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1988 NBA Western Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: James Worthy (22.0/7.4/4.4)

PTS Leader: James Worthy (506)
TRB Leader: Bill Laimbeer (221)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (303)
WS Leader: Magic Johnson (4.0)

4 Series

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

Denver Nuggets (3) vs. Seattle SuperSonics (2)

Game 1
SEA
DEN		123
126
Game 2
SEA
DEN		111
91
Game 3
DEN
SEA		125
114
Game 4
DEN
SEA		117
127
Game 5
SEA
DEN		96
115

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 34 5 5 195 46 111 0 1 20 25 14 12 26 14 3 1 4 14 112 .414 .000 .800 39.0 22.4 5.2 2.8 0.6 0.2
2 Jay Vincent 28 5 0 146 39 71 0 1 29 35 7 21 28 5 5 4 10 17 107 .549 .000 .829 29.2 21.4 5.6 1.0 1.0 0.8
3 Michael Adams 25 5 5 181 25 63 10 28 19 21 5 15 20 22 9 2 11 11 79 .397 .357 .905 36.2 15.8 4.0 4.4 1.8 0.4
4 Danny Schayes 28 5 5 126 19 34 0 0 40 47 11 17 28 6 1 5 6 19 78 .559 .851 25.2 15.6 5.6 1.2 0.2 1.0
5 Blair Rasmussen 25 5 5 111 25 41 0 0 12 13 12 15 27 0 0 6 3 11 62 .610 .923 22.2 12.4 5.4 0.0 0.0 1.2
6 Fat Lever 27 4 4 143 19 50 0 4 18 20 7 26 33 24 8 3 3 9 56 .380 .000 .900 35.8 14.0 8.3 6.0 2.0 0.8
7 Mike Evans 32 5 1 100 18 45 3 16 10 11 1 8 9 14 4 0 5 9 49 .400 .188 .909 20.0 9.8 1.8 2.8 0.8 0.0
8 Bill Hanzlik 30 5 0 92 5 21 0 3 9 13 6 10 16 9 2 4 9 14 19 .238 .000 .692 18.4 3.8 3.2 1.8 0.4 0.8
9 T.R. Dunn 32 5 0 87 2 3 0 0 1 2 6 5 11 2 3 0 3 10 5 .667 .500 17.4 1.0 2.2 0.4 0.6 0.0
10 Maurice Martin 23 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .500 .000 1.000 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Michael Brooks 29 3 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 Wayne Cooper 31 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 200 442 14 55 160 189 69 132 201 97 35 25 55 116 574 240.0 114.8 40.2 19.4 7.0 5.0

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 Tom Chambers 28 5 5 168 50 91 0 2 29 35 8 23 31 11 3 1 13 24 129 .549 .000 .829 33.6 25.8 6.2 2.2 0.6 0.2
2 Xavier McDaniel 24 5 5 180 45 81 4 8 12 24 14 34 48 25 3 1 11 15 106 .556 .500 .500 36.0 21.2 9.6 5.0 0.6 0.2
3 Dale Ellis 27 5 5 172 40 83 3 12 21 29 11 12 23 15 3 2 12 17 104 .482 .250 .724 34.4 20.8 4.6 3.0 0.6 0.4
4 Derrick McKey 21 5 0 109 24 38 2 6 10 17 7 13 20 8 3 5 5 12 60 .632 .333 .588 21.8 12.0 4.0 1.6 0.6 1.0
5 Nate McMillan 23 5 5 127 12 35 0 1 9 14 6 15 21 33 2 3 8 11 33 .343 .000 .643 25.4 6.6 4.2 6.6 0.4 0.6
6 Sedale Threatt 26 5 0 80 14 34 0 1 4 4 2 9 11 11 1 0 5 7 32 .412 .000 1.000 16.0 6.4 2.2 2.2 0.2 0.0
7 Danny Young 25 5 0 95 11 21 0 3 10 10 3 7 10 19 2 2 7 7 32 .524 .000 1.000 19.0 6.4 2.0 3.8 0.4 0.4
8 Alton Lister 29 5 5 77 12 17 0 0 4 5 9 20 29 5 1 5 4 17 28 .706 .800 15.4 5.6 5.8 1.0 0.2 1.0
9 Russ Schoene 27 5 0 39 7 12 2 4 0 0 1 6 7 2 1 0 2 8 16 .583 .500 7.8 3.2 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.0
10 Kevin Williams 26 5 0 70 7 16 0 2 0 0 6 2 8 9 3 0 4 15 14 .438 .000 14.0 2.8 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.0
11 Olden Polynice 23 5 0 44 5 11 0 0 0 2 2 6 8 0 3 0 1 6 10 .455 .000 8.8 2.0 1.6 0.0 0.6 0.0
12 Clemon Johnson 31 5 0 39 3 7 0 0 1 2 0 7 7 0 1 1 2 10 7 .429 .500 7.8 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.2
Team Totals 5 1200 230 446 11 39 100 142 69 154 223 138 26 20 74 149 571 240.0 114.2 44.6 27.6 5.2 4.0

