1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 69-13
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 12-3 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-2
Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 4-1
Coach: Bill Sharman (69-13)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 668,340, Avg. 16,301 in 41 home dates

1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 69 wins and 13 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-3.

The Lakers led the league with 9,920 points. Los Angeles surrendered 8,913 points. Gail Goodrich scored a team-leading 2,127 points for the squad, and Jerry West contributed 19 or more per game, too. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 1,572 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 747 assists for the team.

Bill Sharman coached the team. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	82	3040	1695	826			559	475	295	365	210	2127
Jerry West	G-F	77	2973	1540	735			633	515	327	747	209	1985
Jim McMillian	F	80	3050	1331	642			277	219	522	209	209	1503
Wilt Chamberlain	C	82	3469	764	496			524	221	1572	329	196	1213
Happy Hairston	F	80	2748	798	368			399	311	1045	193	251	1047
Flynn Robinson	G	64	1007	535	262			129	111	115	138	139	635
Pat Riley	G-F	67	926	441	197			74	55	127	75	110	449
Leroy Ellis	C-F	74	1081	300	138			95	66	310	46	115	342
John Trapp	F	58	759	314	139			73	51	180	42	130	329
Elgin Baylor	F	9	239	97	42			27	22	57	18	20	106
Jim Cleamons	G	38	201	100	35			36	28	39	35	21	98
Keith Erickson	F-G	15	262	83	40			7	6	39	35	26	86
Totals		726	19755	7998	3920	0	0	2833	2080	4628	2232	1636	9920

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	82	37.1	48.7	85.0	3.6	4.5	2.6	25.9
Jerry West	G-F	77	38.6	47.7	81.4	4.2	9.7	2.7	25.8
Jim McMillian	F	80	38.1	48.2	79.1	6.5	2.6	2.6	18.8
Wilt Chamberlain	C	82	42.3	64.9	42.2	19.2	4.0	2.4	14.8
Happy Hairston	F	80	34.4	46.1	77.9	13.1	2.4	3.1	13.1
Flynn Robinson	G	64	15.7	49.0	86.0	1.8	2.2	2.2	9.9
Pat Riley	G-F	67	13.8	44.7	74.3	1.9	1.1	1.6	6.7
Leroy Ellis	C-F	74	14.6	46.0	69.5	4.2	0.6	1.6	4.6
John Trapp	F	58	13.1	44.3	69.9	3.1	0.7	2.2	5.7
Elgin Baylor	F	9	26.6	43.3	81.5	6.3	2.0	2.2	11.8
Jim Cleamons	G	38	5.3	35.0	77.8	1.0	0.9	0.6	2.6
Keith Erickson	F-G	15	17.5	48.2	85.7	2.6	2.3	1.7	5.7
Averages		726	27.2	49.0	73.4	6.4	3.1	2.3	13.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	15	575	292	130			108	97	38	50	50	357
Jerry West	G-F	15	608	340	128			106	88	73	134	39	344
Jim McMillian	F	15	624	253	113			70	60	85	22	43	286
Wilt Chamberlain	C	15	703	142	80			122	60	315	49	47	220
Happy Hairston	F	15	577	168	74			68	54	197	31	44	202
Pat Riley	G-F	15	244	99	33			16	12	29	14	37	78
Flynn Robinson	G	7	72	41	19			10	7	13	5	13	45
Leroy Ellis	C-F	13	134	41	19			4	1	41	10	9	39
John Trapp	F	10	71	33	8			7	4	16	5	9	20
Jim Cleamons	G	6	17	7	4			0	0	4	4	3	8
Totals		126	3625	1416	608	0	0	511	383	811	324	294	1599

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Gail Goodrich	G	15	38.3	44.5	89.8	2.5	3.3	3.3	23.8
Jerry West	G-F	15	40.5	37.6	83.0	4.9	8.9	2.6	22.9
Jim McMillian	F	15	41.6	44.7	85.7	5.7	1.5	2.9	19.1
Wilt Chamberlain	C	15	46.9	56.3	49.2	21.0	3.3	3.1	14.7
Happy Hairston	F	15	38.5	44.0	79.4	13.1	2.1	2.9	13.5
Pat Riley	G-F	15	16.3	33.3	75.0	1.9	0.9	2.5	5.2
Flynn Robinson	G	7	10.3	46.3	70.0	1.9	0.7	1.9	6.4
Leroy Ellis	C-F	13	10.3	46.3	25.0	3.2	0.8	0.7	3.0
John Trapp	F	10	7.1	24.2	57.1	1.6	0.5	0.9	2.0
Jim Cleamons	G	6	2.8	57.1		0.7	0.7	0.5	1.3
Averages		726	28.8	42.9	75.0	6.4	2.6	2.3	12.7