1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season

Pro basketball team season (won NBA championship) August 2019 August 2019 Los Angeles Lakers 1987 yes yes yes 65 17 Pacific 1 1 Pat Riley Jerry West The Forum Jerry Buss Prime Ticket, KHJ AM 570 KLAC NBA champions (Defeated Celtics 4–2) LAL thumb|upright|Championship parade, June 1987 The 1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 41st season of the franchise, 39th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 27th in Los Angeles. Coming from a shocking defeat to the Houston Rockets in the previous season's Western Conference Finals in five games, where they won the first game, but proceeded to drop the next four, the Lakers avenged their playoff upset by making the NBA Finals for the sixth time in the 1980s. Prior to reaching the NBA Finals, in the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets in three games in the First Round, defeated the Golden State Warriors in five games in the Semi-finals, and swept the Seattle SuperSonics in four games in the Conference Finals. The highlight of the season saw the Lakers winning the NBA Finals, and their tenth NBA title (fifth in Los Angeles) over the defending NBA champions and rivals, the Boston Celtics, in six games. This marked the third and final time the Lakers and Celtics faced off against each other in the NBA Finals in the 1980s, as well as the last time the Lakers and Celtics faced off against each other in the NBA Finals until 2008, where the Celtics defeated the Lakers 4–2 to win their 17th NBA championship. The two teams would then meet again in 2010, where the Lakers defeated the Celtics 4–3 to win their 16th NBA championship. HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the seventh-easiest route to winning the NBA Finals in 2024 due to the fact that outside of the rivaling Celtics, two of their three opponents the Lakers faced off against had losing records in the Western Conference, with the only other team they played against in the Golden State Warriors holding a 42–40 record instead.Urbina Frank Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever HoopsHype 2024-06-17 https://hoopshype.com/lists/ranking-the-easiest-paths-to-an-nba-title-ever-championship/ 2025-03-19 Draft picks Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club team 1 23 Ken Barlow Notre Dame 3 69 Andre Turner Memphis State Roster Los Angeles Lakers 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7 2 225 1947-04-16 UCLA 24 Adrian Branch SF 6 7 185 1963-11-17 Maryland 21 Michael Cooper SG 6 5 170 1956-04-15 University of New Mexico 45 A.C. Green PF 6 9 220 1963-10-04 Oregon State University 32 Magic Johnson PG 6 9 215 1959-08-14 Michigan State University 1 Wes Matthews PG 6 1 170 1959-08-24 University of Wisconsin 31 Kurt Rambis PF 6 8 213 1958-02-25 Santa Clara University 4 Byron Scott SG 6 3 195 1961-03-28 Arizona State University 52 Mike Smrek C 7 0 250 1962-08-31 Canisius 55 Billy Thompson basketball SF 6 7 195 1963-12-01 University of Louisville 43 Mychal Thompson PF 6 10 226 1955-01-30 University of Minnesota 42 James Worthy SF 6 9 225 1961-02-27 University of North Carolina Pat Riley Bill Bertka Randy Pfund Gary Vitti (trainer) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1987.html February 13, 1987 Regular season Season standings LAL LAL Game log Regular season Los Angeles Lakers 1987 Total: 65–17 (Home: 37–4; Road: 28–13) Los Angeles Lakers November yes 8 1 4 1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | November 1 | @ Houston | L 102-112 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (27) | Kurt Rambis (13) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Summit16,016 | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | November 4 | @ Seattle | W 110-96 | James Worthy (26) | Kurt Rambis (17) | Magic Johnson (10) | Seattle Center Coliseum10,426 | 1-1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | November 7 | Denver | W 138-116 | James Worthy (30) | Abdul-Jabbar & Brickowski (9) | Magic Johnson (18) | The Forum15,872 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | November 9 | New York | W 111-88 | James Worthy (22) | Abdul-Jabbar & B. Thompson (6) | Magic Johnson (15) | The Forum17,505 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | November 12 | Seattle | W 122-97 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) | Kurt Rambis (9) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum13,694 | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | November 16 | Sacramento | W 113-111 | Magic Johnson (34) | Kurt Rambis (12) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum13,421 | 5–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | November 18 | @ Dallas | W 114-110 | Magic Johnson (29) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Magic Johnson (9) | Reunion Arena17,007 | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | November 19 | @ San Antonio | W 117-108 | Magic