Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Phil Hubbard and Magic Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Phil Hubbard and Magic Johnson played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 17 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 15-2 winning record over Phil Hubbard. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Phil Hubbard:
1979-80 to 1988-89
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
17 Games played
17 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Phil Hubbard
2
2
0
Magic Johnson
15
15
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Phil Hubbard 13.1 5.5 1.6
Magic Johnson 21.2 7.7 11.4
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Phil Hubbard 37 11 5
Magic Johnson 40 16 22
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Phil Hubbard 4

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3

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0

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Magic Johnson 11

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14

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17

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Both had same stat 2

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0

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0

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1979
1. Pistons 122   Phil Hubbard 12 8 2 0 0 1 2 32 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Lakers 138   Magic Johnson 27 4 9 4 0 3 2 37 9-14 .643 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Jan. 11, 1980
2. Pistons 100   Phil Hubbard 13 10 0 1 0 3 5 27 5-13 .385 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Lakers 123   Magic Johnson 13 0 7 2 1 4 2 32 4-10 .400 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 09, 1982
3. Pistons 127   Phil Hubbard 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 130   Magic Johnson 40 10 9 1 4 36 18-23 .783 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Jan. 22, 1982
4. Pistons 111   Phil Hubbard 10 4 1 5 22 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 123   Magic Johnson 26 16 12 2 38 10-15 .667 0-0 - 6-9 .667
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 1982
5. Cavaliers 98   Phil Hubbard 15 11 3 2 1 6 2 23 7-10 .700 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 7 12 8 0 1 3 2 37 2-7 .286 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 06, 1983
6. Cavaliers 107   Phil Hubbard 16 6 1 1 0 2 4 23 4-8 .500 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Lakers 125   Magic Johnson 14 7 8 3 1 5 2 28 5-9 .556 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 17, 1983
7. Cavaliers 114   Phil Hubbard 18 6 3 0 0 3 4 28 9-11 .818 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 127   Magic Johnson 23 9 22 3 1 2 1 37 8-13 .615 0-1 .000 7-10 .700
Jan. 04, 1984
8. Cavaliers 99   Phil Hubbard 14 4 1 0 0 2 4 25 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Lakers 106   Magic Johnson 23 6 10 2 0 4 1 35 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 7-9 .778
1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 1984
9. Cavaliers 112   Phil Hubbard 37 8 5 2 1 1 2 37 15-21 .714 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 28 10 14 3 1 5 2 39 13-18 .722 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mar. 09, 1985
10. Cavaliers 106   Phil Hubbard 7 6 1 1 1 4 1 21 3-13 .231 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Lakers 133   Magic Johnson 6 7 13 1 0 4 4 22 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1985
11. Cavaliers 129   Phil Hubbard 10 5 1 0 2 2 5 30 4-10 .400 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Lakers 111   Magic Johnson 23 8 8 0 0 3 1 29 8-13 .615 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Dec. 20, 1985
12. Cavaliers 116   Phil Hubbard 14 8 1 0 0 1 3 22 6-9 .667 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Lakers 128   Magic Johnson 19 4 14 1 0 2 2 36 6-13 .462 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 1986
13. Cavaliers 116   Phil Hubbard 16 4 1 1 0 0 5 38 8-12 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 121   Magic Johnson 25 11 14 1 1 4 2 42 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 5-8 .625
Mar. 07, 1987
14. Cavaliers 118   Phil Hubbard 17 7 4 0 0 1 0 31 8-12 .667 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Lakers 122   Magic Johnson 26 8 17 2 0 7 3 38 10-17 .588 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 1987
15. Cavaliers 97   Phil Hubbard 19 4 0 1 0 3 2 33 7-11 .636 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Lakers 95   Magic Johnson 19 9 9 5 0 4 0 42 6-16 .375 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Dec. 13, 1987
16. Cavaliers 89   Phil Hubbard 4 1 3 0 0 0 3 20 0-2 .000 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Lakers 90   Magic Johnson 16 5 8 0 0 5 5 40 8-13 .615 0-2 .000 0-2 .000
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 13, 1989
17. Cavaliers 95   Phil Hubbard 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 06 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 26 5 11 0 1 4 2 36 8-14 .571 2-3 .667 8-9 .889