1975-1976 Los Angeles Lakers: 40-42 .488
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-11 (4684 points scored, 4409 allowed) Road record: 9-31 (4080 points scored, 4348 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 31-11 (4684 points scored, 4409 allowed) Road record: 9-31 (4080 points scored, 4348 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed)
Head Coach: Bill Sharman 8764 points scored (3rd of 18 teams), 8757 points allowed (17th) NBA Averages: 104.3 points/game (8556.0 points/team)
Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 7'2 225 28 UCLA Lucius Allen 6'2 175 28 UCLA Corky Calhoun 6'7 210 25 Penn Don Ford 6'8 215 22 California - Santa Barbara Donnie Freeman 6'3 185 31 Illinois Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 32 UCLA C.J. Kupec 6'6 220 22 Michigan Stu Lantz 6'3 175 29 Nebraska Jim McDaniels 6'11 228 27 Western Kentucky Cliff Meely 6'8 215 28 Colorado Pat Riley 6'4 205 30 Kentucky John Roche 6'3 170 26 South Carolina Cazzie Russell 6'5 218 31 Michigan Cornell Warner 6'9 220 27 Jackson State Kermit Washington 6'8 230 24 American Walt Wesley 6'11 220 30 Kansas Ron Williams 6'3 188 31 West VirginiaTeam Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 82 3379 914 1728 0 0 447 636 272 1111 1383 413 119 338 0 292 2275 27.7 G Gail Goodrich 75 2646 583 1321 0 0 293 346 94 120 214 421 123 17 0 238 1459 19.5 G Lucius Allen 76 2388 461 1004 0 0 197 254 64 150 214 357 101 20 0 241 1119 14.7 F Cazzie Russell 74 1625 371 802 0 0 132 148 50 133 183 122 53 3 0 122 874 11.8 F Don Ford 76 1838 311 710 0 0 104 139 118 215 333 111 50 14 0 186 726 9.6 G Donnie Freeman 64 1480 263 606 0 0 163 199 72 108 180 171 57 11 0 160 689 10.8 F Cornell Warner 81 2512 251 524 0 0 89 128 223 499 722 106 55 46 0 283 591 7.3 F Corky Calhoun 76 1816 172 368 0 0 65 83 117 224 341 85 62 35 0 216 409 5.4 G Stu Lantz 53 853 85 204 0 0 80 89 28 71 99 76 27 3 0 105 250 4.7 F Kermit Washington 36 492 39 90 0 0 45 66 51 114 165 20 11 26 0 76 123 3.4 C Jim McDaniels 35 242 41 102 0 0 9 9 26 48 74 15 4 10 0 40 91 2.6 F Cliff Meely 20 139 20 51 0 0 24 32 10 35 45 9 5 4 0 30 64 3.2 G Ron Williams 9 158 17 43 0 0 10 13 2 17 19 21 3 0 0 15 44 4.9 C C.J. Kupec 16 55 10 40 0 0 7 11 4 19 23 5 3 0 0 7 27 1.7 G Pat Riley 2 23 5 13 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 5 11 5.5 G John Roche 15 52 3 14 0 0 2 4 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 7 8 0.5 C Walt Wesley 1 7 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 4.0
1975 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 2 Dave Meyers 281 UCLA
1 8 Junior Bridgeman 849 Louisville [pick acquired from CLE]
4 56 C.J. Kupec 147 Michigan
5 74 Charles Russell Alabama
6 92 Don Ford 474 UC Santa Barbara
7 110 Rick Suttle Kansas
8 128 Mike Cashman Willamette
Traded draft picks:
#2 to GOL (Gus Williams)
#3 to NO (Jim McElroy)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record
10/23/1975 at New York Knicks W 104-101 1-0
10/27/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers L 104-117 1-1
10/28/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 99-92 2-1
10/29/1975 at Detroit Pistons L 99-112 2-2
10/31/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-104 3-2
11/02/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-113 4-2
11/04/1975 at Kansas City Kings L 98-116 4-3
11/05/1975 at New Orleans Jazz L 110-113 4-4
11/07/1975 vs New York Knicks W 105-97 5-4
11/08/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 106-114 5-5
11/09/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 125-112 6-5
11/12/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 116-100 7-5
11/14/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-107 8-5
11/16/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 110-93 9-5
11/18/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 106-120 9-6
11/19/1975 at Houston Rockets W 118-110 10-6
11/21/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-104 11-6
11/23/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 110-99 12-6
11/26/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 101-118 12-7
11/28/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 126-105 13-7
11/30/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-109 14-7
12/02/1975 at Washington Bullets L 104-107 14-8
12/03/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 118-110 15-8
12/07/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 114-106 16-8
12/12/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 114-102 17-8
12/13/1975 at Phoenix Suns L 108-116 17-9
12/14/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-100 18-9
12/16/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 103-123 18-10
12/18/1975 at Atlanta Hawks L 98-114 18-11
12/19/1975 at Chicago Bulls L 91-104 18-12
12/21/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 98-99 18-13
12/23/1975 vs Kansas City Kings W 111-97 19-13
12/26/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-95 20-13
12/27/1975 at Seattle Supersonics W 109-100 21-13
12/28/1975 vs Boston Celtics L 113-123 21-14
12/30/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 100-112 21-15
01/02/1976 vs Golden State Warriors L 105-113 21-16
01/03/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 99-130 21-17
01/04/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-101 22-17
01/06/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 113-114 22-18
01/07/1976 at Boston Celtics L 103-109 22-19
01/09/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 106-109 22-20
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Date Opponent Result Record
01/11/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 89-95 22-21
01/13/1976 at Chicago Bulls W 104-102 23-21
01/22/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 105-129 23-22
01/23/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 96-119 23-23
01/25/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 101-105 23-24
01/28/1976 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-118 24-24
01/30/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 113-121 24-25
02/01/1976 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 103-82 25-25
02/05/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 109-117 25-26
02/06/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 106-112 25-27
02/08/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 97-89 26-27
02/10/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 106-88 27-27
02/13/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 126-112 28-27
02/15/1976 at Washington Bullets L 88-101 28-28
02/17/1976 at New Orleans Jazz W 115-101 29-28
02/18/1976 at Houston Rockets L 98-114 29-29
02/20/1976 vs Boston Celtics L 113-125 29-30
02/22/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 91-97 29-31
02/27/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 97-90 30-31
02/29/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-97 31-31
03/05/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 106-99 32-31
03/07/1976 vs Chicago Bulls L 88-91 32-32
03/09/1976 at New York Knicks L 96-101 32-33
03/10/1976 at Boston Celtics L 89-92 32-34
03/12/1976 vs New York Knicks W 113-95 33-34
03/14/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 137-109 34-34
03/16/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-105 35-34
03/17/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-109 35-35
03/19/1976 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-107 36-35
03/20/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 93-106 36-36
03/21/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 111-130 36-37
03/23/1976 vs Houston Rockets W 125-106 37-37
03/26/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 107-85 38-37
03/27/1976 at Golden State Warriors L 97-113 38-38
03/28/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 97-100 38-39
03/31/1976 at Seattle Supersonics L 109-120 38-40
04/02/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-105 39-40
04/04/1976 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-111 40-40
04/06/1976 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-106 40-41
04/08/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 98-113 40-42
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