Magic Johnson 1988-89 Advanced Game Log

Earvin Johnson Jr. ▪ Twitter: MagicJohnson

(Magic, Buck, E.J. the Deejay, Tragic, The Magic Man, Junior)

Position: Point Guard, Shooting Guard, and Power Forward ▪ Shoots: Right

6-9, 215lb (206cm, 97kg)

Born: August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan us

College: Michigan State

High School: Everett in Lansing, Michigan

Draft: Los Angeles Lakers, 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1979 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 12, 1979

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2002 (Full List)

Career Length: 13 years

Hall of Fame
12x All Star
4x AST Champ
2x STL Champ
5x NBA Champ
10x All-NBA
1979-80 All-Rookie
3x Finals MVP
3x MVP
2x AS MVP
NBA 75th Anniv. Team

SUMMARY

Career

906

PTS

19.5

TRB

7.2

AST

11.2

FG%

52.0

FG3%

30.3

FT%

84.8

eFG%

53.3

PER

24.1

155.8

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1988-89 Regular Season

1988-89 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
1	1	1988-11-04	29-082	LAL	@	DAL	W (+3)	1	37:00	.803	.750	0.0	18.1	10.1	58.7	2.8	0.0	27.7	21.7	134	115	23.0	10.5
2	2	1988-11-05	29-083	LAL	@	SAS	L (-15)	1	42:00	.541	.400	2.6	17.8	10.3	49.8	1.0	0.0	17.1	21.9	115	110	20.9	3.2
3	3	1988-11-08	29-086	LAL	@	GSW	W (+12)	1	38:00	.652	.625	5.6	12.6	9.3	70.2	2.3	0.0	19.2	21.6	126	93	27.1	13.1
4	4	1988-11-09	29-087	LAL		DEN	W (+18)	1	38:00	.615	.583	0.0	13.5	8.9	55.6	0.0	0.0	21.5	19.7	123	105	21.5	3.3
5	5	1988-11-11	29-089	LAL		SEA	W (+11)	1	37:00	.583	.556	3.3	16.5	11.4	58.4	2.4	1.4	24.1	14.0	123	92	19.9	8.2
6	6	1988-11-15	29-093	LAL	@	DEN	W (+2)	1	41:00	.666	.607	0.0	13.1	7.5	45.2	3.2	1.2	36.3	24.0	99	111	18.5	1.7
7	7	1988-11-17	29-095	LAL	@	SEA	L (-3)	1	41:00	.652	.429	2.9	20.7	12.7	26.0	1.1	0.0	15.7	24.0	132	98	23.2	9.4
8	8	1988-11-18	29-096	LAL		POR	W (+1)	1	40:00	.607	.471	3.0	13.6	8.6	33.3	4.9	1.3	15.7	26.8	120	100	25.7	10.7
9	9	1988-11-22	29-100	LAL	@	NYK	W (+12)	1	42:00	.593	.500	2.5	26.7	14.9	42.8	7.0	0.0	19.2	24.2	121	84	29.3	15.5
10	10	1988-11-23	29-101	LAL	@	MIA	W (+47)	1	26:00	.731	.500	0.0	12.7	8.3	60.0	0.0	0.0	34.7	19.0	133	96	17.7	8.1
11	11	1988-11-26	29-104	LAL	@	DET	L (-3)	1	32:00	.492	.444	12.2	15.6	13.9	44.4	0.0	0.0	31.8	36.7	85	110	9.7	-1.8
12	12	1988-11-28	29-106	LAL	@	PHI	W (+5)	1	42:00	.584	.543	2.3	22.9	12.6	70.8	2.1	0.0	20.3	34.2	109	97	31.8	11.9
13	13	1988-11-30	29-108	LAL		SEA	W (+4)	1	38:00	.736	.643	6.8	22.1	14.8	51.4	2.7	1.6	9.9	36.1	147	108	39.5	21.9
