1977-78 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log

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Record: 45-37, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jerry West (45-37)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 110.3 (8th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.6 (7th of 22)

SRS: 2.59 (5th of 22) Pace: 106.1 (13th of 22)

Off Rtg: 103.3 (3rd of 22) Def Rtg: 100.8 (11th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.5 (5th of 22)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (5th of 22)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 534,017 (1st of 2)

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1977-10-18	@	MIL	L	112	117	48	95	.505				16	23	.696	16	44	30	6	7	22	24	50	100	.500				17	24	.708	18	46	30	9	4	17	23
2	2	1977-10-19	@	IND	W	133	120	54	92	.587				25	32	.781	18	46	28	8	3	20	35	44	90	.489				32	45	.711	22	46	24	6	2	19	32
3	3	1977-10-21	@	DEN	L	101	106	37	84	.440				27	34	.794	7	38	25	13	4	25	30	39	93	.419				28	34	.824	20	55	24	16	6	23	27
4	4	1977-10-23		PHO	L	101	104	44	84	.524				13	20	.650	12	52	29	9	3	30	30	40	105	.381				24	30	.800	18	43	22	16	3	13	23
5	5	1977-10-25		SAS	W	109	107	45	99	.455				19	28	.679	14	55	22	10	4	19	28	41	100	.410				25	30	.833	12	49	22	11	3	17	20
6	6	1977-10-28	@	ATL	L	95	102	37	83	.446				21	27	.778	11	48	27	4	8	22	15	43	96	.448				16	21	.762	10	43	29	14	2	4	19
7	7	1977-10-29	@	SAS	L	118	129	48	101	.475				22	32	.688	9	41	28	9	1	16	26	51	108	.472				27	32	.844	23	64	31	6	4	16	27
8	8	1977-11-02	@	NJN	W	107	102	47	94	.500				13	20	.650	17	45	28	12	5	13	19	43	93	.462				16	17	.941	19	50	27	7	13	23	24
9	9	1977-11-04		IND	W	111	99	47	103	.456				17	29	.586	21	50	27	14	3	16	31	36	87	.414				27	38	.711	15	48	16	5	1	26	27
10	10	1977-11-06		NYK	L	102	106	38	106	.358				26	35	.743	24	53	24	11	1	14	24	43	90	.478				20	28	.714	9	44	27	9	5	22	30
11	11	1977-11-11		NOJ	W	123	107	54	116	.466				15	23	.652	18	55	35	12	7	12	26	43	108	.398				21	31	.677	29	72	20	6	5	23	23
12	12	1977-11-13		GSW	W	97	95	44	105	.419				9	16	.563	24	58	29	13	1	18	20	40	94	.426				15	22	.682	19	52	28	12	6	22	17
13	13	1977-11-15		CLE	L	95	102	39	109	.358				17	26	.654	23	62	22	8	7	22	24	41	107	.383				20	32	.625	22	66	21	11	8	20	22
14	14	1977-11-18		DET	W	116	83	48	89	.539				20	30	.667	6	43	35	15	6	18	20	33	96	.344				17	24	.708	20	50	20	10	3	30	31
15	15	1977-11-20		CHI	L	80	102	33	83	.398				14	17	.824	12	45	21	13	6	29	28	40	94	.426				22	30	.733	20	56	24	17	1	20	21
16	16	1977-11-22	@	PHO	L	107	118	41	92	.446				25	37	.676	13	42	20	13	3	18	30	44	90	.489				30	34	.882	14	49	33	12	3	23	25
17	17	1977-11-23	@	SEA	L	89	113	38	95	.400				13	16	.813	14	37	21	9	4	17	22	45	93	.484				23	30	.767	21	59	27	7	3	19	21
