1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jack McKinney (10-4), Paul Westhead (50-18)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 115.1 (2nd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.2 (11th of 22)

SRS: 5.40 (2nd of 22) Pace: 104.1 (8th of 22)

Off Rtg: 109.5 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 103.9 (9th of 22) Net Rtg: +5.6 (2nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 22)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 582,882 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		103	102	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 16, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		105	96	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	112	2	1	L 1
4	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		82	99	2	2	L 2
5	Sun, Oct 21, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	97	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		102	87	4	2	W 2
7	Fri, Oct 26, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		116	104	5	2	W 3
8	Sun, Oct 28, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		97	90	6	2	W 4
9	Tue, Oct 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		111	105	7	2	W 5
10	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	110	7	3	L 1
11	Fri, Nov 2, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	110	8	3	W 1
12	Tue, Nov 6, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		127	112	9	3	W 2
13	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		109	126	9	4	L 1
14	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	OT	126	122	10	4	W 1
15	Sun, Nov 11, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		140	126	11	4	W 2
16	Tue, Nov 13, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		137	91	12	4	W 3
17	Thu, Nov 15, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		108	114	12	5	L 1
18	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	OT	135	128	13	5	W 1
19	Sun, Nov 18, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		127	104	14	5	W 2
20	Tue, Nov 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		99	114	14	6	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	119	14	7	L 2
22	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	126	14	8	L 3
23	Sun, Nov 25, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		111	110	15	8	W 1
24	Tue, Nov 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		122	118	16	8	W 2
25	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		100	107	16	9	L 1
26	Sun, Dec 2, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	103	17	9	W 1
27	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		127	121	18	9	W 2
28	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		116	114	19	9	W 3
29	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		108	116	19	10	L 1
30	Sun, Dec 9, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		131	118	20	10	W 1
31	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		138	122	21	10	W 2
32	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		121	119	22	10	W 3
33	Tue, Dec 18, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		129	118	23	10	W 4
34	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		112	119	23	11	L 1
35	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		114	108	24	11	W 1
36	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		128	130	24	12	L 1
37	Sun, Dec 23, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		102	97	25	12	W 1
38	Wed, Dec 26, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		111	118	25	13	L 1
39	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		124	116	26	13	W 1
40	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		123	105	27	13	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Dec 30, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		113	105	28	13	W 3
42	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		127	120	29	13	W 4
43	Sun, Jan 6, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	113	29	14	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		101	103	29	15	L 2
45	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		123	100	30	15	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		100	98	31	15	W 2
47	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		112	99	32	15	W 3
48	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		97	96	33	15	W 4
49	Fri, Jan 18, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	102	34	15	W 5
50	Mon, Jan 21, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	114	35	15	W 6
51	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	111	35	16	L 1
52	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	103	36	16	W 1
53	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	102	37	16	W 2
54	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	4OT	153	154	37	17	L 1
55	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		107	97	38	17	W 1
56	Tue, Feb 5, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		116	105	39	17	W 2
57	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	OT	125	120	40	17	W 3
58	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	105	40	18	L 1
59	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	103	41	18	W 1
60	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		114	100	42	18	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		111	107	43	18	W 3
62	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		116	103	44	18	W 4
63	Fri, Feb 22, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		132	110	45	18	W 5
64	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	100	46	18	W 6
65	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	108	47	18	W 7
66	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	117	126	47	19	L 1
67	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		115	123	47	20	L 2
68	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		127	124	48	20	W 1
69	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		117	101	49	20	W 2
70	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		101	99	50	20	W 3
71	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		121	142	50	21	L 1
72	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		123	106	51	21	W 1
73	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		102	94	52	21	W 2
74	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		132	126	53	21	W 3
75	Sun, Mar 16, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	106	54	21	W 4
76	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		113	100	55	21	W 5
77	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		108	112	55	22	L 1
78	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		97	92	56	22	W 1
79	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		101	96	57	22	W 2
80	Thu, Mar 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		97	95	58	22	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		126	88	59	22	W 4
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		95	93	60	22	W 5

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 8, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		119	110	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Apr 9, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	OT	131	128	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Apr 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		108	105	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, Apr 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		101	127	3	1	L 1
5	Tue, Apr 15, 1980	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		126	101	4	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
6	Tue, Apr 22, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		107	108	4	2	L 1
7	Wed, Apr 23, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	99	5	2	W 1
8	Fri, Apr 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		104	100	6	2	W 2
9	Sun, Apr 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		98	93	7	2	W 3
10	Wed, Apr 30, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	105	8	2	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
11	Sun, May 4, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		109	102	9	2	W 5
12	Wed, May 7, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	107	9	3	L 1
13	Sat, May 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	101	10	3	W 1
14	Sun, May 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	105	10	4	L 1
15	Wed, May 14, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		108	103	11	4	W 1
16	Fri, May 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	107	12	4	W 2

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