James Ager Worthy was born on February 27,1961 and is an American sports commentator, television host, analyst, and former professional basketball player.
24 Facts About James Worthy
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James Worthy was a seven-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Team member who won three NBA championships and was voted the NBA Finals MVP in 1988.
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James Worthy was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams.
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James Worthy is one of eight players to have their numbers retired by the Tar Heels.
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In 2002, James Worthy was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team honoring the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
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Late in Game 2, James Worthy made an errant cross-court pass that was picked off by Gerald Henderson and taken in for the game-tying score, leading to a Celtics win in overtime.
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James Worthy was at the top of his game, leading the team with 23.6 points per game in the playoffs.
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James Worthy led the Lakers in scoring in the 1988 play-offs and led the NBA in points scored during the play-offs.
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The Lakers once more won the West in 1991 and marched through the playoffs to the Finals thanks to James Worthy's team-leading and career-high 21.4 ppg in '91 and the addition of former North Carolina Tarheel star Sam Perkins at center.
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Unfortunately, James Worthy suffered a high ankle sprain in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Blazers and was very limited heading into the Finals against the Chicago Bulls.
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The Lakers ultimately fell in five, with James Worthy sidelined for Game 5 after re-injuring his ankle the previous game.
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James Worthy led the Lakers in playoff scoring in their championship runs in 1987 and 1988 and was second to Abdul-Jabbar in the 1985 championship run.
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James Worthy always saved his best for the playoffs and averaged 3.5 points higher per game than in the regular season.
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James Worthy played in 926 NBA regular-season games, averaging 17.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and three assists per game.
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James Worthy played in 143 playoff games and averaged 21.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game and had a 54.4 field goal percentage.
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James Worthy was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.
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James Worthy was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
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James Worthy was a studio analyst for Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes and co-host of Access SportsNet, the networks' pregame and postgame show for Lakers game telecasts on in Los Angeles; he served as an NBA analyst for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles.
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James Worthy portrayed the Klingon Koral in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Gambit, Part II".
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James Worthy guest starred as himself on Everybody Loves Raymond and Webster.
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On September 28,2015, James Worthy was hired to work with the Lakers coaching staff with a focus on the team's big men.
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James Worthy was married for 12 years to Angela Wilder, whom he met in 1981 at the University of North Carolina where she was a cheerleader while he was playing.
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On November 14,1990, James Worthy was arrested in Houston, and charged with two counts of solicitation of prostitution in a Houston police department sting operation.
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James Worthy was sentenced to one year of probation, fined $1,000 and ordered to perform 40 hours of community service.