The 1990–91 NBA season was the Lakers' 43rd season in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

, and 31st in the city of

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

. This season's highlight was

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 ...

leading the Lakers to the NBA Finals, where they lost in five games to

Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player, who is currently a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Ass ...

Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded on January 16 ...

. The Lakers would not return to the Finals until

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

. The season is generally considered the final season of the team's successful, uptempo Showtime era. During the off-season, the team signed free agent Sam Perkins, and acquired Terry Teagle from the

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

. The Lakers held a 35–11 record at the All-Star break, and finished the regular season with a 58–24 record, but for the first time since the 1980–81 season, did not win their division. Johnson finished second behind Jordan in the voting for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Johnson was the league's third-oldest

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...

, and had grown more powerful and stronger than in his earlier years, but was also slower and less nimble. Mike Dunleavy was the new head coach, the offense used more half-court sets, and the team had a renewed emphasis on defense. Johnson averaged 19.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 12.5 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, while James Worthy led the team in scoring averaging 21.4 points per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team. Johnson and Worthy were both selected to play in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte. In addition,

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 ...

provided the team with 14.5 points per game, while Perkins contributed 13.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, second-year center Vlade Divac provided with 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, A.C. Green played most of the season off the bench, averaging 9.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and Teagle contributed 9.9 points per game off the bench. In the Western Conference First Round of the

playoffs The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

, the Lakers swept the

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in three straight games, then defeated the 7th-seeded

in five games in the Western Conference Semi-finals. In the Western Conference finals, they defeated the top-seeded and Pacific Division champion

Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (N ...

in six games to advance to the NBA Finals. Following the season,

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 ...

retired. Game 5 of the NBA Finals was the last Finals game played at the Forum. It was also Magic's last NBA game before his retirement that November due to his diagnosis with the HIV virus, although he would play in the All-Star Game in 1992 and the Dream Team that summer. Magic would make a brief return to the Lakers midway through the 1995–96 NBA season. After losing to the

in that year's playoffs, Magic retired again for good.

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

* April 15, 1991 –

established the standard for most assists in a career with 9,888. The previous record holder was

Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Robertson played ...

. For the season, Magic would establish a team record with 989 assists for the season. Magic would finish the season with a career total of 9,921.

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

, - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , November 3 , @

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 ...

L 99-110
, James Worthy (35) , Sam Perkins (10) ,

(11) ,

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 ...

15,908 , 0–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , November 6 , Portland
L 123-125 (OT)
, James Worthy (26) , Vlade Divac (13) ,

(22) ,

Great Western Forum The Kia Forum, also known as Los Angeles Forum and formerly Great Western Forum, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inglewood, California, United States, adjacent to Los Angeles. Located on West Manchester Boulevard, with Laffit Pincay Jr., P ...

16,361 , 0–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , November 9 ,

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 ...

W 100-86
,

(25) , Vlade Divac (16) ,

(13) ,

15,618 , 1–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , November 11 , New York
L 103-109
,

Johnson Johnson may refer to: People and fictional characters *Johnson (surname), a common surname in English * Johnson (given name), a list of people * List of people with surname Johnson, including fictional characters *Johnson (composer) (1953–2011) ...

& Scott (24) ,

(15) ,

(14) ,

17,342 , 1–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , November 13 , Phoenix
L 111-112
, James Worthy (36) , Vlade Divac (10) ,

(15) ,

16,512 , 1–4 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , November 15 , @

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 ...

W 108-103 (OT)
, Sam Perkins (29) ,

(10) ,

(16) , The Summit
16,511 , 2–4 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 7 , November 16 , @

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 ...

L 86-99
,

(23) ,

(8) ,

(11) ,

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 ...

17,007 , 2–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 8 , November 18 , Golden State
W 115-93
, Sam Perkins (22) , 3 players tied (9) ,

(10) ,

15,644 , 3–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 9 , November 19 , @

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 ...

W 122-105
, James Worthy (25) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(11) ,

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 ...

