Los Angeles Lakers 1977-78 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1977-78 NBA Regular Season and the 1978 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Los Angeles Lakers used 16 players in the 1977-78 Regular Season and 10 in the 1978 Playoffs.

Lou Hudson is the player from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 82.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1978, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 45-37 (.549), 5th in Western Conference
Playoffs: 1-2 (.333), Lost West Conf 1st Rd

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
23	Lou Hudson Forward / Guard 6-5 born Jul. 11, 1944 drafted 4th in 1966 (by the Hawks)	82 games 13.7 pts 2.3 reb 2.4 ast	3 games 11.7 pts 3.0 reb 3.0 ast
10	Norm Nixon Guard 6-2 born Oct. 11, 1955 drafted 22nd in 1977 (by the Lakers)	81 games 13.7 pts 3.0 reb 6.8 ast	3 games 8.0 pts 3.0 reb 5.3 ast
35	Don Ford Forward 6-9 born Dec. 31, 1952 drafted 92nd in 1975 (by the Lakers)	79 games 7.7 pts 4.5 reb 1.8 ast	1 game 0.0 pts 5.0 reb 0.0 ast
5	Tom Abernethy Forward 6-7 born May. 6, 1954 drafted 43rd in 1976 (by the Lakers)	73 games 6.8 pts 3.6 reb 1.4 ast	2 games 2.0 pts 1.0 reb 0.5 ast
33	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center 7-2 born Apr. 16, 1947 drafted 1st in 1969 (by the Bucks)	62 games 25.8 pts 12.9 reb 4.3 ast	3 games 27.0 pts 13.7 reb 3.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
4	Adrian Dantley Forward / Guard 6-5 born Feb. 28, 1956 drafted 6th in 1976 (by the Braves)	56 games 19.4 pts 7.2 reb 3.4 ast	3 games 17.0 pts 8.3 reb 3.7 ast
40	Dave Robisch Center / Forward 6-10 born Dec. 22, 1949 drafted 44th in 1971 (by the Celtics)	55 games 4.7 pts 3.3 reb 0.7 ast	3 games 10.0 pts 4.0 reb 0.3 ast
2	Kenny Carr Forward 6-7 born Aug. 15, 1955 drafted 6th in 1977 (by the Lakers)	52 games 6.2 pts 4.0 reb 0.5 ast	2 games 3.0 pts 2.0 reb 0.0 ast
52	Jamaal Wilkes Forward / Guard 6-6 born May. 2, 1953 drafted 11th in 1974 (by the Warriors)	51 games 12.9 pts 7.5 reb 3.6 ast	3 games 12.0 pts 8.7 reb 2.7 ast
11	Charlie Scott Guard / Forward 6-5 born Dec. 15, 1948 drafted 106th in 1970 (by the Celtics)	48 games 11.7 pts 3.1 reb 4.9 ast	3 games 10.0 pts 4.3 reb 4.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
30	Brad Davis Guard 6-3 born Dec. 17, 1955 drafted 15th in 1977 (by the Lakers)	33 games 2.5 pts 1.1 reb 2.5 ast
15	Ernie DiGregorio Guard 6-0 born Jan. 15, 1951 drafted 3rd in 1973 (by the Braves)	25 games 3.9 pts 0.9 reb 2.8 ast
42	James Edwards Center / Forward 7-0 born Nov. 22, 1955 drafted 46th in 1977 (by the Lakers)	25 games 14.8 pts 7.2 reb 1.2 ast
43	Earl Tatum Guard / Forward 6-5 born Jul. 26, 1953 drafted 21st in 1976 (by the Lakers)	25 games 14.0 pts 3.6 reb 2.8 ast
24	Kermit Washington Forward / Center 6-8 born Sep. 17, 1951 drafted 5th in 1973 (by the Lakers)	25 games 11.5 pts 11.2 reb 1.2 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
12	Don Chaney Guard 6-5 born Mar. 22, 1946 drafted 12th in 1968 (by the Celtics)	9 games 3.4 pts 1.2 reb 1.9 ast