1972-1973 Los Angeles Lakers: 60-22 .732
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4644 points scored, 4174 allowed) Road record: 28-11 (4278 points scored, 4063 allowed) Other sites: 2-0 (237 points scored, 222 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Sharman 9159 points scored (4th of 17 teams), 8459 points allowed (5th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bill Bridges 6'5 228 33 Kansas Roger Brown 6'11 225 22 Kansas Wilt Chamberlain 7'1 250 36 Kansas Mel Counts 7'0 230 31 Oregon State Leroy Ellis 6'10 210 32 St. John's Keith Erickson 6'5 195 28 UCLA Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 29 UCLA Travis Grant 6'7 215 22 Kentucky State Happy Hairston 6'7 225 30 New York University Jim McMillian 6'5 215 24 Columbia Jim Price 6'2 195 23 Louisville Pat Riley 6'4 205 27 Kentucky Flynn Robinson 6'1 185 31 Wyoming John Trapp 6'7 210 27 Nevada - Las Vegas Bill Turner 6'7 220 28 Akron Jerry West 6'2 175 34 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 76 2697 750 1615 0 0 314 374 0 0 263 332 0 0 0 193 1814 23.9 G Jerry West 69 2460 618 1291 0 0 339 421 0 0 289 607 0 0 0 138 1575 22.8 F Jim McMillian 81 2953 655 1431 0 0 223 264 0 0 447 221 0 0 0 176 1533 18.9 C Wilt Chamberlain 82 3542 426 586 0 0 232 455 0 0 1526 365 0 0 0 191 1084 13.2 F Bill Bridges 72 2491 286 597 0 0 133 190 0 0 782 196 0 0 0 261 705 9.8 F Keith Erickson 76 1920 299 696 0 0 89 110 0 0 337 242 0 0 0 190 687 9.0 F Happy Hairston 28 939 158 328 0 0 140 178 0 0 370 68 0 0 0 77 456 16.3 G Pat Riley 55 801 167 390 0 0 65 82 0 0 65 81 0 0 0 126 399 7.3 G Jim Price 59 828 158 359 0 0 60 73 0 0 115 97 0 0 0 119 376 6.4 C Mel Counts 59 611 127 278 0 0 39 58 0 0 237 62 0 0 0 98 293 5.0 F Travis Grant 33 153 51 116 0 0 23 26 0 0 52 7 0 0 0 19 125 3.8 F Bill Turner 19 117 17 52 0 0 4 7 0 0 25 11 0 0 0 13 38 2.0 G Flynn Robinson 6 47 14 28 0 0 6 8 0 0 7 8 0 0 0 11 34 5.7 F Leroy Ellis 10 156 11 40 0 0 4 5 0 0 33 3 0 0 0 13 26 2.6 F John Trapp 5 35 3 12 0 0 7 10 0 0 14 2 0 0 0 10 13 2.6 C Roger Brown 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0
1972 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 13 Travis Grant 36 165 Kentucky State
2 16 Jim Price 510 Louisville [pick acquired from CLE]
2 22 Paul Stovall 25 13 Arizona State [pick acquired from BAL]
3 47 Gregg Northington Alabama State
5 80 Glen Summors Gannon
6 97 Sam Simmons Bradley
Traded draft picks:
#2 to POR (Ollie Johnson)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/30/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 107-104 (OT)
04/01/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-93
04/06/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 86-96
04/08/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 94-98
04/10/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 123-102
04/13/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 93-101
04/15/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-92
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Western Finals
04/17/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 101-99
04/19/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 104-93
04/21/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 126-70
04/23/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 109-117
04/25/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 128-118
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Finals
05/01/1973 vs New York Knicks W 115-112
05/03/1973 vs New York Knicks L 95-99
05/06/1973 at New York Knicks L 83-87
05/08/1973 at New York Knicks L 98-103
05/10/1973 vs New York Knicks L 93-102
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 17 638 151 336 99 127 76 132 49 401 23.6
F Jim McMillian 17 630 143 307 55 75 82 37 41 341 20.1
G Gail Goodrich 17 604 139 310 62 79 61 67 53 340 20.0
C Wilt Chamberlain 17 801 64 116 49 98 383 60 48 177 10.4
C Mel Counts 17 327 61 133 32 41 104 28 51 154 9.1
F Bill Bridges 17 582 57 136 38 49 158 29 68 152 8.9
F Keith Erickson 17 404 66 147 15 22 59 30 52 147 8.6
G Pat Riley 7 53 9 27 0 0 5 7 10 18 2.6
F Travis Grant 2 11 4 6 0 0 4 0 1 8 4.0
F Happy Hairston 3 26 1 9 6 8 4 1 2 8 2.7
F Bill Turner 2 13 2 5 2 2 2 0 1 6 3.0
