NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers108–97Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 6 April 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 76th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Magic Johnson	8–10	0–0	7–7	—	—	11	10	3	0	5	3	23
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	7–14	0–0	6–8	—	—	3	3	3	5	1	4	20
Jamaal Wilkes	9–17	0–0	1–4	—	—	5	2	0	0	2	3	19
Norm Nixon	7–18	0–0	2–2	—	—	3	5	1	0	2	3	16
Bob McAdoo	5–11	0–0	1–1	—	—	7	2	0	0	2	4	11
Michael Cooper	4–6	0–0	1–2	—	—	3	3	2	0	2	5	9
Kurt Rambis	2–4	0–0	0–0	—	—	5	0	0	0	0	2	4
Mark Landsberger	2–3	0–0	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	5	4
Jim Brewer	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	2	0	4	2
Mike McGee	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–84	0–0	18–24	0	0	40	25	11	7	14	33	108

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	9–21	0–0	19–21	14	7	21	0	0	0	5	5	37
Bill Willoughby	7–9	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	0	1	1	1	3	14
Elvin Hayes	3–17	0–0	8–10	10	10	20	3	2	0	5	5	14
Robert Reid	4–12	0–0	1–2	—	—	11	5	0	0	1	5	9
Tom Henderson	2–5	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	1	8
Allen Leavell	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	6
Calvin Murphy	1–6	0–0	2–2	—	—	2	0	1	0	0	1	4
Mike Dunleavy	0–5	0–2	3–4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3
Major Jones	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	30–85	0–2	37–43	24	17	58	13	8	1	18	25	97

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1981-82.

30 Oct 1981Houston Rockets 113–112 Los Angeles Lakers
11 Nov 1981Los Angeles Lakers 95–93 Houston Rockets
29 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 104–122 Los Angeles Lakers
21 Mar 1982Houston Rockets 102–107 Los Angeles Lakers
6 Apr 1982108–97 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 51–24
Houston Rockets: 43–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

21 Mar 1982Houston Rockets 102–107 Los Angeles Lakers
12 Nov 1982Houston Rockets 96–127 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.