1976-1977 Los Angeles Lakers: 53-29 .646
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 37-4 (4487 points scored, 4095 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4276 points scored, 4445 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Jerry West 8763 points scored (10th of 22 teams), 8540 points allowed (4th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 29 UCLA Tom Abernethy 6'7 220 22 Indiana Lucius Allen 6'2 175 29 UCLA Mack Calvin 6'0 165 29 Southern California Don Chaney 6'5 210 30 Houston Don Ford 6'8 215 24 California - Santa Barbara C.J. Kupec 6'6 220 23 Michigan Bo Lamar 6'1 180 25 Southwestern Louisiana Allen Murphy 6'4 190 24 Louisville Johnny Neumann 6'6 200 25 Mississippi Marv Roberts 6'8 200 26 Utah State Cazzie Russell 6'5 218 32 Michigan Earl Tatum 6'4 185 23 Marquette Cornell Warner 6'9 220 28 Jackson State Kermit Washington 6'8 230 25 American Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 82 3016 888 1533 0 0 376 536 266 824 1090 319 101 261 0 262 2152 26.2 F Cazzie Russell 82 2583 578 1179 0 0 188 219 86 208 294 210 86 7 0 163 1344 16.4 G Lucius Allen 78 2482 472 1035 0 0 195 252 58 193 251 405 116 19 0 183 1139 14.6 G Earl Tatum 68 1249 283 607 0 0 72 100 83 153 236 118 85 22 0 168 638 9.4 F Don Ford 82 1782 262 570 0 0 73 102 105 248 353 133 60 21 0 170 597 7.3 F Kermit Washington 53 1342 191 380 0 0 132 187 182 310 492 48 43 52 0 183 514 9.7 G Bo Lamar 71 1165 228 561 0 0 46 68 30 62 92 177 59 3 0 73 502 7.1 G Don Chaney 81 2408 213 522 0 0 70 94 120 210 330 308 140 33 0 224 496 6.1 F Tom Abernethy 70 1378 169 349 0 0 101 134 113 178 291 98 49 10 0 118 439 6.3 C C.J. Kupec 82 908 153 342 0 0 78 101 76 123 199 53 18 4 0 113 384 4.7 G Johnny Neumann 59 888 146 363 0 0 54 81 19 44 63 137 28 8 0 127 346 5.9 G Mack Calvin 12 207 27 82 0 0 41 48 6 10 16 21 11 1 0 16 95 7.9 F Marv Roberts 28 209 27 76 0 0 4 6 9 16 25 19 4 2 0 34 58 2.1 F Cornell Warner 14 170 25 53 0 0 4 6 21 48 69 11 1 2 0 28 54 3.9 G Allen Murphy 2 18 1 5 0 0 3 7 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 2.5
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 21 Earl Tatum 262 Marquette [pick acquired from DET via PHO]
3 36 Mike Dabney Rutgers [pick acquired from ATL]
3 43 Tom Abernethy 319 Indiana
4 60 Wayman Britt 7 Michigan
6 95 Ed Schweitzer Stanford
7 113 Tommie Lipsey Cal State Los Angeles
8 131 Ed Gregg Utah State
9 149 David Pickett NE Louisiana
Traded draft picks:
#1 to GOL (Robert Parish)
#2 to NO via PHO and POR (Jacky Dorsey)
#5 to MIL (James Rappis)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
04/20/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 115-106
04/22/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 95-86
04/24/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 105-109
04/26/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 103-114
04/29/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 112-105
05/01/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 106-115
05/04/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-84
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Western Finals
05/06/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 109-121
05/08/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 97-99
05/10/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-102
05/13/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 101-105
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 11 467 147 242 87 120 51 144 195 45 19 38 42 381 34.6
F Cazzie Russell 11 382 65 157 44 50 22 26 48 25 16 1 33 174 15.8
G Earl Tatum 11 356 67 134 16 24 16 38 54 27 15 9 34 150 13.6
F Don Ford 11 333 42 98 27 36 22 36 58 37 17 4 28 111 10.1
G Don Chaney 11 412 36 96 16 22 24 28 52 48 21 3 32 88 8.0
G Lucius Allen 7 186 32 82 13 19 7 25 32 24 11 3 18 77 11.0
F Tom Abernethy 11 214 21 50 22 27 12 28 40 22 7 2 16 64 5.8
G Bo Lamar 10 109 12 41 9 10 0 9 9 14 3 0 12 33 3.3
G Johnny Neumann 6 68 11 29 2 4 0 2 2 9 3 2 14 24 4.0
C C.J. Kupec 11 57 8 18 5 7 3 13 16 4 3 0 7 21 1.9
F Cornell Warner 5 56 7 12 0 0 2 7 9 6 1 0 11 14 2.8
