The 1987–88 season saw the Lakers win their eleventh NBA championship, defeating the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...

in a hard-fought seven games in 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 ...

to become the NBA's first repeat champions since the

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), ...

did it in the

1968–69 NBA season The 1968–69 NBA season was the 23rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals. Notable occurrences * T ...

. In doing so, the Lakers made good on

Pat Riley Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also se ...

's famous promise to repeat as champions. "I'm guaranteeing everybody here," Riley said at the civic celebrations following the Lakers’ 1987 championship win, "next year we’re gonna win it again." Before the Lakers could make good on Riley's guarantee, they swept the

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

in the opening round of the playoffs. The following two rounds however would not be as easy for the Lakers, but they still managed to get through a tough seven-game series against both the

Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Since the 1991–92 season, the ...

in the Western Conference Semis and the

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Western Conference Finals. By the time the Lakers had finished their season they had played an NBA record 106 games including another record 24 playoff games, winning 77 and losing 29. The Lakers went 62–20 in the regular season and 15–9 in the playoffs, en route to their sixth NBA Championship in Los Angeles, and their 11th overall in franchise history. HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the 13th easiest route to the

championship (in terms of team records of their opponents), primarily due to the record that the Spurs had this season. The 1988 Finals was the last time the Showtime-era Lakers won an NBA championship. It was also the final time that the franchise won a championship at The Forum. They did not win another league title until

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, when they were playing at the Staples Center (now known as the Crypto.com Arena).

Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time, Johnson List of NBA players who have spent their entire career w ...

, James Worthy and

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( ; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. , April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Associatio ...

were all selected to play in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game held in

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

. Pat Riley was chosen to coach the Western Conference All-Stars.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

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Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...

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Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

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San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

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HemisFair Arena HemisFair Arena (also known as the San Antonio Convention Center Arena) was an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas. It was home to the ABA/NBA's San Antonio Spurs from 1973 to 1993 and the San Antonio Force of the AFL during the 1992 sea ...

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Byron Scott Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a role player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during the ...

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Mychal Thompson Mychal George Thompson (born January 30, 1955) is a Bahamian sports commentator and former professional basketball player. The top overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Thompson played the center position for the University of Minnesota and cen ...

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Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

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Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...

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Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

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Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

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Michael Cooper Michael Jerome Cooper (born April 15, 1956), nicknamed "Coop", is an American basketball coach and former player. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during his entire career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning five NBA champ ...

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Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

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Richfield Coliseum Richfield Coliseum, also known as the Coliseum at Richfield, was an indoor arena located in Richfield Township, between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. It opened in 1974 as a replacement for the Cleveland Arena, and had a seating capacity of 20,27 ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

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Brendan Byrne Arena Meadowlands Arena (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and Izod Center) is a closed indoor sports and concert venue located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Since closing, ...

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Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

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& Scott (9) , The Forum
17,371 , 14–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 21 , , December 17
7:30 pm PST , , @ Golden State
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15,025 , 15–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 22 , , December 19
7:30 pm PST , , @ L.A. Clippers
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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

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Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

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Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

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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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Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

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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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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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Reunion Arena Reunion Arena was an indoor arena located in the Reunion, Dallas, Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. The arena served as the primary home of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Dallas Stars and the National Basketball Ass ...

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Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh and Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Eig ...

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Chicago Stadium Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena in Chicago from 1929 to 1995. When it was built, it was the largest indoor arena in the world with a maximum seating capacity of 26,000. It was the home of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks and ...

