1967-68 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Butch van Breda Kolff (52-30)

Executive: Fred Schaus

PTS/G: 121.2 (2nd of 12) Opp PTS/G: 115.6 (6th of 12)

SRS: 4.99 (2nd of 12) Pace: 118.1 (8th of 12)

Off Rtg: 101.7 (1st of 12) Def Rtg: 97.0 (7th of 12) Net Rtg: +4.7 (2nd of 12)

Expected W-L: 54-28 (2nd of 12)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 421,326 (1st of 2)

NBA 1968 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-0) versus San Francisco Warriors (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
30	Cliff Anderson	SG	6-2	200	September 7, 1944		R	Saint Joseph's
23	Jim Barnes	PF	6-8	210	April 13, 1941	us US	3	Texas-El Paso
22	Elgin Baylor	SF	6-5	225	September 16, 1934	us US	9	College of Idaho, Seattle University
21	Archie Clark	PG	6-2	175	July 15, 1941	us US	1	Minnesota
31	Mel Counts	PF	7-0	230	October 16, 1941	us US	3	Oregon State
12	Freddie Crawford	SG	6-4	189	December 23, 1941	us US	1	St. Bonaventure
11	Gail Goodrich	SG	6-1	170	April 23, 1943	us US	2	UCLA
52	Dennis Hamilton	PF	6-8	210	May 8, 1944	us US	R	Arizona State
33	Tom Hawkins	PF	6-5	210	December 22, 1936	us US	8	Notre Dame
14	Darrall Imhoff	C	6-10	220	October 11, 1938	us US	7	California
34	Erwin Mueller	C	6-8	230	March 12, 1944	us US	1	San Francisco
44	Jerry West	SG	6-3	175	May 28, 1938	us US	7	West Virginia
24	John Wetzel	SF	6-5	190	October 22, 1944	us US	R	Virginia Tech

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Elgin Baylor	33	SF	77	39.3	9.8	22.2	.443	6.3	8.1	.786	12.2	4.6	3.0	26.0	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
2	Jerry West	29	SG	51	37.6	9.3	18.2	.514	7.7	9.5	.811	5.8	6.1	3.0	26.3	AS,NBA2
3	Archie Clark	26	PG	81	37.5	7.8	16.2	.480	4.4	5.9	.740	4.2	4.4	2.9	19.9	AS
4	Tom Hawkins	31	PF	78	31.6	5.0	10.0	.499	1.6	2.9	.546	5.9	1.5	3.7	11.6
5	Darrall Imhoff	29	C	82	27.7	3.6	7.5	.478	2.2	3.5	.619	10.9	2.5	3.2	9.3
6	Gail Goodrich	24	SG	79	26.0	5.0	10.3	.486	3.8	5.0	.770	2.5	2.6	2.9	13.8
7	Erwin Mueller	23	C	39	24.9	3.4	6.5	.520	1.6	2.6	.592	5.7	2.0	2.2	8.3
8	Mel Counts	26	PF	82	21.2	4.7	9.9	.475	2.3	3.1	.748	8.9	1.7	3.8	11.7
9	Freddie Crawford	26	SG	38	19.9	4.2	8.7	.482	1.9	3.2	.617	2.9	2.5	2.7	10.3
10	Jim Barnes	26	PF	42	17.0	2.4	5.6	.430	1.4	2.1	.670	5.0	0.6	3.2	6.2
11	John Wetzel	23	SF	38	11.4	1.4	3.1	.437	0.9	1.2	.761	2.2	1.3	1.4	3.7
12	Dennis Hamilton	23	PF	44	8.6	1.2	2.5	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.6	0.7	1.0	2.8
13	Cliff Anderson	23	SG	18	5.2	0.4	1.6	.241	0.7	1.6	.429	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.4
	Team Totals				48.4	46.7	97.9	.477	27.8	38.3	.726	63.7	24.2	26.2	121.2

