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Los Angeles LakersVERSUSPhiladelphia 76ers

1979-80 · NBA Finals Game 6 · May 16, 1980

Los Angeles entered a Finals closeout chance in Philadelphia with a major lineup question and a rookie asked to do more.

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Verified starters

Home starting five
Philadelphia 76ers
StarterBTBernard Toone
StarterBJBobby Jones
StarterCJCaldwell Jones
StarterCRClint Richardson

Before the game

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had carried Los Angeles through the Finals but remained home with a severely sprained ankle. The Lakers asked 20-year-old rookie Magic Johnson to start at center in Philadelphia with a chance to close the series.

  • Los Angeles led 3–2 but faced Game 6 without the league MVP and its primary half-court scorer.
  • Magic had played every position during his rookie year, but never on a championship stage with this responsibility.

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Starter
DDDarryl Dawkins
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterBHBrad Holland
StarterJWJamaal Wilkes
StarterJCJim Chones
StarterMJMagic Johnson
StarterMLMark Landsberger

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.