G Jim Price 3 16 3 11 0 0 4 2 2 6 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/11/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 129-94 1-0 10/13/1972 at Boston Celtics L 104-112 1-1 10/14/1972 at New York Knicks L 100-125 1-2 10/15/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 95-83 2-2 10/20/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 126-104 3-2 10/22/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-99 4-2 10/24/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 114-94 5-2 10/25/1972 at Houston Rockets W 112-107 6-2 10/27/1972 vs Golden State Warriors L 91-119 6-3 10/29/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 133-123 7-3 11/03/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 116-107 8-3 11/04/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 134-120 9-3 11/05/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 124-115 10-3 11/07/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 122-109 11-3 11/10/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 118-88 12-3 11/14/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 95-92 13-3 11/15/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 110-99 14-3 11/17/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 103-100 15-3 11/19/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 135-95 16-3 11/24/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 140-123 17-3 11/25/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 116-109 18-3 11/26/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 112-107 19-3 12/01/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks L 109-114 19-4 12/02/1972 at Golden State Warriors W 112-103 20-4 12/05/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 116-94 21-4 12/08/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 119-100 22-4 12/10/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 137-101 23-4 12/12/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 106-105 24-4 12/13/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 128-90 25-4 12/15/1972 vs Boston Celtics L 98-102 25-5 12/19/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 126-100 26-5 12/20/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 96-90 27-5 12/22/1972 vs Phoenix Suns L 110-118 27-6 12/26/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 116-92 28-6 12/27/1972 at Houston Rockets L 104-136 28-7 12/29/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 123-92 29-7 01/01/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-103 30-7 01/02/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 106-112 30-8 01/06/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 93-108 30-9 01/07/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-99 30-10 01/10/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 120-96 31-10 01/12/1973 at Chicago Bulls W 109-97 32-10 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 102-100 33-10 01/16/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets L 104-112 33-11 01/19/1973 vs New York Knicks W 95-88 34-11 01/20/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 124-104 35-11 01/21/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 123-102 36-11 01/26/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 100-84 37-11 01/27/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 122-107 38-11 01/28/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 130-94 39-11 01/30/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 95-92 40-11 02/01/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 120-106 41-11 02/02/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 126-109 42-11 02/04/1973 at Baltimore Bullets W 125-115 43-11 02/06/1973 at New York Knicks W 95-90 44-11 02/07/1973 at Boston Celtics L 112-113 44-12 02/09/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 88-109 44-13 02/11/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-90 45-13 02/13/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 101-98 46-13 02/16/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 121-103 47-13 02/17/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 110-103 48-13 02/18/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 92-99 48-14 02/20/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 89-103 48-15 02/21/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 98-106 48-16 02/23/1973 vs Golden State Warriors L 106-111 48-17 02/25/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 91-82 49-17 02/27/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 103-107 49-18 03/02/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 108-88 50-18 03/04/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-84 51-18 03/06/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 114-102 52-18 03/09/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 111-119 52-19 03/11/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 141-117 53-19 03/13/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 121-112 54-19 03/14/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 121-112 55-19 03/16/1973 vs New York Knicks L 98-109 55-20 03/18/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 131-113 56-20 03/20/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 112-114 56-21 03/21/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 124-118 57-21 03/23/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 121-101 58-21 03/25/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 109-93 59-21 03/27/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 84-85 59-22 03/28/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 96-89 60-22 |