1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 5-7 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Milwaukee Bucks 4-1
Coach: Joe Mullaney (48-34)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 566,108, Avg. 13,808 in 41 home dates

1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1970-71 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-7.

The Lakers scored 9,411 points and gave up 9,159. Jerry West scored a team-leading 1,859 points for Los Angeles, while Happy Hairston and Wilt Chamberlain contributed 18 or more per game also. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 1,493 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 655 assists for the squad.

Joe Mullaney coached the team. The 1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	69	2845	1351	667			631	525	320	655	180	1859
Wilt Chamberlain	C	82	3630	1226	668			669	360	1493	352	174	1696
Happy Hairston	F	80	2921	1233	574			431	337	797	168	256	1485
Gail Goodrich	G	79	2808	1174	558			343	264	260	380	258	1380
Keith Erickson	F-G	73	2272	783	369			112	85	404	223	241	823
Jim McMillian	F	81	1747	629	289			130	100	330	133	122	678
Willie McCarter	G	76	1369	592	247			77	46	122	126	152	540
Rick Roberson	C-F	65	909	301	125			143	88	304	47	125	338
Fred Hetzel	F-C	59	613	256	111			77	60	149	37	99	282
Pat Riley	G-F	54	506	254	105			87	56	54	72	84	266
John Tresvant	F-C	8	66	35	18			10	7	23	10	11	43
Elgin Baylor	F	2	57	19	8			6	4	11	2	6	20
Earnie Killum	G	4	12	4	0			1	1	2	0	1	1
Totals		732	19755	7857	3739	0	0	2717	1933	4269	2205	1709	9411

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	69	41.2	49.4	83.2	4.6	9.5	2.6	26.9
Wilt Chamberlain	C	82	44.3	54.5	53.8	18.2	4.3	2.1	20.7
Happy Hairston	F	80	36.5	46.6	78.2	10.0	2.1	3.2	18.6
Gail Goodrich	G	79	35.5	47.5	77.0	3.3	4.8	3.3	17.5
Keith Erickson	F-G	73	31.1	47.1	75.9	5.5	3.1	3.3	11.3
Jim McMillian	F	81	21.6	45.9	76.9	4.1	1.6	1.5	8.4
Willie McCarter	G	76	18.0	41.7	59.7	1.6	1.7	2.0	7.1
Rick Roberson	C-F	65	14.0	41.5	61.5	4.7	0.7	1.9	5.2
Fred Hetzel	F-C	59	10.4	43.4	77.9	2.5	0.6	1.7	4.8
Pat Riley	G-F	54	9.4	41.3	64.4	1.0	1.3	1.6	4.9
John Tresvant	F-C	8	8.3	51.4	70.0	2.9	1.3	1.4	5.4
Elgin Baylor	F	2	28.5	42.1	66.7	5.5	1.0	3.0	10.0
Earnie Killum	G	4	3.0	0.0	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3
Averages		732	27.0	47.6	71.1	5.8	3.0	2.3	12.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	12	518	247	105			113	95	38	91	38	305
Wilt Chamberlain	C	12	554	187	85			97	50	242	53	33	220
Happy Hairston	F	12	471	164	83			50	38	109	34	41	204
Jim McMillian	F	12	522	181	79			34	23	65	22	27	181
Keith Erickson	F-G	8	313	99	54			22	17	45	22	34	125
Pat Riley	G-F	7	135	69	29			11	8	15	14	12	66
Willie McCarter	G	12	232	76	27			6	1	26	17	30	55
Rick Roberson	C-F	9	93	29	10			7	4	26	4	14	24
Fred Hetzel	F-C	7	38	15	5			2	2	7	2	5	12
Earnie Killum	G	2	4	1	1			3	2	0	0	1	4
Totals		93	2880	1068	478	0	0	345	240	573	259	235	1196

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	12	43.2	42.5	84.1	3.2	7.6	3.2	25.4
Wilt Chamberlain	C	12	46.2	45.5	51.5	20.2	4.4	2.8	18.3
Happy Hairston	F	12	39.3	50.6	76.0	9.1	2.8	3.4	17.0
Jim McMillian	F	12	43.5	43.6	67.6	5.4	1.8	2.3	15.1
Keith Erickson	F-G	8	39.1	54.5	77.3	5.6	2.8	4.3	15.6
Pat Riley	G-F	7	19.3	42.0	72.7	2.1	2.0	1.7	9.4
Willie McCarter	G	12	19.3	35.5	16.7	2.2	1.4	2.5	4.6
Rick Roberson	C-F	9	10.3	34.5	57.1	2.9	0.4	1.6	2.7
Fred Hetzel	F-C	7	5.4	33.3	100.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.7
Earnie Killum	G	2	2.0	100.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Averages		732	31.0	44.8	69.6	6.2	2.8	2.5	12.9