The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 128 to 117, on March 5, 1978.

1977-78 Los Angeles Lakers

Final

CLE

Cavaliers

31-33

117

LAL

Lakers

34-29

128

Team

1

21

31

2

29

34

3

31

32

4

36

31

Total

117

128

Team Stats

Player Stats

Cavaliers

Lakers

FG Made - Attempted

49-100

52-94

Field Goal %

49.0

55.3

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

19-26

24-29

Free Throw %

73.1

82.8

Rebounds

40

48

Offensive Rebounds

13

14

Defensive Rebounds

27

34

Assists

17

31

Steals

12

7

Blocks

6

3

Turnovers

14

17

Personal Fouls

21

22

Cavaliers

Lakers

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Elmore Smith	39	25	11	1	1	4	11-19		3-3	2	5		4	7	57.9		100.0
Foots Walker	30	16	3	8	1	0	8-11		0-2	3	3		1	2	72.7		0.0
Jim Chones	29	14	7	0	1	1	5-10		4-6	2	1		0	7	50.0		66.7
Austin Carr	29	10	1	2	2	0	5-14		0-0	1	2		0	1	35.7
Campy Russell	27	13	5	1	1	0	4-10		5-5	3	1		2	3	40.0		100.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Terry Furlow	21	15	5	1	4	0	6-13		3-5	1	2		3	2	46.2		60.0
Bingo Smith	21	6	1	1	1	0	3-11		0-0	1	3		0	1	27.3
Dick Snyder	16	13	2	3	1	0	5-7		3-3	0	0		1	1	71.4		100.0
Jim Brewer	16	5	4	0	0	1	2-2		1-2	1	1		2	2	100.0		50.0
John Lambert	12	0	1	0	0	0	0-3		0-0	0	3		0	1	0.0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36	26	10	8	2	3	9-17		8-8	2	3		1	9	52.9		100.0
Norm Nixon	36	22	3	7	2	0	9-14		4-6	1	2		0	3	64.3		66.7
Adrian Dantley	33	18	8	6	0	0	7-13		4-5	2	2		2	6	53.8		80.0
Lou Hudson	32	20	2	1	1	0	10-14		0-0	1	4		0	2	71.4
Don Ford	29	14	3	2	1	0	6-8		2-2	1	3		2	1	75.0		100.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Charlie Scott	25	11	7	5	0	0	4-8		3-3	6	2		2	5	50.0		100.0
Jamaal Wilkes	19	7	4	1	0	0	3-8		1-2	0	2		1	3	37.5		50.0
Kenny Carr	15	6	4	0	0	0	2-7		2-3	2	2		2	2	28.6		66.7
Dave Robisch	12	4	7	1	0	0	2-5		0-0	0	1		4	3	40.0
Brad Davis	3	0	0	0	1	0	0-0		0-0	2	1		0	0

Explore

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

32.3

Davis

Anthony Davis

RPG

15.0

Davis

Anthony Davis

APG

9.7

James

LeBron James

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

15th

DRTG

115.3

16th

NETRTG

0.6

19th

3P%

37.7

8th

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0
7	Lakers	47	35	.573	10.0
8	Pelicans	49	33	.598	8.0
9	Kings	46	36	.561	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	DEN	@	LAL	8:30 PM
Mon 4/29	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Thu 5/2	DEN	@	LAL	1:00 PM
Sat 5/4	LAL	@	DEN	1:00 PM

Last Game

LAL

0-3

105

Final

112

DEN

3-0

Thu 25 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

37.7

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.3

Davis

Anthony Davis

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

15.3

Allen

Jarrett Allen

13.5

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

Playoff APG Leaders

12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.7

James

LeBron James

9.0

Herro

Tyler Herro

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.3

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.3

Irving

Kyrie Irving

2.3

Jr.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Playoff BPG Leaders

3.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

III

Trey Murphy III

Playoff 3PM Leaders

5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.5

Herro

Tyler Herro

4.3

Harden

James Harden

Playoff TS% Leaders

92.6

Wright

Delon Wright

81.8

Hauser

Sam Hauser

81.7

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Timberwolves

123.9

76ers

121.6

Knicks

121.2

Thunder

118.8

Celtics

118.5

Pacers

117.1

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Magic

98.2

Thunder

100.3

Cavaliers

103.2

Timberwolves

104.8

Mavericks

107.6

Clippers

108.4

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Timberwolves

19.1

Thunder

18.5

Nuggets

7.1

Celtics

5.5

Magic

5.0

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Pelicans

0-2

Suns

0-3

Lakers

0-3

Magic

1-2

Clippers

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

52-33

Mavericks

50-35

76ers

50-36

Thunder

47-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pelicans

46-39-1

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Suns

36-48-1

Bucks

37-48

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	64	18	.780
2	Knicks	50	32	.610	14.0
3	Bucks	49	33	.598	15.0
4	Cavaliers	48	34	.585	16.0
5	Magic	47	35	.573	17.0
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/25	MIN	@	PHX	126-109
Thu 4/25	LAC	@	DAL	90-101
Thu 4/25	MIL	@	IND	118-121
Wed 4/24	NYK	@	PHI	114-125
Wed 4/24	DEN	@	LAL	112-105

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	CLE	@	ORL	1:00 PM
Sat 4/27	OKC	@	NOP	3:30 PM
Sat 4/27	BOS	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Sat 4/27	DEN	@	LAL	8:30 PM
Sun 4/28	NYK	@	PHI	1:00 PM