Johnson (25) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Magic Johnson (13) | HemisFair Arena10,581 | 7–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | November 21 | New Jersey | W 111-95 | James Worthy (26) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum14,918 | 8–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | November 23 | Milwaukee | W 127-117 | Magic Johnson (23) | Byron Scott (9) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum16,251 | 9–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | November 25 | Atlanta | L 107-113 | Magic Johnson (22) | A.C. Green (7) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (8) | The Forum17,505 | 9–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 | November 26 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 126-92 | A.C. Green (19) | A.C. Green (7) | Magic Johnson (14) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena12,110 | 10–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | November 28 | Chicago | W 110-103 | Magic Johnson (30) | A.C. Green (12) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Forum17,505 | 11–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | November 30 | L.A. Clippers | W 137-115 | Byron Scott (26) | Billy Thompson (13) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum13,099 | 12–2 Los Angeles Lakers December 5 0 5 4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | December 4 | @ Golden State | L 106-116 | Magic Johnson (28) | James Worthy (12) | Johnson & Scott (6) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena15,025 | 12–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | December 5 | Dallas | W 112-104 | Magic Johnson (27) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum15,896 | 13–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | December 7 | Golden State | W 132-100 | Byron Scott (26) | A.C. Green (9) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum14,937 | 14–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | December 9 | @ New York | W 113-87 | Magic Johnson (22) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (15) | Madison Square Garden19,320 | 15–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | December 10 | @ Milwaukee | L 93-116 | James Worthy (24) | James Worthy (6) | Wes Matthews (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 15–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | December 12 | @ Boston | W 117-110 | Magic Johnson (31) | A.C. Green (11) | Magic Johnson (8) | Boston Garden14,890 | 16–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | December 13 | @ Detroit | L 114-119 | Magic Johnson (34) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Magic Johnson (9) | Pontiac Silverdome33,447 | 16–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | December 16 | @ Cleveland | W 121-116 | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (25) | Magic Johnson (11) | Magic Johnson (14) | Richfield Coliseum17,755 | 17–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | December 18 | Portland | W 131-115 | Byron Scott (27) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (14) | Magic Johnson (18) | The Forum15,007 | 18–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | December 20 | @ Dallas | L 119-130 | Magic Johnson (34) | A.C. Green (15) | Magic Johnson (15) | Reunion Arena17,007 | 18–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 | December 21 | @ Houston | W 103-96 | Magic Johnson (38) | A.C. Green (16) | Magic Johnson (16) | The Summit16,016 | 19–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | December 23 | @ Sacramento | W 127-117 (OT) | Magic Johnson (46) | A.C. Green (16) | Magic Johnson (9) | ARCO Arena I10,333 | 20–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | December 26 | Houston | W 134-111 | Magic Johnson (30) | Kurt Rambis (6) | Magic Johnson (15) | The Forum17,505 | 21–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | December 28 | Philadelphia | W 111-85 | Magic Johnson (28) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (9) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Forum17,505 | 22–6 Los Angeles Lakers January 6 0 6 4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | January 1 | @ Portland | W 140-104 | Byron Scott (31) | A.C. Green (9) | Magic Johnson (18) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 23–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | January 2 | Phoenix | W 155-118 | Magic Johnson (32) | A.C. Green (12) | Magic Johnson (14) | The Forum17,505 | 24–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | January 4 | Utah | W 121-113 | Magic Johnson (26) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 25–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 | January 7 | Denver | W 147-109 | Byron Scott (23) | A.C. Green (10) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum15,777 | 26–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | January 8 | @ Utah | L 