1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the Lakers' 43rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 31st in the city of Los Angeles.^[1] This season's highlight was Magic Johnson leading the Lakers to the NBA Finals, where they lost in five games to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} The Lakers would not return to the Finals until 2000. The season is generally considered the final season of the team's successful, uptempo Showtime era.^[7][8]

1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season
Conference champions
Head coach	Mike Dunleavy Sr.
General manager	Jerry West
Owner(s)	Jerry Buss
Arena	Great Western Forum
Results
Record	58–24 (.707)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (lost to Bulls 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KCAL Prime Ticket
Radio	KLAC
< 1989–90 1991–92 >

During the off-season, the team signed free agent Sam Perkins,^[9][10][11] and acquired Terry Teagle from the Golden State Warriors.^[12][13][14] The Lakers held a 35–11 record at the All-Star break,^[15] and finished the regular season with a 58–24 record, but for the first time since the 1980–81 season, did not win their division.^[16] Johnson finished second behind Jordan in the voting for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.^{[17][18][19][20]} Johnson was the league's third-oldest point guard, and had grown more powerful and stronger than in his earlier years, but was also slower and less nimble.^[21] Mike Dunleavy was the new head coach, the offense used more half-court sets, and the team had a renewed emphasis on defense.^[22][23]

Johnson averaged 19.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 12.5 assists per game, and was named to the All-NBA First Team, while James Worthy led the team in scoring averaging 21.4 points per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team. Johnson and Worthy were both selected to play in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte.^[24][25] In addition, Byron Scott provided the team with 14.5 points per game, while Perkins contributed 13.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, second-year center Vlade Divac provided with 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, A.C. Green played most of the season off the bench, averaging 9.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and Teagle contributed 9.9 points per game off the bench.^[26]

In the Western Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Lakers swept the Houston Rockets in three straight games,^{[27][28][29][30]} then defeated the 7th-seeded Golden State Warriors in five games in the Western Conference Semi-finals.^{[31][32][33][34]} In the Western Conference finals, they defeated the top-seeded and Pacific Division champion Portland Trail Blazers in six games to advance to the NBA Finals.^{[35][36][37][38]} Following the season, Mychal Thompson retired.

Game 5 of the NBA Finals was the last Finals game played at the Forum. It was also Magic's last NBA game before his retirement that November due to his diagnosis with the HIV virus,^{[39][40][41][42][43]} although he would play in the All-Star Game in 1992 and the Dream Team that summer. Magic would make a brief return to the Lakers midway through the 1995–96 NBA season.^{[44][45][46][47]} After losing to the Houston Rockets in that year's playoffs, Magic retired again for good.

Draft picks

Main article: 1990 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	27	Elden Campbell	PF/C	United States	Clemson
2	51	Tony Smith	SG	United States	Marquette

Roster

1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 41 Campbell, Elden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1968–07–23 Clemson C 12 Divac, Vlade 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1968–02–03 Serbia G 10 Drew, Larry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1958–04–02 Missouri F 45 Green, AC 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1963–10–04 Oregon State G 32 Johnson, Magic 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–08–14 Michigan State F 14 Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1961–06–14 North Carolina G 4 Scott, Byron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1961–03–28 Arizona State G 34 Smith, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1968–06–14 Marquette G 20 Teagle, Terry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1960–04–10 Baylor F 30 Thomas, Irving 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–01–02 Florida State C 43 Thompson, Mychal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1955–01–30 Minnesota F 42 Worthy, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–02–27 North Carolina

Head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr. Assistant coach(es) Bill Bertka Jim Eyen Randy Pfund Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: December 6, 1990

Regular season

• April 15, 1991 – Magic Johnson established the standard for most assists in a career with 9,888.^[48] The previous record holder was Oscar Robertson. For the season, Magic would establish a team record with 989 assists for the season. Magic would finish the season with a career total of 9,921.

