1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1983 yes yes 58 24 Pacific 1 1 Pat Riley Jerry West Jerry Buss The Forum NBA Finals(lost to 76ers 0–4) LAL KHJ AM 570 KLAC The 1982–83 NBA season was the Lakers' 35th season in the NBA and the 23rd season in Los Angeles. The Lakers were attempting to become the first team since the Boston Celtics in 1969 to repeat as NBA Champions. However, on April 10, 1983, rookie and number one pick in the 1982 draft James Worthy injured his leg while attempting a putback in a home loss against Phoenix, ending his season. Even without Worthy for the playoffs, the Lakers made it to the NBA Finals, only to be swept in four games by the Julius Erving and Moses Malone led Philadelphia 76ers. This was Pat Riley's first full season as Lakers head coach. Former Lakers star guard and coach Jerry West started his long and successful tenure as general manager. West's predecessor as coach and GM, Bill Sharman, was named team president. NBA draft The Lakers were the defending league champions, which normally results in a low draft position, but the team had the top pick in the Draft thanks to a trade made years earlier. On February 15, 1980, the Lakers had sent Don Ford and their top pick in the 1980 NBA Draft (who turned out to be Chad Kinch) to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Butch Lee and the Cavs' top pick in the 1982 NBA Draft.James Worthy Bio at NBA.com Prior to the implementation of the NBA draft lottery in 1985, the teams with the two worst records from the previous season would flip a coin flip for the top pick. Cleveland finished last in 1981–82, and the Lakers won the coin flip with the San Diego Clippers. Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 1 James Worthy Forward North Carolina Roster Los Angeles Lakers 1982–83 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7 2 225 1947-04-16 UCLA 35 Billy Ray Bates G 6 4 210 1956-05-31 Texas 21 Michael Cooper G 6 5 170 1956-04-15 New Mexico 34 Clay Johnson basketball G 6 4 175 1956-07-18 Missouri 32 Magic Johnson G 6 9 215 1959-08-14 Michigan State 13 Dwight Jones basketball F 6 10 210 1952-02-27 Houston 15 Eddie Jordan basketball G 6 1 170 1955-01-29 Rutgers 54 Mark Landsberger F 6 8 215 1955-05-21 Arizona State 11 Bob McAdoo C 6 9 210 1951-09-25 UNC 40 Mike McGee basketball F 6 5 190 1959-07-29 Michigan 50 Steve Mix F 6 7 215 1947-12-30 Toledo 10 Norm Nixon G 6 2 170 1955-10-11 Duquesne 31 Kurt Rambis F 6 8 213 1958-02-25 Santa Clara 52 Jamaal Wilkes F 6 6 190 1953-05-02 UCLA 42 James Worthy F 6 9 225 1961-02-27 UNC Pat Riley Bill Bertka Dave Wohl (L) On leave from the team https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1983.html April 16, 1983 Regular season Season standings + Pacific Division Team W L PCT. GB Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 - Phoenix Suns 53 29 .646 5 Seattle SuperSonics 48 34 .585 10 Portland Trail Blazers 46 36 .561 12 Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 28 San Diego Clippers 25 57 .305 33 Game log Regular season Los Angeles Lakers 1983 Total: 58–24 (home: 33–8; road: 25–16) Los Angeles Lakers October yes 0 1 0 0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | October 29 | Golden State | L 117-132 | Magic Johnson (22) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum15,802 | 0–1 Los Angeles Lakers November 8 0 4 3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | November 3 | @ Denver | W 135-134 (OT) | 3 players tied (22) | Magic Johnson (15) | Magic Johnson (13) | McNichols Sports Arena14,807 | 1-1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | November 4 | Denver | W 131-108 | Norm Nixon (21) | Kurt Rambis (11) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Forum12,815 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | November 6 | @ Utah | W 104-101 | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (22) | Magic Johnson (11) | Magic Johnson (8) | Salt Palace11,869 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | November 7 | Portland | W 103-89 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum13,526 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | November 9 | Kansas City | W 139-117 | Norm Nixon (20) | Abdul-Jabbar & Worthy (7) | Norm Nixon (13) | The Forum12,402 | 5–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | November 12 | Houston | W 127-96 | Magic Johnson (28) | Johnson & Wilkes (10) | Norm Nixon (10) | The Forum15,804 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | November 14 | Cleveland | W 111-98 | Jamaal Wilkes (30) | Magic Johnson (12) | Norm Nixon (12) | The Forum12,806 | 7–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | November 16 | @ Phoenix | L 105-113 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) | Magic Johnson (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum13,288 | 7–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | November 17 | @ Dallas | L 117-118 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22) | Kurt Rambis (9) | Norm Nixon (13) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 7–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | November 19 | Washington | W 122-92 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) | 3 players tied (9) | Norm Nixon (10) | The Forum14,945 | 8–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | November 21 | Denver | W 143-129 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29) | Kurt Rambis (16) | Norm Nixon (15) | The Forum17,505 | 9–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | November 24 | @ Seattle | W 111-93 | James Worthy (26) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) | Magic Johnson (10) | Kingdome26,230 | 10–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | November 26 | @ San Diego | W 117-115 | Magic Johnson (32) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) | Norm Nixon (8) | San Diego Sports Arena12,077 | 11–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | November 28 | Golden State | W 142-127 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) | Kurt Rambis (9) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum16,125 | 12–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 