NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns114–117Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 15 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 142nd meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Johnson	11–18	1–2	7–8	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	30
Kevin Johnson	7–16	0–1	4–4	0	6	6	12	3	0	2	2	18
Mark West	6–9	0–0	3–3	2	7	9	1	1	1	5	4	15
Armen Gilliam	7–11	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	0	3	0	3	3	14
Craig Hodges	5–9	2–2	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	12
Alvan Adams	3–7	0–0	2–3	2	3	5	4	2	0	1	4	8
Jeff Hornacek	3–12	0–0	1–1	2	5	7	7	0	0	1	2	7
Tyrone Corbin	3–5	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
James Bailey	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	4
Team totals	47–92	3–5	17–19	11	33	44	30	10	1	16	21	114

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Magic Johnson	11–20	0–0	9–12	1	6	7	15	2	0	2	2	31
Byron Scott	11–21	2–3	1–1	0	1	1	9	0	0	2	3	25
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	9–15	0–0	4–6	3	3	6	2	1	3	2	2	22
Mychal Thompson	4–10	0–0	6–7	1	8	9	1	0	0	2	2	14
Michael Cooper	4–9	3–5	1–1	1	3	4	9	4	0	3	3	12
Tony Campbell	4–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	4	8
A.C. Green	1–3	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	3
Kurt Rambis	1–3	0–0	0–2	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	2
Wes Matthews	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	45–85	5–8	22–31	8	28	36	39	8	4	12	19	117

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 5, Phoenix Suns 1 in NBA 1987-88.

15 Dec 1987Phoenix Suns 97–122 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Jan 1988Los Angeles Lakers 107–96 Phoenix Suns
28 Feb 1988Phoenix Suns 97–111 Los Angeles Lakers
19 Mar 1988Los Angeles Lakers 95–102 Phoenix Suns
15 Apr 1988114–117 this game
22 Apr 1988Los Angeles Lakers 117–112 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 26–50
Los Angeles Lakers: 57–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

19 Mar 1988Los Angeles Lakers 95–102 Phoenix Suns
22 Apr 1988Los Angeles Lakers 117–112 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.