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1980-81 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Paul Westhead (54-28)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 111.2 (5th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.3 (13th of 23)

SRS: 3.27 (5th of 23) Pace: 102.7 (8th of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.6 (7th of 23) Def Rtg: 103.9 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: +3.7 (5th of 23)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (5th of 23)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 538,865 (4th of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (1-2) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

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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	Birth	Exp	College
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	7-2	225	April 16, 1947	us US	11	UCLA
8, 40	Jim Brewer	PF	6-9	210	December 3, 1951	us US	7	Minnesota
24	Butch Carter	SF	6-5	180	June 11, 1958	us US	R	Indiana
9	Jim Chones	PF	6-11	220	November 30, 1949	us US	8	Marquette
21	Michael Cooper	SG	6-7	170	April 15, 1956	us US	2	New Mexico
25	Alan Hardy	SG	6-7	195	May 25, 1957	us US	R	Michigan
14	Brad Holland	SG	6-3	180	December 6, 1956	us US	1	UCLA
23	Tony Jackson	PG	6-0	170	January 17, 1958	us US	R	Florida State
32	Magic Johnson	SG	6-9	215	August 14, 1959	us US	1	Michigan State
15	Eddie Jordan	PG	6-1	170	January 29, 1955	us US	3	Rutgers University
54	Mark Landsberger	PF	6-8	215	May 21, 1955	us US	3	Minnesota, Arizona State
10	Norm Nixon	PG	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	us US	3	Duquesne
34	Myles Patrick	SF	6-8	220	November 19, 1954	us US	R	Auburn
52	Jamaal Wilkes	SF	6-6	190	May 2, 1953	us US	6	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

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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	25	79		37.5	7.3	15.3	.476	0.0	0.2	.167	7.3	15.2	.479	.477	2.5	3.2	.778	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.8	1.8	0.1	3.6	2.9	17.1
2	Jamaal Wilkes	27	81		37.4	9.7	18.5	.526	0.0	0.2	.077	9.7	18.3	.530	.526	3.1	4.1	.758	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.8	22.6
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33	80		37.2	10.5	18.2	.574	0.0	0.0	.000	10.5	18.2	.574	.574	5.3	6.9	.766	2.5	7.8	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1	3.1	26.2
4	Magic Johnson	21	37		37.1	8.4	15.9	.532	0.1	0.5	.176	8.4	15.4	.542	.534	4.6	6.1	.760	2.7	5.9	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	3.9	2.7	21.6
5	Michael Cooper	24	81		32.4	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	3.9	7.8	.499	.494	1.4	1.8	.785	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	9.4
6	Jim Chones	31	82		31.2	4.6	9.2	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	4.6	9.1	.506	.503	1.5	2.4	.653	2.2	5.8	8.0	1.9	0.5	1.2	1.9	4.0	10.8
7	Eddie Jordan	26	60		16.5	2.0	4.7	.430	0.1	0.2	.250	2.0	4.5	.438	.435	1.1	1.6	.663	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.3	5.1
8	Mark Landsberger	25	69		15.7	2.4	4.7	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	4.7	.503	.502	0.9	1.7	.534	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.0	5.7
9	Jim Brewer	29	78		14.2	1.3	2.5	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.5	.518	.513	0.2	0.5	.375	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.0	2.8
10	Butch Carter	22	54		12.4	2.1	4.6	.462	0.1	0.2	.300	2.1	4.4	.468	.468	1.3	1.8	.737	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.8	5.6
11	Brad Holland	24	41		7.2	1.1	2.7	.423	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	2.6	.426	.428	0.9	1.2	.714	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.1	3.2
12	Tony Jackson	23	2		7.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
13	Alan Hardy	23	22		5.0	1.0	2.7	.373	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.7	.373	.373	0.3	0.5	.700	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.6	2.3
14	Myles Patrick	26	3		3.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	.400	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.7

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	33	3		44.7	10.0	21.7	.462	0.0	0.0		10.0	21.7	.462	.462	6.7	9.3	.714	4.3	12.3	16.7	4.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	4.7	26.7
2	Norm Nixon	25	3		44.3	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0		8.3	16.3	.510	.510	2.7	3.3	.800	0.3	3.3	3.7	8.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	19.3
3	Magic Johnson	21	3		42.3	6.3	16.3	.388	0.0	0.0		6.3	16.3	.388	.388	4.3	6.7	.650	2.7	11.0	13.7	7.0	2.7	1.0	3.7	4.7	17.0
4	Jamaal Wilkes	27	3		37.7	7.0	16.0	.438	0.0	0.3	.000	7.0	15.7	.447	.438	4.0	6.0	.667	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	3.3	18.0
5	Michael Cooper	24	3		34.0	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.7	5.7	.647	.550	3.3	4.7	.714	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	10.7
6	Jim Chones	31	3		22.3	3.3	5.7	.588	0.0	0.0		3.3	5.7	.588	.588	1.3	2.7	.500	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.0	8.0
7	Mark Landsberger	25	3		10.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0		0.7	2.3	.286	.286	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	1.7
8	Jim Brewer	29	3		2.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
9	Eddie Jordan	26	2		2.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Brad Holland	24	1		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

