1978-79 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log (Advanced)

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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)

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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	1978-10-13	@	PHI	L	102	110	93.4	100.7	109.2	.482		.495	45.7	55.6	12.8	2.2	.424	17.6	29.4	.353	.505	21.1	65.1	.198
2	2	1978-10-14	@	NJN	L	100	102	93.2	95.0	107.3	.410		.510	51.9	54.1	13.0	6.0	.446	21.6	31.8	.313	.554	22.3	77.1	.120
3	3	1978-10-17	@	CLE	L	111	113	109.3	111.2	101.6	.429		.556	36.7	40.5	9.8	6.8	.500	13.1	26.1	.321	.466	17.8	47.7	.352
4	4	1978-10-22		SAS	W	134	121	115.6	104.4	115.9	.257		.573	52.3	51.8	8.6	11.1	.533	12.7	27.3	.210	.533	16.0	77.3	.278
5	5	1978-10-24	@	SDC	L	123	124	118.0	118.9	104.2	.368		.608	48.8	46.9	2.9	4.1	.563	12.2	21.9	.287	.531	8.3	66.7	.204
6	6	1978-10-27		SDC	W	113	101	101.3	90.6	111.5	.191		.554	46.5	50.0	10.8	2.1	.532	17.1	21.6	.138	.417	18.8	65.3	.219
7	7	1978-10-29		WSB	W	109	93	103.8	88.6	105.0	.208		.520	53.1	55.6	11.4	4.0	.469	12.5	30.4	.198	.430	15.3	74.0	.070
8	8	1978-10-31		DEN	W	134	107	118.5	94.6	113.1	.170		.623	53.2	58.3	13.3	4.7	.600	13.7	24.3	.140	.529	21.2	80.0	.200
9	9	1978-11-03		NYK	W	147	124	132.5	111.8	111.0	.283		.617	54.3	72.1	11.7	8.6	.575	7.7	41.9	.236	.505	16.0	68.4	.323
10	10	1978-11-05		CLE	W	117	107	109.9	100.5	106.5	.345		.605	37.3	62.5	8.5	7.2	.571	15.7	11.8	.250	.450	14.2	55.1	.063
11	11	1978-11-07	@	CHI	W	112	111	110.3	109.3	101.5	.321		.629	40.6	51.1	6.9	12.2	.577	19.8	24.2	.282	.549	21.6	55.6	.256
12	12	1978-11-08	@	IND	W	113	111	102.8	101.0	109.9	.318		.563	48.4	71.1	8.2	9.5	.511	18.7	29.5	.261	.476	15.8	64.7	.105
13	13	1978-11-10		KCK	W	136	127	117.3	109.5	116.0	.554		.594	56.5	62.0	15.5	9.4	.543	16.1	39.5	.391	.542	14.0	73.8	.240
14	14	1978-11-12		IND	W	134	106	113.0	89.4	118.6	.500		.610	58.8	40.0	7.6	4.6	.556	19.7	33.3	.378	.454	12.0	74.6	.074
15	15	1978-11-14	@	MIL	W	137	119	121.5	105.5	112.8	.391		.672	51.2	66.7	12.4	2.9	.621	15.7	22.6	.333	.495	15.1	67.9	.165
16	16	1978-11-15	@	DET	W	133	126	116.3	110.1	114.4	.460		.553	53.0	61.2	5.2	6.3	.490	10.4	35.6	.350	.464	10.2	67.3	.196
17	17	1978-11-17		NOJ	W	121	109	104.4	94.0	115.9	.270		.541	50.0	80.4	10.4	9.6	.510	13.9	28.0	.190	.377	11.8	67.2	.202
18	18	1978-11-19		CHI	W	104	95	98.9	90.4	105.1	.364		.582	50.6	77.5	14.3	8.0	.519	20.5	21.6	.312	.494	21.9	77.5	.103
19	19	1978-11-22	@	HOU	W	121	114	119.9	112.9	100.9	.384		.602	44.9	70.8	6.9	3.4	.558	13.0	25.0	.291	.528	11.4	65.8	.225
20	20	1978-11-24	@	WSB	L	103	113	94.4	103.5	109.1	.173		.460	41.4	63.0	9.2	3.8	.442	11.1	24.1	.106	.467	13.6	60.4	.143
								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	1978-11-25	@	ATL	L	103	109	99.9	105.7	103.1	.522		.625	46.2	63.2	4.9	4.5	.567	23.3	13.3	.403	.506	15.7	66.7	.213
22	22	1978-11-28		DET	L	103	105	96.1	98.0	107.2	.231		.514	50.0	65.9	12.1	13.3	.484	21.8	42.0	.165	.429	16.1	57.4	.143
23	23	1978-12-01		PHO	W	130	122	117.4	110.2	110.7	.287		.614	60.0	66.0	7.2	9.0	.564	15.9	34.2	.255	.510	9.9	83.3	.200
24	24	1978-12-03		NJN	L	105	107	103.0	104.9	102.0	.569		.583	48.8	70.3	10.8	2.3	.514	21.0	29.7	.431	.494	18.3	64.4	.241
25	25	1978-12-05	@	NOJ	W	114	102	108.1	96.7	105.5	.224		.485	48.6	58.3	12.3	11.1	.449	6.4	28.8	.168	.420	18.4	72.9	.420
26	26	1978-12-06	@	SAS	L	111	112	103.1	104.0	107.7	.308		.537	54.8	50.0	11.1	10.1	.505	16.2	31.1	.209	.528	15.4	82.1	.202
27	27	1978-12-08		MIL	W	101	85	94.9	79.9	106.4	.453		.490	55.1	55.6	12.2	9.4	.419	18.9	36.0	.337	.400	19.8	75.0	.200
28	28	1978-12-10		ATL	W	88	86	91.3	89.2	96.4	.237		.524	54.0	71.8	10.4	10.0	.513	23.0	32.4	.132	.411	15.6	70.0	.133
29	29	1978-12-12	@	POR	L	115	117	107.6	109.5	106.9	.333		.597	57.3	63.0	7.5	4.3	.548	19.3	27.8	.274	.538	10.3	80.4	.183
30	30	1978-12-13	@	SEA	L	107	117	104.0	113.7	102.9	.302		.549	44.0	53.5	9.7	2.2	.500	14.1	17.9	.244	.522	12.7	66.7	.228
31	31	1978-12-15		SEA	W	100	98	100.2	98.2	99.8	.241		.545	55.1	63.6	10.0	11.0	.530	19.3	30.6	.145	.549	17.7	81.8	.098
32	32	1978-12-16	@	PHO	L	100	119	91.1	108.5	109.7	.163		.543	45.9	50.0	8.2	2.9	.512	23.9	25.0	.140	.476	13.4	60.3	.204
33	33	1978-12-17		PHI	L	96	103	94.5	101.4	101.6	.135		.472	46.8	60.5	8.9	3.3	.448	17.1	34.7	.104	.462	17.1	60.0	.209
34	34	1978-12-22		WSB	W	127	115	111.4	100.9	114.0	.217		.547	50.5	76.8	10.5	3.1	.528	11.4	30.8	.142	.495	16.1	71.4	.196
35	35	1978-12-26		NOJ	L	123	125	110.3	112.1	111.5	.407		.573	46.2	72.3	8.1	5.8	.516	14.4	23.8	.319	.505	12.3	65.3	.204
36	36	1978-12-27	@	GSW	W	106	104	104.6	102.7	101.3	.214		.577	43.0	64.4	8.9	3.4	.536	17.1	16.7	.190	.517	17.2	65.1	.135
37	37	1978-12-29		POR	W	118	95	120.1	96.7	98.2	.112		.574	51.9	70.9	8.1	4.0	.561	12.7	40.0	.082	.430	13.8	58.8	.090
38	38	1979-01-02	@	NOJ	L	105	109	96.5	100.2	108.8	.471		.512	42.2	54.3	9.2	6.9	.412	18.3	28.3	.412	.425	21.4	53.6	.402
39	39	1979-01-03	@	ATL	W	99	96	97.3	94.3	101.8	.214		.539	45.7	60.5	7.9	10.4	.512	22.0	31.1	.155	.385	14.8	56.7	.229
40	40	1979-01-06	@	HOU	L	112	115	104.7	107.5	96.9	.200		.542	49.5	58.0	7.5	4.8	.526	18.2	34.9	.126	.490	12.6	62.5	.125
