Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Tom Boswell and Magic Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Tom Boswell 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.

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They faced each other a total of 8 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has an 8-0 winning record over Tom Boswell. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Tom Boswell:
1975-76 to 1983-84
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Tom Boswell
0
0
0
Magic Johnson
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tom Boswell 7.6 4.3 1.9 0.40.1
Magic Johnson 19.0 7.9 9.82.90.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tom Boswell 19 12 5 21
Magic Johnson 31 11 14 61
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Tom Boswell 0

games
2

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0

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0

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0

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Magic Johnson 8

games
5

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8

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7

games
3

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Both had same stat 0

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1

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0

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1

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5

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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
%
Nov. 09, 1979
1. Nuggets 122   Tom Boswell 19 7 5 2 1 2 6 40 7-15 .467 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
OT Lakers 126   Magic Johnson 31 6 8 4 1 3 4 43 10-16 .625 0-0 - 11-15 .733
Nov. 16, 1979
2. Nuggets 128   Tom Boswell 9 12 2 1 0 3 4 36 4-7 .571 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
OT Lakers 135   Magic Johnson 20 11 11 6 0 9 3 39 7-17 .412 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Nov. 27, 1979
3. Jazz 118   Tom Boswell 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 08 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 122   Magic Johnson 14 8 8 2 0 5 4 35 3-10 .300 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Dec. 27, 1979
4. Jazz 116   Tom Boswell 12 3 1 0 0 2 6 20 4-6 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Lakers 124   Magic Johnson 15 7 11 0 0 0 1 38 6-12 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 23, 1980
5. Jazz 96   Tom Boswell 9 4 5 0 0 2 3 36 4-9 .444 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Lakers 101   Magic Johnson 13 4 9 6 1 5 3 35 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Mar. 27, 1980
6. Jazz 95   Tom Boswell 12 6 1 0 0 0 2 20 6-7 .857 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 97   Magic Johnson 19 11 5 1 0 3 1 40 7-11 .636 0-2 .000 5-7 .714
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 29, 1983
7. Jazz 115   Tom Boswell 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 07 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 120   Magic Johnson 17 9 14 2 1 4 3 40 4-7 .571 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Apr. 05, 1984
8. Jazz 115   Tom Boswell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 129   Magic Johnson 23 7 12 2 1 4 1 33 10-11 .909 0-0 - 3-5 .600