1969-1970 Los Angeles Lakers: 46-36 .561
Next Season Home record: 27-14 (4780 points scored, 4581 allowed) Road record: 17-21 (4201 points scored, 4256 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (346 points scored, 327 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Mullaney 9327 points scored (12th of 14 teams), 9164 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 116.7 points/game (9569.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Elgin Baylor 6'5 225 35 Seattle Wilt Chamberlain 7'1 250 33 Kansas Mel Counts 7'0 230 28 Oregon State Johnny Egan 5'11 180 30 Providence Keith Erickson 6'5 195 25 UCLA Dick Garrett 6'3 185 22 Southern Illinois Happy Hairston 6'7 225 27 New York University Bill Hewitt 6'7 210 25 Southern California Mike Lynn 6'7 215 24 UCLA Willie McCarter 6'3 175 23 Drake Rick Roberson 6'9 231 22 Cincinnati John Tresvant 6'7 215 30 Seattle Jerry West 6'2 175 31 West Virginia Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Jerry West 74 3106 831 1673 0 0 647 785 0 0 338 554 0 0 0 160 2309 31.2 F Elgin Baylor 54 2213 511 1051 0 0 276 357 0 0 559 292 0 0 0 132 1298 24.0 F Happy Hairston 55 2145 426 870 0 0 281 350 0 0 687 110 0 0 0 194 1133 20.6 C Mel Counts 81 2193 434 1017 0 0 156 201 0 0 683 160 0 0 0 304 1024 12.6 G Dick Garrett 73 2318 354 816 0 0 138 162 0 0 235 180 0 0 0 236 846 11.6 C Rick Roberson 74 2005 262 586 0 0 120 212 0 0 672 92 0 0 0 256 644 8.7 F Keith Erickson 68 1755 258 563 0 0 91 122 0 0 304 209 0 0 0 175 607 8.9 G Johnny Egan 72 1627 215 491 0 0 99 121 0 0 104 216 0 0 0 171 529 7.3 C Wilt Chamberlain 12 505 129 227 0 0 70 157 0 0 221 49 0 0 0 31 328 27.3 G Willie McCarter 40 861 132 349 0 0 43 60 0 0 83 93 0 0 0 71 307 7.7 F Mike Lynn 44 403 44 133 0 0 31 48 0 0 64 30 0 0 0 87 119 2.7 F John Tresvant 20 221 47 88 0 0 23 35 0 0 63 17 0 0 0 40 117 5.8 F Bill Hewitt 20 478 25 88 0 0 16 31 0 0 141 28 0 0 0 39 66 3.3
1969 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 12 Willie McCarter 155 Drake
1 15 Rick Roberson 423 Cincinnati
2 27 Dick Garrett 339 Southern Illinois
5 69 Wil Jones 159 566 Albany State
6 83 Dick Grubar 2 North Carolina
7 97 Kari Liimbo Brigham Young
8 111 Joe Smith Oklahoma State
9 125 Jim Smith Northern Illinois
10 139 Phil Argento Kentucky
11 153 Ron Peret Texas A&M
12 166 Jack Gillespie 2 Montana State
13 178 Mallory Chestnutt Tuskegee
14 187 Mack Calvin 222 533 USC
Traded draft picks:
#3 to CIN (Luther Green)
#4 to ATL (Don Griffin)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/25/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 128-112
03/29/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 101-114
04/02/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 98-112
04/04/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 102-112
04/05/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 138-121
04/07/1970 at Phoenix Suns W 104-93
04/09/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 129-94
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Western Finals
04/12/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 119-115
04/14/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 105-94
04/17/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 115-114 (OT)
04/19/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 133-114
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Finals
04/24/1970 at New York Knicks L 112-124
04/27/1970 at New York Knicks W 105-103
04/29/1970 vs New York Knicks L 108-111 (OT)
05/01/1970 vs New York Knicks W 121-115 (OT)
05/04/1970 at New York Knicks L 100-107
05/06/1970 vs New York Knicks W 135-113
05/08/1970 at New York Knicks L 99-113
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Jerry West 18 830 196 418 170 212 66 151 55 562 31.2
C Wilt Chamberlain 18 851 158 288 82 202 399 81 42 398 22.1
F Elgin Baylor 18 667 138 296 60 81 173 83 50 336 18.7
G Dick Garrett 18 595 101 198 28 32 52 39 68 230 12.8
F Keith Erickson 17 553 71 153 27 35 77 74 44 169 9.9
F Happy Hairston 16 296 47 108 24 35 76 20 31 118 7.4
C Mel Counts 14 212 37 88 11 13 74 16 48 85 6.1
F John Tresvant 11 148 23 51 19 23 38 16 22 65 5.9
G Johnny Egan 16 162 23 43 10 11 5 22 20 56 3.5
C Rick Roberson 9 61 8 18 6 10 16 0 13 22 2.4
G Willie McCarter 5 14 3 7 1 1 3 3 2 7 1.4
F Mike Lynn 3 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 4 1.3
