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1979-1980 Los Angeles Lakers: 60-22 .732
Previous Season Home record: 37-4 (4754 points scored, 4340 allowed) Road record: 23-18 (4684 points scored, 4614 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)

Head Coaches: Jack McKinney (10-4), Paul Westhead (50-18) 9438 points scored (2nd of 22 teams), 8954 points allowed (11th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team)

Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 32 UCLA Ron Boone 6'2 200 33 Idaho State Marty Byrnes 6'7 215 23 Syracuse Kenny Carr 6'7 220 24 North Carolina State Jim Chones 6'11 220 30 Marquette Michael Cooper 6'5 170 23 New Mexico Don Ford 6'8 215 26 California - Santa Barbara Spencer Haywood 6'8 225 30 Detroit Brad Holland 6'3 180 23 UCLA Magic Johnson 6'8 215 20 Michigan State Mark Landsberger 6'8 215 24 Arizona State Butch Lee 6'0 185 23 Marquette Ollie Mack 6'3 185 22 East Carolina Norm Nixon 6'2 170 24 Duquesne Jamaal Wilkes 6'6 190 26 UCLA
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 3143 835 1383 0 1 364 476 190 696 886 371 81 280 297 216 2034 24.8 F Jamaal Wilkes 82 3111 726 1358 3 17 189 234 176 349 525 250 129 28 157 220 1644 20.0 G Norm Nixon 82 3226 624 1209 1 8 197 253 52 177 229 642 147 14 288 241 1446 17.6 G Magic Johnson 77 2795 503 949 7 31 374 462 166 430 596 563 187 41 305 218 1387 18.0 C Jim Chones 82 2394 372 760 0 2 125 169 143 421 564 151 56 65 175 271 869 10.6 F Spencer Haywood 76 1544 288 591 1 4 159 206 132 214 346 93 35 57 134 197 736 9.7 G Michael Cooper 82 1973 303 578 5 20 111 143 101 128 229 221 86 38 142 215 722 8.8 F Mark Landsberger 23 374 66 137 0 0 29 56 69 94 163 14 10 5 25 27 161 7.0 F Don Ford 52 580 66 130 0 1 23 28 23 75 98 36 11 15 30 86 155 3.0 G Brad Holland 38 197 44 104 3 15 15 16 4 13 17 22 15 1 13 24 106 2.8 F Marty Byrnes 32 194 25 50 0 0 13 15 9 18 27 13 5 1 22 32 63 2.0 G Ollie Mack 27 155 21 50 0 1 9 18 7 15 22 20 4 0 9 16 51 1.9 G Ron Boone 6 106 14 40 0 0 6 7 7 4 11 7 5 0 13 13 34 5.7 F Kenny Carr 5 57 7 16 0 0 2 2 5 12 17 1 2 1 9 6 16 3.2 G Butch Lee 11 31 4 13 0 0 6 7 4 4 8 9 1 0 7 2 14 1.3
1979 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1    1  Magic Johnson            906          Michigan State                   [pick acquired from UTA]
  1   14  Brad Holland              93          UCLA                           
  2   25  Oliver Mack              128          East Carolina                    [pick acquired from DET via DEN]
  2   39  Victor King                           Louisiana Tech                 
  2   41  Mark Young                            Fairfield                        [pick acquired from KC via DEN]
  3   60  Walter Daniels                        Georgia                        
  4   79  Ray White                             Mississippi State                [pick acquired from ATL]
  4   81  Ricky Reed                            Temple                         

Traded draft picks:


