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1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

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Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jack McKinney (10-4), Paul Westhead (50-18)

PTS/G: 115.1 (2nd of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.2 (11th of 22)
SRS: 5.39 (2nd of 22) ▪ Pace: 104.1 (8th of 22)
Off Rtg: 109.5 (1st of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 103.9 (9th of 22)
Expected W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 22)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 582,882 (3rd of 22)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Seattle SuperSonics
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Phoenix Suns

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7-2 225 April 16, 1947 10 University of California, Los Angeles
24 Ron Boone SG 6-2 200 September 6, 1946 11 Idaho State University
7 Marty Byrnes SF 6-7 215 April 30, 1956 1 Syracuse University
7 Kenny Carr PF 6-7 220 August 15, 1955 2 North Carolina State University
9 Jim Chones C 6-11 220 November 30, 1949 7 Marquette University
21 Michael Cooper SG 6-5 170 April 15, 1956 1 University of New Mexico
35 Don Ford SF 6-9 215 December 31, 1952 4 University of California, Santa Barbara
31 Spencer Haywood PF 6-8 225 April 22, 1949 10 University of Detroit Mercy
14 Brad Holland SG 6-3 180 December 6, 1956 R University of California, Los Angeles
32 Magic Johnson SG 6-8 215 August 14, 1959 R Michigan State University
54 Mark Landsberger C 6-8 215 May 21, 1955 2 Arizona State University
15 Butch Lee PG 6-0 185 December 5, 1956 1 Marquette University
25 Ollie Mack SG 6-3 185 June 6, 1957 R East Carolina University
10 Norm Nixon PG 6-2 170 October 11, 1955 2 Duquesne University
52 Jamaal Wilkes SF 6-6 190 May 2, 1953 5 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19880 3898 7368 .529 20 100 .200 1622 2092 .775 1085 2653 3738 2413 774 546 1639 1784 9438 115.1
Lg Rank 4 1 15 1 21 21 19 15 19 6 20 2 7 1 13 4 18 22 2 2
Opponent 82 19880 3723 7921 .470 78 274 .285 1430 1884 .759 1312 2242 3554 2324 797 382 1420 1860 8954 109.2
Lg Rank 4 17 21 7 20 18 14 1 1 7 18 1 5 21 14 3 19 3 11 11

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 55 27 5.90 -0.51 5.39 109.5 103.9 104.1 .530 16.5 32.6 .220 .475 14.0 66.9 .181 The Forum 582,882
Lg Rank 2 2 2 22 2 1 9 8 1 17 14 15 7 20 10 1 3

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 32 82 3143 835 1383 .604 0 1 .000 364 476 .765 190 696 886 371 81 280 297 216 2034
2 Jamaal Wilkes 26 82 3111 726 1358 .535 3 17 .176 189 234 .808 176 349 525 250 129 28 157 220 1644
3 Norm Nixon 24 82 3226 624 1209 .516 1 8 .125 197 253 .779 52 177 229 642 147 14 288 241 1446
4 Magic Johnson 20 77 2795 503 949 .530 7 31 .226 374 462 .810 166 430 596 563 187 41 305 218 1387
5 Jim Chones 30 82 2394 372 760 .489 0 2 .000 125 169 .740 143 421 564 151 56 65 175 271 869
6 Spencer Haywood 30 76 1544 288 591 .487 1 4 .250 159 206 .772 132 214 346 93 35 57 134 197 736
7 Michael Cooper 23 82 1973 303 578 .524 5 20 .250 111 143 .776 101 128 229 221 86 38 142 215 722
8 Mark Landsberger 24 23 374 66 137 .482 0 0 29 56 .518 69 94 163 14 10 5 25 27 161
9 Don Ford 27 52 580 66 130 .508 0 1 .000 23 28 .821 23 75 98 36 11 15 30 86 155
10 Brad Holland 23 38 197 44 104 .423 3 15 .200 15 16 .938 4 13 17 22 15 1 13 24 106
11 Marty Byrnes 23 32 194 25 50 .500 0 0 13 15 .867 9 18 27 13 5 1 22 32 63
12 Ollie Mack 22 27 155 21 50 .420 0 1 .000 9 18 .500 7 15 22 20 4 0 9 16 51
13 Ron Boone 33 6 106 14 40 .350 0 0 6 7 .857 4 7 11 7 5 0 13 13 34
14 Kenny Carr 24 5 57 7 16 .438 0 0 2 2 1.000 5 12 17 1 2 1 9 6 16
15 Butch Lee 23 11 31 4 13 .308 0 0 6 7 .857 4 4 8 9 1 0 7 2 14

