Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers were 47-35 in 1978-79. They finished 3rd in the Pacific Division and 5th in the Western Conference. They lost in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Seattle SuperSonics, 4 games to 1.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Wed 4/25	@	SEA	L 100-106
Sun 4/22	vs	SEA	L 115-117
Fri 4/20	vs	SEA	W 118-112
Wed 4/18	@	SEA	L 103-108
Tue 4/17	@	SEA	L 101-112

Team Leaders

See roster

PPG

23.8

Abdul-Jabbar

RPG

12.8

Abdul-Jabbar

APG

9.0

Nixon

1978-79 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Suns	50	32	.610	2.0
4	Nuggets	47	35	.573	5.0
5	Lakers	47	35	.573	5.0
6	Trail Blazers	45	37	.549	7.0
7	Clippers	43	39	.524	9.0

1978-79 Stats

See stats

	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Team	82	241.2	112.9	42.8	28.5	9.7	6.1	46.7	90.2	51.7	19.6	25.5	76.9	55.7	11.6	31.2	19.1	22.6
Team Rank		6th	8th	20th	3rd	8th	8th	4th	17th	1st	19th	20th	5th	1st	22nd	7th	7th	2nd
Opponent	82	241.2	109.9	46.0	27.2	9.0	4.4	46.3	95.7	48.4	17.3	23.5	73.3	51.8	15.7	30.3	18.8	23.9
Opponent Rank		6th	8th	17th	19th	10th	3rd	17th	19th	11th	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	17th	11th	16th	19th
Net			+3.1	-3.3	+1.3	+0.7	+1.7	+0.4	-5.5	+3.4	+2.3	+1.9	+3.6	+3.9	-4.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3
Net Rank			4th	21st	5th	6th	2nd	10th	21st	1st	5th	8th	3rd	1st	22nd	10th	12th	7th

Gallery

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.8

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.8

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.2

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Thompson

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.5

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.2

119.7

119.2

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.5

111.0

112.6

113.1

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.0

8.2

8.0

7.6

6.7

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

16-58

17-57

17-56

19-55

21-53

24-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,681.6

Jokić

3,597.7

Dončić

3,198.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,923

Jokić

3,807.5

Dončić

3,385.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.8

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.5

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

46-28

44-28-1

43-31

42-31

43-32

43-31

Worst Record ATS

30-44

30-43

31-43

31-42

32-42

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	54	20	.730
2	Celtics	49	24	.671	4.5
3	Knicks	48	26	.649	6.0
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	8.0
5	Raptors	41	32	.562	12.5
6	Hawks	41	33	.554	13.0
7	76ers	41	33	.554	13.0
8	Magic	39	34	.534	14.5
9	Heat	39	35	.527	15.0
10	Hornets	39	35	.527	15.0
11	Bucks	29	44	.397	24.5
12	Bulls - e	29	44	.397	24.5
13	Wizards - e	17	56	.233	36.5
14	Nets - e	17	57	.230	37.0
15	Pacers - e	16	58	.216	38.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	58	16	.784
2	Spurs - x	56	18	.757	2.0
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.0
4	Nuggets	47	28	.627	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.0
6	Rockets	44	29	.603	13.5
7	Suns	40	33	.548	17.5
8	Clippers	38	36	.514	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	37	38	.493	21.5
10	Warriors	36	38	.486	22.0
11	Pelicans - e	25	50	.333	33.5
12	Grizzlies - e	24	49	.329	33.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	50	.324	34.0
14	Jazz - e	21	53	.284	37.0
15	Kings - e	19	55	.257	39.0