lakers opening night game record 1978-79 to 1997-98

The Los Angeles Lakers had a record of 13-7 in season openers between the 1978-79 and 1997-98 seasons.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Lakers	10/13/1978	0-1	LAL	@	PHI	L 102-110	.000	240	102	43	20	14	2	36	85	42.4				30	41	73.2	49.5	15	28	22	25
2	Lakers	10/12/1979	1-0	LAL	@	SDC	W 103-102	1.000	240	103	39	19	8	8	41	84	48.8	0	0		21	29	72.4	53.2	13	26	20	20
3	Lakers	10/10/1980	1-0	LAL	@	SEA	W 99-98	1.000	240	99	53	23	9	4	44	104	42.3	0	0		11	16	68.8	44.6	24	29	20	27
4	Lakers	10/30/1981	0-1	LAL	vs	HOU	L 112-113	.000	290	112	55	28	9	10	43	101	42.6	1	4	25.0	25	34	73.5	48.3			19	24
5	Lakers	10/29/1982	0-1	LAL	vs	GSW	L 117-132	.000	240	117	44	32	10	7	52	104	50.0	1	7	14.3	12	19	63.2	52.1	26	18	21	22
6	Lakers	10/28/1983	1-0	LAL	@	KCK	W 117-107	1.000	240	117	38	22	6	5	49	89	55.1	0	0		19	25	76.0	58.5	9	29	17	16
7	Lakers	10/27/1984	0-1	LAL	@	SAS	L 112-113	.000	240	112	38	19	10	4	41	86	47.7	1	4	25.0	29	41	70.7	53.8	11	27	14	28
8	Lakers	10/26/1985	1-0	LAL	@	SAS	W 121-116	1.000	290	121	53	30	8	5	49	99	49.5	1	6	16.7	22	27	81.5	54.6	15	38	22	28
9	Lakers	11/1/1986	0-1	LAL	@	HOU	L 102-112	.000	240	102	44	29	5	1	38	80	47.5	2	4	50.0	24	29	82.8	55.0	16	28	20	24
10	Lakers	11/6/1987	1-0	LAL	vs	SEA	W 113-109	1.000	240	113	45	21	9	4	37	76	48.7	2	5	40.0	37	45	82.2	59.0	12	33	23	20
11	Lakers	11/4/1988	1-0	LAL	@	DAL	W 116-113	1.000	240	116	36	25	9	5	40	78	51.3	4	4	100.0	32	37	86.5	61.5	12	24	14	26
12	Lakers	11/3/1989	1-0	LAL	@	DAL	W 102-94	1.000	240	102	50	26	9	10	43	92	46.7	2	10	20.0	14	22	63.6	50.2	19	31	19	21
13	Lakers	11/3/1990	0-1	LAL	@	SAS	L 99-110	.000	240	99	32	17	7	7	35	76	46.1	5	16	31.3	24	31	77.4	55.2	7	25	15	25
14	Lakers	11/1/1991	0-1	LAL	@	HOU	L 121-126	.000	290	121	50	25	13	8	46	101	45.5	3	8	37.5	26	36	72.2	51.8	23	27	21	26
15	Lakers	11/6/1992	1-0	LAL	@	LAC	W 114-112	1.000	265	114	44	27	8	9	46	82	56.1	1	6	16.7	21	34	61.8	58.8	11	33	25	27
16	Lakers	11/5/1993	1-0	LAL	vs	PHX	W 116-108	1.000	240	116	47	34	11	4	48	102	47.1	3	10	30.0	17	25	68.0	51.3	20	27	16	31
17	Lakers	11/4/1994	1-0	LAL	@	DET	W 115-98	1.000	240	115	46	21	6	11	37	76	48.7	6	11	54.5	35	40	87.5	61.4	7	39	14	27
18	Lakers	11/3/1995	1-0	LAL	vs	DEN	W 98-96	1.000	240	98	41	21	11	4	35	79	44.3	5	18	27.8	23	26	88.5	54.2	15	26	27	22
19	Lakers	11/1/1996	1-0	LAL	vs	PHX	W 96-82	1.000	240	96	51	26	6	8	31	63	49.2	6	18	33.3	28	40	70.0	59.6	11	40	23	26
20	Lakers	10/31/1997	1-0	LAL	vs	UTA	W 104-87	1.000	240	104	43	27	9	9	33	78	42.3	12	29	41.4	26	37	70.3	55.2	11	32	11	26
	Average							.650	248.8	109.0	44.6	24.6	8.9	6.3	41.2	86.8	47.5	2.9	8.4	34.4	23.8	31.7	75.1	54.1			19.2	24.6
	Total		13-7					.650	4,975	2,179	892	492	177	125	824	1,735	47.5	55	160	34.4	476	634	75.1	54.1			383	491

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.2

James

RPG

9.6

Ayton

APG

7.3

James

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.7

14th

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

Lakers

0 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.8

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

119.3

116.5

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.1

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

10.4

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

864.6

Wembanyama

695.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

691

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

852.3

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

700.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.57

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

59-41

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

54-42

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 3/29	HOU	@	NOP	134-102
Sun 3/29	NYK	@	OKC	100-111
Sun 3/29	GSW	@	DEN	93-116
Mon 3/30	PHI	@	MIA	109-119
Mon 3/30	BOS	@	ATL	102-112

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 6/3	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Fri 6/5	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Mon 6/8	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Wed 6/10	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Sat 6/13	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM

The Los Angeles Lakers had a record of 13-7 in season openers between the 1978-79 and 1997-98 seasons.

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