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 32 82 38.3 10.2 16.9 .604 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 5.8 .765 2.3 8.5 10.8 4.5 1.0 3.4 3.6 2.6 24.8
2 Jamaal Wilkes 26 82 37.9 8.9 16.6 .535 0.0 0.2 .176 2.3 2.9 .808 2.1 4.3 6.4 3.0 1.6 0.3 1.9 2.7 20.0
3 Magic Johnson 20 77 36.3 6.5 12.3 .530 0.1 0.4 .226 4.9 6.0 .810 2.2 5.6 7.7 7.3 2.4 0.5 4.0 2.8 18.0
4 Norm Nixon 24 82 39.3 7.6 14.7 .516 0.0 0.1 .125 2.4 3.1 .779 0.6 2.2 2.8 7.8 1.8 0.2 3.5 2.9 17.6
5 Jim Chones 30 82 29.2 4.5 9.3 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.1 .740 1.7 5.1 6.9 1.8 0.7 0.8 2.1 3.3 10.6
6 Spencer Haywood 30 76 20.3 3.8 7.8 .487 0.0 0.1 .250 2.1 2.7 .772 1.7 2.8 4.6 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.8 2.6 9.7
7 Michael Cooper 23 82 24.1 3.7 7.0 .524 0.1 0.2 .250 1.4 1.7 .776 1.2 1.6 2.8 2.7 1.0 0.5 1.7 2.6 8.8
8 Mark Landsberger 24 23 16.3 2.9 6.0 .482 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.4 .518 3.0 4.1 7.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.1 1.2 7.0
9 Ron Boone 33 6 17.7 2.3 6.7 .350 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.2 .857 0.7 1.2 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.0 2.2 2.2 5.7
10 Kenny Carr 24 5 11.4 1.4 3.2 .438 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.000 1.0 2.4 3.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.8 1.2 3.2
11 Don Ford 27 52 11.2 1.3 2.5 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.5 .821 0.4 1.4 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.7 3.0
12 Brad Holland 23 38 5.2 1.2 2.7 .423 0.1 0.4 .200 0.4 0.4 .938 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.8
13 Marty Byrnes 23 32 6.1 0.8 1.6 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 .867 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.0 2.0
14 Ollie Mack 22 27 5.7 0.8 1.9 .420 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.7 .500 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 1.9
15 Butch Lee 23 11 2.8 0.4 1.2 .308 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 .857 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2 1.3

