Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Rosters

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1979-1980 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 32 UCLA 10 1969 1st Rnd, #2, Milwaukee Bucks
Marty Byrnes SF 6-7 215 Apr 30, 1956 23 Syracuse 1 1978 1st Rnd, #19, Phoenix Suns
Jim Chones FC 6-11 220 Nov 30, 1949 30 Marquette 5 1973 2nd Rnd, #31, Los Angeles Lakers
Michael Cooper G-F 6-5 170 Apr 15, 1956 23 New Mexico 1 1978 3rd Rnd, #60, Los Angeles Lakers
Spencer Haywood PF 6-8 225 Apr 22, 1949 30 Detroit-Mercy 9 1971 2nd Rnd, #35, Buffalo Braves
Brad Holland SG 6-3 180 Dec 6, 1956 23 UCLA 0 1979 1st Rnd, #14, Los Angeles Lakers
Magic Johnson SG 6-9 255 Aug 14, 1959 20 Michigan State 0 1979 1st Rnd, #1, Los Angeles Lakers
Mark Landsberger FC 6-8 215 May 21, 1955 24 Arizona State 2 1977 2nd Rnd, #35, Chicago Bulls
Butch Lee PG 6-0 185 Dec 5, 1956 23 Marquette 1 1978 1st Rnd, #10, Atlanta Hawks
Norm Nixon PG 6-2 170 Oct 11, 1955 24 Duquesne 2 1977 1st Rnd, #22, Los Angeles Lakers
Jamaal Wilkes GF 6-6 190 May 2, 1953 26 UCLA 5 1974 1st Rnd, #11, Golden State Warriors

1979-1980 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Washington Bullets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 San Antonio Spurs HOU in 3
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Houston Rockets BOS in 4
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Portland Trail Blazers SEA in 3
First Round #4 Phoenix Suns #5 Kansas City Kings PHX in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Phoenix Suns LAL in 5
Second Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #2 Milwaukee Bucks SEA in 7
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 5

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #3 Philadelphia Sixers LAL in 6

1979-1980 L.A. Lakers Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 15 41.2 31.9 12.1 3.1 1.1 3.9 3.7
Jamaal Wilkes 16 40.8 20.2 8.0 3.0 1.5 0.3 2.2
Magic Johnson 16 41.1 18.3 10.5 9.4 3.1 0.4 4.1
Norm Nixon 16 40.5 16.9 3.5 7.8 2.0 0.2 3.1
Michael Cooper 16 29.0 9.1 3.7 3.6 1.5 0.7 1.8
Jim Chones 16 27.4 7.4 6.5 1.8 0.5 0.4 2.0
Spencer Haywood 11 13.2 5.7 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.8
Mark Landsberger 16 12.2 3.4 4.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6
Brad Holland 9 3.6 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.3
Marty Byrnes 4 2.0 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
Butch Lee 3 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

1979-1980 Los Angeles Lakers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders Phoenix Leaders
Apr 8, 1980
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Phoenix		 W, 119-110 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 30. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 25. Mike Bratz
Apr 9, 1980
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Phoenix		 W, 131-128 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		2-0 PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 37. P. Westphal
Apr 11, 1980
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Phoenix		 W, 105-108 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals 		3-0 PTS: 37. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 28. Walter Davis
Apr 13, 1980
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Phoenix		 L, 127-101 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Conference Semi Finals 		3-1 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 25. P. Westphal
Apr 15, 1980
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Phoenix		 W, 126-101 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		4-1 PTS: 35. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 24. Walter Davis

1979-1980 Los Angeles Lakers Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders Seattle Leaders
Apr 22, 1980
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Seattle		 L, 107-108 The Forum
Conference Finals 		0-1 PTS: 26. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 34. Fred Brown
Apr 23, 1980
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Seattle		 W, 108-99 The Forum
Conference Finals 		1-1 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 24. Gus Williams
Apr 25, 1980
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Seattle		 W, 100-104 Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Conference Finals 		2-1 PTS: 33. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 23. Gus Williams
Apr 27, 1980
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Seattle		 W, 93-98 Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Conference Finals 		3-1 PTS: 25. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 25. Gus Williams
Apr 30, 1980
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Seattle		 W, 111-105 The Forum
Conference Finals 		4-1 PTS: 38. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 29. D. Johnson

1979-1980 Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders Philadelphia Leaders
May 4, 1980
v.
Philadelphia		 W, 109-102 The Forum
NBA Finals 		1-0 PTS: 33. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 20. J. Erving
May 7, 1980
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Philadelphia		 L, 104-107 The Forum
NBA Finals 		1-1 PTS: 38. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 25. D. Dawkins
May 10, 1980
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Philadelphia		 W, 101-111 Spectrum
NBA Finals 		2-1 PTS: 33. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 24. J. Erving
May 11, 1980
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Philadelphia		 L, 105-102 Spectrum
NBA Finals 		2-2 PTS: 28. M. Johnson
 PTS: 26. D. Dawkins
May 14, 1980
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Philadelphia		 W, 108-103 The Forum
NBA Finals 		3-2 PTS: 40. K. Abdul-Jabbar
 PTS: 36. J. Erving
May 16, 1980
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Philadelphia		 W, 107-123 Spectrum
NBA Finals 		4-2 PTS: 42. M. Johnson
 PTS: 27. J. Erving