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1987 NBA Western Conference Semifinals

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)

2 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
6 vs. 7 Houston Rockets vs. Seattle SuperSonics SEATTLE SUPERSONICS win 4-2
1 vs. 5 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 4-1

Seattle SuperSonics (4) vs. Houston Rockets (2)

Game 1
SEA
HOU		111
106
Game 2
SEA
HOU		99
97
Game 3
HOU
SEA		102
84
Game 4
HOU
SEA		102
117
Game 5
SEA
HOU		107
112
Game 6
HOU
SEA		125
128

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 6 6 250 74 151 9 23 14 18 16 24 40 12 4 2 15 22 171 .490 .391 .778 41.7 28.5 6.7 2.0 0.7 0.3
2 Tom Chambers 27 6 6 221 53 131 3 10 42 51 15 35 50 16 8 5 14 19 151 .405 .300 .824 36.8 25.2 8.3 2.7 1.3 0.8
3 Xavier McDaniel 23 6 6 229 42 92 0 2 10 18 19 26 45 13 7 6 16 27 94 .457 .000 .556 38.2 15.7 7.5 2.2 1.2 1.0
4 Kevin Williams 25 6 0 115 23 41 0 1 11 13 6 5 11 7 3 1 4 20 57 .561 .000 .846 19.2 9.5 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.2
5 Maurice Lucas 34 6 0 133 20 45 0 1 8 13 8 23 31 11 9 3 11 21 48 .444 .000 .615 22.2 8.0 5.2 1.8 1.5 0.5
6 Danny Young 24 6 0 108 10 20 3 8 8 8 2 6 8 26 10 0 2 10 31 .500 .375 1.000 18.0 5.2 1.3 4.3 1.7 0.0
7 Alton Lister 28 5 3 107 8 24 0 0 12 16 15 14 29 2 3 7 7 18 28 .333 .750 21.4 5.6 5.8 0.4 0.6 1.4
8 Eddie Johnson 31 6 0 57 8 20 0 3 9 10 2 1 3 24 3 0 0 4 25 .400 .000 .900 9.5 4.2 0.5 4.0 0.5 0.0
9 Nate McMillan 22 6 6 149 8 22 0 0 4 6 7 17 24 49 8 3 7 15 20 .364 .667 24.8 3.3 4.0 8.2 1.3 0.5
10 Clemon Johnson 30 6 3 108 5 18 0 0 4 8 8 8 16 1 3 2 0 9 14 .278 .500 18.0 2.3 2.7 0.2 0.5 0.3
11 Russ Schoene 26 6 0 33 1 5 1 2 2 4 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 6 5 .200 .500 .500 5.5 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Curtis Kitchen 23 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 6 1515 253 570 16 50 124 165 100 165 265 161 58 29 76 172 646 252.5 107.7 44.2 26.8 9.7 4.8

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 6 6 245 71 118 0 1 41 58 24 52 76 8 3 23 24 23 183 .602 .000 .707 40.8 30.5 12.7 1.3 0.5 3.8
2 Ralph Sampson 26 6 6 195 42 83 1 1 22 26 17 38 55 5 1 8 21 27 107 .506 1.000 .846 32.5 17.8 9.2 0.8 0.2 1.3
3 Rodney McCray 25 6 6 274 36 62 0 2 28 36 20 27 47 40 4 5 16 10 100 .581 .000 .778 45.7 16.7 7.8 6.7 0.7 0.8
4 Robert Reid 31 6 6 264 30 89 0 8 11 17 3 19 22 32 5 2 15 22 71 .337 .000 .647 44.0 11.8 3.7 5.3 0.8 0.3
5 Allen Leavell 29 6 6 219 15 51 1 7 30 38 1 13 14 33 9 2 17 25 61 .294 .143 .789 36.5 10.2 2.3 5.5 1.5 0.3
6 Jim Petersen 24 6 0 100 16 30 0 0 7 10 9 19 28 3 3 1 4 11 39 .533 .700 16.7 6.5 4.7 0.5 0.5 0.2
7 Steve Harris 23 6 0 77 14 34 0 0 5 6 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 9 33 .412 .833 12.8 5.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.0
8 Cedric Maxwell 31 6 0 108 9 17 0 1 13 19 4 12 16 6 1 0 6 15 31 .529 .000 .684 18.0 5.2 2.7 1.0 0.2 0.0
9 Dirk Minniefield 26 4 0 20 4 6 0 0 6 6 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 7 14 .667 1.000 5.0 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0
10 Richard Anderson 26 3 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .333 .500 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Dave Feitl 24 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Buck Johnson 23 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 6 1515 238 494 3 22 165 218 82 184 266 134 30 41 108 151 644 252.5 107.3 44.3 22.3 5.0 6.8

