1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
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 Roster
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
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%	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
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%	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