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1985-86 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Pat Riley (62-20)

Points Per Game: 117.3 (1st of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.5 (10th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 59-23 (3rd of 23)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 689,905 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 6.84 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.7 (10th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 113.3 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 105.8 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Dallas Mavericks
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus San Antonio Spurs

1985-86 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 16 University of California, Los Angeles
21 Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 April 15, 1956 7 University of New Mexico
45 A.C. Green F-C 6-9 220 October 4, 1963 R Oregon State University
34 Petur Gudmundsson C 7-2 260 October 30, 1958 1 University of Washington
23 Jerome Henderson C-F 6-11 230 October 5, 1959 R University of New Mexico
32 Magic Johnson G-F 6-8 215 August 14, 1959 6 Michigan State University
25 Mitch Kupchak F-C 6-9 230 May 24, 1954 8 University of North Carolina
12 Ronnie Lester G 6-2 175 January 1, 1959 5 University of Iowa
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 11 Marquette University
40 Mike McGee G-F 6-5 190 July 29, 1959 4 University of Michigan
43 Chuck Nevitt C 7-5 217 June 13, 1959 2 North Carolina State University
31 Kurt Rambis F 6-8 213 February 25, 1958 4 Santa Clara University
4 Byron Scott G 6-3 195 March 28, 1961 2 Arizona State University
35 Larry Spriggs F 6-7 230 September 8, 1959 4 Howard University
42 James Worthy F 6-9 225 February 27, 1961 3 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 19830 3834 7343 .522 138 409 .337 1812 2329 .778 1101 2555 3656 2433 693 419 1467 2031 9618 117.3
Opponent 82 19830 3577 7450 .480 51 247 .206 1778 2369 .751 1104 2226 3330 2235 792 359 1330 1992 8983 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 38 79 79 2629 755 1338 .564 0 2 .000 336 439 .765 133 345 478 280 67 130 203 248 1846
2 James Worthy 24 75 73 2454 629 1086 .579 0 13 .000 242 314 .771 136 251 387 201 82 77 149 195 1500
3 Magic Johnson 26 72 70 2578 483 918 .526 10 43 .233 378 434 .871 85 341 426 907 113 16 273 133 1354
4 Byron Scott 24 76 62 2190 507 989 .513 22 61 .361 138 176 .784 55 134 189 164 85 15 110 167 1174
5 Maurice Lucas 33 77 8 1750 302 653 .462 1 2 .500 180 230 .783 164 402 566 84 45 24 121 253 785
6 Michael Cooper 29 82 15 2269 274 606 .452 63 163 .387 147 170 .865 44 200 244 466 89 43 151 238 758
7 Mike McGee 26 71 19 1213 252 544 .463 41 114 .360 42 64 .656 51 89 140 83 53 7 70 131 587
8 A.C. Green 22 82 1 1542 209 388 .539 1 6 .167 102 167 .611 160 221 381 54 49 49 99 229 521
9 Kurt Rambis 27 74 74 1573 160 269 .595 0 0 88 122 .721 156 361 517 69 66 33 97 198 408
10 Mitch Kupchak 31 55 0 783 124 257 .482 0 1 .000 84 112 .750 69 122 191 17 12 7 64 102 332
11 Larry Spriggs 26 43 7 471 88 192 .458 0 1 .000 38 49 .776 28 53 81 49 18 9 54 78 214
12 Ronnie Lester 27 27 0 222 26 52 .500 0 3 .000 15 19 .789 0 10 10 54 9 3 42 27 67
13 Petur Gudmundsson 27 8 2 128 20 37 .541 0 0 18 27 .667 17 21 38 3 3 4 11 25 58
14 Chuck Nevitt 26 4 0 25 3 11 .273 0 0 4 6 .667 3 4 7 2 2 2 5 6 10
15 Jerome Henderson 26 1 0 3 2 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4

