what is the lakers best starting record over the first 18 games since 1950

Since 1949-50, the Los Angeles Lakers have had their best record by starters in their first 18 games in 1981-82, with a record of 65-25.

	NAME	REC	TEAM	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0-1	Lakers	10/30/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	HOU	.000	49	33	10	2	0	4	11	25	44.0	0	0		11	16	68.8	51.5			6	5
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	0-1	Lakers	10/30/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	HOU	.000	51	27	14	12	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	52.7			6	2
3	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	0-1	Lakers	10/30/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	HOU	.000	43	5	6	0	0	0	2	10	20.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	23.9			2	4
4	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	0-1	Lakers	10/30/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	HOU	.000	27	12	0	6	1	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		0	2	0.0	50.5	0	0	1	1
5	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	0-1	Lakers	10/30/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	HOU	.000	52	27	10	5	3	2	10	20	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	56.3			1	3
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0-1	Lakers	11/3/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	POR	.000	37	33	11	0	0	3	12	15	80.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	79.6	2	9	8	4
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	0-1	Lakers	11/3/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	POR	.000	37	10	12	10	0	0	4	14	28.6	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	33.6	3	9	5	3
8	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	0-1	Lakers	11/3/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	POR	.000	34	25	8	0	1	1	11	15	73.3	0	0		3	6	50.0	70.9	1	7	0	3
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	0-1	Lakers	11/3/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	POR	.000	37	11	1	7	3	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		1	1	100.0	38.1	0	1	1	3
10	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	0-1	Lakers	11/3/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	POR	.000	32	8	3	1	1	1	2	10	20.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	34.0	0	3	1	4
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1-0	Lakers	11/4/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	SEA	1.000	40	20	6	5	2	1	8	16	50.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	54.9	2	4	1	1
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1-0	Lakers	11/4/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	SEA	1.000	42	12	12	5	2	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	40.3	2	10	8	3
13	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	1-0	Lakers	11/4/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	SEA	1.000	43	20	10	0	0	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		4	6	66.7	68.3	2	8	1	3
14	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1-0	Lakers	11/4/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	SEA	1.000	36	22	3	7	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		2	4	50.0	55.7	3	0	1	5
15	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1-0	Lakers	11/4/1981	1981-82	LAL	@	SEA	1.000	39	18	5	1	0	0	7	15	46.7	0	0		4	6	66.7	51.0	1	4	4	4
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0-1	Lakers	11/6/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	PHX	.000	37	27	14	1	0	1	12	20	60.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	63.3	3	11	5	2
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	0-1	Lakers	11/6/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	PHX	.000	40	11	7	16	9	0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	0	0		78.6	0	7	5	3
18	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	0-1	Lakers	11/6/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	PHX	.000	29	8	8	2	0	0	2	7	28.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	45.7	4	4	2	4
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	0-1	Lakers	11/6/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	PHX	.000	42	22	2	8	3	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.3	2	0	4	4
20	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	0-1	Lakers	11/6/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	PHX	.000	39	15	3	1	1	0	7	21	33.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	34.3	1	2	4	2
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1-0	Lakers	11/8/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	DAL	1.000	28	15	10	0			5	12	41.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	51.2			1	1
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1-0	Lakers	11/8/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	DAL	1.000	37	24	10	15			9	18	50.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	56.9			1	3
23	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	1-0	Lakers	11/8/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	DAL	1.000	32	17	7	2			8	13	61.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	61.2			2	3
24	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1-0	Lakers	11/8/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	DAL	1.000	26	18	3	7			9	15	60.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	58.3			2	2
25	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1-0	Lakers	11/8/1981	1981-82	LAL	vs	DAL	1.000	29	14	4	1			7	17	41.2	0	0		0	0		41.2			0	3
	Average								3.611	36.0	18.3	6.9	4.7			7.5	14.2	52.5	0.0	0.1	30.8	3.3	4.4	75.3	56.6				3.0
	Total	65-25							3.611	3,240	1,647	617	423			672	1,281	52.5	4	13	30.8	299	397	75.3	56.6				272

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