1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log

Previous Season

Next Season

Record: 47-35, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jerry West (47-35)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 112.9 (8th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (8th of 22)

SRS: 2.95 (4th of 22) Pace: 105.9 (12th of 22)

Off Rtg: 106.1 (5th of 22) Def Rtg: 103.2 (10th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.9 (4th of 22)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 22)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 482,611 (1st of 2)

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

» Switch to Advanced Game Log

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	1978-10-13	@	PHI	L	102	110	36	85	.424				30	41	.732	15	43	20	14	2	22	25	46	91	.505				18	23	.783	15	51	33	10	9	27	27
2	2	1978-10-14	@	NJN	L	100	102	37	83	.446				26	34	.765	14	41	20	14	5	27	19	46	83	.554				10	17	.588	8	38	21	9	10	26	30
3	3	1978-10-17	@	CLE	L	111	113	42	84	.500				27	36	.750	12	33	17	10	6	15	29	41	88	.466				31	42	.738	23	57	17	8	7	23	31
4	4	1978-10-22		SAS	W	134	121	56	105	.533				22	27	.815	12	46	29	10	10	17	26	48	90	.533				25	34	.735	10	42	12	13	6	20	27
5	5	1978-10-24	@	SDC	L	123	124	49	87	.563				25	32	.781	7	39	23	3	4	14	27	52	98	.531				20	30	.667	16	41	22		3	10	22
6	6	1978-10-27		SDC	W	113	101	50	94	.532				13	18	.722	8	40	25	12	2	21	27	40	96	.417				21	27	.778	17	46	15	10	2	25	28
7	7	1978-10-29		WSB	W	109	93	45	96	.469				19	20	.950	14	51	25	12	4	15	17	43	100	.430				7	11	.636	13	45	20	5	4	19	17
8	8	1978-10-31		DEN	W	134	107	60	100	.600				14	17	.824	9	41	35	15	4	17	21	45	85	.529				17	26	.654	8	36	31	7	3	26	23
9	9	1978-11-03		NYK	W	147	124	61	106	.575				25	30	.833	18	44	44	13	8	10	27	47	93	.505				30	39	.769	12	37	24	4	3	21	24
10	10	1978-11-05		CLE	W	117	107	48	84	.571				21	29	.724	4	31	30	9	8	18	14	50	111	.450				7	8	.875	22	52	26	12	4	19	27
11	11	1978-11-07	@	CHI	W	112	111	45	78	.577				22	25	.880	8	28	23	7	10	22	28	45	82	.549				21	28	.750	16	41	29	7	5	26	30
12	12	1978-11-08	@	IND	W	113	111	45	88	.511				23	28	.821	13	46	32	9	10	23	17	50	105	.476				11	15	.733	18	49	33	14	6	21	25
13	13	1978-11-10		KCK	W	136	127	50	92	.543				36	51	.706	17	48	31	18	9	22	28	52	96	.542				23	34	.676	11	37	31	8	4	18	39
14	14	1978-11-12		IND	W	134	106	50	90	.556				34	45	.756	13	60	20	9	5	27	26	49	108	.454				8	21	.381	16	42	18	10	3	16	32
15	15	1978-11-14	@	MIL	W	137	119	54	87	.621				29	34	.853	7	43	36	14	3	19	24	51	103	.495				17	22	.773	17	41	41	6	1	20	25
16	16	1978-11-15	@	DET	W	133	126	49	100	.490				35	46	.761	16	53	30	6	7	14	19	52	112	.464				22	27	.815	18	47	36	3	15	14	32
17	17	1978-11-17		NOJ	W	121	109	51	100	.510				19	27	.704	14	57	41	12	11	18	29	43	114	.377				23	29	.793	21	57	28	9	5	17	24
