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1969-70 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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46-36, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Mullaney (46-36)

Points Per Game: 113.7 (12th of 14) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.8 (2nd of 14)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (5th of 14)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 536,513 (2nd of 14)

SRS: 1.76 (5th of 14)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-0) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (4-3) versus Phoenix Suns

1969-70 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 11 Seattle University
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 10 University of Kansas
31 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 5 Oregon State University
21 Johnny Egan G 5-11 180 January 31, 1939 8 Providence College
24 Keith Erickson F-G 6-5 195 April 19, 1944 4 University of California, Los Angeles
20 Dick Garrett G 6-3 185 January 31, 1947 R Southern Illinois University
52 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 5 New York University
30 Bill Hewitt F 6-7 210 August 8, 1944 1 University of Southern California
33 Mike Lynn F 6-7 215 November 25, 1945 R University of California, Los Angeles
15 Willie McCarter G 6-3 175 July 26, 1946 R Drake University
35 Rick Roberson C-F 6-9 231 July 7, 1947 R University of Cincinnati
14 John Tresvant F-C 6-7 215 November 6, 1939 5 Seattle University
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 9 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 19830 3668 7952 .461 1991 2641 .754 4154 2030 1896 9327 113.7
Opponent 82 19830 9164 111.8

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 Jerry West 31 74 3106 831 1673 .497 647 785 .824 338 554 160 2309
2 Elgin Baylor 35 54 2213 511 1051 .486 276 357 .773 559 292 132 1298
3 Happy Hairston 27 55 2145 426 870 .490 281 350 .803 687 110 194 1133
4 Mel Counts 28 81 2193 434 1017 .427 156 201 .776 683 160 304 1024
5 Dick Garrett 23 73 2318 354 816 .434 138 162 .852 235 180 236 846
6 Rick Roberson 22 74 2005 262 586 .447 120 212 .566 672 92 256 644
7 Keith Erickson 25 68 1755 258 563 .458 91 122 .746 304 209 175 607
8 Johnny Egan 31 72 1627 215 491 .438 99 121 .818 104 216 171 529
9 Wilt Chamberlain 33 12 505 129 227 .568 70 157 .446 221 49 31 328
10 Willie McCarter 23 40 861 132 349 .378 43 60 .717 83 93 71 307
11 Mike Lynn 24 44 403 44 133 .331 31 48 .646 64 30 87 119
12 John Tresvant 30 20 221 47 88 .534 23 35 .657 63 17 40 117
13 Bill Hewitt 25 20 478 25 88 .284 16 31 .516 141 28 39 66

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 31 74 42.0 11.2 22.6 .497 8.7 10.6 .824 4.6 7.5 2.2 31.2
2 Wilt Chamberlain 33 12 42.1 10.8 18.9 .568 5.8 13.1 .446 18.4 4.1 2.6 27.3
3 Elgin Baylor 35 54 41.0 9.5 19.5 .486 5.1 6.6 .773 10.4 5.4 2.4 24.0
4 Happy Hairston 27 55 39.0 7.7 15.8 .490 5.1 6.4 .803 12.5 2.0 3.5 20.6
5 Mel Counts 28 81 27.1 5.4 12.6 .427 1.9 2.5 .776 8.4 2.0 3.8 12.6
6 Dick Garrett 23 73 31.8 4.8 11.2 .434 1.9 2.2 .852 3.2 2.5 3.2 11.6
7 Keith Erickson 25 68 25.8 3.8 8.3 .458 1.3 1.8 .746 4.5 3.1 2.6 8.9
8 Rick Roberson 22 74 27.1 3.5 7.9 .447 1.6 2.9 .566 9.1 1.2 3.5 8.7
9 Willie McCarter 23 40 21.5 3.3 8.7 .378 1.1 1.5 .717 2.1 2.3 1.8 7.7
10 Johnny Egan 31 72 22.6 3.0 6.8 .438 1.4 1.7 .818 1.4 3.0 2.4 7.3
11 John Tresvant 30 20 11.1 2.4 4.4 .534 1.2 1.8 .657 3.2 0.9 2.0 5.9
12 Bill Hewitt 25 20 23.9 1.3 4.4 .284 0.8 1.6 .516 7.1 1.4 2.0 3.3
13 Mike Lynn 24 44 9.2 1.0 3.0 .331 0.7 1.1 .646 1.5 0.7 2.0 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 31 74 3106 9.6 19.4 .497 7.5 9.1 .824 3.9 6.4 1.9 26.8
2 Wilt Chamberlain 33 12 505 9.2 16.2 .568 5.0 11.2 .446 15.8 3.5 2.2 23.4
3 Elgin Baylor 35 54 2213 8.3 17.1 .486 4.5 5.8 .773 9.1 4.8 2.1 21.1
4 John Tresvant 30 20 221 7.7 14.3 .534 3.7 5.7 .657 10.3 2.8 6.5 19.1
5 Happy Hairston 27 55 2145 7.1 14.6 .490 4.7 5.9 .803 11.5 1.8 3.3 19.0
6 Mel Counts 28 81 2193 7.1 16.7 .427 2.6 3.3 .776 11.2 2.6 5.0 16.8
7 Dick Garrett 23 73 2318 5.5 12.7 .434 2.1 2.5 .852 3.6 2.8 3.7 13.1
8 Willie McCarter 23 40 861 5.5 14.6 .378 1.8 2.5 .717 3.5 3.9 3.0 12.8
9 Keith Erickson 25 68 1755 5.3 11.5 .458 1.9 2.5 .746 6.2 4.3 3.6 12.5
10 Johnny Egan 31 72 1627 4.8 10.9 .438 2.2 2.7 .818 2.3 4.8 3.8 11.7
11 Rick Roberson 22 74 2005 4.7 10.5 .447 2.2 3.8 .566 12.1 1.7 4.6 11.6
12 Mike Lynn 24 44 403 3.9 11.9 .331 2.8 4.3 .646 5.7 2.7 7.8 10.6
13 Bill Hewitt 25 20 478 1.9 6.6 .284 1.2 2.3 .516 10.6 2.1 2.9 5.0

