1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jerry West (47-35)

Executive: Bill Sharman

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) Net Rtg: +2.9 (4th of 22)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 22)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 482,611 (1st of 2)

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	110	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		100	102	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Oct 17, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		111	113	0	3	L 3
4	Sun, Oct 22, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		134	121	1	3	W 1
5	Tue, Oct 24, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		123	124	1	4	L 1
6	Fri, Oct 27, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		113	101	2	4	W 1
7	Sun, Oct 29, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		109	93	3	4	W 2
8	Tue, Oct 31, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		134	107	4	4	W 3
9	Fri, Nov 3, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		147	124	5	4	W 4
10	Sun, Nov 5, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	107	6	4	W 5
11	Tue, Nov 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		112	111	7	4	W 6
12	Wed, Nov 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		113	111	8	4	W 7
13	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		136	127	9	4	W 8
14	Sun, Nov 12, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		134	106	10	4	W 9
15	Tue, Nov 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		137	119	11	4	W 10
16	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		133	126	12	4	W 11
17	Fri, Nov 17, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		121	109	13	4	W 12
18	Sun, Nov 19, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		104	95	14	4	W 13
19	Wed, Nov 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		121	114	15	4	W 14
20	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	113	15	5	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	109	15	6	L 2
22	Tue, Nov 28, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		103	105	15	7	L 3
23	Fri, Dec 1, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		130	122	16	7	W 1
24	Sun, Dec 3, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		105	107	16	8	L 1
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		114	102	17	8	W 1
26	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		111	112	17	9	L 1
27	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		101	85	18	9	W 1
28	Sun, Dec 10, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		88	86	19	9	W 2
29	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		115	117	19	10	L 1
30	Wed, Dec 13, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		107	117	19	11	L 2
31	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		100	98	20	11	W 1
32	Sat, Dec 16, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	119	20	12	L 1
33	Sun, Dec 17, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	103	20	13	L 2
34	Fri, Dec 22, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		127	115	21	13	W 1
35	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		123	125	21	14	L 1
36	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		106	104	22	14	W 1
37	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	95	23	14	W 2
38	Tue, Jan 2, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		105	109	23	15	L 1
39	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		99	96	24	15	W 1
40	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	OT	112	115	24	16	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		106	94	25	16	W 1
42	Wed, Jan 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		99	89	26	16	W 2
43	Fri, Jan 12, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		117	116	27	16	W 3
44	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	99	28	16	W 4
45	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		117	119	28	17	L 1
46	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L	OT	121	122	28	18	L 2
47	Sun, Jan 21, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		113	107	29	18	W 1
48	Tue, Jan 23, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		148	124	30	18	W 2
49	Thu, Jan 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		100	135	30	19	L 1
50	Fri, Jan 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		107	119	30	20	L 2
51	Sun, Jan 28, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	109	31	20	W 1
52	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		127	108	32	20	W 2
53	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	OT	119	111	33	20	W 3
54	Wed, Feb 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		106	104	34	20	W 4
55	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		106	103	35	20	W 5
56	Sun, Feb 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		103	104	35	21	L 1
57	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		111	117	35	22	L 2
58	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	99	35	23	L 3
59	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		122	111	36	23	W 1
60	Tue, Feb 20, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		91	102	36	24	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 23, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	104	37	24	W 1
62	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		118	108	38	24	W 2
63	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		122	114	39	24	W 3
64	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	111	40	24	W 4
65	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		99	113	40	25	L 1
66	Fri, Mar 9, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		92	102	40	26	L 2
67	Sun, Mar 11, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	108	40	27	L 3
68	Tue, Mar 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		111	120	40	28	L 4
69	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		112	125	40	29	L 5
70	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		111	110	41	29	W 1
71	Sun, Mar 18, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		122	111	42	29	W 2
72	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		110	114	42	30	L 1
73	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		156	119	43	30	W 1
74	Sun, Mar 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		113	123	43	31	L 1
75	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		106	112	43	32	L 2
76	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		124	113	44	32	W 1
77	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		111	112	44	33	L 1
78	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		97	95	45	33	W 1
79	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L	OT	111	115	45	34	L 1
80	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		93	113	45	35	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		99	98	46	35	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		111	103	47	35	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		105	110	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 13, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		121	109	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		112	111	2	1	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		101	112	2	2	L 1
5	Wed, Apr 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	103	108	2	3	L 2
6	Fri, Apr 20, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	118	112	3	3	W 1
7	Sun, Apr 22, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		115	117	3	4	L 1
8	Wed, Apr 25, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		100	106	3	5	L 2

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