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1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers: 69-13  .841
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 36-5 (5016 points scored, 4446 allowed) Road record: 31-7 (4564 points scored, 4134 allowed) Other sites: 2-1 (340 points scored, 333 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Sharman 9920 points scored (1st of 17 teams), 8913 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Elgin Baylor 6'5 225 37 Seattle Wilt Chamberlain 7'1 250 35 Kansas Jim Cleamons 6'3 185 22 Ohio State Leroy Ellis 6'10 210 31 St. John's Keith Erickson 6'5 195 27 UCLA Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 28 UCLA Happy Hairston 6'7 225 29 New York University Jim McMillian 6'5 215 23 Columbia Pat Riley 6'4 205 26 Kentucky Flynn Robinson 6'1 185 30 Wyoming John Trapp 6'7 210 26 Nevada - Las Vegas Jerry West 6'2 175 33 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 Gail Goodrich 82 3040 826 1695 0 0 475 559 0 0 295 365 0 0 0 210 2127 25.9 G Jerry West 77 2973 735 1540 0 0 515 633 0 0 327 747 0 0 0 209 1985 25.8 F Jim McMillian 80 3050 642 1331 0 0 219 277 0 0 522 209 0 0 0 209 1503 18.8 C Wilt Chamberlain 82 3469 496 764 0 0 221 524 0 0 1572 329 0 0 0 196 1213 14.8 F Happy Hairston 80 2748 368 798 0 0 311 399 0 0 1045 193 0 0 0 251 1047 13.1 G Flynn Robinson 64 1007 262 535 0 0 111 129 0 0 115 138 0 0 0 139 635 9.9 G Pat Riley 67 926 197 441 0 0 55 74 0 0 127 75 0 0 0 110 449 6.7 F Leroy Ellis 74 1081 138 300 0 0 66 95 0 0 310 46 0 0 0 115 342 4.6 F John Trapp 58 759 139 314 0 0 51 73 0 0 180 42 0 0 0 130 329 5.7 F Elgin Baylor 9 239 42 97 0 0 22 27 0 0 57 18 0 0 0 20 106 11.8 G Jim Cleamons 38 201 35 100 0 0 28 36 0 0 39 35 0 0 0 21 98 2.6 F Keith Erickson 15 262 40 83 0 0 6 7 0 0 39 35 0 0 0 26 86 5.7
1971 Draft:
                                   NBA    ABA
Rnd  Ovr  Player                  Games  Games  School
  1   13  Jim Cleamons             652          Ohio State                     
  4   64  Roger Brown               77    162   Kansas                         
  5   81  Lee Dedmon                            North Carolina                 
  6   98  Bill Brickhouse                       Montana State                  
  7  115  Gene Gathers                          Bradley                        
  8  132  Luke Adams                            Lamar Tech                     
  9  148  Bob Cheeks                            Whittier                       
 10  164  Cliff Mosely                          Quinnipiac                     

Traded draft picks:

#2 to CIN (Joe Bergman)
#3 to CHI (Mike Gale)


