The Los Angeles Lakers were 45-37 in 1977-78. They finished 4th in the Pacific Division and 5th in the Western Conference. They lost in the Western Conference First Round against the Seattle SuperSonics, 2 games to 1.
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1977-78 Conference Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 |  Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9.0 |
4 |  SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11.0 |
5 |  Lakers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13.0 |
6 |  Bucks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14.0 |
7 |  Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 15.0 |
1977-78 Stats
See stats| GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 82 | 241.5 | 110.3 | 46.1 | 27.2 | 9.8 | 5.0 | 45.5 | 93.6 | 48.7 | 19.2 | 25.5 | 75.2 | 52.6 | 13.9 | 32.3 | 18.9 | 24.0 | |||
Team Rank | 13th | 8th | 16th | 5th | 10th | 11th | 4th | 12th | 3rd | 19th | 20th | 10th | 6th | 20th | 9th | 4th | 7th | ||||
Opponent | 82 | 241.5 | 107.6 | 48.3 | 25.3 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 44.5 | 96.1 | 46.3 | 18.6 | 25.0 | 74.6 | 50.2 | 16.6 | 31.7 | 19.1 | 23.4 | |||
Opponent Rank | 13th | 7th | 17th | 10th | 9th | 7th | 15th | 19th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 22nd | 10th | 15th | 20th | ||||
Net | +2.7 | -2.2 | +1.9 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.0 | -2.5 | +2.4 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +2.4 | -2.8 | +0.6 | -0.3 | +0.5 | |||||
Net Rank | 5th | 18th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 14th | 4th | 9th | 11th | 11th | 4th | 21st | 10th | 9th | 14th |
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