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1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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65-17, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Pat Riley (65-17)

1986-87 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 117.8 (2nd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 108.5 (12th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 62-20 (1st of 23)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 681,707 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 8.32 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.6 (10th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 115.6 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.5 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus Seattle Supersonics
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Golden State Warriors
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Denver Nuggets

1986-87 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 17 University of California, Los Angeles
24 Adrian Branch F-G 6-7 185 November 17, 1963 R University of Maryland
43 Frank Brickowski F-C 6-9 240 August 14, 1959 2 Pennsylvania State University
21 Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 April 15, 1956 8 University of New Mexico
45 A.C. Green F-C 6-9 220 October 4, 1963 1 Oregon State University
32 Magic Johnson G-F 6-8 215 August 14, 1959 7 Michigan State University
1 Wes Matthews G 6-1 170 August 24, 1959 6 University of Wisconsin
31 Kurt Rambis F 6-8 213 February 25, 1958 5 Santa Clara University
4 Byron Scott G 6-3 195 March 28, 1961 3 Arizona State University
52 Mike Smrek C 7-0 250 August 31, 1962 1 Canisius College
55 Billy Thompson F 6-7 195 December 1, 1963 R University of Louisville
43 Mychal Thompson C-F 6-10 226 January 30, 1955 7 University of Minnesota
42 James Worthy F 6-9 225 February 27, 1961 4 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 3740 7245 .516 164 447 .367 2012 2550 .789 1127 2515 3642 2428 728 482 1358 1853 9656 117.8
Opponent 82 19730 3520 7531 .467 122 431 .283 1731 2265 .764 1280 2174 3454 2212 721 404 1370 2004 8893 108.5

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 Magic Johnson 27 80 80 2904 683 1308 .522 8 39 .205 535 631 .848 122 382 504 977 138 36 300 168 1909
2 James Worthy 25 82 82 2819 651 1207 .539 0 13 .000 292 389 .751 158 308 466 226 108 83 168 206 1594
3 Byron Scott 25 82 82 2729 554 1134 .489 65 149 .436 224 251 .892 63 223 286 281 125 18 144 163 1397
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 78 78 2441 560 993 .564 1 3 .333 245 343 .714 152 371 523 203 49 97 186 245 1366
5 Michael Cooper 30 82 2 2253 322 736 .438 89 231 .385 126 148 .851 58 196 254 373 78 43 102 199 859
6 A.C. Green 23 79 72 2240 316 587 .538 0 5 .000 220 282 .780 210 405 615 84 70 80 102 171 852
7 Kurt Rambis 28 78 10 1514 163 313 .521 0 0 120 157 .764 159 294 453 63 74 41 104 201 446
8 Mychal Thompson 32 33 1 680 129 269 .480 0 1 .000 75 101 .743 47 89 136 28 14 30 57 85 333
9 Billy Thompson 23 59 0 762 142 261 .544 0 1 .000 48 74 .649 69 102 171 60 15 30 61 148 332
10 Wes Matthews 27 50 0 532 89 187 .476 1 3 .333 29 36 .806 13 34 47 100 23 4 51 53 208
11 Frank Brickowski 27 37 0 404 53 94 .564 0 0 40 59 .678 40 57 97 12 14 4 25 105 146
12 Adrian Branch 23 32 0 219 48 96 .500 0 2 .000 42 54 .778 23 30 53 16 16 3 24 39 138
13 Mike Smrek 24 35 3 233 30 60 .500 0 0 16 25 .640 13 24 37 5 4 13 19 70 76

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 Magic Johnson 27 80 80 36.3 8.5 16.4 .522 0.1 0.5 .205 6.7 7.9 .848 1.5 4.8 6.3 12.2 1.7 0.5 3.8 2.1 23.9
2 James Worthy 25 82 82 34.4 7.9 14.7 .539 0.0 0.2 .000 3.6 4.7 .751 1.9 3.8 5.7 2.8 1.3 1.0 2.0 2.5 19.4
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 78 78 31.3 7.2 12.7 .564 0.0 0.0 .333 3.1 4.4 .714 1.9 4.8 6.7 2.6 0.6 1.2 2.4 3.1 17.5
4 Byron Scott 25 82 82 33.3 6.8 13.8 .489 0.8 1.8 .436 2.7 3.1 .892 0.8 2.7 3.5 3.4 1.5 0.2 1.8 2.0 17.0
5 A.C. Green 23 79 72 28.4 4.0 7.4 .538 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.6 .780 2.7 5.1 7.8 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.2 10.8
6 Michael Cooper 30 82 2 27.5 3.9 9.0 .438 1.1 2.8 .385 1.5 1.8 .851 0.7 2.4 3.1 4.5 1.0 0.5 1.2 2.4 10.5
7 Mychal Thompson 32 33 1 20.6 3.9 8.2 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.1 .743 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.7 2.6 10.1
8 Kurt Rambis 28 78 10 19.4 2.1 4.0 .521 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.0 .764 2.0 3.8 5.8 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.3 2.6 5.7
9 Billy Thompson 23 59 0 12.9 2.4 4.4 .544 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.3 .649 1.2 1.7 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.5 1.0 2.5 5.6
10 Adrian Branch 23 32 0 6.8 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 1.7 .778 0.7 0.9 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.2 4.3
11 Wes Matthews 27 50 0 10.6 1.8 3.7 .476 0.0 0.1 .333 0.6 0.7 .806 0.3 0.7 0.9 2.0 0.5 0.1 1.0 1.1 4.2
12 Frank Brickowski 27 37 0 10.9 1.4 2.5 .564 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.6 .678 1.1 1.5 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 2.8 3.9
13 Mike Smrek 24 35 3 6.7 0.9 1.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 .640 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 2.0 2.2

