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1987 NBA Western Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: Magic Johnson (26.2/8.0/13.0)

PTS Leader: Larry Bird (622)
TRB Leader: Larry Bird (231)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (219)
WS Leader: Magic Johnson (3.7)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
3 vs. 6 Portland Trail Blazers vs. Houston Rockets HOUSTON ROCKETS win 3-1
1 vs. 8 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 3-0
4 vs. 5 Utah Jazz vs. Golden State Warriors GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS win 3-2
2 vs. 7 Dallas Mavericks vs. Seattle SuperSonics SEATTLE SUPERSONICS win 3-1

Houston Rockets (3) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1)

Game 1
HOU
POR		125
115
Game 2
HOU
POR		98
111
Game 3
POR
HOU		108
117
Game 4
POR
HOU		101
113

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 Hakeem Olajuwon 24 4 4 144 39 61 0 0 31 39 15 22 37 17 10 20 12 21 109 .639 .795 36.0 27.3 9.3 4.3 2.5 5.0
2 Allen Leavell 29 4 4 165 29 56 3 9 19 22 5 6 11 39 10 1 11 17 80 .518 .333 .864 41.3 20.0 2.8 9.8 2.5 0.3
3 Ralph Sampson 26 4 4 135 33 63 0 1 13 17 10 23 33 16 1 4 9 20 79 .524 .000 .765 33.8 19.8 8.3 4.0 0.3 1.0
4 Robert Reid 31 4 4 167 26 66 2 9 4 6 3 11 14 16 5 1 14 14 58 .394 .222 .667 41.8 14.5 3.5 4.0 1.3 0.3
5 Rodney McCray 25 4 4 162 21 39 0 0 15 18 12 24 36 16 1 4 9 11 57 .538 .833 40.5 14.3 9.0 4.0 0.3 1.0
6 Cedric Maxwell 31 4 0 69 9 17 0 0 13 16 7 10 17 11 2 0 2 2 31 .529 .813 17.3 7.8 4.3 2.8 0.5 0.0
7 Jim Petersen 24 4 0 87 12 21 0 0 5 8 5 13 18 3 2 1 6 15 29 .571 .625 21.8 7.3 4.5 0.8 0.5 0.3
8 Steve Harris 23 3 0 14 2 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 6 4 .222 .000 4.7 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Buck Johnson 23 3 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .400 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Richard Anderson 26 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.000 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Dave Feitl 24 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Dirk Minniefield 26 4 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .000 .000 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 173 339 5 21 102 128 59 110 169 118 32 31 68 107 453 240.0 113.3 42.3 29.5 8.0 7.8

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 28 4 4 174 38 71 1 4 22 26 5 8 13 11 1 1 11 10 99 .535 .250 .846 43.5 24.8 3.3 2.8 0.3 0.3
2 Clyde Drexler 24 4 4 153 36 79 1 4 23 29 16 14 30 15 7 3 6 16 96 .456 .250 .793 38.3 24.0 7.5 3.8 1.8 0.8
3 Steve Johnson 29 4 4 137 28 61 0 0 27 43 17 23 40 2 2 1 9 15 83 .459 .628 34.3 20.8 10.0 0.5 0.5 0.3
4 Terry Porter 23 4 4 150 24 50 2 5 18 20 1 18 19 40 10 2 13 14 68 .480 .400 .900 37.5 17.0 4.8 10.0 2.5 0.5
5 Jim Paxson 29 4 0 94 13 32 0 2 8 9 4 5 9 13 5 0 4 8 34 .406 .000 .889 23.5 8.5 2.3 3.3 1.3 0.0
6 Jerome Kersey 24 4 0 60 10 25 0 0 4 4 6 13 19 3 5 1 6 13 24 .400 1.000 15.0 6.0 4.8 0.8 1.3 0.3
7 Caldwell Jones 36 4 4 129 5 12 0 0 5 6 9 22 31 6 0 6 5 15 15 .417 .833 32.3 3.8 7.8 1.5 0.0 1.5
8 Kevin Duckworth 22 4 0 53 6 12 0 0 2 5 3 5 8 1 4 1 6 14 14 .500 .400 13.3 3.5 2.0 0.3 1.0 0.3
9 Mike Holton 25 2 0 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 4.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Fernando Martin 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 161 345 4 15 109 142 61 109 170 91 34 15 60 106 435 240.0 108.8 42.5 22.8 8.5 3.8

Los Angeles Lakers (3) vs. Denver Nuggets (0)

