1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry West (47-35)

PTS/G: 112.9 (8th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (8th of 22)
SRS: 2.95 (4th of 22) ▪ Pace: 105.9 (12th of 22)
Off Rtg: 106.1 (5th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 103.2 (10th of 22)
Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 22)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 482,611 (8th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Seattle SuperSonics
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	7-2	225	April 16, 1947	9	University of California, Los Angeles
24	Ron Boone	G-F	6-2	200	September 6, 1946	10	Idaho State University
2	Kenny Carr	F	6-7	220	August 15, 1955	1	North Carolina State University
15	Ron Carter	G	6-5	190	August 31, 1956	R	Virginia Military Institute
21	Michael Cooper	G-F	6-5	170	April 15, 1956	R	University of New Mexico
4	Adrian Dantley	F-G	6-5	208	February 28, 1956	2	University of Notre Dame
30	Brad Davis	G	6-3	180	December 17, 1955	1	University of Maryland
35	Don Ford	F	6-9	215	December 31, 1952	3	University of California, Santa Barbara
23	Lou Hudson	F-G	6-5	210	July 11, 1944	12	University of Minnesota
10	Norm Nixon	G	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	1	Duquesne University
5	Jim Price	G	6-3	195	November 27, 1949	6	University of Louisville
40	Dave Robisch	C-F	6-10	235	December 22, 1949	7	University of Kansas
52	Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	6-6	190	May 2, 1953	4	University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19780	3827	7397	.517	1606	2088	.769	949	2557	3506	2338	793	500	1569	1851	9260	112.9
Lg Rank		6	4	17	1	19	20	5	22	7	20	3	8	8	7	21	8	8
Opponent	82	19780	3797	7848	.484	1415	1931	.733	1288	2486	3774	2234	737	359	1542	1958	9009	109.9
Lg Rank		6	17	19	11	2	2	1	17	11	17	19	10	3	16	4	8	8

