1987 Los Angeles Lakers vs. 2018 Golden State Warriors - Teams Comparisons

Head-to-head comparison between the 1986-87 Lakers and the 2017-18 Warriors, including both NBA teams stats, regular season and Playoffs wins, losses and performance, winning streaks and other data side by side.

NBA Teams Comparison

1987
Los Angeles

Lakers

vs.

2018
Golden State

Warriors

On this page: Summary -

Awards and Honors

Team Stats

Team Leaders

Summary

Regular Season

Standings

	1987 Lakers	1º in Western Conference
	2018 Warriors	2º in Western Conference

Season Record

	1987 Lakers	65 - 17
	2018 Warriors	58 - 24

Winning %

	1987 Lakers	.793
	2018 Warriors	.707

Longest Streaks

	1987 Lakers	Winning Streak: 11 Losing Streak: 2
	2018 Warriors	Winning Streak: 11 Losing Streak: 3

Players Used
(at least 1 game)

	1987 Lakers	13 players
	2018 Warriors	17 players

Playoffs

Playoff Performance

	1987 Lakers	NBA Champions
	2018 Warriors	NBA Champions

Playoff Record

	1987 Lakers	15 - 3
	2018 Warriors	16 - 5

Winning %

	1987 Lakers	.833
	2018 Warriors	.762

Players Used
(at least 1 game)

	1987 Lakers	12 players
	2018 Warriors	15 players

Awards, Honors and More...

Awards and Honors

	1987 Lakers	5 - Season MVP: Magic Johnson Finals MVP: Magic Johnson Defensive Player: Michael Cooper All-NBA 1st Team: Magic Johnson All-Defensive 1st Team: Michael Cooper
	2018 Warriors	4 - Finals MVP: Kevin Durant All-NBA 1st Team: Kevin Durant All-NBA 3rd Team: Stephen Curry All-Defensive 2nd Team: Draymond Green

NBA Leaders

	1987 Lakers	1 - Assists Leader: Magic Johnson
	2018 Warriors	- none

Hall of Famers

	1987 Lakers	3 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy
	2018 Warriors	- none

Team Stats

NBA Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Points

	1987 Lakers	117.8
	2018 Warriors	113.5

Rebounds

	1987 Lakers	44.4
	2018 Warriors	43.5

Assists

	1987 Lakers	29.6
	2018 Warriors	29.3

Steals

	1987 Lakers	8.9
	2018 Warriors	8.0

Blocks

	1987 Lakers	5.9
	2018 Warriors	7.5

3-Pointers Made

	1987 Lakers	2.0
	2018 Warriors	11.3

Percentages

Field Goal %

	1987 Lakers	.516
	2018 Warriors	.503

3-Point %

	1987 Lakers	.367
	2018 Warriors	.391

Free Throw %

	1987 Lakers	.789
	2018 Warriors	.815

NBA Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Points

	1987 Lakers	120.6
	2018 Warriors	110.4

Rebounds

	1987 Lakers	44.9
	2018 Warriors	45.0

Assists

	1987 Lakers	28.3
	2018 Warriors	26.0

Steals

	1987 Lakers	7.9
	2018 Warriors	7.9

Blocks

	1987 Lakers	6.4
	2018 Warriors	5.8

3-Pointers Made

	1987 Lakers	2.4
	2018 Warriors	11.2

Percentages

Field Goal %

	1987 Lakers	.522
	2018 Warriors	.480

3-Point %

	1987 Lakers	.361
	2018 Warriors	.357

Free Throw %

	1987 Lakers	.785
	2018 Warriors	.822

Team Leaders

NBA Regular Season

Points

1987 Lakers	23.9 ppg Magic Johnson
2018 Warriors	26.4 ppg Stephen Curry

Rebounds

1987 Lakers	7.8 rpg A.C. Green
2018 Warriors	7.6 rpg Draymond Green

Assists

1987 Lakers	12.2 apg Magic Johnson
2018 Warriors	7.3 apg Draymond Green

Steals

1987 Lakers	1.7 spg Magic Johnson
2018 Warriors	1.6 spg Stephen Curry

Blocks

1987 Lakers	1.2 bpg Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2018 Warriors	1.8 bpg Kevin Durant

NBA Playoffs

Points

1987 Lakers	23.6 ppg James Worthy
2018 Warriors	29.0 ppg Kevin Durant

Rebounds

1987 Lakers	7.9 rpg A.C. Green
2018 Warriors	10.6 rpg Draymond Green

Assists

1987 Lakers	12.2 apg Magic Johnson
2018 Warriors	8.1 apg Draymond Green

Steals

1987 Lakers	1.7 spg Magic Johnson
2018 Warriors	2.0 spg Draymond Green

Blocks

1987 Lakers	1.9 bpg Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2018 Warriors	1.5 bpg Draymond Green