18	18	1978-11-19		CHI	W	104	95	40	77	.519				24	28	.857	8	39	31	15	7	23	24	43	87	.494				9	13	.692	9	38	27	5	2	26	27
19	19	1978-11-22	@	HOU	W	121	114	48	86	.558				25	33	.758	10	35	34	7	3	15	24	47	89	.528				20	28	.714	13	43	34	3	2	13	28
20	20	1978-11-24	@	WSB	L	103	113	46	104	.442				11	18	.611	14	46	29	10	4	14	18	49	105	.467				15	22	.682	21	65	31	11	5	18	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
21	21	1978-11-25	@	ATL	L	103	109	38	67	.567				27	35	.771	4	36	24	5	4	25	22	45	89	.506				19	30	.633	16	42	22	8	5	19	31
22	22	1978-11-28		DET	L	103	105	44	91	.484				15	21	.714	21	52	29	13	14	28	18	45	105	.429				15	21	.714	23	52	26	19	8	22	22
23	23	1978-12-01		PHO	W	130	122	53	94	.564				24	27	.889	13	48	35	8	9	20	28	51	100	.510				20	21	.952	7	32	36	9	3	12	19
24	24	1978-12-03		NJN	L	105	107	37	72	.514				31	41	.756	11	40	26	11	2	24	24	43	87	.494				21	26	.808	16	42	15	16	3	22	38
25	25	1978-12-05	@	NOJ	W	114	102	48	107	.449				18	24	.750	17	52	28	13	9	8	25	34	81	.420				34	38	.895	13	55	25	5	8	22	24
26	26	1978-12-06	@	SAS	L	111	112	46	91	.505				19	28	.679	14	46	23	12	9	20	30	47	89	.528				18	23	.783	7	38	31	4	7	18	25
27	27	1978-12-08		MIL	W	101	85	36	86	.419				29	39	.744	18	54	20	13	8	24	22	34	85	.400				17	28	.607	12	44	20	8	6	24	30
28	28	1978-12-10		ATL	W	88	86	39	76	.513				10	18	.556	12	47	28	10	9	25	22	37	90	.411				12	16	.750	15	40	19	9	4	18	24
29	29	1978-12-12	@	POR	L	115	117	46	84	.548				23	28	.821	10	47	29	8	4	23	23	50	93	.538				17	27	.630	9	35	23	14	4	12	24
30	30	1978-12-13	@	SEA	L	107	117	43	86	.500				21	26	.808	7	37	23	10	2	16	24	48	92	.522				21	26	.808	15	47	25	9	7	15	20
31	31	1978-12-15		SEA	W	100	98	44	83	.530				12	20	.600	11	38	28	10	9	22	21	45	82	.549				8	14	.571	6	31	29	14	5	19	19
32	32	1978-12-16	@	PHO	L	100	119	44	86	.512				12	14	.857	10	45	22	9	3	29	26	49	103	.476				21	30	.700	23	53	29	14	1	18	20
33	33	1978-12-17		PHI	L	96	103	43	96	.448				10	13	.769	17	44	26	9	3	21	20	42	91	.462				19	24	.792	18	50	24	11	8	21	17
34	34	1978-12-22		WSB	W	127	115	56	106	.528				15	23	.652	16	51	43	12	3	15	24	48	97	.495				19	28	.679	14	50	27	7	1	21	19
35	35	1978-12-26		NOJ	L	123	125	47	91	.516				29	37	.784	10	42	34	9	6	18	27	52	103	.505				21	26	.808	17	49	37	8	2	16	29
36	36	1978-12-27	@	GSW	W	106	104	45	84	.536				16	18	.889	6	34	29	9	3	19	22	46	89	.517				12	16	.750	15	45	27	13	7	20	19
37	37	1978-12-29		POR	W	118	95	55	98	.561				8	11	.727	12	42	39	8	4	15	23	43	100	.430				9	14	.643	21	39	25	5	3	17	21
38	38	1979-01-02	@	NOJ	L	105	109	35	85	.412				35	40	.875	13	43	19	10	6	23	30	37	87	.425				35	44	.795	26	59	27	11	4	29	32
39	39	1979-01-03	@	ATL	W	99	96	43	84	.512				13	18	.722	14	48	26	8	10	26	27	37	96	.385				22	31	.710	26	57	19	12	7	19	26
