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1987-88 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)

1987-88 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 112.8 (5th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.0 (11th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (2nd of 23)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 714,477 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 4.81 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.1 (11th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 113.1 (2nd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.3 (9th of 23)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Dallas Mavericks
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Utah Jazz
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus San Antonio Spurs

1987-88 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 18 University of California, Los Angeles
19 Tony Campbell F-G 6-7 215 May 7, 1962 3 Ohio State University
21 Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 April 15, 1956 9 University of New Mexico
45 A.C. Green F-C 6-9 220 October 4, 1963 2 Oregon State University
32 Magic Johnson G-F 6-8 215 August 14, 1959 8 Michigan State University
3 Jeff Lamp F-G 6-6 195 March 9, 1959 4 University of Virginia
1 Wes Matthews G 6-1 170 August 24, 1959 7 University of Wisconsin
31 Kurt Rambis F 6-8 213 February 25, 1958 6 Santa Clara University
4 Byron Scott G 6-3 195 March 28, 1961 4 Arizona State University
52 Mike Smrek C 7-0 250 August 31, 1962 2 Canisius College
55 Billy Thompson F 6-7 195 December 1, 1963 1 University of Louisville
43 Mychal Thompson C-F 6-10 226 January 30, 1955 8 University of Minnesota
34 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 September 10, 1958 3 Indiana University
20 Milt Wagner G 6-5 185 February 20, 1963 R University of Louisville
42 James Worthy F 6-9 225 February 27, 1961 5 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 19805 3576 7078 .505 142 478 .297 1956 2480 .789 1073 2491 3564 2347 672 404 1318 1715 9250 112.8
Opponent 82 19805 3551 7467 .476 131 439 .298 1538 2020 .761 1175 2249 3424 2200 732 390 1246 1940 8771 107.0

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 Byron Scott 26 81 81 3048 710 1348 .527 62 179 .346 272 317 .858 76 257 333 335 155 27 161 204 1754
2 James Worthy 26 75 72 2655 617 1161 .531 2 16 .125 242 304 .796 129 245 374 289 72 55 155 175 1478
3 Magic Johnson 28 72 70 2637 490 996 .492 11 56 .196 417 489 .853 88 361 449 858 114 13 269 147 1408
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 80 80 2308 480 903 .532 0 1 .000 205 269 .762 118 360 478 135 48 92 159 216 1165
5 A.C. Green 24 82 64 2636 322 640 .503 0 2 .000 293 379 .773 245 465 710 93 87 45 120 204 937
6 Mychal Thompson 33 80 0 2007 370 722 .512 0 3 .000 185 292 .634 198 291 489 66 38 79 113 251 925
7 Michael Cooper 31 61 8 1793 189 482 .392 57 178 .320 97 113 .858 50 178 228 289 66 26 101 136 532
8 Wes Matthews 28 51 8 706 114 248 .460 7 30 .233 54 65 .831 16 50 66 138 25 3 69 65 289