18	18	1977-11-25		NJN	W	129	117	53	97	.546				23	37	.622		50	32				26	46	99	.465				25	33	.758		37	23				28
19	19	1977-11-27		POR	L	93	100	39	91	.429				15	24	.625	13	50	21	11	6	15	21	45	91	.495				10	18	.556	13	52	32	9	5	18	22
20	20	1977-11-29	@	CLE	L	101	118	43	90	.478				15	18	.833	15	40	25	3	8	22	21	47	99	.475				24	25	.960	16	42	25	10	6	11	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1977-11-30	@	DET	L	98	104	41	89	.461				16	21	.762	10	37	25	7	5	15	24	41	84	.488				22	30	.733	13	51	20	8	2	20	20
22	22	1977-12-04		DEN	L	109	111	46	93	.495				17	23	.739	21	52	28	8	5	21	23	49	92	.533				13	24	.542	12	41	33	10	2	15	25
23	23	1977-12-06		MIL	W	109	108	47	93	.505				15	21	.714	15	49	31	10	6	24	29	41	96	.427				26	37	.703	23	48	19	11	5	21	19
24	24	1977-12-09		HOU	L	105	116	43	91	.473				19	30	.633	11	40	26	7	5	18	30	44	97	.454				28	36	.778	21	54	19	12	4	18	26
25	25	1977-12-11		BUF	W	124	119	44	96	.458				36	46	.783	20	58	20	7	2	20	24	51	107	.477				17	24	.708		43	27				33
26	26	1977-12-13	@	NOJ	L	94	117	41	97	.423				12	17	.706	16	48	20	5	7	19	22	51	109	.468				15	18	.833	28	67	31	7	9	15	15
27	27	1977-12-14	@	HOU	W	113	91	49	93	.527				15	25	.600	17	49	27	6	5	11	22	37	95	.389				17	20	.850	22	46	14	3	4	13	25
28	28	1977-12-16		SEA	L	90	98	41	88	.466				8	10	.800	17	47	22	5	8	21	17	43	90	.478				12	18	.667	15	42	22	9	4	10	18
29	29	1977-12-18		BOS	W	104	97	45	109	.413				14	16	.875	23	54	26	12	6	11	16	38	85	.447				21	25	.840	14	50	23	8	4	19	20
30	30	1977-12-20		WSB	W	120	115	46	84	.548				28	35	.800	5	40	27	9	4	16	30	49	97	.505				17	27	.630	14	44	24	6	3	19	25
31	31	1977-12-23	@	POR	L	98	108	42	98	.429				14	16	.875	20	42	18	12	5	22	24	44	83	.530				20	24	.833	12	44	21	12	4	26	24
32	32	1977-12-25	@	SEA	W	111	96	47	89	.528				17	21	.810	12	52	28	5	4	18	23	41	104	.394				14	19	.737	22	46	26	8	7	11	17
33	33	1977-12-27	@	GSW	W	123	82	57	106	.538				9	10	.900	16	60	39	16	5	16	19	34	98	.347				14	19	.737	19	48	16	10	10	22	22
34	34	1977-12-30		KCK	W	119	109	44	91	.484				31	45	.689	12	47	26	14	5	27	28	43	99	.434				23	32	.719	20	55	22	12	7	26	34
35	35	1978-01-03	@	NYK	W	120	117	43	93	.462				34	40	.850	20	50	27	8	2	13	18	53	97	.546				11	16	.688	13	43	34	3	8	17	26
36	36	1978-01-04	@	BUF	L	93	94	38	90	.422				17	24	.708	16	50	20	6	4	21	20	39	88	.443				16	18	.889	9	44	23	12	1	15	23
37	37	1978-01-06	@	PHI	L	110	123	43	93	.462				24	36	.667	14	43	33	14	7	25	24	54	101	.535				15	19	.789	15	53	34	11	7	25	30
38	38	1978-01-08	@	IND	L	103	104	39	96	.406				25	34	.735	21	55	24	12	4	21	34	37	99	.374				30	40	.750	24	62	25	13	6	17	29
39	39	1978-01-10	@	CHI	L	106	110	41	79	.519				24	28	.857	10	34	25	8	4	19	30	43	75	.573				24	30	.800	11	41	33	8	4	21	25
