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1979 NBA Western Conference Semifinals
Lakers vs. SuperSonics

League Champion: Seattle SuperSonics

Finals MVP: Dennis Johnson (22.6 / 6.0 / 6.0)

1979 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Gus Williams (454)

TRB: Elvin Hayes (266)

AST: Tom Henderson (107)

WS: Gus Williams (2.7)

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#5 Los Angeles Lakers (1-4) vs. #1 Seattle SuperSonics (4-1)

Game 1, Apr 17
Los Angeles Lakers	101	Final
Seattle SuperSonics	112

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	27
TRB	L. Shelton-SEA	12

Game 2, Apr 18
Los Angeles Lakers	103	Final
Seattle SuperSonics	108

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	38
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	15

Game 3, Apr 20
Seattle SuperSonics	112	Final
Los Angeles Lakers	118

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	32
TRB	P. Silas-SEA	13

Game 4, Apr 22
Seattle SuperSonics	117	Final
Los Angeles Lakers	115

PTS	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	31
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	13

Game 5, Apr 25
Los Angeles Lakers	100	Final
Seattle SuperSonics	106

PTS	G. Williams-SEA	30
TRB	K. Abdul-Jabbar-LAL	14

Playoff Series

Four Factors

Seattle SuperSonics Basic Stats

Seattle SuperSonics Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Gus Williams	25	5	5	197	62	124			30	39	17	7	24	16				9	154	.500		.769	39.4	30.8	4.8	3.2
2	Dennis Johnson	24	5	5	197	41	92			23	29	14	19	33	15				13	105	.446		.793	39.4	21.0	6.6	3.0
3	Lonnie Shelton	23	5	5	180	38	75			3	4	21	23	44	14				24	79	.507		.750	36.0	15.8	8.8	2.8
4	John Johnson	31	5	5	176	25	57			18	26	10	26	36	28				11	68	.439		.692	35.2	13.6	7.2	5.6
5	Jack Sikma	23	5	5	179	28	59			10	12	8	41	49	24				22	66	.475		.833	35.8	13.2	9.8	4.8
6	Fred Brown	30	5	0	49	15	29			2	2	0	2	2	4				4	32	.517		1.000	9.8	6.4	0.4	0.8
7	Paul Silas	35	5	0	122	5	12			10	16	13	20	33	7				17	20	.417		.625	24.4	4.0	6.6	1.4
8	Dick Snyder	34	4	0	55	8	20			4	7	1	5	6	6				3	20	.400		.571	13.8	5.0	1.5	1.5
9	Dennis Awtrey	30	5	0	71	4	6			1	2	7	8	15	7				15	9	.667		.500	14.2	1.8	3.0	1.4
10	Wally Walker	24	5	0	22	1	4			0	0	2	3	5	1	0	0		9	2	.250			4.4	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
11	Joe Hassett	23	2	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	26.9	5		1250	227	478			101	137	93	155	248	123	43	17	82	127	555	.475		.737	250.0	111.0	49.6	24.6	8.6	3.4

Los Angeles Lakers Basic Stats

Los Angeles Lakers Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31	5	5	242	56	100			32	38	10	51	61	23				16	144	.560		.842	48.4	28.8	12.2	4.6
2	Norm Nixon	23	5	5	207	38	75			9	11	4	16	20	55		0		25	85	.507		.818	41.4	17.0	4.0	11.0		0.0
3	Jamaal Wilkes	25	5	5	193	35	76			11	16	10	27	37	9				12	81	.461		.688	38.6	16.2	7.4	1.8
4	Adrian Dantley	23	5	0	157	24	51			27	34	6	15	21	7				16	75	.471		.794	31.4	15.0	4.2	1.4
5	Ron Boone	32	5	5	160	25	50			15	15	5	6	11	11		0		21	65	.500		1.000	32.0	13.0	2.2	2.2		0.0
6	Kenny Carr	23	5	0	80	17	28			3	6	3	11	14	3				11	37	.607		.500	16.0	7.4	2.8	0.6
7	Don Ford	26	5	5	75	9	14			0	2	1	9	10	5				11	18	.643		.000	15.0	3.6	2.0	1.0
8	Lou Hudson	34	3	0	47	8	13			2	2	0	3	3	4		0	4	1	18	.615		1.000	15.7	6.0	1.0	1.3		0.0
9	Jim Price	29	5	0	79	5	21			2	4	1	4	5	8		0		13	12	.238		.500	15.8	2.4	1.0	1.6		0.0
10	Dave Robisch	29	3	0	8	1	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.500			2.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Ron Carter	22	2	0	2	0	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000			1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	27.0	5		1250	218	431			101	128	40	142	182	125	39	21	89	126	537	.506		.789	250.0	107.4	36.4	25.0	7.8	4.2

More 1979 Playoffs Pages

1979 NBA Playoffs

Player Stats

East Conf 1st Round

West Conf 1st Round

East Conf Semis

West Conf Semis

East Conf Finals

San Antonio Spurs vs. Washington Bullets

West Conf Finals

Phoenix Suns vs. Seattle SuperSonics

Finals

Seattle SuperSonics vs. Washington Bullets

1978-79 Reg. Season Summary