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1967-68 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Butch Van Breda Kolff (52-30)

PTS/G: 121.2 (2nd of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 115.6 (6th of 12)
SRS: 4.99 (2nd of 12)
Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 12)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 421,326 (2nd of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-0) versus San Francisco Warriors
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
30 Cliff Anderson G-F 6-2 200 September 7, 1944 R Saint Joseph's University
23 Jim Barnes C-F 6-8 210 April 13, 1941 3 University of Texas at El Paso
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 9 Seattle University
21 Archie Clark G 6-2 175 July 15, 1941 1 University of Minnesota
31 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 3 Oregon State University
12 Freddie Crawford G-F 6-4 189 December 23, 1941 1 St. Bonaventure University
11 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 2 University of California, Los Angeles
52 Dennis Hamilton F 6-8 210 May 8, 1944 R Arizona State University
33 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 December 22, 1936 8 University of Notre Dame
14 Darrall Imhoff C 6-10 220 October 11, 1938 7 University of California
34 Erwin Mueller C-F 6-8 230 March 12, 1944 1 University of San Francisco
44 Jerry West G 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 7 West Virginia University
24 John Wetzel G-F 6-5 190 October 22, 1944 R Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19855 3827 8031 .477 2283 3143 .726 5225 1983 2152 9937 121.2
Lg Rank 3 2 10 1 2 3 5 9 5 6 2 2
Opponent 82 19855 9477 115.6
Lg Rank 3 6 6

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 33 77 3029 757 1709 .443 488 621 .786 941 355 232 2002
2 Archie Clark 26 81 3039 628 1309 .480 356 481 .740 342 353 235 1612
3 Jerry West 29 51 1919 476 926 .514 391 482 .811 294 310 152 1343
4 Gail Goodrich 24 79 2057 395 812 .486 302 392 .770 199 205 228 1092
5 Mel Counts 26 82 1739 384 808 .475 190 254 .748 732 139 309 958
6 Tom Hawkins 31 78 2463 389 779 .499 125 229 .546 458 117 289 903
7 Darrall Imhoff 29 82 2271 293 613 .478 177 286 .619 893 206 264 763
8 Freddie Crawford 26 38 756 159 330 .482 74 120 .617 112 95 104 392
9 Erwin Mueller 23 39 973 132 254 .520 61 103 .592 222 78 86 325
10 Jim Barnes 26 42 713 101 235 .430 59 88 .670 211 27 134 261
11 John Wetzel 23 38 434 52 119 .437 35 46 .761 84 51 55 139
12 Dennis Hamilton 23 44 378 54 108 .500 13 13 1.000 72 30 46 121
13 Cliff Anderson 23 18 94 7 29 .241 12 28 .429 11 17 18 26

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 29 51 37.6 9.3 18.2 .514 7.7 9.5 .811 5.8 6.1 3.0 26.3
2 Elgin Baylor 33 77 39.3 9.8 22.2 .443 6.3 8.1 .786 12.2 4.6 3.0 26.0
3 Archie Clark 26 81 37.5 7.8 16.2 .480 4.4 5.9 .740 4.2 4.4 2.9 19.9
4 Gail Goodrich 24 79 26.0 5.0 10.3 .486 3.8 5.0 .770 2.5 2.6 2.9 13.8
5 Mel Counts 26 82 21.2 4.7 9.9 .475 2.3 3.1 .748 8.9 1.7 3.8 11.7
6 Tom Hawkins 31 78 31.6 5.0 10.0 .499 1.6 2.9 .546 5.9 1.5 3.7 11.6
7 Freddie Crawford 26 38 19.9 4.2 8.7 .482 1.9 3.2 .617 2.9 2.5 2.7 10.3
8 Darrall Imhoff 29 82 27.7 3.6 7.5 .478 2.2 3.5 .619 10.9 2.5 3.2 9.3
9 Erwin Mueller 23 39 24.9 3.4 6.5 .520 1.6 2.6 .592 5.7 2.0 2.2 8.3
10 Jim Barnes 26 42 17.0 2.4 5.6 .430 1.4 2.1 .670 5.0 0.6 3.2 6.2
11 John Wetzel 23 38 11.4 1.4 3.1 .437 0.9 1.2 .761 2.2 1.3 1.4 3.7
12 Dennis Hamilton 23 44 8.6 1.2 2.5 .500 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.6 0.7 1.0 2.8
13 Cliff Anderson 23 18 5.2 0.4 1.6 .241 0.7 1.6 .429 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.4

