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Wilkes recovered to average 21.1 points and shoot 52.5% as Los Angeles advanced to the NBA Finals, where they faced Philadelphia. Wilkes scored a team-high 27 points in game 6 as the Lakers won the series 4–2.
Phoenix would find a tougher opponent, however, in the Western Conference Semifinals, getting swept four games to zero by the eventual league champions, Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Dennis Johnson again earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors ...
The Lakers–Suns rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns. The rivalry began as early as the 1969–70 season when the Lakers and Suns met against each other in the first round of the 1970 NBA playoffs, with peaks being had throughout the 1980s, early 1990s, and 2000s. While ...
The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1980–81 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. It pitted the 62–20 Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the 40–42 Western Conference champion Houston Rockets .
Los Angeles Lakers 120, Phoenix Suns 115 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum , Phoenix, Arizona This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first two meetings.
The arena hosted the first of multiple high-level basketball games set to be played here before the end of the year.
Injuries and soreness changed the rotation a bit, but Anthony Davis and Dalton Knecht led the Lakers' preseason win over Phoenix. Lakers beat Suns behind rookie Dalton Knecht's best preseason game yet
The Lakers were stunned in the 1981 NBA ... They were even more flawless in the playoffs as they both swept the Phoenix Suns in the ... Los Angeles Lakers: ...