Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It was a rematch of the 1980 NBA Finals. The Lakers won 4 games to 2. The 1982 NBA Finals documentary "Something to Prove" recaps all the action of this series. It was the last NBA video documentary to exclusively use film in all on-court action. Dick Stockton narrated the documentary, with the condensed USA Network version narrated by Al Albert.
The 1982 NBA playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1981–82 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. Magic Johnson was named NBA Finals MVP for the second time.
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. Johnson had a triple-double with 13 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists and four steals and was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. [2]
The 1981–82 NBA season was the 36th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals .
The 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1982, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
However, on April 10, 1983, rookie and number one pick in the 1982 draft James Worthy injured his leg while attempting a putback in a home loss against Phoenix, ending his season. Even without Worthy for the playoffs, the Lakers made it to the NBA Finals, only to be swept in four games by the Julius Erving and Moses Malone led Philadelphia ...
11th NBA Finals series. First NBA Finals series in the rivalry to take place in the 21st century. With their last NBA Finals series being in 1987, this remains the longest gap of the Celtics and Lakers not facing each other in the NBA finals at 21 years. 2008–09: Lakers: 2–0: Lakers 110–109(OT) Lakers 92–83: Celtics, 191–146
January 5 — Jack Kiley, American NBA player (born 1929) January 21 — Jules Bender, American college All-American (Long Island) and original ABL player (born 1914) January 21 — Ned Irish, American Hall of Fame president of the New York Knicks (born 1905) January 31 — Étienne Onimus, French Olympic player (born 1907)