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1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Paul Westhead (7-4), Pat Riley (50-21)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 114.6 (2nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.8 (15th of 23)

SRS: 4.37 (4th of 23) Pace: 103.1 (4th of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.2 (2nd of 23) Def Rtg: 105.5 (10th of 23) Net Rtg: +4.7 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (4th of 23)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 605,236 (3rd of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

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Recent Game Results

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

1. Oct 30, LAL (0-1) lost to HOU, 112-113

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	7-2	225	April 16, 1947	us US	12	UCLA
8	Jim Brewer	PF	6-9	210	December 3, 1951	us US	8	Minnesota
21	Michael Cooper	SG	6-7	170	April 15, 1956	us US	3	New Mexico
34	Clay Johnson	SG	6-4	175	July 18, 1956	us US	R	Missouri
32	Magic Johnson	SG	6-9	215	August 14, 1959	us US	2	Michigan State
5	Eddie Jordan	PG	6-1	170	January 29, 1955	us US	4	Rutgers University
41	Mitch Kupchak	PF	6-9	230	May 24, 1954	us US	5	UNC
54	Mark Landsberger	PF	6-8	215	May 21, 1955	us US	4	Minnesota, Arizona State
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	9	Vincennes University, UNC
40	Mike McGee	SF	6-5	190	July 29, 1959	us US	R	Michigan
30	Kevin McKenna	SG	6-5	195	January 8, 1959	us US	R	Creighton
10	Norm Nixon	PG	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	us US	4	Duquesne
31	Kurt Rambis	PF	6-8	213	February 25, 1958	us US	R	Santa Clara
52	Jamaal Wilkes	SF	6-6	190	May 2, 1953	us US	7	UCLA

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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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	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	Awards
1	Magic Johnson	22	78	77	38.3	7.1	13.3	.537	0.1	0.4	.207	7.1	12.9	.546	.540	4.2	5.6	.760	3.2	6.4	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	3.7	2.9	18.6	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
2	Norm Nixon	26	82	82	36.9	7.7	15.5	.493	0.0	0.1	.250	7.6	15.4	.495	.494	2.2	2.7	.808	0.5	1.7	2.1	8.0	1.6	0.1	2.9	3.2	17.6	AS
3	Jamaal Wilkes	28	82	82	35.4	9.1	17.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	9.1	17.2	.527	.525	3.0	4.1	.732	1.9	2.9	4.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.9	21.1	MVP-21
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34	76	76	35.2	9.9	17.1	.579	0.0	0.0	.000	9.9	17.1	.580	.579	4.1	5.8	.706	2.3	6.4	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	3.0	2.9	23.9	MVP-10,AS
5	Mitch Kupchak	27	26	26	31.6	5.9	10.3	.573	0.0	0.0		5.9	10.3	.573	.573	2.5	3.8	.663	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.7	3.1	14.3
6	Michael Cooper	25	76	14	28.9	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	5.0	9.5	.526	.518	1.8	2.3	.813	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	11.9	MVP-17
7	Bob McAdoo	30	41	0	18.2	3.7	8.0	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	7.9	.465	.458	2.2	3.1	.714	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.7	9.6
8	Kurt Rambis	23	64	43	17.7	1.8	3.6	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.5	.520	.518	0.9	1.8	.504	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.2	2.6	4.6
9	Mark Landsberger	26	75	1	15.1	1.9	4.4	.438	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	4.4	.440	.438	0.4	0.9	.508	2.2	3.2	5.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.8	4.3
10	Jim Brewer	30	71	9	13.6	1.1	2.5	.463	0.0	0.1	.167	1.1	2.4	.473	.466	0.1	0.3	.368	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	2.4
11	Eddie Jordan	27	58	0	10.5	1.5	3.6	.428	0.0	0.2	.111	1.5	3.4	.442	.430	0.7	0.9	.796	0.1	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.1	0.0	1.1	1.7	3.8
12	Clay Johnson	25	7	0	9.3	1.6	2.9	.550	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.9	.550	.550	0.4	0.9	.500	1.1	0.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.9	3.6
13	Mike McGee	22	39	0	9.0	2.1	4.4	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	4.3	.476	.465	0.8	1.4	.585	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	4.9
14	Kevin McKenna	23	36	0	6.6	0.8	2.4	.322	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	2.4	.329	.322	0.3	0.5	.647	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.9
	Team Totals				48.4	47.8	92.5	.517	0.2	1.1	.138	47.6	91.4	.521	.518	18.9	26.4	.717	15.3	30.5	45.9	28.7	10.3	6.3	17.9	24.4	114.6

