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(Top) 1 Roster 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Record vs. opponents 3 Awards and records 4 References

1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season

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Head coach

General manager

Owner(s)

Arena

Results

Record

40–42 (.488)

Place

Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 6th (Western)

Playoff finish

Did not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Local media

Television

Radio

The 1975–76 NBA season was the Lakers' 28th season in the NBA and 16th season in Los Angeles.^[1]

On June 16, 1975, the Lakers had traded Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, David Meyers, and Junior Bridgeman to the Milwaukee Bucks, in exchange for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.^[2] The Lakers raced to a 21–13 start before slumping back to .500 and failing to make the playoffs. Despite the Lakers' losing regular-season record (40–42), Abdul-Jabbar won MVP honors in a narrow vote over Bob McAdoo of the Buffalo Braves and Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics.^[3]

Roster[edit]

1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	33	Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1947-04-16	UCLA
PG	40	Allen, Lucius	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1947-09-26	UCLA
SF	10	Calhoun, Corky	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1950-11-01	Penn
SF	35	Ford, Don	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1952-12-31	UC Santa Barbara
SG	20	Freeman, Donnie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1944-07-18	Illinois
SG	25	Goodrich, Gail	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1943-04-23	UCLA
SF	41	Kupec, C. J.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1953-01-26	Michigan
PG	23	Lantz, Stu	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1946-07-13	Nebraska
C	11	McDaniels, Jim	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1948-04-02	Western Kentucky
PF	21	Meely, Cliff	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1947-07-10	Colorado
SG	12	Riley, Pat	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1945-03-20	Kentucky
SG	15	Roche, John	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1949-09-26	South Carolina
SF	32	Russell, Cazzie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1944-06-07	Michigan
PF	30	Warner, Cornell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1948-08-12	Jackson State
PF	24	Washington, Kermit	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1951-09-17	American
C	21	Wesley, Walt	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1945-01-25	Kansas
PG	15	Williams, Ron	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1944-09-24	West Virginia

Head coach

Bill Sharman

Assistant coach(es)

Larry Creger

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 9, 1976

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Golden State Warriors	59	23	.720	–	36–5	23–18	17–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics	43	39	.524	16	31–10	12–29	12–14
x-Phoenix Suns	42	40	.512	17	27–14	15–26	15–11
Los Angeles Lakers	40	42	.488	19	31–11	9–31	10–16
Portland Trail Blazers	37	45	.451	22	25–15	12–30	11–15

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Golden State Warriors	59	23	.720	–
2	x-Seattle SuperSonics	43	39	.524	16
3	x-Phoenix Suns	42	40	.512	17
4	y-Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	21
5	x-Detroit Pistons	36	46	.439	23

6	Los Angeles Lakers	40	42	.488	19
7	Portland Trail Blazers	37	45	.451	22
8	Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	28
9	Chicago Bulls	24	58	.293	35

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1975–76 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–5	1–3	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–5
Boston	3–2	–	4–3	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	4–1	5–2	4–3	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–2
Buffalo	3–2	3–4	–	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	4–3	3–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Chicago	2–2	2–2	1–3	–	0–4	3–4	1–4	1–3	1–6	3–2	3–4	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–3	1–4	2–3	0–4
Cleveland	5–2	2–3	2–3	4–0	–	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–3	2–2	4–0	4–3	3–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	4–2
Detroit	3–1	0–4	3–1	4–3	2–2	–	0–5	2–2	5–2	1–4	3–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–4	2–3	3–2	2–2
Golden State	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	–	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–2	4–2	4–3	3–1
Houston	5–2	1–4	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–2	2–2	–	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–4	3–2	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	3–4
Kansas City	2–2	2–2	0–4	6–1	3–1	2–5	1–4	2–2	–	2–3	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–5	2–3	1–3
Los Angeles	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–3	2–2	4–1	2–5	3–1	3–2	–	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	3–4	3–3	1–3
Milwaukee	2–2	2–2	1–3	4–3	0–4	4–3	0–5	2–2	5–2	3–2	–	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2
New Orleans	4–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	3–4	3–1	2–2	4–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	–	2–3	1–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	4–3
New York	2–3	2–5	3–4	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–4	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–2	–	5–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	3–2
Philadelphia	3–2	3–4	4–3	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–5	–	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–3
Phoenix	4–0	0–4	1–3	3–2	1–3	4–1	2–4	4–0	2–3	4–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	–	5–2	4–3	0–4
Portland	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–4	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–0	4–3	3–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–5	–	3–3	2–2
Seattle	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–3	3–4	2–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–4	3–3	–	1–3
Washington	5–1	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–4	2–2	1–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–4	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	—