1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-28
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Houston Rockets 2-1
Coach: Paul Westhead (54-28)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 538,537, Avg. 13,135 in 41 home dates
1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers RosterTeam Record: 54-28
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Houston Rockets 2-1
Coach: Paul Westhead (54-28)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 538,537, Avg. 13,135 in 41 home dates
1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers Results
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Lakers racked up 9,117 points and allowed 8,802. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a team-leading 2,095 points for Los Angeles, and Jamaal Wilkes averaged 18 or more per game, too. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar racked up 821 rebounds. Norm Nixon dished out 696 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Norm Nixon added 146 steals, while Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected 228 opposing shots.
Paul Westhead coached the team. The 1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the conference first round.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 80 | 80 | 2976 | 1457 | 836 | 1 | 0 | 552 | 423 | 197 | 624 | 821 | 272 | 59 | 228 | 249 | 244 | 2095 |
| Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 81 | 0 | 3028 | 1495 | 786 | 13 | 1 | 335 | 254 | 146 | 289 | 435 | 235 | 121 | 29 | 207 | 223 | 1827 |
| Norm Nixon | G | 79 | 79 | 2962 | 1210 | 576 | 12 | 2 | 252 | 196 | 64 | 168 | 232 | 696 | 146 | 11 | 285 | 226 | 1350 |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 82 | 0 | 2562 | 751 | 378 | 4 | 0 | 193 | 126 | 180 | 477 | 657 | 153 | 39 | 96 | 159 | 324 | 882 |
| Earvin Johnson | G-F | 37 | 35 | 1371 | 587 | 312 | 17 | 3 | 225 | 171 | 101 | 219 | 320 | 317 | 127 | 27 | 143 | 100 | 798 |
| Michael Cooper | G-F | 81 | 38 | 2625 | 654 | 321 | 19 | 4 | 149 | 117 | 121 | 215 | 336 | 332 | 133 | 78 | 164 | 249 | 763 |
| Mark Landsberger | F-C | 69 | 0 | 1086 | 327 | 164 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 62 | 152 | 225 | 377 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 65 | 135 | 390 |
| Eddie Jordan | G | 60 | 0 | 987 | 279 | 120 | 12 | 3 | 95 | 63 | 25 | 55 | 80 | 195 | 74 | 7 | 120 | 136 | 306 |
| Butch Carter | G | 54 | 0 | 672 | 247 | 114 | 10 | 3 | 95 | 70 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 52 | 23 | 1 | 50 | 99 | 301 |
| Jim Brewer | F-C | 78 | 0 | 1107 | 197 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 127 | 154 | 281 | 55 | 43 | 58 | 48 | 158 | 217 |
| Brad Holland | G | 41 | 0 | 295 | 111 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 44 | 130 |
| Alan Hardy | F | 22 | 0 | 111 | 59 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 51 |
| Myles Patrick | F | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Tony Jackson | G | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 769 | 232 | 19805 | 7382 | 3780 | 94 | 17 | 2113 | 1540 | 1165 | 2491 | 3656 | 2363 | 808 | 551 | 1533 | 1955 | 9117 |
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 | 37.2 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 76.6 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 26.2 |
| Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 81 | 0 | 37.4 | 52.6 | 7.7 | 75.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 22.6 |
| Norm Nixon | G | 79 | 79 | 37.5 | 47.6 | 16.7 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 17.1 |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 82 | 0 | 31.2 | 50.3 | 0.0 | 65.3 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 10.8 |
| Earvin Johnson | G-F | 37 | 35 | 37.1 | 53.2 | 17.6 | 76.0 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 21.6 |
| Michael Cooper | G-F | 81 | 38 | 32.4 | 49.1 | 21.1 | 78.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.4 |
| Mark Landsberger | F-C | 69 | 0 | 15.7 | 50.2 | 0.0 | 53.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| Eddie Jordan | G | 60 | 0 | 16.5 | 43.0 | 25.0 | 66.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 5.1 |
| Butch Carter | G | 54 | 0 | 12.4 | 46.2 | 30.0 | 73.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 5.6 |
| Jim Brewer | F-C | 78 | 0 | 14.2 | 51.3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| Brad Holland | G | 41 | 0 | 7.2 | 42.3 | 33.3 | 71.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| Alan Hardy | F | 22 | 0 | 5.0 | 37.3 | 70.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.3 | |
| Myles Patrick | F | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | |
| Tony Jackson | G | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||
| Averages | 769 | 232 | 25.8 | 51.2 | 18.1 | 72.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 11.9 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 3 | 134 | 65 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 80 | |
| Norm Nixon | G | 3 | 133 | 49 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 58 | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 3 | 113 | 48 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 54 | |
| Earvin Johnson | G-F | 3 | 127 | 49 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 51 | |
| Michael Cooper | G-F | 3 | 102 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 32 | |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 3 | 67 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 24 | |
| Mark Landsberger | F-C | 3 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Jim Brewer | F-C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Holland | G | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Jordan | G | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 27 | 720 | 255 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 68 | 43 | 110 | 153 | 72 | 21 | 17 | 43 | 69 | 304 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 3 | 44.7 | 46.2 | 71.4 | 4.3 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 26.7 | |
| Norm Nixon | G | 3 | 44.3 | 51.0 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 19.3 | |
| Jamaal Wilkes | F-G | 3 | 37.7 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 18.0 |
| Earvin Johnson | G-F | 3 | 42.3 | 38.8 | 65.0 | 2.7 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 17.0 | |
| Michael Cooper | G-F | 3 | 34.0 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 10.7 |
| Jim Chones | C-F | 3 | 22.3 | 58.8 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | |
| Mark Landsberger | F-C | 3 | 10.7 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
| Jim Brewer | F-C | 3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Brad Holland | G | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Eddie Jordan | G | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Averages | 769 | 26.7 | 46.3 | 0.0 | 68.7 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 11.3 |
