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1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Pat Riley (58-24)

Points Per Game: 115.0 (2nd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.5 (12th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 23)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 648,244 (1st of 23)

SRS: 5.06 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.8 (10th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.5 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.2 (13th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers

1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7-2 225 April 16, 1947 13 University of California, Los Angeles
35 Billy Ray Bates G 6-4 210 May 31, 1956 3 Kentucky State University
35 Joe Cooper C-F 6-10 230 September 1, 1957 1 University of Colorado
21 Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 April 15, 1956 4 University of New Mexico
34 Clay Johnson G 6-4 175 July 18, 1956 1 University of Missouri
32 Magic Johnson G-F 6-8 215 August 14, 1959 3 Michigan State University
13 Dwight Jones F-C 6-10 210 February 27, 1952 9 University of Houston
15 Eddie Jordan G 6-1 170 January 29, 1955 5 Rutgers University
54 Mark Landsberger F-C 6-8 215 May 21, 1955 5 Arizona State University
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 10 University of North Carolina
40 Mike McGee G-F 6-5 190 July 29, 1959 1 University of Michigan
50 Steve Mix F 6-7 215 December 30, 1947 12 University of Toledo
10 Norm Nixon G 6-2 170 October 11, 1955 5 Duquesne University
31 Kurt Rambis F 6-8 213 February 25, 1958 1 Santa Clara University
52 Jamaal Wilkes F-G 6-6 190 May 2, 1953 8 University of California, Los Angeles
42 James Worthy F 6-9 225 February 27, 1961 R University of North Carolina

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19730 3964 7512 .528 10 96 .104 1495 2031 .736 1235 2433 3668 2519 844 479 1584 1931 9433 115.0
Opponent 82 19730 3734 7617 .490 55 212 .259 1455 2008 .725 1294 2166 3460 2389 766 380 1562 1863 8978 109.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 79 79 2554 722 1228 .588 0 2 .000 278 371 .749 167 425 592 200 61 170 200 220 1722
2 Jamaal Wilkes 29 80 80 2552 684 1290 .530 0 6 .000 203 268 .757 146 197 343 182 65 17 150 221 1571
3 Magic Johnson 23 79 79 2907 511 933 .548 0 21 .000 304 380 .800 214 469 683 829 176 47 301 200 1326
4 Norm Nixon 27 79 79 2711 533 1123 .475 0 13 .000 125 168 .744 61 144 205 566 104 4 237 176 1191
5 James Worthy 21 77 1 1970 447 772 .579 1 4 .250 138 221 .624 157 242 399 132 91 64 178 221 1033
6 Bob McAdoo 31 47 1 1019 292 562 .520 0 1 .000 119 163 .730 76 171 247 39 40 40 68 153 703
7 Michael Cooper 26 82 3 2148 266 497 .535 5 21 .238 102 130 .785 82 192 274 315 115 50 128 208 639
8 Kurt Rambis 24 78 77 1806 235 413 .569 0 2 .000 114 166 .687 164 367 531 90 105 63 145 233 584
9 Mike McGee 23 39 7 381 69 163 .423 1 7 .143 17 23 .739 33 20 53 26 11 5 27 50 156
10 Dwight Jones 30 32 0 491 62 132 .470 0 1 .000 32 48 .667 28 86 114 22 13 9 35 82 156
11 Clay Johnson 26 48 0 447 53 135 .393 0 2 .000 38 48 .792 40 29 69 24 22 4 25 62 144