40	40	1979-01-06	@	HOU	L	112	115	50	95	.526				12	19	.632	15	45	29	8	5	23	12	51	104	.490				13	16	.813	18	46	37	12	2	16	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
41	41	1979-01-09	@	NYK	W	106	94	42	76	.553				22	31	.710	10	35	22	9	5	23	28	36	90	.400				22	32	.688	25	45	24	11	1	26	26
42	42	1979-01-10	@	BOS	W	99	89	46	93	.495				7	9	.778	12	43	25	7	4	17	14	40	86	.465				9	14	.643	11	42	29	10	6	17	12
43	43	1979-01-12	@	NJN	W	117	116	46	74	.622				25	30	.833	7	35	31	10	6	30	26	48	92	.522				20	25	.800	13	36	36	15	5	22	24
44	44	1979-01-14	@	SEA	W	108	99	51	95	.537				6	6	1.000	10	41	33	9	4	14	17	43	91	.473				13	18	.722	12	40	25	9	3	17	11
45	45	1979-01-17	@	SDC	L	117	119	49	85	.576				19	26	.731	7	33	20	9	3	19	25	50	98	.510				19	30	.633	18	44	19	9	2	20	27
46	46	1979-01-19		HOU	L	121	122	56	95	.589				9	13	.692	6	38	42	3	7	17	17	57	112	.509				8	11	.727	20	52	36	12	2	13	18
47	47	1979-01-21		GSW	W	113	107	46	86	.535				21	30	.700	14	44	33	10	9	19	25	44	96	.458				19	24	.792	15	44	32	11	3	17	28
48	48	1979-01-23		NYK	W	148	124	63	92	.685				22	30	.733	8	40	42	14	4	17	22	54	107	.505				16	21	.762	17	40	37	7	5	18	25
49	49	1979-01-25	@	DET	L	100	135	43	87	.494				14	17	.824	9	36	24	4	3	20	22	58	100	.580				19	22	.864	14	46	30	11	7	9	22
50	50	1979-01-26	@	DEN	L	107	119	43	96	.448				21	26	.808	16	45	31	8	7	18	17	52	106	.491				15	22	.682	23	54	31	14	5	12	22
51	51	1979-01-28		MIL	W	111	109	47	88	.534				17	25	.680	14	35	26	7	6	19	18	47	88	.534				15	23	.652	21	44	24	6	7	22	24
52	52	1979-01-30		NJN	W	127	108	44	94	.468				39	46	.848	18	51	30	8	8	19	27	44	92	.478				20	30	.667	13	39	22	12	7	20	33
53	53	1979-02-06		SAS	W	119	111	50	91	.549				19	25	.760	4	37	27	14	6	11	16	53	108	.491				5	9	.556	17	55	25	5	5	20	21
54	54	1979-02-07	@	GSW	W	106	104	41	79	.519				24	28	.857	10	41	20	10	0	17	18	46	92	.500				12	21	.571	14	46	24	9	7	16	25
55	55	1979-02-09		CLE	W	106	103	46	88	.523				14	19	.737	6	40	32	11	6	13	24	44	92	.478				15	23	.652	14	47	25	4	3	16	20
56	56	1979-02-11	@	KCK	L	103	104	38	89	.427				27	35	.771	13	47	18	12	4	18	22	45	97	.464				14	20	.700	18	58	25	7	4	22	25
57	57	1979-02-13	@	CLE	L	111	117	51	91	.560				9	10	.900	8	37	23	5	9	14	20	53	107	.495				11	14	.786	19	49	30	5	1	11	16
58	58	1979-02-16	@	MIL	L	98	99	44	86	.512				10	12	.833	12	42	29	5	5	18	13	44	94	.468				11	13	.846	18	42	30	11	6	15	16
59	59	1979-02-18	@	IND	W	122	111	53	101	.525				16	19	.842	16	44	30	11	5	14	23	47	101	.465				17	22	.773	19	52	22	4	2	19	22
60	60	1979-02-20		GSW	L	91	102	33	82	.402				25	30	.833	8	36	23	6	1	15	27	40	93	.430				22	23	.957	17	53	21	5	2	13	28
								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	1979-02-23		BOS	W	113	104	52	88	.591				9	14	.643	6	32	35	15	10	15	17	47	89	.528				10	16	.625	15	46	28	7	3	19	17