11,549 , 4–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 10 , November 21 ,

W 141-121
, James Worthy (29) , Sam Perkins (13) ,

(18) ,

15,941 , 5-5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 11 , November 24 , Orlando
W 115-89
, James Worthy (22) , A.C. Green (17) ,

(14) ,

16,254 , 6–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 12 , November 28 ,

W 97-80
, James Worthy (20) , James Worthy (11) ,

(12) ,

17,210 , 7–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 13 , December 1 , @ Phoenix
W 108-98
,

(32) ,

(12) ,

(15) , Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,487 , 8–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 14 , December 4 ,

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 ...

W 114-90
, James Worthy (23) ,

(12) ,

(14) ,

17,505 , 9–5 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 15 , December 6 , @

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

W 83-73
,

(21) , Vlade Divac (12) ,

(11) ,

Target Center Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Corporation, founded and headquartered in Minneapolis since 1902, h ...

19,006 , 10–5 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 16 , December 7 , @

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 ...

L 79-101
,

(20) ,

& Thompson (9) ,

(9) , Salt Palace
12,616 , 10–6 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 17 , December 9 , Washington
W 106-99
, James Worthy (20) , Sam Perkins (14) ,

(14) ,

15,809 , 11–6 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 18 , December 12 ,

L 97-112 (OT)
, James Worthy (28) , Sam Perkins (11) ,

(12) ,

16,086 , 11–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 19 , December 15 , @ Golden State
W 111-109
, Sam Perkins (30) , James Worthy (10) ,

(9) , Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 , 12–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 20 , December 16 ,

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 ...

W 115-112
,

(29) , Vlade Divac (8) ,

(21) ,

15,795 , 13–7 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 21 , December 18 , @ New York
W 100-97
,

(22) , 3 players tied (6) ,

(11) ,

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 ...

19,081 , 14–7 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 22 , December 19 , @

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 ...

L 74-84
,

(18) , Sam Perkins (10) ,

(15) ,

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 ...

19,183 , 14–8 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 23 , December 21 , @

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 ...

L 103-114
, James Worthy (21) ,

(9) ,

(14) ,

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 ...

18,676 , 14–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 24 , December 23 ,

W 118-94
, James Worthy (24) , Vlade Divac (8) ,

(13) ,

17,506 , 15–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 25 , December 26 , @ L.A. Clippers
W 108-99
, James Worthy (31) , A.C. Green (16) ,

(13) , Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,350 , 16–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 26 , December 30 ,

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 ...

W 115-107
,

(34) ,

(13) ,

17,505 , 17–9 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 27 , January 3 , @ Portland
W 108-104
, James Worthy (30) , Sam Perkins (9) ,

(17) , Memorial Coliseum
12,884 , 18–9 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 28 , January 4 , @ Golden State
L 99-115
,

(22) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(13) , Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 , 18–10 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 29 , January 6 , Golden State
W 135-108
, James Worthy (29) , Vlade Divac (12) , Larry Drew (14) ,

17,197 , 19–10 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 30 , January 8 , @

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

L 88-96
, James Worthy (21) , Divac &

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 ...

(6) , Larry Drew (6) , Seattle Center Coliseum
14,441 , 19–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 31 , January 9 ,

W 108-85
,

(20) , Sam Perkins (10) ,

(15) ,

16,980 , 20–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 32 , January 11 ,

W 105-93
,

(27) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(14) ,

17,103 , 21–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 33 , January 13 ,

W 116-97
, Vlade Divac (22) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(16) ,

17,164 , 22–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 34 , January 15 , Charlotte
W 128-103
, Terry Teagle (27) , Vlade Divac (12) ,

(10) ,

16,858 , 23–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 35 , January 17 , @

W 93-78
, James Worthy (36) , 3 players tied (9) ,

(15) , ARCO Arena
17,014 , 24–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 36 , January 18 ,

W 105-96
,

(33) , Vlade Divac (14) ,

(9) ,

17,505 , 25–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 37 , January 21 , @

W 120-114
,

(27) , Sam Perkins (12) ,

(15) , Market Square Arena
15,166 , 26–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 38 , January 22 , @ Orlando
W 116-96
,

(32) , Sam Perkins (9) ,

(8) , Orlando Arena
15,077 , 27–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 39 , January 24 , @ Charlotte
W 113-93
, James Worthy (24) , Vlade Divac (9) ,

(17) , Charlotte Coliseum
23,901 , 28–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 40 , January 25 , @

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 ...