9 Kurt Rambis 29 70 20 845 102 186 .548 0 0 73 93 .785 103 165 268 54 39 13 59 103 277
10 Milt Wagner 24 40 4 380 62 147 .422 2 10 .200 26 29 .897 4 24 28 61 6 4 22 42 152
11 Tony Campbell 25 13 1 242 57 101 .564 1 3 .333 28 39 .718 8 19 27 15 11 2 26 41 143
12 Mike Smrek 25 48 2 421 44 103 .427 0 0 44 66 .667 27 58 85 8 7 42 30 105 132
13 Ray Tolbert 29 14 0 82 16 28 .571 0 0 10 13 .769 9 11 20 5 3 3 11 14 42
14 Billy Thompson 24 9 0 38 3 13 .231 0 0 8 10 .800 2 7 9 1 1 0 6 11 14
15 Jeff Lamp 28 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 Byron Scott 26 81 81 37.6 8.8 16.6 .527 0.8 2.2 .346 3.4 3.9 .858 0.9 3.2 4.1 4.1 1.9 0.3 2.0 2.5 21.7
2 James Worthy 26 75 72 35.4 8.2 15.5 .531 0.0 0.2 .125 3.2 4.1 .796 1.7 3.3 5.0 3.9 1.0 0.7 2.1 2.3 19.7
3 Magic Johnson 28 72 70 36.6 6.8 13.8 .492 0.2 0.8 .196 5.8 6.8 .853 1.2 5.0 6.2 11.9 1.6 0.2 3.7 2.0 19.6
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 80 80 28.9 6.0 11.3 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.4 .762 1.5 4.5 6.0 1.7 0.6 1.2 2.0 2.7 14.6
5 Mychal Thompson 33 80 0 25.1 4.6 9.0 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.7 .634 2.5 3.6 6.1 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.4 3.1 11.6
6 A.C. Green 24 82 64 32.1 3.9 7.8 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 3.6 4.6 .773 3.0 5.7 8.7 1.1 1.1 0.5 1.5 2.5 11.4
7 Tony Campbell 25 13 1 18.6 4.4 7.8 .564 0.1 0.2 .333 2.2 3.0 .718 0.6 1.5 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.2 2.0 3.2 11.0
8 Michael Cooper 31 61 8 29.4 3.1 7.9 .392 0.9 2.9 .320 1.6 1.9 .858 0.8 2.9 3.7 4.7 1.1 0.4 1.7 2.2 8.7
9 Wes Matthews 28 51 8 13.8 2.2 4.9 .460 0.1 0.6 .233 1.1 1.3 .831 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.7 0.5 0.1 1.4 1.3 5.7
10 Kurt Rambis 29 70 20 12.1 1.5 2.7 .548 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.3 .785 1.5 2.4 3.8 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.8 1.5 4.0
11 Milt Wagner 24 40 4 9.5 1.6 3.7 .422 0.1 0.3 .200 0.7 0.7 .897 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.1 3.8
12 Ray Tolbert 29 14 0 5.9 1.1 2.0 .571 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.9 .769 0.6 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.0 3.0
13 Mike Smrek 25 48 2 8.8 0.9 2.1 .427 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .667 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.6 2.2 2.8
14 Billy Thompson 24 9 0 4.2 0.3 1.4 .231 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.1 .800 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.7 1.2 1.6
15 Jeff Lamp 28 3 0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7

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 Tony Campbell 25 13 1 242 8.5 15.0 .564 0.1 0.4 .333 4.2 5.8 .718 1.2 2.8 4.0 2.2 1.6 0.3 3.9 6.1 21.3
2 Byron Scott 26 81 81 3048 8.4 15.9 .527 0.7 2.1 .346 3.2 3.7 .858 0.9 3.0 3.9 4.0 1.8 0.3 1.9 2.4 20.7
3 James Worthy 26 75 72 2655 8.4 15.7 .531 0.0 0.2 .125 3.3 4.1 .796 1.7 3.3 5.1 3.9 1.0 0.7 2.1 2.4 20.0