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	80	3157	777	1347	.577	349	474	.736	207	818	1025	431	76	316	282	230	1903
2	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82	2915	626	1242	.504	272	362	.751	164	445	609	227	134	27	224	275	1524
3	Norm Nixon	23	82	3145	623	1149	.542	158	204	.775	48	183	231	737	201	17	231	250	1404
4	Adrian Dantley	22	60	1775	374	733	.510	292	342	.854	131	211	342	138	63	12	155	162	1040
5	Lou Hudson	34	78	1686	329	636	.517	110	124	.887	64	76	140	141	58	17	99	133	768
6	Ron Boone	32	82	1583	259	569	.455	90	104	.865	53	92	145	154	66	11	147	171	608
7	Kenny Carr	23	72	1149	225	450	.500	83	137	.606	70	222	292	60	38	31	116	152	533
8	Don Ford	26	79	1540	228	450	.507	72	89	.809	83	185	268	101	51	25	93	177	528
9	Jim Price	29	75	1207	171	344	.497	55	79	.696	26	97	123	218	66	12	100	128	397
10	Dave Robisch	29	80	1219	150	336	.446	86	115	.748	82	203	285	97	20	25	53	108	386
11	Ron Carter	22	46	332	54	124	.435	36	54	.667	21	24	45	25	17	7	40	54	144
12	Brad Davis	23	5	65	8	11	.727	3	4	.750	0	1	1	9	2	0	6	10	19
13	Michael Cooper	22	3	7	3	6	.500	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	80	39.5	9.7	16.8	.577	4.4	5.9	.736	2.6	10.2	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	23.8
2	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82	35.5	7.6	15.1	.504	3.3	4.4	.751	2.0	5.4	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.3	2.7	3.4	18.6
3	Adrian Dantley	22	60	29.6	6.2	12.2	.510	4.9	5.7	.854	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	17.3
4	Norm Nixon	23	82	38.4	7.6	14.0	.542	1.9	2.5	.775	0.6	2.2	2.8	9.0	2.5	0.2	2.8	3.0	17.1
5	Lou Hudson	34	78	21.6	4.2	8.2	.517	1.4	1.6	.887	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.8	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.7	9.8
6	Ron Boone	32	82	19.3	3.2	6.9	.455	1.1	1.3	.865	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.1	7.4
7	Kenny Carr	23	72	16.0	3.1	6.3	.500	1.2	1.9	.606	1.0	3.1	4.1	0.8	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.1	7.4
8	Don Ford	26	79	19.5	2.9	5.7	.507	0.9	1.1	.809	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.7
9	Jim Price	29	75	16.1	2.3	4.6	.497	0.7	1.1	.696	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.3
10	Dave Robisch	29	80	15.2	1.9	4.2	.446	1.1	1.4	.748	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.4	4.8
11	Brad Davis	23	5	13.0	1.6	2.2	.727	0.6	0.8	.750	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.4	0.0	1.2	2.0	3.8
12	Ron Carter	22	46	7.2	1.2	2.7	.435	0.8	1.2	.667	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.2	3.1
13	Michael Cooper	22	3	2.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Michael Cooper	22	3	7	15.4	30.9	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	0.0	5.1	5.1	30.9
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	80	3157	8.9	15.4	.577	4.0	5.4	.736	2.4	9.3	11.7	4.9	0.9	3.6	3.2	2.6	21.7
3	Adrian Dantley	22	60	1775	7.6	14.9	.510	5.9	6.9	.854	2.7	4.3	6.9	2.8	1.3	0.2	3.1	3.3	21.1
4	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82	2915	7.7	15.3	.504	3.4	4.5	.751	2.0	5.5	7.5	2.8	1.7	0.3	2.8	3.4	18.8
5	Kenny Carr	23	72	1149	7.0	14.1	.500	2.6	4.3	.606	2.2	7.0	9.1	1.9	1.2	1.0	3.6	4.8	16.7
6	Lou Hudson	34	78	1686	7.0	13.6	.517	2.3	2.6	.887	1.4	1.6	3.0	3.0	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.8	16.4
7	Norm Nixon	23	82	3145	7.1	13.2	.542	1.8	2.3	.775	0.5	2.1	2.6	8.4	2.3	0.2	2.6	2.9	16.1
8	Ron Carter	22	46	332	5.9	13.4	.435	3.9	5.9	.667	2.3	2.6	4.9	2.7	1.8	0.8	4.3	5.9	15.6
9	Ron Boone	32	82	1583	5.9	12.9	.455	2.0	2.4	.865	1.2	2.1	3.3	3.5	1.5	0.3	3.3	3.9	13.8
10	Don Ford	26	79	1540	5.3	10.5	.507	1.7	2.1	.809	1.9	4.3	6.3	2.4	1.2	0.6	2.2	4.1	12.3
11	Jim Price	29	75	1207	5.1	10.3	.497	1.6	2.4	.696	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.5	2.0	0.4	3.0	3.8	11.8
12	Dave Robisch	29	80	1219	4.4	9.9	.446	2.5	3.4	.748	2.4	6.0	8.4	2.9	0.6	0.7	1.6	3.2	11.4
13	Brad Davis	23	5	65	4.4	6.1	.727	1.7	2.2	.750	0.0	0.6	0.6	5.0	1.1	0.0	3.3	5.5	10.5

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	31	80	3157	25.5	.612	.577	7.6	26.7	17.6	18.9	1.1	5.0	15.3	23.3	115	98	8.8	5.6	14.4	.219
2	Norm Nixon	23	82	3145	18.2	.567	.542	1.8	6.0	4.0	30.5	2.9	0.3	15.7	18.7	112	104	6.5	3.1	9.6	.146
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82	2915	16.4	.544	.504	6.5	15.7	11.4	10.3	2.1	0.5	13.8	22.3	104	103	3.4	3.4	6.9	.113
4	Adrian Dantley	22	60	1775	18.4	.589	.510	8.5	12.2	10.5	10.3	1.6	0.3	14.9	23.4	111	105	4.0	1.6	5.7	.153
5	Lou Hudson	34	78	1686	13.7	.556	.517	4.4	4.6	4.5	10.8	1.6	0.5	12.5	18.7	108	107	2.3	1.1	3.3	.095
6	Don Ford	26	79	1540	11.1	.540	.507	6.2	12.4	9.5	8.0	1.5	0.8	16.0	15.1	103	105	1.0	1.5	2.5	.078
7	Dave Robisch	29	80	1219	11.9	.499	.446	7.7	17.1	12.7	9.4	0.7	1.0	12.1	14.4	106	104	1.2	1.2	2.3	.092
8	Jim Price	29	75	1207	12.3	.524	.497	2.5	8.3	5.5	21.9	2.5	0.5	20.9	15.9	100	104	0.5	1.2	1.8	.070
9	Kenny Carr	23	72	1149	12.6	.522	.500	7.0	19.9	13.8	6.8	1.5	1.4	18.5	21.8	93	102	-0.4	1.5	1.1	.046
10	Ron Boone	32	82	1583	9.3	.495	.455	3.9	6.0	5.0	12.1	1.9	0.4	19.3	19.3	91	106	-0.8	1.2	0.4	.012
11	Brad Davis	23	5	65	8.5	.745	.727	0.0	1.6	0.8	16.4	1.4	0.0	32.0	11.6	108	109	0.1	0.0	0.1	.066
12	Michael Cooper	22	3	7	16.3	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	0.0	14.3	40.0	81	99	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.073
13	Ron Carter	22	46	332	9.3	.487	.435	7.3	7.4	7.4	9.4	2.3	1.1	21.3	22.6	88	104	-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.002

