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1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 58-24, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Pat Riley (58-24)

Executive: Jerry West

PTS/G: 115.0 (2nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (12th of 23)

SRS: 5.06 (3rd of 23) Pace: 103.8 (10th of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.5 (1st of 23) Def Rtg: 105.2 (13th of 23)

Expected W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 23)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 598,739 (3rd of 23)

NBA 1983 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (0-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 29, LAL (0-1) lost to GSW, 117-132

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	7-2	225	April 16, 1947	us	13	UCLA
35	Billy Ray Bates	SG	6-4	210	May 31, 1956	us	3	Kentucky State University
35	Joe Cooper	C	6-10	230	September 1, 1957	us	1	Howard University, Tulsa, Colorado
21	Michael Cooper	SG	6-5	170	April 15, 1956	us	4	New Mexico
34	Clay Johnson	SG	6-4	175	July 18, 1956	us	1	Missouri
32	Magic Johnson	SG	6-9	215	August 14, 1959	us	3	Michigan State
13	Dwight Jones	PF	6-10	210	February 27, 1952	us	9	Houston
15	Eddie Jordan	PG	6-1	170	January 29, 1955	us	5	Rutgers University
54	Mark Landsberger	PF	6-8	215	May 21, 1955	us	5	Minnesota, Arizona State
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us	10	UNC
40	Mike McGee	SF	6-5	190	July 29, 1959	us	1	Michigan
50	Steve Mix	SF	6-7	215	December 30, 1947	us	12	Toledo
10	Norm Nixon	PG	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	us	5	Duquesne
31	Kurt Rambis	PF	6-8	213	February 25, 1958	us	1	Santa Clara
52	Jamaal Wilkes	SF	6-6	190	May 2, 1953	us	8	UCLA
42	James Worthy	SF	6-9	225	February 27, 1961	us	R	UNC

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Magic Johnson	23	79	79	36.8	6.5	11.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	11.5	.560	.548	3.8	4.8	.800	2.7	5.9	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.5	16.8
2	Norm Nixon	27	79	79	34.3	6.7	14.2	.475	0.0	0.2	.000	6.7	14.1	.480	.475	1.6	2.1	.744	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.2	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.2	15.1
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	79	79	32.3	9.1	15.5	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	9.1	15.5	.589	.588	3.5	4.7	.749	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	21.8
4	Jamaal Wilkes	29	80	80	31.9	8.6	16.1	.530	0.0	0.1	.000	8.6	16.1	.533	.530	2.5	3.4	.757	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.8	19.6
5	Michael Cooper	26	82	3	26.2	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	3.2	5.8	.548	.540	1.2	1.6	.785	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	7.8
6	James Worthy	21	77	1	25.6	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	5.8	10.0	.581	.580	1.8	2.9	.624	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	13.4
7	Kurt Rambis	24	78	77	23.2	3.0	5.3	.569	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	5.3	.572	.569	1.5	2.1	.687	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	7.5
8	Bob McAdoo	31	47	1	21.7	6.2	12.0	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	6.2	11.9	.520	.520	2.5	3.5	.730	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.4	3.3	15.0
9	Steve Mix	35	1	0	17.0	4.0	10.0	.400	0.0	0.0		4.0	10.0	.400	.400	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0
10	Dwight Jones	30	32	0	15.3	1.9	4.1	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	4.1	.473	.470	1.0	1.5	.667	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.6	4.9
11	Mike McGee	23	39	7	9.8	1.8	4.2	.423	0.0	0.2	.143	1.7	4.0	.436	.426	0.4	0.6	.739	0.8	0.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	4.0
12	Eddie Jordan	28	35	0	9.5	1.1	3.8	.303	0.1	0.5	.188	1.1	3.3	.319	.314	0.3	0.5	.647	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.7
13	Clay Johnson	26	48	0	9.3	1.1	2.8	.393	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.8	.398	.393	0.8	1.0	.792	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	3.0
14	Mark Landsberger	27	39	4	9.1	1.1	2.6	.422	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.6	.422	.422	0.3	0.6	.480	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.5
15	Billy Ray Bates	26	4	0	6.8	0.5	4.0	.125	0.0	0.0		0.5	4.0	.125	.125	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
16	Joe Cooper	25	2	0	5.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0		0.5	2.0	.250	.250	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.0