4 Magic Johnson 28 72 70 2637 6.7 13.6 .492 0.2 0.8 .196 5.7 6.7 .853 1.2 4.9 6.1 11.7 1.6 0.2 3.7 2.0 19.2
5 Ray Tolbert 29 14 0 82 7.0 12.3 .571 0.0 0.0 4.4 5.7 .769 4.0 4.8 8.8 2.2 1.3 1.3 4.8 6.1 18.4
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 80 80 2308 7.5 14.1 .532 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.2 .762 1.8 5.6 7.5 2.1 0.7 1.4 2.5 3.4 18.2
7 Mychal Thompson 33 80 0 2007 6.6 13.0 .512 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 5.2 .634 3.6 5.2 8.8 1.2 0.7 1.4 2.0 4.5 16.6
8 Wes Matthews 28 51 8 706 5.8 12.6 .460 0.4 1.5 .233 2.8 3.3 .831 0.8 2.5 3.4 7.0 1.3 0.2 3.5 3.3 14.7
9 Milt Wagner 24 40 4 380 5.9 13.9 .422 0.2 0.9 .200 2.5 2.7 .897 0.4 2.3 2.7 5.8 0.6 0.4 2.1 4.0 14.4
10 Billy Thompson 24 9 0 38 2.8 12.3 .231 0.0 0.0 7.6 9.5 .800 1.9 6.6 8.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 5.7 10.4 13.3
11 A.C. Green 24 82 64 2636 4.4 8.7 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 4.0 5.2 .773 3.3 6.4 9.7 1.3 1.2 0.6 1.6 2.8 12.8
12 Kurt Rambis 29 70 20 845 4.3 7.9 .548 0.0 0.0 3.1 4.0 .785 4.4 7.0 11.4 2.3 1.7 0.6 2.5 4.4 11.8
13 Mike Smrek 25 48 2 421 3.8 8.8 .427 0.0 0.0 3.8 5.6 .667 2.3 5.0 7.3 0.7 0.6 3.6 2.6 9.0 11.3
14 Michael Cooper 31 61 8 1793 3.8 9.7 .392 1.1 3.6 .320 1.9 2.3 .858 1.0 3.6 4.6 5.8 1.3 0.5 2.0 2.7 10.7
15 Jeff Lamp 28 3 0 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 10.3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 10.3

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 28 72 2637 23.1 .581 .497 4.0 14.8 9.7 45.4 2.1 0.3 18.2 23.4 118 107 7.8 3.1 10.9
2 Byron Scott 26 81 3048 19.2 .590 .550 3.0 9.1 6.2 16.4 2.5 0.5 9.8 22.6 118 108 7.4 3.3 10.7
3 James Worthy 26 75 2655 18.2 .571 .532 5.8 10.0 8.0 16.2 1.3 1.2 10.7 22.8 115 109 5.5 2.4 7.9
4 A.C. Green 24 82 2636 14.5 .581 .503 11.1 19.1 15.3 4.5 1.6 1.0 12.9 14.7 119 106 4.5 3.4 7.9
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 80 2308 15.8 .570 .532 6.1 16.9 11.7 8.4 1.0 2.2 13.5 21.4 109 107 2.6 2.7 5.3
6 Mychal Thompson 33 80 2007 14.6 .544 .512 11.8 15.7 13.8 4.6 0.9 2.2 11.7 20.0 110 107 2.4 2.3 4.6
7 Michael Cooper 31 61 1793 11.6 .500 .451 3.3 10.7 7.2 20.2 1.8 0.8 16.0 14.7 107 108 1.3 1.8 3.1
8 Kurt Rambis 29 70 845 15.0 .610 .548 14.5 21.1 18.0 8.2 2.2 0.9 20.6 14.1 116 104 1.3 1.3 2.6
9 Wes Matthews 28 51 706 12.4 .522 .474 2.7 7.7 5.3 26.4 1.7 0.2 20.0 20.4 102 110 0.2 0.6 0.8
10 Tony Campbell 25 13 242 14.2 .605 .569 3.9 8.5 6.3 9.3 2.2 0.5 18.0 24.9 104 108 0.2 0.2 0.4
11 Milt Wagner 24 40 380 10.4 .476 .429 1.3 6.8 4.2 21.7 0.8 0.6 12.1 20.0 102 112 0.1 0.2 0.4
12 Mike Smrek 25 48 421 7.7 .500 .427 7.6 14.9 11.4 2.4 0.8 5.6 18.5 16.1 95 105 -0.2 0.6 0.4
13 Ray Tolbert 29 14 82 15.1 .623 .571 13.1 14.5 13.8 8.6 1.8 2.1 24.6 22.8 104 106 0.0 0.1 0.2
14 Jeff Lamp 28 3 7 9.2 1.136 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 250 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Billy Thompson 24 9 38 -0.8 .402 .231 6.3 19.9 13.4 3.2 1.3 0.0 25.6 25.7 73 107 -0.2 0.0 -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 26 24 896 204 390 1 9 97 128 53 139 106 33 19 55 58 506 .523 .111 .758 37.3 21.1 5.8 4.4
