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Los Angeles LakersVERSUSPhiladelphia 76ers

1982-83 · Regular Season · Jan 5, 1983

The defending champion Lakers visited an ascendant Philadelphia team in an overtime showcase between elite contenders.

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Home starting five
Philadelphia 76ers
StarterATAndrew Toney
StarterBJBobby Jones
StarterCRClint Richardson
StarterECEarl Cureton

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Philadelphia had lost to Los Angeles in the 1980 and 1982 Finals before adding Moses Malone for another championship push. Their January meeting carried the tension of a likely Finals preview between the reigning champions and the team most determined to replace them.

  • The game matched Julius Erving and Moses Malone against Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the defending champion Lakers.
  • Philadelphia had added Malone specifically to overcome Los Angeles after losing two of the previous three Finals to the Lakers.

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Starter
FEFranklin Edwards
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterBMBob McAdoo
StarterEJEddie Jordan
StarterJWJamaal Wilkes
StarterJWJames Worthy
StarterKRKurt Rambis

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.