W 108-103 (OT)
, James Worthy (23) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(17) ,

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, ...

19,087 , 29–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 41 , January 27 , @

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 ...

W 104-87
,

(22) , 3 players tied (9) ,

(15) , Boston Garden
14,890 , 30–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 42 , January 29 ,

W 110-89
, A.C. Green (19) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(7) ,

18,598 , 31–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 43 , January 31 ,

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 ...

W 116-103
, A.C. Green (20) , A.C. Green (11) ,

(12) ,

17,505 , 32–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 44 , February 1 , @ L.A. Clippers
W 106-92
,

(30) , A.C. Green (12) ,

(10) , Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,350 , 33–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 45 , February 3 ,

W 99-86
,

(18) , Vlade Divac (13) ,

(11) ,

17,505 , 34–11 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 46 , February 5 , L.A. Clippers
W 116-102
, James Worthy (24) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(13) ,

17,230 , 35–11 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff", All-Star Break , - style="background:#cfc;" , - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , - style="background:#fcc;" , 47 , February 12 , @ Phoenix
L 95-99
, Sam Perkins (26) , Divac &

(9) ,

(15) , Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,487 , 35–12 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 48 , February 13 ,

W 120-106
, Terry Teagle (24) , Vlade Divac (13) ,

(14) ,

16,662 , 36–12 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 49 , February 15 ,

L 85-98
, James Worthy (23) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(16) ,

17,506 , 36–13 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 50 , February 17 , Portland
W 106-96
, James Worthy (30) , Sam Perkins (12) ,

(16) ,

17,505 , 37–13 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 51 , February 19 , @

W 112-103
, James Worthy (27) ,

(16) ,

(17) , The Summit
16,611 , 38–13 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 52 , February 21 , @

W 106-92
,

(21) ,

(10) ,

(12) ,

17,007 , 39–13 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 53 , February 22 , @

L 102-111
,

(24) ,

(9) ,

Omni Coliseum Omni Coliseum (often called The Omni) was an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Completed in 1972, the arena seated 16,378 for basketball and 15,278 for ice hockey, hockey. It was part of the Omni Complex, now known as the CNN Cente ...

16,311 , 39–14 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 54 , February 24 , @

W 102-96 (OT)
,

(31) , A.C. Green (9) ,

(11) , The Palace of Auburn Hills
21,454 , 40–14 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 55 , February 25 , @

L 90-92
,

(19) , Vlade Divac (16) ,

(13) , The Spectrum
18,168 , 40–15 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 56 , February 28 , @

W 121-108
, Terry Teagle (23) , Vlade Divac (13) ,

(14) ,

13,962 , 41–15 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 57 , March 1 , Orlando
W 115-101
,

(26) , Vlade Divac (12) ,

(9) ,

17,326 , 42–15 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 58 , March 3 ,

L 95-104
, Vlade Divac (23) , James Worthy (10) ,

(8) ,

17,505 , 42–16 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 59 , March 5 , @

L 85-94
,

(32) , James Worthy (7) ,

(9) ,

19,006 , 42–17 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 60 , March 7 , @

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 ...

L 94-99
, James Worthy (26) , A.C. Green (9) ,

(9) , Bradley Center
18,633 , 42–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 61 , March 9 , @ Washington
W 87-72
,

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

(8) , Capital Centre
18,758 , 43–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 62 , March 10 , @ Orlando
W 115-101
, Sam Perkins (20) , Vlade Divac (15) ,

(12) , Orlando Arena
15,077 , 44–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 63 , March 12 , @

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

W 102-95
,

& Scott (21) ,

(11) ,

(14) , Miami Arena
15,008 , 45–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 64 , March 15 ,

W 127-117
, James Worthy (35) , Vlade Divac (9) ,

& Worthy (10) ,

17,506 , 46–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 65 , March 17 ,

W 98-91
, James Worthy (30) , James Worthy (9) ,

(15) ,

17,505 , 47–18 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 66 , March 19 , L.A. Clippers
W 119-105
, James Worthy (26) , Vlade Divac (9) ,

(11) ,

17,303 , 48–18 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 67 , March 20 , @

L 106-114
, James Worthy (23) , Campbell & Perkins (5) , James Worthy (7) , Seattle Center Coliseum
14,392 , 48–19 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 68 , March 22 ,