Season standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	—	36–5	27–14	18-10
x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5	33–8	25-16	19-9
x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8	32–9	23-18	17–11
x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19	30–11	14–27	13–15
x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22	28-13	13–28	12-16
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32	23–18	8-33	10-18
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38	24-17	1–40	9–19

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Portland Trail Blazers	63	19	.768	–
2	y-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
3	x-Los Angeles Lakers	58	24	.707	5
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Houston Rockets	52	30	.634	11
7	x-Golden State Warriors	44	38	.537	19
8	x-Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22
9	Orlando Magic	31	51	.378	32
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	32
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	29	53	.354	34
12	Dallas Mavericks	28	54	.341	35
13	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	38
14	Denver Nuggets	20	62	.244	43

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1990-91 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	1–4	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	—	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1
Charlotte	4–1	1–3	—	0–5	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–5	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2
Chicago	4–1	2–2	5–0	—	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1
Cleveland	2–3	1–3	4–1	0–5	—	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–2	0–5	2–0
Denver	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	3–1	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–1
Detroit	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–1
Indiana	1–4	2–2	5–0	1–4	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–4	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Miami	0–4	1–4	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	—	0–4	0–2	3–3	1–4	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–2
Milwaukee	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	0–5	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–4	0–4	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
New Jersey	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	—	0–5	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3
New York	1–3	0–5	4–0	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–4	1–1	5–0	—	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Orlando	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	—	0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–4	1–1
Philadelphia	4–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–2
Phoenix	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	3–2	3–1	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	—	3–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	3–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	—	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	2–3	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	0–4	4–1	1–3	—	1–3	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–5	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1990–91 game log Total: 58–24 (home: 33–8; road: 25–16)