40	40	1978-01-11	@	KCK	L	94	102	36	79	.456				22	26	.846	8	40	23	6	7	24	26	42	94	.447				18	20	.900	13	47	28	12	1	19	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1978-01-14	@	DEN	L	112	123	49	98	.500				14	19	.737	9	40	30	5	2	13	23	52	100	.520				19	25	.760	15	54	38	6	3	16	22
42	42	1978-01-17		NYK	W	121	108	47	93	.505				27	32	.844	12	53	34	9	5	19	21	50	113	.442				8	11	.727	16	46	28	7	6	14	25
43	43	1978-01-20		WSB	W	121	99	51	101	.505				19	26	.731	14	57	31	13	4	20	24	42	103	.408				15	27	.556	18	53	22	12	6	17	25
44	44	1978-01-22		HOU	W	106	101	46	87	.529				14	17	.824	16	45	33	13	0	22	24	41	96	.427				19	23	.826	21	42	15	11	0	21	18
45	45	1978-01-24		PHI	W	117	102	46	87	.529				25	29	.862	10	44	28	14	8	15	30	37	96	.385				28	39	.718	21	47	21	5	1	19	22
46	46	1978-01-27		MIL	W	131	114	55	108	.509				21	24	.875	22	60	35	9	4	18	30	45	96	.469				24	37	.649	17	43	23	8	6	17	24
47	47	1978-01-29	@	WSB	L	112	119	49	94	.521				14	18	.778	7	26	25	18	5	14	27	46	89	.517				27	42	.643	24	58	19	7	3	24	21
48	48	1978-01-31	@	CLE	W	116	107	49	93	.527				18	23	.783	11	42	28	11	3	11	20	47	91	.516				13	19	.684	10	43	27	2	2	18	18
49	49	1978-02-01	@	BOS	L	100	103	42	90	.467				16	24	.667	10	46	23	6	2	16	20	47	109	.431				9	13	.692	20	56	27	10	4	11	20
50	50	1978-02-03	@	NJN	W	105	99	41	94	.436				23	31	.742	14	58	21	6	10	28	24	42	109	.385				15	20	.750	20	53	18	17	9	19	28
51	51	1978-02-07	@	BUF	W	132	105	53	96	.552				26	32	.813	11	49	32	8	1	16	26	44	99	.444				17	29	.586	17	50	25			21	27
52	52	1978-02-08	@	DET	W	105	95	44	87	.506				17	18	.944	7	35	31	16	6	18	20	37	88	.420				21	26	.808	19	54	20	9	3	25	17
53	53	1978-02-10		GSW	W	135	107	54	88	.614				27	30	.900	10	44	34	15	2	25	16	50	103	.485				7	8	.875	17	40	16	12	5	28	28
54	54	1978-02-12		ATL	L	103	116	38	91	.418				27	33	.818	21	43	22	14	3	17	20	53	100	.530				10	17	.588	23	51	30	10	8	20	28
55	55	1978-02-14		SAS	W	128	114	54	101	.535				20	28	.714	16	50	36	10	6	22	25	46	95	.484				22	29	.759	9	33	25	11	8	21	22
56	56	1978-02-17		BOS	W	114	106	49	95	.516				16	18	.889	10	37	31	10	4	15	24	44	90	.489				18	20	.900	11	40	28	7	5	16	18
57	57	1978-02-19	@	GSW	W	115	93	45	87	.517				25	28	.893	8	53	28	7	6	20	20	41	98	.418				11	20	.550	10	42	22	8	4	15	21
58	58	1978-02-21	@	CHI	W	106	104	41	76	.539				24	32	.750	7	36	26	9	7	20	24	44	98	.449				16	17	.941	24	53	28	8	1	16	28
59	59	1978-02-22	@	KCK	L	122	127	46	92	.500				30	37	.811	11	44	22	7	4	22	19	57	109	.523				13	15	.867	15	45	37	10	2	16	27
60	60	1978-02-24		DEN	W	109	99	48	96	.500				13	20	.650	12	42	31	13	7	14	22	41	89	.461				17	21	.810	15	48	22	5	1	23	15
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1978-02-26		DET	L	124	127	55	107	.514				14	20	.700	16	42	34	12	5	12	26	53	87	.609				21	28	.750	7	36	35	10	3	20	17
