1973-1974 Los Angeles Lakers: 47-35 .573
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4639 points scored, 4381 allowed) Road record: 17-24 (4312 points scored, 4499 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Sharman 8951 points scored (3rd of 17 teams), 8880 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Bill Bridges 6'5 228 34 Kansas Mel Counts 7'0 230 32 Oregon State Gail Goodrich 6'1 170 30 UCLA Travis Grant 6'7 215 23 Kentucky State Happy Hairston 6'7 225 31 New York University Connie Hawkins 6'8 210 31 Iowa Nate Hawthorne 6'4 190 23 Southern Illinois Stan Love 6'9 215 24 Oregon Jim Price 6'2 195 24 Louisville Pat Riley 6'4 205 28 Kentucky Elmore Smith 7'0 250 24 Kentucky State Kermit Washington 6'8 230 22 American Jerry West 6'2 175 35 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 3061 784 1773 0 0 508 588 95 155 250 427 126 12 0 227 2076 25.3 G Jim Price 82 2628 538 1197 0 0 187 234 120 258 378 369 157 29 0 229 1263 15.4 F Happy Hairston 77 2634 385 759 0 0 343 445 335 705 1040 208 64 17 0 264 1113 14.5 C Elmore Smith 81 2922 434 949 0 0 147 249 204 702 906 150 71 393 0 309 1015 12.5 F Connie Hawkins 71 2538 368 733 0 0 173 224 162 360 522 379 105 78 0 203 909 12.8 G Pat Riley 72 1361 287 667 0 0 110 144 38 90 128 148 54 3 0 173 684 9.5 G Jerry West 31 967 232 519 0 0 165 198 30 86 116 206 81 23 0 80 629 20.3 F Bill Bridges 65 1812 216 513 0 0 116 164 193 306 499 148 58 31 0 219 548 8.4 F Stan Love 51 698 119 278 0 0 49 64 54 116 170 48 28 20 0 132 287 5.6 F Kermit Washington 45 400 73 151 0 0 26 49 62 85 147 19 21 18 0 77 172 3.8 C Mel Counts 45 499 61 167 0 0 24 33 56 90 146 54 20 23 0 85 146 3.2 G Nate Hawthorne 33 229 38 93 0 0 30 48 16 16 32 23 9 6 0 33 106 3.2 F Travis Grant 3 6 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.0
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 Kermit Washington 507 American [pick acquired from CLE]
2 23 Billy Schaeffer 137 St. John's [pick acquired from CLE]
2 31 Jim Chones 623 165 Marquette [pick acquired from CAP]
2 34 John Perry Texas-Pan American
4 68 Larry Finch 128 Memphis State
5 84 Kresimir Cosic Brigham Young
6 102 David Brent Jacksonville
7 118 Nate Hawthorne 162 Southern Illinois
8 136 Roy McPipe 5 Eastern Montana
Traded draft picks:
#1 to POR via CLE (Barry Parkhill)
#3 to DET (Larry Kenon)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/29/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 95-99
03/31/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-109
04/02/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 98-96
04/04/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 90-112
04/07/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-114
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 5 189 35 90 28 33 7 9 16 30 7 1 7 98 19.6
C Elmore Smith 5 171 42 88 12 17 19 34 53 6 7 8 20 96 19.2
G Jim Price 5 161 25 66 9 13 8 11 19 13 7 0 21 59 11.8
F Connie Hawkins 5 172 21 60 12 15 14 26 40 16 7 1 13 54 10.8
F Happy Hairston 5 172 15 36 16 18 15 37 52 19 5 1 8 46 9.2
G Pat Riley 5 106 18 50 3 4 3 3 6 10 4 0 11 39 7.8
F Bill Bridges 5 144 12 41 6 13 14 16 30 6 7 0 19 30 6.0
F Kermit Washington 3 14 5 11 5 7 9 1 10 1 1 0 0 15 5.0
C Mel Counts 4 34 6 12 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 2 3 12 3.0
F Stan Love 2 9 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 6 3.0
G Nate Hawthorne 3 14 1 7 4 5 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 6 2.0
G Jerry West 1 14 2 9 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 4.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1973 at Chicago Bulls W 117-97 1-0 10/11/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 102-129 1-1 10/13/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 125-122 2-1 10/19/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-91 3-1 10/21/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 100-119 3-2 10/23/1973 at Houston Rockets W 107-98 4-2 10/24/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 92-91 5-2 10/26/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 94-92 6-2 10/28/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 111-98 7-2 10/30/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 112-114 7-3 11/02/1973 vs New York Knicks L 91-106 7-4 11/04/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 106-93 8-4 11/06/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 96-115 8-5 11/07/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 92-109 8-6 11/09/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 118-111 9-6 11/16/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 118-102 10-6 11/17/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 130-110 11-6 11/18/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 102-100 12-6 11/20/1973 at New York Knicks L 89-105 12-7 11/21/1973 at Capitol Bullets W 106-97 13-7 11/24/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 113-108 14-7 11/25/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 137-109 15-7 11/30/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 123-107 16-7 12/01/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers L 115-134 16-8 12/02/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 108-114 16-9 12/04/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-103 17-9 12/07/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics L 111-115 17-10 12/08/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 111-135 17-11 12/09/1973 vs Capitol Bullets L 96-110 17-12 12/11/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-101 17-13 12/12/1973 at Detroit Pistons L 96-114 17-14 12/14/1973 at Chicago Bulls W 100-97 18-14 12/16/1973 vs Boston Celtics L 110-115 18-15 12/18/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 109-107 19-15 12/21/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 116-107 20-15 12/25/1973 at Phoenix Suns L 100-135 20-16 12/26/1973 at Seattle Supersonics L 105-129 20-17 12/28/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 119-107 21-17 12/29/1973 at Golden State Warriors L 100-102 21-18 12/30/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 108-105 22-18 01/04/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-111 23-18 01/06/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 109-105 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 92-94 24-19 01/09/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 94-123 24-20 01/11/1974 at Boston Celtics W 111-103 25-20 01/12/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 108-101 26-20 01/18/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 116-115 27-20 01/20/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 90-94 27-21 01/22/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 110-111 27-22 01/25/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 143-124 28-22 01/27/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 99-92 29-22 02/01/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 121-110 30-22 02/02/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 112-119 30-23 02/03/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 124-91 31-23 02/05/1974 at Houston Rockets L 112-116 31-24 02/06/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-107 31-25 02/10/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 86-96 31-26 02/12/1974 vs Houston Rockets L 119-129 31-27 02/15/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-96 32-27 02/17/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks L 110-113 32-28 02/19/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 86-92 32-29 02/20/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 110-112 32-30 02/22/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 104-103 33-30 02/23/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 118-116 34-30 02/24/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 100-90 35-30 02/26/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 119-112 36-30 02/27/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 110-108 37-30 03/01/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 107-100 38-30 03/03/1974 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-104 39-30 03/05/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers L 102-107 39-31 03/06/1974 vs Boston Celtics W 116-111 40-31 03/08/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 129-113 41-31 03/10/1974 at Boston Celtics L 82-94 41-32 03/12/1974 at New York Knicks W 109-102 42-32 03/13/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 121-100 43-32 03/15/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 107-112 43-33 03/16/1974 at Golden State Warriors L 105-135 43-34 03/17/1974 vs New York Knicks W 126-114 44-34 03/20/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 120-114 45-34 03/22/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 99-93 46-34 03/24/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 150-124 47-34 03/26/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics L 115-121 47-35 |