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1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jack McKinney (10-4), Paul Westhead (50-18)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 115.1 (2nd of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.2 (11th of 22)

SRS: 5.40 (2nd of 22) Pace: 104.1 (8th of 22)

Off Rtg: 109.5 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 103.9 (9th of 22) Net Rtg: +5.6 (2nd of 22)

Expected W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 22)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 582,882 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Seattle SuperSonics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	7-2	225	April 16, 1947	us	10	UCLA
24	Ron Boone	SG	6-2	200	September 6, 1946	us	11	Iowa Western Community College, Clarinda Campus, Idaho State University
7	Marty Byrnes	SF	6-7	215	April 30, 1956	us	1	Syracuse
7	Kenny Carr	PF	6-7	220	August 15, 1955	us	2	NC State
9	Jim Chones	C	6-11	220	November 30, 1949	us	7	Marquette
21	Michael Cooper	SG	6-7	170	April 15, 1956	us	1	New Mexico
35	Don Ford	SF	6-9	215	December 31, 1952	us	4	New Mexico, UC Santa Barbara
31	Spencer Haywood	PF	6-8	225	April 22, 1949	us	10	Trinidad State Junior College, Detroit Mercy
14	Brad Holland	SG	6-3	180	December 6, 1956	us	R	UCLA
32	Magic Johnson	SG	6-9	215	August 14, 1959	us	R	Michigan State
54	Mark Landsberger	C	6-8	215	May 21, 1955	us	2	Minnesota, Arizona State
15	Butch Lee	PG	6-0	185	December 5, 1956	pr	1	Marquette
25	Ollie Mack	SG	6-3	185	June 6, 1957	us	R	East Carolina University
10	Norm Nixon	PG	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	us	2	Duquesne
52	Jamaal Wilkes	SF	6-6	190	May 2, 1953	us	5	UCLA

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Norm Nixon	24	82		39.3	7.6	14.7	.516	0.0	0.1	.125	7.6	14.6	.519	.517	2.4	3.1	.779	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.5	2.9	17.6
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	82		38.3	10.2	16.9	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	10.2	16.9	.604	.604	4.4	5.8	.765	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	24.8
3	Jamaal Wilkes	26	82		37.9	8.9	16.6	.535	0.0	0.2	.176	8.8	16.4	.539	.536	2.3	2.9	.808	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	20.0
4	Magic Johnson	20	77		36.3	6.5	12.3	.530	0.1	0.4	.226	6.4	11.9	.540	.534	4.9	6.0	.810	2.2	5.6	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	4.0	2.8	18.0
5	Jim Chones	30	82		29.2	4.5	9.3	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	9.2	.491	.489	1.5	2.1	.740	1.7	5.1	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	2.1	3.3	10.6
6	Michael Cooper	23	82		24.1	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	3.6	6.8	.534	.529	1.4	1.7	.776	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	8.8
7	Spencer Haywood	30	76		20.3	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	3.8	7.7	.489	.488	2.1	2.7	.772	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	9.7
8	Ron Boone	33	6		17.7	2.3	6.7	.350	0.0	0.0		2.3	6.7	.350	.350	1.0	1.2	.857	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.2	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	5.7