101-107 | Magic Johnson (25) | A.C. Green (14) | Magic Johnson (9) | Salt Palace12,212 | 26–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | January 10 | @ Golden State | L 109-124 | Magic Johnson (38) | Green & Rambis (7) | Magic Johnson (7) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena15,025 | 26–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | January 11 | San Antonio | W 111-109 | James Worthy (30) | Kurt Rambis (6) | Magic Johnson (9) | The Forum15,294 | 27–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 | January 15 | Golden State | W 129-109 | Johnson & Worthy (31) | James Worthy (13) | Magic Johnson (12) | The Forum17,505 | 28–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 | January 18 | @ Washington | W 115-101 | Magic Johnson (26) | A.C. Green (10) | Magic Johnson (10) | Capital Centre19,411 | 29–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 | January 19 | @ New Jersey | W 126-115 | Magic Johnson (42) | Magic Johnson (11) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (7) | Brendan Byrne Arena14,197 | 30–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | January 21 | @ Atlanta | W 112-109 | James Worthy (27) | Green & Worthy (11) | Magic Johnson (9) | Omni Coliseum16,522 | 31–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 | January 22 | @ Indiana | W 118-108 | Magic Johnson (29) | Johnson & Rambis (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | Market Square Arena16,912 | 32–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 | January 24 | @ Dallas | L 117-132 | Magic Johnson (25) | James Worthy (8) | Magic Johnson (12) | Reunion Arena17,007 | 32–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 | January 27 | Portland | W 107-100 | Byron Scott (21) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum15,989 | 33–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 43 | January 28 | @ Seattle | L 101-125 | Magic Johnson (24) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Magic Johnson (11) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,634 | 33–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 | January 30 | @ Phoenix | W 114-102 | A.C. Green (24) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (9) | Magic Johnson (19) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,471 | 34–10 Los Angeles Lakers February 5 2 5 2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 45 | February 2 | Dallas | L 99-103 | Byron Scott (21) | A.C. Green (9) | Michael Cooper (10) | The Forum17,505 | 34–11 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 | February 4 | Sacramento | W 128-92 | Byron Scott (21) | A.C. Green (11) | Magic Johnson (17) | The Forum14,729 | 35–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 47 | February 5 | @ Portland | L 104-105 | Magic Johnson (26) | A.C. Green (16) | Magic Johnson (10) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 35–12 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 | February 10 | @ Sacramento | W 114-98 | Byron Scott (30) | Kurt Rambis (11) | Magic Johnson (13) | ARCO Arena I10,333 | 36–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 49 | February 13 | Indiana | W 113-108 | Magic Johnson (40) | James Worthy (9) | Cooper & Johnson (7) | The Forum17,505 | 37–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 | February 15 | Boston | W 106-103 | Magic Johnson (39) | Johnson & Worthy (7) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum17,505 | 38–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 51 | February 17 | Washington | L 99-114 | James Worthy (21) | Kurt Rambis (13) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum17,505 | 38–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 | February 18 | @ Denver | W 128-122 | Magic Johnson (37) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Magic Johnson (16) | McNichols Sports Arena17,022 | 39–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 | February 20 | @ Chicago | W 110-100 | Magic Johnson (28) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7) | Magic Johnson (16) | Chicago Stadium18,079 | 40–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 54 | February 22 | @ Philadelphia | W 112-110 (OT) | James Worthy (24) | A.C. Green (10) | Magic Johnson (18) | The Spectrum17,967 | 41–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 | February 24 | @ Phoenix | W 97-93 | Cooper & Scott (21) | A.C. Green (15) | Michael Cooper (7) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum12,686 | 42–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 | February 25 | Phoenix | W 99-91 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26) | Abdul-Jabbar & Cooper (9) | Michael Cooper (8) | The Forum16,416 | 43–13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 57 | February 27 | Golden State | W 121-109 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (30) | A.C. Green (11) | Magic Johnson (15) | The Forum17,505 | 