Los Angeles Lakers 1982 NBA Championship parade

The

1981–82 NBA season The 1981–82 NBA season was the 36th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the 1982 NBA Finals, NBA Finals. Nota ...

saw the Lakers win the

NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern and Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league ...

for their third

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in Los Angeles, and their eighth overall in franchise history.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Soon before the start of training camp,

Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born Jackson Keith Wilkes; May 2, 1953), better known as Jamaal Wilkes, is an American former basketball player who was a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star, he won four NBA ...

' eight-day-old daughter died, his second child to die as a baby. He started the season slowly, culminating with a 1-for-10 shooting performance in a 128–102 loss to

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on November 10, 1981. He seriously considered quitting basketball. On November 18, 1981, at halftime while on the road at Utah,

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and coach

Paul Westhead Paul William Westhead (born February 21, 1939) is an American former basketball coach. He was the head coach for three National Basketball Association (NBA) teams and an assistant for four others, and also coached in the National Collegiate Ath ...

had a verbal altercation in the locker room. It was stated by teammate

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that Johnson had offered input on the game, which resulted in Westhead twice telling him to "Shut up." Johnson then told reporters after this game that he would like to be traded anywhere, resulting in a barrage of media coverage. One day after these events, Lakers owner

Jerry Buss Gerald Hatten Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 l ...

held a press conference at The Forum, where he announced the firing of Westhead, with his replacement being

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as "coach" and general manager

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as "offensive coach". West came to the podium and clarified to media that Riley was indeed the head coach and that West himself would simply provide him support on the bench, which lasted for a period of 12 games. Although Johnson denied responsibility for Westhead's firing, he was booed across the league, even by Lakers' fans. However, Buss was also unhappy with the Lakers offense and had intended on firing Westhead days before the Westhead–Johnson altercation, but assistant GM West and GM

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had convinced Buss to delay his decision. Wilkes recovered to average 21.1 points and shoot 52.5% as Los Angeles advanced to the

, where they faced

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. Wilkes scored a team-high 27 points in game 6 as the Lakers won the series 4–2. Johnson had a

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with 13 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists and four steals and was named the

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Season standings

:c - clinched homecourt advantage :y - clinched division title :x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

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McNichols Sports Arena McNichols Sports Arena was an indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. Located adjacent to Mile High Stadium and completed in 1975, at a cost of $16 million, it seated 16,061 for hockey games and 17,171 for basketball games. Sp ...

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Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome (also known as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the fi ...

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(23) ,

(9) ,

(14) , The Forum
17,505 , 50–24 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 75 , April 4 ,

W 129-111
,

(32) ,

(9) ,

(13) , The Forum
13,230 , 51–24 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 76 , April 6 , @

W 108-97
,

(23) ,

(11) ,

(10) , The Summit
15,676 , 52–24 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 77 , April 9 ,

W 153-128
,

(25) , Mark Landsberger (14) ,

(16) , The Forum
16,433 , 53–24 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 78 , April 11 ,

W 107-104
,

(33) ,

(12) ,

(8) , The Forum
17,505 , 54–24 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 79 , April 13 , @ Golden State
L 101-106
,

(27) ,

(10) ,

(9) ,

13,239 , 54–25 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 80 , April 14 ,

W 128-115
,

(22) ,

(11) ,

(10) , The Forum
11,488 , 55–25 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 81 , April 16 , Golden State
W 125-109
,

(26) ,

(12) ,

(13) , The Forum
17,505 , 56–25 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 82 , April 18 , @ Phoenix
W 120-115
,

(34) ,

(15) ,

(12) ,

14,660 , 57–25

Playoffs

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , April 27 , Phoenix
W 115–96
,

(28) ,

(12) ,

(10) , The Forum
13,623 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , April 28 , Phoenix
W 117–98
,

(24) ,

(12) ,

(12) , The Forum
15,558 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , April 30 , @ Phoenix
W 114–106
,

(26) ,

(14) ,

(9) ,

14,660 , 3–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , May 2 , @ Phoenix
W 112–107
,

(24) ,

(13) ,

(12) ,

11,932 , 4–0 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , May 9 ,

W 128–117
,

(32) ,

(16) ,

(14) , The Forum
15,700 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , May 11 ,

W 110–101
,

& Wilkes (22) ,

(15) ,

(9) , The Forum
17,505 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 14 , @

W 118–108
,

(26) , Abdul-Jabbar &

(10) ,

15,800 , 3–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , May 15 , @

W 128–123
,

(30) , Abdul-Jabbar &

(9) ,

(10) ,

15,800 , 4–0 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , May 27 , @

W 124–117
,

& Wilkes (24) ,

(14) ,

(10) , The Spectrum
18,364 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , May 30 , @

L 94–110
,

(23) ,

(11) ,

(10) , The Spectrum
18,364 , 1–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , June 1 ,

W 129–108
,

(29) ,

(9) ,

(8) , The Forum
17,505 , 2–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , June 3 ,

W 111–101
,

& Wilkes (24) , Abdul-Jabbar & Rambis (11) ,

(14) , The Forum
17,505 , 3–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , June 6 , @

L 102–135
,

(23) ,

(10) ,

(13) , The Spectrum
18,364 , 3–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , June 8 ,

W 114–104
,

(27) ,

(13) ,

(13) , The Forum
17,505 , 4–2 , -

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media ...

All-NBA Second Team The All-NBA Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season. The voting is conducted by a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The team has been sel ...

NBA All-Defensive First Team The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1968–69 NBA season to the best defensive players during the regular season. The All-Defensive Team is generally composed of ten players in tw ...

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

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