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/17/1969 at Philadelphia 76ers L 126-131 0-1 10/18/1969 at New York Knicks L 96-99 0-2 10/21/1969 at Baltimore Bullets W 142-137 1-2 10/22/1969 at Cincinnati Royals W 116-109 2-2 10/24/1969 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 123-112 3-2 10/25/1969 at Seattle Supersonics W 130-106 4-2 10/26/1969 vs Chicago Bulls W 129-125 5-2 11/02/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals L 116-124 5-3 11/07/1969 vs Phoenix Suns L 120-122 5-4 11/09/1969 vs New York Knicks L 102-112 5-5 11/11/1969 vs Detroit Pistons L 102-110 5-6 11/14/1969 vs Phoenix Suns W 127-112 6-6 11/15/1969 at Phoenix Suns L 111-114 6-7 11/16/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 138-125 7-7 11/18/1969 at Detroit Pistons W 125-114 8-7 11/19/1969 at Cincinnati Royals W 116-103 9-7 11/21/1969 vs San Diego Rockets W 100-98 10-7 11/22/1969 at San Francisco Warriors W 106-98 11-7 11/23/1969 vs Baltimore Bullets L 97-129 11-8 11/25/1969 at New York Knicks L 96-103 11-9 11/26/1969 at Milwaukee Bucks L 81-100 11-10 11/28/1969 vs San Francisco Warriors L 108-114 11-11 11/30/1969 vs Chicago Bulls L 114-116 11-12 12/04/1969 at Phoenix Suns L 109-119 11-13 12/05/1969 vs Detroit Pistons W 128-109 12-13 12/06/1969 at San Diego Rockets W 128-115 13-13 12/07/1969 vs Atlanta Hawks L 103-104 13-14 12/09/1969 at Philadelphia 76ers L 99-123 13-15 12/10/1969 at Boston Celtics L 99-111 13-16 12/12/1969 at Atlanta Hawks L 107-121 13-17 12/14/1969 vs Seattle Supersonics W 131-127 14-17 12/19/1969 vs Cincinnati Royals L 109-117 14-18 12/21/1969 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 133-117 15-18 12/23/1969 at San Diego Rockets L 109-115 15-19 12/26/1969 vs New York Knicks W 114-106 16-19 12/28/1969 vs Boston Celtics W 109-99 17-19 12/30/1969 at San Francisco Warriors L 100-105 17-20 01/02/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 125-95 18-20 01/03/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 126-109 19-20 01/04/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-112 20-20 01/06/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 100-105 20-21 01/09/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 127-112 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 112-116 21-22 01/14/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 113-115 21-23 01/16/1970 at Boston Celtics W 108-103 22-23 01/18/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 100-106 22-24 01/22/1970 at San Francisco Warriors W 122-108 23-24 01/23/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 128-100 24-24 01/24/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 122-121 25-24 01/25/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 118-106 26-24 01/27/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 124-109 27-24 01/28/1970 at San Diego Rockets W 113-108 28-24 01/30/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 102-87 29-24 02/01/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 113-112 30-24 02/03/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 124-114 31-24 02/04/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 109-125 31-25 02/06/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 105-118 31-26 02/07/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 117-121 31-27 02/08/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 125-113 32-27 02/10/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 106-111 32-28 02/11/1970 at San Francisco Warriors W 125-115 33-28 02/12/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 136-114 34-28 02/14/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 113-116 34-29 02/15/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks W 98-96 35-29 02/17/1970 at New York Knicks L 93-114 35-30 02/18/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 103-117 35-31 02/20/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 119-114 36-31 02/21/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 106-121 36-32 02/22/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 108-96 37-32 02/24/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks L 106-118 37-33 02/27/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-101 38-33 03/01/1970 at Boston Celtics W 120-114 39-33 03/03/1970 at Atlanta Hawks L 93-101 39-34 03/04/1970 at Baltimore Bullets W 94-91 40-34 03/06/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets L 100-105 40-35 03/08/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 144-116 41-35 03/10/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 106-104 42-35 03/13/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 128-117 43-35 03/15/1970 vs New York Knicks W 106-101 44-35 03/18/1970 vs Boston Celtics L 122-137 44-36 03/20/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 117-111 45-36 03/22/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 121-118 46-36 |