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1968-69 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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55-27, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 112.2 points per game, Allowed 108.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 52-30)
Coached by Butch Van Breda Kolff (55-27)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 483,262 (2nd of 14)

SRS: 3.84 (5th of 14)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (4-2) versus San Francisco Warriors

1968-69 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
40 Cliff Anderson G-F 6-2 200 September 7, 1944 1 Saint Joseph's University
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 10 Seattle University
52 Jay Carty F 6-8 220 July 4, 1941 R Oregon State University
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 9 University of Kansas
31 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 4 Oregon State University
12 Freddie Crawford G-F 6-4 189 December 23, 1941 2 St. Bonaventure University
21 Johnny Egan G 5-11 180 January 31, 1939 7 Providence College
24 Keith Erickson F-G 6-5 195 April 19, 1944 3 University of California, Los Angeles
33 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 December 22, 1936 9 University of Notre Dame
30 Bill Hewitt F 6-7 210 August 8, 1944 R University of Southern California
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 8 West Virginia University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19905 3574 7620 .469 2056 3161 .650 4749 2068 1773 9204 112.2
Opponent 82 19905 8864 108.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 34 76 3064 730 1632 .447 421 567 .743 805 408 204 1881
2 Wilt Chamberlain 32 81 3669 641 1099 .583 382 857 .446 1712 366 142 1664
3 Jerry West 30 61 2394 545 1156 .471 490 597 .821 262 423 156 1580
4 Mel Counts 27 77 1866 390 867 .450 178 221 .805 600 109 223 958
5 Johnny Egan 30 82 1805 246 597 .412 204 240 .850 147 215 206 696
6 Keith Erickson 24 77 1974 264 629 .420 120 175 .686 308 194 222 648
7 Bill Hewitt 24 75 1455 239 528 .453 61 106 .575 332 76 139 539
8 Tom Hawkins 32 74 1507 230 461 .499 62 151 .411 266 81 168 522
9 Freddie Crawford 27 81 1690 211 454 .465 83 154 .539 215 154 224 505
10 Cliff Anderson 24 35 289 44 108 .407 47 82 .573 44 31 58 135
11 Jay Carty 27 28 192 34 89 .382 8 11 .727 58 11 31 76

Per Game

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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 30 61 39.2 8.9 19.0 .471 8.0 9.8 .821 4.3 6.9 2.6 25.9
2 Elgin Baylor 34 76 40.3 9.6 21.5 .447 5.5 7.5 .743 10.6 5.4 2.7 24.8
3 Wilt Chamberlain 32 81 45.3 7.9 13.6 .583 4.7 10.6 .446 21.1 4.5 1.8 20.5
4 Mel Counts 27 77 24.2 5.1 11.3 .450 2.3 2.9 .805 7.8 1.4 2.9 12.4
5 Johnny Egan 30 82 22.0 3.0 7.3 .412 2.5 2.9 .850 1.8 2.6 2.5 8.5
6 Keith Erickson 24 77 25.6 3.4 8.2 .420 1.6 2.3 .686 4.0 2.5 2.9 8.4
7 Bill Hewitt 24 75 19.4 3.2 7.0 .453 0.8 1.4 .575 4.4 1.0 1.9 7.2
8 Tom Hawkins 32 74 20.4 3.1 6.2 .499 0.8 2.0 .411 3.6 1.1 2.3 7.1
9 Freddie Crawford 27 81 20.9 2.6 5.6 .465 1.0 1.9 .539 2.7 1.9 2.8 6.2
10 Cliff Anderson 24 35 8.3 1.3 3.1 .407 1.3 2.3 .573 1.3 0.9 1.7 3.9
11 Jay Carty 27 28 6.9 1.2 3.2 .382 0.3 0.4 .727 2.1 0.4 1.1 2.7