14	14	1988-12-02	29-110	LAL		UTA	W (+21)	1	38:00	.683	.667	10.5	19.8	15.3	57.6	4.0	0.0	19.4	16.1	138	93	26.7	15.4
15	15	1988-12-04	29-112	LAL		WSB	W (+7)	1	46:00	.778	.719	3.1	17.9	11.2	58.8	4.4	0.0	17.7	21.9	143	103	36.5	18.1
16	16	1988-12-06	29-114	LAL	@	LAC	W (+9)	1	41:00	.600	.438	5.9	15.3	10.9	74.9	2.4	0.0	16.1	24.5	135	101	31.7	15.3
17	17	1988-12-07	29-115	LAL		PHO	W (+14)	1	32:00	.786	.722	3.4	25.4	16.5	67.5	0.0	1.3	24.9	19.6	143	99	26.8	14.7
18	18	1988-12-10	29-118	LAL	@	IND	W (+7)	1	41:00	.513	.360	3.1	24.4	15.0	59.8	0.0	0.0	18.3	39.0	105	106	21.9	0.5
19	19	1988-12-11	29-119	LAL	@	MIL	L (-1)	1	41:00	.533	.444	3.3	13.8	8.5	44.9	2.7	0.0	32.6	18.7	99	109	13.2	1.5
20	20	1988-12-13	29-121	LAL	@	CLE	W (+9)	1	42:00	.662	.632	3.4	26.2	16.7	47.3	1.2	1.4	11.4	27.8	134	99	31.1	12.4
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
21	21	1988-12-14	29-122	LAL	@	NJN	L (-5)	1	45:00	.705	.650	0.0	23.6	11.3	38.3	3.4	0.0	10.8	27.5	136	108	34.0	13.2
22	22	1988-12-16	29-124	LAL	@	BOS	L (-14)	1	36:00	.566	.478	2.8	6.2	4.4	50.9	0.0	0.0	6.8	34.8	123	122	21.5	11.1
23	23	1988-12-18	29-126	LAL	@	WSB	L (-5)	1	37:00	.674	.571	0.0	20.5	10.4	26.7	0.0	1.6	29.3	16.6	112	123	12.2	-1.3
24	24	1988-12-20	29-128	LAL	@	CHI	L (-13)	1	41:00	.706	.611	0.0	10.9	5.7	53.8	3.7	0.0	8.3	26.5	145	120	32.2	16.3
25	25	1988-12-23	29-131	LAL		SAC	W (+18)	1	33:00	.729	.633	3.8	7.1	5.5	64.3	2.9	0.0	9.7	26.2	151	104	31.5	19.5
26	26	1988-12-25	29-133	LAL	@	UTA	L (-14)	1	40:00	.531	.346	2.9	14.5	8.1	42.6	3.9	0.0	15.0	23.3	110	107	18.6	8.2
27	27	1988-12-26	29-134	LAL	@	PHO	L (-15)	1	40:00	.661	.607	2.4	16.4	9.0	35.0	1.2	0.0	23.1	21.7	111	109	17.9	4.9
28	28	1988-12-28	29-136	LAL		PHI	W (+5)	1	39:00	.670	.600	10.0	23.9	16.9	65.3	2.4	0.0	20.5	25.7	128	116	30.5	10.9
29	29	1988-12-30	29-138	LAL		LAC	W (+15)	1	39:00	.564	.417	5.4	15.4	10.5	49.7	4.7	0.0	9.0	32.2	130	99	34.8	14.9
30	30	1989-01-03	29-142	LAL	@	SEA	L (-10)	1	41:00	.444	.333	3.2	17.1	10.5	31.6	3.4	0.0	25.5	19.7	88	110	11.4	-0.1
31	31	1989-01-04	29-143	LAL		POR	W (+13)	1	37:00	.694	.500	0.0	7.8	4.4	44.4	3.6	0.0	23.6	18.5	133	110	22.9	7.5
32	32	1989-01-06	29-145	LAL		MIA	W (+32)	1	29:00	.701	.538	4.2	16.6	10.5	52.9	3.5	2.0	5.3	29.9	154	89	30.0	19.1
33	33	1989-01-08	29-147	LAL		SAS	W (+30)	1	37:00	.617	.611	7.0	15.0	11.7	54.4	0.0	0.0	27.8	19.8	119	96	18.6	4.8
34	34	1989-01-10	29-149	LAL	@	SAC	L (-9)	1	40:00	.586	.529	4.5	14.4	9.3	47.7	1.2	0.0	24.2	24.8	106	106	19.9	4.9