9	Mark Landsberger	24	23		16.3	2.9	6.0	.482	0.0	0.0		2.9	6.0	.482	.482	1.3	2.4	.518	3.0	4.1	7.1	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	7.0
10	Kenny Carr	24	5		11.4	1.4	3.2	.438	0.0	0.0		1.4	3.2	.438	.438	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	1.2	3.2
11	Don Ford	27	52		11.2	1.3	2.5	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.5	.512	.508	0.4	0.5	.821	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	3.0
12	Marty Byrnes	23	32		6.1	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.6	.500	.500	0.4	0.5	.867	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0
13	Ollie Mack	22	27		5.7	0.8	1.9	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.8	.429	.420	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.9
14	Brad Holland	23	38		5.2	1.2	2.7	.423	0.1	0.4	.200	1.1	2.3	.461	.438	0.4	0.4	.938	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.6	2.8
15	Butch Lee	23	11		2.8	0.4	1.2	.308	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.2	.308	.308	0.5	0.6	.857	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	15		41.2	13.2	23.1	.572	0.0	0.0		13.2	23.1	.572	.572	5.5	7.0	.790	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	31.9
2	Magic Johnson	20	16		41.1	6.4	12.4	.518	0.1	0.5	.250	6.3	11.9	.529	.523	5.3	6.6	.802	3.3	7.3	10.5	9.4	3.1	0.4	4.1	2.9	18.3
3	Jamaal Wilkes	26	16		40.8	8.8	18.4	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	8.8	18.3	.478	.476	2.8	3.4	.815	3.3	4.7	8.0	3.0	1.5	0.3	2.2	3.2	20.3
4	Norm Nixon	24	16		40.5	7.1	14.9	.477	0.1	0.3	.200	7.1	14.6	.483	.479	2.6	3.2	.804	0.8	2.7	3.5	7.8	2.0	0.2	3.1	3.7	16.9
5	Michael Cooper	23	16		29.0	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	8.6	.413	.407	1.9	2.3	.861	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	9.1
6	Jim Chones	30	16		27.4	3.0	7.4	.407	0.0	0.0		3.0	7.4	.407	.407	1.4	2.1	.676	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.8	0.5	0.4	2.0	3.8	7.4
7	Spencer Haywood	30	11		13.2	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	4.7	.481	.472	1.2	1.5	.813	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.7
8	Mark Landsberger	24	16		12.2	1.6	4.3	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	4.3	.368	.362	0.3	0.4	.833	1.6	2.8	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.2	3.4
9	Brad Holland	23	9		3.6	0.6	1.1	.500	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.1	.500	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.6
10	Marty Byrnes	23	4		2.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.8	.333	.333	1.0	1.5	.667	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5
11	Butch Lee	23	3		2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.7	0.7	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Norm Nixon	24	82		3226	624	1209	.516	1	8	.125	623	1201	.519	.517	197	253	.779	52	177	229	642	147	14	288	241	1446
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	82		3143	835	1383	.604	0	1	.000	835	1382	.604	.604	364	476	.765	190	696	886	371	81	280	297	216	2034
3	Jamaal Wilkes	26	82		3111	726	1358	.535	3	17	.176	723	1341	.539	.536	189	234	.808	176	349	525	250	129	28	157	220	1644