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 32 82 3143 9.6 15.8 .604 0.0 0.0 .000 4.2 5.5 .765 2.2 8.0 10.1 4.2 0.9 3.2 3.4 2.5 23.3
2 Brad Holland 23 38 197 8.0 19.0 .423 0.5 2.7 .200 2.7 2.9 .938 0.7 2.4 3.1 4.0 2.7 0.2 2.4 4.4 19.4
3 Jamaal Wilkes 26 82 3111 8.4 15.7 .535 0.0 0.2 .176 2.2 2.7 .808 2.0 4.0 6.1 2.9 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.5 19.0
4 Magic Johnson 20 77 2795 6.5 12.2 .530 0.1 0.4 .226 4.8 6.0 .810 2.1 5.5 7.7 7.3 2.4 0.5 3.9 2.8 17.9
5 Spencer Haywood 30 76 1544 6.7 13.8 .487 0.0 0.1 .250 3.7 4.8 .772 3.1 5.0 8.1 2.2 0.8 1.3 3.1 4.6 17.2
6 Butch Lee 23 11 31 4.6 15.1 .308 0.0 0.0 7.0 8.1 .857 4.6 4.6 9.3 10.5 1.2 0.0 8.1 2.3 16.3
7 Norm Nixon 24 82 3226 7.0 13.5 .516 0.0 0.1 .125 2.2 2.8 .779 0.6 2.0 2.6 7.2 1.6 0.2 3.2 2.7 16.1
8 Mark Landsberger 24 23 374 6.4 13.2 .482 0.0 0.0 2.8 5.4 .518 6.6 9.0 15.7 1.3 1.0 0.5 2.4 2.6 15.5
9 Michael Cooper 23 82 1973 5.5 10.5 .524 0.1 0.4 .250 2.0 2.6 .776 1.8 2.3 4.2 4.0 1.6 0.7 2.6 3.9 13.2
10 Jim Chones 30 82 2394 5.6 11.4 .489 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.5 .740 2.2 6.3 8.5 2.3 0.8 1.0 2.6 4.1 13.1
11 Ollie Mack 22 27 155 4.9 11.6 .420 0.0 0.2 .000 2.1 4.2 .500 1.6 3.5 5.1 4.6 0.9 0.0 2.1 3.7 11.8
12 Marty Byrnes 23 32 194 4.6 9.3 .500 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.8 .867 1.7 3.3 5.0 2.4 0.9 0.2 4.1 5.9 11.7
13 Ron Boone 33 6 106 4.8 13.6 .350 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.4 .857 1.4 2.4 3.7 2.4 1.7 0.0 4.4 4.4 11.5
14 Kenny Carr 24 5 57 4.4 10.1 .438 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.000 3.2 7.6 10.7 0.6 1.3 0.6 5.7 3.8 10.1
15 Don Ford 27 52 580 4.1 8.1 .508 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 1.7 .821 1.4 4.7 6.1 2.2 0.7 0.9 1.9 5.3 9.6

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 32 82 3143 25.3 .639 .604 7.2 22.2 15.4 16.5 1.2 4.6 15.7 24.1 118 100 9.5 5.3 14.8 .227
2 Magic Johnson 20 77 2795 20.6 .602 .534 7.1 15.4 11.6 25.2 3.1 0.8 20.9 20.9 113 101 6.2 4.3 10.5 .180
3 Jamaal Wilkes 26 82 3111 17.6 .563 .536 6.8 11.2 9.2 10.8 1.9 0.5 9.7 20.8 115 105 6.7 3.2 10.0 .154
4 Norm Nixon 24 82 3226 14.9 .548 .517 1.9 5.5 3.9 25.3 2.1 0.2 17.9 20.0 107 107 4.1 2.7 6.7 .100
5 Michael Cooper 23 82 1973 12.5 .563 .529 6.1 6.5 6.3 13.5 2.0 1.0 18.1 15.9 108 106 2.2 1.8 4.0 .097
6 Jim Chones 30 82 2394 11.3 .521 .489 7.1 17.6 12.8 7.6 1.1 1.4 17.3 16.9 100 104 0.7 2.8 3.5 .071
7 Spencer Haywood 30 76 1544 13.9 .540 .488 10.2 13.9 12.2 7.6 1.0 1.9 16.4 21.2 104 105 1.4 1.7 3.1 .095
8 Mark Landsberger 24 23 374 17.0 .498 .482 22.0 25.2 23.8 4.7 1.2 0.7 13.4 20.0 106 102 0.4 0.5 1.0 .128
9 Don Ford 27 52 580 8.3 .545 .508 4.7 13.0 9.2 7.2 0.9 1.3 17.4 11.9 105 106 0.3 0.6 0.9 .073
10 Brad Holland 23 38 197 14.3 .477 .438 2.4 6.6 4.7 14.8 3.5 0.3 10.5 25.2 100 104 0.1 0.2 0.3 .081
11 Ollie Mack 22 27 155 9.1 .440 .420 5.4 9.7 7.7 15.3 1.2 0.0 13.4 17.3 97 107 0.0 0.1 0.1 .035
12 Butch Lee 23 11 31 12.4 .435 .308 15.4 12.9 14.1 34.1 1.5 0.0 30.3 29.8 87 106 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.051
13 Marty Byrnes 23 32 194 6.3 .557 .500 5.5 9.3 7.6 7.9 1.2 0.3 28.0 16.2 91 107 -0.1 0.2 0.0 .009
14 Kenny Carr 24 5 57 5.2 .474 .438 10.5 21.1 16.3 2.0 1.6 0.9 34.8 18.2 72 102 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.067
15 Ron Boone 33 6 106 3.0 .395 .350 4.5 6.6 5.7 7.8 2.2 0.0 23.2 21.2 74 106 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.098

