1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 69-13
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-3 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-2
Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 4-1
Coach: Bill Sharman (69-13)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 668,340, Avg. 16,301 in 41 home dates
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Results
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 69 wins and 13 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-3.
The Lakers led the league with 9,920 points. Los Angeles surrendered 8,913 points. Gail Goodrich scored a team-leading 2,127 points for the squad, and Jerry West contributed 19 or more per game, too. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 1,572 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 747 assists for the team.
Bill Sharman coached the team. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gail Goodrich | G | 82 | 3040 | 1695 | 826 | 559 | 475 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 2127 | ||
Jerry West | G-F | 77 | 2973 | 1540 | 735 | 633 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 1985 | ||
Jim McMillian | F | 80 | 3050 | 1331 | 642 | 277 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 522 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 1503 | ||
Wilt Chamberlain | C | 82 | 3469 | 764 | 496 | 524 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 1572 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 1213 | ||
Happy Hairston | F | 80 | 2748 | 798 | 368 | 399 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 1045 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 1047 | ||
Flynn Robinson | G | 64 | 1007 | 535 | 262 | 129 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 635 | ||
Pat Riley | G-F | 67 | 926 | 441 | 197 | 74 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 449 | ||
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 74 | 1081 | 300 | 138 | 95 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 342 | ||
John Trapp | F | 58 | 759 | 314 | 139 | 73 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 329 | ||
Elgin Baylor | F | 9 | 239 | 97 | 42 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 106 | ||
Jim Cleamons | G | 38 | 201 | 100 | 35 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 98 | ||
Keith Erickson | F-G | 15 | 262 | 83 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 86 | ||
Totals | 726 | 19755 | 7998 | 3920 | 0 | 0 | 2833 | 2080 | 0 | 0 | 4628 | 2232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1636 | 9920 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gail Goodrich | G | 82 | 37.1 | 48.7 | 85.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 25.9 | |
Jerry West | G-F | 77 | 38.6 | 47.7 | 81.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 25.8 | |
Jim McMillian | F | 80 | 38.1 | 48.2 | 79.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 18.8 | |
Wilt Chamberlain | C | 82 | 42.3 | 64.9 | 42.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 14.8 | |
Happy Hairston | F | 80 | 34.4 | 46.1 | 77.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 13.1 | |
Flynn Robinson | G | 64 | 15.7 | 49.0 | 86.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 9.9 | |
Pat Riley | G-F | 67 | 13.8 | 44.7 | 74.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.7 | |
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 74 | 14.6 | 46.0 | 69.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4.6 | |
John Trapp | F | 58 | 13.1 | 44.3 | 69.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.7 | |
Elgin Baylor | F | 9 | 26.6 | 43.3 | 81.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 11.8 | |
Jim Cleamons | G | 38 | 5.3 | 35.0 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | |
Keith Erickson | F-G | 15 | 17.5 | 48.2 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 5.7 | |
Averages | 726 | 27.2 | 49.0 | 73.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 13.7 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Gail Goodrich | G | 15 | 575 | 292 | 130 | 108 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 357 | ||
Jerry West | G-F | 15 | 608 | 340 | 128 | 106 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 344 | ||
Jim McMillian | F | 15 | 624 | 253 | 113 | 70 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 286 | ||
Wilt Chamberlain | C | 15 | 703 | 142 | 80 | 122 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 220 | ||
Happy Hairston | F | 15 | 577 | 168 | 74 | 68 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 202 | ||
Pat Riley | G-F | 15 | 244 | 99 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 78 | ||
Flynn Robinson | G | 7 | 72 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 45 | ||
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 13 | 134 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | ||
John Trapp | F | 10 | 71 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | ||
Jim Cleamons | G | 6 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
Totals | 126 | 3625 | 1416 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 511 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 811 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 1599 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Gail Goodrich | G | 15 | 38.3 | 44.5 | 89.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 23.8 | |
Jerry West | G-F | 15 | 40.5 | 37.6 | 83.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 22.9 | |
Jim McMillian | F | 15 | 41.6 | 44.7 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 19.1 | |
Wilt Chamberlain | C | 15 | 46.9 | 56.3 | 49.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 14.7 | |
Happy Hairston | F | 15 | 38.5 | 44.0 | 79.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 13.5 | |
Pat Riley | G-F | 15 | 16.3 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.2 | |
Flynn Robinson | G | 7 | 10.3 | 46.3 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 6.4 | |
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 13 | 10.3 | 46.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | |
John Trapp | F | 10 | 7.1 | 24.2 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.0 | |
Jim Cleamons | G | 6 | 2.8 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | ||
Averages | 726 | 28.8 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 12.7 |