1977-78 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1977-10-18	@	MIL	L	112	117	104.9	109.6	106.8	.242		.533	48.9	62.5	5.6	7.0	.505	17.3	36.4	.168	.500	13.3	60.9	.170
2	2	1977-10-19	@	IND	W	133	120	125.0	112.8	106.4	.348		.627	50.0	51.9	7.5	3.3	.587	15.9	42.9	.272	.489	14.8	56.0	.356
3	3	1977-10-21	@	DEN	L	101	106	91.3	95.9	110.6	.405		.510	40.9	67.6	11.8	4.3	.440	20.2	16.7	.321	.419	17.6	60.8	.301
4	4	1977-10-23		PHO	L	101	104	93.3	96.1	108.3	.238		.544	54.7	65.9	8.3	2.9	.524	24.4	32.4	.155	.381	9.9	69.0	.229
5	5	1977-10-25		SAS	W	109	107	95.6	93.8	114.0	.283		.490	52.9	48.9	8.8	4.0	.455	14.6	27.5	.192	.410	13.1	77.4	.250
6	6	1977-10-28	@	ATL	L	95	102	95.1	102.1	99.9	.325		.501	52.7	73.0	4.0	8.3	.446	18.8	25.0	.253	.448	3.7	78.7	.167
7	7	1977-10-29	@	SAS	L	118	129	102.2	111.7	115.4	.317		.513	39.0	58.3	7.8	0.9	.475	12.2	18.0	.218	.472	11.6	58.2	.250
8	8	1977-11-02	@	NJN	W	107	102	107.9	102.8	99.2	.213		.520	47.4	59.6	12.1	5.4	.500	11.2	35.4	.138	.462	18.6	59.6	.172
9	9	1977-11-04		IND	W	111	99	102.4	91.3	108.4	.282		.479	51.0	57.4	12.9	3.4	.456	12.1	38.9	.165	.414	20.0	65.9	.310
10	10	1977-11-06		NYK	L	102	106	94.6	98.3	107.8	.330		.420	54.6	63.2	10.2	1.1	.358	10.3	40.7	.245	.478	17.7	76.3	.222
11	11	1977-11-11		NOJ	W	123	107	106.7	92.9	115.2	.198		.488	43.3	64.8	10.4	6.5	.466	8.7	29.5	.129	.398	15.9	56.1	.194
12	12	1977-11-13		GSW	W	97	95	94.2	92.2	103.0	.152		.433	52.7	65.9	12.6	1.1	.419	13.8	42.1	.086	.426	17.5	64.2	.160
13	13	1977-11-15		CLE	L	95	102	82.6	88.7	104.2	.239		.394	48.4	56.4	7.0	6.5	.358	15.4	34.3	.156	.383	14.2	63.9	.187
14	14	1977-11-18		DET	W	116	83	103.7	74.2	111.8	.337		.568	46.2	72.9	13.4	6.3	.539	15.0	16.7	.225	.344	22.0	64.9	.177
15	15	1977-11-20		CHI	L	80	102	76.3	97.3	104.8	.205		.442	44.6	63.6	12.4	6.4	.398	24.3	25.0	.169	.426	15.7	62.3	.234
16	16	1977-11-22	@	PHO	L	107	118	97.0	107.0	110.3	.402		.494	46.2	48.8	11.8	3.3	.446	14.3	27.1	.272	.489	18.0	67.4	.333
17	17	1977-11-23	@	SEA	L	89	113	88.4	112.2	100.7	.168		.436	38.5	55.3	8.9	4.3	.400	14.3	26.9	.137	.484	15.2	52.3	.247
18	18	1977-11-25		NJN	W	129	117				.381		.569	57.5	60.4			.546			.237	.465			.253
19	19	1977-11-27		POR	L	93	100	90.7	97.5	102.5	.264		.458	49.0	53.8	10.7	6.6	.429	12.9	25.0	.165	.495	15.4	74.0	.110
20	20	1977-11-29	@	CLE	L	101	118	101.5	118.5	99.5	.200		.516	48.8	58.1	3.0	8.1	.478	18.3	36.6	.167	.475	9.1	61.0	.242
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1977-11-30	@	DET	L	98	104	96.7	102.6	101.4	.236		.499	42.0	61.0	6.9	6.0	.461	13.2	20.8	.180	.488	17.1	67.5	.262