Game 1
DEN
LAL		95
128
Game 2
DEN
LAL		127
139
Game 3
LAL
DEN		140
103

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 James Worthy 25 3 3 93 26 36 0 0 17 19 2 12 14 16 2 7 5 4 69 .722 .895 31.0 23.0 4.7 5.3 0.7 2.3
2 Byron Scott 25 3 3 102 21 39 3 8 13 16 1 8 9 15 3 2 3 9 58 .538 .375 .813 34.0 19.3 3.0 5.0 1.0 0.7
3 A.C. Green 23 3 3 79 18 32 0 0 18 23 7 23 30 2 2 3 2 6 54 .563 .783 26.3 18.0 10.0 0.7 0.7 1.0
4 Magic Johnson 27 3 3 96 21 34 1 3 10 16 5 17 22 43 2 2 6 4 53 .618 .333 .625 32.0 17.7 7.3 14.3 0.7 0.7
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 3 3 70 16 34 0 0 18 19 4 15 19 11 1 10 3 6 50 .471 .947 23.3 16.7 6.3 3.7 0.3 3.3
6 Michael Cooper 30 3 0 71 11 24 7 11 7 8 2 9 11 11 1 1 2 5 36 .458 .636 .875 23.7 12.0 3.7 3.7 0.3 0.3
7 Kurt Rambis 28 3 0 58 11 22 0 0 8 8 7 13 20 3 6 0 3 11 30 .500 1.000 19.3 10.0 6.7 1.0 2.0 0.0
8 Mychal Thompson 32 3 0 64 9 25 0 0 6 8 6 14 20 2 1 4 2 5 24 .360 .750 21.3 8.0 6.7 0.7 0.3 1.3
9 Billy Thompson 23 3 0 27 6 11 0 0 2 2 3 3 6 2 4 0 0 2 14 .545 1.000 9.0 4.7 2.0 0.7 1.3 0.0
10 Wes Matthews 27 3 0 25 4 9 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 12 .444 1.000 8.3 4.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Mike Smrek 24 3 0 17 0 5 0 0 4 6 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 5 4 .000 .667 5.7 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.7
12 Adrian Branch 23 3 0 18 0 9 0 0 3 6 2 2 4 2 0 0 3 5 3 .000 .500 6.0 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 143 280 11 22 110 135 40 119 159 107 22 34 32 65 407 240.0 135.7 53.0 35.7 7.3 11.3

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 33 3 3 76 25 49 0 0 6 7 10 4 14 10 0 0 8 9 56 .510 .857 25.3 18.7 4.7 3.3 0.0 0.0
2 Blair Rasmussen 24 3 3 92 22 45 0 0 5 10 8 15 23 7 2 2 5 12 49 .489 .500 30.7 16.3 7.7 2.3 0.7 0.7
3 Fat Lever 26 3 3 99 19 50 2 8 6 9 5 13 18 22 7 0 2 7 46 .380 .250 .667 33.0 15.3 6.0 7.3 2.3 0.0
4 Maurice Martin 22 3 0 54 12 29 0 1 7 12 4 5 9 10 0 1 5 12 31 .414 .000 .583 18.0 10.3 3.0 3.3 0.0 0.3
5 Danny Schayes 27 3 0 75 12 17 0 0 6 9 6 11 17 2 1 2 3 10 30 .706 .667 25.0 10.0 5.7 0.7 0.3 0.7
6 Darrell Walker 25 3 3 68 11 34 0 0 4 7 3 7 10 5 2 0 4 4 26 .324 .571 22.7 8.7 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.0
7 Bill Hanzlik 29 3 2 76 8 25 0 2 9 15 0 6 6 7 4 0 3 6 25 .320 .000 .600 25.3 8.3 2.0 2.3 1.3 0.0
8 Mark Alarie 23 3 0 41 9 15 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 1 2 2 4 9 20 .600 1.000 13.7 6.7 1.7 0.3 0.7 0.7
9 Mike Evans 31 3 0 57 7 19 2 7 2 2 2 5 7 8 3 0 3 6 18 .368 .286 1.000 19.0 6.0 2.3 2.7 1.0 0.0
10 Wayne Cooper 30 3 1 41 5 12 0 0 2 2 6 11 17 2 0 1 1 9 12 .417 1.000 13.7 4.0 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.3
11 Otis Smith 23 3 0 19 2 6 0 0 6 9 1 4 5 4 0 2 4 1 10 .333 .667 6.3 3.3 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.7
12 T.R. Dunn 31 3 0 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 .250 7.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3
Team Totals 3 720 133 305 4 18 55 84 46 88 134 80 22 11 43 88 325 240.0 108.3 44.7 26.7 7.3 3.7