12 Mark Landsberger 27 39 4 356 43 102 .422 0 0 12 25 .480 55 73 128 12 8 4 20 48 98
13 Eddie Jordan 28 35 0 333 40 132 .303 3 16 .188 11 17 .647 8 18 26 80 31 1 54 52 94
14 Steve Mix 35 1 0 17 4 10 .400 0 0 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 9
15 Billy Ray Bates 26 4 0 27 2 16 .125 0 0 1 2 .500 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
16 Joe Cooper 25 2 0 11 1 4 .250 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 2

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 79 79 32.3 9.1 15.5 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.7 .749 2.1 5.4 7.5 2.5 0.8 2.2 2.5 2.8 21.8
2 Jamaal Wilkes 29 80 80 31.9 8.6 16.1 .530 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 3.4 .757 1.8 2.5 4.3 2.3 0.8 0.2 1.9 2.8 19.6
3 Magic Johnson 23 79 79 36.8 6.5 11.8 .548 0.0 0.3 .000 3.8 4.8 .800 2.7 5.9 8.6 10.5 2.2 0.6 3.8 2.5 16.8
4 Norm Nixon 27 79 79 34.3 6.7 14.2 .475 0.0 0.2 .000 1.6 2.1 .744 0.8 1.8 2.6 7.2 1.3 0.1 3.0 2.2 15.1
5 Bob McAdoo 31 47 1 21.7 6.2 12.0 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.5 .730 1.6 3.6 5.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.4 3.3 15.0
6 James Worthy 21 77 1 25.6 5.8 10.0 .579 0.0 0.1 .250 1.8 2.9 .624 2.0 3.1 5.2 1.7 1.2 0.8 2.3 2.9 13.4
7 Steve Mix 35 1 0 17.0 4.0 10.0 .400 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 9.0
8 Michael Cooper 26 82 3 26.2 3.2 6.1 .535 0.1 0.3 .238 1.2 1.6 .785 1.0 2.3 3.3 3.8 1.4 0.6 1.6 2.5 7.8
9 Kurt Rambis 24 78 77 23.2 3.0 5.3 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .687 2.1 4.7 6.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.9 3.0 7.5
10 Dwight Jones 30 32 0 15.3 1.9 4.1 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .667 0.9 2.7 3.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.1 2.6 4.9
11 Mike McGee 23 39 7 9.8 1.8 4.2 .423 0.0 0.2 .143 0.4 0.6 .739 0.8 0.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.3 4.0
12 Clay Johnson 26 48 0 9.3 1.1 2.8 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.0 .792 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.3 3.0
13 Eddie Jordan 28 35 0 9.5 1.1 3.8 .303 0.1 0.5 .188 0.3 0.5 .647 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.3 0.9 0.0 1.5 1.5 2.7
14 Mark Landsberger 27 39 4 9.1 1.1 2.6 .422 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 .480 1.4 1.9 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.2 2.5
15 Billy Ray Bates 26 4 0 6.8 0.5 4.0 .125 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .500 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.3
16 Joe Cooper 25 2 0 5.5 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bob McAdoo 31 47 1 1019 10.3 19.9 .520 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.8 .730 2.7 6.0 8.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.4 5.4 24.8
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 79 79 2554 10.2 17.3 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.2 .749 2.4 6.0 8.3 2.8 0.9 2.4 2.8 3.1 24.3
3 Jamaal Wilkes 29 80 80 2552 9.6 18.2 .530 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.8 .757 2.1 2.8 4.8 2.6 0.9 0.2 2.1 3.1 22.2
