The Lakers used the 1982 No. 1 pick to select James Worthy from the University of North Carolina, Worthy is Michael Jordan's eldest brother, two years after Worthy was selected by the Lakers, Jordan participated in the draft, and he also wanted to enter the Lakers to follow Worthy, but unfortunately the Lakers only had the No. 23 pick that year, and finally the Bulls with the No. 3 pick selected Jordan, which is a later story, not mentioned for the time being.

Worthy's joining allowed the Lakers "SHOWTIME" triumvirate to complete the last piece of the puzzle, if the McCann period is the first dynasty of the Lakers, then the Lakers "SHOWTIME" is the second empire of the Purple and Gold Dynasty, the limelight is unique for a while, Worthy is a very fast attacker, stealing, fast down and then a Lady of Liberty-like one-handed slam dunk is a drama that Worthy often plays in the game, and he is also a player with a big heart, On several occasions he was able to contribute in the final moments of the game, hence his nickname "Cobra" (Worthy needed to wear goggles during the game due to his eyesight), as well as the nickname "Big Man Worthy"!

Worthy is not smiling, and he is more serious in everything he does, and someone once asked his wife Angela,

Don't your husband smile when he's at home?

Angela said, I see a lot of people with that hypocritical and pretentious smile, I don't like that, but you look at James, he will always be such a bad face, his face is not malleable, you like it like that, you don't like it like that, that's his true temperament.

However, Worthy's first year with the Lakers, that is, the 1982-1983 season, Worthy had to play Jamal Wilkes off the bench, playing only one start in 77 games, averaging 13.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, shooting 57.9%, unfortunately, Worthy suffered a tibial fracture in the game at the end of the season, which made him have to watch the entire playoffs, and the Lakers without Worthy reached the Finals, but were defeated by the Philadelphia 76ers to 0: 4 Successful revenge, lost the championship.

In 1983, the San Diego Rockets selected Byron Scott from the University of Arizona with the fourth pick in the first round, and then was traded by the Lakers to Nixon, Scott is 191 cm tall, excellent defense, outstanding three-point shooting ability, dribble breakthrough ability, and more agile ball style, is a strengthened version of the 3D player, Scott averaged 10.6 points and 2.4 assists per game in his rookie season.

This year, Worthy returned from injury, and at this time he had occupied the position of the team's starting small forward. He averaged 14.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, Johnson averaged 17.6 points and 13.1 assists per game, which made him the league's assist leader for two consecutive years, and the legend continues, on April 5, 1984, Abdul-Jabbar scored his 31,420th point in the NBA in a matchup with the Utah Jazz, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain and becoming the scoring champion of the entire NBA.

This year, the Lakers played an excellent record of 54-28, ranking first in the West, easily eliminated the Kings in the playoffs, the Mavericks and the Suns advanced to the Finals, and the Lakers "SHOWTIME" encountered the Celtics' Big Three for the first time on the stage of the Finals.

That year, the Celtics won a full 62 games, and the Lakers were the same as the status of the West, the Celtics were also the only one in the East, and no team could care about posing a threat to their position, the Lakers vs. the Celtics, the battle between black and white continued from the NCAA Finals to the NBA Finals!

In the first game, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 115-109, but the turning point of the whole series came in the second game, in the last 18 seconds of the second game, the Lakers held a two-point lead with 115-113, and at the same time had the ball, which seemed to be a victory in sight, but who knew that Celtics' Gerard Henderson suddenly stole James Worthy's pass to Byron Scott, and made a successful layup, the game went into overtime, and then in overtime, it was Henderson's key assist, Sealed the victory for the Celtics, this battle dealt a heavy blow to the momentum of the Lakers, and finally the Lakers and the Celtics fought seven games, the Lakers lost 3:4, and Bird was named the MVP of the Finals.

In the 1984-1985 season, the Lakers' Wilkes suffered a torn ligament, but that didn't stop the Lakers from winning 62 in the season, but in the NBA that year, 62 wins was not the league's highest winning percentage, because in the East, there was another Celtics with 63 wins.

These two teams, which each stood out in the East and West, undoubtedly met again in the Finals that year, and it is also sad to say, plus last year, the Lakers faced the Celtics in the Finals a total of eight times, all of them lost, this time, it still looks like this from the first game, the Lakers defeated the Celtics by a full 34 points in the first game! "Chief" Robert Parrish beat Abdul-Jabbar, who only scored 12 points and 3 rebounds in the game, the team was bloodied 118-148, this game was called the "game of slaughter day", Abdul-Jabbar felt humiliated, so he trained frantically for the next two days to maintain his strength, and finally, in the second game, Abdul-Jabbar came back, with 30 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocks, leading the team to a 109-102 victory over the Celtics, In the end, driven by Abdul-Jabbar's average of 30.2 points, 11.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2 blocks per game, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Bostonians on the stage of the Finals for the first time since moving to Los Angeles, and in this round of the series, Magic Johnson averaged 17.5 points, 15.5 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game, while Big Bird Larry Bird's statistics were 26.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. And Abdul-Jabbar, at the age of 38, became the NBA's oldest Finals MVP!