Golden State Warriors (3) vs. Utah Jazz (2)

Game 1
GSW
UTA		85
99
Game 2
GSW
UTA		100
103
Game 3
UTA
GSW		95
110
Game 4
UTA
GSW		94
98
Game 5
GSW
UTA		118
113

Golden State Warriors

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 Sleepy Floyd 26 5 5 213 37 73 7 13 20 22 4 11 15 50 8 1 19 11 101 .507 .538 .909 42.6 20.2 3.0 10.0 1.6 0.2
2 Joe Barry Carroll 28 5 5 175 34 79 0 1 21 29 8 33 41 8 6 17 19 23 89 .430 .000 .724 35.0 17.8 8.2 1.6 1.2 3.4
3 Purvis Short 29 5 0 130 33 67 0 1 20 21 2 13 15 15 6 1 12 14 86 .493 .000 .952 26.0 17.2 3.0 3.0 1.2 0.2
4 Terry Teagle 26 5 0 109 27 57 0 1 20 24 6 5 11 4 3 1 7 7 74 .474 .000 .833 21.8 14.8 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.2
5 Chris Mullin 23 5 5 133 22 45 1 1 8 10 1 10 11 9 2 2 8 15 53 .489 1.000 .800 26.6 10.6 2.2 1.8 0.4 0.4
6 Larry Smith 29 5 5 148 13 26 0 0 8 9 25 34 59 7 4 1 8 23 34 .500 .889 29.6 6.8 11.8 1.4 0.8 0.2
7 Greg Ballard 32 5 0 100 12 25 2 5 3 4 12 14 26 7 3 0 7 8 29 .480 .400 .750 20.0 5.8 5.2 1.4 0.6 0.0
8 Rod Higgins 27 5 5 100 9 18 0 0 4 7 2 7 9 4 7 3 2 14 22 .500 .571 20.0 4.4 1.8 0.8 1.4 0.6
9 Perry Moss 28 4 0 23 5 7 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 0 2 4 14 .714 1.000 5.8 3.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0
10 Jerome Whitehead 30 5 0 51 3 14 0 0 2 4 3 4 7 1 0 1 0 8 8 .214 .500 10.2 1.6 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.2
11 Chris Washburn 21 1 0 13 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 13.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Ben McDonald 24 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 195 415 10 22 111 136 64 134 198 107 43 27 84 129 511 240.0 102.2 39.6 21.4 8.6 5.4

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 23 5 5 200 37 88 0 0 26 36 15 33 48 6 11 4 17 20 100 .420 .722 40.0 20.0 9.6 1.2 2.2 0.8
2 Thurl Bailey 25 5 0 151 30 63 0 0 18 18 14 16 30 9 3 6 12 12 78 .476 1.000 30.2 15.6 6.0 1.8 0.6 1.2
3 Darrell Griffith 28 5 0 104 24 65 6 15 14 19 5 7 12 8 6 2 12 5 68 .369 .400 .737 20.8 13.6 2.4 1.6 1.2 0.4
4 Bob Hansen 26 5 5 142 21 49 2 5 17 20 3 12 15 11 1 1 7 14 61 .429 .400 .850 28.4 12.2 3.0 2.2 0.2 0.2
5 Mark Eaton 30 5 5 193 19 41 0 0 16 25 16 39 55 3 1 21 4 18 54 .463 .640 38.6 10.8 11.0 0.6 0.2 4.2
6 John Stockton 24 5 2 157 18 29 4 5 10 13 2 9 11 40 15 1 11 18 50 .621 .800 .769 31.4 10.0 2.2 8.0 3.0 0.2
7 Kelly Tripucka 27 5 5 70 14 20 0 3 4 4 1 6 7 3 4 0 7 6 32 .700 .000 1.000 14.0 6.4 1.4 0.6 0.8 0.0
8 Rickey Green 32 4 3 72 11 23 0 1 5 6 1 7 8 25 2 0 7 5 27 .478 .000 .833 18.0 6.8 2.0 6.3 0.5 0.0
9 Carey Scurry 24 4 0 57 10 22 1 2 3 7 7 7 14 0 4 5 2 10 24 .455 .500 .429 14.3 6.0 3.5 0.0 1.0 1.3
10 Marc Iavaroni 30 5 0 47 4 10 0 0 2 3 8 5 13 4 0 3 6 7 10 .400 .667 9.4 2.0 2.6 0.8 0.0 0.6
11 Kent Benson 32 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Dell Curry 22 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 188 413 13 32 115 151 72 141 213 109 47 43 86 116 504 240.0 100.8 42.6 21.8 9.4 8.6

