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1978–79 Los Angeles Lakers season

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Head coach
  
Jerry West

Arena
  
The Forum

Owner(s)
  
Jack Kent Cooke

Record
  
47–35 (.573)

Place
  
Division: 3rd (Pacific)Conference: 5th (Western)

Playoff finish
  
Conference Semifinals(Eliminated 1-4)

The 1978–79 NBA season was the Lakers' 31st season in the NBA and 19th season in Los Angeles. It would be the final season for the team under the ownership Jack Kent Cooke, who would sell the team to Dr. Jerry Buss during the summer that followed.

Contents

z - clinched division titley - clinched division titlex - clinched playoff spot

West First Round

(4) Denver Nuggets vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers: Lakers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Denver: Denver 110, Los Angeles 105
  • Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 121, Denver 109
  • Game 3 @ Denver: Los Angeles 112, Denver 111

    • West Conference Semifinals

    (1) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers: Sonics win series 4-1

  • Game 1 @ Seattle: Seattle 112, Los Angeles 101
  • Game 2 @ Seattle: Seattle 108, Los Angeles 103 (OT)
  • Game 3 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 118, Seattle 112 (OT)
  • Game 4 @ Los Angeles: Seattle 117, Los Angeles 115
  • Game 5 @ Seattle: Seattle 106, Los Angeles 100

    • Awards and records

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA Second Team
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA All-Defensive First Team
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA All-Star Game

    • References

    1978–79 Los Angeles Lakers season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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