22	22	1977-12-04		DEN	L	109	111	105.9	107.9	102.9	.247		.529	55.9	60.9	7.8	5.4	.495	16.9	42.0	.183	.533	12.8	72.1	.141
23	23	1977-12-06		MIL	W	109	108	101.4	100.5	107.5	.226		.533	50.5	66.0	9.3	6.3	.505	19.0	37.5	.161	.427	15.8	59.6	.271
24	24	1977-12-09		HOU	L	105	116	98.2	108.5	106.9	.330		.504	42.6	60.5	6.5	5.2	.473	14.7	25.0	.209	.454	13.8	58.0	.289
25	25	1977-12-11		BUF	W	124	119				.479		.533	57.4	45.5		1.9	.458	14.7		.375	.477			.159
26	26	1977-12-13	@	NOJ	L	94	117	90.6	112.7	103.8	.175		.450	41.7	48.8	4.8	6.4	.423	15.4	29.1	.124	.468	11.4	53.3	.138
27	27	1977-12-14	@	HOU	W	113	91	122.0	98.3	92.6	.269		.543	51.6	55.1	6.5	5.3	.527	9.6	41.5	.161	.389	11.1	59.3	.179
28	28	1977-12-16		SEA	L	90	98	97.8	106.5	92.0	.114		.487	52.8	53.7	5.4	8.9	.466	18.5	38.6	.091	.478	9.3	66.7	.133
29	29	1977-12-18		BOS	W	104	97	105.0	98.0	99.0	.147		.448	51.9	57.8	12.1	7.1	.413	8.7	39.0	.128	.447	16.5	68.9	.247
30	30	1977-12-20		WSB	W	120	115	108.9	104.4	110.2	.417		.604	47.6	58.7	8.2	4.1	.548	13.9	14.3	.333	.505	14.9	71.4	.175
31	31	1977-12-23	@	POR	L	98	108	94.6	104.2	103.6	.163		.466	48.8	42.9	11.6	6.0	.429	17.3	38.5	.143	.530	21.7	64.7	.241
32	32	1977-12-25	@	SEA	W	111	96	111.5	96.4	99.6	.236		.565	53.1	59.6	5.0	3.8	.528	15.5	33.3	.191	.394	8.9	64.5	.135
33	33	1977-12-27	@	GSW	W	123	82	114.8	76.5	107.2	.094		.557	55.6	68.4	14.9	5.1	.538	12.7	35.6	.085	.347	17.1	69.8	.143
34	34	1977-12-30		KCK	W	119	109	99.5	91.1	119.6	.495		.537	46.1	59.1	11.7	5.1	.484	19.6	25.5	.341	.434	18.7	63.6	.232
35	35	1978-01-03	@	NYK	W	120	117	116.1	113.2	103.4	.430		.542	53.8	62.8	7.7	2.1	.462	10.5	40.0	.366	.546	14.0	69.8	.113
36	36	1978-01-04	@	BUF	L	93	94	91.9	92.9	101.2	.267		.462	53.2	52.6	5.9	4.5	.422	17.3	31.4	.189	.443	13.5	79.1	.182
37	37	1978-01-06	@	PHI	L	110	123	93.8	104.9	117.2	.387		.505	44.8	76.7	11.9	6.9	.462	18.7	26.9	.258	.535	18.6	65.9	.149
38	38	1978-01-08	@	IND	L	103	104	96.5	97.5	106.7	.354		.464	47.0	61.5	11.2	4.0	.406	15.9	35.6	.260	.374	12.7	58.6	.303
39	39	1978-01-10	@	CHI	L	106	110	108.0	112.1	98.1	.354		.580	45.3	61.0	8.2	5.3	.519	17.2	25.0	.304	.573	19.2	68.6	.320
40	40	1978-01-11	@	KCK	L	94	102	89.7	97.3	104.8	.329		.520	46.0	63.9	5.7	7.4	.456	21.0	19.0	.278	.447	15.6	71.1	.191
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1978-01-14	@	DEN	L	112	123	102.7	112.8	109.0	.194		.527	42.6	61.2	4.6	2.0	.500	10.9	18.8	.143	.520	12.6	67.4	.190
