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1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 112.9 (8th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.9 (8th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (4th of 22)

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

SRS: 2.95 (4th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.9 (12th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 106.1 (5th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.2 (10th of 22)

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

1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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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

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3827 7397 .517 1606 2088 .769 949 2557 3506 2338 793 500 1569 1851 9260 112.9
Opponent 82 19780 3797 7848 .484 1415 1931 .733 1288 2486 3774 2234 737 359 1542 1958 9009 109.9

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
12 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
13 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

Playoffs

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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

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 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
9 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
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
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

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar $650,000
2 Adrian Dantley $220,000
3 Norm Nixon $70,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)