25 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 109 268 2 10 68 89 65 74 139 57 24 17 50 70 288 240.0 96.0 46.3 19.0 8.0 5.7

Denver Nuggets (3) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1)

Game 1
POR
DEN		126
133
Game 2
POR
DEN		108
106
Game 3
DEN
POR		115
104
Game 4
DEN
POR		116
112

Denver Nuggets

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Alex English 32 4 4 163 38 89 0 0 22 27 7 4 11 28 3 0 16 13 98 .427 .815 40.8 24.5 2.8 7.0 0.8 0.0
2 Calvin Natt 29 4 4 131 33 64 0 0 26 30 6 29 35 7 1 1 12 12 92 .516 .867 32.8 23.0 8.8 1.8 0.3 0.3
3 Fat Lever 25 4 4 139 25 53 2 2 12 18 9 10 19 23 4 0 7 14 64 .472 1.000 .667 34.8 16.0 4.8 5.8 1.0 0.0
4 Danny Schayes 26 4 4 145 20 40 0 0 12 15 14 20 34 7 1 12 8 15 52 .500 .800 36.3 13.0 8.5 1.8 0.3 3.0
5 Blair Rasmussen 23 4 0 77 17 33 0 0 14 18 12 18 30 3 2 6 3 13 48 .515 .778 19.3 12.0 7.5 0.8 0.5 1.5
6 T.R. Dunn 30 4 4 135 16 31 0 0 7 12 14 15 29 8 11 0 0 14 39 .516 .583 33.8 9.8 7.3 2.0 2.8 0.0
7 Mike Evans 30 4 0 58 11 27 1 6 10 12 3 4 7 8 3 0 5 8 33 .407 .167 .833 14.5 8.3 1.8 2.0 0.8 0.0
8 Elston Turner 26 4 0 71 13 23 0 0 3 4 6 8 14 7 1 0 3 14 29 .565 .750 17.8 7.3 3.5 1.8 0.3 0.0
9 Wayne Cooper 29 2 0 25 6 13 0 0 3 3 2 3 5 2 0 0 3 4 15 .462 1.000 12.5 7.5 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
10 Bill Hanzlik 28 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Willie White 23 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
12 Pete Williams 20 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 179 375 3 9 109 139 73 113 186 96 26 19 57 109 470 240.0 117.5 46.5 24.0 6.5 4.8

Portland Trail Blazers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Kiki Vandeweghe 27 4 4 149 40 69 0 2 32 32 2 3 5 8 2 2 9 12 112 .580 .000 1.000 37.3 28.0 1.3 2.0 0.5 0.5
2 Mychal Thompson 31 4 4 140 31 54 0 0 14 26 11 22 33 14 1 3 10 13 76 .574 .538 35.0 19.0 8.3 3.5 0.3 0.8
3 Clyde Drexler 23 4 4 145 26 57 2 5 18 23 9 16 25 26 6 3 19 19 72 .456 .400 .783 36.3 18.0 6.3 6.5 1.5 0.8
4 Kenny Carr 30 4 4 143 24 42 0 1 11 15 9 44 53 7 5 1 8 18 59 .571 .000 .733 35.8 14.8 13.3 1.8 1.3 0.3
5 Jim Paxson 28 4 0 71 14 37 2 6 12 15 1 3 4 15 3 0 6 12 42 .378 .333 .800 17.8 10.5 1.0 3.8 0.8 0.0
6 Terry Porter 22 4 0 68 12 27 1 6 2 4 1 4 5 12 3 2 6 10 27 .444 .167 .500 17.0 6.8 1.3 3.0 0.8 0.5
7 Steve Colter 23 4 4 104 12 26 0 1 2 2 3 12 15 23 5 1 6 13 26 .462 .000 1.000 26.0 6.5 3.8 5.8 1.3 0.3
8 Jerome Kersey 23 4 0 56 9 22 0 1 4 4 7 8 15 4 1 4 6 13 22 .409 .000 1.000 14.0 5.5 3.8 1.0 0.3 1.0
9 Caldwell Jones 35 4 0 73 6 17 0 0 2 4 9 10 19 3 0 2 4 13 14 .353 .500 18.3 3.5 4.8 0.8 0.0 0.5
10 Ken Johnson 23 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 174 351 5 22 97 125 52 124 176 112 28 18 75 124 450 240.0 112.5 44.0 28.0 7.0 4.5

