L.A. Lakers 140, Denver 103

April 29, 1987

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 3-0

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 15,137

Officials: Joe Crawford, Hue Hollins, Mike Lauerman

Team Rebounds: Los Angeles (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Los Angeles (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
LAL (65-17) 25 44 36 35 140
DEN (37-45) 26 30 22 25 103

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
LAL 110 127.6 93.9
DEN 110 93.9 127.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
LAL .549 0.091 0.182 0.440
DEN .376 0.119 0.429 0.193

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Starter C 25:00 2-8 0-0 5-5 14.1 0 6 6 5 3 1 5 1 9
45 A.C. Green Starter PF 28:00 7-11 0-0 4-8 14.0 1 9 10 1 3 0 0 0 18
32 Magic Johnson Starter PG 34:00 7-12 0-1 2-2 24.5 2 5 7 14 1 0 0 1 16
4 Byron Scott Starter SG 37:00 11-15 0-1 3-4 19.8 0 4 4 7 3 1 1 3 25
42 James Worthy Starter SF 29:00 7-10 0-0 8-8 21.8 0 3 3 7 0 0 3 2 22
24 Adrian Branch Bench SF 07:00 0-3 0-0 3-4 -3.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 3
21 Michael Cooper Bench SG 22:00 4-7 4-5 2-2 15.8 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 0 14
1 Wes Matthews Bench PG 08:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
18 Kurt Rambis Bench PF 17:00 4-9 0-0 2-2 7.8 1 7 8 1 4 0 0 0 10
52 Mike Smrek Bench C 07:00 0-0 0-0 4-6 6.5 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 4
43 Mychal Thompson Bench PF 23:00 4-12 0-0 5-6 9.0 4 5 9 0 1 0 1 1 13
55 Billy Thompson Bench SF 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.8 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 48-91 4-7 40-49 126.1 10 45 55 40 22 4 14 10 140
          52.7% 57.1% 81.6%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
2 Alex English Starter PF 29:00 11-21 0-0 3-3 14.6 3 2 5 6 2 0 0 3 25
24 Bill Hanzlik Starter SF 26:00 2-7 0-0 4-6 2.8 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 8
12 Fat Lever Starter PG 32:00 6-14 1-2 0-0 12.2 2 3 5 4 3 4 0 1 13
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 20:00 4-11 0-0 1-2 2.8 4 3 7 0 5 0 0 1 9
- Darrell Walker Starter SG 26:00 2-12 0-0 0-2 -0.5 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 4
32 Mark Alarie Bench PF 12:00 2-4 0-0 2-2 1.5 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 6
42 Wayne Cooper Bench C 17:00 1-6 0-0 2-2 8.5 5 7 12 0 3 0 1 0 4
23 T.R. Dunn Bench SG 09:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 3.8 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
5 Mike Evans Bench PG 14:00 1-5 1-4 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 3
11 Maurice Martin Bench SF 23:00 6-18 0-1 6-11 0.6 2 1 3 2 5 0 0 2 18
34 Danny Schayes Bench C 24:00 4-7 0-0 3-3 8.4 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 1 11
22 Otis Smith Bench SG 08:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 2
  Team                                
        240 40-109 2-7 21-31 74.1 21 28 49 20 31 8 3 13 103
          36.7% 28.6% 67.7%                    

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Magic Johnson
23.9p, 6.3r, 12.2a		 Byron Scott
17p, 3.5r, 3.4a		 James Worthy
19.4p, 5.7r, 2.8a		 A.C. Green
10.8p, 7.8r, 1.1a		 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
17.5p, 6.7r, 2.6a
Rotation  
 		 Michael Cooper
10.5p, 3.1r, 4.5a		  
 		 Mychal Thompson
11.4p, 5r, 1.4a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Kurt Rambis
5.7p, 5.8r, 0.8a		  
 
Lim PT Wes Matthews
4.2p, 0.9r, 2a		  
 		 Adrian Branch
4.3p, 1.7r, 0.5a		  
 		 Mike Smrek
2.2p, 1.1r, 0.1a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Billy Thompson
5.6p, 2.9r, 1a		  
 		  
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Fat Lever
18.9p, 8.9r, 8a		 Darrell Walker
12.2p, 4r, 3.5a		 Bill Hanzlik
13p, 3.5r, 3.8a		 Alex English
28.6p, 4.2r, 5.1a		 Blair Rasmussen
9.5p, 6.3r, 0.8a
Rotation Mike Evans
10.1p, 1.6r, 2.3a		  
 		 Maurice Martin
3.4p, 1r, 0.8a		 Mark Alarie
7.9p, 3.3r, 1.2a		 Danny Schayes
8.5p, 5r, 1.1a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Wayne Cooper
8p, 6.8r, 1a
Lim PT  
 		 T.R. Dunn
3.4p, 3.3r, 1.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Otis Smith
2.8p, 1.2r, 0.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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