Los Angeles Lakers 1982 Championship - The Playoffs

The 1982 NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers and all the other teams

Here you have the information about the 1982 NBA Playoffs and the path the Los Angeles Lakers took to win a new championship: The league had 22 teams divided in 4 divisions in 1982. The best team of each division qualified directly to the Conference semifinals. The next 4 best teams of each Conference (regardless of the division) had to play in the first round of the playoffs.

Western Conference					NBA Finals			Eastern Conference
		(1) Lakers	4						4	Celtics (1)
				Lakers	4		3	Celtics
(4) Nuggets	1										0	Nets (4)
		Suns	0						1	Bullets
(6) Suns	2										2	Bullets (5)
						Lakers	4
					L.A. Lakers Champion
						76ers	2
		(3) Spurs	4						2	Bucks (3)
				Spurs	0		4	76ers
(2) Sonics	2										2	76ers (2)
		Sonics	1						4	76ers
(5) Rockets	1										0	Hawks (6)

Western Conference teams:

Lakers = Los Angeles Lakers
Nuggets = Denver Nuggets
Suns = Phoenix Suns
Spurs = San Antonio Spurs
Sonics = Seattle Supersonics
Rockets = Houston Rockets

Eastern Conference teams:

Celtics = Boston Celtics
Nets = New Jersey Nets
Bullets = Washington Bullets
Bucks = Milwaukee Bucks
76ers = Philadelphia 76ers
Hawks = Atlanta Hawks

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