# Temporada 1977-78 de Los Angeles Lakers

La temporada 1977-78 fue la trigésima de los Lakers en la NBA, y la decimoctava en su ubicación en Los Ángeles, California. La temporada regular acabaron con 45 victorias y 37 derrotas, ocupando el quinto puesto de la Conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs en los que cayeron en primera ronda ante los Seattle SuperSonics.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 6 | Kenny Carr | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | North Carolina State |
| 1 | 15 | Brad Davis | Base | Estados Unidos | Maryland |
| 1 | 22 | Norm Nixon | Base | Estados Unidos | Duquesne |
| 3 | 46 | James Edwards | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Washington |
| 4 | 88 | Tony Robertson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | West Virginia |
| 7 | 151 | Lars Hansen | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Washington |

## Temporada regular

División Pacífico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Portland Trail Blazers | 58 | 24 | .707 | – | 36–5 | 22–19 | 13–3 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 | 34–7 | 15–26 | 8–8 |
| x-Seattle SuperSonics | 47 | 35 | .573 | 11 | 31–10 | 16–25 | 8–8 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 37 | .549 | 13 | 29–12 | 16–25 | 6–10 |
| Golden State Warriors | 43 | 39 | .524 | 15 | 30–11 | 13–28 | 5–11 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Seattle SuperSonics vs. Los Angeles Lakers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 12 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 102, Los Angeles Lakers 90 | Seattle |
| 14 de abril | Los Angeles Lakers 105, Seattle SuperSonics 99 | Los Ángeles |
| 16 de abril | Seattle SuperSonics 111, Los Angeles Lakers 102 | Seattle |
| | Seattle SuperSonics gana las series 1-2 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 30 | 62 | 36.5 | 10.7 | 19.4 | .550 | 4.4 | 5.6 | .783 | 3.0 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 25.8 |
| 2 | Adrian Dantley | 22 | 56 | 35.4 | 6.7 | 12.9 | .520 | 6.0 | 7.4 | .801 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 19.4 |
| 3 | Norm Nixon | 22 | 81 | 34.3 | 6.1 | 12.3 | .497 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .714 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 13.7 |
| 4 | Kermit Washington | 26 | 25 | 30.0 | 4.4 | 9.8 | .451 | 2.7 | 4.4 | .618 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 11.5 |
| 5 | Jamaal Wilkes | 24 | 51 | 29.2 | 5.4 | 12.4 | .440 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .716 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 12.9 |
| 6 | Charlie Scott | 29 | 48 | 29.0 | 4.7 | 10.6 | .442 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .775 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 11.7 |
| 7 | James Edwards | 22 | 25 | 28.9 | 5.8 | 12.6 | .459 | 3.2 | 5.0 | .640 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 14.8 |
| 8 | Lou Hudson | 33 | 82 | 27.8 | 6.0 | 12.1 | .497 | 1.7 | 2.2 | .774 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 13.7 |
| 9 | Earl Tatum | 24 | 25 | 26.5 | 6.1 | 12.6 | .487 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .763 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 14.0 |
| 10 | Don Ford | 25 | 79 | 24.6 | 3.4 | 7.3 | .472 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .756 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Tom Abernethy | 23 | 73 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 5.5 | .498 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .820 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| 12 | Don Chaney | 31 | 9 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .361 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .833 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 13 | Kenny Carr | 22 | 52 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 5.8 | .444 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .647 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 6.2 |
| 14 | Ernie DiGregorio | 27 | 25 | 13.3 | 1.6 | 4.0 | .410 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .800 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 15 | Dave Robisch | 28 | 55 | 12.3 | 1.9 | 4.5 | .418 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .769 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
| 16 | Brad Davis | 22 | 33 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | .417 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .759 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.5 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA |
| Norm Nixon | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |