Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Magic Johnson and John Roche

This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and John Roche played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 10 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 7-3 winning record over John Roche. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Magic Johnson
vs.
John Roche
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
John Roche:
1975-76 to 1981-82
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Magic Johnson
7
7
0
John Roche
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 21.1 7.8 9.9 2.60.8
John Roche 7.9 1.2 4.60.60.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 31 16 16 62
John Roche 23 4 10 20
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 10

games		 10

games		 7

games		 7

games		5

games
John Roche 0

games 		0

games		 2

games		 0

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 3

games		5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1979
1. Lakers 126   Magic Johnson 31 6 8 4 1 3 4 43 10-16 .625 0-0 - 11-15 .733
OT Nuggets 122   John Roche 23 2 2 2 0 4 2 36 10-14 .714 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000
Nov. 16, 1979
2. Lakers 135   Magic Johnson 20 11 11 6 0 9 3 39 7-17 .412 0-0 - 6-7 .857
OT Nuggets 128   John Roche 8 0 2 0 0 1 4 19 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Dec. 09, 1979
3. Lakers 131   Magic Johnson 21 4 11 4 0 2 0 40 7-11 .636 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Nuggets 118   John Roche 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 22 1-7 .143 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Dec. 22, 1979
4. Lakers 128   Magic Johnson 20 7 9 1 0 6 2 38 8-18 .444 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Nuggets 130   John Roche 19 1 10 1 0 3 5 29 8-12 .667 3-5 .600 0-0 -
Feb. 20, 1980
5. Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 30 12 4 3 2 5 1 39 11-19 .579 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Nuggets 103   John Roche 8 4 7 0 0 5 1 29 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 14, 1980
6. Lakers 132   Magic Johnson 17 4 7 0 2 4 5 25 6-10 .600 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Nuggets 126   John Roche 12 0 6 0 0 1 4 21 5-8 .625 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 1980
7. Lakers 121   Magic Johnson 18 6 11 1 0 1 4 37 7-15 .467 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nuggets 123   John Roche 3 1 7 1 0 1 2 28 1-4 .250 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 19, 1982
8. Lakers 139   Magic Johnson 22 16 14 2 1 5 4 40 9-15 .600 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Nuggets 140   John Roche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 23, 1982
9. Lakers 145   Magic Johnson 15 6 8 3 0 0 2 30 6-11 .545 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Nuggets 129   John Roche 4 2 8 0 0 2 2 24 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 09, 1982
10. Lakers 153   Magic Johnson 17 6 16 2 2 1 3 29 7-14 .500 0-0 - 3-7 .429
Nuggets 128   John Roche 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
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