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background:transparent; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr><th>Team</th><th>Coach</th><th>Wins</th></tr><tr class="vcard" style="font-weight:bold;"> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></td> <td>4</td> </tr><tr class="vcard" style=""> <td class="fn org" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td class="agent"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></td> <td>2</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">May 27–June 8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a><br />(Los Angeles Lakers)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Lakers:</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> (1995)<br /><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a> (2024)<br /><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a> (2000)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Jamaal Wilkes</a> (2012)<br /><b>76ers:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a> (2018)<br /><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> (1993)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a> (2019)<br /><b>Coaches:</b><br />Billy Cunningham (1986, player)<br />Pat Riley (2008)<br /><b>Officials:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Hugh Evans</a> (2022)<br /><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Darell Garretson</a> (2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Earl_Strom" title="Earl Strom">Earl Strom</a> (1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Eastern finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">76ers</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1981–82 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a>, 4–3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NBA_conference_finals" title="NBA conference finals">Western finals</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season">Spurs</a>, 4–0</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_finals" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA finals">NBA finals</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1982 NBA World Championship Series</b> was the championship round of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA)'s <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82 season</a>, the top level of competition in men's professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> in North America. The series saw the <a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> face the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> champion <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. It was a rematch of the <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980 NBA Finals</a>. The Lakers won 4 games to 2. </p><p>The 1982 NBA Finals documentary "Something to Prove" recaps all the action of this series. It was the last NBA video documentary to exclusively use film in all on-court action. <a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a> narrated the documentary, with the condensed <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_USA" title="NBA on USA">USA Network</a> version narrated by <a href="/wiki/Al_Albert_(sportscaster)" title="Al Albert (sportscaster)">Al Albert</a>. </p><p>This was the first Finals to be claimed on the winning team's home court since <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a>. The series ended June 8, later than any previous NBA Finals. The previous record was June 7, 1978. This record was eclipsed two years later when the finals ended on June 12, 1984. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Lakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season</a></div> <p>The Lakers were stunned in the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NBA Playoffs">1981 NBA Playoffs</a> by the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1980–81 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> in a 3-game mini-series. The previous season saw the Lakers in a state of uncertainty, after <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> missed 45 games due to a knee injury. Their problems continued early in the new season, and with the team at 7–4 the Lakers decided to fire head coach <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westhead" title="Paul Westhead">Paul Westhead</a>. Taking over as head coach was <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a>, and his promotion to the job led to the birth of the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a> offense. </p><p>With a healthy Johnson and the additions of <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a>, the Lakers rallied to finish with a 57–25 record, best in the Western Conference. They were even more flawless in the playoffs as they both swept the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1981–82 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> in the Western Conference Semifinals, and the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> in the Western Conference Finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philadelphia_76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Philadelphia 76ers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season</a></div> <p>Like the Lakers, the 76ers were coming off a heartbreaking playoff defeat, as they blew a 3–1 lead and lost to the eventual champion <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1980–81 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> in the Eastern Conference finals. Not much was changed for the 76ers roster-wise and record-wise in the new season, however, as the team finished second behind the Celtics in the Atlantic Division for the third straight year. </p><p>Due to a then-existing rule where division winners would earn a first-round bye, the 76ers were forced to play a best-of-three miniseries, even though their 58–24 record was three games better than the Central Division champion <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a>. Nevertheless, Philadelphia easily swept the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1981–82 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a> 2–0 in the first round, then ousted the Bucks in the next round 4–2. In the Eastern Conference finals, the 76ers blew out the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1981–82 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> twice at <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a> to take a 3–1 lead, only to lose the next two games in a harrowing replay of the 1981 playoffs. But led by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a>'s 34 points, the 76ers exorcised the demons of 1981 by blowing out the Celtics 120–106 in Game 7. 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</td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1981–82 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>.549</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1981–82 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1981–82 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City Kings</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>52</td> <td>.366</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1981–82 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>.341</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1981–82 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>25</td> <td>57</td> <td>.305</td> <td>32 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_San_Diego_Clippers_season" title="1981–82 San Diego Clippers season">San Diego Clippers</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>65</td> <td>.207</td> <td>40 </td></tr></tbody></table>1st seed in the West, 3rd best league record </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">Regular season</a> </th> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="width:35em; font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%" rowspan="2"># </th> <th colspan="5" style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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width="5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>z</b>-<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1981–82 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>63</td> <td>19</td> <td>.768</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>58</td> <td>24</td> <td>.707</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1981–82 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1981–82 