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1976-77 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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53-29, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry West (53-29)

PTS/G: 106.9 (10th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.1 (4th of 22)
SRS: 2.65 (5th of 22) ▪ Pace: 104.7 (17th of 22)
Off Rtg: 101.4 (5th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.9 (10th of 22)
Expected W-L: 48-34 (5th of 22)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 501,434 (7th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus Portland Trail Blazers
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Golden State Warriors

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7-2 225 April 16, 1947 7 University of California, Los Angeles
5 Tom Abernethy F 6-7 220 May 6, 1954 R Indiana University
42 Lucius Allen G 6-2 175 September 26, 1947 7 University of California, Los Angeles
21 Mack Calvin G 6-0 165 July 27, 1947 7 University of Southern California
12 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 March 22, 1946 8 University of Houston
35 Don Ford F 6-9 215 December 31, 1952 1 University of California, Santa Barbara
41 C.J. Kupec F-C 6-6 220 January 16, 1953 1 University of Michigan
11 Bo Lamar G 6-1 180 April 7, 1951 3 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
20 Allen Murphy G 6-5 190 July 15, 1952 1 University of Louisville
21 Johnny Neumann G-F 6-6 200 September 11, 1951 5 University of Mississippi
30 Marv Roberts F-C 6-8 200 January 29, 1950 5 Utah State University
32 Cazzie Russell F-G 6-5 218 June 7, 1944 10 University of Michigan
43 Earl Tatum G-F 6-5 185 July 26, 1953 R Marquette University
20-30 Cornell Warner F-C 6-9 220 August 12, 1948 6 Jackson State University
24 Kermit Washington F-C 6-8 230 September 17, 1951 3 American University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19805 3663 7657 .478 1437 1941 .740 1177 2628 3805 2057 801 445 1538 1867 8763 106.9
Lg Rank 3 5 8 8 22 22 15 17 11 14 5 11 9 2 21 10 10
Opponent 82 19805 3515 7781 .452 1510 1990 .759 1348 2625 3973 1900 763 362 1599 1816 8540 104.1
Lg Rank 3 11 18 4 4 4 19 20 10 17 9 11 5 17 1 4 4

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 82 3016 888 1533 .579 376 536 .701 266 824 1090 319 101 261 262 2152
2 Cazzie Russell 32 82 2583 578 1179 .490 188 219 .858 86 208 294 210 86 7 163 1344
3 Lucius Allen 29 78 2482 472 1035 .456 195 252 .774 58 193 251 405 116 19 183 1139
4 Earl Tatum 23 68 1249 283 607 .466 72 100 .720 83 153 236 118 85 22 168 638
5 Don Ford 24 82 1782 262 570 .460 73 102 .716 105 248 353 133 60 21 170 597
6 Kermit Washington 25 53 1342 191 380 .503 132 187 .706 182 310 492 48 43 52 183 514
7 Bo Lamar 25 71 1165 228 561 .406 46 68 .676 30 62 92 177 59 3 73 502
8 Don Chaney 30 81 2408 213 522 .408 70 94 .745 120 210 330 308 140 33 224 496
9 Tom Abernethy 22 70 1378 169 349 .484 101 134 .754 113 178 291 98 49 10 118 439
10 C.J. Kupec 24 82 908 153 342 .447 78 101 .772 76 123 199 53 18 4 113 384
11 Johnny Neumann 25 59 888 146 363 .402 54 81 .667 19 44 63 137 28 8 127 346
12 Mack Calvin 29 12 207 27 82 .329 41 48 .854 6 10 16 21 11 1 16 95
13 Marv Roberts 27 28 209 27 76 .355 4 6 .667 9 16 25 19 4 2 34 58
14 Cornell Warner 28 14 170 25 53 .472 4 6 .667 21 48 69 11 1 2 28 54
15 Allen Murphy 24 2 18 1 5 .200 3 7 .429 3 1 4 0 0 0 5 5