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Magic Johnson	23	79	2907	23.0	.603	.023	.407	8.5	17.1	13.0	34.4	2.8	0.9	21.5	19.0		8.8	3.8	12.5	.207		5.4	1.8	7.2	6.8
2	Norm Nixon	27	79	2711	13.9	.498	.012	.150	2.6	5.6	4.2	25.8	1.8	0.1	16.5	20.9		2.5	1.4	3.9	.069		-0.2	-1.8	-1.9	0.0
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	79	2554	23.6	.619	.002	.302	7.6	17.6	12.8	10.8	1.1	3.5	12.6	24.6		8.0	2.9	10.9	.205		4.0	0.5	4.5	4.2
4	Jamaal Wilkes	29	80	2552	17.6	.558	.005	.208	6.6	8.2	7.4	9.7	1.2	0.4	9.6	24.1		6.1	1.3	7.4	.139		1.6	-2.1	-0.5	1.0
5	Michael Cooper	26	82	2148	13.5	.577	.042	.262	4.4	9.5	7.1	16.7	2.5	1.2	18.8	12.5		3.1	2.1	5.2	.116		0.4	1.5	1.9	2.1
6	James Worthy	21	77	1970	17.4	.594	.005	.286	9.2	13.0	11.2	8.6	2.1	1.7	17.0	21.0		3.0	2.1	5.1	.125		1.0	-0.1	0.8	1.4
7	Kurt Rambis	24	78	1806	14.1	.601	.005	.402	10.5	21.5	16.3	5.7	2.7	1.9	23.0	13.8		1.6	2.8	4.3	.116		-0.8	1.1	0.2	1.0
8	Bob McAdoo	31	47	1019	20.6	.555	.002	.290	8.7	17.8	13.4	5.3	1.8	2.1	9.7	27.2		2.3	1.2	3.5	.167		0.7	-0.9	-0.2	0.5
9	Dwight Jones	30	32	491	8.8	.509	.008	.364	6.6	18.5	12.9	5.1	1.2	1.0	18.6	15.1		0.0	0.5	0.5	.052		-3.9	-0.6	-4.5	-0.3
10	Clay Johnson	26	48	447	9.4	.461	.015	.356	10.4	6.9	8.5	6.1	2.3	0.5	13.8	16.0		0.2	0.3	0.6	.061		-2.6	-0.8	-3.4	-0.2
11	Mike McGee	23	39	381	9.4	.451	.043	.141	10.0	5.6	7.7	8.3	1.3	0.7	13.5	20.7		0.0	0.2	0.2	.023		-2.9	-2.3	-5.1	-0.3
12	Mark Landsberger	27	39	356	10.2	.434	.000	.245	17.9	21.7	19.9	3.8	1.0	0.6	15.0	14.8		0.1	0.4	0.4	.061		-2.4	-2.5	-4.8	-0.3
13	Eddie Jordan	28	35	333	5.2	.337	.121	.129	2.8	5.7	4.3	27.2	4.3	0.2	27.9	23.0		-1.2	0.4	-0.8	-0.113		-6.6	-0.5	-7.0	-0.5
14	Billy Ray Bates	26	4	27	-7.3	.148	.000	.125	4.3	0.0	2.1	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	24.7		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.287		-5.6	-1.2	-6.8	-0.1
15	Steve Mix	35	1	17	13.2	.431	.000	.100	6.8	0.0	3.3	15.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	.086		-3.7	-0.4	-4.1	0.0
16	Joe Cooper	25	2	11	-5.7	.250	.000	.000	21.1	0.0	10.1	0.0	4.2	4.8	42.9	25.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.329		-5.3	-0.2	-5.5	0.0

