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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) Net Rtg: +5.3 (2nd 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

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

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	13	UCLA
35	Billy Ray Bates	SG	6-4	210	May 31, 1956	us US	3	Kentucky State University
35	Joe Cooper	C	6-10	230	September 1, 1957	us US	1	Howard College, Tulsa, Colorado
21	Michael Cooper	SG	6-7	170	April 15, 1956	us US	4	New Mexico
34	Clay Johnson	SG	6-4	175	July 18, 1956	us US	1	Missouri
32	Magic Johnson	SG	6-9	215	August 14, 1959	us US	3	Michigan State
13	Dwight Jones	PF	6-10	210	February 27, 1952	us US	9	Houston
15	Eddie Jordan	PG	6-1	170	January 29, 1955	us US	5	Rutgers University
54	Mark Landsberger	PF	6-8	215	May 21, 1955	us US	5	Minnesota, Arizona State
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	10	Vincennes University, UNC
40	Mike McGee	SF	6-5	190	July 29, 1959	us US	1	Michigan
50	Steve Mix	SF	6-7	215	December 30, 1947	us US	12	Toledo
10	Norm Nixon	PG	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	us US	5	Duquesne
31	Kurt Rambis	PF	6-8	213	February 25, 1958	us US	1	Santa Clara
52	Jamaal Wilkes	SF	6-6	190	May 2, 1953	us US	8	UCLA
42	James Worthy	SF	6-9	225	February 27, 1961	us 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

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Team Misc

Per Game

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
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

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
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

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	Magic Johnson	23	79	79	2907	511	933	.548	0	21	.000	511	912	.560	.548	304	380	.800	214	469	683	829	176	47	301	200	1326
2	Norm Nixon	27	79	79	2711	533	1123	.475	0	13	.000	533	1110	.480	.475	125	168	.744	61	144	205	566	104	4	237	176	1191
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	79	79	2554	722	1228	.588	0	2	.000	722	1226	.589	.588	278	371	.749	167	425	592	200	61	170	200	220	1722
4	Jamaal Wilkes	29	80	80	2552	684	1290	.530	0	6	.000	684	1284	.533	.530	203	268	.757	146	197	343	182	65	17	150	221	1571
5	Michael Cooper	26	82	3	2148	266	497	.535	5	21	.238	261	476	.548	.540	102	130	.785	82	192	274	315	115	50	128	208	639
6	James Worthy	21	77	1	1970	447	772	.579	1	4	.250	446	768	.581	.580	138	221	.624	157	242	399	132	91	64	178	221	1033
7	Kurt Rambis	24	78	77	1806	235	413	.569	0	2	.000	235	411	.572	.569	114	166	.687	164	367	531	90	105	63	145	233	584
8	Bob McAdoo	31	47	1	1019	292	562	.520	0	1	.000	292	561	.520	.520	119	163	.730	76	171	247	39	40	40	68	153	703
9	Dwight Jones	30	32	0	491	62	132	.470	0	1	.000	62	131	.473	.470	32	48	.667	28	86	114	22	13	9	35	82	156
10	Clay Johnson	26	48	0	447	53	135	.393	0	2	.000	53	133	.398	.393	38	48	.792	40	29	69	24	22	4	25	62	144
11	Mike McGee	23	39	7	381	69	163	.423	1	7	.143	68	156	.436	.426	17	23	.739	33	20	53	26	11	5	27	50	156
12	Mark Landsberger	27	39	4	356	43	102	.422	0	0		43	102	.422	.422	12	25	.480	55	73	128	12	8	4	20	48	98
13	Eddie Jordan	28	35	0	333	40	132	.303	3	16	.188	37	116	.319	.314	11	17	.647	8	18	26	80	31	1	54	52	94
14	Billy Ray Bates	26	4	0	27	2	16	.125	0	0		2	16	.125	.125	1	2	.500	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
15	Steve Mix	35	1	0	17	4	10	.400	0	0		4	10	.400	.400	1	1	1.000	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	9
16	Joe Cooper	25	2	0	11	1	4	.250	0	0		1	4	.250	.250	0	0		2	0	2	0	1	1	3	3	2
			82		19730	3964	7512	.528	10	96	.104	3954	7416	.533	.528	1495	2031	.736	1235	2433	3668	2519	844	479	1584	1931	9433

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	23	15		643	100	206	.485	0	11	.000	100	195	.513	.485	68	81	.840	51	77	128	192	34	12	64	49	268
2	Jamaal Wilkes	29	15		589	136	273	.498	0	2	.000	136	271	.502	.498	27	44	.614	42	48	90	51	20	11	33	51	299
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	15		588	163	287	.568	0	1	.000	163	286	.570	.568	80	106	.755	25	90	115	42	17	55	50	61	406
4	Norm Nixon	27	14		538	113	237	.477	3	7	.429	110	230	.478	.483	37	50	.740	13	35	48	90	18	1	34	40	266
5	Michael Cooper	26	15		453	53	114	.465	1	7	.143	52	107	.486	.469	34	41	.829	12	47	59	44	26	6	19	54	141
6	Kurt Rambis	24	15		377	45	79	.570	0	0		45	79	.570	.570	23	35	.657	27	63	90	19	13	16	23	51	113
7	Bob McAdoo	31	8		166	37	84	.440	2	6	.333	35	78	.449	.452	11	14	.786	15	31	46	5	11	10	14	23	87
8	Mark Landsberger	27	11		141	12	28	.429	0	1	.000	12	27	.444	.429	2	4	.500	19	25	44	3	0	2	6	24	26
9	Dwight Jones	30	7		59	5	16	.313	0	0		5	16	.313	.313	2	5	.400	4	8	12	0	1	0	5	11	12
10	Steve Mix	35	8		26	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	3	3	1.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	7
11	Mike McGee	23	6		25	4	11	.364	1	1	1.000	3	10	.300	.409	3	4	.750	5	2	7	1	0	0	4	5	12
12	Clay Johnson	26	7		20	4	7	.571	0	1	.000	4	6	.667	.571	0	0		2	2	4	1	1	0	1	3	8

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	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

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	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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