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.

Los Angeles poured in 9,159 points and gave up 8,459.

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