The Spurs protested the original ending of the game, a double-overtime Lakers win, which was upheld by NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien. The conclusion of the game was replayed on April 13, 1983.NBA Upholds Spurs' Protest https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/15/sports/nba-upholds-spurs-protest.html New York Times December 15, 1982 | November 30 | @ San Antonio | L 114-117 | Norm Nixon (23) | James Worthy (10) | Norm Nixon (11) | HemisFair Arena12,115 | 12–4 Los Angeles Lakers December 6 1 6 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | December 1 | @ Houston | W 106-95 | Johnson & McAdoo (19) | Abdul-Jabbar & Wilkes (8) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Summit8,786 | 13–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | December 3 | Portland | W 115-100 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (22) | 3 players tied (9) | Magic Johnson (14) | The Forum13,787 | 14–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | December 5 | Philadelphia | L 104-114 | Jamaal Wilkes (22) | Bob McAdoo (9) | Johnson & Nixon (7) | The Forum | 14–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | December 8 | Phoenix | W 89-86 | Jamaal Wilkes (20) | Kurt Rambis (13) | Magic Johnson (8) | The Forum13,763 | 15–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 | December 10 | @ Utah | W 128-122 | Bob McAdoo (26) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (13) | Salt Palace9,023 | 16–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | December 11 | @ Golden State | W 128-107 | Kurt Rambis (20) | Kurt Rambis (14) | Cooper & Nixon (9) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,335 | 17–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | December 14 | @ Portland | L 103-107 | Magic Johnson (24) | Magic Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (12) | Memorial Coliseum | 17–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | December 17 | New Jersey | W 117-106 | Jamaal Wilkes (27) | Johnson & Wilkes (8) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum15,786 | 18–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | December 18 | @ Phoenix | L 100-126 | Jamaal Wilkes (20) | Bob McAdoo (8) | James Worthy (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum12,856 | 18–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | December 19 | Dallas | W 110-108 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (17) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum14,094 | 19–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | December 22 | Utah | W 124-100 | Bob McAdoo (22) | 3 players tied (7) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum12,358 | 20–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | December 23 | @ San Diego | W 120-115 | Magic Johnson (23) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (7) | Magic Johnson (9) | San Diego Sports Arena8,160 | 21–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | December 26 | @ Houston | W 96-94 | Jamaal Wilkes (22) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (4) | The Summit10,833 | 22–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | December 29 | @ Golden State | W 120-110 | Magic Johnson (27) | Kurt Rambis (13) | Magic Johnson (10) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,335 | 23–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | December 30 | Seattle | W 137-117 | Norm Nixon (24) | Magic Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (16) | The Forum17,505 | 24–7 Los Angeles Lakers January 6 0 4 3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | January 2 | Detroit | W 127-112 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) | Magic Johnson (7) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum15,343 | 25–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | January 5 | @ Philadelphia | L 120-122 (OT) | Jamaal Wilkes (36) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (20) | The Spectrum18,482 | 25–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | January 6 | @ Cleveland | W 125-107 | Norm Nixon (20) | Kurt Rambis (12) | Magic Johnson (8) | Richfield Coliseum11,270 | 26–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | January 8 | @ New York | W 108-90 | McAdoo & Wilkes (20) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Johnson & Nixon (8) | Madison Square Garden19,591 | 27–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 36 | January 11 | @ New Jersey | L 96-110 | Wilkes & Worthy (17) | Johnson & McAdoo (8) | Magic Johnson (11) | Brendan Byrne Arena20,149 | 27–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 | January 15 | @ Atlanta | W 120-101 | Jamaal Wilkes (21) | Magic Johnson (17) | Magic Johnson (21) | Omni Coliseum15,956 | 28–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 | January 19 | San Diego | W 107-104 | Jamaal Wilkes (26) | Kurt Rambis (10) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum | 29–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | January 21 | San Antonio | W 119-110 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) | Bob McAdoo (7) | Norm Nixon (15) | The Forum | 30–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 | January 23 | Indiana | W 105-102 | Jamaal Wilkes (28) | Bob McAdoo (9) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7) | The Forum14,139 | 31–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 41 | January 25 | @ Portland | W 125-120 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) | Magic Johnson (9) | Magic Johnson (9) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 32–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 | January 26 | Milwaukee | W 115-113 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (20) | The Forum17,505 | 33–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 | January 28 | Atlanta | W 109-85 | Magic Johnson (21) | Kurt Rambis (12) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Forum17,505 | 34–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 44 | January 30 | @ Boston | L 95-110 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) | Magic Johnson (9) | Magic Johnson (10) | Boston Garden15,320 | 34–10 Los Angeles Lakers February 2 3 4 3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 45 | February 2 | @ Dallas | L 120-122 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34) | Johnson & Rambis (9) | 3 players tied (6) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 34–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 | February 4 | @ Kansas City | W 143-125 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (15) | Checkerdome | 35–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 | February 6 | Kansas City | W 116-106 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (18) | James Worthy (8) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 36–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 | February 8 | @ Seattle | W 121-118 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | Kingdome19,726 | 37–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 49 | February 9 | Utah | W 113-99 | Jamaal Wilkes (22) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum13,656 | 38–11 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- style="background:#fcc;" | 50 | February 15 | San Antonio | L 103-124 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Abdul-Jabbar & McAdoo (10) | Norm Nixon (12) | The Forum15,111 | 38–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 | February 17 | @ Dallas | W 127-110 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) | Magic Johnson (11) | Reunion Arena17,134 | 39–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 52 | February 18 | @ Kansas City | L 118-124 | Jamaal Wilkes (26) | Johnson & Worthy (7) | Magic Johnson (15) | Kemper Arena15,116 | 39–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 | February 20 | @ Indiana | W 126-112 | Magic Johnson (27) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) | Norm Nixon (13) | Market Square Arena10,952 | 40–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 54 | February 23 | Boston | L 104-113 | Magic Johnson (20) | Magic Johnson (13) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum17,505 | 40–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 55 | February 26 | @ Utah | L 92-101 | Jamaal Wilkes (17) | 3 players tied (9) | Magic Johnson (10) | Salt Palace12,097 | 40–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 56 | February 27 | Denver | L 120-135 | Magic Johnson (28) | Kurt Rambis (14) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 40–16 Los Angeles Lakers March 8 1 5 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 57 | March 1 | @ Chicago | W 114-111 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (13) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (8) | Chicago Stadium15,307 | 41–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | March 2 | @ Milwaukee | W 127-117 | Magic Johnson (34) | 3 players tied (7) | Magic Johnson (15) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 42–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 59 | March 4 | @ Washington | L 93-96 | Norm Nixon (26) | Kurt Rambis (9) | Magic Johnson (10) | Capital Centre17,118 | 42–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 | March 5 | @ Detroit | W 122-108 | James Worthy (28) | Johnson & Worthy (10) | Magic Johnson (16) | Pontiac Silverdome25,278 | 43–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 | March 8 | @ Golden State | W 116-112 | Magic Johnson (31) | Magic Johnson (12) | Johnson & Nixon (9) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena13,335 | 44–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 62 | March 9 | San Diego | W 119-114 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (8) | Magic Johnson (20) | The Forum17,505 | 45–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 | March 12 | Chicago | W 123-116 | Norm Nixon (27) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (14) | The Forum17,505 | 46–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 | March 16 | Phoenix | W 104-95 | Magic Johnson (25) | Magic Johnson (11) | Norm Nixon (12) | The Forum16,060 | 47–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 | March 18 | Kansas City | W 109-96 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (35) | Kurt Rambis (12) | Norm Nixon (13) | The Forum15,817 | 48–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 66 | March 19 | @ San Diego | L 99-107 | Jamaal Wilkes (22) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (8) | Norm Nixon (10) | San Diego Sports Arena13,075 | 48–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 67 | March 20 | Dallas | W 117-110 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) | Kurt Rambis (9) | Magic Johnson (16) | The Forum17,505 | 49–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 | March 22 | Seattle | W 123-108 | Jamaal Wilkes (26) | Magic Johnson (15) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 50–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 69 | March 25 | San Antonio | L 120-132 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 50–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 70 | March 27 | Houston | W 114-93 | Magic Johnson (26) | Dwight Jones (9) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Forum14,719 | 51–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 71 | March 29 | San Diego | W 127-109 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7) | Magic Johnson (8) | The Forum16,581 | 52–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 72 | March 31 | @ Denver | W 122-116 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Magic Johnson (16) | Magic Johnson (12) | McNichols Sports Arena17,310 | 53–19 Los Angeles Lakers April 3 2 2 3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 73 | April 1 | New York | W 102-88 | Norm Nixon (22) | Magic Johnson (9) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum17,505 | 54–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 74 | April 4 | @ Seattle | L 111-121 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (8) | Kingdome18,045 | 54–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 75 | April 5 | @ Portland | L 101-107 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) | Magic