62	62	1979-02-25		IND	W	118	108	48	84	.571				22	27	.815	7	42	30	8	5	23	24	45	100	.450				18	23	.783	16	47	29	11	1	21	22
63	63	1979-02-27		KCK	W	122	114	47	82	.573				28	36	.778	3	42	26	8	15	24	24	49	109	.450				16	22	.727	19	49	25	10	2	21	26
64	64	1979-03-02		PHI	W	126	111	54	108	.500				18	25	.720	19	46	32	16	8	14	22	46	92	.500				19	24	.792	16	48	31	4	7	28	21
65	65	1979-03-04		DEN	L	99	113	44	92	.478				11	15	.733	7	42	29	8	7	11	20	50	99	.505				13	19	.684	11	53	32	5	0	12	17
66	66	1979-03-09		CHI	L	92	102	38	89	.427				16	22	.727	12	40	27	18	7	25	21	44	92	.478				14	18	.778	15	50	31	11	6	28	26
67	67	1979-03-11	@	BOS	L	106	108	38	80	.475				30	35	.857	11	44	23	7	5	18	18	47	98	.480				14	20	.700	17	44	32	11	4	13	26
68	68	1979-03-13	@	WSB	L	111	120	49	103	.476				13	17	.765	14	40	24	6	7	11	25	51	96	.531				18	22	.818	15	50	30	5	7	14	22
69	69	1979-03-14	@	SAS	L	112	125	49	104	.471				14	17	.824	18	49	30	10	6	23	28	54	99	.545				17	25	.680	13	43	37	9	3	19	28
70	70	1979-03-16		ATL	W	111	110	44	91	.484				23	29	.793	11	42	28	10	13	19	25	43	88	.489				24	31	.774	12	43	19	6	8	20	29
71	71	1979-03-18		BOS	W	122	111	50	95	.526				22	28	.786	14	58	37	6	10	23	23	44	110	.400				23	35	.657	23	55	22	13	3	14	23
72	72	1979-03-21		POR	L	110	114	42	79	.532				26	33	.788	10	41	28	2	10	23	20	50	102	.490				14	20	.700	16	38	30	13	5	8	27
73	73	1979-03-23		SDC	W	156	119	65	101	.644				26	33	.788	12	54	38	11	10	17	23	50	123	.407				19	28	.679	25	51	24	9	2	14	25
74	74	1979-03-25	@	DEN	L	113	123	48	97	.495				17	22	.773	18	50	29	11	7	20	35	45	88	.511				33	50	.660	15	48	24	11	4	15	19
75	75	1979-03-28	@	PHO	L	106	112	43	100	.430				20	27	.741	17	46	18	10	3	17	25	43	86	.500				26	28	.929	8	43	31	6	6	17	24
76	76	1979-03-30		DET	W	124	113	54	93	.581				16	23	.696	10	51	38	3	5	19	21	50	102	.490				13	19	.684	13	41	32	4	0	13	19
77	77	1979-04-01	@	PHI	L	111	112	43	93	.462				25	32	.781	12	41	31	10	4	18	19	48	93	.516				16	19	.842	10	47	30	9	6	22	24
78	78	1979-04-03	@	CHI	W	97	95	42	84	.500				13	23	.565	10	39	18	10	4	15	19	43	84	.512				9	10	.900	12	47	29	9	2	17	24
79	79	1979-04-04	@	KCK	L	111	115	52	99	.525				7	11	.636		42	23	3	4		23	49	98	.500				17	24	.708		48	30	8	1		21
80	80	1979-04-06		SEA	L	93	113	41	92	.446				11	12	.917	12	38	26	13	5	18	19	51	91	.560				11	15	.733	16	53	36	11	4	22	17
								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	1979-04-07	@	POR	W	99	98	45	86	.523				9	13	.692	9	39	26	13	4	18	23	36	80	.450				26	31	.839	12	43	19	13	3	20	22
82	82	1979-04-08		PHO	W	111	103	53	101	.525				5	9	.556	10	38	43	12	4	14	17	44	90	.489				15	18	.833	15	48	34	5	7	23	15

Playoffs

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

More 1978-79 Lakers Pages

Lakers Franchise Index