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	33	SF	15	42.2	11.7	25.1	.468	5.1	7.5	.679	14.5	4.0	2.7	28.5
2	Jerry West	29	SG	15	41.5	11.0	20.9	.527	8.8	11.3	.781	5.4	5.5	3.1	30.8
3	Archie Clark	26	PG	15	35.2	5.9	13.7	.427	3.5	4.6	.768	3.1	4.0	2.8	15.3
4	Tom Hawkins	31	PF	15	31.9	3.9	8.6	.457	1.6	2.7	.600	6.0	1.2	3.5	9.5
5	Darrall Imhoff	29	C	15	29.3	2.9	5.9	.494	1.7	3.4	.510	10.9	2.0	3.7	7.6
6	Mel Counts	26	PF	15	20.4	3.6	6.7	.535	1.4	2.1	.677	8.9	1.6	3.5	8.6
7	Erwin Mueller	23	C	14	17.9	1.4	4.2	.339	0.4	1.0	.357	3.9	1.3	2.3	3.2
8	Freddie Crawford	26	SG	15	17.1	2.4	5.5	.434	1.3	2.3	.543	2.3	1.1	2.7	6.1
9	Gail Goodrich	24	SG	10	10.0	2.3	4.7	.489	1.4	1.8	.778	1.4	1.4	1.0	6.0
10	Dennis Hamilton	23	PF	2	5.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.5	0.0	1.0
	Team Totals				48.3	44.4	93.7	.474	24.7	35.9	.686	55.9	21.5	24.9	113.5

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Archie Clark	26	PG	81	3039	7.4	15.5	.480	4.2	5.7	.740	4.1	4.2	2.8	19.1	AS
2	Elgin Baylor	33	SF	77	3029	9.0	20.3	.443	5.8	7.4	.786	11.2	4.2	2.8	23.8	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
3	Tom Hawkins	31	PF	78	2463	5.7	11.4	.499	1.8	3.3	.546	6.7	1.7	4.2	13.2
4	Darrall Imhoff	29	C	82	2271	4.6	9.7	.478	2.8	4.5	.619	14.2	3.3	4.2	12.1
5	Gail Goodrich	24	SG	79	2057	6.9	14.2	.486	5.3	6.9	.770	3.5	3.6	4.0	19.1
6	Jerry West	29	SG	51	1919	8.9	17.4	.514	7.3	9.0	.811	5.5	5.8	2.9	25.2	AS,NBA2
7	Mel Counts	26	PF	82	1739	7.9	16.7	.475	3.9	5.3	.748	15.2	2.9	6.4	19.8
8	Erwin Mueller	23	C	39	973	4.9	9.4	.520	2.3	3.8	.592	8.2	2.9	3.2	12.0
9	Freddie Crawford	26	SG	38	756	7.6	15.7	.482	3.5	5.7	.617	5.3	4.5	5.0	18.7
10	Jim Barnes	26	PF	42	713	5.1	11.9	.430	3.0	4.4	.670	10.7	1.4	6.8	13.2
11	John Wetzel	23	SF	38	434	4.3	9.9	.437	2.9	3.8	.761	7.0	4.2	4.6	11.5
12	Dennis Hamilton	23	PF	44	378	5.1	10.3	.500	1.2	1.2	1.000	6.9	2.9	4.4	11.5
13	Cliff Anderson	23	SG	18	94	2.7	11.1	.241	4.6	10.7	.429	4.2	6.5	6.9	10.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	33	SF	15	633	10.0	21.4	.468	4.3	6.4	.679	12.4	3.4	2.3	24.3
2	Jerry West	29	SG	15	622	9.5	18.1	.527	7.6	9.8	.781	4.7	4.7	2.7	26.7
3	Archie Clark	26	PG	15	528	6.0	14.0	.427	3.6	4.7	.768	3.2	4.1	2.9	15.6
4	Tom Hawkins	31	PF	15	478	4.4	9.7	.457	1.8	3.0	.600	6.8	1.4	4.0	10.7
5	Darrall Imhoff	29	C	15	440	3.6	7.3	.494	2.1	4.2	.510	13.3	2.5	4.6	9.3
6	Mel Counts	26	PF	15	306	6.4	11.9	.535	2.5	3.6	.677	15.6	2.8	6.1	15.2
7	Freddie Crawford	26	SG	15	257	5.0	11.6	.434	2.7	4.9	.543	4.9	2.2	5.7	12.7
8	Erwin Mueller	23	C	14	250	2.9	8.5	.339	0.7	2.0	.357	7.8	2.6	4.6	6.5
9	Gail Goodrich	24	SG	10	100	8.3	16.9	.489	5.0	6.5	.778	5.0	5.0	3.6	21.6
10	Dennis Hamilton	23	PF	2	11	3.3	9.8	.333	0.0	0.0		6.5	3.3	0.0	6.5