44–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 58 | February 28 | @ Utah | L 100-107 | Magic Johnson (24) | A.C. Green (9) | Magic Johnson (14) | Salt Palace12,212 | 44–14 Los Angeles Lakers March 10 0 3 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 | March 3 | @ Golden State | W 114-109 | Byron Scott (26) | A.C. Green (12) | Magic Johnson (17) | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena15,025 | 45–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 | March 4 | Seattle | W 138-124 | Magic Johnson (31) | A.C. Green (11) | Magic Johnson (19) | The Forum17,505 | 46–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 | March 7 | Cleveland | W 122-118 | James Worthy (31) | 3 players tied (8) | Magic Johnson (17) | The Forum17,505 | 47–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 62 | March 9 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 136-114 | Byron Scott (30) | A.C. Green (11) | Magic Johnson (15) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena12,067 | 48–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 | March 10 | Denver | W 143-107 | James Worthy (23) | Kurt Rambis (15) | Magic Johnson (20) | The Forum17,505 | 49–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 | March 12 | Portland | W 125-116 | Magic Johnson (25) | Cooper & Rambis (7) | Magic Johnson (16) | The Forum17,505 | 50–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 | March 15 | L.A. Clippers | W 115-101 | Magic Johnson (20) | Kurt Rambis (18) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum17,505 | 51–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 66 | March 18 | Utah | W 111-97 | Magic Johnson (27) | A.C. Green (13) | Magic Johnson (19) | The Forum17,505 | 52–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 67 | March 20 | San Antonio | W 147-115 | Byron Scott (22) | A.C. Green (17) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 53–14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 | March 22 | Sacramento | W 129-121 | Magic Johnson (33) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (19) | The Forum17,505 | 54–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 69 | March 24 | @ Phoenix | L 93-108 | James Worthy (23) | A.C. Green (11) | Michael Cooper (9) | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum12,907 | 54–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 70 | March 26 | Detroit | W 128-111 | Byron Scott (25) | A.C. Green (14) | Magic Johnson (15) | The Forum17,505 | 55–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 71 | March 28 | @ Houston | W 123-109 | Magic Johnson (31) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (12) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Summit16,279 | 56–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 72 | March 31 | Houston | W 111-96 | Magic Johnson (21) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum17,505 | 57–15 Los Angeles Lakers April 3 1 5 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 73 | April 2 | @ Seattle | W 117-114 | Magic Johnson (34) | Abdul-Jabbar & Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (13) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,739 | 58–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 74 | April 3 | @ Portland | W 127-121 | Magic Johnson (35) | Magic Johnson (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | Memorial Coliseum12,666 | 59–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 | April 5 | @ Denver | W 126-118 | Magic Johnson (23) | A.C. Green (12) | Magic Johnson (10) | McNichols Sports Arena17,022 | 60–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 | April 6 | L.A. Clippers | W 135-112 | James Worthy (20) | A.C. Green (10) | Magic Johnson (16) | The Forum14,777 | 61–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 77 | April 9 | @ L.A. Clippers | W 118-100 | Magic Johnson (28) | Kurt Rambis (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena13,801 | 62–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 78 | April 10 | San Antonio | W 131-121 | James Worthy (24) | A.C. Green (14) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum17,505 | 63–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 79 | April 12 | Phoenix | W 119-104 | James Worthy (26) | A.C. Green (11) | Magic Johnson (19) | The Forum17,505 | 64–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 80 | April 16 | @ Utah | W 110-97 | Magic Johnson (31) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Worthy (10) | Magic Johnson (8) | Salt Palace12,212 | 65–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 81 | April 17 | @ San Antonio | L 103-115 | Mychal Thompson (20) | Kurt Rambis (7) | Johnson & Worthy (6) | HemisFair Arena12,872 | 65–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 82 | April 19 | Seattle | L 104-110 | Byron Scott (25) | Mychal Thompson (12) | Magic Johnson (7) | The Forum17,505 | 65–17 LAL 1987 Playoffs Los Angeles Lakers yes 1987 Total: 15–3 (Home: 10–0; Road: 