Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Steve Alford and Magic Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Steve Alford and Magic Johnson 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 8 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 6-2 winning record over Steve Alford, including a 2-0 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Steve Alford:
1987-88 to 1990-91
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
8 Games played
6 in Regular Season
2 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Steve Alford
2
2
0
Magic Johnson
6
4
2

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Alford 4.3 1.0 0.9 0.40.1
Magic Johnson 25.0 7.4 12.01.90.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Alford 10 3 3 21
Magic Johnson 38 14 20 51
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Steve Alford 0

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0

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1

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Magic Johnson 8

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8

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8

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5

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2

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Both had same stat 0

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1988 Playoffs - Western Conference Finals
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 25, 1988
1. Mavericks 101   Steve Alford 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 04 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 123   Magic Johnson 15 4 19 2 0 3 4 37 5-7 .714 2-2 1.000 3-3 1.000
May. 31, 1988
2. Mavericks 102   Steve Alford 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 02 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 119   Magic Johnson 15 6 20 0 0 3 3 35 7-14 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 08, 1989
3. Warriors 121   Steve Alford 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 17 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 118   Magic Johnson 28 8 12 1 0 3 3 30 8-14 .571 1-2 .500 11-11 1.000
Mar. 01, 1989
4. Warriors 121   Steve Alford 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 21 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 142   Magic Johnson 35 14 8 1 0 1 1 32 13-20 .650 4-7 .571 5-5 1.000
Mar. 12, 1989
5. Warriors 115   Steve Alford 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 09 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Lakers 126   Magic Johnson 23 6 10 2 0 3 3 39 6-13 .462 1-4 .250 10-10 1.000
Apr. 08, 1989
6. Warriors 122   Steve Alford 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 09 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Lakers 116   Magic Johnson 24 9 12 5 1 7 5 41 10-22 .455 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1989
7. Mavericks 98   Steve Alford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 107   Magic Johnson 22 4 7 3 0 2 1 32 9-15 .600 1-2 .500 3-4 .750
Apr. 09, 1990
8. Mavericks 106   Steve Alford 10 1 3 2 0 0 1 11 4-6 .667 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000
Lakers 113   Magic Johnson 38 8 8 1 1 2 1 41 8-13 .615 3-5 .600 19-22 .864