42	42	1978-01-17		NYK	W	121	108	108.4	96.8	111.6	.344		.565	53.5	72.3	8.1	4.4	.505	15.1	28.6	.290	.442	10.6	71.9	.071
43	43	1978-01-20		WSB	W	121	99	106.3	87.0	113.8	.257		.538	51.8	60.8	11.4	3.9	.505	15.1	28.6	.188	.408	12.9	70.5	.146
44	44	1978-01-22		HOU	W	106	101	106.9	101.9	99.2	.195		.561	51.7	71.7	13.1	0.0	.529	18.9	43.2	.161	.427	16.5	58.0	.198
45	45	1978-01-24		PHI	W	117	102	112.5	98.1	104.0	.333		.586	48.4	60.9	13.5	8.3	.529	13.1	27.8	.287	.385	14.4	61.8	.292
46	46	1978-01-27		MIL	W	131	114	118.8	103.4	110.3	.222		.552	58.3	63.6	8.2	4.2	.509	13.2	45.8	.194	.469	13.1	69.1	.250
47	47	1978-01-29	@	WSB	L	112	119	106.1	112.7	105.5	.191		.549	31.0	51.0	17.1	5.6	.521	12.1	17.1	.149	.517	18.3	44.2	.303
48	48	1978-01-31	@	CLE	W	116	107	112.3	103.6	103.3	.247		.562	49.4	57.1	10.7	3.3	.527	9.6	25.0	.194	.516	15.3	75.6	.143
49	49	1978-02-01	@	BOS	L	100	103	97.1	100.0	93.3	.267		.497	45.1	54.8	5.8	1.8	.467	13.7	21.7	.178	.431	8.7	64.3	.083
50	50	1978-02-03	@	NJN	W	105	99	90.9	85.7	104.7	.330		.488	52.3	51.2	5.2	9.2	.436	20.6	29.8	.245	.385	13.9	68.8	.138
51	51	1978-02-07	@	BUF	W	132	105	116.4	92.6	113.4	.333		.600	49.5	60.4	7.1	1.0	.552	12.7	25.0	.271	.444	15.8	69.1	.172
52	52	1978-02-08	@	DET	W	105	95	102.0	92.3	102.9	.207		.553	39.3	70.5	15.5	6.8	.506	15.9	16.7	.195	.420	20.1	59.6	.239
53	53	1978-02-10		GSW	W	135	107	117.8	93.3	114.6	.341		.667	52.4	63.0	13.1	1.9	.614	19.8	30.3	.307	.485	20.8	66.7	.068
54	54	1978-02-12		ATL	L	103	116	104.0	117.2	99.0	.363		.488	45.7	57.9	14.1	3.0	.418	13.9	42.9	.297	.530	15.7	48.9	.100
55	55	1978-02-14		SAS	W	128	114	111.0	98.8	115.4	.277		.565	60.2	66.7	8.7	6.3	.535	16.3	40.0	.198	.484	16.3	79.1	.232
56	56	1978-02-17		BOS	W	114	106	111.6	103.8	102.2	.189		.554	48.1	63.3	9.8	4.4	.516	12.7	25.6	.168	.489	13.9	71.1	.200
57	57	1978-02-19	@	GSW	W	115	93	105.0	84.9	109.6	.322		.579	55.8	62.2	6.4	6.1	.517	16.8	20.0	.287	.418	12.3	81.8	.112
58	58	1978-02-21	@	CHI	W	106	104	108.1	106.0	98.1	.421		.588	40.4	63.4	9.2	7.1	.539	18.2	19.4	.316	.449	13.2	54.7	.163
59	59	1978-02-22	@	KCK	L	122	127	106.5	110.8	103.8	.402		.563	49.4	47.8	6.1	3.7	.500	16.9	26.8	.326	.523	12.2	68.8	.119
60	60	1978-02-24		DEN	W	109	99	105.0	95.4	103.8	.208		.520	46.7	64.6	12.5	7.9	.500	11.8	26.7	.135	.461	19.0	66.7	.191
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1978-02-26		DET	L	124	127	113.9	116.7	108.8	.187		.535	53.8	61.8	11.0	5.7	.514	9.4	35.6	.131	.609	16.8	78.8	.241