35	35	1989-01-13	29-152	LAL		CLE	W (+21)	1	36:00	.724	.643	3.9	8.7	7.0	44.0	0.0	1.5	18.2	25.8	131	95	24.5	11.4
36	36	1989-01-15	29-154	LAL	@	LAC	W (+21)	1	40:00	.724	.654	3.5	28.2	15.9	37.5	3.7	0.0	28.3	22.4	123	95	23.8	7.9
37	37	1989-01-16	29-155	LAL		HOU	W (+11)	1	42:00	.581	.500	13.7	20.4	18.3	51.2	0.0	0.0	17.0	19.1	139	117	24.5	6.0
38	38	1989-01-18	29-157	LAL		LAC	W (+21)	1	38:00	.552	.500	0.0	13.1	7.0	44.2	1.2	0.0	25.9	23.7	105	91	16.4	1.3
39	39	1989-01-20	29-159	LAL		DAL	W (+16)	1	36:00	.764	.706	10.0	13.9	12.1	60.3	2.7	0.0	13.3	27.0	147	100	31.6	18.8
40	40	1989-01-24	29-163	LAL		NYK	L (-5)	1	43:00	.662	.588	14.0	19.7	16.6	33.3	5.9	1.4	9.2	21.3	147	121	34.4	14.9
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
41	41	1989-01-27	29-166	LAL		CHH	W (+17)	1	31:00	.370	.286	4.2	25.3	16.8	36.2	3.1	0.0	15.6	24.9	97	90	12.8	0.0
42	42	1989-01-29	29-168	LAL	@	DAL	W (+25)	1	40:00	.733	.682	0.0	8.9	5.2	28.6	1.3	2.9	18.0	17.2	143	101	20.0	9.5
43	43	1989-01-31	29-170	LAL	@	HOU	W (+11)	1	34:00	.559	.462	0.0	33.8	20.7	39.3	1.4	0.0	24.8	25.1	111	110	15.4	-0.9
44	44	1989-02-01	29-171	LAL	@	PHO	L (-17)	1	38:00	.435	.313	8.1	27.7	17.2	34.8	2.6	0.0	17.0	26.6	96	111	14.9	1.9
45	45	1989-02-03	29-173	LAL		POR	W (+11)	1	33:00	.783	.733	6.8	23.6	14.5	28.1	1.3	0.0	17.8	24.5	142	116	27.5	10.3
46	46	1989-02-05	29-175	LAL		NJN	W (+18)	1	39:00	.760	.719	3.1	12.6	7.8	43.9	1.3	0.0	10.1	20.9	155	120	29.4	11.6
47	47	1989-02-08	29-178	LAL		GSW	L (-3)	1	30:00	.743	.607	11.7	23.5	17.1	68.1	1.5	0.0	13.7	27.1	151	115	30.2	18.3
48	48	1989-02-24	29-194	LAL		SAC	W (+12)	1	23:00	.840	.667	0.0	4.6	2.4	45.3	10.7	0.0	0.0	9.1	192	93	17.2	19.1
49	49	1989-02-26	29-196	LAL		PHO	W (+12)	1	33:00	.569	.472	0.0	26.4	12.1	63.7	0.0	0.0	12.0	28.0	134	113	27.3	11.3
50	50	1989-03-01	29-199	LAL		GSW	W (+21)	1	32:00	.788	.750	19.1	20.3	19.8	39.3	1.4	0.0	4.3	24.8	182	107	38.0	25.3
51	51	1989-03-03	29-201	LAL		IND	W (+22)	1	29:00	.751	.708	0.0	27.6	15.4	76.2	3.1	0.0	7.0	19.6	165	104	28.6	18.2
52	52	1989-03-05	29-203	LAL	@	HOU	L (-5)	1	41:00	.320	.300	5.9	11.0	8.8	56.1	6.4	0.0	14.9	22.8	88	87	14.7	9.0
53	53	1989-03-07	29-205	LAL	@	ATL	W (+9)	1	41:00	.685	.643	6.3	17.1	12.4	49.3	2.5	0.0	16.4	20.4	138	101	26.6	16.1
54	54	1989-03-08	29-206	LAL	@	MIA	W (+40)	1	19:00	.793	.667	0.0	24.3	14.4	60.3	0.0	2.8	19.6	21.2	157	88	17.6	18.0
55	55	1989-03-10	29-208	LAL	@	CHH	W (+33)	1	28:00	.858	.875	5.2	19.4	14.0	63.2	0.0	3.7	34.9	20.6	132	88	21.1	13.0
56	56	1989-03-12	29-210	LAL	@	GSW	W (+11)	1	39:00	.661	.500	0.0	11.9	7.2	35.6	2.3	0.0	14.7	20.8	133	109	22.9	4.9