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Magic Johnson	22	14	40.1	5.9	11.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	5.9	10.9	.542	.529	5.5	6.6	.828	3.9	7.4	11.3	9.3	2.9	0.2	3.1	3.6	17.4	Finals MVP-1
2	Norm Nixon	26	14	39.2	8.6	18.1	.478	0.1	0.2	.333	8.6	17.9	.480	.480	3.1	4.1	.754	0.9	2.1	3.1	8.1	1.6	0.1	2.4	3.1	20.4
3	Jamaal Wilkes	28	14	38.2	8.6	17.2	.502	0.0	0.1	.000	8.6	17.1	.504	.502	2.7	3.5	.776	2.9	2.1	5.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	2.9	3.1	20.0
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34	14	35.2	8.2	15.8	.520	0.0	0.0		8.2	15.8	.520	.520	3.9	6.2	.632	2.4	6.1	8.5	3.6	1.0	3.2	2.9	3.2	20.4
5	Bob McAdoo	30	14	27.7	7.2	12.8	.564	0.0	0.0		7.2	12.8	.564	.564	2.3	3.4	.681	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.1	16.7
6	Michael Cooper	25	14	27.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	4.9	8.7	.566	.569	1.8	2.4	.735	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	11.9
7	Kurt Rambis	23	14	19.9	2.4	4.6	.516	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.6	.516	.516	1.1	1.9	.615	2.3	3.9	6.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.2	3.4	5.9
8	Jim Brewer	30	8	7.1	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.8	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.8
9	Mark Landsberger	26	9	6.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	.333	.333	0.4	1.0	.444	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.1
10	Clay Johnson	25	7	5.4	0.7	1.3	.556	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	.556	.556	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.7
11	Mike McGee	22	4	2.5	1.5	3.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	3.0	.500	.462	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	3.0
12	Eddie Jordan	27	3	2.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			48.0	47.2	91.3	.517	0.1	0.9	.167	47.1	90.4	.521	.518	20.9	28.9	.723	17.9	35.1	47.9	31.4	10.0	7.4	17.9	24.4	115.4

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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
1	Norm Nixon	26	82	82	3024	628	1274	.493	3	12	.250	625	1262	.495	.494	181	224	.808	38	138	176	652	132	7	238	264	1440
2	Magic Johnson	22	78	77	2991	556	1036	.537	6	29	.207	550	1007	.546	.540	329	433	.760	252	499	751	743	208	34	286	223	1447
3	Jamaal Wilkes	28	82	82	2906	744	1417	.525	0	4	.000	744	1413	.527	.525	246	336	.732	153	240	393	143	89	24	164	240	1734
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34	76	76	2677	753	1301	.579	0	3	.000	753	1298	.580	.579	312	442	.706	172	487	659	225	63	207	230	224	1818
5	Michael Cooper	25	76	14	2197	383	741	.517	2	17	.118	381	724	.526	.518	139	171	.813	84	185	269	230	120	61	151	216	907
6	Mark Landsberger	26	75	1	1134	144	329	.438	0	2	.000	144	327	.440	.438	33	65	.508	164	237	401	32	10	7	49	134	321
7	Kurt Rambis	23	64	43	1131	118	228	.518	0	1	.000	118	227	.520	.518	59	117	.504	116	232	348	56	60	76	77	167	295
8	Jim Brewer	30	71	9	966	81	175	.463	1	6	.167	80	169	.473	.466	7	19	.368	106	158	264	42	39	46	37	127	170
9	Mitch Kupchak	27	26	26	821	153	267	.573	0	0		153	267	.573	.573	65	98	.663	64	146	210	33	12	10	43	80	371
10	Bob McAdoo	30	41	0	746	151	330	.458	0	5	.000	151	325	.465	.458	90	126	.714	45	114	159	32	22	36	51	109	392
11	Eddie Jordan	27	58	0	608	89	208	.428	1	9	.111	88	199	.442	.430	43	54	.796	4	39	43	131	62	1	66	98	222
12	Mike McGee	22	39	0	352	80	172	.465	0	4	.000	80	168	.476	.465	31	53	.585	34	15	49	16	18	3	34	59	191
13	Kevin McKenna	23	36	0	237	28	87	.322	0	2	.000	28	85	.329	.322	11	17	.647	18	11	29	14	10	2	20	45	67
14	Clay Johnson	25	7	0	65	11	20	.550	0	0		11	20	.550	.550	3	6	.500	8	4	12	7	3	3	7	13	25
			82		19855	3919	7585	.517	13	94	.138	3906	7491	.521	.518	1549	2161	.717	1258	2505	3763	2356	848	517	1468	1999	9400