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5:30 pm PDT , , @

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, James Worthy (28) , A.C. Green (10) ,

(9) ,

12,456 , 59–20 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 80 ,
5:30p.m. PDT , @

W 114–107
, Scott (31) , M. Thompson (11) ,

(23) ,

17,007 , 60–20 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 81 , , April 22
7:30 pm PDT , , @ Phoenix
W 117–112
,

(24) , A.C. Green (11) ,

(17) , Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,077 , 61–20 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 82 , , April 24
12:30 pm PDT , , Golden State
W 136–100
, Tony Campbell (28) , Kurt Rambis (11) , Wes Matthews (10) , The Forum
17,505 , 62–20

Playoffs

, - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , , April 29
7:30 pm PDT , ,

W 122–110
, James Worthy (22) ,

(14) ,

(18) , The Forum
17,505 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , , May 1
7:30 pm PDT , ,

W 130–112
,

(29) ,

(16) ,

(15) , The Forum
17,505 , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , , May 3
5:30 pm PDT , , @

W 109–107
,

(25) , James Worthy (11) ,

(11) ,

11,542 , 3–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 ,
12:30p.m. PDT ,

W 110–91
, Worthy (23) , Abdul-Jabbar (10) ,

(9) , The Forum
17,505 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 ,
8:00p.m. PDT ,

L 97–101
, Scott (26) , M. Thompson (12) ,

(10) , The Forum
17,505 , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 ,
8:00p.m. PDT , @

L 89–96
, Scott (29) , M. Thompson (12) ,

(6) , Salt Palace
12,444 , 1–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 ,
12:30p.m. PDT , @

W 113–100
, Worthy (29) , Abdul-Jabbar (11) ,

(9) , Salt Palace
12,444 , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 5 ,
7:30p.m. PDT ,

W 111–109
, Worthy (27) , M. Thompson (11) ,

(13) , The Forum
17,505 , 3–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 6 ,
7:30p.m. PDT , @

L 80–108
, Scott (16) , M. Thompson (9) ,

(9) , Salt Palace
12,444 , 3–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 7 ,
12:30p.m. PDT ,

W 109–98
, Scott (29) ,

(9) ,

(16) , The Forum
17,505 , 4–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 ,
7:30p.m. PDT ,

W 113–98
, Worthy (28) ,

,
M Thompson (6) ,

(12) , The Forum
17,505 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 ,
7:30p.m. PDT ,

W 123–101
, Scott (30) , Abdul-Jabbar (7) ,

(19) , The Forum
17,505 , 2–0 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 3 ,
5:00p.m. PDT , @

L 94–106
, Worthy (19) ,

(8) ,

(10) ,

17,007 , 2–1 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 4 ,
12:30p.m. PDT , @

L 104–118
,

(28) ,

(12) ,

17,007 , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 5 ,
8:30p.m. PDT ,

W 119–102
, Worthy (28) ,

(10) ,

(20) , The Forum
17,505 , 3–2 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 6 ,
6:00p.m. PDT , @

L 103–105
, Scott,
Worthy (27) , Worthy (11) ,

(12) ,

17,007 , 3–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 7 ,
12:30p.m. PDT ,

W 117–102
, Worthy (28) ,

(9) ,

(11) , The Forum
17,505 , 4–3 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 1 ,
6:00p.m. PDT ,

L 93–105
,

(28) ,

(12) ,

(10) , The Forum
17,505 , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 ,
6:00p.m. PDT ,

W 108–96
, Worthy (26) ,

(13) ,

(11) , The Forum
17,505 , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 ,
12:30pm PDT , @

W 99–86
, Worthy (24) , Worthy (9) ,

(14) ,

39,188 , 2–1 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 4 ,
6:00p.m. PDT , @

L 86–111
,

(23) ,

(10) ,

(6) ,

34,297 , 2–2 , -style="background:#fcc;" , 5 ,
6:00p.m. PDT , @

L 94–104
, Abdul-Jabbar (26) , Abdul-Jabbar,

(6) ,

(17) ,

41,372 , 2–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 6 ,
12:30p.m. PDT ,

W 103–102
, Worthy (28) ,

(10) ,

(19) , The Forum
17,505 , 3–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 7 ,
6:00p.m. PDT ,

