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Holds the all-time record for most assists in Playoffs—2,346 Johnson is also the only player in NBA history to have at least 2,000 assists in a playoff career [1] Holds the all-time record for highest assists-per-game average in Playoffs—12.4; Holds the all-time record for most triple-doubles in Playoffs—30
Johnson is the only player in NBA Finals history to have triple-doubles in multiple series-clinching games. [159] For his feats, Johnson was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players of All Time by the NBA in 1996, [164] and selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. [165] The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inducted him in 2002 ...
Magic Johnson's performance in Game 6 and the series earned him the 1980 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). What made Johnson's performance even more remarkable was that he was an NBA rookie—and, indeed, one who had left college after only two years, and was only 20 years old.
In Game 3, the Lakers raced to an easy 137–104 victory as Magic Johnson dished out 21 assists, an NBA Finals record. After the game, Larry Bird said his team played like "sissies" in an attempt to light a fire under his teammates. It was Boston's worst playoff defeat in franchise history to that date.
The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Players from the winning team usually receive championship rings from the team honoring their contribution, with "rings" becoming shorthand for championships. [3]
Magic Johnson — Michigan State and Los Angeles Lakers (1979-80) Johnson won the first of his five NBA championships the year after his Spartans defeated Larry Bird and Indiana State in the 1979 ...
Jaylen Brown — named NBA Finals MVP — added 21 points and 8 rebounds. ... the most in NBA history. After the win, he said the wait was worth it. ... Nikola Jokić passes Magic Johnson for 3rd ...
In the 1991-92 NBA season the Bulls won their second straight NBA title, winning a then-franchise record 67 wins and defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in six games of the 1992 NBA Finals. The Lakers' Showtime era would end on November 7, 1991, as Magic Johnson announced his retirement due to the HIV virus .