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1973-74 Los Angeles Lakers

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47-35, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 109.2 points per game, Allowed 108.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-39)
Coached by Bill Sharman (47-35)

SRS: 0.85 (8th of 17)
Pace Factor: 111.7 (1st of 17)
Offensive Rating: 97.4 (10th of 17), Defensive Rating: 96.6 (7th of 17)

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

1973-74 Statistics / Schedule

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
Team 82 19755 3536 7803 .453 1879 2443 .769 1365 2970 4335 2179 794 653 1913 2032 8951
Opponent 82 19755 3667 8364 .438 1546 2044 .756 1525 2786 4311 2061 797 430 1719 2135 8880

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G 6-1 170 30 82 3061 784 1773 .442 508 588 .864 95 155 250 427 126 12 227 2076
2 Jim Price G 6-3 195 24 82 2628 538 1197 .449 187 234 .799 120 258 378 369 157 29 229 1263
3 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 31 77 2634 385 759 .507 343 445 .771 335 705 1040 208 64 17 264 1113
4 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 24 81 2922 434 949 .457 147 249 .590 204 702 906 150 71 393 309 1015
5 Connie Hawkins F-C 6-8 210 31 71 2538 368 733 .502 173 224 .772 162 360 522 379 105 78 203 909
6 Pat Riley G-F 6-4 205 28 72 1361 287 667 .430 110 144 .764 38 90 128 148 54 3 173 684
7 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 35 31 967 232 519 .447 165 198 .833 30 86 116 206 81 23 80 629
8 Bill Bridges F-C 6-6 228 34 65 1812 216 513 .421 116 164 .707 193 306 499 148 58 31 219 548
9 Stan Love F 6-9 215 24 51 698 119 278 .428 49 64 .766 54 116 170 48 28 20 132 287
10 Kermit Washington F-C 6-8 230 22 45 400 73 151 .483 26 49 .531 62 85 147 19 21 18 77 172
11 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 32 45 499 61 167 .365 24 33 .727 56 90 146 54 20 23 85 146
12 Nate Hawthorne G 6-4 190 24 33 229 38 93 .409 30 48 .625 16 16 32 23 9 6 33 106
13 Travis Grant F 6-7 215 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 G 6-1 170 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 G-F 6-2 175 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 G 6-3 195 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 F 6-7 225 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 F-C 6-8 210 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 C 7-0 250 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 G-F 6-4 205 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 F-C 6-6 228 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 F 6-9 215 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 F-C 6-8 230 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 C-F 7-0 230 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 G 6-4 190 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 F 6-7 215 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 G 6-1 170 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 G-F 6-2 175 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 G-F 6-4 205 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 F 6-7 215 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 G 6-3 195 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 G 6-4 190 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 F-C 6-8 230 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 F 6-7 225 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 F 6-9 215 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 F-C 6-8 210 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 C 7-0 250 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 F-C 6-6 228 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 C-F 7-0 230 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 Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Bill Bridges F-C 6-6 228 34 65 1812 11.6 .468 .421 10.1 14.8 12.6 10.5 1.4 0.8 97
2 Kermit Washington F-C 6-8 230 22 45 400 15.6 .498 .483 14.8 18.7 16.8 6.7 2.3 2.1 93
3 Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 24 81 2922 14.5 .479 .457 6.6 21.1 14.2 6.9 1.0 6.4 92
4 Pat Riley G-F 6-4 205 28 72 1361 12.3 .468 .430 2.7 5.8 4.3 15.9 1.7 0.1 101
5 Jim Price G 6-3 195 24 82 2628 15.5 .486 .449 4.3 8.6 6.6 20.3 2.6 0.5 97
6 Stan Love F 6-9 215 24 51 698 11.9 .469 .428 7.4 14.6 11.1 9.5 1.7 1.4 96
7 Nate Hawthorne G 6-4 190 24 33 229 12.8 .464 .409 6.7 6.1 6.4 13.8 1.7 1.2 100
8 Connie Hawkins F-C 6-8 210 31 71 2538 15.5 .547 .502 6.1 12.5 9.4 19.9 1.8 1.5 97
9 Happy Hairston F 6-7 225 31 77 2634 17.2 .583 .507 12.1 23.5 18.0 10.5 1.0 0.3 95
10 Travis Grant F 6-7 215 24 3 6 -1.5 .282 .250 0.0 14.6 7.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
11 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 30 82 3061 18.5 .511 .442 3.0 4.5 3.7 21.8 1.8 0.2 101
12 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 32 45 499 11.4 .402 .365 10.7 15.9 13.4 14.0 1.7 2.2 95
13 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 35 31 967 22.4 .519 .447 3.0 7.8 5.5 32.5 3.6 1.1 95

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G 6-1 170 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 C 7-0 250 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 G 6-3 195 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 F-C 6-8 210 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 F 6-7 225 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 G-F 6-4 205 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 F-C 6-6 228 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 F-C 6-8 230 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 C-F 7-0 230 32 4 34 6 12 0 0 2 6 2 2 2 3 12 .500 8.5 3.0 1.5 0.5
10 Stan Love F 6-9 215 24 2 9 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 6 .667 .667 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.5
11 Nate Hawthorne G 6-4 190 24 3 14 1 7 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 .143 .800 4.7 2.0 0.7 0.7
12 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 35 1 14 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 .222 14.0 4.0 2.0 1.0

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 (*)