Totals Table
Rk	Player	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
1	Magic Johnson	22	14		562	83	157	.529	0	4	.000	83	153	.542	.529	77	93	.828	54	104	158	130	40	3	44	50	243
2	Norm Nixon	26	14		549	121	253	.478	1	3	.333	120	250	.480	.480	43	57	.754	13	30	43	114	23	2	34	43	286
3	Jamaal Wilkes	28	14		535	121	241	.502	0	1	.000	121	240	.504	.502	38	49	.776	40	30	70	37	16	3	40	43	280
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34	14		493	115	221	.520	0	0		115	221	.520	.520	55	87	.632	33	86	119	51	14	45	41	45	285
5	Bob McAdoo	30	14		388	101	179	.564	0	0		101	179	.564	.564	32	47	.681	21	74	95	22	10	21	35	43	234
6	Michael Cooper	25	14		383	70	124	.565	1	2	.500	69	122	.566	.569	25	34	.735	19	42	61	62	24	11	29	47	166
7	Kurt Rambis	23	14		279	33	64	.516	0	0		33	64	.516	.516	16	26	.615	32	54	86	11	8	12	17	47	82
8	Mark Landsberger	26	9		60	3	9	.333	0	0		3	9	.333	.333	4	9	.444	11	11	22	2	0	0	4	12	10
9	Jim Brewer	30	8		57	3	6	.500	0	0		3	6	.500	.500	0	0		4	7	11	4	2	6	4	5	6
10	Clay Johnson	25	7		38	5	9	.556	0	0		5	9	.556	.556	2	2	1.000	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	6	12
11	Mike McGee	22	4		10	6	13	.462	0	1	.000	6	12	.500	.462	0	0		3	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	12
12	Eddie Jordan	27	3		6	0	2	.000	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	Norm Nixon	26	82	3024	15.3	.525	.009	.176	1.4	4.8	3.2	27.7	2.0	0.1	14.8	21.1		4.2	2.4	6.6	.104		0.2	-1.0	-0.8	0.9
2	Magic Johnson	22	78	2991	22.9	.590	.028	.418	9.5	17.5	13.7	31.0	3.2	0.6	18.9	20.1		8.1	4.8	12.9	.207		4.9	2.3	7.2	7.0
3	Jamaal Wilkes	28	82	2906	16.5	.554	.003	.237	6.0	8.7	7.4	6.7	1.4	0.4	9.5	23.6		5.3	2.4	7.7	.127		0.7	-1.5	-0.8	0.9
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34	76	2677	23.4	.608	.002	.340	7.3	19.1	13.4	11.9	1.1	4.1	13.3	25.6		6.9	3.9	10.7	.192		3.8	1.2	5.0	4.7
5	Michael Cooper	25	76	2197	14.3	.556	.023	.231	4.3	8.8	6.7	12.9	2.5	1.5	15.6	17.5		2.4	2.6	5.0	.109		-0.3	1.2	0.9	1.6
6	Mark Landsberger	26	75	1134	10.3	.449	.006	.198	16.3	22.0	19.3	3.3	0.4	0.3	12.1	14.2		0.5	1.2	1.7	.072		-2.0	-2.8	-4.8	-0.8
7	Kurt Rambis	23	64	1131	12.8	.528	.004	.513	11.6	21.5	16.8	5.6	2.5	3.6	21.6	12.5		0.3	2.1	2.3	.100		-2.0	1.9	-0.1	0.5
8	Jim Brewer	30	71	966	10.1	.464	.034	.109	12.4	17.2	14.9	4.8	1.9	2.5	16.8	9.1		0.4	1.4	1.8	.088		-1.8	1.0	-0.8	0.3
9	Mitch Kupchak	27	26	821	15.2	.598	.000	.367	8.8	18.7	13.9	5.0	0.7	0.6	12.2	17.1		1.5	0.8	2.4	.139		0.4	-1.2	-0.8	0.2
