Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Magic Johnson and Walker Russell
This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and Walker Russell 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.
They faced each other a total of 6 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 4-2 winning record over Walker Russell, but Walker Russell won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 2-1 postseason record.
Games Played Against Each Other
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6 Games played
3 in Regular Season
3 in Playoffs
Summary of Victories
| Games Won | in Regular Season |
in Playoffs |
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| Magic Johnson | 4 |
3 |
1 |
| Walker Russell | 2 |
0 |
2 |
Stats in Games Between Them
Averages |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| Magic Johnson | 18.8 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| Walker Russell | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Game Highs |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| Magic Johnson | 29 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| Walker Russell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Games with better stats than the other player... |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| Magic Johnson | 6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 1 |
| Walker Russell | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
| Both had same stat | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 5 |
Head To Head Games Played: One by One
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1982-83 Season
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Game |
Player |
Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Min | FG |
% |
3PT |
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FT |
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Jan. 02, 1983
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| 1. | Lakers | 127 | Magic Johnson | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 2-6 | .333 | 0-1 | .000 | 3-3 | 1.000 | |
| Pistons | 112 | Walker Russell | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1-2 | .500 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
Mar. 05, 1983
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| 2. | Lakers | 122 | Magic Johnson | 21 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 9-21 | .429 | 0-0 | - | 3-4 | .750 | ||
| Pistons | 108 | Walker Russell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08 | 0-2 | .000 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | |||
1986-87 Season
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Game |
Player |
Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Min | FG |
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3PT |
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FT |
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Jan. 22, 1987
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| 3. | Lakers | 118 | Magic Johnson | 29 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9-17 | .529 | 0-0 | - | 11-12 | .917 | |
| Pacers | 108 | Walker Russell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 07 | 2-2 | 1.000 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
1988 Playoffs
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Game |
Player |
Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Min | FG |
% |
3PT |
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FT |
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Jun. 12, 1988
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| 4. | Lakers | 99 | Magic Johnson | 18 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 7-8 | .875 | 0-0 | - | 4-5 | .800 | |
| Pistons | 86 | Walker Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
Jun. 14, 1988
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| 5. | Lakers | 86 | Magic Johnson | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 7-13 | .538 | 0-2 | .000 | 9-11 | .818 | |
| Pistons | 111 | Walker Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03 | 1-3 | .333 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
Jun. 16, 1988
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| 6. | Lakers | 94 | Magic Johnson | 15 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 4-15 | .267 | 0-0 | - | 7-11 | .636 | |
| Pistons | 104 | Walker Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | 2-2 | 1.000 | ||