Dallas Mavericks (3) vs. Utah Jazz (1)

Game 1
UTA
DAL		93
101
Game 2
UTA
DAL		106
113
Game 3
DAL
UTA		98
100
Game 4
DAL
UTA		117
113

Dallas Mavericks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Mark Aguirre 26 4 4 134 34 76 0 1 16 20 9 16 25 17 3 0 7 12 84 .447 .000 .800 33.5 21.0 6.3 4.3 0.8 0.0
2 Rolando Blackman 26 4 4 152 30 59 0 0 23 28 4 12 16 6 1 0 11 11 83 .508 .821 38.0 20.8 4.0 1.5 0.3 0.0
3 Sam Perkins 24 4 4 153 29 64 1 3 13 16 17 27 44 9 5 8 10 12 72 .453 .333 .813 38.3 18.0 11.0 2.3 1.3 2.0
4 Brad Davis 30 4 0 72 14 24 6 9 14 16 0 11 11 11 2 0 5 9 48 .583 .667 .875 18.0 12.0 2.8 2.8 0.5 0.0
5 Jay Vincent 26 4 0 82 15 41 0 0 13 15 7 11 18 6 1 1 6 12 43 .366 .867 20.5 10.8 4.5 1.5 0.3 0.3
6 James Donaldson 28 4 4 156 11 16 0 0 17 18 12 37 49 2 2 6 6 10 39 .688 .944 39.0 9.8 12.3 0.5 0.5 1.5
7 Derek Harper 24 4 4 135 15 33 1 2 4 6 5 1 6 23 7 0 8 6 35 .455 .500 .667 33.8 8.8 1.5 5.8 1.8 0.0
8 Detlef Schrempf 23 4 0 52 6 11 0 0 5 6 4 10 14 7 1 1 5 12 17 .545 .833 13.0 4.3 3.5 1.8 0.3 0.3
9 Dale Ellis 25 3 0 24 2 7 2 5 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 8 .286 .400 1.000 8.0 2.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Team Totals 4 960 156 331 10 20 107 127 59 127 186 81 22 17 60 85 429 240.0 107.3 46.5 20.3 5.5 4.3

Utah Jazz

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Karl Malone 22 4 4 144 38 72 0 0 11 26 6 24 30 4 8 0 6 18 87 .528 .423 36.0 21.8 7.5 1.0 2.0 0.0
2 Thurl Bailey 24 4 4 147 28 77 0 1 8 11 11 21 32 13 2 2 5 13 64 .364 .000 .727 36.8 16.0 8.0 3.3 0.5 0.5
3 Bob Hansen 25 4 4 140 27 37 2 3 8 9 10 8 18 11 3 1 7 16 64 .730 .667 .889 35.0 16.0 4.5 2.8 0.8 0.3
4 Mark Eaton 29 4 4 157 28 57 0 0 2 3 13 23 36 10 1 18 4 12 58 .491 .667 39.3 14.5 9.0 2.5 0.3 4.5
5 Rickey Green 31 4 4 119 21 43 1 2 10 11 0 9 9 38 2 0 5 1 53 .488 .500 .909 29.8 13.3 2.3 9.5 0.5 0.0
6 John Stockton 23 4 0 73 9 17 1 1 8 9 3 3 6 14 5 0 4 10 27 .529 1.000 .889 18.3 6.8 1.5 3.5 1.3 0.0
7 Fred Roberts 25 4 0 31 7 15 0 0 8 9 4 3 7 3 0 0 6 5 22 .467 .889 7.8 5.5 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.0
8 Carey Scurry 23 4 0 54 8 20 0 2 1 2 10 6 16 3 1 4 2 12 17 .400 .000 .500 13.5 4.3 4.0 0.8 0.3 1.0
9 Marc Iavaroni 29 4 0 73 5 16 0 0 3 4 4 5 9 6 1 0 4 9 13 .313 .750 18.3 3.3 2.3 1.5 0.3 0.0
10 Jeff Cook 29 4 0 21 1 4 0 0 3 4 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .750 5.3 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0
11 Steve Hayes 30 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 173 359 4 9 62 88 62 107 169 104 23 25 43 100 412 240.0 103.0 42.3 26.0 5.8 6.3