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Серия чемпионатов мира НБА 1982 года была раундом чемпионата Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации (НБА) в сезоне 1981–82 годов , высшим уровнем соревнований в мужском профессиональном баскетболе в Северной Америке. В сериале чемпион Западной конференции « Лос-Анджелес Лейкерс» встретился с чемпионом Восточной конференции « Филадельфия 76ерс» . Это был матч-реванш финала НБА 1980 года . Лейкерс выиграли 4 игры против 2.

Документальный фильм финала НБА 1982 года "Something To Prove" резюмирует все действия этого сериала. Это был последний документальный фильм НБА, в котором пленка исключительно использовалась во всех действиях на корте. Дик Стоктон озвучил документальный фильм, а сокращенную версию USA Network озвучил Аль-Альберт .

Сериал завершился 8 июня, позже всех предыдущих финалов НБА. Предыдущий рекорд был 7 июня 1978 года. Этот рекорд был побит двумя годами позже, когда финал завершился 12 июня 1984 года.

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Лос-Анджелес Лейкерс [ править ]

«Лейкерс» были ошеломлены в плей-офф НБА 1981 года « Хьюстон Рокетс» в мини-сериале из трех игр. В прошлом сезоне «Лейкерс» находились в состоянии неопределенности после того, как Мэджик Джонсон пропустил 45 игр из-за травмы колена. Их проблемы продолжились в начале нового сезона, и при счете 7–4 «Лейкерс» решили уволить главного тренера Пола Вестхеда . На пост главного тренера пришел Пэт Райли , и его повышение на эту должность привело к рождению нарушения правил Showtime .

Со здоровым Джонсоном и добавленными Куртом Рэмбисом и Бобом Макаду «Лейкерс» собрались и закончили с рекордом 57–25, лучшим в Западной конференции. Они были еще более безупречными в плей-офф, поскольку оба обыграли « Финикс Санз» в полуфинале Западной конференции и « Сан-Антонио Сперс» в финале Западной конференции.

Филадельфия 76ers [ править ]

Как и «Лейкерс», «76ers» пережили душераздирающее поражение в плей-офф, вырвав преимущество 3–1 и проиграв в финале Восточной конференции будущему чемпиону « Бостон Селтикс» . Однако в новом сезоне мало что изменилось в составе и в плане рекордов 76ers, поскольку команда третий год подряд финишировала второй после «Селтикс» в Атлантическом дивизионе.

Из-за существовавшего тогда правила, по которому победители дивизиона получали до свидания в первом раунде, 76ers были вынуждены сыграть в мини-сериале до трех побед, хотя их рекорд 58–24 был на три игры лучше, чем чемпион Центрального дивизиона Милуоки Бакс . Тем не менее, «Филадельфия» легко обыграла « Атланта Хокс» 2–0 в первом раунде, а затем вытеснила Бакс в следующем раунде 4–2. В финале Восточной конференции «76ers» дважды обыгрывали « Селтикс» на « Спектре», выйдя вперед 3–1, но проиграли следующие две игры в мучительном повторении плей-офф 1981 года. Но под руководством Эндрю ТониНабрав 34 очка, 76ers изгнали демонов 1981 года, разгромив Celtics 120–106 в 7-й игре. Со временем толпа Boston Garden начала скандировать «Beat LA!», призывая 76ers победить ненавистных Lakers. в раунде чемпионата.

Дорога к финалу [ править ]

Regular season series[edit]

Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team:

Series summary[edit]

Games[edit]

Game 1[edit]

Fresh from holding off the Celtics in the conference finals, the Sixers worked their offense to precision and held a 15-point lead midway through the third quarter 83-68. But, then, the Lakers began to turn it up on defense and the result was many fast breaks. The Lakers went on a 40–9 run over the game's next 11 minutes. Wilkes scored 10, Kareem and McAdoo scored 8 each, Nixon and Cooper scored 7 each, and Nixon had 4 assists during the run, on the way to a 124-117 Game 1 win, thereby stealing the home-court advantage.

After the game, Sixers coach Billy Cunningham commented that the Sixers weren't affected that much by the trapping Laker defense, just cold shooting and sloppy play. However, he also questioned whether or not it was a "zone defense", which was illegal at the time.

Game 2[edit]

In this game, Laker coach Pat Riley took a different defensive approach, assigning Magic Johnson to cover Julius Erving straight-up on defense. While Magic couldn't match the Doctor's athleticism, the move did keep Erving from the offensive boards.