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1976 at New York Knicks L 97-102 0-1 10/22/1976 at Washington Bullets W 103-84 1-1 10/24/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-100 1-2 10/26/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 115-117 1-3 10/29/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-101 2-3 10/31/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 121-101 3-3 11/05/1976 vs New York Knicks L 121-126 3-4 11/07/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 107-96 4-4 11/09/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 116-121 4-5 11/10/1976 at Boston Celtics L 112-117 4-6 11/12/1976 vs Indiana Pacers W 117-106 5-6 11/14/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-97 5-7 11/19/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 121-99 6-7 11/21/1976 vs New York Nets W 96-91 7-7 11/23/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 117-114 8-7 11/24/1976 at Denver Nuggets L 112-122 8-8 11/26/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 99-96 9-8 11/28/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 103-84 10-8 11/30/1976 vs Washington Bullets W 109-102 11-8 12/03/1976 vs San Antonio Spurs W 114-105 12-8 12/04/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 114-116 12-9 12/07/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 81-89 12-10 12/08/1976 at Indiana Pacers L 98-111 12-11 12/10/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 109-99 13-11 12/12/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-83 14-11 12/14/1976 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-106 14-12 12/15/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 115-105 15-12 12/17/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-105 16-12 12/18/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers W 115-111 17-12 12/19/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 103-92 18-12 12/21/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 97-89 19-12 12/25/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 96-113 19-13 12/26/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 107-99 20-13 12/28/1976 vs Boston Celtics W 134-105 21-13 01/02/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-99 22-13 01/05/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-117 22-14 01/07/1977 at New York Nets W 85-82 23-14 01/09/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 124-118 24-14 01/11/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 101-99 25-14 01/14/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 109-106 26-14 01/15/1977 at Houston Rockets L 116-122 26-15 01/18/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 113-111 27-15 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1977 vs New York Knicks W 108-94 28-15 01/23/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-104 29-15 01/25/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-109 30-15 01/26/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-118 30-16 01/28/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 117-104 31-16 01/30/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 101-99 32-16 02/01/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 136-115 33-16 02/04/1977 at Boston Celtics L 98-99 33-17 02/06/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-102 33-18 02/08/1977 at New York Knicks L 107-125 33-19 02/09/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 105-90 34-19 02/11/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 117-109 35-19 02/18/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks L 101-111 35-20 02/20/1977 at Washington Bullets W 108-101 36-20 02/22/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 103-135 36-21 02/23/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 101-102 36-22 02/25/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-102 37-22 02/27/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 106-101 38-22 03/01/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 92-90 39-22 03/02/1977 at Houston Rockets L 113-120 39-23 03/04/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-114 39-24 03/06/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 104-99 40-24 03/11/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 94-91 41-24 03/13/1977 at New York Nets W 84-81 42-24 03/14/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-110 42-25 03/15/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 95-107 42-26 03/18/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 98-85 43-26 03/20/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 100-95 44-26 03/22/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 86-102 44-27 03/23/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 105-97 45-27 03/25/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-93 46-27 03/26/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 109-102 47-27 03/27/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 92-89 48-27 03/29/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics W 100-97 49-27 04/01/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 107-102 50-27 04/03/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-107 51-27 04/05/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 103-132 51-28 04/08/1977 vs New York Nets W 124-100 52-28 04/09/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 116-145 52-29 04/10/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 113-104 53-29 |