1977-78 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		112	117	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Oct 19, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		133	120	1	1	W 1
3	Fri, Oct 21, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		101	106	1	2	L 1
4	Sun, Oct 23, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		101	104	1	3	L 2
5	Tue, Oct 25, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		109	107	2	3	W 1
6	Fri, Oct 28, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		95	102	2	4	L 1
7	Sat, Oct 29, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		118	129	2	5	L 2
8	Wed, Nov 2, 1977	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		107	102	3	5	W 1
9	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	99	4	5	W 2
10	Sun, Nov 6, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		102	106	4	6	L 1
11	Fri, Nov 11, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		123	107	5	6	W 1
12	Sun, Nov 13, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		97	95	6	6	W 2
13	Tue, Nov 15, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	OT	95	102	6	7	L 1
14	Fri, Nov 18, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		116	83	7	7	W 1
15	Sun, Nov 20, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		80	102	7	8	L 1
16	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		107	118	7	9	L 2
17	Wed, Nov 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		89	113	7	10	L 3
18	Fri, Nov 25, 1977	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		129	117	8	10	W 1
19	Sun, Nov 27, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		93	100	8	11	L 1
20	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		101	118	8	12	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 30, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		98	104	8	13	L 3
22	Sun, Dec 4, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		109	111	8	14	L 4
23	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		109	108	9	14	W 1
24	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		105	116	9	15	L 1			The Punch
25	Sun, Dec 11, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W	OT	124	119	10	15	W 1
26	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	L		94	117	10	16	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 14, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		113	91	11	16	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		90	98	11	17	L 1
29	Sun, Dec 18, 1977	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		104	97	12	17	W 1	12,952
30	Tue, Dec 20, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		120	115	13	17	W 2
31	Fri, Dec 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		98	108	13	18	L 1
32	Sun, Dec 25, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	96	14	18	W 1
33	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		123	82	15	18	W 2
34	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		119	109	16	18	W 3
35	Tue, Jan 3, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	117	17	18	W 4
36	Wed, Jan 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		93	94	17	19	L 1
37	Fri, Jan 6, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	123	17	20	L 2
38	Sun, Jan 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	104	17	21	L 3
39	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		106	110	17	22	L 4
40	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		94	102	17	23	L 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		112	123	17	24	L 6
42	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	108	18	24	W 1
43	Fri, Jan 20, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		121	99	19	24	W 2
44	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		106	101	20	24	W 3
45	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	102	21	24	W 4
46	Fri, Jan 27, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		131	114	22	24	W 5
47	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		112	119	22	25	L 1
48	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	107	23	25	W 1
49	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	100	103	23	26	L 1	11,890
50	Fri, Feb 3, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	OT	105	99	24	26	W 1
51	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		132	105	25	26	W 2
52	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		105	95	26	26	W 3
53	Fri, Feb 10, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		135	107	27	26	W 4
54	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		103	116	27	27	L 1
55	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		128	114	28	27	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		114	106	29	27	W 2	15,677
57	Sun, Feb 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	93	30	27	W 3
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		106	104	31	27	W 4
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L	OT	122	127	31	28	L 1
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		109	99	32	28	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		124	127	32	29	L 1
62	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		96	95	33	29	W 1
63	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		128	117	34	29	W 2
64	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		115	109	35	29	W 3
65	Sat, Mar 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		114	120	35	30	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 12, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	112	36	30	W 1
67	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		135	117	37	30	W 2
68	Wed, Mar 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	113	37	31	L 1
69	Fri, Mar 17, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	105	37	32	L 2
70	Sun, Mar 19, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		101	87	38	32	W 1
71	Tue, Mar 21, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	109	38	33	L 1
72	Wed, Mar 22, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		124	106	39	33	W 1
73	Fri, Mar 24, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		120	115	40	33	W 2
74	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		110	99	41	33	W 3
75	Tue, Mar 28, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	105	41	34	L 1
76	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		108	103	42	34	W 1
77	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	103	42	35	L 1
78	Sun, Apr 2, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		133	127	43	35	W 1
79	Tue, Apr 4, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	102	44	35	W 2
80	Wed, Apr 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		119	125	44	36	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		114	106	45	36	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		99	114	45	37	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Wed, Apr 12, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	90	102	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 14, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	105	99	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Apr 16, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	102	111	1	2	L 1

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