1977-1978 Los Angeles Lakers: 45-37 .549
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4589 points scored, 4363 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4455 points scored, 4462 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 29-12 (4589 points scored, 4363 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4455 points scored, 4462 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Jerry West 9044 points scored (8th of 22 teams), 8825 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 108.5 points/game (8894.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 30 UCLA Tom Abernethy 6'7 220 23 Indiana Kenny Carr 6'7 220 22 North Carolina State Don Chaney 6'5 210 31 Houston Adrian Dantley 6'5 208 21 Notre Dame Brad Davis 6'3 180 22 Maryland Ernie DiGregorio 6'0 180 26 Providence James Edwards 7'0 225 22 Washington Don Ford 6'8 215 24 California - Santa Barbara Lou Hudson 6'4 210 33 Minnesota Norm Nixon 6'2 170 22 Duquesne Dave Robisch 6'10 235 28 Kansas Charlie Scott 6'5 175 29 North Carolina Earl Tatum 6'4 185 24 Marquette Kermit Washington 6'8 230 26 American Jamaal Wilkes 6'6 190 24 UCLATeam 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 62 2265 663 1205 0 0 274 350 186 615 801 269 103 185 208 182 1600 25.8 F Lou Hudson 82 2283 493 992 0 0 137 177 80 108 188 193 94 14 150 196 1123 13.7 G Norm Nixon 81 2779 496 998 0 0 115 161 41 198 239 553 138 7 251 259 1107 13.7 F Adrian Dantley 56 1985 377 725 0 0 334 417 171 233 404 188 70 7 161 157 1088 19.4 F Jamaal Wilkes 51 1490 277 630 0 0 106 148 113 267 380 182 77 22 107 162 660 12.9 F Don Ford 79 1945 272 576 0 0 68 90 106 247 353 142 68 46 88 210 612 7.7 G Charlie Scott 48 1393 225 509 0 0 110 142 38 110 148 235 59 11 133 155 560 11.7 F Tom Abernethy 73 1317 201 404 0 0 91 111 105 160 265 101 55 22 50 122 493 6.8 C James Edwards 25 723 145 316 0 0 80 125 44 136 180 29 17 28 57 89 370 14.8 G Earl Tatum 25 663 153 314 0 0 45 59 23 67 90 70 37 10 53 85 351 14.0 F Kenny Carr 52 733 134 302 0 0 55 85 53 155 208 26 18 14 89 127 323 6.2 F Kermit Washington 25 751 110 244 0 0 68 110 110 169 279 30 19 24 53 74 288 11.5 C Dave Robisch 55 679 104 249 0 0 50 65 53 126 179 40 19 14 37 71 258 4.7 G Ernie DiGregorio 25 332 41 100 0 0 16 20 5 18 23 71 6 0 46 22 98 3.9 G Brad Davis 33 334 30 72 0 0 22 29 4 31 35 83 15 2 35 39 82 2.5 G Don Chaney 9 133 13 36 0 0 5 6 4 7 11 17 8 3 11 14 31 3.4
1977 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 Kenny Carr 674 North Carolina State [pick acquired from NO]
1 15 Brad Davis 961 Maryland [pick acquired from SA]
1 22 Norm Nixon 768 Duquesne
3 46 James Edwards 1168 Washington [pick acquired from BUF]
4 88 Tony Robertson 75 West Virginia
5 110 John Robinson Michigan
6 131 Grover Woolard Murray State
7 151 Lars Hansen 15 Washington
8 170 Art Allen Pepperdine
Traded draft picks:
#2 to NO (Essie Hollis)
#3 to PHO (Mike Bratz)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western First Round 04/12/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 90-102 04/14/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 105-99 04/16/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-111Playoff 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 3 134 38 73 5 9 14 27 41 11 2 12 14 14 81 27.0 F Adrian Dantley 3 104 20 35 11 17 9 16 25 11 5 3 6 9 51 17.0 F Jamaal Wilkes 3 108 15 32 6 11 9 17 26 8 3 1 11 14 36 12.0 F Lou Hudson 3 93 14 38 7 8 7 2 9 9 5 0 5 9 35 11.7 G Charlie Scott 3 103 12 40 6 8 6 7 13 14 4 0 11 9 30 10.0 C Dave Robisch 3 47 13 24 4 5 8 4 12 1 1 1 0 6 30 10.0 G Norm Nixon 3 92 11 24 2 3 4 5 9 16 4 1 5 13 24 8.0 F Kenny Carr 2 17 3 8 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 3 2 6 3.0 F Tom Abernethy 2 12 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 2.0 F Don Ford 1 10 0 3 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/18/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 112-117 0-1
10/19/1977 at Indiana Pacers W 133-120 1-1
10/21/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 101-106 1-2
10/23/1977 vs Phoenix Suns L 101-104 1-3
10/25/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 109-107 2-3
10/28/1977 at Atlanta Hawks L 95-102 2-4
10/29/1977 at San Antonio Spurs L 118-129 2-5
11/02/1977 at New Jersey Nets W 107-102 3-5
11/04/1977 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-99 4-5
11/06/1977 vs New York Knicks L 102-106 4-6
11/11/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 123-107 5-6
11/13/1977 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-95 6-6
11/15/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 95-102 6-7