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>43</td> <td>39</td> <td>.524</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1981–82 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1981–82 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1981–82 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>47</td> <td>.427</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1981–82 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>48</td> <td>.415</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1981–82 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>49</td> <td>.402</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1981–82 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>67</td> <td>.183</td> <td>48 </td></tr></tbody></table>3rd seed in the East, 2nd best league record </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Earned first-round bye </td> <th colspan="2">First Round </th> <td>Defeated the (6) <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1981–82 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a>, 2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (5) <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1981–82 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a>, 4–0 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Semifinals </th> <td>Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, 4–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Defeated the (2) <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1981–82 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a>, 4–0 </td> <th colspan="2">Conference Finals </th> <td>Defeated the (1) <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1981–82 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>, 4–3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_series">Regular season series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regular season series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team: </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">February 26, 1982</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 114, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 116</b> (2OT) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: transparent"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">March 7, 1982</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 113, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 119</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_summary">Series summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Series summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Home team</th> <th>Result</th> <th>Road team </th></tr> <tr> <td>Game 1</td> <td>May 27</td> <td>Philadelphia 76ers</td> <td>117–124 (0–1)</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 2</td> <td>May 30</td> <td><b>Philadelphia 76ers</b></td> <td>110–94 (1–1)</td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 3</td> <td>June 1</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b></td> <td>129–108 (2–1)</td> <td>Philadelphia 76ers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 4</td> <td>June 3</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b></td> <td>111–101 (3–1)</td> <td>Philadelphia 76ers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 5</td> <td>June 6</td> <td><b>Philadelphia 76ers</b></td> <td>135–102 (2–3)</td> <td>Los Angeles Lakers </td></tr> <tr> <td>Game 6</td> <td>June 8</td> <td><b>Los Angeles Lakers</b></td> <td>114–104 (4–2)</td> <td>Philadelphia 76ers </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 27<br /><small> 9:05 p.m. EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 124</b>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 117 </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 30–<b>32</b>, 20–<b>29</b>, <b>41</b>–28, <b>33</b>–28</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Nixon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a> 24 each<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 14<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a> 11<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Toney</a> 9 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads the series, 1–0</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,364<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li> <li>No. 25 Hugh Evans</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Fresh from holding off the Celtics in the conference finals, the Sixers worked their offense to precision and held a 15-point lead midway through the third quarter 83–68. But, then, the Lakers began to turn it up on defense and the result was many fast breaks. The Lakers went on a 40–9 run over the game's next 11 minutes. Wilkes scored 10, Kareem and McAdoo scored 8 each, Nixon and Cooper scored 7 each, and Nixon had 4 assists during the run, on the way to a 124-117 Game 1 win, thereby stealing the home-court advantage. </p><p>After the game, Sixers coach <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> commented that the Sixers weren't affected that much by the trapping Laker defense, just cold shooting and sloppy play. However, he also questioned whether or not it was a "zone defense", which was illegal at the time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">May 30<br /><small> 3:35 p.m. EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 94, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 110</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>34</b>, 21–<b>23</b>, 29–<b>31</b>, 18–<b>22</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 11<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> 10</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> 24<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> 14<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> 11</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Series tied, 1–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,364<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 12 Earl Strom</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>In this game, Laker coach <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> took a different defensive approach, assigning <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> to cover <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> straight-up on defense. While Magic couldn't match the Doctor's athleticism, the move did keep Erving from the offensive boards. </p><p>In Game 2 that wasn't quite enough, as Erving brought the Sixers back with 24 points and 16 rebounds, mostly defensive. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> used all his centers, <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earl_Cureton" title="Earl Cureton">Earl Cureton</a> at different points to guard <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>. The Sixers got 38 offensive rebounds for 50 second-chance points, while the Lakers only had six offensive boards. </p><p>The Sixers used that advantage to take a 110–94 win that evened the series. In a balanced scoring attack, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a> had 19 points and eight assists, Jones added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clint_Richardson" title="Clint Richardson">Clint Richardson</a> each scored 10. This was the Lakers first loss in the 1982 post season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 1<br /><small> 6:05 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 108, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 129</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–<b>32</b>, 28–28, 22–<b>31</b>, 38–38</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> 36<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a> 13<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> 29<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 9<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 8</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads the series, 2–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 4 Ed Rush</li> <li>No. 16 Wally Rooney</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Back at home at <a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood,_California)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood, California)">The Forum</a>, the Lakers completely dominated Game 3. <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> scored 29 points as the Lakers marched to a 129–108 victory. <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> scored 36 and <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> 21, but no one else came through. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 3<br /><small> 6:05 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 101, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 111</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 18–<b>29</b>, 24–<b>28</b>, 30–30, <b>29</b>–24</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> 28<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> 11</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a> 24 each<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Rambis</a> 11 each<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> 14</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads the series, 3–1</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li> <li>No. 22 Paul Mihalak</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Lakers controlled the tempo in Game 4 by going to their half-court game, passing down low to <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>. On the defensive end, they kept up the pressure with their zone trap. The Lakers went up, three games to one, with a 111–101 win.<sup id="cite_ref-game4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Jamaal Wilkes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> had 24 points each, while Abdul-Jabbar added 22 and <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a> 19 off the bench.<sup id="cite_ref-game4_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hard-charging bruiser <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a> pulled down 11 rebounds, matching Abdul-Jabbar's output.<sup id="cite_ref-game4_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 6<br /><small> 3:35 p.m. EDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 102, <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 135</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 20–20, 34–34, 27–<b>37</b>, 21–<b>44</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a> 23<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 10<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> 13</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> 31<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> 12<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Toney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a> 8 each</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles leads the series, 3–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 18,364<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 11 Jake O'Donnell</li> <li>No. 4 Ed Rush</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>Back in Philadelphia, the Sixers took out their frustrations and destroyed the Lakers, 135–102.<sup id="cite_ref-game5_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> was held to just six points, a career playoff low, thanks to the spirited defense of <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-game5_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the midst of the offensive explosion, Dawkins also contributed 20 points and seven rebounds to the effort.<sup id="cite_ref-game5_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game5-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the Lakers' most lopsided playoff defeat up to this time. It was eclipsed when they were routed 148–114 by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Celtics</a> in Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985 Finals</a>. Coincidentally, the Lakers also won that series in six games despite the blowout loss. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_6">Game 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Game 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:6%; table-layout:fixed; text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:12%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">June 8<br /><small> 6:05 p.m. PDT</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:50%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> 104, <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> 114</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by quarter:</b> 26–<b>30</b>, 31–<b>36</b>, <b>22</b>–20, 25–<b>28</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:48%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> 30<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebs</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">C. Jones</a> 9<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Asts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a> 9</td> <td></td> <td style="width:48%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Jamaal Wilkes</a> 27<br /><b>Rebs:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 13<br /><b>Asts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> 13</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; border-style:none"><i><b>Los Angeles wins the series, 4–2</b></i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/The_Forum_(Inglewood)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Forum (Inglewood)">The Forum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><b>Attendance:</b> 17,505<br /><b>Referees:</b> <br /> <ul><li>No. 10 Darell Garretson</li> <li>No. 14 Jack Madden</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <p>The Sixers' strong showing in Game 5 gave them hope for Game 6 in the Forum, but the Lakers got the early lead and were up, 66–57, at the half. </p><p>In the third period, the Sixers' defense turned it up a notch. They held Los Angeles to 20 points for the quarter and several times cut the lead to one point. Super-sub <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a>, known more for his offense, made a key defensive play late in the third when he blocked a <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> layup on a breakaway that would have given the Sixers the lead. </p><p>The Lakers came back and surged early in the fourth period to boost their lead to 11. Erving, who led all scorers with 30 points, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a>, who had 29, responded by trimming the lead to 103–100 with about four minutes left, but then <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> scored and was fouled and made the free throw to put Los Angeles up by six. Moments later, Wilkes got a breakaway layup to close it out, 114–104. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Jamaal Wilkes</a> led the Lakers with 27 points, and <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, was named the series MVP. McAdoo, who had 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, was pretty much reborn as a player in this series after being cast off by several teams as a selfish, non-team player. </p><p>Aside from the Doctor's and Toney's efforts, no one else stepped up for the Sixers. <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a> fouled out and only had 10 points and one rebound in 20 minutes played. Dawkins would soon be shipped to the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>, and the 76ers acquired the final piece of their championship puzzle: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>, an MVP center from the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_rosters">Team rosters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Team rosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Lakers_2">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Lakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB927, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB927; !important;; text-align: center;"><b>1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001330000000000000♠">33</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000218440000000000♠"></span>7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1947–04–16 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Brewer_(basketball)" title="Jim Brewer (basketball)">Brewer, Jim</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1951–12–03 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">Minnesota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠">21</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Cooper, Michael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–04–15 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_Mexico" title="University of New Mexico">New