57	57	1989-03-13	29-211	LAL		HOU	W (+1)	1	43:00	.347	.196	8.8	21.3	14.4	37.7	1.2	1.4	15.4	31.2	92	104	12.5	0.8
58	58	1989-03-17	29-215	LAL		DAL	W (+3)	1	40:00	.679	.556	11.2	20.0	15.8	62.4	2.6	3.1	14.9	27.5	142	108	36.1	22.2
59	59	1989-03-19	29-217	LAL		ATL	L (-2)	1	41:00	.603	.441	10.9	10.2	10.5	52.8	3.5	0.0	20.0	29.4	123	112	27.6	10.3
60	60	1989-03-21	29-219	LAL		CHI	L (-1)	1	40:00	.639	.577	7.3	17.1	11.4	42.9	2.5	0.0	30.9	24.2	106	107	19.9	5.9
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
61	61	1989-03-23	29-221	LAL	@	SAC	W (+23)	1	40:00	.602	.579	0.0	21.8	12.4	46.7	0.0	0.0	16.2	26.4	125	99	23.3	6.9
62	62	1989-03-26	29-224	LAL		PHO	W (+2)	1	44:00	.613	.500	0.0	23.7	12.8	59.5	1.1	0.0	12.6	30.8	129	115	34.8	11.2
63	63	1989-03-28	29-226	LAL	@	PHO	L (-23)	1	35:00	.868	.875	2.2	8.3	4.4	52.1	0.0	0.0	41.0	10.7	123	134	14.3	2.0
64	64	1989-03-30	29-228	LAL		SAS	W (+40)	1	20:00	.658	.333	31.0	22.6	25.7	53.8	4.5	0.0	45.1	20.9	115	85	13.0	7.4
65	65	1989-04-01	29-230	LAL	@	DEN	L (-6)	1	45:00	.490	.375	2.4	33.1	18.7	52.1	2.0	0.0	28.2	25.3	90	95	19.2	3.1
66	66	1989-04-02	29-231	LAL		MIL	W (+1)	1	43:00	.592	.472	3.1	9.6	6.3	38.3	3.5	0.0	12.0	25.0	128	121	25.1	6.2
67	67	1989-04-04	29-233	LAL	@	SEA	W (+18)	1	38:00	.625	.625	0.0	21.9	12.9	56.6	1.3	0.0	14.3	15.8	140	99	23.3	13.0
68	68	1989-04-07	29-236	LAL		UTA	L (-2)	1	38:00	.487	.432	0.0	19.4	7.4	47.4	2.9	0.0	10.9	33.4	107	114	18.6	6.0
69	69	1989-04-08	29-237	LAL	@	GSW	L (-6)	1	41:00	.505	.455	7.6	18.0	12.4	37.7	5.4	1.4	22.8	29.0	99	105	21.6	4.0
70	70	1989-04-10	29-239	LAL		LAC	W (+17)	1	31:00	.767	.692	8.8	11.3	10.2	52.9	2.8	0.0	33.8	29.0	119	105	23.5	7.6
71	71	1989-04-12	29-241	LAL	@	SAS	W (+7)	1	38:00	.633	.500	6.8	23.5	15.8	29.3	1.4	1.6	20.9	27.4	124	107	20.9	6.9
72	72	1989-04-15	29-244	LAL	@	LAC	L (-12)	1	39:00	.530	.429	5.9	0.0	3.5	48.6	1.3	0.0	10.9	28.9	125	131	22.2	6.5
73	73	1989-04-16	29-245	LAL		MIA	W (+13)	1	37:00	.668	.571	0.0	21.1	11.4	29.7	2.5	0.0	21.8	25.3	117	106	19.4	0.3
74	74	1989-04-18	29-247	LAL		DEN	W (+24)	1	40:00	.648	.533	13.7	25.2	21.0	47.7	3.2	1.2	21.3	21.7	139	98	32.0	13.2
75	75	1989-04-20	29-249	LAL		SAC	W (+3)	1	41:00	.539	.433	0.0	15.3	8.1	50.7	1.2	1.5	18.5	21.4	114	115	20.0	2.9
76	76	1989-04-21	29-250	LAL	@	POR	W (+7)	1	38:00	.554	.526	0.0	16.4	10.3	32.7	2.5	0.0	16.2	27.3	113	109	19.2	3.5
77	77	1989-04-23	29-252	LAL		SEA	W (+4)	1	40:00	.807	.714	6.3	19.1	13.2	62.4	1.3	0.0	10.0	22.1	173	122	38.8	20.6

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