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.

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