L 92-99
, James Worthy (34) , A.C. Green (10) , Larry Drew (7) ,

17,505 , 48–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 69 , March 24 ,

W 113-96
,

(33) ,

& Perkins (9) ,

(11) ,

17,506 , 49–20 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 70 , March 25 , @

W 99-89
, James Worthy (26) ,

(12) ,

(14) , ARCO Arena
17,014 , 50–20 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 71 , March 29 , Portland
L 105-109 (OT)
, James Worthy (26) ,

(10) ,

(12) ,

17,505 , 50–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 72 , March 31 ,

W 115-87
, Terry Teagle (35) , A.C. Green (10) ,

(10) ,

16,522 , 51–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 73 , April 2 , @

W 122-105
,

(30) ,

(12) ,

(10) ,

15,908 , 52–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 74 , April 4 , @ Phoenix
W 102-98
, James Worthy (26) , Sam Perkins (13) ,

(14) , Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,487 , 53–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 75 , April 5 ,

W 108-87
,

(20) , Sam Perkins (13) ,

(9) ,

17,505 , 54–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 76 , April 7 , Phoenix
W 93-85
,

(31) , Sam Perkins (10) ,

(8) ,

17,505 , 55–21 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 77 , April 11 ,

W 110-95
,

(31) , Vlade Divac (12) ,

(11) ,

17,505 , 56–21 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 78 , April 13 , @ Portland
L 113-118
, Sam Perkins (32) , Sam Perkins (10) ,

(15) , Memorial Coliseum
12,884 , 56–22 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 79 , April 15 ,

W 112-106
, James Worthy (23) ,

(9) ,

(19) ,

17,505 , 57–22 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 80 , April 17 , @ Golden State
L 111-118
, Terry Teagle (21) ,

(8) ,

(15) , Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 , 57–23 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 81 , April 20 , @

L 93-107
, Vlade Divac (19) , Vlade Divac (17) ,

(6) , Salt Palace
12,616 , 57–24 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 82 , April 21 ,

W 103-100
, Terry Teagle (19) , A.C. Green (12) , Vlade Divac (6) ,

17,505 , 58–24

Playoffs

, - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , April 25 ,

W 94–92
,

(20) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(10) ,

17,505 , 1–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2 , April 27 ,

W 109–98
, James Worthy (29) , Vlade Divac (10) ,

(21) ,

17,505 , 2–0 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , April 30 , @

W 94–90
,

(38) , Sam Perkins (13) ,

(7) , The Summit
16,611 , 3–0 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , May 5 , Golden State
W 126–116
,

(27) ,

(10) ,

(17) ,

17,505 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , May 8 , Golden State
L 124–125
,

(44) ,

(12) ,

(9) ,

17,505 , 1–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 10 , @ Golden State
W 115–112
, James Worthy (36) , 3 players tied (7) ,

(15) , Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 , 2–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , May 12 , @ Golden State
W 123–107
, Sam Perkins (27) ,

(11) ,

(11) , Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
15,025 , 3–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 5 , May 14 , Golden State
W 124–119 (OT)
,

(28) , Sam Perkins (15) ,

(12) ,

17,505 , 4–1 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , May 18 , @ Portland
W 111–106
, James Worthy (28) , Sam Perkins (15) ,

(21) , Memorial Coliseum
12,884 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , May 21 , @ Portland
L 98–109
, James Worthy (21) , Sam Perkins (10) ,

(12) , Memorial Coliseum
12,884 , 1–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 3 , May 24 , Portland
W 106–92
, James Worthy (25) ,

& Perkins (9) ,

(19) ,

17,505 , 2–1 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 4 , May 26 , Portland
W 116–95
,

(22) ,

(9) ,

17,505 , 3–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , May 28 , @ Portland
L 84–95
,

(29) , A.C. Green (9) ,

(7) , Memorial Coliseum
12,884 , 3–2 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 6 , May 30 , Portland
W 91–90
, Sam Perkins (26) ,