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 Magic Johnson 27 80 80 2904 8.5 16.2 .522 0.1 0.5 .205 6.6 7.8 .848 1.5 4.7 6.2 12.1 1.7 0.4 3.7 2.1 23.7
2 Adrian Branch 23 32 0 219 7.9 15.8 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 6.9 8.9 .778 3.8 4.9 8.7 2.6 2.6 0.5 3.9 6.4 22.7
3 James Worthy 25 82 82 2819 8.3 15.4 .539 0.0 0.2 .000 3.7 5.0 .751 2.0 3.9 6.0 2.9 1.4 1.1 2.1 2.6 20.4
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 78 78 2441 8.3 14.6 .564 0.0 0.0 .333 3.6 5.1 .714 2.2 5.5 7.7 3.0 0.7 1.4 2.7 3.6 20.1
5 Byron Scott 25 82 82 2729 7.3 15.0 .489 0.9 2.0 .436 3.0 3.3 .892 0.8 2.9 3.8 3.7 1.6 0.2 1.9 2.2 18.4
6 Mychal Thompson 32 33 1 680 6.8 14.2 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 5.3 .743 2.5 4.7 7.2 1.5 0.7 1.6 3.0 4.5 17.6
7 Billy Thompson 23 59 0 762 6.7 12.3 .544 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.5 .649 3.3 4.8 8.1 2.8 0.7 1.4 2.9 7.0 15.7
8 Wes Matthews 27 50 0 532 6.0 12.7 .476 0.1 0.2 .333 2.0 2.4 .806 0.9 2.3 3.2 6.8 1.6 0.3 3.5 3.6 14.1
9 A.C. Green 23 79 72 2240 5.1 9.4 .538 0.0 0.1 .000 3.5 4.5 .780 3.4 6.5 9.9 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.7 13.7
10 Michael Cooper 30 82 2 2253 5.1 11.8 .438 1.4 3.7 .385 2.0 2.4 .851 0.9 3.1 4.1 6.0 1.2 0.7 1.6 3.2 13.7
11 Frank Brickowski 27 37 0 404 4.7 8.4 .564 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.3 .678 3.6 5.1 8.6 1.1 1.2 0.4 2.2 9.4 13.0
12 Mike Smrek 24 35 3 233 4.6 9.3 .500 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.9 .640 2.0 3.7 5.7 0.8 0.6 2.0 2.9 10.8 11.7
13 Kurt Rambis 28 78 10 1514 3.9 7.4 .521 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.7 .764 3.8 7.0 10.8 1.5 1.8 1.0 2.5 4.8 10.6

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 27 80 2904 27.0 .602 .525 5.0 13.7 9.7 47.2 2.2 0.7 15.9 26.3 124 106 12.1 3.8 15.9
2 James Worthy 25 82 2819 18.4 .578 .539 6.7 11.4 9.2 11.2 1.8 1.6 10.9 22.3 116 107 5.9 3.4 9.3
3 Byron Scott 25 82 2729 16.0 .561 .517 2.8 8.5 5.8 13.8 2.2 0.4 10.4 20.6 115 108 4.8 2.9 7.7
4 A.C. Green 23 79 2240 15.7 .599 .538 11.2 18.8 15.3 4.6 1.5 2.0 12.5 14.7 122 105 4.3 3.3 7.6
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 78 2441 17.9 .597 .564 7.4 15.8 11.9 11.6 0.9 2.2 14.0 22.1 114 107 4.5 3.0 7.5
6 Michael Cooper 30 82 2253 14.0 .536 .498 3.1 9.0 6.3 20.6 1.6 1.1 11.3 16.3 117 108 3.8 2.3 6.1
7 Kurt Rambis 28 78 1514 12.6 .584 .521 12.6 20.2 16.6 5.0 2.3 1.5 21.4 13.0 110 103 1.3 2.6 3.9
8 Billy Thompson 23 59 762 12.8 .565 .544 10.8 13.9 12.5 10.3 0.9 2.2 17.2 18.9 108 107 0.7 0.9 1.6
9 Frank Brickowski 27 37 404 10.2 .609 .564 11.8 14.7 13.4 3.6 1.6 0.6 17.2 14.6 115 106 0.6 0.5 1.1
10 Mychal Thompson 32 33 680 12.6 .531 .480 8.3 13.6 11.1 5.4 1.0 2.5 15.4 22.1 102 107 0.2 0.8 1.0
11 Adrian Branch 23 32 219 18.8 .576 .500 12.6 14.2 13.5 10.0 3.5 0.8 16.7 26.6 110 103 0.4 0.4 0.7
12 Wes Matthews 27 50 532 11.7 .513 .479 2.9 6.6 4.9 24.1 2.0 0.4 20.1 19.4 101 109 0.1 0.5 0.6
13 Mike Smrek 24 35 233 5.0 .535 .500 6.7 10.7 8.8 2.6 0.8 3.1 21.1 15.7 94 108 -0.1 0.3 0.1