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

Game 1
SAS
LAL		110
122
Game 2
SAS
LAL		112
130
Game 3
LAL
SAS		109
107

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 28 3 3 126 23 48 0 0 18 23 3 15 18 44 7 0 11 6 64 .479 .783 42.0 21.3 6.0 14.7 2.3 0.0
2 Mychal Thompson 33 3 0 96 27 43 0 0 8 15 14 25 39 1 4 6 7 7 62 .628 .533 32.0 20.7 13.0 0.3 1.3 2.0
3 James Worthy 26 3 3 106 23 41 0 1 10 12 5 11 16 18 4 2 12 8 56 .561 .000 .833 35.3 18.7 5.3 6.0 1.3 0.7
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 3 3 79 22 40 0 0 7 9 5 9 14 5 0 6 4 10 51 .550 .778 26.3 17.0 4.7 1.7 0.0 2.0
5 Byron Scott 26 3 3 83 14 27 2 3 7 8 4 6 10 6 6 0 12 12 37 .519 .667 .875 27.7 12.3 3.3 2.0 2.0 0.0
6 A.C. Green 24 3 0 74 13 24 0 0 10 13 5 9 14 2 1 3 5 5 36 .542 .769 24.7 12.0 4.7 0.7 0.3 1.0
7 Kurt Rambis 29 3 3 46 12 17 0 0 3 3 3 11 14 4 0 1 4 6 27 .706 1.000 15.3 9.0 4.7 1.3 0.0 0.3
8 Michael Cooper 31 3 0 86 6 13 2 4 3 3 0 12 12 13 2 2 3 7 17 .462 .500 1.000 28.7 5.7 4.0 4.3 0.7 0.7
9 Tony Campbell 25 3 0 24 4 8 0 0 3 4 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 4 11 .500 .750 8.0 3.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 144 261 4 8 69 90 39 102 141 95 25 20 58 65 361 240.0 120.3 47.0 31.7 8.3 6.7

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 Alvin Robertson 25 3 3 119 30 53 3 7 7 9 5 9 14 28 12 1 9 15 70 .566 .429 .778 39.7 23.3 4.7 9.3 4.0 0.3
2 Walter Berry 23 3 0 94 27 50 0 1 12 15 13 8 21 6 5 2 11 10 66 .540 .000 .800 31.3 22.0 7.0 2.0 1.7 0.7
3 Frank Brickowski 28 3 3 113 22 44 1 1 13 19 7 15 22 14 6 2 9 12 58 .500 1.000 .684 37.7 19.3 7.3 4.7 2.0 0.7
4 Greg Anderson 23 3 3 95 17 36 0 0 4 9 6 15 21 3 2 4 10 10 38 .472 .444 31.7 12.7 7.0 1.0 0.7 1.3
5 Jon Sundvold 26 3 3 90 15 30 3 9 2 3 1 3 4 15 4 0 3 3 35 .500 .333 .667 30.0 11.7 1.3 5.0 1.3 0.0
6 Mike Mitchell 32 3 3 74 13 37 0 0 5 6 6 9 15 4 1 1 5 5 31 .351 .833 24.7 10.3 5.0 1.3 0.3 0.3
7 Johnny Dawkins 24 3 0 53 6 23 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 2 15 .261 .000 .750 17.7 5.0 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.0
8 Kurt Nimphius 29 3 0 30 5 10 0 0 2 2 3 5 8 2 0 1 0 7 12 .500 1.000 10.0 4.0 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.3
9 Ed Nealy 27 2 0 36 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 4 1 0 1 6 4 .500 18.0 2.0 3.5 2.0 0.5 0.0
10 Petur Gudmundsson 29 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
11 Ricky Wilson 23 2 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 .000 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
12 Phil Zevenbergen 23 1 0 1 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
Team Totals 3 720 137 291 7 20 48 67 45 70 115 83 33 11 53 72 329 240.0 109.7 38.3 27.7 11.0 3.7