Johnson (16) | Magic Johnson (13) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 54–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 | April 7 | @ Phoenix | W 117-108 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29) | 3 players tied (8) | Magic Johnson (13) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,660 | 55–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 77 | April 8 | Golden State | W 118-107 | Magic Johnson (36) | Magic Johnson (13) | Magic Johnson (14) | The Forum15,176 | 56–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 78 | April 10 | Phoenix | L 95-101 | Jamaal Wilkes (23) | Magic Johnson (9) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum16,545 | 56–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 79 | April 12 | @ Houston | W 114-113 | Magic Johnson (31) | Kurt Rambis (10) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Summit8,147 | 57–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 80 | April 13 | @ San Antonio | L 109-114 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7) | Magic Johnson (12) | HemisFair Arena15,782 | 57–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 81 | April 15 | Seattle | W 100-99 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (29) | Kurt Rambis (12) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum17,505 | 58–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 82 | April 17 | Portland | L 108-119 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Norm Nixon (12) | The Forum16,509 | 58–24 LAL 1983 Playoffs Los Angeles Lakers yes 1983 Total: 8–7 (home: 4–4; road: 4–3) Los Angeles Lakers Conference Semi-finals yes yes no 3 0 1 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | April 24 | Portland | W 118–97 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32) | Johnson & Rambis (9) | Magic Johnson (18) | The Forum13,891 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | April 26 | Portland | W 112–106 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37) | Jamaal Wilkes (9) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7) | The Forum16,239 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | April 29 | @ Portland | W 115–109 (OT) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30) | Rambis & Wilkes (9) | Magic Johnson (11) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 3–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 1 | @ Portland | L 95–108 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (9) | Magic Johnson (8) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | May 3 | Portland | W 116–108 | Norm Nixon (36) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Magic Johnson (15) | The Forum16,739 | 4–1 |- Los Angeles Lakers Conference finals yes no 1 2 3 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 8 | San Antonio | W 119–107 | Abdul-Jabbar & Nixon (30) | 3 players tied (8) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum15,063 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 10 | San Antonio | L 113–122 | Johnson & Nixon (28) | Magic Johnson (12) | Norm Nixon (11) | The Forum17,505 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | May 13 | @ San Antonio | W 113–100 | Jamaal Wilkes (26) | Magic Johnson (11) | Magic Johnson (13) | HemisFair Arena15,782 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | May 15 | @ San Antonio | W 129–121 | Magic Johnson (31) | Magic Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (17) | HemisFair Arena15,782 | 3–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 18 | San Antonio | L 112–117 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30) | Magic Johnson (11) | Magic Johnson (19) | The Forum17,505 | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | May 20 | @ San Antonio | W 101–100 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) | Magic Johnson (15) | Magic Johnson (16) | HemisFair Arena15,782 | 4–2 |- Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals yes no 0 2 0 2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 22 | @ Philadelphia | L 107–113 | Norm Nixon (26) | Mark Landsberger (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Spectrum18,482 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 26 | @ Philadelphia | L 93–103 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) | Magic Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Spectrum18,482 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 29 | Philadelphia | L 94–111 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (23) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (15) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum17,505 | 0–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 31 | Philadelphia | L 108–115 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) | 4 players tied (7) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum17,505 | 0–4 |- LAL 1983 yes Player statistics Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; PPG = Points per Game Season Player GP MPG REB AST STL BLK PTS PPG Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 79 32.3 592 200 61 170 1722 21.8 Jamaal Wilkes 80 31.9 343 182 65 17 1571 19.6 Magic Johnson 79 36.8 683 829 176 47 1326 16.8 Norm Nixon 79 34.3 205 566 104 4 1191 15.1 Bob McAdoo 47 21.7 247 39 40 40 703 15.0 James Worthy 77 25.6 399 132 91 64 1033 13.4 Michael Cooper 82 26.2 274 315 115 50 639 7.8 Kurt Rambis 78 23.2 531 90 105 63 584 7.5 Dwight Jones 32 15.3 114 22 13 9 156 4.9 Mike McGee 39 9.8 53 26 11 5 156 4.0 Clay Johnson 48 9.3 69 24 22 4 144 3.0 Mark Landsberger 39 9.1 128 12 8 4 98 2.5 Eddie Jordan 35 9.5 26 80 31 1 94 2.7 Steve Mix 1 17.0 1 2 0 0 9 9.0 Billy Ray Bates 4 6.8 1 0 1 0 5 1.3 Joe Cooper 2 5.5 2 0 1 1 2 1.0 Playoffs Award winners/Honors Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Second Team All-NBA, All-Star Michael Cooper, Second Team All-Defense Magic Johnson, First Team All-NBA, All-Star Jamaal Wilkes, All-Star James Worthy, First Team All-Rookie Notes References Lakers on Database Basketball Lakers on Basketball Reference Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Category:Western Conference (NBA) championship seasons Los Los Angle Los Angle