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 82 36.8 10.8 18.7 .579 4.6 6.5 .701 3.2 10.0 13.3 3.9 1.2 3.2 3.2 26.2
2 Cazzie Russell 32 82 31.5 7.0 14.4 .490 2.3 2.7 .858 1.0 2.5 3.6 2.6 1.0 0.1 2.0 16.4
3 Lucius Allen 29 78 31.8 6.1 13.3 .456 2.5 3.2 .774 0.7 2.5 3.2 5.2 1.5 0.2 2.3 14.6
4 Kermit Washington 25 53 25.3 3.6 7.2 .503 2.5 3.5 .706 3.4 5.8 9.3 0.9 0.8 1.0 3.5 9.7
5 Earl Tatum 23 68 18.4 4.2 8.9 .466 1.1 1.5 .720 1.2 2.3 3.5 1.7 1.3 0.3 2.5 9.4
6 Mack Calvin 29 12 17.3 2.3 6.8 .329 3.4 4.0 .854 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 7.9
7 Don Ford 24 82 21.7 3.2 7.0 .460 0.9 1.2 .716 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.6 0.7 0.3 2.1 7.3
8 Bo Lamar 25 71 16.4 3.2 7.9 .406 0.6 1.0 .676 0.4 0.9 1.3 2.5 0.8 0.0 1.0 7.1
9 Tom Abernethy 22 70 19.7 2.4 5.0 .484 1.4 1.9 .754 1.6 2.5 4.2 1.4 0.7 0.1 1.7 6.3
10 Don Chaney 30 81 29.7 2.6 6.4 .408 0.9 1.2 .745 1.5 2.6 4.1 3.8 1.7 0.4 2.8 6.1
11 Johnny Neumann 25 59 15.1 2.5 6.2 .402 0.9 1.4 .667 0.3 0.7 1.1 2.3 0.5 0.1 2.2 5.9
12 C.J. Kupec 24 82 11.1 1.9 4.2 .447 1.0 1.2 .772 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.4 4.7
13 Cornell Warner 28 14 12.1 1.8 3.8 .472 0.3 0.4 .667 1.5 3.4 4.9 0.8 0.1 0.1 2.0 3.9
14 Allen Murphy 24 2 9.0 0.5 2.5 .200 1.5 3.5 .429 1.5 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.5
15 Marv Roberts 27 28 7.5 1.0 2.7 .355 0.1 0.2 .667 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.1 1.2 2.1

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 82 3016 10.6 18.3 .579 4.5 6.4 .701 3.2 9.8 13.0 3.8 1.2 3.1 3.1 25.7
2 Cazzie Russell 32 82 2583 8.1 16.4 .490 2.6 3.1 .858 1.2 2.9 4.1 2.9 1.2 0.1 2.3 18.7
3 Earl Tatum 23 68 1249 8.2 17.5 .466 2.1 2.9 .720 2.4 4.4 6.8 3.4 2.4 0.6 4.8 18.4
4 Lucius Allen 29 78 2482 6.8 15.0 .456 2.8 3.7 .774 0.8 2.8 3.6 5.9 1.7 0.3 2.7 16.5
5 Mack Calvin 29 12 207 4.7 14.3 .329 7.1 8.3 .854 1.0 1.7 2.8 3.7 1.9 0.2 2.8 16.5
6 Bo Lamar 25 71 1165 7.0 17.3 .406 1.4 2.1 .676 0.9 1.9 2.8 5.5 1.8 0.1 2.3 15.5
7 C.J. Kupec 24 82 908 6.1 13.6 .447 3.1 4.0 .772 3.0 4.9 7.9 2.1 0.7 0.2 4.5 15.2
8 Johnny Neumann 25 59 888 5.9 14.7 .402 2.2 3.3 .667 0.8 1.8 2.6 5.6 1.1 0.3 5.1 14.0
9 Kermit Washington 25 53 1342 5.1 10.2 .503 3.5 5.0 .706 4.9 8.3 13.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 4.9 13.8
10 Don Ford 24 82 1782 5.3 11.5 .460 1.5 2.1 .716 2.1 5.0 7.1 2.7 1.2 0.4 3.4 12.1
11 Tom Abernethy 22 70 1378 4.4 9.1 .484 2.6 3.5 .754 3.0 4.7 7.6 2.6 1.3 0.3 3.1 11.5
12 Cornell Warner 28 14 170 5.3 11.2 .472 0.8 1.3 .667 4.4 10.2 14.6 2.3 0.2 0.4 5.9 11.4
13 Allen Murphy 24 2 18 2.0 10.0 .200 6.0 14.0 .429 6.0 2.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0
14 Marv Roberts 27 28 209 4.7 13.1 .355 0.7 1.0 .667 1.6 2.8 4.3 3.3 0.7 0.3 5.9 10.0
15 Don Chaney 30 81 2408 3.2 7.8 .408 1.0 1.4 .745 1.8 3.1 4.9 4.6 2.1 0.5 3.3 7.4

