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1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season
Eleventh NBA Championship
Head coach Pat Riley
Arena The Forum
Results
Record 62–20 (.756)
Place Division: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Prime Ticket, KHJ
Radio AM 570 KLAC
Los Angeles Lakers seasons
< 1986–87 1988–89 >

The 1987-88 NBA season saw the Lakers win their eleventh NBA championship, defeating the Detroit Pistons in a seven-game final to become the NBA's first repeat champions since the Boston Celtics did it in the 1968–69 NBA season.

Contents

Offseason

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Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
3 69 Willie Glass Forward  United States St. John's
4 92 Ralph Tally Point Guard  United States Norfolk State
6 115 Kenny Travis  United States New Mexico State
6 138 Frank Ford Guard-Forward  United States Auburn University
7 161 Ron Vanderschaaf  Netherlands Central Washington University

Roster

Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From
C 33 United States Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (C) 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
G/F 19 United States Campbell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State
G/F 21 United States Cooper, Michael 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) New Mexico
F/C 45 United States Green, A.C. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oregon State
G 32 United States Johnson, Magic 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Michigan State
G/F 3 United States Lamp, Jeff 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Virginia
G 1 United States Matthews, Wes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) University of Wisconsin
F 31 United States Rambis, Kurt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Santa Clara University
G 4 United States Scott, Byron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Arizona State
C 52 Canada Smrek, Mike 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Canisius College
F 55 United States Thompson, Billy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
F/C 43 The Bahamas Thompson, Mychal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) University of Minnesota
F 34 United States Tolbert, Ray 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Indiana
G 20 United States Wagner, Milt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Louisville
F 42 United States Worthy, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • United States Gary Vitti (Southern Connecticut State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Mychal Thompson Mike Smrek
PF A. C. Green Kurt Rambis
SF James Worthy Tony Campbell Billy Thompson
SG Byron Scott Michael Cooper Milt Wagner Jeff Lamp
PG Magic Johnson Wes Matthews

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Los Angeles Lakers C 62 20 .756 -
Portland Trail Blazers 53 29 .646 9
Seattle SuperSonics 44 38 .537 18
Phoenix Suns 28 54 .341 34
Golden State Warriors 20 62 .244 42
Los Angeles Clippers 17 65 .207 45

'C - NBA Champions'

Game log

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Legend

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 80 80 28.9 .532 .000 .762 6.0 1.7 0.6 1.2 14.6
Tony Campbell 13 1 18.6 .564 .333 .718 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.2 11.0
Michael Cooper 61 8 19.4 .392 .320 .858 3.7 4.7 1.1 0.4 8.7
A.C. Green 82 64 32.1 .503 .000 .773 8.7 1.1 1.1 0.5 11.4
Magic Johnson 72 70 36.6 .492 .196 .853 6.2 11.9 1.6 0.2 19.6
Jeff Lamp 3 0 2.3 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Wes Matthews 51 8 13.8 .460 .233 .831 1.3 2.7 0.5 0.1 5.7
Kurt Rambis 70 20 12.1 .548 .000 .785 3.8 0.8 0.6 0.2 4.0
Byron Scott 81 81 37.6 .527 .346 .858 4.1 4.1 1.9 0.3 21.7
Mike Smrek 48 2 8.8 .427 .000 .667 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.9 2.8
Billy Thompson 9 0 4.2 .231 .000 .800 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.6
Mychal Thompson 80 0 25.1 .512 .000 .634 6.1 0.8 0.5 1.0 11.6
Ray Tolbert 14 0 5.9 .571 .000 .769 0.7 1.5 0.2 0.2 3.0
James Worthy 75 72 35.4 .531 .125 .796 5.0 3.9 1.0 0.7 19.7

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 24 24 29.9 .464 .000 .789 5.5 1.5 0.6 1.5 14.1
Tony Campbell 15 0 6.3 .429 .000 .688 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.1
Michael Cooper 24 24.5 .412 .403 .741 2.4 2.7 0.8 0.3 6.4
A.C. Green 24 30.3 .544 .000 .753 7.3 0.8 0.1 0.5 10.1
Magic Johnson 24 24 40.2 .514 .500 .852 5.4 12.6 1.4 0.1 19.9
Wes Matthews 10 0 2.7 .400 .000 .800 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.2
Kurt Rambis 19 9.8 .618 .000 .692 2.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 2.7
Byron Scott 24 24 37.4 .499 .436 .865 4.2 2.5 1.4 0.2 19.6
Mike Smrek 8 0 4.3 .200 .000 .333 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4
Mychal Thompson 24 25.6 .513 .000 .581 7.1 0.5 0.7 0.8 9.7
James Worthy 24 24 37.3 .523 .111 .758 5.8 4.4 1.3 0.8 21.1

Awards and records

Awards

All-Star

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team

Subtractions

Player Left New team

References

See also
Regular season • Playoffs

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