2 Magic Johnson 28 24 965 169 329 7 14 132 155 32 130 303 34 4 83 61 477 .514 .500 .852 40.2 19.9 5.4 12.6
3 Byron Scott 26 24 897 178 357 24 55 90 104 26 100 60 34 5 47 65 470 .499 .436 .865 37.4 19.6 4.2 2.5
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 24 718 141 304 0 2 56 71 49 131 36 15 37 46 81 338 .464 .000 .789 29.9 14.1 5.5 1.5
5 A.C. Green 24 24 726 92 169 0 0 55 73 57 175 20 11 12 26 61 239 .544 .753 30.3 10.0 7.3 0.8
6 Mychal Thompson 33 24 615 98 191 0 0 36 62 63 170 12 17 21 33 70 232 .513 .581 25.6 9.7 7.1 0.5
7 Michael Cooper 31 24 588 54 131 25 62 20 27 15 58 66 19 9 21 57 153 .412 .403 .741 24.5 6.4 2.4 2.8
8 Kurt Rambis 29 19 186 21 34 0 0 9 13 13 51 9 5 2 8 28 51 .618 .692 9.8 2.7 2.7 0.5
9 Tony Campbell 25 15 94 18 42 0 1 11 16 4 10 5 3 0 5 16 47 .429 .000 .688 6.3 3.1 0.7 0.3
10 Wes Matthews 28 10 27 2 5 0 1 8 10 0 1 2 1 0 3 4 12 .400 .000 .800 2.7 1.2 0.1 0.2
11 Milt Wagner 24 5 14 2 5 0 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 3 6 .400 .000 1.000 2.8 1.2 0.4 0.6
12 Mike Smrek 25 8 34 1 5 0 0 1 3 1 6 0 1 3 2 4 3 .200 .333 4.3 0.4 0.8 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 28 24 965 22.9 .600 .524 4.1 11.5 8.0 46.5 1.8 0.2 17.3 22.1 124 112 3.2 0.8 4.0
2 James Worthy 26 24 896 20.3 .567 .524 7.3 10.9 9.2 19.0 1.9 1.3 11.0 24.9 117 111 1.9 0.8 2.8
3 Byron Scott 26 24 897 16.5 .583 .532 3.6 9.4 6.6 10.3 2.0 0.3 10.5 22.3 116 112 1.6 0.7 2.3
4 A.C. Green 24 24 726 13.3 .594 .544 9.7 18.4 14.2 3.8 0.8 1.0 11.4 13.9 121 111 1.1 0.7 1.8
5 Mychal Thompson 33 24 615 13.8 .531 .513 12.6 19.7 16.3 2.8 1.4 2.1 13.1 18.2 107 109 0.3 0.8 1.1
6 Michael Cooper 31 24 588 10.2 .535 .508 3.1 8.3 5.8 14.8 1.7 0.9 12.8 12.4 114 113 0.6 0.4 1.0
7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 24 718 13.8 .504 .464 8.4 12.9 10.8 7.7 1.1 3.1 12.1 23.6 103 111 0.1 0.7 0.8
8 Kurt Rambis 29 19 186 12.3 .642 .618 8.6 23.2 16.2 6.6 1.4 0.6 16.8 11.4 121 108 0.3 0.2 0.5
9 Milt Wagner 24 5 14 17.7 .510 .400 0.0 16.2 8.4 30.3 0.0 4.3 0.0 18.7 132 111 0.0 0.0 0.1
10 Wes Matthews 28 10 27 9.8 .638 .400 0.0 4.2 2.2 9.5 1.9 0.0 24.2 20.4 108 114 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Tony Campbell 25 15 94 10.3 .479 .429 5.2 7.2 6.3 8.1 1.7 0.0 9.3 25.6 101 114 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 Mike Smrek 25 8 34 1.4 .237 .200 3.6 16.7 10.4 0.0 1.5 5.3 24.0 10.9 48 107 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Michael Cooper $6,765,000
2 Magic Johnson $2,500,000
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar $2,000,000
4 James Worthy $1,100,000
5 Mychal Thompson $712,000
6 Byron Scott $600,000
7 Kurt Rambis $525,000
8 Billy Thompson $230,000
9 A.C. Green $218,750
10 Mike Smrek $200,000
11 Wes Matthews $120,000
12 Tony Campbell $75,000
13 Jeff Lamp $75,000
14 Milt Wagner $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)