Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets

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Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets

Regular Season: 55 GP (40-15), 20.0 PTS, 8.3 TRB, 12.3 AST

Playoffs: 8 GP (7-1), 14.6 PTS, 7.5 TRB, 15.1 AST

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: 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	37.3	8.2	15.2	8.2	15.0	0.0	0.2	6.8	8.5	2.2	5.2	7.3	8.3	3.0	0.8	4.8	2.5	23.2
2	1980-81	LAL	40.0	9.3	18.3	9.3	17.7	0.0	0.7	5.3	6.7	2.7	7.0	9.7	10.3	3.7	0.7	5.0	4.3	24.0
3	1981-82	LAL	34.6	8.2	13.0	8.0	12.8	0.2	0.2	4.0	5.6	4.4	4.8	9.2	11.4	2.8	0.8	2.4	3.0	20.6
4	1982-83	LAL	38.6	7.2	12.4	7.2	12.4	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.2	2.6	7.4	10.0	11.4	1.4	1.0	3.0	3.6	18.4
5	1983-84	LAL	41.5	9.0	17.8	9.0	17.3	0.0	0.5	6.8	6.8	2.8	8.0	10.8	16.3	1.3	1.0	3.8	3.5	24.8
6	1984-85	LAL	30.3	6.5	8.8	6.5	8.3	0.0	0.5	5.3	6.5	2.0	5.5	7.5	11.5	0.8	0.8	4.5	1.8	18.3
7	1985-86	LAL	36.3	5.8	12.3	5.5	10.8	0.3	1.5	4.3	5.0	1.5	8.0	9.5	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.8	1.8	16.0
8	1986-87	LAL	34.4	8.6	16.2	8.4	15.6	0.2	0.6	4.0	4.6	1.2	5.0	6.2	15.2	1.6	0.4	2.6	2.0	21.4
9	1987-88	LAL	34.8	5.8	12.0	5.8	11.6	0.0	0.4	4.0	5.0	0.8	4.4	5.2	11.4	1.0	0.6	3.8	3.0	15.6
10	1988-89	LAL	41.0	6.8	14.3	5.5	10.8	1.3	3.5	6.0	7.0	1.3	10.0	11.3	16.0	2.0	0.5	6.5	3.0	20.8
11	1989-90	LAL	41.0	5.5	12.3	4.3	8.8	1.3	3.5	9.5	10.3	1.0	8.3	9.3	13.8	1.8	0.3	3.8	2.5	21.8
12	1990-91	LAL	34.3	5.3	10.3	4.5	8.0	0.8	2.3	7.5	8.3	0.8	4.5	5.3	13.3	0.5	0.0	3.3	1.0	18.8
13	1995-96	LAL	29.5	3.0	9.0	2.0	6.5	1.0	2.5	8.0	10.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	7.0	1.0	1.5	3.5	1.0	15.0
	Totals		36.6	7.0	13.3	6.7	12.2	0.3	1.1	5.6	6.6	1.9	6.4	8.3	12.3	1.7	0.7	3.8	2.6	20.0

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: 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	1984-85	LAL	33.8	4.6	10.0	4.6	9.4	0.0	0.6	3.6	4.2	1.0	6.6	7.6	15.6	1.2	0.2	4.2	2.8	12.8
2	1986-87	LAL	32.0	7.0	11.3	6.7	10.3	0.3	1.0	3.3	5.3	1.7	5.7	7.3	14.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.3	17.7
	Totals		33.1	5.5	10.5	5.4	9.8	0.1	0.8	3.5	4.6	1.3	6.3	7.5	15.1	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.3	14.6