Mexico</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠">34</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clay_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Clay Johnson (basketball)">Johnson, Clay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000193040000000000♠"></span>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">175 lb (79 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–07–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri" title="University of Missouri">Missouri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠">32</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson, Magic</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–08–14 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University" title="Michigan State University">Michigan State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001150000000000000♠">15</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(basketball)" title="Eddie Jordan (basketball)">Jordan, Eddie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–01–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University%E2%80%93New_Brunswick" title="Rutgers University–New Brunswick">Rutgers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Kupchak" title="Mitch Kupchak">Kupchak, Mitch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">230 lb (104 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1954–05–24 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠">54</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Landsberger" title="Mark Landsberger">Landsberger, Mark</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">225 lb (102 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–05–21 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo, Bob</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1951–09–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠">40</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_McGee_(basketball)" title="Mike McGee (basketball)">McGee, Mike</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–07–29 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">Michigan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001300000000000000♠">30</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McKenna_(basketball)" title="Kevin McKenna (basketball)">McKenna, Kevin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000195580000000000♠"></span>6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–01–08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Creighton_University" title="Creighton University">Creighton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Nixon, Norm</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000187960000000000♠"></span>6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1955–10–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_University" title="Duquesne University">Duquesne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠">31</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Rambis, Kurt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000203200000000000♠"></span>6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">213 lb (97 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1958–02–25 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_University" title="Santa Clara University">Santa Clara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001520000000000000♠">52</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes, Jamaal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">190 lb (86 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953–05–02 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westhead" title="Paul Westhead">Paul Westhead</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's</a>) <small>(first 11 games)</small></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bertka" title="Bill Bertka">Bill Bertka</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Kent_State_University" title="Kent State University">Kent State</a>)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Thibault" title="Mike Thibault">Mike Thibault</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin%27s_University" title="Saint Martin's University">St. Martin's</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philadelphia_76ers_2">Philadelphia 76ers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Philadelphia 76ers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style=""> <caption style="background-color:#B50000; color:#FFFFFF; text-align: center;"><b>1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers roster</b> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="colgroup" style="background-color: #006BB6; color: #FFFFFF;">Players </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #006BB6; color: #FFFFFF;">Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Height </th> <th scope="col">Weight </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="isoDate">DOB </th> <th scope="col">From </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001420000000000000♠">42</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bantom" title="Mike Bantom">Bantom, Mike</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1951–12–03 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_University" title="Saint Joseph's University">Saint Joseph's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠">10</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks, Maurice</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">180 lb (82 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–09–08 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/West_Texas_A%26M_University" title="West Texas A&M University">West Texas A&M</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠">25</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cureton" title="Earl Cureton">Cureton, Earl</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–09–03 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Detroit_Mercy" title="University of Detroit Mercy">Detroit Mercy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001530000000000000♠">53</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Dawkins, Darryl</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">251 lb (114 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–01–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maynard_Evans_High_School" title="Maynard Evans High School">Maynard Evans (HS)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠">14</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Edwards" title="Franklin Edwards">Edwards, Franklin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000185420000000000♠"></span>6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">170 lb (77 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1959–02–02 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_State_University" title="Cleveland State University">Cleveland State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving, Julius</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1950–02–22 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">UMass</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000900000000000000♠">9</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hollins" title="Lionel Hollins">Hollins, Lionel</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">185 lb (84 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953–10–19 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_University" title="Arizona State University">Arizona State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001180000000000000♠">18</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1949)" title="Ollie Johnson (basketball, born 1949)">Johnson, Ollie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000198120000000000♠"></span>6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">200 lb (91 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1949–05–11 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠">24</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Jones, Bobby</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000205740000000000♠"></span>6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">210 lb (95 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1951–12–18 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="6.