Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Rosters
1978-1979 Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Roster
1978-1979 Playoff Matchups
Eastern Conference | |||
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Description | Home | Away | Result |
First Round | #3 Philadelphia Sixers | #6 New Jersey Nets | PHI in 2 |
First Round | #4 Houston Rockets | #5 Atlanta Hawks | ATL in 2 |
Second Round | #1 Washington Bullets | #5 Atlanta Hawks | WAS in 7 |
Second Round | #2 San Antonio Spurs | #3 Philadelphia Sixers | SAS in 7 |
Conference Finals | #1 Washington Bullets | #2 San Antonio Spurs | WAS in 7 |
Western Conference | |||
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Description | Home | Away | Result |
First Round | #3 Phoenix Suns | #6 Portland Trail Blazers | PHX in 3 |
First Round | #4 Denver Nuggets | #5 Los Angeles Lakers | LAL in 3 |
Second Round | #1 Seattle SuperSonics | #5 Los Angeles Lakers | SEA in 5 |
Second Round | #3 Phoenix Suns | #2 Kansas City Kings | PHX in 5 |
Conference Finals | #1 Seattle SuperSonics | #3 Phoenix Suns | SEA in 7 |
NBA Finals | |||
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Description | Home | Away | Result |
NBA Finals | #1 Washington Bullets | #1 Seattle SuperSonics | SEA in 5 |
1978-1979 L.A. Lakers Playoff Stats
Player | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 8 | 45.9 | 28.5 | 12.6 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
Jamaal Wilkes | 8 | 38.4 | 18.4 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
Adrian Dantley | 8 | 29.5 | 17.6 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
Norm Nixon | 8 | 40.9 | 15.4 | 3.5 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
Ron Boone | 8 | 28.2 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Kenny Carr | 8 | 14.6 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Lou Hudson | 6 | 15.0 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Don Ford | 8 | 17.2 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Jim Price | 8 | 16.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Dave Robisch | 5 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Ron Carter | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1978-1979 Los Angeles Lakers Opening Round Schedule
Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Record | L.A. Lakers Leaders | Denver Leaders |
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Apr 10, 1979 |
@ Denver |
L, 110-105 |
McNichols Sports Arena Opening Round |
0-1 |
PTS: 23. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 30. Dan Issel |
Apr 13, 1979 |
v. Denver |
W, 121-109 |
The Forum Opening Round |
1-1 |
PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 29. D. Thompson |
Apr 15, 1979 |
@ Denver |
W, 111-112 |
McNichols Sports Arena Opening Round |
2-1 |
PTS: 29. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 28. D. Thompson |
1978-1979 Los Angeles Lakers Conference Semi Finals Schedule
Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Record | L.A. Lakers Leaders | Seattle Leaders |
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Apr 17, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
L, 112-101 |
Kingdome Conference Semi Finals |
0-1 |
PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 27. Gus Williams |
Apr 18, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
L, 108-103 |
Kingdome Conference Semi Finals |
0-2 |
PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 38. Gus Williams |
Apr 20, 1979 |
v. Seattle |
W, 118-112 |
The Forum Conference Semi Finals |
1-2 |
PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 29. Gus Williams |
Apr 22, 1979 |
v. Seattle |
L, 115-117 |
The Forum Conference Semi Finals |
1-3 |
PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 30. Gus Williams |
Apr 25, 1979 |
@ Seattle |
L, 106-100 |
Kingdome Conference Semi Finals |
1-4 |
PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar |
PTS: 30. Gus Williams |