1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Joe Mullaney (48-34)

Executive: Fred Schaus

PTS/G: 114.8 (7th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (6th of 17)

SRS: 3.27 (4th of 17) Pace: 115.7 (9th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.8 (4th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.1 (8th of 17) Net Rtg: +2.6 (4th of 17)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 17)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 566,108 (1st of 2)

NBA 1971 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (1-4) versus Milwaukee Bucks (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
22	Elgin Baylor	SF	6-5	225	September 16, 1934	us US	12	College of Idaho, Seattle University
13	Wilt Chamberlain	C	7-1	275	August 21, 1936	us US	11	Kansas
24	Keith Erickson	SF	6-5	195	April 19, 1944	us US	5	UCLA
25	Gail Goodrich	SG	6-1	170	April 23, 1943	us US	5	UCLA
52	Happy Hairston	PF	6-7	225	May 31, 1942	us US	6	NYU
30	Fred Hetzel	SF	6-8	220	July 21, 1942	us US	5	Davidson
20	Earnie Killum	G	6-3	180	June 11, 1948		R	Stetson University
15	Willie McCarter	SG	6-3	175	July 26, 1946	us US	1	Drake University
5	Jim McMillian	SF	6-5	215	March 11, 1948	us US	R	Columbia University
12	Pat Riley	SG	6-4	205	March 20, 1945	us US	3	Kentucky
35	Rick Roberson	C	6-9	231	July 7, 1947	us US	1	Cincinnati
14	John Tresvant	PF	6-7	215	November 6, 1939	us US	6	Seattle University
44	Jerry West	PG	6-3	175	May 28, 1938	us US	10	West Virginia

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	C	82	44.3	8.1	15.0	.545	4.4	8.2	.538	18.2	4.3	2.1	20.7	AS
2	Jerry West	32	PG	69	41.2	9.7	19.6	.494	7.6	9.1	.832	4.6	9.5	2.6	26.9	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
3	Happy Hairston	28	PF	80	36.5	7.2	15.4	.466	4.2	5.4	.782	10.0	2.1	3.2	18.6
4	Gail Goodrich	27	SG	79	35.5	7.1	14.9	.475	3.3	4.3	.770	3.3	4.8	3.3	17.5
5	Keith Erickson	26	SF	73	31.1	5.1	10.7	.471	1.2	1.5	.759	5.5	3.1	3.3	11.3
6	Elgin Baylor	36	SF	2	28.5	4.0	9.5	.421	2.0	3.0	.667	5.5	1.0	3.0	10.0
7	Jim McMillian	22	SF	81	21.6	3.6	7.8	.459	1.2	1.6	.769	4.1	1.6	1.5	8.4
8	Willie McCarter	24	SG	76	18.0	3.3	7.8	.417	0.6	1.0	.597	1.6	1.7	2.0	7.1
9	Rick Roberson	23	C	65	14.0	1.9	4.6	.415	1.4	2.2	.615	4.7	0.7	1.9	5.2
10	Fred Hetzel	28	SF	59	10.4	1.9	4.3	.434	1.0	1.3	.779	2.5	0.6	1.7	4.8
11	Pat Riley	25	SG	54	9.4	1.9	4.7	.413	1.0	1.6	.644	1.0	1.3	1.6	4.9
12	John Tresvant	31	PF	8	8.3	2.3	4.4	.514	0.9	1.3	.700	2.9	1.3	1.4	5.4
13	Earnie Killum	22		4	3.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3
	Team Totals			82	27.0	5.1	10.7	.476	2.6	3.7	.711	5.8	3.0	2.3	12.9