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	31	8	367	88	152			52	62	18	101	38	8	33	29	26	228	.579		.839	45.9	28.5	12.6	4.8
2	Jamaal Wilkes	25	8	307	61	128			25	37	20	68	16	15	2	15	21	147	.477		.676	38.4	18.4	8.5	2.0
3	Adrian Dantley	22	8	236	50	89			41	52	10	33	11	6	1	19	24	141	.562		.788	29.5	17.6	4.1	1.4
4	Norm Nixon	23	8	327	56	119			11	15	6	28	94	11	0	24	37	123	.471		.733	40.9	15.4	3.5	11.8
5	Ron Boone	32	8	226	37	77			20	21	7	15	14	9	0	14	28	94	.481		.952	28.3	11.8	1.9	1.8
6	Kenny Carr	23	8	117	19	35			5	8	4	17	4	4	2	11	18	43	.543		.625	14.6	5.4	2.1	0.5
7	Lou Hudson	34	6	90	17	32			4	4	1	4	8	1	0	5	6	38	.531		1.000	15.0	6.3	0.7	1.3
8	Don Ford	26	8	138	16	30			1	3	2	22	7	3	2	4	20	33	.533		.333	17.3	4.1	2.8	0.9
9	Jim Price	29	8	128	9	30			2	4	1	8	18	5	0	8	19	20	.300		.500	16.0	2.5	1.0	2.3
10	Dave Robisch	29	5	32	3	5			2	2	0	10	2	0	0	3	4	8	.600		1.000	6.4	1.6	2.0	0.4
11	Ron Carter	22	2	2	0	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000			1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	31	8	367	26.5	.636	.579	6.0	23.6	15.5	15.6	1.0	4.7	13.9	24.2	117	102	1.3	0.4	1.7	.222
2	Adrian Dantley	22	8	236	18.5	.630	.562	5.2	10.2	7.9	6.7	1.2	0.2	14.5	23.7	113	109	0.6	0.1	0.7	.138
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	8	307	17.0	.509	.477	7.9	16.3	12.5	7.4	2.3	0.3	9.4	22.1	102	105	0.3	0.2	0.6	.088
4	Norm Nixon	23	8	327	15.9	.490	.471	2.2	7.0	4.8	39.3	1.6	0.0	16.0	19.5	104	109	0.4	0.1	0.5	.069
5	Ron Boone	32	8	226	11.6	.545	.481	3.8	3.7	3.7	8.4	1.9	0.0	14.0	18.9	102	110	0.2	0.0	0.2	.046
6	Lou Hudson	34	6	90	12.1	.563	.531	1.4	3.5	2.5	12.4	0.5	0.0	12.9	18.4	104	113	0.1	0.0	0.1	.038
7	Don Ford	26	8	138	8.3	.527	.533	1.8	15.1	9.0	6.4	1.0	0.8	11.3	10.9	100	107	0.1	0.1	0.1	.040
8	Kenny Carr	23	8	117	9.2	.558	.543	4.2	11.6	8.2	4.6	1.6	0.9	22.2	18.1	89	107	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.004
9	Ron Carter	22	2	2	-15.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.3	0	115	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.551
10	Dave Robisch	29	5	32	8.8	.680	.600	0.0	32.7	17.6	7.7	0.0	0.0	33.8	11.8	92	103	0.0	0.0	0.0	.037
11	Jim Price	29	8	128	3.0	.315	.300	1.0	5.7	3.5	16.9	1.9	0.0	20.1	13.3	71	109	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.093

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