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 38 79 79 33.3 9.6 16.9 .564 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.6 .765 1.7 4.4 6.1 3.5 0.8 1.6 2.6 3.1 23.4
2 James Worthy 24 75 73 32.7 8.4 14.5 .579 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 4.2 .771 1.8 3.3 5.2 2.7 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.6 20.0
3 Magic Johnson 26 72 70 35.8 6.7 12.8 .526 0.1 0.6 .233 5.3 6.0 .871 1.2 4.7 5.9 12.6 1.6 0.2 3.8 1.8 18.8
4 Byron Scott 24 76 62 28.8 6.7 13.0 .513 0.3 0.8 .361 1.8 2.3 .784 0.7 1.8 2.5 2.2 1.1 0.2 1.4 2.2 15.4
5 Maurice Lucas 33 77 8 22.7 3.9 8.5 .462 0.0 0.0 .500 2.3 3.0 .783 2.1 5.2 7.4 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 3.3 10.2
6 Michael Cooper 29 82 15 27.7 3.3 7.4 .452 0.8 2.0 .387 1.8 2.1 .865 0.5 2.4 3.0 5.7 1.1 0.5 1.8 2.9 9.2
7 Mike McGee 26 71 19 17.1 3.5 7.7 .463 0.6 1.6 .360 0.6 0.9 .656 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.8 8.3
8 Petur Gudmundsson 27 8 2 16.0 2.5 4.6 .541 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.4 .667 2.1 2.6 4.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.4 3.1 7.3
9 A.C. Green 22 82 1 18.8 2.5 4.7 .539 0.0 0.1 .167 1.2 2.0 .611 2.0 2.7 4.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.2 2.8 6.4
10 Mitch Kupchak 31 55 0 14.2 2.3 4.7 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .750 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.9 6.0
11 Kurt Rambis 27 74 74 21.3 2.2 3.6 .595 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.6 .721 2.1 4.9 7.0 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.3 2.7 5.5
12 Larry Spriggs 26 43 7 11.0 2.0 4.5 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.1 .776 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.3 1.8 5.0
13 Jerome Henderson 26 1 0 3.0 2.0 3.0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.0
14 Chuck Nevitt 26 4 0 6.3 0.8 2.8 .273 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 1.5 2.5
15 Ronnie Lester 27 27 0 8.2 1.0 1.9 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.7 .789 0.0 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.3 0.1 1.6 1.0 2.5

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 Jerome Henderson 26 1 0 3 24.0 36.0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 48.0
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38 79 79 2629 10.3 18.3 .564 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.0 .765 1.8 4.7 6.5 3.8 0.9 1.8 2.8 3.4 25.3
3 James Worthy 24 75 73 2454 9.2 15.9 .579 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.6 .771 2.0 3.7 5.7 2.9 1.2 1.1 2.2 2.9 22.0
4 Byron Scott 24 76 62 2190 8.3 16.3 .513 0.4 1.0 .361 2.3 2.9 .784 0.9 2.2 3.1 2.7 1.4 0.2 1.8 2.7 19.3
5 Magic Johnson 26 72 70 2578 6.7 12.8 .526 0.1 0.6 .233 5.3 6.1 .871 1.2 4.8 5.9 12.7 1.6 0.2 3.8 1.9 18.9
6 Mike McGee 26 71 19 1213 7.5 16.1 .463 1.2 3.4 .360 1.2 1.9 .656 1.5 2.6 4.2 2.5 1.6 0.2 2.1 3.9 17.4
7 Larry Spriggs 26 43 7 471 6.7 14.7 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 2.9 3.7 .776 2.1 4.1 6.2 3.7 1.4 0.7 4.1 6.0 16.4
8 Petur Gudmundsson 27 8 2 128 5.6 10.4 .541 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.6 .667 4.8 5.9 10.7 0.8 0.8 1.1 3.1 7.0 16.3
9 Maurice Lucas 33 77 8 1750 6.2 13.4 .462 0.0 0.0 .500 3.7 4.7 .783 3.4 8.3 11.6 1.7 0.9 0.5 2.5 5.2 16.1
10 Mitch Kupchak 31 55 0 783 5.7 11.8 .482 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 5.1 .750 3.2 5.6 8.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 2.9 4.7 15.3
11 Chuck Nevitt 26 4 0 25 4.3 15.8 .273 0.0 0.0 5.8 8.6 .667 4.3 5.8 10.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 7.2 8.6 14.4
12 A.C. Green 22 82 1 1542 4.9 9.1 .539 0.0 0.1 .167 2.4 3.9 .611 3.7 5.2 8.9 1.3 1.1 1.1 2.3 5.3 12.2
13 Michael Cooper 29 82 15 2269 4.3 9.6 .452 1.0 2.6 .387 2.3 2.7 .865 0.7 3.2 3.9 7.4 1.4 0.7 2.4 3.8 12.0
14 Ronnie Lester 27 27 0 222 4.2 8.4 .500 0.0 0.5 .000 2.4 3.1 .789 0.0 1.6 1.6 8.8 1.5 0.5 6.8 4.4 10.9
15 Kurt Rambis 27 74 74 1573 3.7 6.2 .595 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.8 .721 3.6 8.3 11.8 1.6 1.5 0.8 2.2 4.5 9.3