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	C	12	46.2	7.1	15.6	.455	4.2	8.1	.515	20.2	4.4	2.8	18.3
2	Jim McMillian	22	SF	12	43.5	6.6	15.1	.436	1.9	2.8	.676	5.4	1.8	2.3	15.1
3	Gail Goodrich	27	SG	12	43.2	8.8	20.6	.425	7.9	9.4	.841	3.2	7.6	3.2	25.4
4	Happy Hairston	28	PF	12	39.3	6.9	13.7	.506	3.2	4.2	.760	9.1	2.8	3.4	17.0
5	Keith Erickson	26	SF	8	39.1	6.8	12.4	.545	2.1	2.8	.773	5.6	2.8	4.3	15.6
6	Willie McCarter	24	SG	12	19.3	2.3	6.3	.355	0.1	0.5	.167	2.2	1.4	2.5	4.6
7	Pat Riley	25	SG	7	19.3	4.1	9.9	.420	1.1	1.6	.727	2.1	2.0	1.7	9.4
8	Rick Roberson	23	C	9	10.3	1.1	3.2	.345	0.4	0.8	.571	2.9	0.4	1.6	2.7
9	Fred Hetzel	28	SF	7	5.4	0.7	2.1	.333	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.7
10	Earnie Killum	22		2	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
	Team Totals			24	31.0	5.1	11.5	.448	2.6	3.7	.696	6.2	2.8	2.5	12.9

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	C	82	3630	6.6	12.2	.545	3.6	6.6	.538	14.8	3.5	1.7	16.8	AS
2	Happy Hairston	28	PF	80	2921	7.1	15.2	.466	4.2	5.3	.782	9.8	2.1	3.2	18.3
3	Jerry West	32	PG	69	2845	8.4	17.1	.494	6.6	8.0	.832	4.0	8.3	2.3	23.5	MVP-2,AS,NBA1
4	Gail Goodrich	27	SG	79	2808	7.2	15.1	.475	3.4	4.4	.770	3.3	4.9	3.3	17.7
5	Keith Erickson	26	SF	73	2272	5.8	12.4	.471	1.3	1.8	.759	6.4	3.5	3.8	13.0
6	Jim McMillian	22	SF	81	1747	6.0	13.0	.459	2.1	2.7	.769	6.8	2.7	2.5	14.0
7	Willie McCarter	24	SG	76	1369	6.5	15.6	.417	1.2	2.0	.597	3.2	3.3	4.0	14.2
8	Rick Roberson	23	C	65	909	5.0	11.9	.415	3.5	5.7	.615	12.0	1.9	5.0	13.4
9	Fred Hetzel	28	SF	59	613	6.5	15.0	.434	3.5	4.5	.779	8.8	2.2	5.8	16.6
10	Pat Riley	25	SG	54	506	7.5	18.1	.413	4.0	6.2	.644	3.8	5.1	6.0	18.9
11	John Tresvant	31	PF	8	66	9.8	19.1	.514	3.8	5.5	.700	12.5	5.5	6.0	23.5
12	Elgin Baylor	36	SF	2	57	5.1	12.0	.421	2.5	3.8	.667	6.9	1.3	3.8	12.6
13	Earnie Killum	22		4	12	0.0	12.0	.000	3.0	3.0	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	C	12	554	5.5	12.2	.455	3.2	6.3	.515	15.7	3.4	2.1	14.3
2	Jim McMillian	22	SF	12	522	5.4	12.5	.436	1.6	2.3	.676	4.5	1.5	1.9	12.5
3	Gail Goodrich	27	SG	12	518	7.3	17.2	.425	6.6	7.9	.841	2.6	6.3	2.6	21.2
4	Happy Hairston	28	PF	12	471	6.3	12.5	.506	2.9	3.8	.760	8.3	2.6	3.1	15.6
5	Keith Erickson	26	SF	8	313	6.2	11.4	.545	2.0	2.5	.773	5.2	2.5	3.9	14.4
6	Willie McCarter	24	SG	12	232	4.2	11.8	.355	0.2	0.9	.167	4.0	2.6	4.7	8.5
7	Pat Riley	25	SG	7	135	7.7	18.4	.420	2.1	2.9	.727	4.0	3.7	3.2	17.6
8	Rick Roberson	23	C	9	93	3.9	11.2	.345	1.5	2.7	.571	10.1	1.5	5.4	9.3
9	Fred Hetzel	28	SF	7	38	4.7	14.2	.333	1.9	1.9	1.000	6.6	1.9	4.7	11.4
10	Earnie Killum	22		2	4	9.0	9.0	1.000	18.0	27.0	.667	0.0	0.0	9.0	36.0