Denver 95, L.A. Lakers 128

April 23, 1987

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 3-0

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

Attendance: 17,505

Officials: N/A

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

Technicals: Denver (0) Los Angeles (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (37-45) 32 21 20 22 95
LAL (65-17) 39 43 30 16 128

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 106 89.6 120.7
LAL 106 120.7 89.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .426 0.123 0.306 0.089
LAL .540 0.094 0.259 0.212

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
42 Wayne Cooper Starter PF 12:00 4-5 0-0 0-0 8.5 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 8
2 Alex English Starter SF 24:00 7-18 0-0 0-0 6.8 5 1 6 3 1 0 0 2 14
12 Fat Lever Starter PG 29:00 3-14 0-3 1-4 5.5 1 2 3 9 2 0 0 0 7
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 38:00 13-23 0-0 0-4 21.0 4 9 13 4 2 1 1 2 26
- Darrell Walker Starter SG 10:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 -1.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
32 Mark Alarie Bench PF 23:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 5.5 0 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 8
23 T.R. Dunn Bench SG 09:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2
5 Mike Evans Bench PG 30:00 1-7 0-1 0-0 4.2 2 4 6 3 3 1 0 0 2
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 13:00 2-7 0-1 1-2 2.5 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
11 Maurice Martin Bench SF 18:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 3.2 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 3 2
34 Danny Schayes Bench C 25:00 5-6 0-0 3-6 12.5 2 5 7 1 3 0 1 0 13
22 Otis Smith Bench SG 09:00 1-2 0-0 4-5 4.9 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 6
  Team                                
        240 43-101 0-5 9-21 87.9 15 34 49 34 20 4 5 13 95
          42.6% 0.0% 42.9%                    

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 20:00 6-13 0-0 1-2 10.8 2 5 7 3 1 0 1 1 13
45 A.C. Green Starter PF 22:00 8-10 0-0 4-4 21.0 1 6 7 1 1 1 3 0 20
32 Magic Johnson Starter PG 27:00 7-10 1-1 1-6 25.5 0 7 7 14 0 0 1 1 16
4 Byron Scott Starter SG 28:00 6-13 3-4 2-2 15.2 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 0 17
42 James Worthy Starter SF 29:00 12-14 0-0 4-5 29.6 2 6 8 6 1 1 2 1 28
24 Adrian Branch Bench SF 09:00 0-5 0-0 0-2 -3.8 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
21 Michael Cooper Bench SG 25:00 3-8 1-3 3-4 5.5 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 2 10
1 Wes Matthews Bench PG 12:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 -0.8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
18 Kurt Rambis Bench PF 22:00 2-5 0-0 4-4 7.8 2 4 6 0 2 3 0 2 8
52 Mike Smrek Bench C 08:00 0-4 0-0 0-0 -3.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0
43 Mychal Thompson Bench C 20:00 2-7 0-0 0-0 5.5 2 7 9 0 3 0 2 1 4
55 Billy Thompson Bench SF 18:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 11.0 3 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 8
  Team                                
        240 51-99 5-8 21-31 122.4 15 43 58 35 20 9 11 10 128
          51.5% 62.5% 67.7%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Fat Lever
18.9p, 8.9r, 8a		 Darrell Walker
12.2p, 4r, 3.5a		 Alex English
28.6p, 4.2r, 5.1a		 Wayne Cooper
8p, 6.8r, 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  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
13p, 3.5r, 3.8a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Otis Smith
2.8p, 1.2r, 0.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 T.R. Dunn
3.4p, 3.3r, 1.8a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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 Wes Matthews
4.2p, 0.9r, 2a		 Michael Cooper
10.5p, 3.1r, 4.5a		 Billy Thompson
5.6p, 2.9r, 1a		 Kurt Rambis
5.7p, 5.8r, 0.8a		 Mychal Thompson
11.4p, 5r, 1.4a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Adrian Branch
4.3p, 1.7r, 0.5a		  
 		 Mike Smrek
2.2p, 1.1r, 0.1a

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