Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Rosters

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1978-1979 Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7-2 225 Apr 16, 1947 31 UCLA 9 1969 1st Rnd, #2, Milwaukee Bucks
Ron Boone GF 6-2 200 Sep 6, 1946 32 Idaho State 2 1968 11th Rnd, #147, Phoenix Suns
1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 3, Kansas City Kings
Kenny Carr GF 6-7 220 Aug 15, 1955 23 NC State 1 1977 1st Rnd, #6, Los Angeles Lakers
Ron Carter SG 6-5 190 Aug 31, 1956 22 Virginia Military 0 1978 2nd Rnd, #26, Los Angeles Lakers
Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 Apr 15, 1956 22 New Mexico 0 1978 3rd Rnd, #60, Los Angeles Lakers
Adrian Dantley F-G 6-5 208 Feb 28, 1956 23 Notre Dame 2 1976 1st Rnd, #12, Buffalo Braves
Don Ford PF 6-9 215 Dec 31, 1952 26 UC Santa Barbara 3 1975 6th Rnd, #97, Los Angeles Lakers
Lou Hudson GF 6-5 210 Jul 11, 1944 34 Minnesota 12 1966 1st Rnd, #4, St. Louis Hawks
Norm Nixon PG 6-2 170 Oct 11, 1955 23 Duquesne 1 1977 1st Rnd, #22, Los Angeles Lakers
Jim Price PG 6-3 195 Nov 27, 1949 29 Louisville 6 1972 2nd Rnd, #16, Los Angeles Lakers
Dave Robisch FC 6-10 235 Dec 22, 1949 29 Kansas 2 1971 3rd Rnd, #49, Boston Celtics
Jamaal Wilkes GF 6-6 190 May 2, 1953 25 UCLA 4 1974 1st Rnd, #11, Golden State Warriors

1978-1979 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
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
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
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
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
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
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
Apr 10, 1979
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Denver		 L, 110-105 McNichols Sports Arena
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 23. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 30. Dan Issel
Apr 13, 1979
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Denver		 W, 121-109 The Forum
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 29. D. Thompson
Apr 15, 1979
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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
Apr 17, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 112-101 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		0-1 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 27. Gus Williams
Apr 18, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 108-103 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		0-2 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 38. Gus Williams
Apr 20, 1979
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Seattle		 W, 118-112 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		1-2 PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 29. Gus Williams
Apr 22, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 115-117 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		1-3 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 30. Gus Williams
Apr 25, 1979
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Seattle		 L, 106-100 Kingdome
Conference Semi Finals 		1-4 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 30. Gus Williams