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1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 114.8 (7th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 111.7 (6th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-33 (4th of 17)

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

SRS: 3.26 (4th of 17)

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

1970-71 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 12 Seattle University
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 11 University of Kansas
24 Keith Erickson F-G 6-5 195 April 19, 1944 5 University of California, Los Angeles
25 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 5 University of California, Los Angeles
52 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 6 New York University
30 Fred Hetzel F-C 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 G 6-3 175 July 26, 1946 1 Drake University
5 Jim McMillian F 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 R Columbia University
12 Pat Riley G-F 6-4 205 March 20, 1945 3 University of Kentucky
35 Rick Roberson C-F 6-9 231 July 7, 1947 1 University of Cincinnati
14 John Tresvant F-C 6-7 215 November 6, 1939 6 Seattle University
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 10 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 19755 3739 7857 .476 1933 2717 .711 4269 2205 1709 9411 114.8
Opponent 82 19755 3796 8511 .446 1567 2107 .744 4552 2078 1951 9159 111.7

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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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

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 Gail Goodrich 27 12 518 105 247 95 113 38 91 38 305 .425 .841 43.2 25.4 3.2 7.6
2 Wilt Chamberlain 34 12 554 85 187 50 97 242 53 33 220 .455 .515 46.2 18.3 20.2 4.4
3 Happy Hairston 28 12 471 83 164 38 50 109 34 41 204 .506 .760 39.3 17.0 9.1 2.8
4 Jim McMillian 22 12 522 79 181 23 34 65 22 27 181 .436 .676 43.5 15.1 5.4 1.8
5 Keith Erickson 26 8 313 54 99 17 22 45 22 34 125 .545 .773 39.1 15.6 5.6 2.8
6 Pat Riley 25 7 135 29 69 8 11 15 14 12 66 .420 .727 19.3 9.4 2.1 2.0
7 Willie McCarter 24 12 232 27 76 1 6 26 17 30 55 .355 .167 19.3 4.6 2.2 1.4
8 Rick Roberson 23 9 93 10 29 4 7 26 4 14 24 .345 .571 10.3 2.7 2.9 0.4
9 Fred Hetzel 28 7 38 5 15 2 2 7 2 5 12 .333 1.000 5.4 1.7 1.0 0.3
10 Earnie Killum 22 2 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 4 1.000 .667 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

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

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Gail Goodrich *$112,500
2 Jerry West $90,000
3 Keith Erickson $75,000
4 Happy Hairston $52,000
5 Willie McCarter $35,500
6 John Tresvant $35,000
7 Pat Riley $27,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)