1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 62-20
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 15-9 Won NBA championship
Conference First Round - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Utah Jazz 4-3
Conference Finals - Defeated Dallas Mavericks 4-3
Finals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 4-3
Coach: Pat Riley (62-20)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 714,477, Avg. 17,426 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-9.

The Lakers scored 9,250 points and allowed 8,771. Byron Scott scored a team-leading 1,754 points for Los Angeles, while Earvin Johnson and James Worthy netted 18 or more per game, too. A.C. Green contributed 710 rebounds. Earvin Johnson dished out 858 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Byron Scott added 155 steals.

Pat Riley coached the team. The 1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Byron Scott	G	81	81	3048	1348	710	179	62	317	272	76	257	333	335	155	27	161	204	1754
James Worthy	F	75	72	2655	1161	617	16	2	304	242	129	245	374	289	72	55	155	175	1478
Earvin Johnson	G-F	72	70	2637	996	490	56	11	489	417	88	361	449	858	114	13	269	147	1408
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	80	80	2308	903	480	1	0	269	205	118	360	478	135	48	92	159	216	1165
A.C. Green	F-C	82	64	2636	640	322	2	0	379	293	245	465	710	93	87	45	120	204	937
Mychal Thompson	C-F	80	0	2007	722	370	3	0	292	185	198	291	489	66	38	79	113	251	925
Michael Cooper	G-F	61	8	1793	482	189	178	57	113	97	50	178	228	289	66	26	101	136	532
Wes Matthews	G	51	8	706	248	114	30	7	65	54	16	50	66	138	25	3	69	65	289
Kurt Rambis	F	70	20	845	186	102	0	0	93	73	103	165	268	54	39	13	59	103	277
Milt Wagner	G	40	4	380	147	62	10	2	29	26	4	24	28	61	6	4	22	42	152
Tony Campbell	F-G	13	1	242	101	57	3	1	39	28	8	19	27	15	11	2	26	41	143
Mike Smrek	C	48	2	421	103	44	0	0	66	44	27	58	85	8	7	42	30	105	132
Ray Tolbert	F	14	0	82	28	16	0	0	13	10	9	11	20	5	3	3	11	14	42
Billy Thompson	F	9	0	38	13	3	0	0	10	8	2	7	9	1	1	0	6	11	14
Jeff Lamp	F-G	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Totals		779	410	19805	7078	3576	478	142	2480	1956	1073	2491	3564	2347	672	404	1301	1715	9250

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Byron Scott	G	81	81	37.6	52.7	34.6	85.8	0.9	3.2	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.3	2.0	2.5	21.7
James Worthy	F	75	72	35.4	53.1	12.5	79.6	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	19.7
Earvin Johnson	G-F	72	70	36.6	49.2	19.6	85.3	1.2	5.0	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	3.7	2.0	19.6
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	80	80	28.9	53.2	0.0	76.2	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.7	14.6
A.C. Green	F-C	82	64	32.1	50.3	0.0	77.3	3.0	5.7	8.7	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.5	11.4
Mychal Thompson	C-F	80	0	25.1	51.2	0.0	63.4	2.5	3.6	6.1	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.4	3.1	11.6
Michael Cooper	G-F	61	8	29.4	39.2	32.0	85.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	8.7
Wes Matthews	G	51	8	13.8	46.0	23.3	83.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.7	0.5	0.1	1.4	1.3	5.7
Kurt Rambis	F	70	20	12.1	54.8		78.5	1.5	2.4	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	4.0
Milt Wagner	G	40	4	9.5	42.2	20.0	89.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.1	3.8
Tony Campbell	F-G	13	1	18.6	56.4	33.3	71.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.2	11.0
Mike Smrek	C	48	2	8.8	42.7		66.7	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.8
Ray Tolbert	F	14	0	5.9	57.1		76.9	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.0
Billy Thompson	F	9	0	4.2	23.1		80.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.6
Jeff Lamp	F-G	3	0	2.3			100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7
Averages		779	410	25.4	50.5	29.7	78.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.2	11.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
James Worthy	F	24	896	390	204	9	1	128	97	53	86	139	106	33	19	55	58	506
Earvin Johnson	G-F	24	965	329	169	14	7	155	132	32	98	130	303	34	4	83	61	477
Byron Scott	G	24	897	357	178	55	24	104	90	26	74	100	60	34	5	47	65	470
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	24	718	304	141	2	0	71	56	49	82	131	36	15	37	46	81	338
A.C. Green	F-C	24	726	169	92	0	0	73	55	0	0	175	20	11	12	26	61	239
Mychal Thompson	C-F	24	615	191	98	0	0	62	36	63	107	170	12	17	21	33	70	232
Michael Cooper	G-F	24	588	131	54	62	25	27	20	15	43	58	66	19	9	21	57	153
Kurt Rambis	F	19	186	34	21	0	0	13	9	13	38	51	9	5	2	8	28	51
Tony Campbell	F-G	15	94	42	18	1	0	16	11	4	6	10	5	3	0	5	16	47
Wes Matthews	G	10	27	5	2	1	0	10	8	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	4	12
Milt Wagner	G	5	14	5	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	3	0	1	0	3	6
Mike Smrek	C	8	34	5	1	0	0	3	1	1	5	6	0	1	3	2	4	3
Totals		225	5760	1962	980	145	57	664	517	256	542	973	622	173	113	329	508	2534

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
James Worthy	F	24	37.3	52.3	11.1	75.8	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	21.1
Earvin Johnson	G-F	24	40.2	51.4	50.0	85.2	1.3	4.1	5.4	12.6	1.4	0.2	3.5	2.5	19.9
Byron Scott	G	24	37.4	49.9	43.6	86.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	19.6
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	24	29.9	46.4	0.0	78.9	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.5	0.6	1.5	1.9	3.4	14.1
A.C. Green	F-C	24	30.3	54.4		75.3	0.0	0.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.5	10.0
Mychal Thompson	C-F	24	25.6	51.3		58.1	2.6	4.5	7.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.9	9.7
Michael Cooper	G-F	24	24.5	41.2	40.3	74.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	6.4
Kurt Rambis	F	19	9.8	61.8		69.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	2.7
Tony Campbell	F-G	15	6.3	42.9	0.0	68.8	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	3.1
Wes Matthews	G	10	2.7	40.0	0.0	80.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.2
Milt Wagner	G	5	2.8	40.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2
Mike Smrek	C	8	4.3	20.0		33.3	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4
Averages		779	25.6	49.9	39.3	77.9	1.1	2.4	4.3	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.3	11.3