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1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

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

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) 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)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	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				9.7	16.8	.577	.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	Norm Nixon	23	82		38.4	7.6	14.0	.542				7.6	14.0	.542	.542	1.9	2.5	.775	0.6	2.2	2.8	9.0	2.5	0.2	2.8	3.0	17.1
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82		35.5	7.6	15.1	.504				7.6	15.1	.504	.504	3.3	4.4	.751	2.0	5.4	7.4	2.8	1.6	0.3	2.7	3.4	18.6
4	Adrian Dantley	23	60		29.6	6.2	12.2	.510				6.2	12.2	.510	.510	4.9	5.7	.854	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.3	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.7	17.3
5	Lou Hudson	34	78		21.6	4.2	8.2	.517				4.2	8.2	.517	.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	Don Ford	26	79		19.5	2.9	5.7	.507				2.9	5.7	.507	.507	0.9	1.1	.809	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.7
7	Ron Boone	32	82		19.3	3.2	6.9	.455				3.2	6.9	.455	.455	1.1	1.3	.865	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.8	2.1	7.4
8	Jim Price	29	75		16.1	2.3	4.6	.497				2.3	4.6	.497	.497	0.7	1.1	.696	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.7	5.3
9	Kenny Carr	23	72		16.0	3.1	6.3	.500				3.1	6.3	.500	.500	1.2	1.9	.606	1.0	3.1	4.1	0.8	0.5	0.4	1.6	2.1	7.4
10	Dave Robisch	29	80		15.2	1.9	4.2	.446				1.9	4.2	.446	.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				1.6	2.2	.727	.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				1.2	2.7	.435	.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				1.0	2.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	8		45.9	11.0	19.0	.579				11.0	19.0	.579	.579	6.5	7.8	.839	2.3	10.4	12.6	4.8	1.0	4.1	3.6	3.3	28.5
2	Norm Nixon	23	8		40.9	7.0	14.9	.471				7.0	14.9	.471	.471	1.4	1.9	.733	0.8	2.8	3.5	11.8	1.4	0.0	3.0	4.6	15.4
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	8		38.4	7.6	16.0	.477				7.6	16.0	.477	.477	3.1	4.6	.676	2.5	6.0	8.5	2.0	1.9	0.3	1.9	2.6	18.4
4	Adrian Dantley	23	8		29.5	6.3	11.1	.562				6.3	11.1	.562	.562	5.1	6.5	.788	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	3.0	17.6
5	Ron Boone	32	8		28.3	4.6	9.6	.481				4.6	9.6	.481	.481	2.5	2.6	.952	0.9	1.0	1.9	1.8	1.1	0.0	1.8	3.5	11.8
6	Don Ford	26	8		17.3	2.0	3.8	.533				2.0	3.8	.533	.533	0.1	0.4	.333	0.3	2.5	2.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.1
7	Jim Price	29	8		16.0	1.1	3.8	.300				1.1	3.8	.300	.300	0.3	0.5	.500	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.3	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.4	2.5
8	Lou Hudson	34	6		15.0	2.8	5.3	.531				2.8	5.3	.531	.531	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.0	6.3