Playoffs 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 32 15 618 198 346 .572 0 0 83 105 .790 51 130 181 46 17 58 55 51 479
2 Jamaal Wilkes 26 16 652 140 294 .476 0 1 .000 44 54 .815 53 75 128 48 24 5 35 51 324
3 Magic Johnson 20 16 658 103 199 .518 2 8 .250 85 106 .802 52 116 168 151 49 6 65 47 293
4 Norm Nixon 24 16 648 114 239 .477 1 5 .200 41 51 .804 13 43 56 125 32 3 49 59 270
5 Michael Cooper 23 16 464 57 140 .407 0 2 .000 31 36 .861 28 31 59 58 24 11 29 54 145
6 Jim Chones 30 16 439 48 118 .407 0 0 23 34 .676 32 72 104 28 8 6 32 60 119
7 Spencer Haywood 30 11 145 25 53 .472 0 1 .000 13 16 .813 14 12 26 4 0 6 20 17 63
8 Mark Landsberger 24 16 195 25 69 .362 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 25 44 69 2 3 2 10 35 55
9 Brad Holland 23 9 32 5 10 .500 0 0 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 3 5 0 3 8 14
10 Marty Byrnes 23 4 8 1 3 .333 0 0 4 6 .667 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
11 Butch Lee 23 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 2

Playoffs 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 32 15 41.2 13.2 23.1 .572 0.0 0.0 5.5 7.0 .790 3.4 8.7 12.1 3.1 1.1 3.9 3.7 3.4 31.9
2 Jamaal Wilkes 26 16 40.8 8.8 18.4 .476 0.0 0.1 .000 2.8 3.4 .815 3.3 4.7 8.0 3.0 1.5 0.3 2.2 3.2 20.3
3 Magic Johnson 20 16 41.1 6.4 12.4 .518 0.1 0.5 .250 5.3 6.6 .802 3.3 7.3 10.5 9.4 3.1 0.4 4.1 2.9 18.3
4 Norm Nixon 24 16 40.5 7.1 14.9 .477 0.1 0.3 .200 2.6 3.2 .804 0.8 2.7 3.5 7.8 2.0 0.2 3.1 3.7 16.9
5 Michael Cooper 23 16 29.0 3.6 8.8 .407 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 2.3 .861 1.8 1.9 3.7 3.6 1.5 0.7 1.8 3.4 9.1
6 Jim Chones 30 16 27.4 3.0 7.4 .407 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 .676 2.0 4.5 6.5 1.8 0.5 0.4 2.0 3.8 7.4
7 Spencer Haywood 30 11 13.2 2.3 4.8 .472 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.5 .813 1.3 1.1 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.8 1.5 5.7
8 Mark Landsberger 24 16 12.2 1.6 4.3 .362 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.4 .833 1.6 2.8 4.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 2.2 3.4
9 Brad Holland 23 9 3.6 0.6 1.1 .500 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.6
10 Marty Byrnes 23 4 2.0 0.3 0.8 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 .667 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.5
11 Butch Lee 23 3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.7

