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Michael Cooper

Michael Jerome Cooper (Mike)
Position: G
Height: 6' 5'' Weight: 170
Born: 4/15/1956, in Los Angeles, CA, USA
High School:Pasadena, in Pasadena, CA
College:University of New Mexico, Pasadena CC

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Draft History
1978 NBA - Round 3 by LAL

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Regular Season Stats
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Year Age Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF ? ?
1978-79 22 LAL NBA 3 7 6 2.0 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 ?? ?
1979-80 23 LAL NBA 82 1973 722 8.8 303 578 .524 111 143 .776 5 20 .250 101 128 229 2.8 221 2.7 86 38 142 215 ?? ?
1980-81 24 LAL NBA 81 2625 763 9.4 321 654 .491 117 149 .785 4 19 .211 121 215 336 4.1 332 4.1 133 78 164 249 ?? ?
1981-82 25 LAL NBA 76 2197 907 11.9 383 741 .517 139 171 .813 2 17 .118 84 185 269 3.5 230 3.0 120 61 151 216 ?? ?
1982-83 26 LAL NBA 82 2148 639 7.8 266 497 .535 102 130 .785 5 21 .238 82 192 274 3.3 315 3.8 115 50 128 208 ?? ?
1983-84 27 LAL NBA 82 2387 739 9.0 273 549 .497 155 185 .838 38 121 .314 53 209 262 3.2 482 5.9 113 67 148 267 ?? ?
1984-85 28 LAL NBA 82 2189 702 8.6 276 593 .465 115 133 .865 35 123 .285 56 199 255 3.1 429 5.2 93 49 156 208 ?? ?
1985-86 29 LAL NBA 82 2269 758 9.2 274 606 .452 147 170 .865 63 163 .387 44 200 244 3.0 466 5.7 89 43 151 238 ?? ?
1986-87 30 LAL NBA 82 2253 859 10.5 322 736 .438 126 148 .851 89 231 .385 58 196 254 3.1 373 4.5 78 43 102 199 ?? ?
1987-88 31 LAL NBA 61 1793 532 8.7 189 482 .392 97 113 .858 57 178 .320 50 178 228 3.7 289 4.7 66 26 101 136 ?? ?
1988-89 32 LAL NBA 80 1943 587 7.3 213 494 .431 81 93 .871 80 210 .381 33 158 191 2.4 314 3.9 72 32 94 186 ?? ?
1989-90 33 LAL NBA 80 1851 515 6.4 191 493 .387 83 94 .883 50 157 .318 59 168 227 2.8 215 2.7 67 36 91 206 ?? ?
12 Season Totals ? ? 873 23635 7729 8.9 3014 6429 .469 1273 1529 .833 428 1260 .340 741 2028 2769 3.2 3666 4.2 1033 523 1429 2329 ? ?

M - MVP
N - All NBA First Team
A - All Star

Extended Stats Explanations

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Year Age Team Lg G MPG PPG EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
1978-79 22 LAL NBA 3 2.3 2.0 1.00 0.1 0.0 1.000 -14.29 0.0
1979-80 23 LAL NBA 82 24.1 8.8 10.33 7.5 4.1 1.127 0.27 6.3
1980-81 24 LAL NBA 81 32.4 9.4 13.74 9.1 5.4 1.060 2.18 7.0
1981-82 25 LAL NBA 76 28.9 11.9 13.76 8.7 5.0 1.111 0.11 6.7
1982-83 26 LAL NBA 82 26.2 7.8 12.27 8.5 4.6 1.153 3.82 7.1
1983-84 27 LAL NBA 82 29.1 9.0 14.74 9.8 5.5 1.172 7.26 6.2
1984-85 28 LAL NBA 82 26.7 8.6 12.65 8.7 5.2 1.077 5.94 6.7
1985-86 29 LAL NBA 82 27.7 9.2 13.34 9.0 5.4 1.113 7.04 6.1
1986-87 30 LAL NBA 82 27.5 10.5 13.04 8.9 5.3 1.072 6.51 6.3
1987-88 31 LAL NBA 61 29.4 8.7 11.98 6.7 5.3 1.001 5.11 7.2
1988-89 32 LAL NBA 80 24.3 7.3 10.11 7.2 4.1 1.097 5.94 5.5
1989-90 33 LAL NBA 80 23.1 6.4 8.20 6.1 3.6 0.964 2.83 7.0
12 Season Totals ? ? 873 27.1 8.9 12.16 49.8 4.9 1.088 4.19 0.0

Playoff Stats

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Year Team Lg G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB DRB TRB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1979-80 LAL NBA 16 464 145 9.1 57 140 .407 31 36 .861 0 2 .000 28 31 59 3.7 58 3.6 24 11 29
1980-81 LAL NBA 3 102 32 10.7 11 20 .550 10 14 .714 0 3 .000 2 8 10 3.3 7 2.3 6 0 7
1981-82 LAL NBA 14 383 166 11.9 70 124 .565 25 34 .735 1 2 .500 19 42 61 4.4 62 4.4 24 11 29
1982-83 LAL NBA 15 453 141 9.4 53 114 .465 34 41 .829 1 7 .143 12 47 59 3.9 44 2.9 26 6 23
1983-84 LAL NBA 21 723 238 11.3 88 191 .461 50 62 .806 12 36 .333 20 62 82 3.9 119 5.7 24 20 29
1984-85 LAL NBA 19 501 198 10.4 71 126 .563 48 52 .923 8 26 .308 12 64 76 4.0 93 4.9 21 9 36
1985-86 LAL NBA 14 421 136 9.7 54 115 .470 9 11 .818 19 41 .463 16 30 46 3.3 68 4.9 18 4 21
1986-87 LAL NBA 18 522 234 13.0 77 159 .484 46 54 .852 34 70 .486 8 51 59 3.3 90 5.0 25 14 37
1987-88 LAL NBA 24 588 153 6.4 54 131 .412 20 27 .741 25 62 .403 15 43 58 2.4 66 2.8 19 9 21
1988-89 LAL NBA 15 414 115 7.7 37 89 .416 20 24 .833 21 55 .382 9 31 40 2.7 71 4.7 9 8 17
1989-90 LAL NBA 9 173 23 2.6 10 35 .286 0 0 .000 3 12 .250 11 13 24 2.7 25 2.8 7 4 7
Totals ? 168 4744 1581 9.4 582 1244 .468 293 355 .825 124 316 .392 152 422 574 3.4 703 4.2 203 96 256

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