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	3P	3PA	3P	2P	2PA	2P	eFG	FT	FTA	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Magic Johnson	23	15		42.9	6.7	13.7	.485	0.0	0.7	.000	6.7	13.0	.513	.485	4.5	5.4	.840	3.4	5.1	8.5	12.8	2.3	0.8	4.3	3.3	17.9
2	Jamaal Wilkes	29	15		39.3	9.1	18.2	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	9.1	18.1	.502	.498	1.8	2.9	.614	2.8	3.2	6.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.2	3.4	19.9
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	15		39.2	10.9	19.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	10.9	19.1	.570	.568	5.3	7.1	.755	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	27.1
4	Norm Nixon	27	14		38.4	8.1	16.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.429	7.9	16.4	.478	.483	2.6	3.6	.740	0.9	2.5	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.9	19.0
5	Michael Cooper	26	15		30.2	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	3.5	7.1	.486	.469	2.3	2.7	.829	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	9.4
6	Kurt Rambis	24	15		25.1	3.0	5.3	.570	0.0	0.0		3.0	5.3	.570	.570	1.5	2.3	.657	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.5
7	Bob McAdoo	31	8		20.8	4.6	10.5	.440	0.3	0.8	.333	4.4	9.8	.449	.452	1.4	1.8	.786	1.9	3.9	5.8	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.8	2.9	10.9
8	Mark Landsberger	27	11		12.8	1.1	2.5	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.5	.444	.429	0.2	0.4	.500	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.2	2.4
9	Dwight Jones	30	7		8.4	0.7	2.3	.313	0.0	0.0		0.7	2.3	.313	.313	0.3	0.7	.400	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.6	1.7
10	Mike McGee	23	6		4.2	0.7	1.8	.364	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.5	1.7	.300	.409	0.5	0.7	.750	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	2.0
11	Steve Mix	35	8		3.3	0.3	0.6	.400	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.6	.400	.400	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.9
12	Clay Johnson	26	7		2.9	0.6	1.0	.571	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.667	.571	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.1

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Magic Johnson	23	15	643	20.6	.555	.053	.393	8.9	12.9	11.0	38.6	2.5	1.0	20.9	19.4		1.5	0.6	2.1	.156		5.6	1.3	6.9	1.4
2	Jamaal Wilkes	29	15	589	15.2	.511	.007	.161	8.0	8.8	8.4	12.4	1.6	1.0	10.1	22.5		0.6	0.3	1.0	.080		1.5	-1.3	0.2	0.3
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	15	588	22.8	.608	.003	.369	4.8	16.5	10.8	10.9	1.4	5.1	13.0	26.6		1.4	0.7	2.1	.172		4.0	1.6	5.6	1.1
4	Norm Nixon	27	14	538	15.0	.514	.030	.211	2.7	7.0	4.9	23.2	1.6	0.1	11.6	22.2		0.7	0.2	0.9	.082		1.0	-1.5	-0.5	0.2
5	Michael Cooper	26	15	453	11.8	.534	.061	.360	3.0	11.2	7.2	12.0	2.7	0.7	12.6	13.6		0.5	0.4	0.9	.097		-1.0	1.5	0.4	0.3
6	Kurt Rambis	24	15	377	12.2	.599	.000	.443	8.0	18.1	13.1	6.2	1.6	2.3	19.6	12.7		0.3	0.4	0.7	.094		-0.7	0.6	-0.1	0.2
7	Bob McAdoo	31	8	166	15.8	.482	.071	.167	10.1	20.2	15.3	4.3	3.2	3.3	13.4	25.6		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.058		-1.3	0.0	-1.3	0.0
8	Mark Landsberger	27	11	141	6.5	.437	.036	.143	15.1	19.2	17.2	2.5	0.0	0.8	16.8	10.3		0.0	0.1	0.1	.035		-3.1	-2.8	-5.9	-0.1
9	Dwight Jones	30	7	59	-0.9	.330	.000	.313	7.6	14.7	11.2	0.0	0.8	0.0	21.6	16.0		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.123		-8.9	-3.9	-12.7	-0.2
10	Steve Mix	35	8	26	3.8	.554	.000	.600	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	.074		-5.3	-2.1	-7.5	0.0
11	Mike McGee	23	6	25	7.1	.470	.091	.364	22.4	8.6	15.4	5.2	0.0	0.0	23.9	27.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.062		-3.5	-6.0	-9.5	0.0
12	Clay Johnson	26	7	20	13.8	.571	.143	.000	11.2	10.8	11.0	6.9	2.4	0.0	12.5	16.3		0.0	0.0	0.0	.102		0.1	-0.3	-0.1	0.0

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