W 108–105
, Worthy (36) , Worthy (16) ,

(14) , The Forum
17,505 , 4–3

Player statistics

Season

, - , , 80 , , 80 , , 28.9 , , .532 , , .000 , , .762 , , 6.0 , , 1.7 , , 0.6 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 1.2 , , 14.6 , - , , 13 , , 1 , , 18.6 , , .564 , , .333 , , .718 , , 2.1 , , 1.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 11.0 , - , , 61 , , 8 , , 19.4 , , .392 , , .320 , , .858 , , 3.7 , , 4.7 , , 1.1 , , 0.4 , , 8.7 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 82 , , 64 , , 32.1 , , .503 , , .000 , , .773 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 8.7 , , 1.1 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 11.4 , - , , 72 , , 70 , , 36.6 , , .492 , , .196 , , .853 , , 6.2 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 11.9 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 1.6 , , 0.2 , , 19.6 , - , , 3 , , 0 , , 2.3 , , .000 , , .000 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 1.000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.7 , - , , 51 , , 8 , , 13.8 , , .460 , , .233 , , .831 , , 1.3 , , 2.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 5.7 , - , , 70 , , 20 , , 12.1 , , .548 , , .000 , , .785 , , 3.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 4.0 , - , , 81 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 81 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 37.6 , , .527 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", .346 , , .858 , , 4.1 , , 4.1 , , 1.9 , , 0.3 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 21.7 , - , , 48 , , 2 , , 8.8 , , .427 , , .000 , , .667 , , 1.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.9 , , 2.8 , - , , 9 , , 0 , , 4.2 , , .231 , , .000 , , .800 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 1.6 , - , , 80 , , 0 , , 25.1 , , .512 , , .000 , , .634 , , 6.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 1.0 , , 11.6 , - , , 14 , , 0 , , 5.9 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", .571 , , .000 , , .769 , , 0.7 , , 1.5 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 3.0 , - , , 40 , , 4 , , 9.5 , , .422 , , .200 , , .897 , , 0.7 , , 1.5 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 3.8 , - , , 75 , , 72 , , 35.4 , , .531 , , .125 , , .796 , , 5.0 , , 3.9 , , 1.0 , , 0.7 , , 19.7

Playoffs

, - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , 29.9 , , .464 , , .000 , , .789 , , 5.5 , , 1.5 , , 0.6 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 1.5 , , 14.1 , - , , 15 , , 0 , , 6.3 , , .429 , , .000 , , .688 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 3.1 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , 0 , , 24.5 , , .412 , , .403 , , .741 , , 2.4 , , 2.7 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 6.4 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , 18 , , 30.3 , , .544 , , .000 , , .753 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 7.3 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 0.5 , , 10.1 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 40.2 , , .514 , , .500 , , .852 , , 5.4 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 12.6 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 1.4 , , 0.1 , , 19.9 , - , , 10 , , 0 , , 2.7 , , .400 , , .000 , , .800 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 1.2 , - , , 19 , , 6 , , 9.8 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", .618 , , .000 , , .692 , , 2.7 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 2.7 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , 37.4 , , .499 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", .436 , , .865 , , 4.2 , , 2.5 , , 1.4 , , 0.2 , , 19.6 , - , , 8 , , 0 , , 4.3 , , .200 , , .000 , , .333 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 0.3 , , 0.4 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , 0 , , 25.6 , , .513 , , .000 , , .581 , , 7.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.8 , , 9.7 , - , , 5 , , 0 , , 2.8 , , .400 , , .000 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 1.000 , , 0.4 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 1.2 , - , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 24 , , 37.3 , , .523 , , .111 , , .758 , , 5.8 , , 4.4 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;", 21.1

Awards and records

Awards

* James Worthy,

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 First 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 ...

All-Star

was named to his 18th consecutive

NBA All-Star Game The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is the annual all-star game hosted each February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's All-star, star players. Since 2022, it was held on the third Sunday of ...

. He broke the All-Star scoring record during the game at

was voted to his 6th consecutive NBA All-Star Game as a starter and 8th overall * James Worthy was voted to his 3rd consecutive NBA All-Star Game *

was the NBA All-Star Games Western Conference coach for the 4th consecutive time and 6th overall

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1987-88 Los Angeles Lakers season NBA championship seasons Los Los Angeles Lakers seasons Western Conference (NBA) championship seasons Los Angle Los Angle 1987 in Los Angeles 1988 in Los Angeles