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: 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	6	6	224	49	91	.538	49	90	.544	0	1	.000	.538	41	51	.804	.613	13	31	44	50	18	5	29	15	139
2	1980-81	LAL	3	3	120	28	55	.509	28	53	.528	0	2	.000	.509	16	20	.800	.564	8	21	29	31	11	2	15	13	72
3	1981-82	LAL	5	5	173	41	65	.631	40	64	.625	1	1	1.000	.638	20	28	.714	.666	22	24	46	57	14	4	12	15	103
4	1982-83	LAL	5	5	193	36	62	.581	36	62	.581	0	0		.581	20	21	.952	.646	13	37	50	57	7	5	15	18	92
5	1983-84	LAL	4	4	166	36	71	.507	36	69	.522	0	2	.000	.507	27	27	1.000	.597	11	32	43	65	5	4	15	14	99
6	1984-85	LAL	4	4	121	26	35	.743	26	33	.788	0	2	.000	.743	21	26	.808	.786	8	22	30	46	3	3	18	7	73
7	1985-86	LAL	4	4	145	23	49	.469	22	43	.512	1	6	.167	.480	17	20	.850	.554	6	32	38	54	6	3	11	7	64
8	1986-87	LAL	5	5	172	43	81	.531	42	78	.538	1	3	.333	.537	20	23	.870	.587	6	25	31	76	8	2	13	10	107
9	1987-88	LAL	5	4	174	29	60	.483	29	58	.500	0	2	.000	.483	20	25	.800	.549	4	22	26	57	5	3	19	15	78
10	1988-89	LAL	4	4	164	27	57	.474	22	43	.512	5	14	.357	.518	24	28	.857	.599	5	40	45	64	8	2	26	12	83
11	1989-90	LAL	4	4	164	22	49	.449	17	35	.486	5	14	.357	.500	38	41	.927	.649	4	33	37	55	7	1	15	10	87
12	1990-91	LAL	4	4	137	21	41	.512	18	32	.563	3	9	.333	.549	30	33	.909	.675	3	18	21	53	2	0	13	4	75
13	1995-96	LAL	2	0	59	6	18	.333	4	13	.308	2	5	.400	.389	16	20	.800	.560	3	14	17	14	2	3	7	2	30
	Totals		55	52	2012	387	734	.527	369	673	.548	18	61	.295	.540	310	363	.854	.617	106	351	457	679	96	37	208	142	1102

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: 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	1984-85	LAL	5	5	169	23	50	.460	23	47	.489	0	3	.000	.460	18	21	.857	.540	5	33	38	78	6	1	21	14	64
2	1986-87	LAL	3	3	96	21	34	.618	20	31	.645	1	3	.333	.632	10	16	.625	.646	5	17	22	43	2	2	6	4	53
	Totals		8	8	265	44	84	.524	43	78	.551	1	6	.167	.530	28	37	.757	.583	10	50	60	121	8	3	27	18	117

Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: Game Logs

Regular Season

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Magic Johnson vs. Denver Nuggets: 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	1996-04-09	36-239	LAL	@	DEN	L 91-98		26	3	13	.231	1	9	.111	2	4	.500	6	8	.750	.424	1	7	8	2	0	2	2	1	14	8.5	-1.3
2	1996-02-06	36-176	LAL	@	DEN	W 99-78		33	3	5	.600	3	4	.750	0	1	.000	10	12	.833	.778	2	7	9	12	2	1	5	1	16	22.1	17.1
3	1991-03-15	31-213	LAL		DEN	W 127-117	*	28	2	4	.500	2	3	.667	0	1	.000	10	12	.833	.754	0	3	3	10	1	0	3	2	14	16.3	3.2
4	1991-02-28	31-198	LAL	@	DEN	W 121-108	*	37	4	9	.444	3	8	.375	1	1	1.000	9	9	1.000	.694	1	4	5	14	1	0	4	1	18	21.6	6.9
5	1990-11-21	31-099	LAL		DEN	W 141-121	*	38	6	12	.500	5	8	.625	1	4	.250	9	9	1.000	.689	1	2	3	18	0	0	5	0	22	24.9	7.2
6	1990-11-19	31-097	LAL	@	DEN	W 122-105	*	34	9	16	.563	8	13	.615	1	3	.333	2	3	.667	.606	1	9	10	11	0	0	1	1	21	22.7	8.9
7	1990-04-08	30-237	LAL	@	DEN	W 116-109	*	43	5	14	.357	2	6	.333	3	8	.375	6	6	1.000	.571	2	9	11	7	1	0	2	2	19	18.4	3.1
8	1990-02-21	30-191	LAL	@	DEN	W 113-111	*	44	4	8	.500	3	6	.500	1	2	.500	8	10	.800	.685	0	11	11	17	0	0	6	5	17	19.4	3.8
9	1990-01-03	30-142	LAL		DEN	W 114-98	*	37	7	14	.500	7	13	.538	0	1	.000	13	14	.929	.670	0	7	7	7	0	0	4	3	27	21.4	3.8
10	1989-11-17	30-095	LAL		DEN	W 119-105	*	40	6	13	.462	5	10	.500	1	3	.333	11	11	1.000	.673	2	6	8	24	6	1	3	0	24	41.0	26.6
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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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