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1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Mullaney (48-34)

PTS/G: 114.8 (7th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (6th of 17)
SRS: 3.26 (4th of 17)
Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 17)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 566,108 (2nd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls

Pacific Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Elgin Baylor SF 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 12 Seattle University
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 11 University of Kansas
24 Keith Erickson SF 6-5 195 April 19, 1944 5 University of California, Los Angeles
25 Gail Goodrich SG 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 5 University of California, Los Angeles
52 Happy Hairston PF 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 6 New York University
30 Fred Hetzel SF 6-8 220 July 21, 1942 5 Davidson College
20 Earnie Killum G 6-3 180 June 11, 1948 R Stetson University
15 Willie McCarter SG 6-3 175 July 26, 1946 1 Drake University
5 Jim McMillian SF 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 R Columbia University
12 Pat Riley SG 6-4 205 March 20, 1945 3 University of Kentucky
35 Rick Roberson C 6-9 231 July 7, 1947 1 University of Cincinnati
14 John Tresvant PF 6-7 215 November 6, 1939 6 Seattle University
44 Jerry West PG 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 10 West Virginia University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19755 3739 7857 .476 1933 2717 .711 4269 2205 1709 9411 114.8
Lg Rank 8 4 11 2 10 8 17 11 3 17 7 7
Opponent 82 19755 3796 8511 .446 1567 2107 .744 4552 2078 1951 9159 111.7
Lg Rank 8 14 16 7 1 1 9 14 14 6 6 6

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 49 33 3.07 0.19 3.26 .476 .246 .446 .184 The Forum 566,108
Lg Rank 4 4 4 12 4 2 8 7 1 2

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 Jerry West 32 69 2845 667 1351 .494 525 631 .832 320 655 180 1859
2 Wilt Chamberlain 34 82 3630 668 1226 .545 360 669 .538 1493 352 174 1696
3 Happy Hairston 28 80 2921 574 1233 .466 337 431 .782 797 168 256 1485
4 Gail Goodrich 27 79 2808 558 1174 .475 264 343 .770 260 380 258 1380
5 Keith Erickson 26 73 2272 369 783 .471 85 112 .759 404 223 241 823
6 Jim McMillian 22 81 1747 289 629 .459 100 130 .769 330 133 122 678
7 Willie McCarter 24 76 1369 247 592 .417 46 77 .597 122 126 152 540
8 Rick Roberson 23 65 909 125 301 .415 88 143 .615 304 47 125 338
9 Fred Hetzel 28 59 613 111 256 .434 60 77 .779 149 37 99 282
10 Pat Riley 25 54 506 105 254 .413 56 87 .644 54 72 84 266
11 John Tresvant 31 8 66 18 35 .514 7 10 .700 23 10 11 43
12 Elgin Baylor 36 2 57 8 19 .421 4 6 .667 11 2 6 20
13 Earnie Killum 22 4 12 0 4 .000 1 1 1.000 2 0 1 1

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 32 69 41.2 9.7 19.6 .494 7.6 9.1 .832 4.6 9.5 2.6 26.9
2 Wilt Chamberlain 34 82 44.3 8.1 15.0 .545 4.4 8.2 .538 18.2 4.3 2.1 20.7
3 Happy Hairston 28 80 36.5 7.2 15.4 .466 4.2 5.4 .782 10.0 2.1 3.2 18.6
4 Gail Goodrich 27 79 35.5 7.1 14.9 .475 3.3 4.3 .770 3.3 4.8 3.3 17.5
5 Keith Erickson 26 73 31.1 5.1 10.7 .471 1.2 1.5 .759 5.5 3.1 3.3 11.3
6 Elgin Baylor 36 2 28.5 4.0 9.5 .421 2.0 3.0 .667 5.5 1.0 3.0 10.0
7 Jim McMillian 22 81 21.6 3.6 7.8 .459 1.2 1.6 .769 4.1 1.6 1.5 8.4
8 Willie McCarter 24 76 18.0 3.3 7.8 .417 0.6 1.0 .597 1.6 1.7 2.0 7.1
9 John Tresvant 31 8 8.3 2.3 4.4 .514 0.9 1.3 .700 2.9 1.3 1.4 5.4
10 Rick Roberson 23 65 14.0 1.9 4.6 .415 1.4 2.2 .615 4.7 0.7 1.9 5.2
11 Pat Riley 25 54 9.4 1.9 4.7 .413 1.0 1.6 .644 1.0 1.3 1.6 4.9
12 Fred Hetzel 28 59 10.4 1.9 4.3 .434 1.0 1.3 .779 2.5 0.6 1.7 4.8
13 Earnie Killum 22 4 3.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3