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 31 74 3106 24.6 .572 .497 27.1 11.5 3.7 15.2
2 Elgin Baylor 35 54 2213 20.8 .537 .486 19.0 4.5 3.3 7.8
3 Happy Hairston 27 55 2145 18.3 .553 .490 7.1 4.6 3.1 7.7
4 Rick Roberson 22 74 2005 11.2 .474 .447 5.8 0.1 2.9 3.0
5 Keith Erickson 25 68 1755 11.8 .492 .458 15.3 0.8 2.1 2.9
6 Mel Counts 28 81 2193 13.9 .463 .427 10.0 -0.5 3.2 2.7
7 Wilt Chamberlain 33 12 505 24.8 .554 .568 14.5 1.4 1.0 2.3
8 Dick Garrett 23 73 2318 9.4 .477 .434 10.1 0.3 2.0 2.3
9 Johnny Egan 31 72 1627 9.6 .486 .438 16.7 0.6 1.5 2.0
10 John Tresvant 30 20 221 17.0 .566 .534 10.8 0.5 0.3 0.9
11 Bill Hewitt 25 20 478 6.1 .325 .284 6.7 -0.8 0.7 -0.2
12 Mike Lynn 24 44 403 4.7 .386 .331 9.1 -0.7 0.4 -0.3
13 Willie McCarter 23 40 861 8.4 .409 .378 14.0 -1.3 0.8 -0.5

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 31 18 830 196 418 170 212 66 151 55 562 .469 .802 46.1 31.2 3.7 8.4
2 Wilt Chamberlain 33 18 851 158 288 82 202 399 81 42 398 .549 .406 47.3 22.1 22.2 4.5
3 Elgin Baylor 35 18 667 138 296 60 81 173 83 50 336 .466 .741 37.1 18.7 9.6 4.6
4 Dick Garrett 23 18 595 101 198 28 32 52 39 68 230 .510 .875 33.1 12.8 2.9 2.2
5 Keith Erickson 25 17 553 71 153 27 35 77 74 44 169 .464 .771 32.5 9.9 4.5 4.4
6 Happy Hairston 27 16 296 47 108 24 35 76 20 31 118 .435 .686 18.5 7.4 4.8 1.3
7 Mel Counts 28 14 212 37 88 11 13 74 16 48 85 .420 .846 15.1 6.1 5.3 1.1
8 John Tresvant 30 11 148 23 51 19 23 38 16 22 65 .451 .826 13.5 5.9 3.5 1.5
9 Johnny Egan 31 16 162 23 43 10 11 5 22 20 56 .535 .909 10.1 3.5 0.3 1.4
10 Rick Roberson 22 9 61 8 18 6 10 16 0 13 22 .444 .600 6.8 2.4 1.8 0.0
11 Willie McCarter 23 5 14 3 7 1 1 3 3 2 7 .429 1.000 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.6
12 Mike Lynn 24 3 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 4 .667 2.0 1.3 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 31 18 830 21.1 .550 .469 26.7 2.6 0.6 3.2
2 Wilt Chamberlain 33 18 851 20.3 .528 .549 13.0 1.4 1.0 2.5
3 Elgin Baylor 35 18 667 17.4 .507 .466 17.5 0.9 0.6 1.5
4 Dick Garrett 23 18 595 10.3 .542 .510 8.8 1.0 0.3 1.2
5 Keith Erickson 25 17 553 11.3 .502 .464 16.9 0.4 0.4 0.8
6 Happy Hairston 27 16 296 12.3 .478 .435 8.9 0.1 0.2 0.4
7 Johnny Egan 31 16 162 11.0 .585 .535 17.5 0.3 0.1 0.4
8 John Tresvant 30 11 148 15.1 .532 .451 14.2 0.3 0.1 0.4
9 Mel Counts 28 14 212 11.7 .453 .420 10.2 0.0 0.2 0.2
10 Rick Roberson 22 9 61 8.4 .491 .444 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
11 Mike Lynn 24 3 6 26.4 .667 .667 28.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Willie McCarter 23 5 14 16.9 .470 .429 30.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Keith Erickson *$55,000
2 Happy Hairston *$46,500
3 John Tresvant *$36,500
4 Mel Counts *$35,000
5 Bill Hewitt *$21,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)