Seattle SuperSonics (3) vs. Dallas Mavericks (1)

Game 1
SEA
DAL		129
151
Game 2
SEA
DAL		112
110
Game 3
DAL
SEA		107
117
Game 4
DAL
SEA		98
124

Seattle SuperSonics

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 Dale Ellis 26 4 4 138 49 88 4 8 16 19 17 15 32 15 2 1 8 17 118 .557 .500 .842 34.5 29.5 8.0 3.8 0.5 0.3
2 Tom Chambers 27 4 4 130 38 68 1 3 21 26 9 12 21 9 2 4 14 15 98 .559 .333 .808 32.5 24.5 5.3 2.3 0.5 1.0
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 4 4 145 36 75 1 5 18 27 15 23 38 14 5 2 12 18 91 .480 .200 .667 36.3 22.8 9.5 3.5 1.3 0.5
4 Clemon Johnson 30 4 4 120 17 28 0 0 3 3 11 14 25 2 2 13 1 7 37 .607 1.000 30.0 9.3 6.3 0.5 0.5 3.3
5 Maurice Lucas 34 4 0 66 8 23 0 0 16 19 3 13 16 5 2 1 5 10 32 .348 .842 16.5 8.0 4.0 1.3 0.5 0.3
6 Kevin Williams 25 4 0 64 11 25 0 1 3 5 5 3 8 11 5 0 0 12 25 .440 .000 .600 16.0 6.3 2.0 2.8 1.3 0.0
7 Eddie Johnson 31 4 0 50 7 15 1 1 8 9 1 3 4 11 1 0 0 3 23 .467 1.000 .889 12.5 5.8 1.0 2.8 0.3 0.0
8 Danny Young 24 4 0 66 9 23 1 3 2 2 1 6 7 17 5 0 3 10 21 .391 .333 1.000 16.5 5.3 1.8 4.3 1.3 0.0
9 Russ Schoene 26 4 0 63 7 13 1 3 4 4 3 12 15 3 1 4 2 9 19 .538 .333 1.000 15.8 4.8 3.8 0.8 0.3 1.0
10 Nate McMillan 22 4 4 103 6 14 0 0 6 10 1 16 17 30 3 5 7 12 18 .429 .600 25.8 4.5 4.3 7.5 0.8 1.3
11 Curtis Kitchen 23 4 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 6 0 .000 .000 3.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Team Totals 4 960 188 373 9 24 97 126 67 120 187 117 28 32 52 119 482 240.0 120.5 46.8 29.3 7.0 8.0

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 Rolando Blackman 27 4 4 153 36 73 0 1 22 24 4 10 14 17 2 0 8 7 94 .493 .000 .917 38.3 23.5 3.5 4.3 0.5 0.0
2 Mark Aguirre 27 4 4 130 31 62 0 4 23 30 11 13 24 8 8 0 9 15 85 .500 .000 .767 32.5 21.3 6.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
3 Sam Perkins 25 4 4 133 26 52 0 4 16 23 12 22 34 5 4 1 9 16 68 .500 .000 .696 33.3 17.0 8.5 1.3 1.0 0.3
4 Derek Harper 25 4 4 123 20 40 2 9 24 30 2 10 12 27 7 0 5 7 66 .500 .222 .800 30.8 16.5 3.0 6.8 1.8 0.0
5 Roy Tarpley 22 4 1 114 24 48 0 0 5 7 18 24 42 1 1 7 7 18 53 .500 .714 28.5 13.3 10.5 0.3 0.3 1.8
6 Brad Davis 31 4 0 75 13 23 0 2 7 9 2 7 9 17 0 0 6 4 33 .565 .000 .778 18.8 8.3 2.3 4.3 0.0 0.0
7 Detlef Schrempf 24 4 0 97 13 35 0 3 5 11 4 8 12 6 3 2 6 13 31 .371 .000 .455 24.3 7.8 3.0 1.5 0.8 0.5
8 James Donaldson 29 3 3 68 4 5 0 0 8 9 2 15 17 2 1 3 2 6 16 .800 .889 22.7 5.3 5.7 0.7 0.3 1.0
9 Bill Wennington 23 4 0 47 6 12 0 0 3 5 4 6 10 4 0 3 3 9 15 .500 .600 11.8 3.8 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.8
10 Uwe Blab 24 1 0 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 4 3 1.000 .250 10.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
11 Dennis Nutt 23 1 0 10 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .000 10.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 175 356 2 25 114 152 61 118 179 88 27 17 58 99 466 240.0 116.5 44.8 22.0 6.8 4.3