1986–87 NBA season

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NBA season

The 1986–87 NBA season was the league campaign in which the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Magic Johnson, won the championship and Johnson earned the MVP award.

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Label Occurrences
1986–87 NBA season canonical 2
Los Angeles Lakers 1986–87 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA season ⓘ
allStarGameHostArena Kingdome ⓘ
allStarGameHostCity Seattle ⓘ
allStarGameMVP Tom Chambers ⓘ
assistsLeader Magic Johnson ⓘ
assistsLeaderAssistsPerGame 12.2 ⓘ
champion Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
coachOfChampion Pat Riley ⓘ
coachOfRunnerUp K.C. Jones ⓘ
coachOfTheYear Mike Schuler ⓘ
coachOfTheYearTeam Portland Trail Blazers ⓘ
conferenceChampionEastern Boston Celtics ⓘ
conferenceChampionWestern Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
defensivePlayerOfTheYear Michael Cooper ⓘ
defensivePlayerOfTheYearTeam Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
endYear 1987 ⓘ
finalsMatchup Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics ⓘ
finalsMVP Magic Johnson ⓘ
finalsResult 4–2 ⓘ
gamesPerTeam 82 ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
mostImprovedPlayer Dale Ellis ⓘ
mostImprovedPlayerTeam Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
MVP Magic Johnson ⓘ
MVPConference Western Conference ⓘ
MVPPosition point guard ⓘ
MVPTeam Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
nextSeason 1987–88 NBA season ⓘ
notableEvent Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics met in the NBA Finals for the third time in the 1980s ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers won their fourth title of the 1980s ⓘ
NBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
surface form: Magic Johnson won his first regular-season MVP award
numberOfTeams 23 ⓘ
playoffFormat 16-team playoff ⓘ
previousSeason 1985–86 NBA season ⓘ
reboundsLeader Charles Barkley ⓘ
rookieOfTheYear Chuck Person ⓘ
rookieOfTheYearTeam Indiana Pacers (ABA) ⓘ
surface form: Indiana Pacers
runnerUp Boston Celtics ⓘ
scoringLeader Michael Jordan ⓘ
scoringLeaderPointsPerGame 37.1 ⓘ
scoringLeaderTeam Chicago Bulls ⓘ
seasonNumber 41 ⓘ
sixthManOfTheYear Ricky Pierce ⓘ
sixthManOfTheYearTeam Milwaukee Bucks ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startYear 1986 ⓘ
topSeedEasternConference Boston Celtics ⓘ
topSeedWesternConference Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1987–88 NBA season → precededBy → 1986–87 NBA season ⓘ
A. C. Green → teamDuringSeason → 1986–87 NBA season ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los Angeles Lakers 1986–87
Mark Eaton → ledLeagueInBlocksPerGame → 1986–87 NBA season ⓘ