1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season

1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season
Seventh NBA Championship
Head coach Paul Westhead, Pat Riley
Arena The Forum
Results
Record 57–25 (.695)
Place Division: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Champions

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KHJ
Radio AM 570 KLAC
Los Angeles Lakers seasons
< 1980–81 1982–83 >

The 1981-82 NBA season saw the Lakers win their seventh NBA championship.

Contents

Offseason

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
8 179 Jay Triano  Canada Simon Fraser University

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Roster

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bob McAdoo
PF Kurt Rambis Jim Brewer Mitch Kupchak
SF Jamaal Wilkes Mark Landsberger
SG Norm Nixon Michael Cooper Mike McGee Kevin McKenna
PG Magic Johnson Clay Johnson Eddie Jordan

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695 30–11 27–14 21–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics 52 30 .634 5.0 31–10 21–20 18–12
x-Phoenix Suns 46 36 .561 11.0 31–10 15–26 14–16
Golden State Warriors 45 37 .549 12.0 28–13 17–24 15–15
Portland Trail Blazers 42 40 .512 15.0 27–14 15–26 15–15
San Diego Clippers 17 65 .207 40.0 11–30 6–35 7–23

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Legend

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team

Subtractions

Player Left New team

References

See also