Official Site of the Lakers · Mar 3, 2017
Hardwood Classics: 1987 NBA Finals
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson battle for position during the 1987 NBA Finals.The Lakers are honoring their 1986-87 championship team’s 30th anniversary by wearing Hardwood Classics throwbacks for select games. The following is a part of a series chronicling that team’s title run.
After a decade of battles, the Showtime era concluded its chapter of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry with one last duel in the 1987 NBA Finals.
Magic Johnson — named NBA MVP after averaging a career-high 23.9 points and a league-best 12.2 assists — led a Los Angeles team that had won the second-most regular-season games in franchise history (65) and was now standing before its 10th title.