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 32 69 2845 8.4 17.1 .494 6.6 8.0 .832 4.0 8.3 2.3 23.5
2 John Tresvant 31 8 66 9.8 19.1 .514 3.8 5.5 .700 12.5 5.5 6.0 23.5
3 Pat Riley 25 54 506 7.5 18.1 .413 4.0 6.2 .644 3.8 5.1 6.0 18.9
4 Happy Hairston 28 80 2921 7.1 15.2 .466 4.2 5.3 .782 9.8 2.1 3.2 18.3
5 Gail Goodrich 27 79 2808 7.2 15.1 .475 3.4 4.4 .770 3.3 4.9 3.3 17.7
6 Wilt Chamberlain 34 82 3630 6.6 12.2 .545 3.6 6.6 .538 14.8 3.5 1.7 16.8
7 Fred Hetzel 28 59 613 6.5 15.0 .434 3.5 4.5 .779 8.8 2.2 5.8 16.6
8 Willie McCarter 24 76 1369 6.5 15.6 .417 1.2 2.0 .597 3.2 3.3 4.0 14.2
9 Jim McMillian 22 81 1747 6.0 13.0 .459 2.1 2.7 .769 6.8 2.7 2.5 14.0
10 Rick Roberson 23 65 909 5.0 11.9 .415 3.5 5.7 .615 12.0 1.9 5.0 13.4
11 Keith Erickson 26 73 2272 5.8 12.4 .471 1.3 1.8 .759 6.4 3.5 3.8 13.0
12 Elgin Baylor 36 2 57 5.1 12.0 .421 2.5 3.8 .667 6.9 1.3 3.8 12.6
13 Earnie Killum 22 4 12 0.0 12.0 .000 3.0 3.0 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.0

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 32 69 2845 23.5 .571 .494 5.0 32.3 10.2 2.5 12.8 .215
2 Wilt Chamberlain 34 82 3630 20.3 .558 .545 18.4 12.7 8.2 4.5 12.6 .167
3 Happy Hairston 28 80 2921 16.2 .522 .466 12.2 7.7 4.7 2.6 7.2 .119
4 Gail Goodrich 27 79 2808 14.6 .521 .475 4.1 18.1 4.5 1.9 6.4 .109
5 Keith Erickson 26 73 2272 11.5 .494 .471 8.0 12.5 1.6 1.7 3.3 .070
6 Jim McMillian 22 81 1747 12.2 .494 .459 8.5 9.7 1.2 1.3 2.5 .070
7 Rick Roberson 23 65 909 11.8 .464 .415 15.0 6.4 0.1 0.9 1.0 .050
8 Fred Hetzel 28 59 613 12.4 .486 .434 10.9 7.9 0.4 0.5 0.9 .070
9 John Tresvant 31 8 66 22.7 .546 .514 15.6 22.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 .193
10 Pat Riley 25 54 506 12.3 .455 .413 4.8 19.3 -0.1 0.4 0.3 .027
11 Elgin Baylor 36 2 57 9.0 .462 .421 8.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .032
12 Earnie Killum 22 4 12 -5.3 .113 .000 7.5 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.314
13 Willie McCarter 24 76 1369 8.5 .431 .417 4.0 12.0 -1.0 0.8 -0.2 -0.008

Playoffs 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 Gail Goodrich 27 12 518 105 247 .425 95 113 .841 38 91 38 305
2 Wilt Chamberlain 34 12 554 85 187 .455 50 97 .515 242 53 33 220
3 Happy Hairston 28 12 471 83 164 .506 38 50 .760 109 34 41 204
4 Jim McMillian 22 12 522 79 181 .436 23 34 .676 65 22 27 181
5 Keith Erickson 26 8 313 54 99 .545 17 22 .773 45 22 34 125
6 Pat Riley 25 7 135 29 69 .420 8 11 .727 15 14 12 66
7 Willie McCarter 24 12 232 27 76 .355 1 6 .167 26 17 30 55
8 Rick Roberson 23 9 93 10 29 .345 4 7 .571 26 4 14 24
9 Fred Hetzel 28 7 38 5 15 .333 2 2 1.000 7 2 5 12
10 Earnie Killum 22 2 4 1 1 1.000 2 3 .667 0 0 1 4