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 04/08/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-110 04/09/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 131-128 (OT) 04/11/1980 at Phoenix Suns W 108-105 04/13/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 101-127 04/15/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 126-101 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/22/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 107-108 04/23/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 108-99 04/25/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 104-100 04/27/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 98-93 04/30/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 111-105 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 05/04/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 109-102 05/07/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 104-107 05/10/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers W 111-101 05/11/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-105 05/14/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-103 05/16/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers W 123-107
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 15 618 198 346 0 0 83 105 51 130 181 46 17 58 55 51 479 31.9 F Jamaal Wilkes 16 652 140 294 0 1 44 54 53 75 128 48 24 5 35 51 324 20.2 G Magic Johnson 16 658 103 199 2 8 85 106 52 116 168 151 49 6 65 47 293 18.3 G Norm Nixon 16 648 114 239 1 5 41 51 13 43 56 125 32 3 49 59 270 16.9 G Michael Cooper 16 464 57 140 0 2 31 36 28 31 59 58 24 11 29 54 145 9.1 C Jim Chones 16 439 48 118 0 0 23 34 32 72 104 28 8 6 32 60 119 7.4 F Spencer Haywood 11 145 25 53 0 1 13 16 14 12 26 4 0 6 20 17 63 5.7 F Mark Landsberger 16 195 25 69 0 1 5 6 25 44 69 2 3 2 10 35 55 3.4 G Brad Holland 9 32 5 10 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 3 5 0 3 8 14 1.6 F Marty Byrnes 4 8 1 3 0 0 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 1.5 G Butch Lee 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.7

Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 103-102 1-0 10/16/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 105-96 2-0 10/17/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-112 2-1 10/19/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 82-99 2-2 10/21/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 106-97 3-2 10/23/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 102-87 4-2 10/26/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 116-104 5-2 10/28/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 97-90 6-2 10/30/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 111-105 7-2 10/31/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-110 7-3 11/02/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-110 8-3 11/06/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 127-112 9-3 11/07/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 109-126 9-4 11/09/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 126-122 10-4 11/11/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 140-126 11-4 11/13/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 137-91 12-4 11/15/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 108-114 12-5 11/16/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 135-128 13-5 11/18/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 127-104 14-5 11/20/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 99-114 14-6 11/21/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-119 14-7 11/23/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 112-126 14-8 11/25/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-110 15-8 11/27/1979 at Utah Jazz W 122-118 16-8 11/30/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 100-107 16-9 12/02/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-103 17-9 12/04/1979 at San Antonio Spurs W 127-121 18-9 12/05/1979 at Houston Rockets W 116-114 19-9 12/07/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 108-116 19-10 12/09/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 131-118 20-10 12/14/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 138-122 21-10 12/16/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 121-119 22-10 12/18/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 129-118 23-10 12/19/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 112-119 23-11 12/21/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-108 24-11 12/22/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 128-130 24-12 12/23/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 102-97 25-12 12/26/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 111-118 25-13 12/27/1979 at Utah Jazz W 124-116 26-13 12/28/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 123-105 27-13 12/30/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-105 28-13 01/02/1980 at Indiana Pacers W 127-120 29-13
Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks L 103-113 29-14 01/09/1980 at Washington Bullets L 101-103 29-15 01/11/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 123-100 30-15 01/13/1980 at Boston Celtics W 100-98 31-15 01/15/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 112-99 32-15 01/16/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 97-96 33-15 01/18/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-102 34-15 01/21/1980 vs New York Knicks W 132-114 35-15 01/24/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 103-111 35-16 01/25/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-103 36-16 01/27/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 112-102 37-16 01/29/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 153-154 37-17 01/31/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 107-97 38-17 02/05/1980 at New York Knicks W 116-105 39-17 02/08/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 125-120 40-17 02/10/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-105 40-18 02/13/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 129-103 41-18 02/15/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 114-100 42-18 02/17/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 111-107 43-18 02/20/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 116-103 44-18 02/22/1980 vs New Jersey Nets W 132-110 45-18 02/24/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 112-100 46-18 02/26/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 131-108 47-18 02/29/1980 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 117-126 47-19 03/02/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 115-123 47-20 03/04/1980 at Milwaukee Bucks W 127-124 48-20 03/05/1980 at Kansas City Kings W 117-101 49-20 03/07/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 101-99 50-20 03/09/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 121-142 50-21 03/11/1980 at San Diego Clippers W 123-106 51-21 03/12/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 102-94 52-21 03/14/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 132-126 53-21 03/16/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 128-106 54-21 03/18/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 113-100 55-21 03/19/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 108-112 55-22 03/22/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 97-92 56-22 03/23/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 101-96 57-22 03/27/1980 at Utah Jazz W 97-95 58-22 03/28/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 126-88 59-22 03/30/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 95-93 60-22

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