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	Jamaal Wilkes	27	81		3028	786	1495	.526	1	13	.077	785	1482	.530	.526	254	335	.758	146	289	435	235	121	29	207	223	1827
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33	80		2976	836	1457	.574	0	1	.000	836	1456	.574	.574	423	552	.766	197	624	821	272	59	228	249	244	2095
3	Norm Nixon	25	79		2962	576	1210	.476	2	12	.167	574	1198	.479	.477	196	252	.778	64	168	232	696	146	11	285	226	1350
4	Michael Cooper	24	81		2625	321	654	.491	4	19	.211	317	635	.499	.494	117	149	.785	121	215	336	332	133	78	164	249	763
5	Jim Chones	31	82		2562	378	751	.503	0	4	.000	378	747	.506	.503	126	193	.653	180	477	657	153	39	96	159	324	882
6	Magic Johnson	21	37		1371	312	587	.532	3	17	.176	309	570	.542	.534	171	225	.760	101	219	320	317	127	27	143	100	798
7	Jim Brewer	29	78		1107	101	197	.513	0	2	.000	101	195	.518	.513	15	40	.375	127	154	281	55	43	58	48	158	217
8	Mark Landsberger	25	69		1086	164	327	.502	0	1	.000	164	326	.503	.502	62	116	.534	152	225	377	27	19	6	65	135	390
9	Eddie Jordan	26	60		987	120	279	.430	3	12	.250	117	267	.438	.435	63	95	.663	25	55	80	195	74	7	120	136	306
10	Butch Carter	22	54		672	114	247	.462	3	10	.300	111	237	.468	.468	70	95	.737	34	31	65	52	23	1	50	99	301
11	Brad Holland	24	41		295	47	111	.423	1	3	.333	46	108	.426	.428	35	49	.714	9	20	29	23	21	1	31	44	130
12	Alan Hardy	23	22		111	22	59	.373	0	0		22	59	.373	.373	7	10	.700	8	11	19	3	1	9	11	13	51
13	Tony Jackson	23	2		14	1	3	.333	0	0		1	3	.333	.333	0	0		0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2
14	Myles Patrick	26	3		9	2	5	.400	0	0		2	5	.400	.400	1	2	.500	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	5
			82		19805	3780	7382	.512	17	94	.181	3763	7288	.516	.513	1540	2113	.729	1165	2491	3656	2363	808	551	1557	1955	9117

