1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 60-22
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-4 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Phoenix Suns 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Seattle Supersonics 4-1
Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-2
Coach: Jack McKinney (10-4)
Coach: Paul Westhead (50-18)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 582,882, Avg. 14,217 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 60 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-4.

Los Angeles netted 9,438 points and surrendered 8,954. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored a team-leading 2,034 points for the Lakers, while Earvin Johnson and Jamaal Wilkes averaged 18 or more per game, too. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar racked up 886 rebounds. Norm Nixon dished out 642 assists for the squad.

On defense, Earvin Johnson added 187 steals, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected 280 opposing shots.

Jack McKinney and Paul Westhead coached the team. The 1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	82	81	3143	1383	835	1	0	476	364	190	696	886	371	81	280	297	216	2034
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	82	0	3111	1358	726	17	3	234	189	176	349	525	250	129	28	157	220	1644
Norm Nixon	G	82	82	3226	1209	624	8	1	253	197	52	177	229	642	147	14	288	241	1446
Earvin Johnson	G-F	77	72	2795	949	503	31	7	462	374	166	430	596	563	187	41	305	218	1387
Jim Chones	C-F	82	0	2394	760	372	2	0	169	125	143	421	564	151	56	65	175	271	869
Spencer Haywood	F-C	76	0	1544	591	288	4	1	206	159	132	214	346	93	35	57	134	197	736
Michael Cooper	G-F	82	9	1973	578	303	20	5	143	111	101	128	229	221	86	38	142	215	722
Mark Landsberger	F-C	23	0	374	137	66	0	0	56	29	69	94	163	14	10	5	25	27	161
Don Ford	F	52	0	580	130	66	1	0	28	23	23	75	98	36	11	15	30	86	155
Brad Holland	G	38	0	197	104	44	15	3	16	15	4	13	17	22	15	1	13	24	106
Marty Byrnes	F	32	0	194	50	25	0	0	15	13	9	18	27	13	5	1	22	32	63
Ollie Mack	G	27	0	155	50	21	1	0	18	9	7	15	22	20	4	0	9	16	51
Ron Boone	G-F	6	0	106	40	14	0	0	7	6	7	4	11	7	5	0	13	13	34
Kenny Carr	F	5	0	57	16	7	0	0	2	2	5	12	17	1	2	1	9	6	16
Butch Lee	G	11	0	31	13	4	0	0	7	6	4	4	8	9	1	0	7	2	14
Totals		757	244	19880	7368	3898	100	20	2092	1622	1088	2650	3738	2413	774	546	1626	1784	9438

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	82	81	38.3	60.4	0.0	76.5	2.3	8.5	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6	2.6	24.8
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	82	0	37.9	53.5	17.6	80.8	2.1	4.3	6.4	3.0	1.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	20.0
Norm Nixon	G	82	82	39.3	51.6	12.5	77.9	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.5	2.9	17.6
Earvin Johnson	G-F	77	72	36.3	53.0	22.6	81.0	2.2	5.6	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	4.0	2.8	18.0
Jim Chones	C-F	82	0	29.2	48.9	0.0	74.0	1.7	5.1	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	2.1	3.3	10.6
Spencer Haywood	F-C	76	0	20.3	48.7	25.0	77.2	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	9.7
Michael Cooper	G-F	82	9	24.1	52.4	25.0	77.6	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	8.8
Mark Landsberger	F-C	23	0	16.3	48.2		51.8	3.0	4.1	7.1	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	7.0
Don Ford	F	52	0	11.2	50.8	0.0	82.1	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	3.0
Brad Holland	G	38	0	5.2	42.3	20.0	93.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.6	2.8
Marty Byrnes	F	32	0	6.1	50.0		86.7	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.0
Ollie Mack	G	27	0	5.7	42.0	0.0	50.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.9
Ron Boone	G-F	6	0	17.7	35.0		85.7	1.2	0.7	1.8	1.2	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	5.7
Kenny Carr	F	5	0	11.4	43.8		100.0	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	1.2	3.2
Butch Lee	G	11	0	2.8	30.8		85.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.3
Averages		757	244	26.3	52.9	20.0	77.5	1.4	3.5	4.9	3.2	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.4	12.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	15	618	346	198	0	0	105	83	51	130	181	46	17	58	55	51	479
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	16	652	294	140	1	0	54	44	53	75	128	48	24	5	35	51	324
Earvin Johnson	G-F	16	658	199	103	8	2	106	85	52	116	168	151	49	6	65	47	293
Norm Nixon	G	16	648	239	114	5	1	51	41	13	43	56	125	32	3	49	59	270
Michael Cooper	G-F	16	464	140	57	2	0	36	31	28	31	59	58	24	11	29	54	145
Jim Chones	C-F	16	439	118	48	0	0	34	23	32	72	104	28	8	6	32	60	119
Spencer Haywood	F-C	11	145	53	25	1	0	16	13	14	12	26	4	0	6	20	17	63
Mark Landsberger	F-C	16	195	69	25	1	0	6	5	25	44	69	2	3	2	10	35	55
Brad Holland	G	9	32	10	5	0	0	4	4	2	3	5	3	5	0	3	8	14
Marty Byrnes	F	4	8	3	1	0	0	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
Butch Lee	G	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2
Totals		138	3865	1471	716	18	3	420	335	271	527	798	466	162	97	302	384	1770

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	15	41.2	57.2		79.0	3.4	8.7	12.1	3.1	1.1	3.9	3.7	3.4	31.9
Jamaal Wilkes	F-G	16	40.8	47.6	0.0	81.5	3.3	4.7	8.0	3.0	1.5	0.3	2.2	3.2	20.3
Earvin Johnson	G-F	16	41.1	51.8	25.0	80.2	3.3	7.3	10.5	9.4	3.1	0.4	4.1	2.9	18.3
Norm Nixon	G	16	40.5	47.7	20.0	80.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	7.8	2.0	0.2	3.1	3.7	16.9
Michael Cooper	G-F	16	29.0	40.7	0.0	86.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	9.1
Jim Chones	C-F	16	27.4	40.7		67.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.8	0.5	0.4	2.0	3.8	7.4
Spencer Haywood	F-C	11	13.2	47.2	0.0	81.3	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	5.7
Mark Landsberger	F-C	16	12.2	36.2	0.0	83.3	1.6	2.8	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.2	3.4
Brad Holland	G	9	3.6	50.0		100.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.6
Marty Byrnes	F	4	2.0	33.3		66.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5
Butch Lee	G	3	2.0			100.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		757	28.0	48.7	16.7	79.8	2.0	3.8	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.7	2.2	2.8	12.8