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The 1978–79 NBA season was the Lakers' 31st season in the NBA and 19th season in Los Angeles. [1] It was the final season for the team under the ownership of Jack Kent Cooke, who sold the team to Jerry Buss the following summer.
1977–78 Los Angeles Lakers roster; Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C: 33: ... 1978 playoff game log First Round: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball ... Denotes player who is currently on the Los Angeles Lakers roster: 0.0: ... 1976–1978: 143: 2,695 ...
At the Lakers' championship celebration in Los Angeles, coach Riley brashly declared that Los Angeles would repeat as NBA champions, [127] which no team had done since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics. Looking to make good on Riley's promise in the 1987–88 season , the Lakers took their seventh consecutive Pacific Division title with a 62–20 ...
When the Lakers acquired Byron Scott from the San Diego Clippers in 1983 for Norm Nixon, it wasn’t a very popular decision. Nixon had won two NBA championships with the Lakers and he was very ...
Magic Johnson at the Lakers championship rally, June 1980. The 1979-80 NBA season was the Lakers' 32nd season in the NBA and the 20th season in Los Angeles. It featured a 20-year old rookie Magic Johnson leading the Lakers to their seventh NBA Championship (second in Los Angeles), defeating the Philadelphia 76ers led by Julius Erving in six games in the NBA Finals, which was the first NBA ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the Lakers' primary half-court option. The most important component of Showtime was the Lakers' fast break. [12] In a typical sequence, rebounders such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kurt Rambis, and A.C. Green would quickly release an outlet pass to Johnson, who would race down the court and distribute the ball to players such as Jamaal Wilkes, James Worthy, Byron Scott, and ...
Feb. 16—INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Cooper is one step from the Basketball Hall of Fame. Cooper, a former star on the hardwood for New Mexico and later a defensive specialist on the Showtime Lakers ...