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

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1978-79 Conference Standings

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

1978-79 Stats

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GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% 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

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
26
4
.867
2
Celtics Celtics
22
7
.759
3.5
3
Knicks Knicks
20
10
.667
6.0
4
Magic Magic
19
12
.613
7.5
5
Bucks Bucks
16
12
.571
9.0
6
Heat Heat
14
13
.519
10.5
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
23
5
.821
2
Rockets Rockets
20
9
.690
3.5
3
Grizzlies Grizzlies
20
10
.667
4.0
4
Mavericks Mavericks
19
11
.633
5.0
5
Nuggets Nuggets
16
11
.593
6.5
6
Clippers Clippers
17
13
.567
7.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
12/24
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
105-99
Tue
12/24
SAS SAS
@
NYK NYK
114-117
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
LAL LAL
117-114
Sun
12/22
IND IND
@
GSW GSW
111-105
Sun
12/22
PHX PHX
@
DEN DEN
90-117

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/29
IND IND
@
BOS BOS
6:00 PM
Sun
12/29
BKN BKN
@
ORL ORL
3:30 PM
Sat
12/28
SAC SAC
@
LAL LAL
10:30 PM
Sat
12/28
DAL DAL
@
POR POR
10:00 PM
Sat
12/28
PHI PHI
@
UTA UTA
9:30 PM