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

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	82	3630	668	1226	.545	668	1226	.545	.545	360	669	.538	1493	352		174	1696
2	Happy Hairston	28	80	2921	574	1233	.466	574	1233	.466	.466	337	431	.782	797	168		256	1485
3	Jerry West	32	69	2845	667	1351	.494	667	1351	.494	.494	525	631	.832	320	655		180	1859
4	Gail Goodrich	27	79	2808	558	1174	.475	558	1174	.475	.475	264	343	.770	260	380		258	1380
5	Keith Erickson	26	73	2272	369	783	.471	369	783	.471	.471	85	112	.759	404	223		241	823
6	Jim McMillian	22	81	1747	289	629	.459	289	629	.459	.459	100	130	.769	330	133		122	678
7	Willie McCarter	24	76	1369	247	592	.417	247	592	.417	.417	46	77	.597	122	126		152	540
8	Rick Roberson	23	65	909	125	301	.415	125	301	.415	.415	88	143	.615	304	47		125	338
9	Fred Hetzel	28	59	613	111	256	.434	111	256	.434	.434	60	77	.779	149	37		99	282
10	Pat Riley	25	54	506	105	254	.413	105	254	.413	.413	56	87	.644	54	72		84	266
11	John Tresvant	31	8	66	18	35	.514	18	35	.514	.514	7	10	.700	23	10		11	43
12	Elgin Baylor	36	2	57	8	19	.421	8	19	.421	.421	4	6	.667	11	2		6	20
13	Earnie Killum	22	4	12	0	4	.000	0	4	.000	.000	1	1	1.000	2	0		1	1
			82	19755	3739	7857	.476	3739	7857	.476	.476	1933	2717	.711	4269	2205	1600	1709	9411

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	12	554	85	187	.455	85	187	.455	.455	50	97	.515	242	53	33	220
2	Jim McMillian	22	12	522	79	181	.436	79	181	.436	.436	23	34	.676	65	22	27	181
3	Gail Goodrich	27	12	518	105	247	.425	105	247	.425	.425	95	113	.841	38	91	38	305
4	Happy Hairston	28	12	471	83	164	.506	83	164	.506	.506	38	50	.760	109	34	41	204
5	Keith Erickson	26	8	313	54	99	.545	54	99	.545	.545	17	22	.773	45	22	34	125
6	Willie McCarter	24	12	232	27	76	.355	27	76	.355	.355	1	6	.167	26	17	30	55
7	Pat Riley	25	7	135	29	69	.420	29	69	.420	.420	8	11	.727	15	14	12	66
8	Rick Roberson	23	9	93	10	29	.345	10	29	.345	.345	4	7	.571	26	4	14	24
9	Fred Hetzel	28	7	38	5	15	.333	5	15	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	7	2	5	12
10	Earnie Killum	22	2	4	1	1	1.000	1	1	1.000	1.000	2	3	.667	0	0	1	4

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	82	3630	20.3	.558	.546	18.4	12.7	8.2	4.5	12.6	.167
2	Happy Hairston	28	80	2921	16.2	.522	.350	12.2	7.7	4.7	2.6	7.2	.119
3	Jerry West	32	69	2845	23.5	.571	.467	5.0	32.3	10.2	2.5	12.8	.215
4	Gail Goodrich	27	79	2808	14.6	.521	.292	4.1	18.1	4.5	1.9	6.4	.109
5	Keith Erickson	26	73	2272	11.5	.494	.143	8.0	12.5	1.6	1.7	3.3	.070
6	Jim McMillian	22	81	1747	12.2	.494	.207	8.5	9.7	1.2	1.3	2.5	.070
7	Willie McCarter	24	76	1369	8.5	.431	.130	4.0	12.0	-1.0	0.8	-0.2	-0.008
8	Rick Roberson	23	65	909	11.8	.464	.475	15.0	6.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	.050
9	Fred Hetzel	28	59	613	12.4	.486	.301	10.9	7.9	0.4	0.5	0.9	.070
10	Pat Riley	25	54	506	12.3	.455	.343	4.8	19.3	-0.1	0.4	0.3	.027
11	John Tresvant	31	8	66	22.7	.546	.286	15.6	22.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	.193
12	Elgin Baylor	36	2	57	9.0	.462	.316	8.6	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	.032
13	Earnie Killum	22	4	12	-5.3	.113	.250	7.5	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.314

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Wilt Chamberlain	34	12	554	19.1	.479	.519	21.3	14.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.070
2	Jim McMillian	22	12	522	10.0	.462	.188	6.1	6.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	.024
3	Gail Goodrich	27	12	518	20.0	.514	.457	3.6	28.0	1.2	0.2	1.4	.131
4	Happy Hairston	28	12	471	16.7	.548	.305	11.3	11.0	1.1	0.2	1.3	.134
5	Keith Erickson	26	8	313	14.2	.575	.222	7.0	10.7	0.8	0.1	0.9	.143
6	Willie McCarter	24	12	232	4.4	.350	.079	5.5	10.3	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.084
7	Pat Riley	25	7	135	13.3	.447	.159	5.4	16.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	.010
8	Rick Roberson	23	9	93	7.4	.374	.241	13.6	6.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.056
9	Fred Hetzel	28	7	38	7.1	.378	.133	9.0	7.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.073
10	Earnie Killum	22	2	4	32.7	.862	3.000	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	.698