1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 60-22
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 9-8 Lost finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-3
Conference Finals - Defeated Golden State Warriors 4-1
Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 4-1
Coach: Bill Sharman (60-22)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 664,872, Avg. 16,216 in 41 home dates

1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 60 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-8.

The Lakers poured in 9,159 points and gave up 8,459. Gail Goodrich scored a team-leading 1,814 points for Los Angeles, while Jim McMillian and Jerry West netted 18 or more per game as well. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 1,526 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 607 assists for the squad.

Bill Sharman coached the team. The 1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	76	2697	1615	750			374	314	263	332	193	1814
Jerry West	G-F	69	2460	1291	618			421	339	289	607	138	1575
Jim McMillian	F	81	2953	1431	655			264	223	447	221	176	1533
Wilt Chamberlain	C	82	3542	586	426			455	232	1526	365	191	1084
Bill Bridges	F-C	72	2491	597	286			190	133	782	196	261	705
Keith Erickson	F-G	76	1920	696	299			110	89	337	242	190	687
Happy Hairston	F	28	939	328	158			178	140	370	68	77	456
Pat Riley	G-F	55	801	390	167			82	65	65	81	126	399
Jim Price	G	59	828	359	158			73	60	115	97	119	376
Mel Counts	C-F	59	611	278	127			58	39	237	62	98	293
Travis Grant	F	33	153	116	51			26	23	52	7	19	125
Bill Turner	F	19	117	52	17			7	4	25	11	13	38
Flynn Robinson	G	6	47	28	14			8	6	7	8	11	34
Leroy Ellis	C-F	10	156	40	11			5	4	33	3	13	26
John Trapp	F	5	35	12	3			10	7	14	2	10	13
Roger Brown	C	1	5	0	0			3	1	0	0	1	1
Totals		731	19755	7819	3740	0	0	2264	1679	4562	2302	1636	9159

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	76	35.5	46.4	84.0	3.5	4.4	2.5	23.9
Jerry West	G-F	69	35.7	47.9	80.5	4.2	8.8	2.0	22.8
Jim McMillian	F	81	36.5	45.8	84.5	5.5	2.7	2.2	18.9
Wilt Chamberlain	C	82	43.2	72.7	51.0	18.6	4.5	2.3	13.2
Bill Bridges	F-C	72	34.6	47.9	70.0	10.9	2.7	3.6	9.8
Keith Erickson	F-G	76	25.3	43.0	80.9	4.4	3.2	2.5	9.0
Happy Hairston	F	28	33.5	48.2	78.7	13.2	2.4	2.8	16.3
Pat Riley	G-F	55	14.6	42.8	79.3	1.2	1.5	2.3	7.3
Jim Price	G	59	14.0	44.0	82.2	1.9	1.6	2.0	6.4
Mel Counts	C-F	59	10.4	45.7	67.2	4.0	1.1	1.7	5.0
Travis Grant	F	33	4.6	44.0	88.5	1.6	0.2	0.6	3.8
Bill Turner	F	19	6.2	32.7	57.1	1.3	0.6	0.7	2.0
Flynn Robinson	G	6	7.8	50.0	75.0	1.2	1.3	1.8	5.7
Leroy Ellis	C-F	10	15.6	27.5	80.0	3.3	0.3	1.3	2.6
John Trapp	F	5	7.0	25.0	70.0	2.8	0.4	2.0	2.6
Roger Brown	C	1	5.0		33.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
Averages		731	27.0	47.8	74.2	6.2	3.1	2.2	12.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	17	638	336	151			127	99	76	132	49	401
Jim McMillian	F	17	630	307	143			75	55	82	37	41	341
Gail Goodrich	G	17	604	310	139			79	62	61	67	53	340
Wilt Chamberlain	C	17	801	116	64			98	49	383	60	48	177
Mel Counts	C-F	17	327	133	61			41	32	104	28	51	154
Bill Bridges	F-C	17	582	136	57			49	38	158	29	68	152
Keith Erickson	F-G	17	404	147	66			22	15	59	30	52	147
Pat Riley	G-F	7	53	27	9			0	0	5	7	10	18
Travis Grant	F	2	11	6	4			0	0	4	0	1	8
Happy Hairston	F	3	26	9	1			8	6	4	1	2	8
Jim Price	G	3	16	11	3			0	0	4	2	2	6
Bill Turner	F	2	13	5	2			2	2	2	0	1	6
Totals		136	4105	1543	700	0	0	501	358	942	393	378	1758

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	17	37.5	44.9	78.0	4.5	7.8	2.9	23.6
Jim McMillian	F	17	37.1	46.6	73.3	4.8	2.2	2.4	20.1
Gail Goodrich	G	17	35.5	44.8	78.5	3.6	3.9	3.1	20.0
Wilt Chamberlain	C	17	47.1	55.2	50.0	22.5	3.5	2.8	10.4
Mel Counts	C-F	17	19.2	45.9	78.0	6.1	1.6	3.0	9.1
Bill Bridges	F-C	17	34.2	41.9	77.6	9.3	1.7	4.0	8.9
Keith Erickson	F-G	17	23.8	44.9	68.2	3.5	1.8	3.1	8.6
Pat Riley	G-F	7	7.6	33.3		0.7	1.0	1.4	2.6
Travis Grant	F	2	5.5	66.7		2.0	0.0	0.5	4.0
Happy Hairston	F	3	8.7	11.1	75.0	1.3	0.3	0.7	2.7
Jim Price	G	3	5.3	27.3		1.3	0.7	0.7	2.0
Bill Turner	F	2	6.5	40.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	3.0
Averages		731	30.2	45.4	71.5	6.9	2.9	2.8	12.9