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1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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69-13, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Sharman (69-13)

1971-72 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 121.0 (1st of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 108.7 (6th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 67-15 (1st of 17)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 668,340 (2nd of 17)

SRS: 11.65 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1971-72 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 13 Seattle University
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 12 University of Kansas
11 Jim Cleamons G 6-3 185 September 13, 1949 R Ohio State University
14 Leroy Ellis C-F 6-10 210 March 10, 1940 9 St. John's University
24 Keith Erickson F-G 6-5 195 April 19, 1944 6 University of California, Los Angeles
25 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 6 University of California, Los Angeles
52 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 7 New York University
5 Jim McMillian F 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 1 Columbia University
12 Pat Riley G-F 6-4 205 March 20, 1945 4 University of Kentucky
21 Flynn Robinson G 6-1 185 April 28, 1941 5 University of Wyoming
31 John Trapp F 6-7 210 October 2, 1945 3 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 11 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 3920 7998 .490 2080 2833 .734 4628 2232 1636 9920 121.0
Opponent 82 19755 3699 8553 .432 1515 1972 .768 4290 1994 1997 8913 108.7

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 Gail Goodrich 28 82 3040 826 1695 .487 475 559 .850 295 365 210 2127
2 Jerry West 33 77 2973 735 1540 .477 515 633 .814 327 747 209 1985
3 Jim McMillian 23 80 3050 642 1331 .482 219 277 .791 522 209 209 1503
4 Wilt Chamberlain 35 82 3469 496 764 .649 221 524 .422 1572 329 196 1213
5 Happy Hairston 29 80 2748 368 798 .461 311 399 .779 1045 193 251 1047
6 Flynn Robinson 30 64 1007 262 535 .490 111 129 .860 115 138 139 635
7 Pat Riley 26 67 926 197 441 .447 55 74 .743 127 75 110 449
8 Leroy Ellis 31 74 1081 138 300 .460 66 95 .695 310 46 115 342
9 John Trapp 26 58 759 139 314 .443 51 73 .699 180 42 130 329
10 Elgin Baylor 37 9 239 42 97 .433 22 27 .815 57 18 20 106
11 Jim Cleamons 22 38 201 35 100 .350 28 36 .778 39 35 21 98
12 Keith Erickson 27 15 262 40 83 .482 6 7 .857 39 35 26 86

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 Gail Goodrich 28 82 37.1 10.1 20.7 .487 5.8 6.8 .850 3.6 4.5 2.6 25.9
2 Jerry West 33 77 38.6 9.5 20.0 .477 6.7 8.2 .814 4.2 9.7 2.7 25.8
3 Jim McMillian 23 80 38.1 8.0 16.6 .482 2.7 3.5 .791 6.5 2.6 2.6 18.8
4 Wilt Chamberlain 35 82 42.3 6.0 9.3 .649 2.7 6.4 .422 19.2 4.0 2.4 14.8
5 Happy Hairston 29 80 34.4 4.6 10.0 .461 3.9 5.0 .779 13.1 2.4 3.1 13.1
6 Elgin Baylor 37 9 26.6 4.7 10.8 .433 2.4 3.0 .815 6.3 2.0 2.2 11.8
7 Flynn Robinson 30 64 15.7 4.1 8.4 .490 1.7 2.0 .860 1.8 2.2 2.2 9.9
8 Pat Riley 26 67 13.8 2.9 6.6 .447 0.8 1.1 .743 1.9 1.1 1.6 6.7
9 John Trapp 26 58 13.1 2.4 5.4 .443 0.9 1.3 .699 3.1 0.7 2.2 5.7
10 Keith Erickson 27 15 17.5 2.7 5.5 .482 0.4 0.5 .857 2.6 2.3 1.7 5.7
11 Leroy Ellis 31 74 14.6 1.9 4.1 .460 0.9 1.3 .695 4.2 0.6 1.6 4.6
12 Jim Cleamons 22 38 5.3 0.9 2.6 .350 0.7 0.9 .778 1.0 0.9 0.6 2.6

