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)
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 VirginiaTeam 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 114-100Playoff 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
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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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