1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 65-17
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 15-3 Won NBA championship
Conference First Round - Defeated Denver Nuggets 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Golden State Warriors 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 4-0
Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Pat Riley (65-17)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 681,707, Avg. 16,627 in 41 home dates

1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 65 wins and 17 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-3.

The Lakers racked up 9,656 points and surrendered 8,893. Earvin Johnson scored a team-leading 1,909 points for Los Angeles, and James Worthy contributed 19 or more per game, too. A.C. Green accounted for 615 rebounds. Earvin Johnson dished out 977 assists for the squad.

On defense, Earvin Johnson added 138 steals.

Pat Riley coached the team. The 1986-87 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
Earvin Johnson	G-F	80	80	2904	1308	683	39	8	631	535	122	382	504	977	138	36	300	168	1909
James Worthy	F	82	82	2819	1207	651	13	0	389	292	158	308	466	226	108	83	168	206	1594
Byron Scott	G	82	82	2729	1134	554	149	65	251	224	63	223	286	281	125	18	144	163	1397
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	78	78	2441	993	560	3	1	343	245	152	371	523	203	49	97	186	245	1366
Michael Cooper	G-F	82	2	2253	736	322	231	89	148	126	58	196	254	373	78	43	102	199	859
A.C. Green	F-C	79	72	2240	587	316	5	0	282	220	210	405	615	84	70	80	102	171	852
Kurt Rambis	F	78	10	1514	313	163	0	0	157	120	159	294	453	63	74	41	104	201	446
Mychal Thompson	C-F	33	1	680	269	129	1	0	101	75	47	89	136	28	14	30	57	85	333
Billy Thompson	F	59	0	762	261	142	1	0	74	48	69	102	171	60	15	30	61	148	332
Wes Matthews	G	50	0	532	187	89	3	1	36	29	13	34	47	100	23	4	51	53	208
Frank Brickowski	F-C	37	0	404	94	53	0	0	59	40	40	57	97	12	14	4	25	105	146
Adrian Branch	F-G	32	0	219	96	48	2	0	54	42	23	30	53	16	16	3	24	39	138
Mike Smrek	C	35	3	233	60	30	0	0	25	16	13	24	37	5	4	13	19	70	76
Totals		807	410	19730	7245	3740	447	164	2550	2012	1127	2515	3642	2428	728	482	1343	1853	9656

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Earvin Johnson	G-F	80	80	36.3	52.2	20.5	84.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	3.8	2.1	23.9
James Worthy	F	82	82	34.4	53.9	0.0	75.1	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	19.4
Byron Scott	G	82	82	33.3	48.9	43.6	89.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.4	1.5	0.2	1.8	2.0	17.0
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	78	78	31.3	56.4	33.3	71.4	1.9	4.8	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	2.4	3.1	17.5
Michael Cooper	G-F	82	2	27.5	43.8	38.5	85.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	10.5
A.C. Green	F-C	79	72	28.4	53.8	0.0	78.0	2.7	5.1	7.8	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.2	10.8
Kurt Rambis	F	78	10	19.4	52.1		76.4	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.3	2.6	5.7
Mychal Thompson	C-F	33	1	20.6	48.0	0.0	74.3	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.6	10.1
Billy Thompson	F	59	0	12.9	54.4	0.0	64.9	1.2	1.7	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.6
Wes Matthews	G	50	0	10.6	47.6	33.3	80.6	0.3	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	4.2
Frank Brickowski	F-C	37	0	10.9	56.4		67.8	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.7	2.8	3.9
Adrian Branch	F-G	32	0	6.8	50.0	0.0	77.8	0.7	0.9	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.2	4.3
Mike Smrek	C	35	3	6.7	50.0		64.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.0	2.2
Averages		807	410	24.4	51.6	36.7	78.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.0	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.3	12.0

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	18	681	298	176	2	0	97	73	31	70	101	63	28	22	40	42	425
Earvin Johnson	G-F	18	666	271	146	10	2	118	98	28	111	139	219	31	7	51	37	392
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	18	559	234	124	1	0	122	97	39	84	123	36	8	35	40	56	345
Byron Scott	G	18	608	210	103	34	7	67	53	20	42	62	57	19	4	25	52	266
Michael Cooper	G-F	18	522	159	77	70	34	54	46	8	51	59	90	25	14	37	46	234
A.C. Green	F-C	18	505	130	71	0	0	87	65	0	0	142	11	9	8	17	47	207
Mychal Thompson	C-F	18	401	137	62	0	0	50	34	29	59	88	9	7	17	16	50	158
Kurt Rambis	F	17	215	41	24	0	0	34	31	16	51	67	9	8	3	13	42	79
Wes Matthews	G	12	61	23	11	1	0	7	6	0	4	4	9	1	0	13	9	28
Adrian Branch	F-G	11	42	21	4	1	0	12	6	3	7	10	5	2	0	5	10	14
Billy Thompson	F	3	27	11	6	0	0	2	2	3	3	6	2	4	0	0	2	14
Mike Smrek	C	10	33	10	2	0	0	6	4	3	4	7	0	0	6	1	15	8
Totals		179	4320	1545	806	119	43	656	515	180	486	808	510	142	116	258	408	2170

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
James Worthy	F	18	37.8	59.1	0.0	75.3	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	23.6
Earvin Johnson	G-F	18	37.0	53.9	20.0	83.1	1.6	6.2	7.7	12.2	1.7	0.4	2.8	2.1	21.8
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	18	31.1	53.0	0.0	79.5	2.2	4.7	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.1	19.2
Byron Scott	G	18	33.8	49.0	20.6	79.1	1.1	2.3	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.9	14.8
Michael Cooper	G-F	18	29.0	48.4	48.6	85.2	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	13.0
A.C. Green	F-C	18	28.1	54.6		74.7	0.0	0.0	7.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	11.5
Mychal Thompson	C-F	18	22.3	45.3		68.0	1.6	3.3	4.9	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.8	8.8
Kurt Rambis	F	17	12.6	58.5		91.2	0.9	3.0	3.9	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	4.6
Wes Matthews	G	12	5.1	47.8	0.0	85.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.3
Adrian Branch	F-G	11	3.8	19.0	0.0	50.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3
Billy Thompson	F	3	9.0	54.5		100.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.7
Mike Smrek	C	10	3.3	20.0		66.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.5	0.8
Averages		807	24.1	52.2	36.1	78.5	1.0	2.7	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	12.1