9	Kenny Carr	23	8		14.6	2.4	4.4	.543				2.4	4.4	.543	.543	0.6	1.0	.625	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	5.4
10	Dave Robisch	29	5		6.4	0.6	1.0	.600				0.6	1.0	.600	.600	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6
11	Ron Carter	22	2		1.0	0.0	0.5	.000				0.0	0.5	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	80		3157	777	1347	.577				777	1347	.577	.577	349	474	.736	207	818	1025	431	76	316	282	230	1903
2	Norm Nixon	23	82		3145	623	1149	.542				623	1149	.542	.542	158	204	.775	48	183	231	737	201	17	231	250	1404
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82		2915	626	1242	.504				626	1242	.504	.504	272	362	.751	164	445	609	227	134	27	224	275	1524
4	Adrian Dantley	23	60		1775	374	733	.510				374	733	.510	.510	292	342	.854	131	211	342	138	63	12	155	162	1040
5	Lou Hudson	34	78		1686	329	636	.517				329	636	.517	.517	110	124	.887	64	76	140	141	58	17	99	133	768
6	Ron Boone	32	82		1583	259	569	.455				259	569	.455	.455	90	104	.865	53	92	145	154	66	11	147	171	608
7	Don Ford	26	79		1540	228	450	.507				228	450	.507	.507	72	89	.809	83	185	268	101	51	25	93	177	528
8	Dave Robisch	29	80		1219	150	336	.446				150	336	.446	.446	86	115	.748	82	203	285	97	20	25	53	108	386
9	Jim Price	29	75		1207	171	344	.497				171	344	.497	.497	55	79	.696	26	97	123	218	66	12	100	128	397
10	Kenny Carr	23	72		1149	225	450	.500				225	450	.500	.500	83	137	.606	70	222	292	60	38	31	116	152	533
11	Ron Carter	22	46		332	54	124	.435				54	124	.435	.435	36	54	.667	21	24	45	25	17	7	40	54	144
12	Brad Davis	23	5		65	8	11	.727				8	11	.727	.727	3	4	.750	0	1	1	9	2	0	6	10	19
13	Michael Cooper	22	3		7	3	6	.500				3	6	.500	.500	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6
			82		19780	3827	7397	.517				3827	7397	.517	.517	1606	2088	.769	949	2557	3506	2338	793	500	1569	1851	9260

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	8		367	88	152	.579				88	152	.579	.579	52	62	.839	18	83	101	38	8	33	29	26	228
2	Norm Nixon	23	8		327	56	119	.471				56	119	.471	.471	11	15	.733	6	22	28	94	11	0	24	37	123
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	8		307	61	128	.477				61	128	.477	.477	25	37	.676	20	48	68	16	15	2	15	21	147
4	Adrian Dantley	23	8		236	50	89	.562				50	89	.562	.562	41	52	.788	10	23	33	11	6	1	19	24	141
5	Ron Boone	32	8		226	37	77	.481				37	77	.481	.481	20	21	.952	7	8	15	14	9	0	14	28	94
6	Don Ford	26	8		138	16	30	.533				16	30	.533	.533	1	3	.333	2	20	22	7	3	2	4	20	33
7	Jim Price	29	8		128	9	30	.300				9	30	.300	.300	2	4	.500	1	7	8	18	5	0	8	19	20
8	Kenny Carr	23	8		117	19	35	.543				19	35	.543	.543	5	8	.625	4	13	17	4	4	2	11	18	43
9	Lou Hudson	34	6		90	17	32	.531				17	32	.531	.531	4	4	1.000	1	3	4	8	1	0	5	6	38
10	Dave Robisch	29	5		32	3	5	.600				3	5	.600	.600	2	2	1.000	0	10	10	2	0	0	3	4	8
11	Ron Carter	22	2		2	0	1	.000				0	1	.000	.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	80	3157	25.5	.612		.352	7.6	26.7	17.6	18.9	1.1	5.0	15.3	23.3		8.8	5.6	14.4	.219		4.6	3.0	7.6	7.7