In Game 2 that wasn't quite enough, as Erving brought the Sixers back with 24 points and 16 rebounds, mostly defensive. Billy Cunningham used all his centers, Caldwell Jones, Darryl Dawkins and Earl Cureton at different points to guard Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Sixers got 38 offensive rebounds for 50 second-chance points, while the Lakers only had six offensive boards.

The Sixers used that advantage to take a 110–94 win that evened the series. In a balanced scoring attack, Maurice Cheeks had 19 points and eight assists, Jones added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Bobby Jones and Clint Richardson each scored 10. This was the Lakers first loss in the 1982 post season.

Game 3[edit]

Back at home at The Forum, the Lakers completely dominated Game 3. Norm Nixon scored 29 points as the Lakers marched to a 129–108 victory. Andrew Toney scored 36 and Julius Erving 21, but no one else came through.

Game 4[edit]

The Lakers controlled the tempo in Game 4 by going to their half-court game, passing down low to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. On the defensive end, they kept up the pressure with their zone trap. The Lakers went up, three games to one, with a 111–101 win. Jamaal Wilkes and Magic Johnson had 24 points each, while Abdul-Jabbar added 22 and Bob McAdoo 19 off the bench. Hard-charging bruiser Kurt Rambis pulled down 11 rebounds.

Game 5[edit]

Back in Philadelphia, the Sixers took out their frustrations and destroyed the Lakers, 135–102. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was held to just six points, a career playoff low, thanks to the spirited defense of Darryl Dawkins. In the midst of the offensive explosion, Dawkins also contributed 20 points and nine rebounds to the effort.

Game 6[edit]

The Sixers' strong showing in Game 5 gave them hope for Game 6 in the Forum, but the Lakers got the early lead and were up, 66–57, at the half.

In the third period, the Sixers' defense turned it up a notch. They held Los Angeles to 20 points for the quarter and several times cut the lead to one point. Super-sub Bob McAdoo, known more for his offense, made a key defensive play late in the third when he blocked a Julius Erving layup on a breakaway that would have given the Sixers the lead.

The Lakers came back and surged early in the fourth period to boost their lead to 11. Erving, who led all scorers with 30 points, and Andrew Toney, who had 29, responded by trimming the lead to 103–100 with about four minutes left, but then Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored and was fouled and made the free throw to put Los Angeles up by six. Moments later, Wilkes got a breakaway layup to close it out, 114–104.

Jamaal Wilkes led the Lakers with 27 points, and Magic Johnson, with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, was named the series MVP. McAdoo, who had 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, was pretty much reborn as a player in this series after being cast off by several teams as a selfish, non-team player.

Aside from the Doctor's and Toney's efforts, no one else stepped up for the Sixers. Darryl Dawkins fouled out and only had 10 points and one rebound in 20 minutes played. Dawkins would soon be shipped to the New Jersey Nets, and the 76ers acquired the final piece of their championship puzzle: Moses Malone, an MVP center from the Houston Rockets.

Team rosters[edit]

Los Angeles Lakers[edit]

Philadelphia 76ers[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Los Angeles Lakers
Philadelphia 76ers

Television coverage[edit]

Unlike previous years, where weeknight games were shown on tape delay, all games in the Finals were televised live by CBS. As a compromise to CBS to allow the live telecasts, the NBA returned the start of its season to late October after starting it earlier in October the previous two seasons, meaning the finals would start after the conclusion of the mid-May sweeps period. The later date also eliminated the back-to-back games on Mother's Day weekend, which was used in 1980 and 1981 to avert another tape delay broadcast.

This was also the first of nine straight NBA finals (1982-1990) that Dick Stockton would call for CBS Sports. Stockton also announced the starting lineups of the 1982 NBA Finals in lieu of P.A. announcers Dave Zinkoff (for the 76ers) and Larry McKay (for the Lakers; McKay would be replaced the next season by Lawrence Tanter).

Aftermath[edit]

Both teams would meet in the Finals again in 1983. The Sixers, bolstered by the addition of league MVP Moses Malone, won 65 games, and steamrolled through the playoffs, in which they lost only once (completing Malone's famous "Fo, Fo, Fo" prediction, stating that the Sixers needed to win 4 games in each of the three series) en route to their third NBA title overall (they won in 1955 as the Syracuse Nationals, and in 1967). The Lakers finished the regular season with 58 wins, but were overmatched by the hungrier Sixers in the Finals. Then-rookie and future Hall of Famer James Worthy did not play in the series because of a late-season leg injury.

See also[edit]

  • 1982 NBA Playoffs

External links[edit]

  • NBA History