
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-2 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Phoenix Suns 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 4-0
Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
Coach: Paul Westhead (7-4)
Coach: Pat Riley (50-21)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 605,367, Avg. 14,765 in 41 home dates
1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Results
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-2.
The Lakers scored 9,400 points and allowed 9,001. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a team-leading 1,818 points for Los Angeles, while Earvin Johnson and Jamaal Wilkes contributed 18 or more per game, too. Earvin Johnson accounted for 751 rebounds. Earvin Johnson dished out 743 assists for the squad.
On defense, Earvin Johnson added 208 steals, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected 207 opposing shots.
Paul Westhead and Pat Riley coached the team. The 1981-82 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 |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 76 | 76 | 2677 | 1301 | 753 | 3 | 0 | 442 | 312 | 172 | 487 | 659 | 225 | 63 | 207 | 230 | 224 | 1818 |
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 82 | 82 | 2906 | 1417 | 744 | 4 | 0 | 336 | 246 | 153 | 240 | 393 | 143 | 89 | 24 | 164 | 240 | 1734 |
Earvin Johnson | G-F | 78 | 77 | 2991 | 1036 | 556 | 29 | 6 | 433 | 329 | 252 | 499 | 751 | 743 | 208 | 34 | 286 | 223 | 1447 |
Norm Nixon | G | 82 | 82 | 3024 | 1274 | 628 | 12 | 3 | 224 | 181 | 38 | 138 | 176 | 652 | 132 | 7 | 238 | 264 | 1440 |
Michael Cooper | G-F | 76 | 14 | 2197 | 741 | 383 | 17 | 2 | 171 | 139 | 84 | 185 | 269 | 230 | 120 | 61 | 151 | 216 | 907 |
Bob McAdoo | C-F | 41 | 0 | 746 | 330 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 90 | 45 | 114 | 159 | 32 | 22 | 36 | 51 | 109 | 392 |
Mitch Kupchak | F-C | 26 | 26 | 821 | 267 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 65 | 64 | 146 | 210 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 80 | 371 |
Mark Landsberger | F-C | 75 | 1 | 1134 | 329 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 33 | 164 | 237 | 401 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 134 | 321 |
Kurt Rambis | F | 64 | 43 | 1131 | 228 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 59 | 116 | 232 | 348 | 56 | 60 | 76 | 77 | 167 | 295 |
Eddie Jordan | G | 58 | 0 | 608 | 208 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 54 | 43 | 4 | 39 | 43 | 131 | 62 | 1 | 66 | 98 | 222 |
Mike McGee | G-F | 39 | 0 | 352 | 172 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 59 | 191 |
Jim Brewer | F-C | 71 | 9 | 966 | 175 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 106 | 158 | 264 | 42 | 39 | 46 | 37 | 127 | 170 |
Kevin McKenna | G-F | 36 | 0 | 237 | 87 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 45 | 67 |
Clay Johnson | G | 7 | 0 | 65 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
Totals | 811 | 410 | 19855 | 7585 | 3919 | 94 | 13 | 2161 | 1549 | 1258 | 2505 | 3763 | 2356 | 848 | 517 | 1453 | 1999 | 9400 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 76 | 76 | 35.2 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 23.9 |
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 82 | 82 | 35.4 | 52.5 | 0.0 | 73.2 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 21.1 |
Earvin Johnson | G-F | 78 | 77 | 38.3 | 53.7 | 20.7 | 76.0 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 18.6 |
Norm Nixon | G | 82 | 82 | 36.9 | 49.3 | 25.0 | 80.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 17.6 |
Michael Cooper | G-F | 76 | 14 | 28.9 | 51.7 | 11.8 | 81.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 11.9 |
Bob McAdoo | C-F | 41 | 0 | 18.2 | 45.8 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 9.6 |
Mitch Kupchak | F-C | 26 | 26 | 31.6 | 57.3 | 66.3 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 14.3 | |
Mark Landsberger | F-C | 75 | 1 | 15.1 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 50.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
Kurt Rambis | F | 64 | 43 | 17.7 | 51.8 | 0.0 | 50.4 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
Eddie Jordan | G | 58 | 0 | 10.5 | 42.8 | 11.1 | 79.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
Mike McGee | G-F | 39 | 0 | 9.0 | 46.5 | 0.0 | 58.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
Jim Brewer | F-C | 71 | 9 | 13.6 | 46.3 | 16.7 | 36.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
Kevin McKenna | G-F | 36 | 0 | 6.6 | 32.2 | 0.0 | 64.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
Clay Johnson | G | 7 | 0 | 9.3 | 55.0 | 50.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.6 | |
Averages | 811 | 410 | 24.5 | 51.7 | 13.8 | 71.7 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 11.6 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Nixon | G | 14 | 549 | 253 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 114 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 43 | 286 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 14 | 493 | 221 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 55 | 33 | 86 | 119 | 51 | 14 | 45 | 41 | 45 | 285 |
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 14 | 535 | 241 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 38 | 40 | 30 | 70 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 43 | 280 |
Earvin Johnson | G-F | 14 | 562 | 157 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 77 | 54 | 104 | 158 | 130 | 40 | 3 | 44 | 50 | 243 |
Bob McAdoo | C-F | 14 | 388 | 179 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 32 | 21 | 74 | 95 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 43 | 234 |
Michael Cooper | G-F | 14 | 383 | 124 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 62 | 24 | 11 | 29 | 47 | 166 |
Kurt Rambis | F | 14 | 279 | 64 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 32 | 54 | 86 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 82 |
Clay Johnson | G | 7 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
Mike McGee | G-F | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Mark Landsberger | F-C | 9 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
Jim Brewer | F-C | 8 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Eddie Jordan | G | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 129 | 3360 | 1278 | 661 | 12 | 2 | 404 | 292 | 231 | 440 | 671 | 439 | 140 | 103 | 251 | 342 | 1616 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Norm Nixon | G | 14 | 39.2 | 47.8 | 33.3 | 75.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 20.4 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 14 | 35.2 | 52.0 | 63.2 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 20.4 | |
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 14 | 38.2 | 50.2 | 0.0 | 77.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 20.0 |
Earvin Johnson | G-F | 14 | 40.1 | 52.9 | 0.0 | 82.8 | 3.9 | 7.4 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 17.4 |
Bob McAdoo | C-F | 14 | 27.7 | 56.4 | 68.1 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 16.7 | |
Michael Cooper | G-F | 14 | 27.4 | 56.5 | 50.0 | 73.5 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 11.9 |
Kurt Rambis | F | 14 | 19.9 | 51.6 | 61.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.9 | |
Clay Johnson | G | 7 | 5.4 | 55.6 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | |
Mike McGee | G-F | 4 | 2.5 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | |
Mark Landsberger | F-C | 9 | 6.7 | 33.3 | 44.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
Jim Brewer | F-C | 8 | 7.1 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
Eddie Jordan | G | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Averages | 811 | 26.0 | 51.7 | 16.7 | 72.3 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 12.5 |