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">C</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠">11</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Jones, Caldwell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000210820000000000♠"></span>6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">217 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1950–08–04 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Albany_State_University" title="Albany State University">Albany State</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clint_Richardson" title="Clint Richardson">Richardson, Clint</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">195 lb (88 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1956–08–07 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_University" title="Seattle University">Seattle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="4.0 !"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">F</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001230000000000000♠">23</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mix" title="Steve Mix">Mix, Steve</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000200659999999999♠"></span>6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">215 lb (98 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1947–12–30 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">Toledo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="1.5 !"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">G</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span data-sort-value="7001220000000000000♠">22</span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Toney, Andrew</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"><span data-sort-value="7000190500000000000♠"></span>6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) </td> <td style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;">178 lb (81 kg) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1957–11–23 </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisiana_at_Lafayette" title="University of Louisiana at Lafayette">Louisiana</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">North Carolina</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Assistant coach(es)</dt></dl> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McMahon" title="Jack McMahon">Jack McMahon</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_University_(New_York_City)" title="St. John's University (New York City)">St. John's</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Legend</dt></dl> <div><ul><li><b>(DP)</b> Unsigned draft pick</li><li><b>(FA)</b> Free agent</li><li><b>(S)</b> Suspended</li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/8px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/12px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/16px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injured</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_statistics">Player statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Player statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="min-width:40em; white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minute_(basketball)" title="Minute (basketball)">Minutes</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field-goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free-throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a> per game </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Los Angeles Lakers</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Los Angeles Lakers statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #31006F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="McAdoo, Bob"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>27.5</td> <td>.569</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.667</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>16.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>35.3</td> <td>.531</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.537</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td><b>3.2</b></td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Wilkes, Jamaal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Jamaal Wilkes</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>39.0</td> <td>.435</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.750</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><b>19.7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Nixon, Norm"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>39.3</td> <td>.441</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.727</td> <td>3.7</td> <td><b>10.0</b></td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>17.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Cooper, Michael"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>27.0</td> <td>.561</td> <td><b>.500</b></td> <td>.750</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>13.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Rambis, Kurt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>20.0</td> <td>.513</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.467</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>7.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Landsberger, Mark"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Landsberger" title="Mark Landsberger">Mark Landsberger</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>1.0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FDE910;"> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Magic"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>41.7</b></td> <td>.533</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>.846</b></td> <td><b>10.8</b></td> <td>8.0</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td>0.3</td> <td>16.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Johnson, Clay"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Clay_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Clay Johnson (basketball)">Clay Johnson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="McGee, Mike"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_McGee_(basketball)" title="Mike McGee (basketball)">Mike McGee</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.455</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Brewer, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Brewer_(basketball)" title="Jim Brewer (basketball)">Jim Brewer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Jordan, Eddie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(basketball)" title="Eddie Jordan (basketball)">Eddie Jordan</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Philadelphia 76ers</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Philadelphia 76ers statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GP </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">GS </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">MPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FG% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">3P% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">FT% </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">RPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">APG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">SPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">BPG </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color: #1D428A !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">PPG </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Toney, Andrew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>37.8</td> <td>.529</td> <td>.750</td> <td>.862</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.0</td> <td><b>26.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Dawkins, Darryl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>20.2</td> <td>.564</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.550</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>12.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Cheeks, Maurice"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>37.2</td> <td>.429</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.762</td> <td>2.5</td> <td><b>8.7</b></td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>14.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Bobby"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>31.0</td> <td>.560</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.619</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>11.