4	Magic Johnson	20	77		2795	503	949	.530	7	31	.226	496	918	.540	.534	374	462	.810	166	430	596	563	187	41	305	218	1387
5	Jim Chones	30	82		2394	372	760	.489	0	2	.000	372	758	.491	.489	125	169	.740	143	421	564	151	56	65	175	271	869
6	Michael Cooper	23	82		1973	303	578	.524	5	20	.250	298	558	.534	.529	111	143	.776	101	128	229	221	86	38	142	215	722
7	Spencer Haywood	30	76		1544	288	591	.487	1	4	.250	287	587	.489	.488	159	206	.772	132	214	346	93	35	57	134	197	736
8	Don Ford	27	52		580	66	130	.508	0	1	.000	66	129	.512	.508	23	28	.821	23	75	98	36	11	15	30	86	155
9	Mark Landsberger	24	23		374	66	137	.482	0	0		66	137	.482	.482	29	56	.518	69	94	163	14	10	5	25	27	161
10	Brad Holland	23	38		197	44	104	.423	3	15	.200	41	89	.461	.438	15	16	.938	4	13	17	22	15	1	13	24	106
11	Marty Byrnes	23	32		194	25	50	.500	0	0		25	50	.500	.500	13	15	.867	9	18	27	13	5	1	22	32	63
12	Ollie Mack	22	27		155	21	50	.420	0	1	.000	21	49	.429	.420	9	18	.500	7	15	22	20	4	0	9	16	51
13	Ron Boone	33	6		106	14	40	.350	0	0		14	40	.350	.350	6	7	.857	4	7	11	7	5	0	13	13	34
14	Kenny Carr	24	5		57	7	16	.438	0	0		7	16	.438	.438	2	2	1.000	5	12	17	1	2	1	9	6	16
15	Butch Lee	23	11		31	4	13	.308	0	0		4	13	.308	.308	6	7	.857	4	4	8	9	1	0	7	2	14
			82		19880	3898	7368	.529	20	100	.200	3878	7268	.534	.530	1622	2092	.775	1085	2653	3738	2413	774	546	1639	1784	9438

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Magic Johnson	20	16		658	103	199	.518	2	8	.250	101	191	.529	.523	85	106	.802	52	116	168	151	49	6	65	47	293
2	Jamaal Wilkes	26	16		652	140	294	.476	0	1	.000	140	293	.478	.476	44	54	.815	53	75	128	48	24	5	35	51	324
3	Norm Nixon	24	16		648	114	239	.477	1	5	.200	113	234	.483	.479	41	51	.804	13	43	56	125	32	3	49	59	270
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	15		618	198	346	.572	0	0		198	346	.572	.572	83	105	.790	51	130	181	46	17	58	55	51	479
5	Michael Cooper	23	16		464	57	140	.407	0	2	.000	57	138	.413	.407	31	36	.861	28	31	59	58	24	11	29	54	145
6	Jim Chones	30	16		439	48	118	.407	0	0		48	118	.407	.407	23	34	.676	32	72	104	28	8	6	32	60	119
7	Mark Landsberger	24	16		195	25	69	.362	0	1	.000	25	68	.368	.362	5	6	.833	25	44	69	2	3	2	10	35	55
8	Spencer Haywood	30	11		145	25	53	.472	0	1	.000	25	52	.481	.472	13	16	.813	14	12	26	4	0	6	20	17	63
9	Brad Holland	23	9		32	5	10	.500	0	0		5	10	.500	.500	4	4	1.000	2	3	5	3	5	0	3	8	14
10	Marty Byrnes	23	4		8	1	3	.333	0	0		1	3	.333	.333	4	6	.667	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
11	Butch Lee	23	3		6	0	0		0	0		0	0			2	2	1.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Norm Nixon	24	82	3226	14.9	.548	.007	.209	1.9	5.5	3.9	25.3	2.1	0.2	17.9	20.0		4.1	2.7	6.7	.100		0.2	-0.9	-0.7	1.1
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	82	3143	25.3	.639	.001	.344	7.2	22.2	15.4	16.5	1.2	4.6	15.7	24.1		9.5	5.3	14.8	.227		4.8	2.4	7.2	7.3
3	Jamaal Wilkes	26	82	3111	17.6	.563	.013	.172	6.8	11.2	9.2	10.8	1.9	0.5	9.7	20.8		6.7	3.2	10.0	.154		1.7	-0.4	1.3	2.6
4	Magic Johnson	20	77	2795	20.6	.602	.033	.487	7.1	15.4	11.6	25.2	3.1	0.8	20.9	20.9		6.2	4.3	10.5	.180		3.1	1.7	4.8	4.8