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 James Worthy 25 18 681 176 298 0 2 73 97 31 101 63 28 22 40 42 425 .591 .000 .753 37.8 23.6 5.6 3.5
2 Magic Johnson 27 18 666 146 271 2 10 98 118 28 139 219 31 7 51 37 392 .539 .200 .831 37.0 21.8 7.7 12.2
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 18 559 124 234 0 1 97 122 39 123 36 8 35 40 56 345 .530 .000 .795 31.1 19.2 6.8 2.0
4 Byron Scott 25 18 608 103 210 7 34 53 67 20 62 57 19 4 25 52 266 .490 .206 .791 33.8 14.8 3.4 3.2
5 Michael Cooper 30 18 522 77 159 34 70 46 54 8 59 90 25 14 37 46 234 .484 .486 .852 29.0 13.0 3.3 5.0
6 A.C. Green 23 18 505 71 130 0 0 65 87 54 142 11 9 8 17 47 207 .546 .747 28.1 11.5 7.9 0.6
7 Mychal Thompson 32 18 401 62 137 0 0 34 50 29 88 9 7 17 16 50 158 .453 .680 22.3 8.8 4.9 0.5
8 Kurt Rambis 28 17 215 24 41 0 0 31 34 16 67 9 8 3 13 42 79 .585 .912 12.6 4.6 3.9 0.5
9 Wes Matthews 27 12 61 11 23 0 1 6 7 0 4 9 1 0 13 9 28 .478 .000 .857 5.1 2.3 0.3 0.8
10 Adrian Branch 23 11 42 4 21 0 1 6 12 3 10 5 2 0 5 10 14 .190 .000 .500 3.8 1.3 0.9 0.5
11 Billy Thompson 23 3 27 6 11 0 0 2 2 3 6 2 4 0 0 2 14 .545 1.000 9.0 4.7 2.0 0.7
12 Mike Smrek 24 10 33 2 10 0 0 4 6 3 7 0 0 6 1 15 8 .200 .667 3.3 0.8 0.7 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 27 18 666 26.2 .607 .542 5.2 17.0 11.7 46.1 2.2 0.6 13.6 23.1 129 107 2.6 1.1 3.7
2 James Worthy 25 18 681 21.0 .624 .591 5.7 10.5 8.3 13.7 2.0 1.8 10.5 23.0 123 109 1.7 1.0 2.7
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39 18 559 19.4 .600 .530 8.7 15.3 12.3 9.1 0.7 3.5 12.2 24.2 119 108 1.2 0.8 2.0
4 A.C. Green 23 18 505 15.4 .615 .546 13.3 17.7 15.7 2.7 0.9 0.9 9.2 15.1 130 109 1.2 0.7 1.9
5 Michael Cooper 30 18 522 16.7 .640 .591 1.9 9.9 6.3 22.0 2.3 1.5 16.8 17.4 123 108 1.0 0.8 1.8
6 Byron Scott 25 18 608 13.0 .555 .507 4.1 7.0 5.7 12.3 1.5 0.4 9.5 17.9 117 112 0.9 0.7 1.5
7 Kurt Rambis 28 17 215 14.1 .706 .585 9.3 24.1 17.4 5.1 1.8 0.8 18.9 13.2 129 105 0.4 0.4 0.8
8 Mychal Thompson 32 18 401 11.1 .497 .453 9.0 15.0 12.3 2.9 0.8 2.3 9.1 18.0 107 109 0.1 0.6 0.7
9 Billy Thompson 23 3 27 25.8 .589 .545 13.8 11.3 12.4 10.4 7.1 0.0 0.0 18.1 140 99 0.1 0.1 0.2
10 Mike Smrek 24 10 33 2.1 .316 .200 11.3 12.3 11.9 0.0 0.0 10.1 7.3 17.0 83 105 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Wes Matthews 27 12 61 3.7 .537 .478 0.0 6.7 3.7 19.6 0.8 0.0 33.3 26.4 81 113 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
12 Adrian Branch 23 11 42 -1.9 .266 .190 8.9 17.0 13.3 14.2 2.3 0.0 16.0 30.7 66 107 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Michael Cooper *$3,565,500
2 Magic Johnson *$2,500,000
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar *$2,015,000
4 James Worthy *$825,000
5 Mychal Thompson *$653,500
6 Byron Scott *$510,000
7 Kurt Rambis *$487,500
8 Frank Brickowski *$181,667
9 A.C. Green *$173,750
10 Mike Smrek *$167,500
11 Wes Matthews *$102,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)