4 Steve Mix 35 1 0 17 8.5 21.2 .400 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.000 2.1 0.0 2.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 19.1
5 James Worthy 21 77 1 1970 8.2 14.1 .579 0.0 0.1 .250 2.5 4.0 .624 2.9 4.4 7.3 2.4 1.7 1.2 3.3 4.0 18.9
6 Magic Johnson 23 79 79 2907 6.3 11.6 .548 0.0 0.3 .000 3.8 4.7 .800 2.7 5.8 8.5 10.3 2.2 0.6 3.7 2.5 16.4
7 Norm Nixon 27 79 79 2711 7.1 14.9 .475 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.2 .744 0.8 1.9 2.7 7.5 1.4 0.1 3.1 2.3 15.8
8 Mike McGee 23 39 7 381 6.5 15.4 .423 0.1 0.7 .143 1.6 2.2 .739 3.1 1.9 5.0 2.5 1.0 0.5 2.6 4.7 14.7
9 Kurt Rambis 24 78 77 1806 4.7 8.2 .569 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.3 .687 3.3 7.3 10.6 1.8 2.1 1.3 2.9 4.6 11.6
10 Clay Johnson 26 48 0 447 4.3 10.9 .393 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 3.9 .792 3.2 2.3 5.6 1.9 1.8 0.3 2.0 5.0 11.6
11 Dwight Jones 30 32 0 491 4.5 9.7 .470 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.5 .667 2.1 6.3 8.4 1.6 1.0 0.7 2.6 6.0 11.4
12 Michael Cooper 26 82 3 2148 4.5 8.3 .535 0.1 0.4 .238 1.7 2.2 .785 1.4 3.2 4.6 5.3 1.9 0.8 2.1 3.5 10.7
13 Eddie Jordan 28 35 0 333 4.3 14.3 .303 0.3 1.7 .188 1.2 1.8 .647 0.9 1.9 2.8 8.6 3.4 0.1 5.8 5.6 10.2
14 Mark Landsberger 27 39 4 356 4.3 10.3 .422 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.5 .480 5.6 7.4 12.9 1.2 0.8 0.4 2.0 4.9 9.9
15 Billy Ray Bates 26 4 0 27 2.7 21.3 .125 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 .500 1.3 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 6.7
16 Joe Cooper 25 2 0 11 3.3 13.1 .250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.0 6.5 0.0 3.3 3.3 9.8 9.8 6.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Magic Johnson 23 79 2907 23.0 .603 .548 8.5 17.1 13.0 34.4 2.8 0.9 21.5 19.0 119 103 8.8 3.8 12.5
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 79 2554 23.6 .619 .588 7.6 17.6 12.8 10.8 1.1 3.5 12.6 24.6 118 104 8.0 2.9 10.9
3 Jamaal Wilkes 29 80 2552 17.6 .558 .530 6.6 8.2 7.4 9.7 1.2 0.4 9.6 24.1 114 109 6.1 1.3 7.4
4 Michael Cooper 26 82 2148 13.5 .577 .540 4.4 9.5 7.1 16.7 2.5 1.2 18.8 12.5 114 105 3.1 2.1 5.2
5 James Worthy 21 77 1970 17.4 .594 .580 9.2 13.0 11.2 8.6 2.1 1.7 17.0 21.0 109 105 3.0 2.1 5.1
6 Kurt Rambis 24 78 1806 14.1 .601 .569 10.5 21.5 16.3 5.7 2.7 1.9 23.0 13.8 106 101 1.6 2.8 4.3
7 Norm Nixon 27 79 2711 13.9 .498 .475 2.6 5.6 4.2 25.8 1.8 0.1 16.5 20.9 103 109 2.5 1.4 3.9
8 Bob McAdoo 31 47 1019 20.6 .555 .520 8.7 17.8 13.4 5.3 1.8 2.1 9.7 27.2 111 103 2.3 1.2 3.5
9 Clay Johnson 26 48 447 9.4 .461 .393 10.4 6.9 8.5 6.1 2.3 0.5 13.8 16.0 101 107 0.2 0.3 0.6
10 Dwight Jones 30 32 491 8.8 .509 .470 6.6 18.5 12.9 5.1 1.2 1.0 18.6 15.1 97 105 0.0 0.5 0.5
11 Mark Landsberger 27 39 356 10.2 .434 .422 17.9 21.7 19.9 3.8 1.0 0.6 15.0 14.8 99 105 0.1 0.4 0.4
12 Mike McGee 23 39 381 9.4 .451 .426 10.0 5.6 7.7 8.3 1.3 0.7 13.5 20.7 96 109 0.0 0.2 0.2
13 Steve Mix 35 1 17 13.2 .431 .400 6.8 0.0 3.3 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.3 111 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Joe Cooper 25 2 11 -5.7 .250 .250 21.1 0.0 10.1 0.0 4.2 4.8 42.9 25.1 46 102 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Billy Ray Bates 26 4 27 -7.3 .148 .125 4.3 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 24.7 44 111 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