Playoffs 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 32 15 618 11.5 20.2 .572 0.0 0.0 4.8 6.1 .790 3.0 7.6 10.5 2.7 1.0 3.4 3.2 3.0 27.9
2 Marty Byrnes 23 4 8 4.5 13.5 .333 0.0 0.0 18.0 27.0 .667 4.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 27.0
3 Jamaal Wilkes 26 16 652 7.7 16.2 .476 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.0 .815 2.9 4.1 7.1 2.7 1.3 0.3 1.9 2.8 17.9
4 Magic Johnson 20 16 658 5.6 10.9 .518 0.1 0.4 .250 4.7 5.8 .802 2.8 6.3 9.2 8.3 2.7 0.3 3.6 2.6 16.0
5 Brad Holland 23 9 32 5.6 11.3 .500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.000 2.3 3.4 5.6 3.4 5.6 0.0 3.4 9.0 15.8
6 Spencer Haywood 30 11 145 6.2 13.2 .472 0.0 0.2 .000 3.2 4.0 .813 3.5 3.0 6.5 1.0 0.0 1.5 5.0 4.2 15.6
7 Norm Nixon 24 16 648 6.3 13.3 .477 0.1 0.3 .200 2.3 2.8 .804 0.7 2.4 3.1 6.9 1.8 0.2 2.7 3.3 15.0
8 Butch Lee 23 3 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.000 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 12.0 12.0
9 Michael Cooper 23 16 464 4.4 10.9 .407 0.0 0.2 .000 2.4 2.8 .861 2.2 2.4 4.6 4.5 1.9 0.9 2.3 4.2 11.3
10 Mark Landsberger 24 16 195 4.6 12.7 .362 0.0 0.2 .000 0.9 1.1 .833 4.6 8.1 12.7 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.8 6.5 10.2
11 Jim Chones 30 16 439 3.9 9.7 .407 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.8 .676 2.6 5.9 8.5 2.3 0.7 0.5 2.6 4.9 9.8

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 32 15 618 27.9 .611 .572 9.0 22.2 15.7 12.3 1.3 5.3 12.3 28.5 118 99 2.2 1.0 3.3 .253
2 Magic Johnson 20 16 658 22.1 .596 .523 8.6 18.6 13.7 29.8 3.5 0.5 20.9 18.6 117 100 1.7 1.1 2.8 .203
3 Jamaal Wilkes 26 16 652 15.8 .510 .476 8.9 12.2 10.5 10.3 1.7 0.4 9.9 21.3 110 105 1.1 0.6 1.7 .127
4 Norm Nixon 24 16 648 14.4 .516 .479 2.2 7.0 4.6 25.7 2.3 0.3 15.8 18.9 107 106 0.9 0.6 1.5 .108
5 Michael Cooper 23 16 464 11.2 .465 .407 6.6 7.1 6.8 15.6 2.4 1.3 15.7 15.7 102 104 0.3 0.5 0.8 .080
6 Jim Chones 30 16 439 7.3 .448 .407 7.9 17.3 12.7 7.8 0.9 0.8 19.4 14.8 91 105 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .025
7 Mark Landsberger 24 16 195 7.0 .384 .362 14.0 23.9 19.0 1.3 0.7 0.6 12.2 16.5 90 104 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .024
8 Brad Holland 23 9 32 17.0 .595 .500 6.8 9.9 8.4 12.2 7.3 0.0 20.3 18.2 110 95 0.1 0.1 0.1 .186
9 Butch Lee 23 3 6 -12.3 1.136 0.0 17.6 8.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 77.3 25.5 49 107 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.372
10 Marty Byrnes 23 4 8 19.5 .532 .333 13.6 0.0 6.7 15.6 0.0 0.0 15.1 32.7 110 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 .141
11 Spencer Haywood 30 11 145 8.2 .525 .472 10.5 8.8 9.6 3.7 0.0 2.3 25.0 21.8 89 108 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.014