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1973-74 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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47-35, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Sharman (47-35)

Points Per Game: 109.2 (3rd of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 108.3 (12th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-39 (8th of 17)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 603,145 (2nd of 17)

SRS: 0.85 (8th of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 111.7 (1st of 17)
Offensive Rating: 97.4 (11th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 96.6 (7th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks

1973-74 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
32 Bill Bridges F-C 6-6 228 April 4, 1939 11 University of Kansas
31 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 9 Oregon State University
25 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 8 University of California, Los Angeles
33 Travis Grant F 6-7 215 January 1, 1950 1 Kentucky State University
52 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 9 New York University
42 Connie Hawkins F-C 6-8 210 July 17, 1942 6 University of Iowa
20 Nate Hawthorne G 6-4 190 January 15, 1950 R Southern Illinois University
34 Stan Love F 6-9 215 April 9, 1949 2 University of Oregon
15 Jim Price G 6-3 195 November 27, 1949 1 University of Louisville
12 Pat Riley G-F 6-4 205 March 20, 1945 6 University of Kentucky
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 2 Kentucky State University
24 Kermit Washington F-C 6-8 230 September 17, 1951 R American University
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 13 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 3536 7803 .453 1879 2443 .769 1365 2970 4335 2179 794 653 1913 2032 8951 109.2
Opponent 82 19755 3667 8364 .438 1546 2044 .756 1525 2786 4311 2061 797 430 1719 2135 8880 108.3

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 30 82 3061 784 1773 .442 508 588 .864 95 155 250 427 126 12 227 2076
2 Jim Price 24 82 2628 538 1197 .449 187 234 .799 120 258 378 369 157 29 229 1263
3 Happy Hairston 31 77 2634 385 759 .507 343 445 .771 335 705 1040 208 64 17 264 1113
4 Elmore Smith 24 81 2922 434 949 .457 147 249 .590 204 702 906 150 71 393 309 1015
5 Connie Hawkins 31 71 2538 368 733 .502 173 224 .772 162 360 522 379 105 78 203 909
6 Pat Riley 28 72 1361 287 667 .430 110 144 .764 38 90 128 148 54 3 173 684
7 Jerry West 35 31 967 232 519 .447 165 198 .833 30 86 116 206 81 23 80 629
8 Bill Bridges 34 65 1812 216 513 .421 116 164 .707 193 306 499 148 58 31 219 548
9 Stan Love 24 51 698 119 278 .428 49 64 .766 54 116 170 48 28 20 132 287
10 Kermit Washington 22 45 400 73 151 .483 26 49 .531 62 85 147 19 21 18 77 172
11 Mel Counts 32 45 499 61 167 .365 24 33 .727 56 90 146 54 20 23 85 146
12 Nate Hawthorne 24 33 229 38 93 .409 30 48 .625 16 16 32 23 9 6 33 106
13 Travis Grant 24 3 6 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3

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 30 82 37.3 9.6 21.6 .442 6.2 7.2 .864 1.2 1.9 3.0 5.2 1.5 0.1 2.8 25.3
2 Jerry West 35 31 31.2 7.5 16.7 .447 5.3 6.4 .833 1.0 2.8 3.7 6.6 2.6 0.7 2.6 20.3
3 Jim Price 24 82 32.0 6.6 14.6 .449 2.3 2.9 .799 1.5 3.1 4.6 4.5 1.9 0.4 2.8 15.4
4 Happy Hairston 31 77 34.2 5.0 9.9 .507 4.5 5.8 .771 4.4 9.2 13.5 2.7 0.8 0.2 3.4 14.5
5 Connie Hawkins 31 71 35.7 5.2 10.3 .502 2.4 3.2 .772 2.3 5.1 7.4 5.3 1.5 1.1 2.9 12.8
6 Elmore Smith 24 81 36.1 5.4 11.7 .457 1.8 3.1 .590 2.5 8.7 11.2 1.9 0.9 4.9 3.8 12.5
7 Pat Riley 28 72 18.9 4.0 9.3 .430 1.5 2.0 .764 0.5 1.3 1.8 2.1 0.8 0.0 2.4 9.5
8 Bill Bridges 34 65 27.9 3.3 7.9 .421 1.8 2.5 .707 3.0 4.7 7.7 2.3 0.9 0.5 3.4 8.4
9 Stan Love 24 51 13.7 2.3 5.5 .428 1.0 1.3 .766 1.1 2.3 3.3 0.9 0.5 0.4 2.6 5.6
10 Kermit Washington 22 45 8.9 1.6 3.4 .483 0.6 1.1 .531 1.4 1.9 3.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.7 3.8
11 Mel Counts 32 45 11.1 1.4 3.7 .365 0.5 0.7 .727 1.2 2.0 3.2 1.2 0.4 0.5 1.9 3.2
12 Nate Hawthorne 24 33 6.9 1.2 2.8 .409 0.9 1.5 .625 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.2 1.0 3.2
13 Travis Grant 24 3 2.0 0.3 1.3 .250 0.3 1.0 .333 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0

