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1973-74 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 109.2 (3rd of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 108.3 (12th of 17)
SRS: 0.85 (8th of 17) ▪ Pace: 111.7 (1st of 17)
Off Rtg: 97.4 (11th of 17) ▪ Def Rtg: 96.6 (7th of 17)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (8th of 17)

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

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

Pacific Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
32 Bill Bridges PF 6-6 228 April 4, 1939 11 University of Kansas
31 Mel Counts C 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 9 Oregon State University
25 Gail Goodrich SG 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 8 University of California, Los Angeles
33 Travis Grant SF 6-7 215 January 1, 1950 1 Kentucky State University
52 Happy Hairston PF 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 9 New York University
42 Connie Hawkins SF 6-8 210 July 17, 1942 6 University of Iowa
20 Nate Hawthorne SG 6-4 190 January 15, 1950 R Southern Illinois University
34 Stan Love PF 6-9 215 April 9, 1949 2 University of Oregon
15 Jim Price PG 6-3 195 November 27, 1949 1 University of Louisville
12 Pat Riley SG 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 PF 6-8 230 September 17, 1951 R American University
44 Jerry West PG 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 13 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 3536 7803 .453 1879 2443 .769 1365 2970 4335 2179 794 653 1913 2032 8951 109.2
Lg Rank 6 10 5 12 1 1 10 3 3 3 4 3 1 17 6 3 3
Opponent 82 19755 3667 8364 .438 1546 2044 .756 1525 2786 4311 2061 797 430 1719 2135 8880 108.3
Lg Rank 6 16 17 2 8 9 3 17 12 16 11 13 14 9 16 12 12

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 43 39 0.87 -0.02 0.85 97.4 96.6 111.7 .453 17.7 32.9 .241 .438 15.7 66.1 .185 The Forum 603,145
Lg Rank 8 8 8 7 8 11 7 1 12 16 3 2 2 13 17 2 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 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

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

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

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
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 .170
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 .122
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 .127
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 .097
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 .091
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 .159
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 .074
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 .040
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 .099
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 .051
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 .031
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 .030
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 -0.386

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 30 5 189 35 90 .389 28 33 .848 7 9 16 30 7 1 7 98
2 Elmore Smith 24 5 171 42 88 .477 12 17 .706 19 34 53 6 7 8 20 96
3 Jim Price 24 5 161 25 66 .379 9 13 .692 8 11 19 13 7 0 21 59
4 Connie Hawkins 31 5 172 21 60 .350 12 15 .800 14 26 40 16 7 1 13 54
5 Happy Hairston 31 5 172 15 36 .417 16 18 .889 15 37 52 19 5 1 8 46
6 Pat Riley 28 5 106 18 50 .360 3 4 .750 3 3 6 10 4 0 11 39
7 Bill Bridges 34 5 144 12 41 .293 6 13 .462 14 16 30 6 7 0 19 30
8 Kermit Washington 22 3 14 5 11 .455 5 7 .714 9 1 10 1 1 0 0 15
9 Mel Counts 32 4 34 6 12 .500 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 2 3 12
10 Nate Hawthorne 24 3 14 1 7 .143 4 5 .800 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 6
11 Stan Love 24 2 9 2 3 .667 2 3 .667 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 6
12 Jerry West 35 1 14 2 9 .222 0 0 0 2 2 1 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 30 5 37.8 7.0 18.0 .389 5.6 6.6 .848 1.4 1.8 3.2 6.0 1.4 0.2 1.4 19.6
2 Elmore Smith 24 5 34.2 8.4 17.6 .477 2.4 3.4 .706 3.8 6.8 10.6 1.2 1.4 1.6 4.0 19.2
3 Jim Price 24 5 32.2 5.0 13.2 .379 1.8 2.6 .692 1.6 2.2 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.0 4.2 11.8
4 Connie Hawkins 31 5 34.4 4.2 12.0 .350 2.4 3.0 .800 2.8 5.2 8.0 3.2 1.4 0.2 2.6 10.8
5 Happy Hairston 31 5 34.4 3.0 7.2 .417 3.2 3.6 .889 3.0 7.4 10.4 3.8 1.0 0.2 1.6 9.2
6 Pat Riley 28 5 21.2 3.6 10.0 .360 0.6 0.8 .750 0.6 0.6 1.2 2.0 0.8 0.0 2.2 7.8
7 Bill Bridges 34 5 28.8 2.4 8.2 .293 1.2 2.6 .462 2.8 3.2 6.0 1.2 1.4 0.0 3.8 6.0
8 Kermit Washington 22 3 4.7 1.7 3.7 .455 1.7 2.3 .714 3.0 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.0
9 Jerry West 35 1 14.0 2.0 9.0 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.0
10 Stan Love 24 2 4.5 1.0 1.5 .667 1.0 1.5 .667 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0
11 Mel Counts 32 4 8.5 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.8 3.0
12 Nate Hawthorne 24 3 4.7 0.3 2.3 .143 1.3 1.7 .800 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 2.0

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 Kermit Washington 22 3 14 12.9 28.3 .455 12.9 18.0 .714 23.1 2.6 25.7 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 38.6
2 Stan Love 24 2 9 8.0 12.0 .667 8.0 12.0 .667 4.0 8.0 12.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 24.0
3 Elmore Smith 24 5 171 8.8 18.5 .477 2.5 3.6 .706 4.0 7.2 11.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 4.2 20.2
4 Gail Goodrich 30 5 189 6.7 17.1 .389 5.3 6.3 .848 1.3 1.7 3.0 5.7 1.3 0.2 1.3 18.7
5 Nate Hawthorne 24 3 14 2.6 18.0 .143 10.3 12.9 .800 5.1 0.0 5.1 5.1 2.6 2.6 0.0 15.4
6 Jim Price 24 5 161 5.6 14.8 .379 2.0 2.9 .692 1.8 2.5 4.2 2.9 1.6 0.0 4.7 13.2
7 Pat Riley 28 5 106 6.1 17.0 .360 1.0 1.4 .750 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.4 1.4 0.0 3.7 13.2
8 Mel Counts 32 4 34 6.4 12.7 .500 0.0 0.0 2.1 4.2 6.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.2 12.7
9 Connie Hawkins 31 5 172 4.4 12.6 .350 2.5 3.1 .800 2.9 5.4 8.4 3.3 1.5 0.2 2.7 11.3
10 Jerry West 35 1 14 5.1 23.1 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 2.6 10.3
11 Happy Hairston 31 5 172 3.1 7.5 .417 3.3 3.8 .889 3.1 7.7 10.9 4.0 1.0 0.2 1.7 9.6
12 Bill Bridges 34 5 144 3.0 10.2 .293 1.5 3.2 .462 3.5 4.0 7.5 1.5 1.7 0.0 4.7 7.5

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 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 .100
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 .084
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 .043
4 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 .272
5 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 .307
6 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 -0.124
7 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 .067
8 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 .001
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 -0.302
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 -0.043
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 -0.079
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 -0.077