1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers (7) defeat 1985-86 Boston Celtics (4)
CHAMPIONSHIP

Larry Bird		Voting Results | About 1986-87 Lakers 8 1966-67 Sixers 7 Fan Balloting 1986-87 Lakers 68% 1985-86 Celtics 32%		Magic Johnson
OVERVIEW 1985-86 Boston Celtics TEAM 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers 67-15 RECORD 65-17 15-3 PLAYOFFS 15-3 "When you roll in [with a 40-1 home record], losing doesn't even factor in to the equation. Winning breeds a certain amount of arrogance." — Center Robert Parish Read full Q&A with the Chief QUOTABLE "The playoffs that year really were easy for us. We only lost three games for those playoffs, so that's a pretty dominant performance." — Center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Read full Q&A with Kareem LINEUPS Dennis Johnson 6-4, 202 GUARD Magic Johnson 6-9, 225 Danny Ainge 6-5, 185 GUARD Byron Scott 6-3, 195 Larry Bird 6-9, 220 FORWARD James Worthy 6-9, 225 Kevin McHale 6-10, 225 FORWARD A.C. Green 6-9, 220 Robert Parish 7-0, 230 CENTER Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7-2, 267 Bill Walton 6-11, 235 SIXTH MAN Michael Cooper 6-5, 170 Jerry Sichting 6-1, 180 RESERVE Mychal Thompson 6-10, 226 Scott Wedman 6-7, 220 RESERVE Kurt Rambis 6-8, 213 TEAM STATISTICS 114.1 - 104.7 PPG - DEF. PPG 117.8 - 108.5 3807 REBOUNDS 3642 2387 ASSISTS 2428 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Bird - 25.8 PPG Johnson - 23.9 Bird - 805 REBOUNDS Green - 615 Bird - 557 ASSISTS Johnson - 977