NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers98–81New Jersey Nets

Los Angeles Lakers at New Jersey Nets

Date: Tuesday 8 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 29th meetingof 107 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Byron Scott	—	10–18	0–1	1–3	1	2	3	1	3	0	1	3	21
James Worthy	—	8–16	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	1	2	3	2	2	18
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	8–13	0–0	1–2	2	6	8	0	0	1	1	5	17
A.C. Green	—	3–8	0–0	7–10	2	8	10	4	4	0	3	1	13
Magic Johnson	—	4–11	0–2	5–6	3	10	13	14	2	1	3	3	13
Mychal Thompson	—	2–7	0–0	3–8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7
Michael Cooper	—	2–6	1–3	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	5
Kurt Rambis	—	0–1	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	4
Team totals	—	37–80	1–6	23–35	12	32	44	21	11	6	14	20	98

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	39:00	5–16	0–1	0–0	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	10
Mike Gminski	37:00	8–15	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	0	0	1	2	4	18
Buck Williams	37:00	7–12	0–0	0–2	4	6	10	0	1	0	2	5	14
Ben Coleman	33:00	5–10	0–0	1–2	4	9	13	3	4	0	5	5	11
John Bagley	31:00	4–11	1–3	1–2	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	10
Dennis Hopson	24:00	1–6	0–0	2–4	0	3	3	2	2	0	1	4	4
Pearl Washington	17:00	4–10	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	2	8
Dallas Comegys	17:00	2–7	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	4	0	1	3	3	6
Adrian Branch	5:00	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	36–90	1–5	8–14	14	28	42	17	11	2	21	27	81

This season

Brooklyn Nets 0, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1987-88.

8 Dec 198798–81 this game
14 Mar 1988New Jersey Nets 105–115 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 10–5
New Jersey Nets: 2–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 31, Los Angeles Lakers 76.

19 Jan 1987Los Angeles Lakers 126–115 New Jersey Nets
14 Mar 1988New Jersey Nets 105–115 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.