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 29 51 1919 8.9 17.4 .514 7.3 9.0 .811 5.5 5.8 2.9 25.2
2 Elgin Baylor 33 77 3029 9.0 20.3 .443 5.8 7.4 .786 11.2 4.2 2.8 23.8
3 Mel Counts 26 82 1739 7.9 16.7 .475 3.9 5.3 .748 15.2 2.9 6.4 19.8
4 Gail Goodrich 24 79 2057 6.9 14.2 .486 5.3 6.9 .770 3.5 3.6 4.0 19.1
5 Archie Clark 26 81 3039 7.4 15.5 .480 4.2 5.7 .740 4.1 4.2 2.8 19.1
6 Freddie Crawford 26 38 756 7.6 15.7 .482 3.5 5.7 .617 5.3 4.5 5.0 18.7
7 Tom Hawkins 31 78 2463 5.7 11.4 .499 1.8 3.3 .546 6.7 1.7 4.2 13.2
8 Jim Barnes 26 42 713 5.1 11.9 .430 3.0 4.4 .670 10.7 1.4 6.8 13.2
9 Darrall Imhoff 29 82 2271 4.6 9.7 .478 2.8 4.5 .619 14.2 3.3 4.2 12.1
10 Erwin Mueller 23 39 973 4.9 9.4 .520 2.3 3.8 .592 8.2 2.9 3.2 12.0
11 John Wetzel 23 38 434 4.3 9.9 .437 2.9 3.8 .761 7.0 4.2 4.6 11.5
12 Dennis Hamilton 23 44 378 5.1 10.3 .500 1.2 1.2 1.000 6.9 2.9 4.4 11.5
13 Cliff Anderson 23 18 94 2.7 11.1 .241 4.6 10.7 .429 4.2 6.5 6.9 10.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Jerry West 29 51 1919 23.2 .590 .514 22.6 8.0 1.6 9.6 .241
2 Elgin Baylor 33 77 3029 21.0 .505 .443 16.4 4.9 3.2 8.0 .127
3 Archie Clark 26 81 3039 15.5 .530 .480 15.3 5.8 2.0 7.9 .124
4 Gail Goodrich 24 79 2057 14.9 .555 .486 12.9 5.0 1.3 6.3 .146
5 Mel Counts 26 82 1739 18.4 .521 .475 10.8 3.0 2.0 5.0 .139
6 Darrall Imhoff 29 82 2271 14.5 .516 .478 10.9 2.3 2.6 4.9 .104
7 Tom Hawkins 31 78 2463 10.3 .513 .499 5.9 2.5 1.6 4.1 .080
8 Erwin Mueller 23 39 973 12.2 .543 .520 9.7 1.4 0.8 2.1 .106
9 Freddie Crawford 26 38 756 14.6 .512 .482 16.7 1.1 0.6 1.7 .107
10 Jim Barnes 26 42 713 10.0 .477 .430 4.6 0.2 0.6 0.8 .057
11 John Wetzel 23 38 434 11.0 .499 .437 13.9 0.3 0.4 0.7 .076
12 Dennis Hamilton 23 44 378 10.6 .532 .500 9.7 0.4 0.3 0.7 .092
13 Cliff Anderson 23 18 94 4.5 .315 .241 20.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.113

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Jerry West 29 15 622 165 313 132 169 81 82 47 462 .527 .781 41.5 30.8 5.4 5.5
2 Elgin Baylor 33 15 633 176 376 76 112 218 60 41 428 .468 .679 42.2 28.5 14.5 4.0
3 Archie Clark 26 15 528 88 206 53 69 47 60 42 229 .427 .768 35.2 15.3 3.1 4.0
4 Tom Hawkins 31 15 478 59 129 24 40 90 18 53 142 .457 .600 31.9 9.5 6.0 1.2
5 Mel Counts 26 15 306 54 101 21 31 133 24 52 129 .535 .677 20.4 8.6 8.9 1.6
6 Darrall Imhoff 29 15 440 44 89 26 51 163 30 56 114 .494 .510 29.3 7.6 10.9 2.0
7 Freddie Crawford 26 15 257 36 83 19 35 35 16 41 91 .434 .543 17.1 6.1 2.3 1.1
8 Gail Goodrich 24 10 100 23 47 14 18 14 14 10 60 .489 .778 10.0 6.0 1.4 1.4
9 Erwin Mueller 23 14 250 20 59 5 14 54 18 32 45 .339 .357 17.9 3.2 3.9 1.3
10 Dennis Hamilton 23 2 11 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 .333 5.5 1.0 1.0 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Jerry West 29 15 622 25.1 .596 .527 20.2 3.1 0.5 3.6 .278
2 Elgin Baylor 33 15 633 23.0 .503 .468 14.8 1.1 0.8 1.9 .142
3 Mel Counts 26 15 306 18.2 .563 .535 10.6 0.7 0.4 1.1 .173
4 Darrall Imhoff 29 15 440 12.5 .511 .494 8.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 .097
5 Archie Clark 26 15 528 12.8 .484 .427 15.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 .072
6 Tom Hawkins 31 15 478 9.0 .484 .457 4.7 0.2 0.4 0.6 .058
7 Gail Goodrich 24 10 100 19.8 .546 .489 20.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 .179
8 Freddie Crawford 26 15 257 8.6 .462 .434 8.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 .040
9 Dennis Hamilton 23 2 11 7.2 .333 .333 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.046
10 Erwin Mueller 23 14 250 5.5 .345 .339 8.6 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.033