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 26 72 2578 24.0 .610 .532 3.9 14.3 9.4 45.1 2.0 0.3 19.8 21.6 122 106 9.0 3.1 12.1
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38 79 2629 22.7 .603 .564 6.0 14.2 10.3 15.7 1.2 2.7 11.7 26.6 118 106 7.6 3.2 10.8
3 James Worthy 24 75 2454 20.4 .613 .579 6.6 11.1 9.0 11.5 1.6 1.7 10.9 22.6 120 107 6.7 2.7 9.5
4 Michael Cooper 29 82 2269 13.5 .557 .504 2.3 9.6 6.1 24.3 1.8 1.0 18.2 14.8 114 107 3.4 2.4 5.8
5 Byron Scott 24 76 2190 15.0 .550 .524 3.0 6.6 4.9 10.2 1.8 0.4 9.4 21.7 111 108 3.2 2.0 5.2
6 Kurt Rambis 27 74 1573 12.7 .632 .595 11.8 24.9 18.7 5.1 2.0 1.2 23.1 10.8 114 102 1.7 2.6 4.3
7 Maurice Lucas 33 77 1750 13.8 .520 .463 11.2 24.9 18.4 6.0 1.2 0.8 13.8 20.2 106 104 1.5 2.5 4.0
8 A.C. Green 22 82 1542 11.8 .564 .540 12.4 15.5 14.0 4.2 1.5 1.7 17.7 14.7 108 105 1.4 2.0 3.3
9 Mike McGee 26 71 1213 12.4 .513 .501 5.0 8.0 6.6 9.0 2.0 0.3 10.9 21.3 103 107 0.7 1.2 1.9
10 Mitch Kupchak 31 55 783 10.7 .542 .482 10.5 16.9 13.8 2.7 0.7 0.5 17.3 19.1 103 107 0.3 0.8 1.1
11 Petur Gudmundsson 27 8 128 13.9 .593 .541 15.8 17.8 16.9 2.9 1.1 1.7 18.4 18.9 111 105 0.2 0.2 0.3
12 Larry Spriggs 26 43 471 10.5 .501 .458 7.1 12.2 9.8 13.3 1.8 1.1 20.2 22.9 94 106 -0.3 0.6 0.3
13 Jerome Henderson 26 1 3 37.7 .667 .667 0.0 36.1 18.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.3 131 103 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Chuck Nevitt 26 4 25 5.4 .367 .273 14.3 17.3 15.9 9.4 3.7 4.4 26.8 30.1 72 98 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
15 Ronnie Lester 27 27 222 6.7 .555 .500 0.0 4.9 2.6 28.6 1.9 0.7 41.0 18.6 83 108 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

