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1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers

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62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1987-88 NBA Champions

Scored 112.8 points per game, Allowed 107.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 56-26)
Coached by Pat Riley (62-20)

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

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 Statistics / Schedule / Game Log / Splits / Starting Lineups

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

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G 6-3 195 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 F 6-9 225 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 G-F 6-8 215 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 C 7-2 225 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 F-C 6-9 220 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 C-F 6-10 226 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 G-F 6-5 170 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 G 6-1 170 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 F 6-8 213 29 70 20 845 102 186 .548 0 0 73 93 .785 103 165 268 54 39 13 59 103 277
10 Milt Wagner G 6-5 185 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 C 7-0 250 25 48 2 421 44 103 .427 0 0 44 66 .667 27 58 85 8 7 42 30 105 132
13 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 29 14 0 82 16 28 .571 0 0 10 13 .769 9 11 20 5 3 3 11 14 42
14 Billy Thompson F 6-7 195 24 9 0 38 3 13 .231 0 0 8 10 .800 2 7 9 1 1 0 6 11 14
15 Jeff Lamp F-G 6-6 195 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 G 6-3 195 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 F 6-9 225 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 G-F 6-8 215 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 C 7-2 225 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 C-F 6-10 226 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 F-C 6-9 220 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 G-F 6-5 170 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 G 6-1 170 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 F 6-8 213 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 G 6-5 185 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 F 6-9 225 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 C 7-0 250 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 F 6-7 195 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 F-G 6-6 195 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 G 6-3 195 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 F 6-9 225 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 G-F 6-8 215 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 F 6-9 225 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 C 7-2 225 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 C-F 6-10 226 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 G 6-1 170 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 G 6-5 185 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 F 6-7 195 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 F-C 6-9 220 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 F 6-8 213 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 C 7-0 250 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 G-F 6-5 170 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 F-G 6-6 195 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 Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Byron Scott G 6-3 195 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 24.4 11.3 36 7 14.5
2 Magic Johnson G-F 6-8 215 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 25.8 10.7 36 5 15.5
3 A.C. Green F-C 6-9 220 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 14.9 11.7 27 5 11.0
4 James Worthy F 6-9 225 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 18.3 8.1 26 8 9.0
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7-2 225 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 8.6 9.4 18 9 4.5
6 Mychal Thompson C-F 6-10 226 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 7.8 7.7 16 7 4.5
7 Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 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 4.2 6.2 10 7 1.5
8 Kurt Rambis F 6-8 213 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 4.3 4.4 9 1 4.0
9 Wes Matthews G 6-1 170 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 0.7 2.0 3 5 -1.0
10 Mike Smrek C 7-0 250 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 0.0 2.0 2 2 0.0
11 Ray Tolbert F 6-9 225 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 0.2 0.4 1 0 0.5
12 Milt Wagner G 6-5 185 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 0.4 0.8 1 2 -0.5
13 Tony Campbell F-G 6-7 215 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 0.5 0.9 1 1 0.0
14 Billy Thompson F 6-7 195 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 0.0 0.2 0 1 -0.5
15 Jeff Lamp F-G 6-6 195 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 0.1 0.0 0 0 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-9 225 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 G-F 6-8 215 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 G 6-3 195 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 C 7-2 225 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 F-C 6-9 220 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 C-F 6-10 226 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 G-F 6-5 170 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 F 6-8 213 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 G 6-1 170 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 G 6-5 185 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 C 7-0 250 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

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 (*)