1970-1971 Los Angeles Lakers: 48-34 .585
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4895 points scored, 4526 allowed) Road record: 17-20 (4105 points scored, 4188 allowed) Other sites: 1-3 (411 points scored, 445 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Mullaney 9411 points scored (7th of 17 teams), 9159 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Elgin Baylor 6'5 225 36 Seattle Wilt Chamberlain 7'1 250 34 Kansas Keith Erickson 6'5 195 26 UCLA Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 27 UCLA Happy Hairston 6'7 225 28 New York University Fred Hetzel 6'8 220 28 Davidson Ernie Killum 6'3 180 22 Stetson Willie McCarter 6'3 175 24 Drake Jim McMillian 6'5 215 22 Columbia Pat Riley 6'4 205 25 Kentucky Rick Roberson 6'9 231 23 Cincinnati John Tresvant 6'7 215 31 Seattle Jerry West 6'2 175 32 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 69 2845 667 1351 0 0 525 631 0 0 320 655 0 0 0 180 1859 26.9 C Wilt Chamberlain 82 3630 668 1226 0 0 360 669 0 0 1493 352 0 0 0 174 1696 20.7 F Happy Hairston 80 2921 574 1233 0 0 337 431 0 0 797 168 0 0 0 256 1485 18.6 G Gail Goodrich 79 2808 558 1174 0 0 264 343 0 0 260 380 0 0 0 258 1380 17.5 F Keith Erickson 73 2272 369 783 0 0 85 112 0 0 404 223 0 0 0 241 823 11.3 F Jim McMillian 81 1747 289 629 0 0 100 130 0 0 330 133 0 0 0 122 678 8.4 G Willie McCarter 76 1369 247 592 0 0 46 77 0 0 122 126 0 0 0 152 540 7.1 C Rick Roberson 65 909 125 301 0 0 88 143 0 0 304 47 0 0 0 125 338 5.2 F Fred Hetzel 59 613 111 256 0 0 60 77 0 0 149 37 0 0 0 99 282 4.8 G Pat Riley 54 506 105 254 0 0 56 87 0 0 54 72 0 0 0 84 266 4.9 F John Tresvant 8 66 18 35 0 0 7 10 0 0 23 10 0 0 0 11 43 5.4 F Elgin Baylor 2 57 8 19 0 0 4 6 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 6 20 10.0 G Ernie Killum 4 12 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2
1970 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 13 Jim McMillian 631 Columbia
2 30 Earnie Killum 4 Stetson
4 64 Larry Mikan 53 Minnesota
5 81 John Fultz Rhode Island
6 98 Jerry Kroll Davidson
7 115 Willie Woods Eastern Kentucky
8 132 Rick Mount 283 Purdue
9 149 Bobby Sands Pepperdine
10 166 Kindell Stephens Fisk
11 181 Bob Duklet Boston College
12 192 Dewey Varner Tuskegee
13 202 Garry Elliott Washington
14 212 Ron Sanford 1 New Mexico
15 221 Will Teague Youngstown State
16 228 Pete Walthour Fort Valley State
17 232 Bob Thati Occidental
Traded draft picks:
#3 to DET (Jim Hayes)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/24/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 100-99
03/26/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 105-95
03/28/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 98-106
03/30/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 102-112
04/01/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-89
04/04/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 99-113
04/06/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 109-98
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Western Finals
04/09/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 85-106
04/11/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 73-91
04/14/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 118-107
04/16/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 94-117
04/18/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-116
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Gail Goodrich 12 518 105 247 95 113 38 91 38 305 25.4
C Wilt Chamberlain 12 554 85 187 50 97 242 53 33 220 18.3
F Happy Hairston 12 471 83 164 38 50 109 34 41 204 17.0
F Jim McMillian 12 522 79 181 23 34 65 22 27 181 15.1
F Keith Erickson 8 313 54 99 17 22 45 22 34 125 15.6
G Pat Riley 7 135 29 69 8 11 15 14 12 66 9.4
G Willie McCarter 12 232 27 76 1 6 26 17 30 55 4.6
C Rick Roberson 9 93 10 29 4 7 26 4 14 24 2.7
F Fred Hetzel 7 38 5 15 2 2 7 2 5 12 1.7
G Ernie Killum 2 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 4 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/16/1970 at Chicago Bulls W 106-102 1-0 10/17/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 116-118 1-1 10/20/1970 at New York Knicks L 100-115 1-2 10/21/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers W 141-117 2-2 10/23/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 122-127 2-3 10/25/1970 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-96 3-3 10/30/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 104-90 4-3 11/03/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers W 128-108 5-3 11/06/1970 vs New York Knicks W 106-104 6-3 11/08/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets W 124-105 7-3 11/10/1970 at Chicago Bulls L 96-118 7-4 11/11/1970 at Detroit Pistons W 117-115 8-4 11/13/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 122-109 9-4 11/17/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-105 10-4 11/19/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-111 10-5 11/20/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 100-117 10-6 11/22/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 149-124 11-6 11/27/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 105-116 11-7 11/28/1970 at San Francisco Warriors L 88-92 11-8 11/29/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 130-112 12-8 12/01/1970 at Baltimore Bullets W 97-93 13-8 12/02/1970 at Boston Celtics L 111-114 13-9 12/04/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 123-101 14-9 12/05/1970 at San Diego Rockets L 116-119 14-10 12/06/1970 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 131-120 15-10 12/08/1970 at Phoenix Suns W 121-112 16-10 12/11/1970 at Seattle Supersonics W 126-118 17-10 12/13/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 100-103 17-11 12/15/1970 at Buffalo Braves L 111-113 17-12 12/16/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 118-102 18-12 12/19/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-104 19-12 12/21/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-113 19-13 12/22/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks L 115-119 19-14 12/25/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 123-113 20-14 12/27/1970 vs Phoenix Suns W 128-110 21-14 12/29/1970 vs Chicago Bulls W 126-117 22-14 12/30/1970 at Phoenix Suns L 114-132 22-15 01/01/1971 vs San Diego Rockets L 106-117 22-16 01/02/1971 at San Diego Rockets L 108-109 22-17 01/05/1971 at Cincinnati Royals L 112-146 22-18 01/07/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-105 23-18 01/08/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 123-117 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/10/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 109-118 24-19 01/14/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 126-120 25-19 01/16/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 123-127 25-20 01/19/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 134-114 26-20 01/22/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 130-110 27-20 01/24/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 142-131 28-20 01/26/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 136-111 29-20 01/28/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 112-118 29-21 01/29/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 122-115 30-21 01/30/1971 at San Francisco Warriors L 85-87 30-22 01/31/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 133-120 31-22 02/02/1971 vs San Diego Rockets W 133-105 32-22 02/05/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-93 33-22 02/06/1971 at San Diego Rockets W 115-108 34-22 02/07/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors W 119-104 35-22 02/09/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-111 36-22 02/11/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-122 36-23 02/12/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 88-107 36-24 02/14/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 125-113 37-24 02/16/1971 vs New York Knicks W 130-115 38-24 02/18/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 136-114 39-24 02/19/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 104-118 39-25 02/21/1971 vs Boston Celtics W 124-116 40-25 02/23/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 114-107 41-25 02/24/1971 at Boston Celtics L 96-116 41-26 02/26/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 145-121 42-26 02/27/1971 at San Francisco Warriors W 112-107 43-26 02/28/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-90 44-26 03/02/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 131-118 45-26 03/03/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 97-112 45-27 03/05/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks L 104-105 45-28 03/06/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 109-121 45-29 03/07/1971 vs Chicago Bulls W 117-108 46-29 03/09/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets L 95-107 46-30 03/12/1971 vs Buffalo Braves L 109-116 46-31 03/14/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 110-100 47-31 03/16/1971 at New York Knicks L 82-115 47-32 03/17/1971 at Boston Celtics L 104-112 47-33 03/19/1971 vs Phoenix Suns L 106-111 47-34 03/21/1971 vs New York Knicks W 101-98 48-34 |