November: 7–5 (home: 5–3; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 3 @ San Antonio L 99-110 James Worthy (35) Sam Perkins (10) Magic Johnson (11) HemisFair Arena 15,908 0–1 2 November 6 Portland L 123-125 (OT) James Worthy (26) Vlade Divac (13) Magic Johnson (22) Great Western Forum 16,361 0–2 3 November 9 Sacramento W 100-86 Magic Johnson (25) Vlade Divac (16) Magic Johnson (13) Great Western Forum 15,618 1–2 4 November 11 New York L 103-109 Johnson & Scott (24) Magic Johnson (15) Magic Johnson (14) Great Western Forum 17,342 1–3 5 November 13 Phoenix L 111-112 James Worthy (36) Vlade Divac (10) Magic Johnson (15) Great Western Forum 16,512 1–4 6 November 15 @ Houston W 108-103 (OT) Sam Perkins (29) Magic Johnson (10) Magic Johnson (16) The Summit 16,511 2–4 7 November 16 @ Dallas L 86-99 Byron Scott (23) Magic Johnson (8) Magic Johnson (11) Reunion Arena 17,007 2–5 8 November 18 Golden State W 115-93 Sam Perkins (22) 3 players tied (9) Magic Johnson (10) Great Western Forum 15,644 3–5 9 November 19 @ Denver W 122-105 James Worthy (25) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (11) McNichols Sports Arena 11,549 4–5 10 November 21 Denver W 141-121 James Worthy (29) Sam Perkins (13) Magic Johnson (18) Great Western Forum 15,941 5-5 11 November 24 Orlando W 115-89 James Worthy (22) A.C. Green (17) Magic Johnson (14) Great Western Forum 16,254 6–5 12 November 28 San Antonio W 97-80 James Worthy (20) James Worthy (11) Magic Johnson (12) Great Western Forum 17,210 7–5
December: 10–4 (home: 5–1; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 December 1 @ Phoenix W 108-98 Byron Scott (32) Magic Johnson (12) Magic Johnson (15) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,487 8–5 14 December 4 Detroit W 114-90 James Worthy (23) Magic Johnson (12) Magic Johnson (14) Great Western Forum 17,505 9–5 15 December 6 @ Minnesota W 83-73 Magic Johnson (21) Vlade Divac (12) Magic Johnson (11) Target Center 19,006 10–5 16 December 7 @ Utah L 79-101 Magic Johnson (20) Johnson & Thompson (9) Magic Johnson (9) Salt Palace 12,616 10–6 17 December 9 Washington W 106-99 James Worthy (20) Sam Perkins (14) Magic Johnson (14) Great Western Forum 15,809 11–6 18 December 12 Dallas L 97-112 (OT) James Worthy (28) Sam Perkins (11) Magic Johnson (12) Great Western Forum 16,086 11–7 19 December 15 @ Golden State W 111-109 Sam Perkins (30) James Worthy (10) Magic Johnson (9) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 12–7 20 December 16 Indiana W 115-112 Magic Johnson (29) Vlade Divac (8) Magic Johnson (21) Great Western Forum 15,795 13–7 21 December 18 @ New York W 100-97 Magic Johnson (22) 3 players tied (6) Magic Johnson (11) Madison Square Garden 19,081 14–7 22 December 19 @ Cleveland L 74-84 Magic Johnson (18) Sam Perkins (10) Magic Johnson (15) Richfield Coliseum 19,183 14–8 23 December 21 @ Chicago L 103-114 James Worthy (21) Magic Johnson (9) Magic Johnson (14) Chicago Stadium 18,676 14–9 24 December 23 Minnesota W 118-94 James Worthy (24) Vlade Divac (8) Magic Johnson (13) Great Western Forum 17,506 15–9 25 December 26 @ L.A. Clippers W 108-99 James Worthy (31) A.C. Green (16) Magic Johnson (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,350 16–9 26 December 30 Philadelphia W 115-107 Magic Johnson (34) Magic Johnson (13) Magic Johnson (13) Great Western Forum 17,505 17–9
