1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season

[1] In doing so, the Lakers made good on Pat Riley's famous promise to repeat as champions.

"[2] Before the Lakers could make good on Riley's guarantee, they swept the San Antonio Spurs in the opening round of the playoffs.

The Lakers went 62–20 in the regular season and 15–9 in the playoffs, en route to their sixth NBA Championship in Los Angeles, and their 11th overall in franchise history.

HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the 13th easiest route to the NBA Finals championship (in terms of team records of their opponents), primarily due to the record that the Spurs had this season.

Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were all selected to play in the 1988 NBA All-Star Game held in Chicago.