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 Gail Goodrich 28 82 3040 9.8 20.1 .487 5.6 6.6 .850 3.5 4.3 2.5 25.2
2 Jerry West 33 77 2973 8.9 18.6 .477 6.2 7.7 .814 4.0 9.0 2.5 24.0
3 Flynn Robinson 30 64 1007 9.4 19.1 .490 4.0 4.6 .860 4.1 4.9 5.0 22.7
4 Jim McMillian 23 80 3050 7.6 15.7 .482 2.6 3.3 .791 6.2 2.5 2.5 17.7
5 Jim Cleamons 22 38 201 6.3 17.9 .350 5.0 6.4 .778 7.0 6.3 3.8 17.6
6 Pat Riley 26 67 926 7.7 17.1 .447 2.1 2.9 .743 4.9 2.9 4.3 17.5
7 Elgin Baylor 37 9 239 6.3 14.6 .433 3.3 4.1 .815 8.6 2.7 3.0 16.0
8 John Trapp 26 58 759 6.6 14.9 .443 2.4 3.5 .699 8.5 2.0 6.2 15.6
9 Happy Hairston 29 80 2748 4.8 10.5 .461 4.1 5.2 .779 13.7 2.5 3.3 13.7
10 Wilt Chamberlain 35 82 3469 5.1 7.9 .649 2.3 5.4 .422 16.3 3.4 2.0 12.6
11 Keith Erickson 27 15 262 5.5 11.4 .482 0.8 1.0 .857 5.4 4.8 3.6 11.8
12 Leroy Ellis 31 74 1081 4.6 10.0 .460 2.2 3.2 .695 10.3 1.5 3.8 11.4

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 Wilt Chamberlain 35 82 3469 18.5 .610 .649 20.1 11.2 7.9 7.9 15.8
2 Jerry West 33 77 2973 23.1 .546 .477 4.9 33.7 8.4 4.9 13.3
3 Gail Goodrich 28 82 3040 20.1 .548 .487 4.3 16.7 8.8 3.5 12.3
4 Happy Hairston 29 80 2748 15.7 .538 .461 16.8 8.2 3.9 5.3 9.2
5 Jim McMillian 23 80 3050 14.3 .517 .482 7.6 8.8 4.1 3.7 7.8
6 Flynn Robinson 30 64 1007 17.7 .537 .490 5.1 18.7 2.3 1.3 3.6
7 Leroy Ellis 31 74 1081 10.9 .500 .460 12.7 4.9 0.6 1.6 2.3
8 Pat Riley 26 67 926 11.8 .474 .447 6.1 10.4 0.2 1.1 1.3
9 John Trapp 26 58 759 11.0 .475 .443 10.5 6.8 0.2 1.1 1.2
10 Keith Erickson 27 15 262 11.4 .500 .482 6.6 15.9 0.2 0.4 0.5
11 Elgin Baylor 37 9 239 13.6 .487 .433 10.6 9.2 0.1 0.4 0.5
12 Jim Cleamons 22 38 201 13.9 .423 .350 8.6 21.3 -0.2 0.3 0.1

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 28 15 575 130 292 97 108 38 50 50 357 .445 .898 38.3 23.8 2.5 3.3
2 Jerry West 33 15 608 128 340 88 106 73 134 39 344 .376 .830 40.5 22.9 4.9 8.9
3 Jim McMillian 23 15 624 113 253 60 70 85 22 43 286 .447 .857 41.6 19.1 5.7 1.5
4 Wilt Chamberlain 35 15 703 80 142 60 122 315 49 47 220 .563 .492 46.9 14.7 21.0 3.3
5 Happy Hairston 29 15 577 74 168 54 68 197 31 44 202 .440 .794 38.5 13.5 13.1 2.1
6 Pat Riley 26 15 244 33 99 12 16 29 14 37 78 .333 .750 16.3 5.2 1.9 0.9
7 Flynn Robinson 30 7 72 19 41 7 10 13 5 13 45 .463 .700 10.3 6.4 1.9 0.7
8 Leroy Ellis 31 13 134 19 41 1 4 41 10 9 39 .463 .250 10.3 3.0 3.2 0.8
9 John Trapp 26 10 71 8 33 4 7 16 5 9 20 .242 .571 7.1 2.0 1.6 0.5
10 Jim Cleamons 22 6 17 4 7 0 0 4 4 3 8 .571 2.8 1.3 0.7 0.7

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 Wilt Chamberlain 35 15 703 17.8 .562 .563 20.2 9.6 1.2 1.8 3.0
2 Gail Goodrich 28 15 575 17.7 .526 .445 3.0 14.2 1.3 0.6 2.0
3 Happy Hairston 29 15 577 15.2 .510 .440 15.4 7.6 0.6 1.2 1.8
4 Jim McMillian 23 15 624 13.1 .504 .447 6.1 5.4 0.7 0.7 1.4
5 Jerry West 33 15 608 18.8 .445 .376 5.4 35.1 -0.2 1.2 1.0
6 Leroy Ellis 31 13 134 12.7 .456 .463 13.8 10.7 0.0 0.3 0.3
7 Flynn Robinson 30 7 72 16.3 .496 .463 8.1 12.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
8 Jim Cleamons 22 6 17 21.2 .571 .571 10.6 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
9 Pat Riley 26 15 244 4.7 .368 .333 5.4 8.2 -0.6 0.3 -0.3
10 John Trapp 26 10 71 3.1 .277 .242 10.2 9.7 -0.4 0.1 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Gail Goodrich *$146,250
2 Happy Hairston *$93,500
3 Leroy Ellis *$60,000
4 Pat Riley *$42,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)