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 82 3016 27.8 .608 .579 9.2 27.2 18.4 16.8 1.5 4.4 92 11.9 5.9 17.8 .283
2 Cazzie Russell 32 82 2583 15.3 .527 .490 3.5 8.0 5.8 11.6 1.5 0.1 102 4.9 1.7 6.6 .123
3 Lucius Allen 29 78 2482 15.6 .497 .456 2.4 7.7 5.2 22.2 2.1 0.4 101 2.8 2.1 4.9 .094
4 Kermit Washington 25 53 1342 16.0 .556 .503 14.1 23.0 18.7 4.6 1.5 2.0 96 2.2 2.1 4.3 .153
5 Tom Abernethy 22 70 1378 12.7 .538 .484 8.5 12.9 10.8 8.9 1.6 0.4 100 1.8 1.3 3.1 .110
6 Don Chaney 30 81 2408 10.2 .440 .408 5.2 8.7 7.0 15.3 2.7 0.7 99 0.4 2.6 2.9 .058
7 Don Ford 24 82 1782 11.7 .485 .460 6.1 13.9 10.1 9.6 1.5 0.6 100 1.0 1.8 2.8 .076
8 Earl Tatum 23 68 1249 16.5 .490 .466 6.9 12.2 9.6 13.5 3.1 0.9 97 0.9 1.7 2.6 .101
9 C.J. Kupec 24 82 908 12.7 .497 .447 8.7 13.5 11.2 7.7 0.9 0.2 101 0.8 0.7 1.5 .079
10 Bo Lamar 25 71 1165 12.8 .425 .406 2.7 5.3 4.0 20.8 2.3 0.1 102 -0.4 0.9 0.5 .021
11 Cornell Warner 28 14 170 12.4 .485 .472 12.9 28.1 20.7 8.3 0.3 0.6 97 0.1 0.2 0.3 .091
12 Mack Calvin 29 12 207 13.1 .461 .329 3.0 4.8 3.9 12.8 2.4 0.2 102 0.1 0.2 0.2 .052
13 Allen Murphy 24 2 18 1.8 .309 .200 17.4 5.5 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.229
14 Johnny Neumann 25 59 888 10.7 .434 .402 2.2 4.9 3.6 20.3 1.4 0.5 103 -0.6 0.5 -0.1 -0.005
15 Marv Roberts 27 28 209 6.0 .369 .355 4.5 7.6 6.1 11.4 0.9 0.5 103 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.051

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 11 467 147 242 87 120 51 195 45 19 38 42 381 .607 .725 42.5 34.6 17.7 4.1
2 Cazzie Russell 32 11 382 65 157 44 50 22 48 25 16 1 33 174 .414 .880 34.7 15.8 4.4 2.3
3 Earl Tatum 23 11 356 67 134 16 24 16 54 27 15 9 34 150 .500 .667 32.4 13.6 4.9 2.5
4 Don Ford 24 11 333 42 98 27 36 22 58 37 17 4 28 111 .429 .750 30.3 10.1 5.3 3.4
5 Don Chaney 30 11 412 36 96 16 22 24 52 48 21 3 32 88 .375 .727 37.5 8.0 4.7 4.4
6 Lucius Allen 29 7 186 32 82 13 19 7 32 24 11 3 18 77 .390 .684 26.6 11.0 4.6 3.4
7 Tom Abernethy 22 11 214 21 50 22 27 12 40 22 7 2 16 64 .420 .815 19.5 5.8 3.6 2.0
8 Bo Lamar 25 10 109 12 41 9 10 0 9 14 3 0 12 33 .293 .900 10.9 3.3 0.9 1.4
9 Johnny Neumann 25 6 68 11 29 2 4 0 2 9 3 2 14 24 .379 .500 11.3 4.0 0.3 1.5
10 C.J. Kupec 24 11 57 8 18 5 7 3 16 4 3 0 7 21 .444 .714 5.2 1.9 1.5 0.4
11 Cornell Warner 28 5 56 7 12 0 0 2 9 6 1 0 11 14 .583 11.2 2.8 1.8 1.2

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 29 11 467 32.4 .646 .607 11.4 31.5 21.6 18.1 1.9 4.2 93 2.3 0.9 3.2 .332
2 Earl Tatum 23 11 356 14.0 .519 .500 4.7 10.9 7.8 11.5 2.0 1.3 101 0.3 0.3 0.6 .086
3 Don Ford 24 11 333 13.4 .488 .429 6.9 11.0 9.0 15.4 2.4 0.6 101 0.2 0.3 0.5 .071
4 Cazzie Russell 32 11 382 13.2 .486 .414 6.0 7.0 6.5 9.6 1.9 0.1 104 0.3 0.2 0.5 .068
5 Tom Abernethy 22 11 214 12.4 .517 .420 5.9 13.4 9.7 13.7 1.5 0.5 102 0.2 0.2 0.3 .075
6 Don Chaney 30 11 412 9.6 .416 .375 6.1 6.9 6.5 15.3 2.4 0.4 103 0.0 0.3 0.2 .028
7 C.J. Kupec 24 11 57 13.5 .498 .444 5.5 23.3 14.5 9.9 2.4 0.0 98 0.0 0.1 0.1 .071
8 Lucius Allen 29 7 186 13.6 .426 .390 3.9 13.7 8.9 19.1 2.7 0.8 99 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .019
9 Cornell Warner 28 5 56 9.1 .583 .583 3.7 12.8 8.3 14.8 0.8 0.0 104 0.0 0.0 0.1 .054
10 Johnny Neumann 25 6 68 7.8 .390 .379 0.0 3.0 1.5 19.3 2.0 1.5 103 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.076
11 Bo Lamar 25 10 109 6.9 .363 .293 0.0 8.4 4.3 17.4 1.3 0.0 105 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.079