1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 58-24
in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 8-7
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Portland Trail Blazers 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated San Antonio Spurs 4-2
Finals - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 4-0
Coach: Pat Riley (58-24)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 648,244, Avg. 15,811 in 41 home dates

1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1982-83 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 58 wins and 24 losses, in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-7.

The Lakers scored 9,433 points and conceded 8,978. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a team-leading 1,722 points for Los Angeles, while Jamaal Wilkes netted 18 or more per game, too. Earvin Johnson accounted for 683 rebounds. Earvin Johnson dished out 829 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Earvin Johnson added 176 steals, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected 170 opposing shots.

Pat Riley coached the team.

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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
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	79	79	2554	1228	722	2	0	371	278	167	425	592	200	61	170	200	220	1722
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	80	80	2552	1290	684	6	0	268	203	146	197	343	182	65	17	150	221	1571
Earvin Johnson	G-F	79	79	2907	933	511	21	0	380	304	214	469	683	829	176	47	301	200	1326
Norm Nixon	G	79	79	2711	1123	533	13	0	168	125	61	144	205	566	104	4	237	176	1191
James Worthy	F	77	1	1970	772	447	4	1	221	138	157	242	399	132	91	64	178	221	1033
Bob McAdoo	C-F	47	1	1019	562	292	1	0	163	119	76	171	247	39	40	40	68	153	703
Michael Cooper	G-F	82	3	2148	497	266	21	5	130	102	82	192	274	315	115	50	128	208	639
Kurt Rambis	F	78	77	1806	413	235	2	0	166	114	164	367	531	90	105	63	145	233	584
Dwight Jones	F-C	32	0	491	132	62	1	0	48	32	28	86	114	22	13	9	35	82	156
Mike McGee	G-F	39	7	381	163	69	7	1	23	17	33	20	53	26	11	5	27	50	156
Clay Johnson	G	48	0	447	135	53	2	0	48	38	40	29	69	24	22	4	25	62	144
Mark Landsberger	F-C	39	4	356	102	43	0	0	25	12	55	73	128	12	8	4	20	48	98
Eddie Jordan	G	35	0	333	132	40	16	3	17	11	8	18	26	80	31	1	54	52	94
Steve Mix	F	1	0	17	10	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	9
Billy Ray Bates	G	4	0	27	16	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Joe Cooper	C-F	2	0	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	3	3	2
Totals		801	410	19730	7512	3964	96	10	2031	1495	1235	2433	3668	2519	844	479	1571	1931	9433

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	79	79	32.3	58.8	0.0	74.9	2.1	5.4	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	21.8
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	80	80	31.9	53.0	0.0	75.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.8	19.6
Earvin Johnson	G-F	79	79	36.8	54.8	0.0	80.0	2.7	5.9	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.5	16.8
Norm Nixon	G	79	79	34.3	47.5	0.0	74.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.2	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.2	15.1
James Worthy	F	77	1	25.6	57.9	25.0	62.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	13.4
Bob McAdoo	C-F	47	1	21.7	52.0	0.0	73.0	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.4	3.3	15.0
Michael Cooper	G-F	82	3	26.2	53.5	23.8	78.5	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	7.8
Kurt Rambis	F	78	77	23.2	56.9	0.0	68.7	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.9	3.0	7.5
Dwight Jones	F-C	32	0	15.3	47.0	0.0	66.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.6	4.9
Mike McGee	G-F	39	7	9.8	42.3	14.3	73.9	0.8	0.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	4.0
Clay Johnson	G	48	0	9.3	39.3	0.0	79.2	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	3.0
Mark Landsberger	F-C	39	4	9.1	42.2		48.0	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.5
Eddie Jordan	G	35	0	9.5	30.3	18.8	64.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.5	1.5	2.7
Steve Mix	F	1	0	17.0	40.0		100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0
Billy Ray Bates	G	4	0	6.8	12.5		50.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3
Joe Cooper	C-F	2	0	5.5	25.0			1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.0
Averages		801	410	24.6	52.8	10.4	73.6	1.5	3.0	4.6	3.1	1.1	0.6	2.0	2.4	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	15	588	287	163	1	0	106	80	25	90	115	42	17	55	50	61	406
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	15	589	273	136	2	0	44	27	42	48	90	51	20	11	33	51	299
Earvin Johnson	G-F	15	643	206	100	11	0	81	68	51	77	128	192	34	12	64	49	268
Norm Nixon	G	14	538	237	113	7	3	50	37	13	35	48	90	18	1	34	40	266
Michael Cooper	G-F	15	453	114	53	7	1	41	34	12	47	59	44	26	6	23	54	141
Kurt Rambis	F	15	377	79	45	0	0	35	23	27	63	90	19	13	16	23	51	113
Bob McAdoo	C-F	8	166	84	37	6	2	14	11	15	31	46	5	11	10	10	23	87
Mark Landsberger	F-C	11	141	28	12	1	0	4	2	19	25	44	3	0	2	6	24	26
Dwight Jones	F-C	7	59	16	5	0	0	5	2	4	8	12	0	1	0	5	11	12
Mike McGee	G-F	6	25	11	4	1	1	4	3	5	2	7	1	0	0	4	5	12
Clay Johnson	G	7	20	7	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	3	8
Steve Mix	F	8	26	5	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	7
Totals		136	3625	1347	674	37	7	387	290	215	429	644	448	141	113	253	378	1645

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	15	39.2	56.8	0.0	75.5	1.7	6.0	7.7	2.8	1.1	3.7	3.3	4.1	27.1
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	15	39.3	49.8	0.0	61.4	2.8	3.2	6.0	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.2	3.4	19.9
Earvin Johnson	G-F	15	42.9	48.5	0.0	84.0	3.4	5.1	8.5	12.8	2.3	0.8	4.3	3.3	17.9
Norm Nixon	G	14	38.4	47.7	42.9	74.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	6.4	1.3	0.1	2.4	2.9	19.0
Michael Cooper	G-F	15	30.2	46.5	14.3	82.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.5	3.6	9.4
Kurt Rambis	F	15	25.1	57.0		65.7	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	3.4	7.5
Bob McAdoo	C-F	8	20.8	44.0	33.3	78.6	1.9	3.9	5.8	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.3	2.9	10.9
Mark Landsberger	F-C	11	12.8	42.9	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.2	2.4
Dwight Jones	F-C	7	8.4	31.3		40.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.6	1.7
Mike McGee	G-F	6	4.2	36.4	100.0	75.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	2.0
Clay Johnson	G	7	2.9	57.1	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.1
Steve Mix	F	8	3.3	40.0		100.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.9
Averages		801	26.7	50.0	18.9	74.9	1.6	3.2	4.7	3.3	1.0	0.8	1.9	2.8	12.1