Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Magic Johnson and Rod Strickland

This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and Rod Strickland 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.

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They faced each other a total of 7 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 5-2 winning record over Rod Strickland. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
Rod Strickland:
1988-89 to 2004-05
7 Games played
7 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Magic Johnson
5
5
0
Rod Strickland
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 17.9 8.0 11.1 2.60.9
Rod Strickland 10.0 1.7 5.41.00.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 30 12 13 62
Rod Strickland 23 5 12 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 5

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6

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6

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4

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4

games
Rod Strickland 2

games
1

game
1

game
1

game
0

games
Both had same stat 0

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0

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0

games
2

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3

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 1988
1. Lakers 110   Magic Johnson 25 12 13 6 0 5 2 42 9-18 .500 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Knicks 98   Rod Strickland 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 07 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 24, 1989
2. Lakers 117   Magic Johnson 26 11 11 5 1 2 1 43 10-17 .588 0-4 .000 6-6 1.000
Knicks 122   Rod Strickland 6 0 2 0 0 3 2 13 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1989
3. Lakers 115   Magic Johnson 20 7 11 1 2 5 2 38 7-13 .538 1-4 .250 5-5 1.000
Knicks 104   Rod Strickland 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 18 3-6 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Jan. 23, 1990
4. Lakers 118   Magic Johnson 11 7 13 3 0 0 2 29 5-7 .714 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Knicks 97   Rod Strickland 16 4 5 1 0 2 1 26 7-13 .538 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1990
5. Lakers 97   Magic Johnson 8 2 12 0 1 5 4 36 4-9 .444 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Spurs 80   Rod Strickland 6 5 5 3 0 5 2 24 3-9 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 02, 1991
6. Lakers 122   Magic Johnson 30 12 10 2 1 3 4 40 8-13 .615 1-3 .333 13-13 1.000
Spurs 115   Rod Strickland 8 0 4 0 0 2 4 27 2-9 .222 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1995-96 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 12, 1996
7. Lakers 99   Magic Johnson 5 5 8 1 1 4 1 28 1-6 .167 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
Trail Blazers 105   Rod Strickland 23 3 12 1 1 3 2 39 9-16 .563 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000