🏀On May 3, 1985 the Los Angeles Lakers took a 3-0 series lead in their Western Conference Semifinals Series with a 130-126 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers’ Magic Johnson set a record for most assists in a half in a playoff game with 15 in the first half, ultimately finishing with 23 assists. The Lakers were led by James Worthy’s 28 points and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 26 points. Bob McAdoo came off the Los Angeles bench to add 23 points. Clyde Drexler finished with 18 points, 14 ass

🏀On June 9, 1985 the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 111-100 in Game 6 to win the NBA Finals. The Lakers’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was unanimously voted NBA Finals MVP and at 38, became the oldest player ever to gain that honor. The win gave the Lakers their 9th NBA championship. Kareem led all scorers with 29 points. The win marked the Lakers first time defeating the Celtics in the Finals in franchise history. It was the also the first time in NBA Finals history where the opposing team c

ALL five Lakers starters scored 20 in the win. Last time that happened? 1984. | Los Angeles Lakers

🏀On June 9, 1985 the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 111-100 in Game 6 to win the NBA Finals. The Lakers’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was unanimously voted NBA Finals MVP and at 38, became the oldest player ever to gain that honor. The win gave the Lakers their 9th NBA championship. Kareem led all scorers with 29 points. The win marked the Lakers first time defeating the Celtics in the Finals in franchise history. It was the also the first (and so far only) time in NBA Finals history where t

🏀On June 6, 1984 the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 129-125 in overtime to tie the NBA Finals at 2 games each. Larry Bird led the Celtics with 29 points and 21 rebounds while Magic Johnson finished with 20 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds for the Lakers. The most memorable play of the game occurred in the 3rd quarter when Boston’s Kevin McHale clotheslined the Lakers’ Kurt Rambis (58 second mark of the video). A bit later, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bird would get into a heated excha

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🏀On May 31, 1984 in a classic Celtics/Lakers battle, Gerald Henderson of Boston stole a crosscourt pass by Los Angeles’ James Worthy and laid the ball in with 13 seconds left in regulation to send Game 2 of the NBA Finals into overtime. The Celtics, who had dropped Game 1, managed to pull out a 124-121 overtime win in Game 2. Larry Bird led the Celtics with 27 points and 13 rebounds while James Worthy led the Lakers with 29 points. The Lakers’ Magic Johnson finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds