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Los Angeles Lakers 1971-1972 Season


1st Pacific Division, 1st Western Conference - Won NBA Finals


Coached by Bill Sharman

Regular Season Record: 69-13 (.841)

Home: 36-5, Away: 31-7, Neutral: 2-1

Playoff Record: 12-3 (.800)

Home: 6-2, Away: 6-1

Won NBA Finals (4-1) over New York Knickerbockers
Won West Conf Finals (4-2) over Milwaukee Bucks
Won West Conf Semis (4-0) over Chicago Bulls

Regular Season Stats


PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
Gail Goodrich 82 3040 826 1695 .487 475 559 .850 0 0 - 295 3.6 365 210 0 0 0 2127 25.9
Jerry West 77 2973 735 1540 .477 515 633 .814 0 0 - 327 4.2 747 209 0 0 0 1985 25.8
Jim Mcmillian 80 3050 642 1331 .482 219 277 .791 0 0 - 522 6.5 209 209 0 0 0 1503 18.8
Wilt Chamberlain 82 3469 496 764 .649 221 524 .422 0 0 - 1572 19.2 329 196 0 0 0 1213 14.8
Happy Hairston 80 2748 368 798 .461 311 399 .779 0 0 - 1045 13.1 193 251 0 0 0 1047 13.1
Elgin Baylor 9 239 42 97 .433 22 27 .815 0 0 - 57 6.3 18 20 0 0 0 106 11.8
Flynn Robinson 64 1007 262 535 .490 111 129 .860 0 0 - 115 1.8 138 139 0 0 0 635 9.9
Pat Riley 67 926 197 441 .447 55 74 .743 0 0 - 127 1.9 75 110 0 0 0 449 6.7
Keith Erickson 15 262 40 83 .482 6 7 .857 0 0 - 39 2.6 35 26 0 0 0 86 5.7
John Trapp 58 759 139 314 .443 51 73 .699 0 0 - 180 3.1 42 130 0 0 0 329 5.7
Leroy Ellis 74 1081 138 300 .460 66 95 .695 0 0 - 310 4.2 46 115 0 0 0 342 4.6
Jim Cleamons 38 201 35 100 .350 28 36 .778 0 0 - 39 1.0 35 21 0 0 0 98 2.6
Team 82 19755 3920 7998 .490 2080 2833 .734 4628 56.4 2232 1636 9920 121.0
Opponents 82 19755 3699 8553 .432 1515 1972 .768 4290 52.3 1994 1997 8913 108.7



Playoff Stats


PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
Gail Goodrich 15 575 130 292 .445 97 108 .898 0 0 - 38 2.5 50 50 0 0 0 357 23.8
Jerry West 15 608 128 340 .376 88 106 .830 0 0 - 73 4.9 134 39 0 0 0 344 22.9
Jim Mcmillian 15 624 113 253 .447 60 70 .857 0 0 - 85 5.7 22 43 0 0 0 286 19.1
Wilt Chamberlain 15 703 80 142 .563 60 122 .492 0 0 - 315 21.0 49 47 0 0 0 220 14.7
Happy Hairston 15 577 74 168 .440 54 68 .794 0 0 - 197 13.1 31 44 0 0 0 202 13.5
Flynn Robinson 7 72 19 41 .463 7 10 .700 0 0 - 13 1.9 5 13 0 0 0 45 6.4
Pat Riley 15 244 33 99 .333 12 16 .750 0 0 - 29 1.9 14 37 0 0 0 78 5.2
Leroy Ellis 13 134 19 41 .463 1 4 .250 0 0 - 41 3.2 10 9 0 0 0 39 3.0
John Trapp 10 71 8 33 .242 4 7 .571 0 0 - 16 1.6 5 9 0 0 0 20 2.0
Jim Cleamons 6 17 4 7 .571 0 0 - 0 0 - 4 0.7 4 3 0 0 0 8 1.3