From 1979 to 1989, the strong Lakers reached the NBA Finals nine times in this decade, winning five of them, Johnson's matchup with Big Bird Larry Bird became the main theme of the NBA throughout the eighties, Bird ran and jumped averagely, but he was strong enough, good at fighting for rebounds, shooting incomprehensible, no one could prevent small throws on his back, and there was invincible trash talk, small actions and Johnson reached out more comprehensively, and his assist ability was super strong, The only fly in the ointment is that Johnson is a relatively poor three-point shot, and his tall body is not as flexible as a small man, all of which restrict Johnson's scoring ability. In the evaluation of NBA honors, most people pay more attention to the scoring ability of players, so before 1987, Johnson and Larry Bird had a 0-3 ratio of MVPs, but in 1987, Johnson won his first regular season MVP with an average of 23.2 points, 12.2 assists, 7.7 rebounds and a super high shooting rate of 53.9%.

In the 1985-1986 season, the Lakers once again won an excellent record of 62 wins and 20 losses, and after defeating the Spurs and Mavericks in the playoffs, they were defeated by the newly rising Houston Rockets with Olajuwon and Sampson's twin towers in the Western Conference finals, the twin towers were able to score 50 points and 20 rebounds per game, and sent 6 blocks, although Abdul-Jabbar also handed over a report card with an average of 27 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, but the older Uncle Jia was still tired in front of the Rockets twin towers.

In the 1988-1989 season, the 62-20 Lakers once again entered the playoffs with the first record in the West, and swept the San Antonio Spurs in the first round.

In 1986, the Lakers selected AC Green with the 16th pick in the first round, which began the latter's 16-year glorious career, of which the first eight seasons were spent with the Lakers, during which he became an irreplaceable member of the Lakers, whether it was playing as a starter or as a substitute, he was conscientious and uncomplaining, this season the Lakers achieved an astonishing 65-17 record, ranking first in the league, Johnson won the first regular season MVP trophy of his career with 23.9 points, 12.2 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game, the aging Uncle Jia averaged less than 20 points per game for the first time this season, Worthy became a consistent scoring point for the team, the latter averaged 19.4 points and 5.7 assists per game, Michael Cooper became the league's best defensive player, and in the playoffs, the Lakers easily defeated the Jazz, Warriors and SuperSonics, and once again stood on the stage of the Finals, while standing opposite them was the old rival Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics are already in the last glory of their prime, this year's No. 2 rookie Len Baias passed away due to drug overdose, two important substitutes on the bench, Bill Wharton and Scott Weedman were seriously injured, the Celtics had to rely too much on the starters, in the playoffs, the Celtics players' physical strength was greatly tested, but fortunately, Bird had a god-like performance to bring the Celtics to the Finals. As a result, after six games in the finals, the Celtics started Larry Bird, Dennis Johnson, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish and Danny Ainge all played more than 30 minutes, except for the starting five, the person who played the most minutes was Greg Kate, 12.7 minutes, and the other six players played less than 10 minutes per game......

The Lakers defeated the Celtics in the first two games of the Finals without much effort, in the third game, the Celtics won a game with difficulty with Bird's excellent play, the crucial fourth game, at the last moment, Johnson showed his superstar nature, in the last 10 seconds of the game, the Lakers trailed the Green Army by 1 point, but the Lakers had players, there was no timeout, Johnson held the ball at the top of the arc to observe the movement of his teammates, McHale interfered with Johnson's vision with his long arms, and finally, With 4 seconds left on the clock, Johnson broke through with the ball, Bird and Parish quickly surrounded Johnson with McHale, and at the moment when they approached Johnson, the Magic jumped high and sent the ball into the net bag with Uncle Jia's "sky hook" action one step inside the free throw line! Lore! The Lakers struggled to take a 3-1 lead!

After the game, Bird said to reporters with a depressed face, "I thought only Abdul-Jabbar would do this, I didn't think Johnson would do this, what else would he not do?" You tell me, I'm going to learn. ”

In the fifth game, the Celtics won another game with the magical performance of all 20+ of the starting five, but such a magical performance will not continue to happen, in the sixth game, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 106-93 and won the 1987 NBA championship again, Johnson won the third Finals MVP of his career with an average of 26.2 points, 13.0 assists and 8.0 rebounds per game!