NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns87–97Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Thursday 28 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 92nd meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Nance	10–13	0–0	0–0	4	6	10	2	0	1	3	1	20
Alvan Adams	4–10	0–0	7–8	2	6	8	9	1	1	4	5	15
Walter Davis	6–14	0–0	3–4	1	1	2	2	2	0	3	3	15
Dennis Johnson	7–16	0–0	0–1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	14
Truck Robinson	5–11	0–0	1–2	5	6	11	4	0	0	2	2	11
Kyle Macy	3–5	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	3	6
Rich Kelley	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	4	4
Alvin Scott	0–2	0–0	2–4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	37–75	0–1	13–19	15	23	38	24	4	3	16	20	87

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	14–18	0–0	3–3	0	5	5	5	1	1	2	2	31
Norm Nixon	11–16	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	9	1	0	1	1	22
Jamaal Wilkes	4–12	0–0	5–6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	13
Michael Cooper	6–11	0–1	1–1	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	2	13
Magic Johnson	3–9	0–0	6–6	2	4	6	11	3	0	1	4	12
Bob McAdoo	2–4	0–0	0–1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4
Jim Brewer	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	2
Kurt Rambis	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	0
Team totals	41–73	0–1	15–17	5	17	22	29	8	2	11	20	97

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 8, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1981-82.

6 Nov 1981Phoenix Suns 101–99 Los Angeles Lakers
14 Nov 1981Los Angeles Lakers 98–97 Phoenix Suns
25 Dec 1981Los Angeles Lakers 104–101 Phoenix Suns
28 Jan 198287–97 this game
2 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 109–99 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Apr 1982Los Angeles Lakers 120–115 Phoenix Suns
27 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 96–115 Los Angeles Lakers
28 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 98–117 Los Angeles Lakers
30 Apr 1982Los Angeles Lakers 114–106 Phoenix Suns
2 May 1982Los Angeles Lakers 112–107 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 24–16
Los Angeles Lakers: 30–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 195, Phoenix Suns 150.

25 Dec 1981Los Angeles Lakers 104–101 Phoenix Suns
2 Apr 1982Phoenix Suns 109–99 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.