Utah Jazz (3) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1)

Game 1
UTA
POR		96
108
Game 2
UTA
POR		114
105
Game 3
POR
UTA		108
113
Game 4
POR
UTA		96
111

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 24 4 4 178 43 93 0 0 40 53 10 38 48 7 4 2 19 11 126 .462 .755 44.5 31.5 12.0 1.8 1.0 0.5
2 Thurl Bailey 26 4 0 168 43 85 0 0 27 34 9 15 24 11 1 10 8 10 113 .506 .794 42.0 28.3 6.0 2.8 0.3 2.5
3 John Stockton 25 4 4 166 20 39 2 6 38 46 5 16 21 48 9 1 22 16 80 .513 .333 .826 41.5 20.0 5.3 12.0 2.3 0.3
4 Bob Hansen 27 4 4 132 22 35 9 11 7 8 2 10 12 10 2 0 11 15 60 .629 .818 .875 33.0 15.0 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.0
5 Mark Eaton 31 4 4 166 10 21 0 0 2 7 6 31 37 6 6 12 7 21 22 .476 .286 41.5 5.5 9.3 1.5 1.5 3.0
6 Bart Kofoed 23 4 0 59 6 11 1 3 0 0 0 8 8 8 0 0 3 9 13 .545 .333 14.8 3.3 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
7 Marc Iavaroni 31 4 4 43 4 6 0 0 4 6 1 6 7 6 0 0 1 8 12 .667 .667 10.8 3.0 1.8 1.5 0.0 0.0
8 Melvin Turpin 27 4 0 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 4 .500 4.8 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0
9 Rickey Green 33 4 0 26 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 2 2 .200 6.5 0.5 0.0 1.5 0.3 0.0
10 Scott Roth 24 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
11 Eddie Hughes 27 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 152 301 12 21 118 154 33 125 158 102 24 29 74 97 434 240.0 108.5 39.5 25.5 6.0 7.3

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 Clyde Drexler 25 4 4 170 32 83 3 6 21 29 12 16 28 21 12 2 12 14 88 .386 .500 .724 42.5 22.0 7.0 5.3 3.0 0.5
2 Kevin Duckworth 23 4 4 151 34 70 0 1 18 23 20 24 44 7 1 2 21 14 86 .486 .000 .783 37.8 21.5 11.0 1.8 0.3 0.5
3 Jerome Kersey 25 4 4 127 32 65 0 1 15 21 17 13 30 9 7 4 5 17 79 .492 .000 .714 31.8 19.8 7.5 2.3 1.8 1.0
4 Terry Porter 24 4 4 149 29 52 1 3 9 13 4 10 14 28 10 0 13 13 68 .558 .333 .692 37.3 17.0 3.5 7.0 2.5 0.0
5 Richard Anderson 27 3 0 63 11 24 6 14 4 4 5 8 13 1 2 1 2 11 32 .458 .429 1.000 21.0 10.7 4.3 0.3 0.7 0.3
6 Kiki Vandeweghe 29 4 0 72 11 40 0 5 9 9 3 10 13 7 1 0 3 8 31 .275 .000 1.000 18.0 7.8 3.3 1.8 0.3 0.0
7 Caldwell Jones 37 4 4 98 6 16 0 0 1 2 4 13 17 1 2 8 2 17 13 .375 .500 24.5 3.3 4.3 0.3 0.5 2.0
8 Maurice Lucas 35 4 0 63 4 13 0 0 2 4 9 16 25 5 1 0 5 12 10 .308 .500 15.8 2.5 6.3 1.3 0.3 0.0
9 Mike Holton 26 4 0 34 3 13 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 6 2 0 1 6 6 .231 .000 8.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0
10 Jerry Sichting 31 4 0 31 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 4 4 .286 7.8 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.0
11 Charles Jones 26 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 164 384 10 31 79 105 76 116 192 90 39 17 64 116 417 240.0 104.3 48.0 22.5 9.8 4.3