2	Norm Nixon	23	82	3145	18.2	.567		.178	1.8	6.0	4.0	30.5	2.9	0.3	15.7	18.7		6.5	3.1	9.6	.146		1.8	0.4	2.2	3.3
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	82	2915	16.4	.544		.291	6.5	15.7	11.4	10.3	2.1	0.5	13.8	22.3		3.4	3.4	6.9	.113		0.2	-0.4	-0.2	1.3
4	Adrian Dantley	23	60	1775	18.4	.589		.467	8.5	12.2	10.5	10.3	1.6	0.3	14.9	23.4		4.0	1.6	5.7	.153		1.7	-1.2	0.5	1.1
5	Lou Hudson	34	78	1686	13.7	.556		.195	4.4	4.6	4.5	10.8	1.6	0.5	12.5	18.7		2.3	1.1	3.3	.095		-0.1	-0.9	-1.1	0.4
6	Ron Boone	32	82	1583	9.3	.495		.183	3.9	6.0	5.0	12.1	1.9	0.4	19.3	19.3		-0.8	1.2	0.4	.012		-3.2	-1.0	-4.2	-0.9
7	Don Ford	26	79	1540	11.1	.540		.198	6.2	12.4	9.5	8.0	1.5	0.8	16.0	15.1		1.0	1.5	2.5	.078		-1.4	-0.3	-1.7	0.1
8	Dave Robisch	29	80	1219	11.9	.499		.342	7.7	17.1	12.7	9.4	0.7	1.0	12.1	14.4		1.2	1.2	2.3	.092		-0.5	-0.5	-1.1	0.3
9	Jim Price	29	75	1207	12.3	.524		.230	2.5	8.3	5.5	21.9	2.5	0.5	20.9	15.9		0.5	1.2	1.8	.070		-1.4	0.6	-0.8	0.4
10	Kenny Carr	23	72	1149	12.6	.522		.304	7.0	19.9	13.8	6.8	1.5	1.4	18.5	21.8		-0.4	1.5	1.1	.046		-2.8	-0.7	-3.5	-0.4
11	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		-0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.002		-4.1	-0.7	-4.8	-0.3
12	Brad Davis	23	5	65	8.5	.745		.364	0.0	1.6	0.8	16.4	1.4	0.0	32.0	11.6		0.1	0.0	0.1	.066		-3.3	-0.2	-3.5	0.0
13	Michael Cooper	22	3	7	16.3	.500		.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	0.0	14.3	40.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.073		-4.6	0.0	-4.6	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	8	367	26.5	.636		.408	6.0	23.6	15.5	15.6	1.0	4.7	13.9	24.2		1.3	0.4	1.7	.222		5.2	2.8	8.0	0.9
2	Norm Nixon	23	8	327	15.9	.490		.126	2.2	7.0	4.8	39.3	1.6	0.0	16.0	19.5		0.4	0.1	0.5	.069		0.8	-1.1	-0.3	0.1
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	8	307	17.0	.509		.289	7.9	16.3	12.5	7.4	2.3	0.3	9.4	22.1		0.3	0.2	0.6	.088		0.7	-0.3	0.4	0.2
4	Adrian Dantley	23	8	236	18.5	.630		.584	5.2	10.2	7.9	6.7	1.2	0.2	14.5	23.7		0.6	0.1	0.7	.138		1.6	-1.2	0.5	0.1
5	Ron Boone	32	8	226	11.6	.545		.273	3.8	3.7	3.7	8.4	1.9	0.0	14.0	18.9		0.2	0.0	0.2	.046		-2.1	-0.6	-2.7	0.0
6	Don Ford	26	8	138	8.3	.527		.100	1.8	15.1	9.0	6.4	1.0	0.8	11.3	10.9		0.1	0.1	0.1	.040		-2.7	0.5	-2.2	0.0
7	Jim Price	29	8	128	3.0	.315		.133	1.0	5.7	3.5	16.9	1.9	0.0	20.1	13.3		-0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.093		-6.3	-0.2	-6.5	-0.1
8	Kenny Carr	23	8	117	9.2	.558		.229	4.2	11.6	8.2	4.6	1.6	0.9	22.2	18.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.004		-4.0	-0.3	-4.3	-0.1
9	Lou Hudson	34	6	90	12.1	.563		.125	1.4	3.5	2.5	12.4	0.5	0.0	12.9	18.4		0.1	0.0	0.1	.038		-0.4	-1.8	-2.2	0.0
10	Dave Robisch	29	5	32	8.8	.680		.400	0.0	32.7	17.6	7.7	0.0	0.0	33.8	11.8		0.0	0.0	0.0	.037		-3.4	0.4	-3.1	0.0
11	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		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.551		-12.8	-9.3	-22.1	0.0

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