16 Eddie Jordan 28 35 333 5.2 .337 .314 2.8 5.7 4.3 27.2 4.3 0.2 27.9 23.0 72 103 -1.2 0.4 -0.8

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 15 588 163 287 0 1 80 106 25 115 42 17 55 50 61 406 .568 .000 .755 39.2 27.1 7.7 2.8
2 Jamaal Wilkes 29 15 589 136 273 0 2 27 44 42 90 51 20 11 33 51 299 .498 .000 .614 39.3 19.9 6.0 3.4
3 Magic Johnson 23 15 643 100 206 0 11 68 81 51 128 192 34 12 64 49 268 .485 .000 .840 42.9 17.9 8.5 12.8
4 Norm Nixon 27 14 538 113 237 3 7 37 50 13 48 90 18 1 34 40 266 .477 .429 .740 38.4 19.0 3.4 6.4
5 Michael Cooper 26 15 453 53 114 1 7 34 41 12 59 44 26 6 23 54 141 .465 .143 .829 30.2 9.4 3.9 2.9
6 Kurt Rambis 24 15 377 45 79 0 0 23 35 27 90 19 13 16 23 51 113 .570 .657 25.1 7.5 6.0 1.3
7 Bob McAdoo 31 8 166 37 84 2 6 11 14 15 46 5 11 10 10 23 87 .440 .333 .786 20.8 10.9 5.8 0.6
8 Mark Landsberger 27 11 141 12 28 0 1 2 4 19 44 3 0 2 6 24 26 .429 .000 .500 12.8 2.4 4.0 0.3
9 Mike McGee 23 6 25 4 11 1 1 3 4 5 7 1 0 0 4 5 12 .364 1.000 .750 4.2 2.0 1.2 0.2
10 Dwight Jones 30 7 59 5 16 0 0 2 5 4 12 0 1 0 5 11 12 .313 .400 8.4 1.7 1.7 0.0
11 Clay Johnson 26 7 20 4 7 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 3 8 .571 .000 2.9 1.1 0.6 0.1
12 Steve Mix 35 8 26 2 5 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 .400 1.000 3.3 0.9 0.1 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Magic Johnson 23 15 643 20.6 .555 .485 8.9 12.9 11.0 38.6 2.5 1.0 20.9 19.4 114 107 1.5 0.6 2.1
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 35 15 588 22.8 .608 .568 4.8 16.5 10.8 10.9 1.4 5.1 13.0 26.6 114 105 1.4 0.7 2.1
3 Jamaal Wilkes 29 15 589 15.2 .511 .498 8.0 8.8 8.4 12.4 1.6 1.0 10.1 22.5 106 110 0.6 0.3 1.0
4 Norm Nixon 27 14 538 15.0 .514 .483 2.7 7.0 4.9 23.2 1.6 0.1 11.6 22.2 107 111 0.7 0.2 0.9
5 Michael Cooper 26 15 453 11.4 .534 .469 3.0 11.2 7.2 12.0 2.7 0.7 14.8 14.0 107 107 0.4 0.4 0.8
6 Kurt Rambis 24 15 377 12.2 .599 .570 8.0 18.1 13.1 6.2 1.6 2.3 19.6 12.7 109 106 0.3 0.4 0.7
7 Bob McAdoo 31 8 166 16.9 .482 .452 10.1 20.2 15.3 4.3 3.2 3.3 10.0 24.6 100 101 0.0 0.3 0.3
8 Mark Landsberger 27 11 141 6.5 .437 .429 15.1 19.2 17.2 2.5 0.0 0.8 16.8 10.3 99 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Mike McGee 23 6 25 7.1 .470 .409 22.4 8.6 15.4 5.2 0.0 0.0 23.9 27.3 89 113 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Steve Mix 35 8 26 3.8 .554 .400 0.0 4.2 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 128 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Clay Johnson 26 7 20 13.8 .571 .571 11.2 10.8 11.0 6.9 2.4 0.0 12.5 16.3 112 108 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Dwight Jones 30 7 59 -0.9 .330 .313 7.6 14.7 11.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 21.6 16.0 64 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Magic Johnson *$1,500,000
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar *$1,265,000
3 Bob McAdoo *$724,000
4 Norm Nixon *$444,800
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)