16 points in the quarter. In the fourth with a little over five minutes left, the Sixers rallied to cut the Laker lead to 103–101. After a timeout, the Lakers went on one last run, with Magic scoring nine points down the stretch on the way to a final 123–107 margin. Wilkes had a career-high 37 points and added 10 rebounds. Jim Chones effectively shut down the middle in place of Abdul-Jabbar and finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and held Darryl Dawkins to 14 points and a scant four rebounds. Michael Cooper, in a rare start, scored 16 points, and Mark Landsberger contributed 10 boards. Magic Johnson scored 42 points, including all 14 of his free-throw attempts. He added 15 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and a block and was elected MVP of the series. "It was amazing, just amazing", said Erving, who led Philly with 27 points. Player statistics Los Angeles Lakers |- | align="left" | || 5 || 5 || 40.6 || .549 || || .808 || 13.6 || 3.2 || 0.6 || 4.6 || 33.4 |-! style="background:#FDE910;" | align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 42.7 || .573 || .000 || .875 || 11.2 || 8.7 || 2.7 || 0.3 || 21.5 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 42.0 || .467 || || .824 || 7.7 || 3.2 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 21.3 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 42.3 || .435 || .000 || .760 || 3.7 || 7.0 || 2.2 || 0.2 || 15.5 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 1 || 30.8 || .357 || || .813 || 4.2 || 3.3 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 8.8 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 30.8 || .528 || || .750 || 7.0 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 8.3 |- | align="left" | || 6 || 0 || 14.3 || .387 || .000 || .500 || 6.2 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 4.2 |- | align="left" | || 3 || 0 || 4.3 || .667 || || 1.000 || 0.3 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 3.3 |- | align="left" | || 2 || 0 || 2.5|| 1.000 || || || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 |- | align="left" | || 1 || 0 || 1.0 || || || || 0.0 || 0.0 ||