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 38 14 489 157 282 0 0 48 61 26 83 49 15 24 42 54 362 .557 .787 34.9 25.9 5.9 3.5
2 Magic Johnson 26 14 541 110 205 0 11 82 107 21 100 211 27 1 45 43 302 .537 .000 .766 38.6 21.6 7.1 15.1
3 James Worthy 24 14 539 121 217 0 4 32 47 22 65 45 16 10 36 43 274 .558 .000 .681 38.5 19.6 4.6 3.2
4 Byron Scott 24 14 470 90 181 6 17 38 42 15 55 42 19 2 30 38 224 .497 .353 .905 33.6 16.0 3.9 3.0
5 Michael Cooper 29 14 421 54 115 19 41 9 11 16 46 68 18 4 21 24 136 .470 .463 .818 30.1 9.7 3.3 4.9
6 Maurice Lucas 33 14 319 59 112 0 0 14 19 29 91 10 6 5 13 53 132 .527 .737 22.8 9.4 6.5 0.7
7 Kurt Rambis 27 14 267 27 45 0 0 13 18 26 83 14 10 7 18 39 67 .600 .722 19.1 4.8 5.9 1.0
8 Petur Gudmundsson 27 12 111 16 27 0 2 10 15 8 26 3 3 4 10 23 42 .593 .000 .667 9.3 3.5 2.2 0.3
9 A.C. Green 22 9 106 9 17 0 0 4 9 3 16 0 1 3 4 13 22 .529 .444 11.8 2.4 1.8 0.0
10 Mitch Kupchak 31 5 56 8 15 0 0 4 6 5 15 2 2 0 3 6 20 .533 .667 11.2 4.0 3.0 0.4
11 Larry Spriggs 26 3 13 5 6 0 0 10 10 1 7 2 1 0 0 0 20 .833 1.000 4.3 6.7 2.3 0.7
12 Mike McGee 26 6 28 8 18 0 3 0 4 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 16 .444 .000 .000 4.7 2.7 0.8 0.3

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 26 14 541 25.6 .599 .537 4.9 16.5 11.1 49.7 2.4 0.1 15.1 22.8 128 107 2.2 0.8 3.0
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38 14 489 21.2 .586 .557 6.8 13.2 10.2 15.0 1.5 2.8 12.0 29.8 113 107 0.9 0.7 1.6
3 James Worthy 24 14 539 14.4 .576 .558 5.2 9.0 7.2 10.9 1.4 1.1 13.2 21.1 111 110 0.6 0.6 1.1
4 Michael Cooper 29 14 421 13.1 .567 .552 4.8 8.1 6.5 18.8 2.1 0.5 14.9 13.9 118 109 0.6 0.5 1.1
5 Byron Scott 24 14 470 13.5 .561 .514 4.1 9.6 7.0 11.2 1.9 0.2 13.1 20.3 111 109 0.5 0.5 1.0
6 Maurice Lucas 33 14 319 12.8 .548 .527 11.6 22.0 17.1 3.9 0.9 0.9 9.7 17.3 113 107 0.4 0.4 0.8
7 Kurt Rambis 27 14 267 11.6 .633 .600 12.4 24.2 18.6 5.9 1.8 1.5 25.4 11.0 112 105 0.2 0.5 0.6
8 Larry Spriggs 26 3 13 70.9 .962 .833 9.8 52.3 32.3 25.5 3.7 0.0 0.0 33.2 207 95 0.2 0.0 0.3
9 Petur Gudmundsson 27 12 111 10.3 .625 .593 9.2 18.4 14.0 3.2 1.3 2.1 22.9 16.3 104 107 0.0 0.2 0.2
10 A.C. Green 22 9 106 4.7 .525 .529 3.6 13.9 9.0 0.0 0.5 1.6 16.0 9.8 94 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Mitch Kupchak 31 5 56 12.3 .567 .533 11.4 20.2 16.1 4.2 1.7 0.0 14.5 15.3 112 107 0.1 0.1 0.1
12 Mike McGee 26 6 28 7.9 .405 .444 13.6 8.1 10.7 10.2 0.0 0.0 9.2 32.2 86 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Magic Johnson $2,500,000
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar $2,030,000
3 Mitch Kupchak $1,150,000
4 James Worthy $550,000
5 Maurice Lucas $475,000
6 Kurt Rambis $450,000
7 Byron Scott $420,000
8 Michael Cooper $366,000
9 Mike McGee $275,000
10 Larry Spriggs $135,000
11 A.C. Green $128,750
12 Ronnie Lester $100,000
13 Chuck Nevitt $70,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)