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The highlight of the Los Angeles Lakers season of 1979–80 was rookie Magic Johnson leading the Lakers to their seventh NBA Championship, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the NBA Finals. This was also the team's first season under the ownership of Jerry Buss. Magic's season represented the birth of the Showtime Lakers.

NBA Statistics

Player G MP FG FG% FT FT% ORB DRB TRB A S B TO PF PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 82 3143 835 0.60 364 0.77 190 696 886 371 81 280 297 216 2034
Ron Boone 6 106 14 0.35 6 0.86 4 7 11 7 5 0 13 13 34
Marty Byrnes 32 194 25 0.50 13 0.87 9 18 27 13 5 1 22 32 63
Kenny Carr 5 57 7 0.44 2 1.00 5 12 17 1 2 1 9 6 16
Jim Chones 82 2394 372 0.49 125 0.74 143 421 564 151 56 65 175 271 869
Michael Cooper 82 1973 303 0.52 111 0.78 101 128 229 221 86 38 142 215 722
Don Ford 52 580 66 0.51 23 0.82 23 75 98 36 11 15 30 86 155
Spencer Haywood 76 1544 288 0.49 159 0.77 132 214 346 93 35 57 134 197 736
Brad Holland 38 197 44 0.42 15 0.94 4 13 17 22 15 1 13 24 106
Magic Johnson 77 2795 503 0.53 374 0.81 166 430 596 563 187 41 305 218 1387
Mark Landsberger 23 374 66 0.48 29 0.52 69 94 163 14 10 5 25 27 161
Butch Lee 11 31 4 0.31 6 0.86 4 4 8 9 1 0 7 2 14
Oliver Mack 27 155 21 0.42 9 0.50 7 15 22 20 4 0 9 16 51
Norm Nixon 82 3226 624 0.52 197 0.78 52 177 229 642 147 14 288 241 1446
Jamaal Wilkes 82 3111 726 0.54 189 0.81 176 349 525 250 129 28 157 220 1644

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