10	Bob McAdoo	30	41	746	14.4	.509	.015	.382	6.8	16.1	11.6	5.5	1.4	2.6	11.7	23.2		0.5	1.0	1.5	.095		-2.3	-0.4	-2.7	-0.1
11	Eddie Jordan	27	58	608	12.2	.479	.043	.260	0.7	6.7	3.9	25.6	4.7	0.1	22.2	19.4		-0.2	0.9	0.7	.055		-3.7	2.2	-1.5	0.1
12	Mike McGee	22	39	352	11.7	.489	.023	.308	10.9	4.5	7.6	6.0	2.4	0.5	14.8	25.9		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.029		-3.4	-1.7	-5.1	-0.3
13	Kevin McKenna	23	36	237	2.8	.355	.023	.195	8.6	4.9	6.7	6.8	2.0	0.4	17.5	19.2		-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.069		-6.8	-1.4	-8.2	-0.5
14	Clay Johnson	25	7	65	12.8	.552	.000	.300	13.9	6.5	10.1	13.2	2.1	2.5	23.6	18.1		0.0	0.1	0.1	.072		-2.9	0.3	-2.6	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	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	22	14	562	22.5	.614	.025	.592	10.8	18.6	14.9	27.7	3.3	0.3	18.2	16.9		1.9	0.8	2.7	.231		5.7	2.4	8.2	1.5
2	Norm Nixon	26	14	549	16.9	.514	.012	.225	2.7	5.5	4.2	27.2	2.0	0.2	10.9	22.3		1.2	0.3	1.5	.131		2.4	-1.2	1.1	0.4
3	Jamaal Wilkes	28	14	535	13.9	.533	.004	.203	8.4	5.6	6.9	9.1	1.4	0.3	13.2	22.2		0.7	0.3	0.9	.083		1.2	-2.4	-1.2	0.1
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34	14	493	20.1	.550	.000	.394	7.5	17.6	12.8	13.8	1.3	4.8	13.7	23.9		0.8	0.7	1.5	.144		3.0	1.4	4.4	0.8
5	Bob McAdoo	30	14	388	18.4	.586	.000	.263	6.1	19.2	13.0	7.8	1.2	2.8	14.9	23.8		0.5	0.5	1.0	.126		1.8	-0.1	1.7	0.4
6	Michael Cooper	25	14	383	17.4	.597	.016	.274	5.6	11.0	8.4	20.2	2.9	1.5	17.3	17.2		0.7	0.5	1.2	.152		2.9	1.9	4.8	0.7
7	Kurt Rambis	23	14	279	11.8	.543	.000	.406	12.8	19.5	16.3	4.6	1.3	2.2	18.4	13.0		0.2	0.4	0.6	.099		-0.9	-0.4	-1.4	0.0
8	Mark Landsberger	26	9	60	5.3	.386	.000	1.000	20.5	18.5	19.4	3.6	0.0	0.0	23.6	11.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	.015		-3.5	-3.9	-7.4	-0.1
9	Jim Brewer	30	8	57	8.5	.500	.000	.000	7.9	12.4	10.2	7.5	1.6	5.5	40.0	6.9		0.0	0.1	0.0	.035		-0.8	2.5	1.7	0.1
10	Clay Johnson	25	7	38	8.4	.607	.000	.222	2.9	5.3	4.2	3.1	1.2	0.0	9.2	11.3		0.1	0.0	0.1	.097		-1.6	-1.1	-2.7	0.0
11	Mike McGee	22	4	10	24.6	.462	.077	.000	33.6	0.0	15.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.1	55.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.023		3.6	-10.3	-6.7	0.0
12	Eddie Jordan	27	3	6	22.0	.000	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	84.7	15.5	0.0	33.3	19.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.030		6.7	12.7	19.3	0.0

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