Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Regular Season: 23 GP (17-6), 21.7 PTS, 8.7 TRB, 11.0 AST

Playoffs: 0 GP (0-0)

Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Per Game

Regular Season

Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Per Game Table
Rk	Season	Team	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	1979-80	LAL	40.5	11.0	16.0	11.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.5	2.5	11.0	13.5	10.0	1.5	0.5	7.0	4.0	27.0
2	1980-81	LAL	39.0	9.0	15.0	9.0	15.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	6.0	2.0	22.0
3	1981-82	LAL	40.0	8.0	16.0	8.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	5.0	9.0	14.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	25.0
4	1982-83	LAL	32.5	3.5	8.0	3.5	8.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.0	2.0	7.5	9.5	8.0	1.5	1.0	4.0	2.0	10.5
5	1983-84	LAL	36.0	8.0	14.5	8.0	13.5	0.0	1.0	7.0	9.5	1.0	6.5	7.5	16.0	2.5	0.5	3.0	1.0	23.0
6	1984-85	LAL	30.5	8.0	13.0	8.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	13.5	2.0	0.5	4.5	3.0	17.0
7	1985-86	LAL	32.5	7.0	13.0	7.0	12.5	0.0	0.5	7.0	7.5	1.0	5.0	6.0	11.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	1.5	21.0
8	1986-87	LAL	40.0	10.0	18.0	10.0	17.5	0.0	0.5	5.5	8.0	4.0	5.5	9.5	15.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	2.5	25.5
9	1987-88	LAL	41.0	7.0	14.5	7.0	13.5	0.0	1.0	3.5	5.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	8.5	2.5	0.0	4.5	2.5	17.5
10	1988-89	LAL	39.0	9.5	16.5	7.5	13.0	2.0	3.5	7.5	9.5	1.0	7.5	8.5	12.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	3.0	28.5
11	1989-90	LAL	34.0	6.5	15.5	5.0	10.0	1.5	5.5	6.0	6.0	1.0	4.5	5.5	9.0	1.5	0.0	3.5	2.5	20.5
12	1990-91	LAL	40.5	6.5	15.0	5.0	11.5	1.5	3.5	8.0	8.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	14.5	0.5	0.0	6.0	3.0	22.5
13	1995-96	LAL	39.0	8.0	13.0	5.0	8.0	3.0	5.0	7.0	7.0	2.0	6.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	26.0
	Totals		37.0	7.8	14.4	7.2	12.9	0.6	1.6	5.6	6.5	2.0	6.6	8.7	11.0	1.6	0.4	4.5	2.5	21.7

Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Totals

Regular Season

Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Totals Table
Rk	Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	1979-80	LAL	2	2	81	22	32	.688	22	32	.688	0	0		.688	10	11	.909	.733	5	22	27	20	3	1	14	8	54
2	1980-81	LAL	1	1	39	9	15	.600	9	15	.600	0	0		.600	4	4	1.000	.656	3	5	8	6	4	2	6	2	22
3	1981-82	LAL	1	1	40	8	16	.500	8	16	.500	0	0		.500	9	9	1.000	.626	5	9	14	6	3	0	4	3	25
4	1982-83	LAL	2	2	65	7	16	.438	7	16	.438	0	0		.438	7	8	.875	.538	4	15	19	16	3	2	8	4	21
5	1983-84	LAL	2	1	72	16	29	.552	16	27	.593	0	2	.000	.552	14	19	.737	.616	2	13	15	32	5	1	6	2	46
6	1984-85	LAL	2	2	61	16	26	.615	16	26	.615	0	0		.615	2	4	.500	.612	3	14	17	27	4	1	9	6	34
7	1985-86	LAL	2	2	65	14	26	.538	14	25	.560	0	1	.000	.538	14	15	.933	.644	2	10	12	22	1	0	5	3	42
8	1986-87	LAL	2	2	80	20	36	.556	20	35	.571	0	1	.000	.556	11	16	.688	.592	8	11	19	31	3	1	11	5	51
9	1987-88	LAL	2	2	82	14	29	.483	14	27	.519	0	2	.000	.483	7	10	.700	.524	4	10	14	17	5	0	9	5	35
10	1988-89	LAL	2	2	78	19	33	.576	15	26	.577	4	7	.571	.636	15	19	.789	.689	2	15	17	24	1	2	7	6	57
11	1989-90	LAL	2	2	68	13	31	.419	10	20	.500	3	11	.273	.468	12	12	1.000	.565	2	9	11	18	3	0	7	5	41
12	1990-91	LAL	2	2	81	13	30	.433	10	23	.435	3	7	.429	.483	16	16	1.000	.607	5	13	18	29	1	0	12	6	45
13	1995-96	LAL	1	1	39	8	13	.615	5	8	.625	3	5	.600	.731	7	7	1.000	.808	2	6	8	4	0	0	5	3	26
	Totals		23	22	851	179	332	.539	166	296	.561	13	36	.361	.559	128	150	.853	.627	47	152	199	252	36	10	103	58	499

Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Game Logs

Regular Season

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Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: Game Logs Table
Rk	Date	Age	Team		Opp	Result	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM
1	1996-04-03	36-233	LAL	@	CLE	L 89-105	*	39	8	13	.615	5	8	.625	3	5	.600	7	7	1.000	.808	2	6	8	4	0	0	5	3	26	19.9	7.7
2	1991-01-11	31-150	LAL		CLE	W 105-93	*	41	7	17	.412	7	15	.467	0	2	.000	13	13	1.000	.594	4	6	10	14	0	0	9	3	27	22.1	4.8
3	1990-12-19	31-127	LAL	@	CLE	L 74-84	*	40	6	13	.462	3	8	.375	3	5	.600	3	3	1.000	.628	1	7	8	15	1	0	3	3	18	21.4	13.3
4	1990-03-15	30-213	LAL	@	CLE	L 96-112	*	38	4	16	.250	4	11	.364	0	5	.000	7	7	1.000	.393	1	4	5	10	2	0	4	4	15	10.7	-3.2
5	1990-03-02	30-200	LAL		CLE	W 124-93	*	30	9	15	.600	6	9	.667	3	6	.500	5	5	1.000	.756	1	5	6	8	1	0	3	1	26	24.5	13.2
6	1989-01-13	29-152	LAL		CLE	W 116-95	*	36	8	14	.571	6	11	.545	2	3	.667	8	9	.889	.724	1	4	5	11	0	1	4	2	26	24.5	11.4
7	1988-12-13	29-121	LAL	@	CLE	W 111-102	*	42	11	19	.579	9	15	.600	2	4	.500	7	10	.700	.662	1	11	12	13	1	1	3	4	31	31.1	12.4
8	1987-12-13	28-121	LAL		CLE	W 90-89	*	40	8	13	.615	8	11	.727	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	.576	1	4	5	8	0	0	5	5	16	9.8	-1.7
9	1987-12-05	28-113	LAL	@	CLE	L 95-97	*	42	6	16	.375	6	16	.375	0	0		7	8	.875	.487	3	6	9	9	5	0	4	0	19	21.0	9.6
10	1987-03-07	27-205	LAL		CLE	W 122-118	*	38	10	17	.588	10	17	.588	0	0		6	8	.750	.634	5	3	8	17	2	0	7	3	26	27.4	9.2
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Data coverage:

Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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Magic Johnson vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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