Playoff Results: Date Opponent Result Western Semifinals 03/28/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-80 03/30/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 131-124 04/02/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 108-101 04/04/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 108-97 -------------------------------------------------- Western Finals 04/09/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 72-93 04/12/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 135-134 04/14/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 108-105 04/16/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-114 04/18/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 115-90 04/22/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 104-100 -------------------------------------------------- Finals 04/26/1972 vs New York Knicks L 92-114 04/30/1972 vs New York Knicks W 106-92 05/03/1972 at New York Knicks W 107-96 05/05/1972 at New York Knicks W 116-111 (OT) 05/07/1972 vs New York Knicks W 114-100 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 15 575 130 292 97 108 38 50 50 357 23.8 G Jerry West 15 608 128 340 88 106 73 134 39 344 22.9 F Jim McMillian 15 624 113 253 60 70 85 22 43 286 19.1 C Wilt Chamberlain 15 703 80 142 60 122 315 49 47 220 14.7 F Happy Hairston 15 577 74 168 54 68 197 31 44 202 13.5 G Pat Riley 15 244 33 99 12 16 29 14 37 78 5.2 G Flynn Robinson 7 72 19 41 7 10 13 5 13 45 6.4 F Leroy Ellis 13 134 19 41 1 4 41 10 9 39 3.0 F John Trapp 10 71 8 33 4 7 16 5 9 20 2.0 G Jim Cleamons 6 17 4 7 0 0 4 4 3 8 1.3
Regular Season Game Log:
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/15/1971   at Detroit Pistons           W 132-103    1-0
10/16/1971   at New York Knicks           W 119-104    2-0
10/19/1971   at Buffalo Braves            W 123-106    3-0
10/20/1971   at Atlanta Hawks             W 126-104    4-0
10/22/1971   vs Chicago Bulls             L 106-113    4-1
10/24/1971   at Houston Rockets           W 113-103    5-1
10/29/1971   vs Cincinnati Royals         W 119-107    6-1
10/30/1971   at Seattle Supersonics       L 106-115    6-2
10/31/1971   vs Golden State Warriors     L 105-109    6-3
11/05/1971   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 110-106    7-3
11/06/1971   at Golden State Warriors     W 105-89     8-3
11/07/1971   vs New York Knicks           W 103-96     9-3
11/09/1971   at Chicago Bulls             W 122-109    10-3
11/10/1971   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 143-103    11-3
11/12/1971   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 115-107    12-3
11/13/1971   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 130-108    13-3
11/14/1971   vs Boston Celtics            W 128-115    14-3
11/16/1971   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 108-90     15-3
11/19/1971   vs Houston Rockets           W 106-99     16-3
11/21/1971   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 112-105    17-3
11/25/1971   at Seattle Supersonics       W 139-115    18-3
11/26/1971   vs Detroit Pistons           W 132-113    19-3
11/28/1971   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 138-121    20-3
12/01/1971   at Boston Celtics            W 124-111    21-3
12/03/1971   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 131-116    22-3
12/05/1971   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 123-107    23-3
12/08/1971   at Houston Rockets           W 125-120    24-3
12/09/1971   at Golden State Warriors     W 124-111    25-3
12/10/1971   vs Phoenix Suns              W 126-117    26-3
12/12/1971   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 104-95     27-3
12/14/1971   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 129-114    28-3
12/17/1971   vs Golden State Warriors     W 129-99     29-3
12/18/1971   at Phoenix Suns              W 132-106    30-3
12/19/1971   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 154-132    31-3
12/21/1971   at Buffalo Braves            W 117-103    32-3
12/22/1971   at Baltimore Bullets         W 127-120    33-3
12/26/1971   vs Houston Rockets           W 137-115    34-3
12/28/1971   vs Buffalo Braves            W 105-87     35-3
12/30/1971   at Seattle Supersonics       W 122-106    36-3
01/02/1972   vs Boston Celtics            W 122-113    37-3
01/05/1972   at Cleveland Cavaliers       W 113-103    38-3
01/07/1972   at Atlanta Hawks             W 134-90     39-3
   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/09/1972   at Milwaukee Bucks           L 104-120    39-4
01/11/1972   at Detroit Pistons           W 123-103    40-4
01/12/1972   at Cincinnati Royals         L 107-108    40-5
01/14/1972   at Philadelphia 76ers        W 135-121    41-5
01/21/1972   vs New York Knicks           L 101-104    41-6
01/22/1972   at Phoenix Suns              L 102-116    41-7
01/25/1972   vs Phoenix Suns              W 129-119    42-7
01/28/1972   vs Houston Rockets           W 118-105    43-7
01/30/1972   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 153-131    44-7
02/04/1972   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 118-105    45-7
02/05/1972   at Golden State Warriors     W 108-96     46-7
02/06/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         W 151-127    47-7
02/08/1972   at New York Knicks           W 107-102    48-7
02/09/1972   at Atlanta Hawks             W 117-113    49-7
02/11/1972   at Boston Celtics            L 108-121    49-8
02/13/1972   at Baltimore Bullets         W 121-110    50-8
02/15/1972   vs Cincinnati Royals         W 125-118    51-8
02/16/1972   at Phoenix Suns              L 109-110    51-9
02/18/1972   vs Portland Trail Blazers    W 125-114    52-9
02/19/1972   at Portland Trail Blazers    W 115-94     53-9
02/20/1972   vs Boston Celtics            W 132-113    54-9
02/22/1972   vs Detroit Pistons           L 134-135    54-10
02/23/1972   at Houston Rockets           L 110-115    54-11
02/25/1972   vs Cincinnati Royals         W 109-88     55-11
02/27/1972   vs Chicago Bulls             W 123-118    56-11
02/29/1972   at New York Knicks           W 114-111    57-11
03/01/1972   at Milwaukee Bucks           W 109-108    58-11
03/03/1972   vs Atlanta Hawks             W 114-104    59-11
03/05/1972   vs Baltimore Bullets         L  94-108    59-12
03/07/1972   vs Philadelphia 76ers        W 114-97     60-12
03/10/1972   vs Cleveland Cavaliers       W 132-98     61-12
03/12/1972   vs Buffalo Braves            W 141-102    62-12
03/14/1972   at Detroit Pistons           W 129-116    63-12
03/15/1972   at Cincinnati Royals         W 121-116    64-12
03/17/1972   vs Milwaukee Bucks           W 123-107    65-12
03/19/1972   vs Golden State Warriors     W 162-99     66-12
03/21/1972   at Chicago Bulls             W 109-104    67-12
03/22/1972   at Cleveland Cavaliers       L 120-124    67-13
03/24/1972   vs Phoenix Suns              W 112-110    68-13
03/26/1972   vs Seattle Supersonics       W 124-98     69-13

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