Playoffs 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 Gail Goodrich 27 12 43.2 8.8 20.6 .425 7.9 9.4 .841 3.2 7.6 3.2 25.4
2 Wilt Chamberlain 34 12 46.2 7.1 15.6 .455 4.2 8.1 .515 20.2 4.4 2.8 18.3
3 Happy Hairston 28 12 39.3 6.9 13.7 .506 3.2 4.2 .760 9.1 2.8 3.4 17.0
4 Keith Erickson 26 8 39.1 6.8 12.4 .545 2.1 2.8 .773 5.6 2.8 4.3 15.6
5 Jim McMillian 22 12 43.5 6.6 15.1 .436 1.9 2.8 .676 5.4 1.8 2.3 15.1
6 Pat Riley 25 7 19.3 4.1 9.9 .420 1.1 1.6 .727 2.1 2.0 1.7 9.4
7 Willie McCarter 24 12 19.3 2.3 6.3 .355 0.1 0.5 .167 2.2 1.4 2.5 4.6
8 Rick Roberson 23 9 10.3 1.1 3.2 .345 0.4 0.8 .571 2.9 0.4 1.6 2.7
9 Earnie Killum 22 2 2.0 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0
10 Fred Hetzel 28 7 5.4 0.7 2.1 .333 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.0 0.3 0.7 1.7

Playoffs 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 Earnie Killum 22 2 4 9.0 9.0 1.000 18.0 27.0 .667 0.0 0.0 9.0 36.0
2 Gail Goodrich 27 12 518 7.3 17.2 .425 6.6 7.9 .841 2.6 6.3 2.6 21.2
3 Pat Riley 25 7 135 7.7 18.4 .420 2.1 2.9 .727 4.0 3.7 3.2 17.6
4 Happy Hairston 28 12 471 6.3 12.5 .506 2.9 3.8 .760 8.3 2.6 3.1 15.6
5 Keith Erickson 26 8 313 6.2 11.4 .545 2.0 2.5 .773 5.2 2.5 3.9 14.4
6 Wilt Chamberlain 34 12 554 5.5 12.2 .455 3.2 6.3 .515 15.7 3.4 2.1 14.3
7 Jim McMillian 22 12 522 5.4 12.5 .436 1.6 2.3 .676 4.5 1.5 1.9 12.5
8 Fred Hetzel 28 7 38 4.7 14.2 .333 1.9 1.9 1.000 6.6 1.9 4.7 11.4
9 Rick Roberson 23 9 93 3.9 11.2 .345 1.5 2.7 .571 10.1 1.5 5.4 9.3
10 Willie McCarter 24 12 232 4.2 11.8 .355 0.2 0.9 .167 4.0 2.6 4.7 8.5

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 Gail Goodrich 27 12 518 20.0 .514 .425 3.6 28.0 1.2 0.2 1.4 .131
2 Happy Hairston 28 12 471 16.7 .548 .506 11.3 11.0 1.1 0.2 1.3 .134
3 Keith Erickson 26 8 313 14.2 .575 .545 7.0 10.7 0.8 0.1 0.9 .143
4 Wilt Chamberlain 34 12 554 19.1 .479 .455 21.3 14.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 .070
5 Jim McMillian 22 12 522 10.0 .462 .436 6.1 6.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 .024
6 Earnie Killum 22 2 4 32.7 .862 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 .698
7 Pat Riley 25 7 135 13.3 .447 .420 5.4 16.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 .010
8 Fred Hetzel 28 7 38 7.1 .378 .333 9.0 7.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.073
9 Rick Roberson 23 9 93 7.4 .374 .345 13.6 6.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.056
10 Willie McCarter 24 12 232 4.4 .350 .355 5.5 10.3 -0.5 0.1 -0.4 -0.084