5	Jim Chones	30	82	2394	11.3	.521	.003	.222	7.1	17.6	12.8	7.6	1.1	1.4	17.3	16.9		0.7	2.8	3.5	.071		-2.0	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2
6	Michael Cooper	23	82	1973	12.5	.563	.035	.247	6.1	6.5	6.3	13.5	2.0	1.0	18.1	15.9		2.2	1.8	4.0	.097		-0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.9
7	Spencer Haywood	30	76	1544	13.9	.540	.007	.349	10.2	13.9	12.2	7.6	1.0	1.9	16.4	21.2		1.4	1.7	3.1	.095		-1.3	-0.9	-2.3	-0.1
8	Don Ford	27	52	580	8.3	.545	.008	.215	4.7	13.0	9.2	7.2	0.9	1.3	17.4	11.9		0.3	0.6	0.9	.073		-2.7	0.1	-2.5	-0.1
9	Mark Landsberger	24	23	374	17.0	.498	.000	.409	22.0	25.2	23.8	4.7	1.2	0.7	13.4	20.0		0.4	0.5	1.0	.128		0.7	-2.7	-2.0	0.0
10	Brad Holland	23	38	197	14.3	.477	.144	.154	2.4	6.6	4.7	14.8	3.5	0.3	10.5	25.2		0.1	0.2	0.3	.081		-2.9	0.3	-2.6	0.0
11	Marty Byrnes	23	32	194	6.3	.557	.000	.300	5.5	9.3	7.6	7.9	1.2	0.3	28.0	16.2		-0.1	0.2	0.0	.009		-4.4	-0.9	-5.2	-0.2
12	Ollie Mack	22	27	155	9.1	.440	.020	.360	5.4	9.7	7.7	15.3	1.2	0.0	13.4	17.3		0.0	0.1	0.1	.035		-3.2	-0.7	-3.9	-0.1
13	Ron Boone	33	6	106	3.0	.395	.000	.175	4.5	6.6	5.7	7.8	2.2	0.0	23.2	21.2		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.098		-5.2	-1.0	-6.2	-0.2
14	Kenny Carr	24	5	57	5.2	.474	.000	.125	10.5	21.1	16.3	2.0	1.6	0.9	34.8	18.2		-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.067		-4.5	-0.5	-5.0	-0.1
15	Butch Lee	23	11	31	12.4	.435	.000	.538	15.4	12.9	14.1	34.1	1.5	0.0	30.3	29.8		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.051		-3.8	-0.6	-4.5	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Magic Johnson	20	16	658	22.1	.596	.040	.533	8.6	18.6	13.7	29.8	3.5	0.5	20.9	18.6		1.7	1.1	2.8	.203		5.6	2.4	8.0	1.7
2	Jamaal Wilkes	26	16	652	15.8	.510	.003	.184	8.9	12.2	10.5	10.3	1.7	0.4	9.9	21.3		1.1	0.6	1.7	.127		2.2	-1.2	1.0	0.5
3	Norm Nixon	24	16	648	14.4	.516	.021	.213	2.2	7.0	4.6	25.7	2.3	0.3	15.8	18.9		0.9	0.6	1.5	.108		1.0	-0.3	0.6	0.4
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	15	618	27.9	.611	.000	.303	9.0	22.2	15.7	12.3	1.3	5.3	12.3	28.5		2.2	1.0	3.3	.253		7.4	1.5	8.9	1.7
5	Michael Cooper	23	16	464	11.2	.465	.014	.257	6.6	7.1	6.8	15.6	2.4	1.3	15.7	15.7		0.3	0.5	0.8	.080		0.0	0.6	0.6	0.3
6	Jim Chones	30	16	439	7.3	.448	.000	.288	7.9	17.3	12.7	7.8	0.9	0.8	19.4	14.8		-0.2	0.4	0.2	.025		-2.6	-1.1	-3.8	-0.2
7	Mark Landsberger	24	16	195	7.0	.384	.014	.087	14.0	23.9	19.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	12.2	16.5		-0.1	0.2	0.1	.024		-3.8	-3.5	-7.3	-0.3
8	Spencer Haywood	30	11	145	8.2	.525	.019	.302	10.5	8.8	9.6	3.7	0.0	2.3	25.0	21.8		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.014		-3.0	-3.0	-6.0	-0.1
9	Brad Holland	23	9	32	17.0	.595	.000	.400	6.8	9.9	8.4	12.2	7.3	0.0	20.3	18.2		0.1	0.1	0.1	.186		-1.7	6.4	4.7	0.1
10	Marty Byrnes	23	4	8	19.5	.532	.000	2.000	13.6	0.0	6.7	15.6	0.0	0.0	15.1	32.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	.141		5.5	-4.5	1.1	0.0
11	Butch Lee	23	3	6	-12.3	1.136			0.0	17.6	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	77.3	25.5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.372		-18.9	-6.0	-24.8	0.0

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