1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 55-27
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 11-7 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated San Francisco Warriors 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-1
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 483,262, Avg. 11,787 in 41 home dates

1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-7.

The Lakers tossed in 9,204 points and surrendered 8,864. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 1,881 points for Los Angeles, while Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West netted 18 or more per game, too. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 1,712 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 423 assists for the squad. The 1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	76	3064	1632	730			567	421	805	408	204	1881
Wilt Chamberlain	C	81	3669	1099	641			857	382	1712	366	142	1664
Jerry West	G-F	61	2394	1156	545			597	490	262	423	156	1580
Mel Counts	C-F	77	1866	867	390			221	178	600	109	223	958
Johnny Egan	G	82	1805	597	246			240	204	147	215	206	696
Keith Erickson	F-G	77	1974	629	264			175	120	308	194	222	648
Bill Hewitt	F	75	1455	528	239			106	61	332	76	139	539
Tom Hawkins	F	74	1507	461	230			151	62	266	81	168	522
Freddie Crawford	G-F	81	1690	454	211			154	83	215	154	224	505
Cliff Anderson	G-F	35	289	108	44			82	47	44	31	58	135
Jay Carty	F	28	192	89	34			11	8	58	11	31	76
Totals		747	19905	7620	3574	0	0	3161	2056	4749	2068	1773	9204

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	76	40.3	44.7	74.3	10.6	5.4	2.7	24.8
Wilt Chamberlain	C	81	45.3	58.3	44.6	21.1	4.5	1.8	20.5
Jerry West	G-F	61	39.2	47.1	82.1	4.3	6.9	2.6	25.9
Mel Counts	C-F	77	24.2	45.0	80.5	7.8	1.4	2.9	12.4
Johnny Egan	G	82	22.0	41.2	85.0	1.8	2.6	2.5	8.5
Keith Erickson	F-G	77	25.6	42.0	68.6	4.0	2.5	2.9	8.4
Bill Hewitt	F	75	19.4	45.3	57.5	4.4	1.0	1.9	7.2
Tom Hawkins	F	74	20.4	49.9	41.1	3.6	1.1	2.3	7.1
Freddie Crawford	G-F	81	20.9	46.5	53.9	2.7	1.9	2.8	6.2
Cliff Anderson	G-F	35	8.3	40.7	57.3	1.3	0.9	1.7	3.9
Jay Carty	F	28	6.9	38.2	72.7	2.1	0.4	1.1	2.7
Averages		747	26.6	46.9	65.0	6.4	2.8	2.4	12.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	18	757	423	196			204	164	71	135	52	556
Elgin Baylor	F	18	640	278	107			100	63	166	74	56	277
Johnny Egan	G	18	571	217	94			80	63	44	70	55	251
Wilt Chamberlain	C	18	832	176	96			148	58	444	46	46	250
Mel Counts	C-F	18	442	192	74			71	54	143	26	67	202
Bill Hewitt	F	15	412	151	61			29	18	78	17	40	140
Keith Erickson	F-G	18	446	142	56			25	15	86	40	64	127
Tom Hawkins	F	14	180	50	24			18	7	40	7	32	55
Freddie Crawford	G-F	5	20	4	2			1	0	3	3	4	4
Cliff Anderson	G-F	3	10	5	2			0	0	1	0	1	4
Jay Carty	F	3	10	2	0			3	1	2	1	3	1
Totals		148	4320	1640	712	0	0	679	443	1078	419	420	1867

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	18	42.1	46.3	80.4	3.9	7.5	2.9	30.9
Elgin Baylor	F	18	35.6	38.5	63.0	9.2	4.1	3.1	15.4
Johnny Egan	G	18	31.7	43.3	78.8	2.4	3.9	3.1	13.9
Wilt Chamberlain	C	18	46.2	54.5	39.2	24.7	2.6	2.6	13.9
Mel Counts	C-F	18	24.6	38.5	76.1	7.9	1.4	3.7	11.2
Bill Hewitt	F	15	27.5	40.4	62.1	5.2	1.1	2.7	9.3
Keith Erickson	F-G	18	24.8	39.4	60.0	4.8	2.2	3.6	7.1
Tom Hawkins	F	14	12.9	48.0	38.9	2.9	0.5	2.3	3.9
Freddie Crawford	G-F	5	4.0	50.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8
Cliff Anderson	G-F	3	3.3	40.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3
Jay Carty	F	3	3.3	0.0	33.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3
Averages		747	29.2	43.4	65.2	7.3	2.8	2.8	12.6