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Hollins, Lionel"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hollins" title="Lionel Hollins">Lionel Hollins</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.3</td> <td>.313</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>4.0</td> <td><b>2.3</b></td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Erving, Julius"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>38.3</b></td> <td>.543</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.720</td> <td><b>8.2</b></td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Richardson, Clint"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Clint_Richardson" title="Clint Richardson">Clint Richardson</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>15.2</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>6.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Jones, Caldwell"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Jones" title="Caldwell Jones">Caldwell Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>29.5</td> <td>.372</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.571</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.8</td> <td><b>3.0</b></td> <td>6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Cureton, Earl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cureton" title="Earl Cureton">Earl Cureton</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>.273</td> <td>.000</td> <td>1.000</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Bantom, Mike"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bantom" title="Mike Bantom">Mike Bantom</a></span></span></span></td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>18.5</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.500</td> <td>4.3</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Mix, Steve"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Mix" title="Steve Mix">Steve Mix</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>.571</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>0.3</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span data-sort-value="Edwards, Franklin"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Edwards" title="Franklin Edwards">Franklin Edwards</a></span></span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.0</td> <td><b>1.000</b></td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>6.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television_coverage">Television coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Television coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unlike previous years, where weeknight games were shown on tape delay, all games in the Finals were televised live by <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a>. As a compromise to CBS to allow the live telecasts, the NBA returned the start of its season to late October after starting it earlier in October the previous two seasons, meaning the finals would start after the conclusion of the mid-May <a href="/wiki/Sweeps_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweeps period">sweeps period</a>. The later date also eliminated the back-to-back games on <a href="/wiki/Mother%27s_Day" title="Mother's Day">Mother's Day</a> weekend, which was used in 1980 and 1981 to avert another tape delay broadcast. </p><p>This was also the first of nine straight NBA finals (1982–1990) that Dick Stockton would call for CBS Sports. Stockton also announced the starting lineups of the 1982 NBA Finals in lieu of P.A. announcers <a href="/wiki/Dave_Zinkoff" title="Dave Zinkoff">Dave Zinkoff</a> (for the 76ers) and Larry McKay (for the Lakers; McKay would be replaced the next season by Lawrence Tanter). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both teams would meet in the Finals again in <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a>. The Sixers, bolstered by the addition of league MVP <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>, won 65 games, and steamrolled through the playoffs, in which they lost only once (completing Malone's famous "Fo, Fo, Fo" prediction, stating that the Sixers needed to win 4 games in each of the three series) in route to their third NBA title overall (they won in <a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Nationals" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Nationals">Syracuse Nationals</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a>). The Lakers finished the regular season with 58 wins, but were overmatched by the hungrier Sixers in the Finals. Then-rookie and future <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> did not play in the series because of a late-season leg injury. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=76ers%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="76ers–Lakers rivalry (page does not exist)">76ers–Lakers rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NBA Playoffs">1982 NBA Playoffs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_NBA_Finals&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-game4-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-game4_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-game4_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-game4_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1982" class="citation news cs1">Johnson, Roy S. (June 4, 1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/04/sports/lakers-win-by-111-101-lead-3-1-in-final-series.html">"Lakers win by 111-101; lead, 3-1, in final series"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1947_BAA_Finals" title="1947 BAA Finals">1947</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1948_BAA_Finals" title="1948 BAA Finals">1948</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1949_BAA_Finals" title="1949 BAA Finals">1949</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Larry_O%27Brien_Championship_Trophy_icon.svg/85px-Larry_O%27Brien_Championship_Trophy_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Larry_O%27Brien_Championship_Trophy_icon.svg/128px-Larry_O%27Brien_Championship_Trophy_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Larry_O%27Brien_Championship_Trophy_icon.svg/170px-Larry_O%27Brien_Championship_Trophy_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="98" data-file-height="188" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_Finals" title="1950 NBA Finals">1950</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_Finals" title="1951 NBA Finals">1951</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_Finals" title="1952 NBA Finals">1952</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_Finals" title="1953 NBA Finals">1953</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_Finals" title="1954 NBA Finals">1954</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_Finals" title="1963 NBA Finals">1963</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_Finals" title="1964 NBA Finals">1964</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_Finals" title="1974 NBA Finals">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_Finals" title="1975 NBA Finals">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_Finals" title="1976 NBA Finals">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_Finals" title="1978 NBA Finals">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_Finals" title="1979 NBA Finals">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Finals" title="1981 NBA Finals">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1982</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">1984</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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Lakers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">1946</span></b></li> <li>Played in <b>Detroit</b> (1946–1947) and <b>Minneapolis</b> (1947–1960)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Los Angeles, California</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="History of the Los Angeles Lakers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_all-time_roster" title="Los Angeles Lakers all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_draft_history" title="Los Angeles Lakers draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_accomplishments_and_records" title="Los Angeles Lakers accomplishments and records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Lakers_head_coaches" title="List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Lakers_seasons" title="List of Los Angeles Lakers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Arenas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Auditorium" title="Minneapolis Auditorium">Minneapolis Auditorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Armory" title="Minneapolis Armory">Minneapolis Armory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Sports_Arena" title="Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena">Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kia_Forum" title="Kia Forum">Kia Forum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena" title="Crypto.com Arena">Crypto.com Arena</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Ownership</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Buss" title="Jim Buss">Jim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Buss" title="Johnny Buss">Johnny Buss</a> (majority)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group">Anschutz Entertainment Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Roski_Jr." title="Ed Roski Jr.">Ed Roski Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong" title="Patrick Soon-Shiong">Patrick Soon-Shiong</a> (minority)</dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie Buss</a></dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rob_Pelinka" title="Rob Pelinka">Rob Pelinka</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Bay_Lakers" title="South Bay Lakers">South Bay Lakers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">MIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">NBA championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1949_BAA_Finals" title="1949 BAA Finals">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_Finals" title="1950 NBA Finals">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_Finals" title="1952 NBA Finals">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_Finals" title="1953 NBA Finals">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_Finals" title="1954 NBA Finals">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Cup" title="NBA Cup"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">NBA Cup</span></a> championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_In-Season_Tournament" title="2023 NBA In-Season Tournament">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Detroit Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Lakers–Warriors rivalry">Golden State Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Clippers_rivalry" title="Lakers–Clippers rivalry">Los Angeles Clippers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Suns_rivalry" title="Lakers–Suns rivalry">Phoenix Suns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Kings–Lakers rivalry">Sacramento Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Spurs_rivalry" title="Lakers–Spurs rivalry">San Antonio Spurs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Lakers_broadcasters" title="List of Los Angeles Lakers broadcasters">Broadcasters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers_radio_networks" title="Los Angeles Lakers radio networks">radio network</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kent_Cooke" title="Jack Kent Cooke">Jack Kent Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Shaq–Kobe feud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laker_Girls" title="Laker Girls">Laker Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laker_Band" title="Laker Band">Laker Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flea_(musician)" title="Flea (musician)">Flea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Tanter" title="Lawrence Tanter">Lawrence Tanter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicholson" title="Jack Nicholson">Jack Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dancing_Barry" title="Dancing Barry">Dancing Barry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backstage:_Lakers" title="Backstage: Lakers">Backstage: Lakers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fletch_(film)" title="Fletch (film)">Fletch</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Was_a_Good_Day" title="It Was a Good Day">It Was a Good Day</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season">33 game win streak</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Celtics/Lakers:_Best_of_Enemies" title="Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies">Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lakers_versus_Celtics_and_the_NBA_Playoffs" title="Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs">Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bulls_vs_Lakers_and_the_NBA_Playoffs" title="Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs">Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Season:_A_Team_in_Search_of_Its_Soul" title="The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul">The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winning_Time:_The_Rise_of_the_Lakers_Dynasty" title="Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty">Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Starting_5" title="Starting 5">Starting 5</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Calabasas_helicopter_crash" title="2020 Calabasas helicopter crash">2020 Calabasas helicopter crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murals_of_Kobe_Bryant" title="Murals of Kobe Bryant">Murals of Kobe Bryant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers"><span style="color:white">Philadelphia 76ers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Founded in <b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">1946</span></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Syracuse Nationals</b> (1946–1963)</li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_76ers" title="History of the Philadelphia 76ers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers_all-time_roster" title="Philadelphia 76ers all-time roster">All-time roster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers_draft_history" title="Philadelphia 76ers draft history">Draft history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_76ers_head_coaches" title="List of Philadelphia 76ers head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_76ers_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia 76ers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2024–25 Philadelphia 76ers season">Current season</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Arenas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Coliseum" title="Toyota Coliseum">State Fair Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upstate_Medical_University_Arena" title="Upstate Medical University Arena">Onondaga County War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention_Hall_and_Civic_Center" title="Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center">Convention Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Arena" title="Philadelphia Arena">Philadelphia Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">Spectrum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76_Place_at_Market_East" title="76 Place at Market East">76 Place at Market East</a> <i>(proposed)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Owner(s)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Josh_Harris_(businessman)" title="Josh Harris (businessman)">Josh Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Blitzer" title="David Blitzer">David Blitzer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Harris_Blitzer_Sports_%26_Entertainment" title="Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment">Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment</a>)</dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Morey" title="Daryl Morey">Daryl Morey</a></dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elton_Brand" title="Elton Brand">Elton Brand</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nick_Nurse" title="Nick Nurse">Nick Nurse</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">G League affiliate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Blue_Coats" title="Delaware Blue Coats">Delaware Blue Coats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Zinkoff" title="Dave Zinkoff">MIC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">NBA championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/76ers%E2%80%93Celtics_rivalry" title="76ers–Celtics rivalry">Boston Celtics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C8102E !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #1D428A, inset -2px -2px 0 #1D428A; !important;;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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