11/18/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-83 7-7
11/20/1977 vs Chicago Bulls L 80-102 7-8
11/22/1977 at Phoenix Suns L 107-118 7-9
11/23/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 89-113 7-10
11/25/1977 vs New Jersey Nets W 129-117 8-10
11/27/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 93-100 8-11
11/29/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-118 8-12
11/30/1977 at Detroit Pistons L 98-104 8-13
12/04/1977 vs Denver Nuggets L 109-111 8-14
12/06/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 109-108 9-14
12/09/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 105-116 9-15
12/11/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 124-119 10-15
12/13/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 94-117 10-16
12/14/1977 at Houston Rockets W 113-91 11-16
12/16/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 90-98 11-17
12/18/1977 vs Boston Celtics W 104-97 12-17
12/20/1977 vs Washington Bullets W 120-115 13-17
12/23/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 98-108 13-18
12/25/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 111-96 14-18
12/27/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 123-82 15-18
12/30/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 119-109 16-18
01/03/1978 at New York Knicks W 120-117 17-18
01/04/1978 at Buffalo Braves L 93-94 17-19
01/06/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-123 17-20
01/08/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 103-104 17-21
01/10/1978 at Chicago Bulls L 106-110 17-22
01/11/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 94-102 17-23
01/14/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 112-123 17-24
01/17/1978 vs New York Knicks W 121-108 18-24
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/20/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 121-99 19-24
01/22/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 106-101 20-24
01/24/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 117-102 21-24
01/27/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 131-114 22-24
01/29/1978 at Washington Bullets L 112-119 22-25
01/31/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-107 23-25
02/01/1978 at Boston Celtics L 100-103 23-26
02/03/1978 at New Jersey Nets W 105-99 24-26
02/07/1978 at Buffalo Braves W 132-105 25-26
02/08/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 105-95 26-26
02/10/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 135-107 27-26
02/12/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 103-116 27-27
02/14/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 128-114 28-27
02/17/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 114-106 29-27
02/19/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 115-93 30-27
02/21/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 106-104 31-27
02/22/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 122-127 31-28
02/24/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 109-99 32-28
02/26/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 124-127 32-29
03/03/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 96-95 33-29
03/05/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-117 34-29
03/10/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-109 35-29
03/11/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 114-120 35-30
03/12/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 128-112 36-30
03/14/1978 at New York Knicks W 135-117 37-30
03/15/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 93-113 37-31
03/17/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics L 98-105 37-32
03/19/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 101-87 38-32
03/21/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 105-109 38-33
03/22/1978 at Houston Rockets W 124-106 39-33
03/24/1978 vs Buffalo Braves W 120-115 40-33
03/26/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 110-99 41-33
03/28/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-105 41-34
03/29/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 108-103 42-34
03/31/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 101-103 42-35
04/02/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 133-127 43-35
04/04/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 103-102 44-35
04/05/1978 at Washington Bullets L 119-125 44-36
04/07/1978 vs New Jersey Nets W 114-106 45-36
04/09/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 99-114 45-37
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