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1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Denver Nuggets 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 4-1
Coach: Jerry West (47-35)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 482,611, Avg. 11,771 in 41 home dates
1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Results
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-5.
The Lakers scored 9,260 points and gave up 9,009. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a team-leading 1,903 points for Los Angeles, while Jamaal Wilkes netted 18 or more per game, too. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar racked up 1,025 rebounds. Norm Nixon dished out 737 assists for the squad.
Defensively, Norm Nixon added 201 steals, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected 316 opposing shots.
Jerry West coached the team. The 1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the conference semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 80 | 80 | 3157 | 1347 | 777 | 474 | 349 | 207 | 818 | 1025 | 431 | 76 | 316 | 282 | 230 | 1903 | ||
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 82 | 0 | 2915 | 1242 | 626 | 362 | 272 | 164 | 445 | 609 | 227 | 134 | 27 | 224 | 275 | 1524 | ||
Norm Nixon | G | 82 | 82 | 3145 | 1149 | 623 | 204 | 158 | 48 | 183 | 231 | 737 | 201 | 17 | 231 | 250 | 1404 | ||
Adrian Dantley | F-G | 60 | 51 | 1775 | 733 | 374 | 342 | 292 | 131 | 211 | 342 | 138 | 63 | 12 | 155 | 162 | 1040 | ||
Lou Hudson | F-G | 78 | 0 | 1686 | 636 | 329 | 124 | 110 | 64 | 76 | 140 | 141 | 58 | 17 | 99 | 133 | 768 | ||
Ron Boone | G-F | 82 | 0 | 1583 | 569 | 259 | 104 | 90 | 53 | 92 | 145 | 154 | 66 | 11 | 147 | 171 | 608 | ||
Kenny Carr | F | 72 | 11 | 1149 | 450 | 225 | 137 | 83 | 70 | 222 | 292 | 60 | 38 | 31 | 116 | 152 | 533 | ||
Don Ford | F | 79 | 0 | 1540 | 450 | 228 | 89 | 72 | 83 | 185 | 268 | 101 | 51 | 25 | 93 | 177 | 528 | ||
Jim Price | G | 75 | 0 | 1207 | 344 | 171 | 79 | 55 | 26 | 97 | 123 | 218 | 66 | 12 | 100 | 128 | 397 | ||
Dave Robisch | C-F | 80 | 0 | 1219 | 336 | 150 | 115 | 86 | 82 | 203 | 285 | 97 | 20 | 25 | 53 | 108 | 386 | ||
Ron Carter | G | 46 | 0 | 332 | 124 | 54 | 54 | 36 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 40 | 54 | 144 | ||
Brad Davis | G | 5 | 0 | 65 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | ||
Michael Cooper | G-F | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
Totals | 824 | 224 | 19780 | 7397 | 3827 | 0 | 0 | 2088 | 1606 | 949 | 2557 | 3506 | 2338 | 793 | 500 | 1547 | 1851 | 9260 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 80 | 80 | 39.5 | 57.7 | 73.6 | 2.6 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 23.8 | |
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 82 | 0 | 35.5 | 50.4 | 75.1 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 18.6 | |
Norm Nixon | G | 82 | 82 | 38.4 | 54.2 | 77.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 17.1 | |
Adrian Dantley | F-G | 60 | 51 | 29.6 | 51.0 | 85.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 17.3 | |
Lou Hudson | F-G | 78 | 0 | 21.6 | 51.7 | 88.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 9.8 | |
Ron Boone | G-F | 82 | 0 | 19.3 | 45.5 | 86.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 7.4 | |
Kenny Carr | F | 72 | 11 | 16.0 | 50.0 | 60.6 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 7.4 | |
Don Ford | F | 79 | 0 | 19.5 | 50.7 | 80.9 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 6.7 | |
Jim Price | G | 75 | 0 | 16.1 | 49.7 | 69.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 5.3 | |
Dave Robisch | C-F | 80 | 0 | 15.2 | 44.6 | 74.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 4.8 | |
Ron Carter | G | 46 | 0 | 7.2 | 43.5 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.1 | |
Brad Davis | G | 5 | 0 | 13.0 | 72.7 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | |
Michael Cooper | G-F | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | ||
Averages | 824 | 224 | 24.0 | 51.7 | 76.9 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 11.2 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 8 | 367 | 152 | 88 | 62 | 52 | 18 | 83 | 101 | 38 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 228 | ||
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 8 | 307 | 128 | 61 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 147 | ||
Adrian Dantley | F-G | 8 | 236 | 89 | 50 | 52 | 41 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 141 | ||
Norm Nixon | G | 8 | 327 | 119 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 94 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 37 | 123 | ||
Ron Boone | G-F | 8 | 226 | 77 | 37 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 94 | ||
Kenny Carr | F | 8 | 117 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 43 | ||
Lou Hudson | F-G | 6 | 90 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 38 | ||
Don Ford | F | 8 | 138 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 33 | ||
Jim Price | G | 8 | 128 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 20 | ||
Dave Robisch | C-F | 5 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
Ron Carter | G | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 77 | 1970 | 698 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 163 | 69 | 237 | 306 | 212 | 62 | 40 | 132 | 203 | 875 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 8 | 45.9 | 57.9 | 83.9 | 2.3 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 28.5 | |
Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 8 | 38.4 | 47.7 | 67.6 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 18.4 | |
Adrian Dantley | F-G | 8 | 29.5 | 56.2 | 78.8 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 17.6 | |
Norm Nixon | G | 8 | 40.9 | 47.1 | 73.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 15.4 | |
Ron Boone | G-F | 8 | 28.3 | 48.1 | 95.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 11.8 | |
Kenny Carr | F | 8 | 14.6 | 54.3 | 62.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 5.4 | |
Lou Hudson | F-G | 6 | 15.0 | 53.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 6.3 | |
Don Ford | F | 8 | 17.3 | 53.3 | 33.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | |
Jim Price | G | 8 | 16.0 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | |
Dave Robisch | C-F | 5 | 6.4 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | |
Ron Carter | G | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Averages | 824 | 25.6 | 51.0 | 78.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 11.4 |