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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33	3		134	30	65	.462	0	0		30	65	.462	.462	20	28	.714	13	37	50	12	3	8	11	14	80
2	Norm Nixon	25	3		133	25	49	.510	0	0		25	49	.510	.510	8	10	.800	1	10	11	26	1	1	5	9	58
3	Magic Johnson	21	3		127	19	49	.388	0	0		19	49	.388	.388	13	20	.650	8	33	41	21	8	3	11	14	51
4	Jamaal Wilkes	27	3		113	21	48	.438	0	1	.000	21	47	.447	.438	12	18	.667	4	4	8	4	1	1	4	10	54
5	Michael Cooper	24	3		102	11	20	.550	0	3	.000	11	17	.647	.550	10	14	.714	2	8	10	7	6	0	7	7	32
6	Jim Chones	31	3		67	10	17	.588	0	0		10	17	.588	.588	4	8	.500	6	11	17	1	1	4	3	9	24
7	Mark Landsberger	25	3		32	2	7	.286	0	0		2	7	.286	.286	1	1	1.000	9	6	15	0	1	0	1	5	5
8	Jim Brewer	29	3		7	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Eddie Jordan	26	2		4	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Brad Holland	24	1		1	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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	Jamaal Wilkes	27	81	3028	18.0	.556	.009	.224	5.6	9.8	7.8	11.2	1.9	0.5	11.2	24.5		5.5	3.0	8.5	.135		1.4	-0.8	0.5	1.9
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33	80	2976	25.5	.616	.001	.379	7.6	21.5	15.0	13.6	0.9	4.0	12.8	26.3		9.6	4.6	14.3	.230		4.7	1.4	6.1	6.1
3	Norm Nixon	25	79	2962	15.5	.511	.010	.208	2.5	5.8	4.2	30.9	2.3	0.2	17.7	21.8		2.8	2.7	5.5	.089		0.3	-1.0	-0.6	1.0
4	Michael Cooper	24	81	2625	12.2	.530	.029	.228	5.3	8.4	6.9	15.2	2.4	1.6	18.6	13.5		2.0	3.0	5.0	.092		-0.6	1.5	0.9	1.9
5	Jim Chones	31	82	2562	11.8	.528	.005	.257	8.1	19.1	13.9	7.4	0.7	2.0	16.0	15.6		1.5	3.2	4.7	.088		-2.0	-0.1	-2.1	-0.1
6	Magic Johnson	21	37	1371	25.7	.582	.029	.383	8.5	16.4	12.7	31.8	4.3	1.0	17.2	24.3		3.8	2.6	6.4	.225		5.6	3.3	8.8	3.8
7	Jim Brewer	29	78	1107	10.6	.506	.010	.203	13.2	14.2	13.8	5.8	1.8	2.8	18.3	9.5		0.7	1.5	2.2	.097		-1.6	1.1	-0.5	0.4
8	Mark Landsberger	25	69	1086	12.5	.516	.003	.355	16.1	21.2	18.8	3.1	0.8	0.3	14.7	16.4		0.9	1.3	2.2	.099		-1.5	-2.5	-4.0	-0.5
9	Eddie Jordan	26	60	987	9.7	.477	.043	.341	2.9	5.7	4.4	23.7	3.5	0.4	27.2	17.9		-0.9	1.2	0.3	.014		-3.8	0.6	-3.2	-0.3
10	Butch Carter	22	54	672	10.7	.521	.040	.385	5.8	4.7	5.2	9.9	1.6	0.1	14.8	20.2		0.5	0.5	0.9	.067		-2.8	-1.3	-4.1	-0.4
11	Brad Holland	24	41	295	9.8	.490	.027	.441	3.5	6.9	5.3	9.8	3.3	0.2	19.0	22.3		-0.2	0.4	0.1	.024		-4.8	0.2	-4.6	-0.2
12	Alan Hardy	23	22	111	7.5	.402	.000	.169	8.3	10.1	9.3	3.6	0.4	4.3	14.8	26.9		-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.072		-5.1	-1.2	-6.3	-0.2
13	Tony Jackson	23	2	14	12.9	.333	.000	.000	0.0	14.6	7.7	16.2	6.7	0.0	0.0	8.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	.124		-4.3	0.6	-3.6	0.0
14	Myles Patrick	26	3	9	6.9	.425	.000	.400	12.8	11.4	12.0	15.2	0.0	0.0	14.5	30.7		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.036		-4.7	-0.2	-5.0	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33	3	134	22.4	.517	.000	.431	10.3	24.1	17.9	15.0	1.1	3.1	12.5	27.8		0.2	0.2	0.4	.159		2.9	1.0	3.9	0.2
2	Norm Nixon	25	3	133	16.7	.543	.000	.204	0.8	6.6	4.0	31.0	0.4	0.4	8.6	18.5		0.3	0.0	0.4	.134		1.9	-1.2	0.7	0.1
3	Magic Johnson	21	3	127	17.0	.441	.000	.408	6.7	22.7	15.4	24.7	3.1	1.2	16.0	22.8		0.0	0.3	0.2	.082		-0.8	2.9	2.1	0.1
4	Jamaal Wilkes	27	3	113	11.0	.483	.021	.375	3.7	3.1	3.4	5.6	0.4	0.5	6.7	22.4		0.1	0.0	0.1	.044		-1.3	-2.5	-3.8	-0.1
5	Michael Cooper	24	3	102	11.7	.612	.150	.700	2.1	6.8	4.7	9.6	2.9	0.0	21.1	13.7		0.1	0.1	0.2	.083		-1.3	1.3	-0.1	0.1
6	Jim Chones	31	3	67	14.3	.585	.000	.471	9.5	14.3	12.1	2.2	0.7	3.1	12.8	14.8		0.1	0.1	0.2	.120		-0.5	0.1	-0.3	0.0
7	Mark Landsberger	25	3	32	10.9	.336	.000	.143	29.8	16.4	22.4	0.0	1.5	0.0	11.8	11.1		0.0	0.0	0.1	.094		-1.2	-4.6	-5.8	0.0
8	Jim Brewer	29	3	7	0.0				0.0	12.5	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.028		-5.9	-1.6	-7.5	0.0
9	Eddie Jordan	26	2	4	8.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	30.5	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.073		0.8	-0.6	0.2	0.0
10	Brad Holland	24	1	1	-48.8				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	42.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.414		-36.1	-17.9	-54.0	0.0

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