1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season

1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season
Western Conference Champions
Head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
Owner(s) Jerry Buss
Arena Great Western Forum
Results
Record 58–24 (.707)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(eliminated 1-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Prime Ticket, KCAL
Radio AM 570 KLAC
Los Angeles Lakers seasons
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The highlight of the Los Angeles Lakers was Magic Johnson leading the Lakers to the NBA Finals. It would be the last time that the Showtime Lakers would make it to the NBA Finals.

Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1990 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 27 Elden Campbell F  United States Clemson
2 51 Tony Smith C  United States Marquette

Roster

Los Angeles Lakers 1990-91 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G/F 35 Brown, Tony (waived) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas
C 41 Campbell, Elden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Clemson
C 12 Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg)
G 10 Drew, Larry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Missouri
F/C 45 Green, A. C. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oregon State
G/F 32 Johnson, Magic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Michigan State
F/C 14 Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) North Carolina
G 4 Scott, Byron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Arizona State
G 34 Smith, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Marquette
G/F 20 Teagle, Terry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Baylor
F 30 Thomas, Irving 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Florida State
F/C 43 Thompson, Mychal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Minnesota
F 42 Worthy, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) North Carolina
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Vlade Divac Elden Campbell Mychal Thompson
PF Sam Perkins A. C. Green
SF James Worthy Terry Teagle Irving Thomas
SG Byron Scott Tony Smith
PG Magic Johnson Larry Drew

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers 63 19 .768 — 36–5 27–14 18-10
x-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 5 33–8 25-16 19-9
x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 8 32–9 23-18 17–11
x-Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 19 30–11 14–27 13–15
x-Seattle SuperSonics 41 41 .500 22 28-13 13–28 12-16
Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 32 23–18 8-33 10-18
Sacramento Kings 25 57 .305 38 24-17 1–40 9–19
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Portland Trail Blazers 63 19 .768 –
2 y-San Antonio Spurs 55 27 .671 8
3 x-Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 .707 5
4 x-Phoenix Suns 55 27 .671 8
5 x-Utah Jazz 54 28 .659 9
6 x-Houston Rockets 52 30 .634 11
7 x-Golden State Warriors 44 38 .537 19
8 x-Seattle SuperSonics 41 41 .500 22
9 Orlando Magic 31 51 .378 32
10 Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 32
11 Minnesota Timberwolves 29 53 .354 34
12 Dallas Mavericks 28 54 .341 35
13 Sacramento Kings 25 57 .305 38
14 Denver Nuggets 20 62 .244 43
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG
Elden Campbell
Vlade Divac
A. C. Green 82 516 71 59 23 750 9.1
Terry Teagle
James Worthy

Playoffs

NBA finals

Game 1

Sunday, June 2, at the Chicago Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Los Angeles 29 22 24 18 93
Chicago 30 23 15 23 91

Game 2

Wednesday, June 5, at the Chicago Stadium The Bulls shot a Finals record 61.7% from the floor, (since broken by the Orlando Magic) with a Jordan layup over Sam Perkins a highlight.

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Los Angeles 23 20 26 17 86
Chicago 28 20 38 21 107

Game 3

Friday, June 7, at the Great Western Forum

Team 1 2 3 4 OT Tot.
Chicago 25 23 18 26 12 104
Los Angeles 25 22 25 20 4 96

Game 4

Sunday, June 9, at the Great Western Forum

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Chicago 27 25 22 23 97
Los Angeles 28 16 14 24 82

Game 5

Wednesday, June 12, at the Great Western Forum

The Lakers were facing elimination, and the lack of Worthy and Scott was not any help to the Lakers. This would not stop Magic Johnson as Johnson had 20 assists in the game, but it was not enough. Elden Campbell outscored Michael Jordan with 13 points in the first half, but it was not enough. The Lakers still fought and even led 93-90 in the fourth quarter, but a Bulls 9-0 run, and Paxson's 10 points in the final half of the fourth quarter helped secure the Chicago Bulls, and Michael Jordan's, first NBA title.

Team 1 2 3 4 Tot.
Chicago 27 21 32 28 108
Los Angeles 25 24 31 21 101

Awards and Records

Transactions

References

1990 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
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4 Scott | 10 Drew | 12 Divac | 14 Perkins | 20 Teagle | 32 Johnson | 34 Smith | 35 Brown | 41 Campbell | 42 Worthy | 43 M. Thompson | 45 Green | Thomas | Coach Dunleavy