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NBA1984 NBA Finals Game 4

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1984 NBA Finals Game 4 · Jun 6, 1984

Boston and Los Angeles played a heated Finals game that shifted the tone of the league's signature rivalry.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterBMBob McAdoo
StarterBSByron Scott
StarterJWJamaal Wilkes
StarterJWJames Worthy
StarterKAKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Away starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterCMCedric Maxwell
StarterDADanny Ainge
StarterDJDennis Johnson
StarterGHGerald Henderson
StarterKMKevin McHale

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.

Before the game

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The first Bird–Magic Finals had begun with Los Angeles controlling long stretches of the matchup. Boston had already stolen Game 2 after a late Lakers mistake, but another loss in Los Angeles would leave the Celtics one game from defeat.

  • Los Angeles led 2–1 and could take commanding control of the rivalry's first Finals meeting of the decade.
  • The game arrived amid growing questions about whether Boston could match the Lakers' speed and composure.

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