62	62	1978-03-03		PHI	W	96	95	84.7	83.8	113.4	.236		.489	53.6	59.0	9.7	5.4	.438	20.9	26.1	.202	.409	19.1	78.4	.204
63	63	1978-03-05		CLE	W	128	117	118.2	108.1	108.3	.309		.599	54.5	59.6	6.5	3.0	.553	13.7	34.1	.255	.490	11.2	72.3	.190
64	64	1978-03-10		CHI	W	115	109	113.1	107.2	101.6	.302		.590	43.1	56.0	6.9	2.4	.581	11.8	14.3	.174	.524	16.8	70.3	.280
65	65	1978-03-11	@	PHO	L	114	120	105.1	110.6	108.5	.242		.542	47.6	44.0	13.8	2.4	.526	15.3	20.9	.147	.614	17.7	76.9	.217
66	66	1978-03-12		PHO	W	128	112	115.2	100.8	111.1	.219		.556	53.8	52.7	10.8	5.3	.524	14.8	39.6	.171	.463	15.7	68.9	.253
67	67	1978-03-14	@	NYK	W	135	117	110.8	96.0	121.8	.327		.567	50.9	45.3	8.2	4.5	.510	15.0	32.0	.279	.468	17.3	66.7	.117
68	68	1978-03-15	@	PHI	L	93	113	90.5	110.0	102.7	.078		.437	37.1	56.8	8.8	2.9	.427	12.3	26.8	.049	.510	16.2	49.0	.067
69	69	1978-03-17		SEA	L	98	105	93.3	100.0	105.0	.304		.470	43.7	63.2	12.4	11.3	.413	15.4	30.8	.239	.443	16.7	56.9	.196
70	70	1978-03-19		ATL	W	101	87	96.1	82.8	105.1	.180		.526	50.6	65.9	5.7	7.6	.494	15.8	21.4	.146	.391	18.2	77.8	.163
71	71	1978-03-21	@	SAS	L	105	109	98.8	102.6	106.3	.258		.507	46.9	65.1	9.4	3.5	.462	16.9	28.6	.204	.553	20.2	66.7	.176
72	72	1978-03-22	@	HOU	W	124	106	121.7	104.1	101.9	.325		.653	48.1	38.5	5.9	10.8	.627	15.9	20.7	.241	.480	10.0	64.0	.078
73	73	1978-03-24		BUF	W	120	115	114.5	109.7	104.8	.156		.585	40.7	57.4	9.5	3.0	.563	9.7	19.0	.125	.510	15.1	61.4	.130
74	74	1978-03-26		IND	W	110	99	107.7	97.0	102.1	.385		.517	61.3	53.7	6.9	5.5	.451	15.8	46.7	.308	.473	15.3	75.0	.143
75	75	1978-03-28	@	ATL	L	104	105	99.6	100.6	104.4	.544		.531	54.6	43.2	11.5	7.5	.468	21.0	38.8	.380	.462	14.1	70.8	.204
76	76	1978-03-29	@	NOJ	W	108	103	103.4	98.6	104.4	.283		.485	49.5	45.2	8.6	12.0	.424	11.9	36.4	.242	.478	17.6	64.6	.163
77	77	1978-03-31		POR	L	101	103	100.6	102.6	100.4	.245		.465	55.4	54.8	14.9	9.3	.429	12.1	40.4	.173	.465	16.1	71.1	.267
78	78	1978-04-02		KCK	W	133	127	118.4	113.0	112.4	.210		.609	45.6	76.3	8.0	5.3	.590	15.5	29.4	.150	.516	16.0	57.8	.305
79	79	1978-04-04	@	MIL	W	103	102				.187		.523	45.3	76.6		7.8	.516		28.2	.099	.461		59.6	.078
80	80	1978-04-05	@	WSB	L	119	125				.232		.658	33.7	57.7			.634			.183	.460			.186
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1978-04-07		NJN	W	114	106				.301		.489	57.8	65.2			.447			.214	.398			.286
82	82	1978-04-09	@	POR	L	99	114	95.9	110.4	103.2	.227		.511	46.3	57.1	6.8	3.5	.477	17.1	25.0	.170	.565	17.4	71.1	.212

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