Dallas Mavericks (3) vs. Houston Rockets (1)

Game 1
HOU
DAL		110
120
Game 2
HOU
DAL		119
108
Game 3
DAL
HOU		93
92
Game 4
DAL
HOU		107
97

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 28 4 4 125 31 65 3 8 18 25 12 12 24 12 5 1 9 14 83 .477 .375 .720 31.3 20.8 6.0 3.0 1.3 0.3
2 Roy Tarpley 23 4 0 123 30 51 0 0 10 17 13 30 43 6 6 4 7 21 70 .588 .588 30.8 17.5 10.8 1.5 1.5 1.0
3 Rolando Blackman 28 4 4 160 24 66 0 1 18 19 4 3 7 26 4 0 4 10 66 .364 .000 .947 40.0 16.5 1.8 6.5 1.0 0.0
4 Sam Perkins 26 4 4 146 23 49 0 3 12 17 13 17 30 7 6 5 11 11 58 .469 .000 .706 36.5 14.5 7.5 1.8 1.5 1.3
5 Brad Davis 32 4 0 72 14 21 1 3 13 13 0 7 7 13 1 4 8 7 42 .667 .333 1.000 18.0 10.5 1.8 3.3 0.3 1.0
6 James Donaldson 30 4 4 124 19 26 0 0 2 2 8 26 34 1 2 5 7 9 40 .731 1.000 31.0 10.0 8.5 0.3 0.5 1.3
7 Derek Harper 26 4 4 122 16 36 2 8 5 9 0 11 11 26 9 1 8 12 39 .444 .250 .556 30.5 9.8 2.8 6.5 2.3 0.3
8 Detlef Schrempf 25 4 0 87 11 23 0 0 8 10 6 9 15 8 3 4 7 8 30 .478 .800 21.8 7.5 3.8 2.0 0.8 1.0
9 Bill Wennington 24 1 0 1 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
Team Totals 4 960 168 337 6 23 86 112 56 115 171 99 36 24 61 92 428 240.0 107.0 42.8 24.8 9.0 6.0

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 25 4 4 162 56 98 0 1 38 43 20 47 67 7 9 11 9 14 150 .571 .000 .884 40.5 37.5 16.8 1.8 2.3 2.8
2 Sleepy Floyd 27 4 4 154 26 61 4 8 19 22 3 4 7 34 8 0 12 10 75 .426 .500 .864 38.5 18.8 1.8 8.5 2.0 0.0
3 Joe Barry Carroll 29 4 4 116 18 47 0 0 8 10 8 11 19 2 3 1 5 12 44 .383 .800 29.0 11.0 4.8 0.5 0.8 0.3
4 Robert Reid 32 4 4 114 15 33 3 7 2 3 3 12 15 8 2 0 3 13 35 .455 .429 .667 28.5 8.8 3.8 2.0 0.5 0.0
5 Rodney McCray 26 4 4 159 12 31 0 1 8 12 15 12 27 9 4 3 7 12 32 .387 .000 .667 39.8 8.0 6.8 2.3 1.0 0.8
6 Jim Petersen 25 4 0 98 12 23 0 0 7 12 7 14 21 6 1 2 4 11 31 .522 .583 24.5 7.8 5.3 1.5 0.3 0.5
7 Purvis Short 30 4 0 71 7 26 0 1 8 8 4 5 9 1 1 0 4 8 22 .269 .000 1.000 17.8 5.5 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
8 Allen Leavell 30 4 0 38 7 19 2 6 4 4 0 3 3 9 2 0 6 6 20 .368 .333 1.000 9.5 5.0 0.8 2.3 0.5 0.0
9 Buck Johnson 24 4 0 20 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 4 1 5 .667 .500 5.0 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
10 Lester Conner 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
11 Cedric Maxwell 32 4 0 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500 3.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 World B. Free 34 2 0 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 .000 .000 6.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 156 345 9 25 97 118 64 112 176 79 32 17 57 90 418 240.0 104.5 44.0 19.8 8.0 4.3