(11) ,

(8) ,

17,505 , 4–2 , - , - style="background:#cfc;" , 1 , June 2 , @

W 93–91
, Perkins & Worthy (22) , Vlade Divac (14) ,

(11) ,

18,676 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 2 , June 5 , @

L 86–107
, James Worthy (24) ,

(7) ,

(10) ,

18,676 , 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , June 7 ,

L 96–104 (OT)
, Sam Perkins (25) , Sam Perkins (9) ,

(10) ,

17,506 , 1–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , June 9 ,

L 82–97
, Vlade Divac (27) , Vlade Divac (11) ,

(11) ,

17,506 , 1–3 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 5 , June 12 ,

L 101–108
, Sam Perkins (22) ,

(11) ,

(20) ,

17,506 , 1–4

Player statistics

Regular season

, - , style="text-align:left;", ^† , 7 , , 0 , , 3.9 , , .667 , , 1.000 , , , , .6 , , .4 , , .0 , , .0 , , .7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 52 , , 0 , , 7.3 , , .455 , , , , .653 , , 1.8 , , .2 , , .2 , , .7 , , 2.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 82 , , 81 , , 28.2 , , .565 , , .357 , , .703 , , 8.1 , , 1.1 , , 1.3 , , 1.5 , , 11.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 48 , , 2 , , 10.3 , , .432 , , .424 , , .773 , , .7 , , 2.5 , , .3 , , .0 , , 2.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 82 , , 21 , , 26.4 , , .476 , , .200 , , .738 , , 6.3 , , .9 , , .7 , , .3 , , 9.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 79 , , 79 , , 37.1 , , .477 , , .320 , , .906 , , 7.0 , , 12.5 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 19.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 73 , , 66 , , 34.3 , , .495 , , .281 , , .821 , , 7.4 , , 1.5 , , .9 , , 1.1 , , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 82 , , 82 , , 32.1 , , .477 , , .324 , , .797 , , 3.0 , , 2.2 , , 1.2 , , .3 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 64 , , 1 , , 10.9 , , .441 , , .000 , , .702 , , 1.1 , , 2.1 , , .4 , , .2 , , 3.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 82 , , 0 , , 18.3 , , .443 , , .000 , , .819 , , 2.2 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , .1 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 26 , , 0 , , 4.2 , , .340 , , , , .571 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .2 , , .0 , , 1.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 72 , , 4 , , 15.0 , , .496 , , .000 , , .705 , , 3.2 , , .3 , , .3 , , .3 , , 4.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 78 , , 74 , , 38.6 , , .492 , , .289 , , .797 , , 4.6 , , 3.5 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 21.4

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", , 14 , , 0 , , 9.9 , , .658 , , , , .467 , , 2.1 , , .2 , , .4 , , .6 , , 4.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 19 , , 19 , , 32.1 , , .564 , , .167 , , .803 , , 6.7 , , 1.1 , , 1.4 , , 2.2 , , 13.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 18 , , 0 , , 6.4 , , .424 , , .273 , , .667 , , .4 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 19 , , 1 , , 21.1 , , .423 , , .500 , , .704 , , 5.4 , , .5 , , .6 , , .2 , , 6.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 19 , , 19 , , 43.3 , , .440 , , .296 , , .882 , , 8.1 , , 12.6 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , 21.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 19 , , 19 , , 39.6 , , .548 , , .367 , , .761 , , 8.3 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , 1.4 , , 17.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 18 , , 18 , , 37.7 , , .511 , , .526 , , .794 , , 3.2 , , 1.6 , , 1.3 , , .2 , , 13.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , , 0 , , 5.7 , , .462 , , , , .667 , , .4 , , .3 , , .1 , , .0 , , 2.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 18 , , 1 , , 15.2 , , .376 , , , , .781 , , 1.6 , , .6 , , .4 , , .2 , , 6.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 3 , , 0 , , 1.7 , , 1.000 , , , , , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .7 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 8 , , 0 , , 5.3 , , .286 , , , , , , 1.1 , , .0 , , .0 , , .4 , , .5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 18 , , 18 , , 40.7 , , .465 , , .167 , , .736 , , 4.1 , , 3.9 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 21.1

Awards and records

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 ...

* James Worthy, All-NBA Third Team

Transactions

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers Season Los Angeles Lakers seasons Western Conference (NBA) championship seasons Los Angle Los Angle Los Angle 1990s in Los Angeles County, California