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 30 82 3061 9.2 20.9 .442 6.0 6.9 .864 1.1 1.8 2.9 5.0 1.5 0.1 2.7 24.4
2 Jerry West 35 31 967 8.6 19.3 .447 6.1 7.4 .833 1.1 3.2 4.3 7.7 3.0 0.9 3.0 23.4
3 Pat Riley 28 72 1361 7.6 17.6 .430 2.9 3.8 .764 1.0 2.4 3.4 3.9 1.4 0.1 4.6 18.1
4 Travis Grant 24 3 6 6.0 24.0 .250 6.0 18.0 .333 0.0 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 18.0
5 Jim Price 24 82 2628 7.4 16.4 .449 2.6 3.2 .799 1.6 3.5 5.2 5.1 2.2 0.4 3.1 17.3
6 Nate Hawthorne 24 33 229 6.0 14.6 .409 4.7 7.5 .625 2.5 2.5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.9 5.2 16.7
7 Kermit Washington 22 45 400 6.6 13.6 .483 2.3 4.4 .531 5.6 7.7 13.2 1.7 1.9 1.6 6.9 15.5
8 Happy Hairston 31 77 2634 5.3 10.4 .507 4.7 6.1 .771 4.6 9.6 14.2 2.8 0.9 0.2 3.6 15.2
9 Stan Love 24 51 698 6.1 14.3 .428 2.5 3.3 .766 2.8 6.0 8.8 2.5 1.4 1.0 6.8 14.8
10 Connie Hawkins 31 71 2538 5.2 10.4 .502 2.5 3.2 .772 2.3 5.1 7.4 5.4 1.5 1.1 2.9 12.9
11 Elmore Smith 24 81 2922 5.3 11.7 .457 1.8 3.1 .590 2.5 8.6 11.2 1.8 0.9 4.8 3.8 12.5
12 Bill Bridges 34 65 1812 4.3 10.2 .421 2.3 3.3 .707 3.8 6.1 9.9 2.9 1.2 0.6 4.4 10.9
13 Mel Counts 32 45 499 4.4 12.0 .365 1.7 2.4 .727 4.0 6.5 10.5 3.9 1.4 1.7 6.1 10.5

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 Happy Hairston 31 77 2634 17.2 .583 .507 12.1 23.5 18.0 10.5 1.0 0.3 95 5.6 3.7 9.3
2 Gail Goodrich 30 82 3061 18.5 .511 .442 3.0 4.5 3.7 21.8 1.8 0.2 101 5.9 1.9 7.8
3 Connie Hawkins 31 71 2538 15.5 .547 .502 6.1 12.5 9.4 19.9 1.8 1.5 97 3.8 2.9 6.7
4 Elmore Smith 24 81 2922 14.5 .479 .457 6.6 21.1 14.2 6.9 1.0 6.4 92 0.5 5.4 5.9
5 Jim Price 24 82 2628 15.5 .486 .449 4.3 8.6 6.6 20.3 2.6 0.5 97 2.2 2.8 5.0
6 Jerry West 35 31 967 22.4 .519 .447 3.0 7.8 5.5 32.5 3.6 1.1 95 1.9 1.3 3.2
7 Bill Bridges 34 65 1812 11.6 .468 .421 10.1 14.8 12.6 10.5 1.4 0.8 97 0.8 2.0 2.8
8 Pat Riley 28 72 1361 12.3 .468 .430 2.7 5.8 4.3 15.9 1.7 0.1 101 0.2 0.9 1.1
9 Kermit Washington 22 45 400 15.6 .498 .483 14.8 18.7 16.8 6.7 2.3 2.1 93 0.2 0.7 0.8
10 Stan Love 24 51 698 11.9 .469 .428 7.4 14.6 11.1 9.5 1.7 1.4 96 -0.1 0.9 0.7
11 Mel Counts 32 45 499 11.4 .402 .365 10.7 15.9 13.4 14.0 1.7 2.2 95 -0.4 0.7 0.3
12 Nate Hawthorne 24 33 229 12.8 .464 .409 6.7 6.1 6.4 13.8 1.7 1.2 100 0.0 0.2 0.1
13 Travis Grant 24 3 6 -1.5 .282 .250 0.0 14.6 7.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 100 -0.1 0.0 0.0