5–3) Los Angeles Lakers First Round yes yes no 2 0 1 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | April 23 | Denver | W 128–95 | James Worthy (28) | Mychal Thompson (9) | Magic Johnson (14) | The Forum17,505 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | April 25 | Denver | W 139–127 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (28) | A.C. Green (13) | Magic Johnson (15) | The Forum17,297 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | April 29 | @ Denver | W 140–103 | Byron Scott (25) | A.C. Green (10) | Magic Johnson (14) | McNichols Sports Arena15,137 | 3–0 |- Los Angeles Lakers Conference Semi-finals yes no 3 0 1 1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 5 | Golden State | W 125–116 | James Worthy (28) | Magic Johnson (12) | Magic Johnson (14) | The Forum17,505 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 7 | Golden State | W 116–101 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25) | 3 players tied (8) | Michael Cooper (12) | The Forum17,505 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | May 9 | @ Golden State | W 133–108 | James Worthy (28) | Mychal Thompson (12) | Magic Johnson (14) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena15,025 | 3–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 10 | @ Golden State | L 121–129 | Byron Scott (28) | A.C. Green (12) | Michael Cooper (10) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena15,025 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | May 12 | Golden State | W 116–108 | James Worthy (23) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (9) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum17,505 | 4–1 |- Los Angeles Lakers Conference Finals yes no 2 0 2 0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | May 16 | Seattle | W 87–82 | James Worthy (27) | Magic Johnson (7) | Magic Johnson (11) | The Forum17,505 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | May 19 | Seattle | W 112–104 | James Worthy (30) | A.C. Green (14) | Magic Johnson (10) | The Forum17,505 | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | May 23 | @ Seattle | W 122–121 | James Worthy (39) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Magic Johnson (11) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,657 | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | May 25 | @ Seattle | W 133–102 | James Worthy (26) | A.C. Green (13) | Magic Johnson (12) | Seattle Center Coliseum14,477 | 4–0 |- Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals yes no 3 0 1 2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | June 2 | Boston | W 126–113 | James Worthy (33) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10) | Magic Johnson (13) | The Forum17,505 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | June 4 | Boston | W 141–122 | Byron Scott (24) | Johnson & Rambis (5) | Magic Johnson (20) | The Forum17,505 | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 7 | @ Boston | L 103–109 | Magic Johnson (32) | Magic Johnson (11) | Magic Johnson (9) | Boston Garden14,890 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 9 | @ Boston | W 107–106 | Magic Johnson (29) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (11) | Cooper & Johnson (5) | Boston Garden14,890 | 3–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | June 11 | @ Boston | L 108–123 | Magic Johnson (29) | Magic Johnson (8) | Magic Johnson (12) | Boston Garden14,890 | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | June 14 | Boston | W 106–93 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32) | Mychal Thompson (9) | Magic Johnson (19) | The Forum17,505 | 4–2 |- LAL 1987 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 Magic Johnson 80 36.3 504 977 138 36 1909 23.8 James Worthy 82 34.4 466 226 108 83 1594 19.4 Byron Scott 82 33.3 286 281 125 18 1397 17.0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 78 31.3 523 203 49 97 1366 17.5 Michael Cooper 82 27.5 254 373 78 43 859 10.5 A.C. Green 79 28.4 615 84 70 80 852 10.8 Kurt Rambis 78 19.4 453 63 74 41 446 5.7 Mychal Thompson 33 20.6 136 28 14 30 333 10.1 Billy Thompson 59 12.9 171 60 15 30 332 5.6 Wes Matthews 50 10.6 47 100 23 4 208 4.2 Frank Brickowski 37 10.9 97 12 14 4 146 3.9 Adrian Branch 32 6.8 53 16 16 3 138 4.3 Mike Smrek 35 6.7 37 5 4 13 76 2.2 Playoffs Award winners Magic Johnson, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Magic Johnson, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award Michael Cooper, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Magic Johnson, All-NBA First Team Michael Cooper, NBA All-Defensive First Team References Lakers on Database Basketball Lakers on Basketball Reference knc-jutpFHU "The Drive for Five" – NBA documentary on the 1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Category:NBA championship seasons Los Angeles Lakers Category:Western Conference (NBA) championship seasons Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers