1985-86

1986-87

1987-88

1985-86

1987-88

Summary and Awards / Teams

Season: Standings / Streaks / ...

Playoffs: Brackets /

Series

Players: Leaders / Top Performances
Games: Records / Scores

Lakers vs Celtics, 4-2 - 1987 NBA Finals

Team and players stats from the NBA Finals series played between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics in the 1987 Playoffs.

1987 NBA Playoff Series

1987 NBA Finals

4 (1) Los Angeles Lakers	-	2 Boston Celtics (1)
4 (1) Los Angeles Lakers		2 Boston Celtics (1)

Teams Comparison / All-Time Head-to-Head

NBA Champion

Los Angeles Lakers

1987 NBA Champion

Finals MVP

Magic Johnson

26.2 pts, 8.0 reb,
13.0 ast, 2.3 stl, 0.3 blk

Games:

G.1:

Lakers 126 - 113 Celtics - at Los Angeles

G.2:

Lakers 141 - 122 Celtics - at Los Angeles

G.3:

Lakers 103 - 109 Celtics - at Boston

G.4:

Lakers 107 - 106 Celtics - at Boston

G.5:

Lakers 108 - 123 Celtics - at Boston

G.6:

Lakers 106 - 93 Celtics - at Los Angeles

Their seasons:

1987 Lakers

Regular Season: 65-17

Lakers 3-0 Nuggets

Lakers 4-1 Warriors

Lakers 4-0 Supersonics

Lakers 4-2 Celtics

1987 Celtics

Regular Season: 59-23

Celtics 3-0 Bulls

Celtics 4-3 Bucks

Celtics 4-3 Pistons

Celtics 2-4 Lakers

1987 NBA Finals Stats

Team Stats - Averages

		Rebounds								Shooting
Team	Pts	O	D	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A %			3PM / A %			FTM / A %
Lakers	115.2	12.8	27.5	40.3	26.7	8.0	5.8	11.2	23.8	46.7	90.7	.515	2.7	6.8	.390	19.2	25.8	.742
Celtics	111.0	12.0	29.3	41.3	27.8	5.0	5.5	13.7	21.3	43.7	86.2	.507	2.3	7.0	.333	21.3	27.0	.790

Players Stats - Averages

Los Angeles Lakers

					Rebounds								Shooting
Player	G	GS	Min	Pts	O	D	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A %			3PM / A %			FTM / A %
Magic Johnson	6	6	39.3	26.2	2.0	6.0	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	2.2	1.7	11.0	20.3	.541	0.2	0.3	.500	4.0	4.2	.960
K. Abdul-Jabbar	6	6	33.8	21.7	2.5	4.8	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.7	3.2	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	7.5	.667
James Worthy	6	6	39.7	20.7	2.0	3.3	5.3	4.0	1.7	0.8	2.0	2.5	9.5	18.2	.523	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	3.2	.526
Michael Cooper	6	0	29.8	12.0	0.2	2.2	2.3	4.7	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.7	4.5	8.3	.540	2.3	3.8	.609	0.7	0.7	1.000
Byron Scott	6	6	30.2	11.8	1.2	1.8	3.0	2.3	0.5	0.2	1.0	3.2	5.0	10.3	.484	0.2	2.0	.083	1.7	1.8	.909
Mychal Thompson	6	0	28.5	11.2	1.5	3.7	5.2	0.7	0.8	1.2	0.5	3.5	3.8	6.8	.561	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	4.5	.778
A.C. Green	6	6	24.0	7.8	2.5	2.7	5.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.8	3.3	6.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700
Kurt Rambis	6	0	9.3	1.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	0.5	1.2	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.833
Adrian Branch	4	0	2.5	1.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.8	1.5	.500
Wes Matthews	4	0	3.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Mike Smrek	4	0	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Boston Celtics

					Rebounds								Shooting
Player	G	GS	Min	Pts	O	D	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A %			3PM / A %			FTM / A %
Larry Bird	6	6	42.3	24.2	1.8	8.2	10.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	3.0	1.5	8.8	19.8	.445	0.7	1.3	.500	5.8	6.3	.921
Dennis Johnson	6	6	40.7	21.0	2.2	2.2	4.3	9.3	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.5	8.5	17.7	.481	0.2	1.3	.125	3.8	4.3	.885
Kevin McHale	6	6	38.5	20.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	0.2	1.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	13.7	.585	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.5	.818
Robert Parish	6	6	30.5	16.7	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.2	0.8	1.2	1.5	4.0	7.0	11.8	.592	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	4.5	.593
Danny Ainge	6	6	39.0	12.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.0	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	10.3	.500	1.5	3.5	.429	0.7	0.7	1.000
Sam Vincent	4	0	8.3	4.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700
Darren Daye	6	0	8.3	4.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	.625	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.2	1.000
Fred Roberts	5	0	8.0	4.4	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.6	2.2	.727	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.545
Conner Henry	4	0	3.8	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	.444	0.0	0.8	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
Jerry Sichting	6	0	9.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	2.5	.267	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Walton	5	0	4.8	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Greg Kite	6	0	12.7	0.8	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.0	0.3	1.5	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500