1978-1979 Los Angeles Lakers: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4773 points scored, 4452 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4487 points scored, 4557 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-10 (4773 points scored, 4452 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4487 points scored, 4557 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Jerry West 9260 points scored (8th of 22 teams), 9009 points allowed (8th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 31 UCLA Ron Boone 6'2 200 32 Idaho State Kenny Carr 6'7 220 23 North Carolina State Ron Carter 6'5 190 22 VMI Michael Cooper 6'5 170 22 New Mexico Adrian Dantley 6'5 208 22 Notre Dame Brad Davis 6'3 180 23 Maryland Don Ford 6'8 215 25 California - Santa Barbara Lou Hudson 6'4 210 34 Minnesota Norm Nixon 6'2 170 23 Duquesne Jim Price 6'2 195 29 Louisville Dave Robisch 6'10 235 29 Kansas Jamaal Wilkes 6'6 190 25 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 80 3157 777 1347 0 0 349 474 207 818 1025 431 76 316 282 230 1903 23.8 F Jamaal Wilkes 82 2915 626 1242 0 0 272 362 164 445 609 227 134 27 224 275 1524 18.6 G Norm Nixon 82 3145 623 1149 0 0 158 204 48 183 231 737 201 17 231 250 1404 17.1 F Adrian Dantley 60 1775 374 733 0 0 292 342 131 211 342 138 63 12 155 162 1040 17.3 F Lou Hudson 78 1686 329 636 0 0 110 124 64 76 140 141 58 17 99 133 768 9.8 G Ron Boone 82 1583 259 569 0 0 90 104 53 92 145 154 66 11 147 171 608 7.4 F Kenny Carr 72 1149 225 450 0 0 83 137 70 222 292 60 38 31 116 152 533 7.4 F Don Ford 79 1540 228 450 0 0 72 89 83 185 268 101 51 25 93 177 528 6.7 G Jim Price 75 1207 171 344 0 0 55 79 26 97 123 218 66 12 100 128 397 5.3 C Dave Robisch 80 1219 150 336 0 0 86 115 82 203 285 97 20 25 53 108 386 4.8 G Ron Carter 46 332 54 124 0 0 36 54 21 24 45 25 17 7 40 54 144 3.1 G Brad Davis 5 65 8 11 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 9 2 0 6 10 19 3.8 G Michael Cooper 3 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 2.0
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
2 26 Ron Carter 59 Virginia Military [pick acquired from KC]
2 38 Lew Massey North Carolina-Charlotte
3 60 Michael Cooper 873 New Mexico
4 82 Harold Robertson Lincoln
5 104 Carlos Terry 94 Winston-Salem State
6 126 Kim Stewart Washington
7 147 Larry Paige Colorado State
Traded draft picks:
#1 to ATL via NO (Jack Givens)
Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western First Round 04/10/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 105-110 04/13/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 121-109 04/15/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 112-111 -------------------------------------------------- Western Semifinals 04/17/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-112 04/18/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 103-108 (OT) 04/20/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-112 (OT) 04/22/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 115-117 04/25/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-106Playoff 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 8 367 88 152 52 62 18 83 101 38 8 33 29 26 228 28.5 F Jamaal Wilkes 8 307 61 128 25 37 20 48 68 16 15 2 15 21 147 18.4 F Adrian Dantley 8 236 50 89 41 52 10 23 33 11 6 1 19 24 141 17.6 G Norm Nixon 8 327 56 119 11 15 6 22 28 94 11 0 24 37 123 15.4 G Ron Boone 8 226 37 77 20 21 7 8 15 14 9 0 14 28 94 11.8 F Kenny Carr 8 117 19 35 5 8 4 13 17 4 4 2 11 18 43 5.4 F Lou Hudson 6 90 17 32 4 4 1 3 4 8 1 0 5 6 38 6.3 F Don Ford 8 138 16 30 1 3 2 20 22 7 3 2 4 20 33 4.1 G Jim Price 8 128 9 30 2 4 1 7 8 18 5 0 8 19 20 2.5 C Dave Robisch 5 32 3 5 2 2 0 10 10 2 0 0 3 4 8 1.6 G Ron Carter 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/13/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-110 0-1
10/14/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 100-102 0-2
10/17/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 111-113 0-3
10/22/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs W 134-121 1-3
10/24/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 123-124 1-4
10/27/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 113-101 2-4
10/29/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 109-93 3-4
10/31/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 134-107 4-4
11/03/1978 vs New York Knicks W 147-124 5-4
11/05/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 117-107 6-4
11/07/1978 at Chicago Bulls W 112-111 7-4
11/08/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 113-111 8-4
11/10/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 136-127 9-4
11/12/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 134-106 10-4
11/14/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks W 137-119 11-4
11/15/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 133-126 12-4
11/17/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 121-109 13-4
11/19/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-95 14-4
11/22/1978 at Houston Rockets W 121-114 15-4
11/24/1978 at Washington Bullets L 103-113 15-5
11/25/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-109 15-6
11/28/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 103-105 15-7
12/01/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 130-122 16-7
12/03/1978 vs New Jersey Nets L 105-107 16-8
12/05/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 114-102 17-8
12/06/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 111-112 17-9
12/08/1978 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 101-85 18-9
12/10/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 88-86 19-9
12/12/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 115-117 19-10
12/13/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 107-117 19-11
12/15/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 100-98 20-11
12/16/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 100-119 20-12
12/17/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 96-103 20-13
12/22/1978 vs Washington Bullets W 127-115 21-13
12/26/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz L 123-125 21-14
12/27/1978 at Golden State Warriors W 106-104 22-14
12/29/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 118-95 23-14
01/02/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 105-109 23-15
01/03/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 99-96 24-15
01/06/1979 at Houston Rockets L 112-115 24-16
01/09/1979 at New York Knicks W 106-94 25-16
01/10/1979 at Boston Celtics W 99-89 26-16
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/12/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 117-116 27-16
01/14/1979 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-99 28-16
01/17/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 117-119 28-17
01/19/1979 vs Houston Rockets L 121-122 28-18
01/21/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-107 29-18
01/23/1979 vs New York Knicks W 148-124 30-18
01/25/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 100-135 30-19
01/26/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 107-119 30-20
01/28/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 111-109 31-20
01/30/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 127-108 32-20
02/06/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 119-111 33-20
02/07/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 106-104 34-20
02/09/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-103 35-20
02/11/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 103-104 35-21
02/13/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 111-117 35-22
02/16/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-99 35-23
02/18/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 122-111 36-23
02/20/1979 vs Golden State Warriors L 91-102 36-24
02/23/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 113-104 37-24
02/25/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-108 38-24
02/27/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 122-114 39-24
03/02/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 126-111 40-24
03/04/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 99-113 40-25
03/09/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 92-102 40-26
03/11/1979 at Boston Celtics L 106-108 40-27
03/13/1979 at Washington Bullets L 111-120 40-28
03/14/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 112-125 40-29
03/16/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-110 41-29
03/18/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 122-111 42-29
03/21/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 110-114 42-30
03/23/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 156-119 43-30
03/25/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 113-123 43-31
03/28/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 106-112 43-32
03/30/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 124-113 44-32
04/01/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 111-112 44-33
04/03/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 97-95 45-33
04/04/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 111-115 45-34
04/06/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 93-113 45-35
04/07/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 99-98 46-35
04/08/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-103 47-35
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