								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	1979-01-09	@	NYK	W	106	94	106.4	94.4	99.6	.408		.591	43.8	52.4	9.0	5.6	.553	20.4	33.3	.289	.400	20.0	50.0	.244
42	42	1979-01-10	@	BOS	W	99	89	101.4	91.2	97.6	.097		.511	50.6	54.3	7.2	4.7	.495	14.9	27.9	.075	.465	15.6	73.8	.105
43	43	1979-01-12	@	NJN	W	117	116	107.3	106.4	109.0	.405		.671	49.3	67.4	9.2	6.5	.622	25.6	23.3	.338	.522	17.6	68.3	.217
44	44	1979-01-14	@	SEA	W	108	99	108.1	99.1	99.9	.063		.553	50.6	64.7	9.0	4.4	.537	12.5	26.3	.063	.473	14.7	72.1	.143
45	45	1979-01-17	@	SDC	L	117	119	108.7	110.6	107.6	.306		.607	42.9	40.8	8.4	3.1	.576	16.5	21.2	.224	.510	15.2	59.1	.194
46	46	1979-01-19		HOU	L	121	122	111.3	112.2	98.4	.137		.601	42.2	75.0	2.8	6.3	.589	14.4	15.8	.095	.509	10.0	61.5	.071
47	47	1979-01-21		GSW	W	113	107	109.1	103.3	103.6	.349		.570	50.0	71.7	9.7	9.4	.535	16.1	32.6	.244	.458	13.8	66.7	.198
48	48	1979-01-23		NYK	W	148	124	130.6	109.4	113.4	.326		.703	50.0	66.7	12.4	3.7	.685	13.9	25.8	.239	.505	13.4	65.3	.150
49	49	1979-01-25	@	DET	L	100	135	97.1	131.1	103.0	.195		.529	43.9	55.8	3.9	3.0	.494	17.5	22.0	.161	.580	7.6	65.9	.190
50	50	1979-01-26	@	DEN	L	107	119	103.7	115.3	103.2	.271		.498	45.5	72.1	7.8	6.6	.448	14.3	34.0	.219	.491	9.4	55.8	.142
51	51	1979-01-28		MIL	W	111	109	112.3	110.3	98.8	.284		.561	44.3	55.3	7.1	6.8	.534	16.1	37.8	.193	.534	18.3	50.0	.170
52	52	1979-01-30		NJN	W	127	108	116.0	98.6	109.5	.489		.556	56.7	68.2	7.3	8.7	.468	14.3	40.9	.415	.478	16.0	71.7	.217
53	53	1979-02-06		SAS	W	119	111	108.5	101.2	99.4	.275		.583	40.2	54.0	12.8	5.6	.549	9.7	9.5	.209	.491	15.2	66.0	.046
54	54	1979-02-07	@	GSW	W	106	104	106.7	104.7	99.3	.354		.580	47.1	48.8	10.1	0.0	.519	15.7	23.8	.304	.500	13.6	68.9	.130
55	55	1979-02-09		CLE	W	106	103	104.0	101.0	102.0	.216		.550	46.0	69.6	10.8	6.5	.523	11.9	15.4	.159	.478	13.5	70.8	.163
56	56	1979-02-11	@	KCK	L	103	104	95.7	96.6	107.7	.393		.493	44.8	47.4	11.1	4.1	.427	14.7	24.5	.303	.464	17.2	65.4	.144
57	57	1979-02-13	@	CLE	L	111	117	110.6	116.6	100.4	.110		.582	43.0	45.1	5.0	8.4	.560	12.8	21.1	.099	.495	8.9	60.4	.103
58	58	1979-02-16	@	MIL	L	98	99	104.3	105.3	94.0	.140		.537	50.0	65.9	5.3	5.3	.512	16.5	33.3	.116	.468	13.1	62.5	.117
59	59	1979-02-18	@	IND	W	122	111	115.5	105.1	105.6	.188		.558	45.8	56.6	10.4	5.0	.525	11.3	32.7	.158	.465	14.7	59.6	.168
60	60	1979-02-20		GSW	L	91	102	94.2	105.6	96.6	.366		.478	40.4	69.7	6.2	1.1	.402	13.6	18.2	.305	.430	11.2	62.2	.237
								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	1979-02-23		BOS	W	113	104	112.8	103.8	100.2	.159		.600	41.0	67.3	15.0	11.2	.591	13.7	16.2	.102	.528	16.5	63.4	.112
