magic johnson finals record as a starter

Magic Johnson had a 24-26 record as a starter in the NBA Finals in his career.

	NAME	DATE	REC	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/4/1980	1-0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	1.000	40	16	9	10	3	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	7	2	1
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/7/1980	0-1	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	.000	41	13	8	11	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.7	1	7	5	5
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/10/1980	1-0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	1.000	44	16	11	5	2	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	54.6	5	6	5	2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/11/1980	0-1	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	.000	45	28	9	9	3	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	76.1	1	8	3	1
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/14/1980	1-0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	1.000	39	14	15	10	3	0	4	13	30.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	43.5	5	10	10	5
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/16/1980	1-0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	1.000	47	42	15	7	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	14	14	100.0	72.0	3	12	5	3
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/27/1982	1-0	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	1.000	45	10	14	9	1	0	4	10	40.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	44.2	5	9	7	3
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/30/1982	0-1	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	.000	44	18	11	7	4	0	6	14	42.9	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	52.7	4	7	5	3
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/1/1982	1-0	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	1.000	34	22	9	8	3	0	8	9	88.9	0	0		6	7	85.7	91.1	2	7	3	5
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/3/1982	1-0	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	1.000	43	24	8	7	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	1	0.0	8	9	88.9	63.3	3	5	0	3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/6/1982	0-1	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	.000	40	10	10	4	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		2	4	50.0	46.5	3	7	5	4
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/8/1982	1-0	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	1.000	44	13	13	13	4	2	2	3	66.7	0	0		9	9	100.0	93.4	3	10	6	5
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/22/1983	0-1	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	.000	43	19	9	11	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	5	4	3	4
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/26/1983	0-1	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	.000	44	12	8	13	3	1	6	14	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.9	3	5	4	3
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/29/1983	0-1	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	.000	44	18	7	13	2	1	3	12	25.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	50.8	3	4	8	4
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/31/1983	0-1	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	.000	48	27	7	13	1	1	8	21	38.1	0	1	0.0	11	12	91.7	51.4	2	5	9	5
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/27/1984	1-0	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	1.000	38	18	6	10	4	0	7	11	63.6	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.5	0	6	3	5
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/31/1984	0-1	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	.000	46	27	10	9	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		7	7	100.0	79.0	1	9	4	5
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/3/1984	1-0	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	1.000	39	14	11	21	1	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		6	10	60.0	67.3	2	9	2	3
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/6/1984	0-1	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	.000	49	20	11	17	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		4	7	57.1	66.3	1	10	7	5
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/8/1984	0-1	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	.000	39	10	5	13	2	2	3	9	33.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	43.0	0	5	4	2
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/10/1984	1-0	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	1.000	41	21	6	10	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	55.6	3	3	4	3
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6/12/1984	0-1	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	.000	43	16	5	15	4	2	5	14	35.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	46.8	0	5	7	5
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/27/1985	0-1	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	.000	34	19	1	12	3	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.3	0	1	2	2
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5/30/1985	1-0	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	1.000	41	14	4	13	3	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	65.1	1	3	7	3
	Average								.480	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2.9
	Total		24-26						.480	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	339	657	51.6	9	38	23.7	284	325	87.4	60.7	89	308	190	147

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