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 30 5 189 35 90 28 33 7 16 30 7 1 7 98 .389 .848 37.8 19.6 3.2 6.0
2 Elmore Smith 24 5 171 42 88 12 17 19 53 6 7 8 20 96 .477 .706 34.2 19.2 10.6 1.2
3 Jim Price 24 5 161 25 66 9 13 8 19 13 7 0 21 59 .379 .692 32.2 11.8 3.8 2.6
4 Connie Hawkins 31 5 172 21 60 12 15 14 40 16 7 1 13 54 .350 .800 34.4 10.8 8.0 3.2
5 Happy Hairston 31 5 172 15 36 16 18 15 52 19 5 1 8 46 .417 .889 34.4 9.2 10.4 3.8
6 Pat Riley 28 5 106 18 50 3 4 3 6 10 4 0 11 39 .360 .750 21.2 7.8 1.2 2.0
7 Bill Bridges 34 5 144 12 41 6 13 14 30 6 7 0 19 30 .293 .462 28.8 6.0 6.0 1.2
8 Kermit Washington 22 3 14 5 11 5 7 9 10 1 1 0 0 15 .455 .714 4.7 5.0 3.3 0.3
9 Mel Counts 32 4 34 6 12 0 0 2 6 2 2 2 3 12 .500 8.5 3.0 1.5 0.5
10 Nate Hawthorne 24 3 14 1 7 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 .143 .800 4.7 2.0 0.7 0.7
11 Stan Love 24 2 9 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 6 .667 .667 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.5
12 Jerry West 35 1 14 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 .222 14.0 4.0 2.0 1.0

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 Elmore Smith 24 5 171 19.7 .503 .477 9.6 20.9 14.7 6.7 1.9 2.4 99 0.2 0.1 0.4
2 Happy Hairston 31 5 172 14.9 .524 .417 7.5 22.6 14.3 16.3 1.3 0.3 101 0.2 0.1 0.3
3 Gail Goodrich 30 5 189 17.3 .469 .389 3.2 5.0 4.0 27.3 1.7 0.3 106 0.2 0.0 0.2
4 Stan Love 24 2 9 32.9 .694 .667 9.6 23.4 15.8 20.4 5.2 0.0 93 0.0 0.0 0.1
5 Kermit Washington 22 3 14 48.8 .533 .455 55.5 7.5 33.9 17.4 3.3 0.0 102 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Mel Counts 32 4 34 14.9 .500 .500 5.1 12.4 8.4 10.0 2.7 3.0 99 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Connie Hawkins 31 5 172 12.0 .405 .350 7.0 15.9 11.0 14.4 1.9 0.3 102 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Nate Hawthorne 24 3 14 15.9 .326 .143 12.3 0.0 6.8 20.5 3.3 3.7 102 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Jerry West 35 1 14 -1.6 .222 .222 0.0 15.0 6.8 11.5 0.0 0.0 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Jim Price 24 5 161 9.8 .411 .379 4.3 7.2 5.6 13.2 2.0 0.0 105 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
11 Pat Riley 28 5 106 8.1 .377 .360 2.4 3.0 2.7 15.8 1.7 0.0 107 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
12 Bill Bridges 34 5 144 6.3 .321 .293 8.4 11.7 9.9 6.1 2.3 0.0 103 -0.3 0.0 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Gail Goodrich $180,000
2 Happy Hairston $130,000
3 Kermit Washington $120,000
4 Mel Counts $105,000
5 Bill Bridges $75,000
6 Pat Riley $62,000
7 Jim Price $60,000
8 Nathaniel Gawthorne $27,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)