Per 36 Minutes

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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 30 61 2394 8.2 17.4 .471 7.4 9.0 .821 3.9 6.4 2.3 23.8
2 Elgin Baylor 34 76 3064 8.6 19.2 .447 4.9 6.7 .743 9.5 4.8 2.4 22.1
3 Mel Counts 27 77 1866 7.5 16.7 .450 3.4 4.3 .805 11.6 2.1 4.3 18.5
4 Cliff Anderson 24 35 289 5.5 13.5 .407 5.9 10.2 .573 5.5 3.9 7.2 16.8
5 Wilt Chamberlain 32 81 3669 6.3 10.8 .583 3.7 8.4 .446 16.8 3.6 1.4 16.3
6 Jay Carty 27 28 192 6.4 16.7 .382 1.5 2.1 .727 10.9 2.1 5.8 14.2
7 Johnny Egan 30 82 1805 4.9 11.9 .412 4.1 4.8 .850 2.9 4.3 4.1 13.9
8 Bill Hewitt 24 75 1455 5.9 13.1 .453 1.5 2.6 .575 8.2 1.9 3.4 13.3
9 Tom Hawkins 32 74 1507 5.5 11.0 .499 1.5 3.6 .411 6.4 1.9 4.0 12.5
10 Keith Erickson 24 77 1974 4.8 11.5 .420 2.2 3.2 .686 5.6 3.5 4.0 11.8
11 Freddie Crawford 27 81 1690 4.5 9.7 .465 1.8 3.3 .539 4.6 3.3 4.8 10.8

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jerry West 30 61 2394 22.3 .557 .471 26.4
2 Elgin Baylor 34 76 3064 20.7 .500 .447 20.2
3 Jay Carty 27 28 192 10.1 .405 .382 7.9
4 Wilt Chamberlain 32 81 3669 21.9 .564 .583 13.8
5 Mel Counts 27 77 1866 16.5 .497 .450 8.5
6 Freddie Crawford 27 81 1690 8.8 .484 .465 11.8
7 Keith Erickson 24 77 1974 9.9 .459 .420 12.9
8 Johnny Egan 30 82 1805 11.3 .495 .412 15.6
9 Tom Hawkins 32 74 1507 10.1 .495 .499 7.2
10 Bill Hewitt 24 75 1455 11.2 .469 .453 7.1
11 Cliff Anderson 24 35 289 11.5 .468 .407 14.4

Playoffs

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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 30 18 757 196 423 164 204 71 135 52 556 .463 .804 42.1 30.9 3.9 7.5
2 Elgin Baylor 34 18 640 107 278 63 100 166 74 56 277 .385 .630 35.6 15.4 9.2 4.1
3 Johnny Egan 30 18 571 94 217 63 80 44 70 55 251 .433 .788 31.7 13.9 2.4 3.9
4 Wilt Chamberlain 32 18 832 96 176 58 148 444 46 46 250 .545 .392 46.2 13.9 24.7 2.6
5 Mel Counts 27 18 442 74 192 54 71 143 26 67 202 .385 .761 24.6 11.2 7.9 1.4
6 Bill Hewitt 24 15 412 61 151 18 29 78 17 40 140 .404 .621 27.5 9.3 5.2 1.1
7 Keith Erickson 24 18 446 56 142 15 25 86 40 64 127 .394 .600 24.8 7.1 4.8 2.2
8 Tom Hawkins 32 14 180 24 50 7 18 40 7 32 55 .480 .389 12.9 3.9 2.9 0.5
9 Freddie Crawford 27 5 20 2 4 0 1 3 3 4 4 .500 .000 4.0 0.8 0.6 0.6
10 Cliff Anderson 24 3 10 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 4 .400 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.0
11 Jay Carty 27 3 10 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 .000 .333 3.3 0.3 0.7 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jerry West 30 18 757 25.2 .542 .463 31.6
2 Elgin Baylor 34 18 640 14.9 .430 .385 17.6
3 Johnny Egan 30 18 571 13.9 .498 .433 18.6
4 Wilt Chamberlain 32 18 832 18.5 .518 .545 7.8
5 Mel Counts 27 18 442 14.8 .452 .385 9.0
6 Bill Hewitt 24 15 412 9.3 .427 .404 6.1
7 Keith Erickson 24 18 446 8.9 .415 .394 12.8
8 Tom Hawkins 32 14 180 9.1 .475 .480 5.6
9 Freddie Crawford 27 5 20 8.2 .450 .500 20.7
10 Cliff Anderson 24 3 10 6.1 .400 .400 0.0
11 Jay Carty 27 3 10 -3.5 .151 .000 12.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Mel Counts $40,000
2 Keith Erickson $35,000
3 Freddie Crawford $26,000
4 Bill Hewitt $20,000
5 Cliff Anderson $18,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)