January: 15–2 (home: 8–0; road: 7–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 January 3 @ Portland W 108-104 James Worthy (30) Sam Perkins (9) Magic Johnson (17) Memorial Coliseum 12,884 18–9 28 January 4 @ Golden State L 99-115 Byron Scott (22) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (13) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 18–10 29 January 6 Golden State W 135-108 James Worthy (29) Vlade Divac (12) Larry Drew (14) Great Western Forum 17,197 19–10 30 January 8 @ Seattle L 88-96 James Worthy (21) Divac & Green (6) Larry Drew (6) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,441 19–11 31 January 9 Utah W 108-85 Byron Scott (20) Sam Perkins (10) Magic Johnson (15) Great Western Forum 16,980 20–11 32 January 11 Cleveland W 105-93 Magic Johnson (27) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (14) Great Western Forum 17,103 21–11 33 January 13 Houston W 116-97 Vlade Divac (22) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (16) Great Western Forum 17,164 22–11 34 January 15 Charlotte W 128-103 Terry Teagle (27) Vlade Divac (12) Magic Johnson (10) Great Western Forum 16,858 23–11 35 January 17 @ Sacramento W 93-78 James Worthy (36) 3 players tied (9) Magic Johnson (15) ARCO Arena 17,014 24–11 36 January 18 Seattle W 105-96 Magic Johnson (33) Vlade Divac (14) Magic Johnson (9) Great Western Forum 17,505 25–11 37 January 21 @ Indiana W 120-114 Magic Johnson (27) Sam Perkins (12) Magic Johnson (15) Market Square Arena 15,166 26–11 38 January 22 @ Orlando W 116-96 Byron Scott (32) Sam Perkins (9) Magic Johnson (8) Orlando Arena 15,077 27–11 39 January 24 @ Charlotte W 113-93 James Worthy (24) Vlade Divac (9) Magic Johnson (17) Charlotte Coliseum 23,901 28–11 40 January 25 @ New Jersey W 108-103 (OT) James Worthy (23) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (17) Brendan Byrne Arena 19,087 29–11 41 January 27 @ Boston W 104-87 Magic Johnson (22) 3 players tied (9) Magic Johnson (15) Boston Garden 14,890 30–11 42 January 29 New Jersey W 110-89 A.C. Green (19) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (7) Great Western Forum 18,598 31–11 43 January 31 Atlanta W 116-103 A.C. Green (20) A.C. Green (11) Magic Johnson (12) Great Western Forum 17,505 32–11
February: 9–4 (home: 4–1; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 44 February 1 @ L.A. Clippers W 106-92 Magic Johnson (30) A.C. Green (12) Magic Johnson (10) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,350 33–11 45 February 3 Chicago W 99-86 Byron Scott (18) Vlade Divac (13) Magic Johnson (11) Great Western Forum 17,505 34–11 46 February 5 L.A. Clippers W 116-102 James Worthy (24) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (13) Great Western Forum 17,230 35–11 All-Star Break 47 February 12 @ Phoenix L 95-99 Sam Perkins (26) Divac & Green (9) Magic Johnson (15) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,487 35–12 48 February 13 Minnesota W 120-106 Terry Teagle (24) Vlade Divac (13) Magic Johnson (14) Great Western Forum 16,662 36–12 49 February 15 Boston L 85-98 James Worthy (23) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (16) Great Western Forum 17,506 36–13 50 February 17 Portland W 106-96 James Worthy (30) Sam Perkins (12) Magic Johnson (16) Great Western Forum 17,505 37–13 51 February 19 @ Houston W 112-103 James Worthy (27) Mychal Thompson (16) Magic Johnson (17) The Summit 16,611 38–13 52 February 21 @ Dallas W 106-92 Magic Johnson (21) Magic Johnson (10) Magic Johnson (12) Reunion Arena 17,007 39–13 53 February 22 @ Atlanta L 102-111 Magic Johnson (24) Magic Johnson (9) Magic Johnson (9) Omni Coliseum 16,311 39–14 54 February 24 @ Detroit W 102-96 (OT) Magic Johnson (31) A.C. Green (9) Magic Johnson (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,454 40–14 55 February 25 @ Philadelphia L 90-92 Byron Scott (19) Vlade Divac (16) Magic Johnson (13) The Spectrum 18,168 40–15 56 February 28 @ Denver W 121-108 Terry Teagle (23) Vlade Divac (13) Magic Johnson (14) McNichols Sports Arena 13,962 41–15