Los Angeles Lakers (4) vs. Golden State Warriors (1)

Game 1
GSW
LAL		116
125
Game 2
GSW
LAL		101
116
Game 3
LAL
GSW		133
108
Game 4
LAL
GSW		121
129
Game 5
GSW
LAL		106
118

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 5 5 194 44 71 0 0 22 29 11 21 32 14 7 8 16 12 110 .620 .759 38.8 22.0 6.4 2.8 1.4 1.6
2 Magic Johnson 27 5 5 180 36 64 0 2 31 38 9 31 40 54 7 1 17 11 103 .563 .000 .816 36.0 20.6 8.0 10.8 1.4 0.2
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 5 5 148 32 57 0 0 24 32 11 20 31 10 3 8 11 17 88 .561 .750 29.6 17.6 6.2 2.0 0.6 1.6
4 Byron Scott 25 5 5 187 33 73 2 9 17 22 10 14 24 19 5 0 8 12 85 .452 .222 .773 37.4 17.0 4.8 3.8 1.0 0.0
5 Michael Cooper 30 5 0 154 27 53 11 24 17 20 4 19 23 34 5 7 16 10 82 .509 .458 .850 30.8 16.4 4.6 6.8 1.0 1.4
6 A.C. Green 23 5 5 156 23 39 0 0 15 20 17 23 40 6 3 2 7 9 61 .590 .750 31.2 12.2 8.0 1.2 0.6 0.4
7 Mychal Thompson 32 5 0 94 23 48 0 0 5 13 12 16 28 3 0 2 9 12 51 .479 .385 18.8 10.2 5.6 0.6 0.0 0.4
8 Kurt Rambis 28 5 0 68 5 7 0 0 14 16 4 18 22 3 2 2 5 12 24 .714 .875 13.6 4.8 4.4 0.6 0.4 0.4
9 Adrian Branch 23 3 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 1.000 2.3 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
10 Wes Matthews 27 3 0 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 5 0 3 .500 1.000 2.7 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.0
11 Mike Smrek 24 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .500 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 227 418 13 35 146 191 78 164 242 147 33 30 96 99 613 240.0 122.6 48.4 29.4 6.6 6.0

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 5 201 40 79 6 15 27 29 5 10 15 52 10 1 16 13 113 .506 .400 .931 40.2 22.6 3.0 10.4 2.0 0.2
2 Joe Barry Carroll 28 5 5 159 40 84 0 0 20 22 8 16 24 11 8 8 12 19 100 .476 .909 31.8 20.0 4.8 2.2 1.6 1.6
3 Terry Teagle 26 5 0 124 30 67 0 1 10 14 7 2 9 9 5 0 7 20 70 .448 .000 .714 24.8 14.0 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.0
4 Larry Smith 29 5 5 181 30 55 0 0 9 15 36 42 78 10 8 5 6 16 69 .545 .600 36.2 13.8 15.6 2.0 1.6 1.0
5 Chris Mullin 23 5 5 129 27 53 2 3 4 6 1 3 4 14 7 0 8 16 60 .509 .667 .667 25.8 12.0 0.8 2.8 1.4 0.0
6 Purvis Short 29 5 2 123 24 56 0 1 12 15 10 8 18 12 6 1 9 20 60 .429 .000 .800 24.6 12.0 3.6 2.4 1.2 0.2
7 Greg Ballard 32 5 0 79 14 23 2 5 0 0 6 8 14 12 5 0 2 8 30 .609 .400 15.8 6.0 2.8 2.4 1.0 0.0
8 Rod Higgins 27 5 3 77 9 28 1 1 2 2 3 9 12 8 4 3 0 6 21 .321 1.000 1.000 15.4 4.2 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.6
9 Jerome Whitehead 30 5 0 49 6 13 0 0 2 6 2 5 7 2 2 1 1 14 14 .462 .333 9.8 2.8 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2
10 Perry Moss 28 4 0 22 3 7 1 1 4 5 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 11 .429 1.000 .800 5.5 2.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.0
11 Chris Washburn 21 4 0 16 3 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 10 .600 1.000 4.0 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
12 Ben McDonald 24 4 0 40 1 9 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 9 2 0 0 7 2 .111 .000 10.0 0.5 1.3 2.3 0.5 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 227 479 12 29 94 118 81 108 189 144 59 19 66 141 560 240.0 112.0 37.8 28.8 11.8 3.8