62	62	1979-02-25		IND	W	118	108	106.1	97.1	111.2	.321		.615	47.2	62.5	7.2	5.0	.571	19.3	18.4	.262	.450	16.0	68.6	.180
63	63	1979-02-27		KCK	W	122	114	103.9	97.1	117.4	.439		.623	46.2	55.3	6.8	13.8	.573	19.7	9.1	.341	.450	15.0	67.2	.147
64	64	1979-03-02		PHI	W	126	111	113.6	100.1	110.9	.231		.529	48.9	59.3	14.4	8.7	.500	10.5	37.3	.167	.500	21.4	62.8	.207
65	65	1979-03-04		DEN	L	99	113	95.3	108.8	103.9	.163		.502	44.2	65.9	7.7	7.1	.478	10.0	14.3	.120	.505	10.1	76.1	.131
66	66	1979-03-09		CHI	L	92	102	84.3	93.5	109.1	.247		.466	44.4	71.1	16.5	7.6	.427	20.2	25.5	.180	.478	21.9	65.1	.152
67	67	1979-03-11	@	BOS	L	106	108	106.3	108.3	99.7	.438		.556	50.0	60.5	7.0	5.1	.475	15.9	28.9	.375	.480	10.9	66.0	.143
68	68	1979-03-13	@	WSB	L	111	120	108.0	116.8	102.7	.165		.502	44.4	49.0	5.8	7.3	.476	9.1	28.6	.126	.531	11.7	63.4	.188
69	69	1979-03-14	@	SAS	L	112	125	99.3	110.9	112.8	.163		.502	53.3	61.2	8.9	6.1	.471	17.1	37.5	.135	.545	14.7	70.5	.172
70	70	1979-03-16		ATL	W	111	110	103.1	102.1	107.7	.319		.535	49.4	63.6	9.3	14.8	.484	15.5	26.2	.253	.489	16.4	72.1	.273
71	71	1979-03-18		BOS	W	122	111	106.9	97.2	114.2	.295		.568	51.3	74.0	5.3	9.1	.526	17.6	30.4	.232	.400	10.0	65.7	.209
72	72	1979-03-21		POR	L	110	114	109.0	112.9	100.9	.418		.588	51.9	66.7	2.0	9.8	.532	19.7	31.3	.329	.490	6.7	66.0	.137
73	73	1979-03-23		SDC	W	156	119	131.0	100.0	119.0	.327		.675	51.4	58.5	9.2	8.1	.644	12.8	31.6	.257	.407	9.4	62.7	.154
74	74	1979-03-25	@	DEN	L	113	123	104.8	114.1	107.8	.227		.530	51.0	60.4	10.2	8.0	.495	15.8	35.3	.175	.511	12.0	68.1	.375
75	75	1979-03-28	@	PHO	L	106	112	99.9	105.6	106.1	.270		.474	51.7	41.9	9.4	3.5	.430	13.2	32.7	.200	.500	14.7	78.4	.302
76	76	1979-03-30		DET	W	124	113	113.0	103.0	109.7	.247		.601	55.4	70.4	2.7	4.9	.581	15.6	26.3	.172	.490	10.5	75.9	.127
77	77	1979-04-01	@	PHI	L	111	112	100.5	101.4	110.5	.344		.518	46.6	72.1	9.1	4.3	.462	14.4	24.5	.269	.516	17.8	74.4	.172
78	78	1979-04-03	@	CHI	W	97	95	101.9	99.8	95.2	.274		.515	45.3	42.9	10.5	4.8	.500	13.7	22.2	.155	.512	16.1	70.7	.107
79	79	1979-04-04	@	KCK	L	111	115				.111		.534	46.7	44.2		4.1	.525			.071	.500			.173
80	80	1979-04-06		SEA	L	93	113	91.1	110.7	102.1	.130		.478	41.8	63.4	12.7	5.5	.446	15.6	24.5	.120	.560	18.4	61.9	.121
								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	1979-04-07	@	POR	W	99	98	99.9	98.9	99.1	.151		.540	47.6	57.8	13.1	5.0	.523	16.4	22.5	.105	.450	17.6	71.4	.325
82	82	1979-04-08		PHO	W	111	103	105.9	98.2	104.8	.089		.529	44.2	81.1	11.4	4.4	.525	11.8	23.3	.050	.489	19.0	65.1	.167

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