March: 10–6 (home: 6–3; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 57 March 1 Orlando W 115-101 Magic Johnson (26) Vlade Divac (12) Magic Johnson (9) Great Western Forum 17,326 42–15 58 March 3 Houston L 95-104 Vlade Divac (23) James Worthy (10) Magic Johnson (8) Great Western Forum 17,505 42–16 59 March 5 @ Minnesota L 85-94 Magic Johnson (32) James Worthy (7) Magic Johnson (9) Target Center 19,006 42–17 60 March 7 @ Milwaukee L 94-99 James Worthy (26) A.C. Green (9) Magic Johnson (9) Bradley Center 18,633 42–18 61 March 9 @ Washington W 87-72 Magic Johnson (25) A.C. Green (11) Magic Johnson (8) Capital Centre 18,758 43–18 62 March 10 @ Orlando W 115-101 Sam Perkins (20) Vlade Divac (15) Magic Johnson (12) Orlando Arena 15,077 44–18 63 March 12 @ Miami W 102-95 Johnson & Scott (21) Magic Johnson (11) Magic Johnson (14) Miami Arena 15,008 45–18 64 March 15 Denver W 127-117 James Worthy (35) Vlade Divac (9) Johnson & Worthy (10) Great Western Forum 17,506 46–18 65 March 17 San Antonio W 98-91 James Worthy (30) James Worthy (9) Magic Johnson (15) Great Western Forum 17,505 47–18 66 March 19 L.A. Clippers W 119-105 James Worthy (26) Vlade Divac (9) Magic Johnson (11) Great Western Forum 17,303 48–18 67 March 20 @ Seattle L 106-114 James Worthy (23) Campbell & Perkins (5) James Worthy (7) Seattle Center Coliseum 14,392 48–19 68 March 22 Milwaukee L 92-99 James Worthy (34) A.C. Green (10) Larry Drew (7) Great Western Forum 17,505 48–20 69 March 24 Seattle W 113-96 Magic Johnson (33) Green & Perkins (9) Magic Johnson (11) Great Western Forum 17,506 49–20 70 March 25 @ Sacramento W 99-89 James Worthy (26) Magic Johnson (12) Magic Johnson (14) ARCO Arena 17,014 50–20 71 March 29 Portland L 105-109 (OT) James Worthy (26) Magic Johnson (10) Magic Johnson (12) Great Western Forum 17,505 50–21 72 March 31 Sacramento W 115-87 Terry Teagle (35) A.C. Green (10) Magic Johnson (10) Great Western Forum 16,522 51–21
April: 7–3 (home: 5–0; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 73 April 2 @ San Antonio W 122-105 Magic Johnson (30) Magic Johnson (12) Magic Johnson (10) HemisFair Arena 15,908 52–21 74 April 4 @ Phoenix W 102-98 James Worthy (26) Sam Perkins (13) Magic Johnson (14) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,487 53–21 75 April 5 Miami W 108-87 Magic Johnson (20) Sam Perkins (13) Magic Johnson (9) Great Western Forum 17,505 54–21 76 April 7 Phoenix W 93-85 Magic Johnson (31) Sam Perkins (10) Magic Johnson (8) Great Western Forum 17,505 55–21 77 April 11 Utah W 110-95 Magic Johnson (31) Vlade Divac (12) Magic Johnson (11) Great Western Forum 17,505 56–21 78 April 13 @ Portland L 113-118 Sam Perkins (32) Sam Perkins (10) Magic Johnson (15) Memorial Coliseum 12,884 56–22 79 April 15 Dallas W 112-106 James Worthy (23) Magic Johnson (9) Magic Johnson (19) Great Western Forum 17,505 57–22 80 April 17 @ Golden State L 111-118 Terry Teagle (21) Green & Johnson (8) Magic Johnson (15) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 57–23 81 April 20 @ Utah L 93-107 Vlade Divac (19) Vlade Divac (17) Magic Johnson (6) Salt Palace 12,616 57–24 82 April 21 Seattle W 103-100 Terry Teagle (19) A.C. Green (12) Vlade Divac (6) Great Western Forum 17,505 58–24
1990–91 schedule

