NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers126–118Denver Nuggets

Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets

Date: Sunday 5 April 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 241 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mychal Thompson	24:00	4–10	0–0	4–7	3	4	7	1	0	2	2	3	12
Magic Johnson	—	11–24	1–2	0–0	4	7	11	10	1	0	2	3	23
James Worthy	—	9–19	0–1	4–5	2	4	6	5	3	1	4	2	22
Byron Scott	—	8–14	2–3	3–4	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	1	21
A.C. Green	—	6–11	0–0	5–6	5	7	12	3	0	1	1	3	17
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	6–14	0–0	3–6	2	5	7	1	0	1	1	5	15
Michael Cooper	—	3–6	3–4	5–6	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	4	14
Kurt Rambis	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Team totals	24:00	47–99	6–10	26–36	18	33	51	24	6	6	13	21	126

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	—	14–22	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	7	2	0	3	2	29
Fat Lever	—	12–19	0–0	3–6	3	6	9	7	2	2	3	3	27
Darrell Walker	—	8–13	0–0	1–4	0	1	1	7	2	0	5	3	17
Blair Rasmussen	—	7–14	0–0	1–1	5	5	10	2	0	2	0	4	15
Bill Hanzlik	—	3–14	0–2	2–2	1	4	5	2	1	4	0	2	8
Danny Schayes	—	2–4	0–0	4–4	3	3	6	2	0	4	0	3	8
Mike Evans	—	3–7	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	8
Wayne Cooper	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	0	0	1	0	4	4
T.R. Dunn	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	3	2
Team totals	—	52–100	0–3	14–20	15	26	41	33	8	13	12	27	118

This season

Denver Nuggets 0, Los Angeles Lakers 8 in NBA 1986-87.

7 Nov 1986Denver Nuggets 116–138 Los Angeles Lakers
7 Jan 1987Denver Nuggets 109–147 Los Angeles Lakers
18 Feb 1987Los Angeles Lakers 128–122 Denver Nuggets
10 Mar 1987Denver Nuggets 107–143 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Apr 1987126–118 this game
23 Apr 1987Denver Nuggets 95–128 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Apr 1987Denver Nuggets 127–139 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Apr 1987Los Angeles Lakers 140–103 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 59–15
Denver Nuggets: 34–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 98, Los Angeles Lakers 143.

10 Mar 1987Denver Nuggets 107–143 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Apr 1987Denver Nuggets 95–128 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.