62	62	1978-03-03		PHI	W	96	95	39	89	.438				18	21	.857	12	52	23	11	5	26	29	38	93	.409				19	30	.633	11	45	21	12	9	25	26
63	63	1978-03-05		CLE	W	128	117	52	94	.553				24	29	.828	14	48	31	7	3	17	22	49	100	.490				19	26	.731	13	40	17	12	6	14	21
64	64	1978-03-10		CHI	W	115	109	50	86	.581				15	26	.577	5	31	28	7	2	13	25	43	82	.524				23	27	.852	11	41	25	6	1	19	28
65	65	1978-03-11	@	PHO	L	114	120	50	95	.526				14	23	.609	9	39	22	15	2	19	26	51	83	.614				18	22	.818	9	43	31	7	6	20	19
66	66	1978-03-12		PHO	W	128	112	55	105	.524				18	23	.783	19	50	29	12	5	20	29	44	95	.463				24	28	.857	14	43	27	11	0	20	24
67	67	1978-03-14	@	NYK	W	135	117	53	104	.510				29	34	.853	16	56	24	10	5	21	21	52	111	.468				13	19	.684	20	54	31	9	5	25	26
68	68	1978-03-15	@	PHI	L	93	113	44	103	.427				5	8	.625	15	39	25	9	3	15	16	53	104	.510				7	10	.700	25	66	31	11	12	21	19
69	69	1978-03-17		SEA	L	98	105	38	92	.413				22	28	.786	16	45	24	13	11	19	26	43	97	.443				19	29	.655	22	58	18	9	6	22	26
70	70	1978-03-19		ATL	W	101	87	44	89	.494				13	16	.813	9	44	29	6	7	18	25	36	92	.391				15	16	.938	10	43	24	8	4	22	25
71	71	1978-03-21	@	SAS	L	105	109	43	93	.462				19	24	.792	12	38	28	10	3	21	23	47	85	.553				15	22	.682	13	43	34	12	6	24	30
72	72	1978-03-22	@	HOU	W	124	106	52	83	.627				20	27	.741	6	38	20	6	11	18	13	49	102	.480				8	13	.615	18	41	19	9	4	12	26
73	73	1978-03-24		BUF	W	120	115	54	96	.563				12	15	.800	8	35	31	10	3	11	15	51	100	.510				13	16	.813	17	51	31	6	4	19	16
74	74	1978-03-26		IND	W	110	99	41	91	.451				28	35	.800	21	57	22	7	5	20	25	43	91	.473				13	20	.650	12	36	28	8	5	18	29
75	75	1978-03-28	@	ATL	L	104	105	37	79	.468				30	43	.698	19	53	16	12	7	26	25	43	93	.462				19	24	.792	14	44	26	13	5	17	28
76	76	1978-03-29	@	NOJ	W	108	103	42	99	.424				24	28	.857	20	51	19	9	11	15	26	44	92	.478				15	25	.600	17	52	26	7	13	22	25
77	77	1978-03-31		POR	L	101	103	42	98	.429				17	24	.708	19	51	23	15	8	15	23	40	86	.465				23	29	.793	13	41	23	8	7	19	22
78	78	1978-04-02		KCK	W	133	127	59	100	.590				15	21	.714	10	36	45	9	5	20	28	49	95	.516				29	35	.829	19	43	28	13	2	21	19
79	79	1978-04-04	@	MIL	W	103	102	47	91	.516				9	17	.529	11	39	36		8		18	47	102	.461				8	11	.727	19	47	33	11	5		16
80	80	1978-04-05	@	WSB	L	119	125	52	82	.634				15	19	.789		29	30				26	52	113	.460				21	27	.778	31	57	26				19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1978-04-07		NJN	W	114	106	46	103	.447				22	31	.710		67	30				26	39	98	.398				28	39	.718		49	22				26
82	82	1978-04-09	@	POR	L	99	114	42	88	.477				15	20	.750	11	38	24	7	3	20	29	48	85	.565				18	23	.783	11	44	27	7	4	20	24

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