Playoffs

1991 playoff game log Total: 12–7 (home: 7–4; road: 5–3)
First Round: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 25 Houston W 94–92 Byron Scott (20) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (10) Great Western Forum 17,505 1–0 2 April 27 Houston W 109–98 James Worthy (29) Vlade Divac (10) Magic Johnson (21) Great Western Forum 17,505 2–0 3 April 30 @ Houston W 94–90 Magic Johnson (38) Sam Perkins (13) Magic Johnson (7) The Summit 16,611 3–0
Conference Semi-finals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 5 Golden State W 126–116 Byron Scott (27) Magic Johnson (10) Magic Johnson (17) Great Western Forum 17,505 1–0 2 May 8 Golden State L 124–125 Magic Johnson (44) Magic Johnson (12) Magic Johnson (9) Great Western Forum 17,505 1–1 3 May 10 @ Golden State W 115–112 James Worthy (36) 3 players tied (7) Magic Johnson (15) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 2–1 4 May 12 @ Golden State W 123–107 Sam Perkins (27) Byron Scott (11) Magic Johnson (11) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 15,025 3–1 5 May 14 Golden State W 124–119 (OT) Magic Johnson (28) Sam Perkins (15) Magic Johnson (12) Great Western Forum 17,505 4–1
Conference finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 18 @ Portland W 111–106 James Worthy (28) Sam Perkins (15) Magic Johnson (21) Memorial Coliseum 12,884 1–0 2 May 21 @ Portland L 98–109 James Worthy (21) Sam Perkins (10) Magic Johnson (12) Memorial Coliseum 12,884 1–1 3 May 24 Portland W 106–92 James Worthy (25) Green & Perkins (9) Magic Johnson (19) Great Western Forum 17,505 2–1 4 May 26 Portland W 116–95 Magic Johnson (22) Magic Johnson (9) Magic Johnson (9) Great Western Forum 17,505 3–1 5 May 28 @ Portland L 84–95 Magic Johnson (29) A.C. Green (9) Magic Johnson (7) Memorial Coliseum 12,884 3–2 6 May 30 Portland W 91–90 Sam Perkins (26) Magic Johnson (11) Magic Johnson (8) Great Western Forum 17,505 4–2
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 June 2 @ Chicago W 93–91 Perkins & Worthy (22) Vlade Divac (14) Magic Johnson (11) Chicago Stadium 18,676 1–0 2 June 5 @ Chicago L 86–107 James Worthy (24) Green & Johnson (7) Magic Johnson (10) Chicago Stadium 18,676 1–1 3 June 7 Chicago L 96–104 (OT) Sam Perkins (25) Sam Perkins (9) Magic Johnson (10) Great Western Forum 17,506 1–2 4 June 9 Chicago L 82–97 Vlade Divac (27) Vlade Divac (11) Magic Johnson (11) Great Western Forum 17,506 1–3 5 June 12 Chicago L 101–108 Sam Perkins (22) Magic Johnson (11) Magic Johnson (20) Great Western Forum 17,506 1–4
1991 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Los Angeles Lakers statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tony Brown†	7	0	3.9	.667	1.000		.6	.4	.0	.0	.7
Elden Campbell	52	0	7.3	.455		.653	1.8	.2	.2	.7	2.8
Vlade Divac	82	81	28.2	.565	.357	.703	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	11.2
Larry Drew	48	2	10.3	.432	.424	.773	.7	2.5	.3	.0	2.9
A.C. Green	82	21	26.4	.476	.200	.738	6.3	.9	.7	.3	9.1
Magic Johnson	79	79	37.1	.477	.320	.906	7.0	12.5	1.3	.2	19.4
Sam Perkins	73	66	34.3	.495	.281	.821	7.4	1.5	.9	1.1	13.5
Byron Scott	82	82	32.1	.477	.324	.797	3.0	2.2	1.2	.3	14.5
Tony Smith	64	1	10.9	.441	.000	.702	1.1	2.1	.4	.2	3.7
Terry Teagle	82	0	18.3	.443	.000	.819	2.2	1.0	.4	.1	9.9
Irving Thomas	26	0	4.2	.340		.571	1.2	.4	.2	.0	1.8
Mychal Thompson	72	4	15.0	.496	.000	.705	3.2	.3	.3	.3	4.0
James Worthy	78	74	38.6	.492	.289	.797	4.6	3.5	1.3	.4	21.4

Playoffs

Los Angeles Lakers statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Elden Campbell	14	0	9.9	.658		.467	2.1	.2	.4	.6	4.1
Vlade Divac	19	19	32.1	.564	.167	.803	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	13.3
Larry Drew	18	0	6.4	.424	.273	.667	.4	1.2	.0	.0	1.9
A.C. Green	19	1	21.1	.423	.500	.704	5.4	.5	.6	.2	6.5
Magic Johnson	19	19	43.3	.440	.296	.882	8.1	12.6	1.2	.0	21.8
Sam Perkins	19	19	39.6	.548	.367	.761	8.3	1.7	.8	1.4	17.7
Byron Scott	18	18	37.7	.511	.526	.794	3.2	1.6	1.3	.2	13.2
Tony Smith	7	0	5.7	.462		.667	.4	.3	.1	.0	2.0
Terry Teagle	18	1	15.2	.376		.781	1.6	.6	.4	.2	6.6
Irving Thomas	3	0	1.7	1.000			.0	.0	.0	.0	.7
Mychal Thompson	8	0	5.3	.286			1.1	.0	.0	.4	.5
James Worthy	18	18	40.7	.465	.167	.736	4.1	3.9	1.1	.1	21.1

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Lakers only.

Awards and records

• Magic Johnson, All-NBA First Team
• James Worthy, All-NBA Third Team

Transactions

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External links

• Lakers on Database Basketball