Los Angeles Lakers 1972-1973 Season
Game log
1st Pacific Division, 2nd Western Conference - Lost NBA Finals
Coached by Bill Sharman
Regular Season Record: 60-22 (.732)
Home: 30-11, Away: 28-11, Neutral: 2-0Playoff Record: 9-8 (.529)
Home: 8-2, Away: 1-6Lost NBA Finals (4-1) to New York Knickerbockers
Won West Conf Finals (4-1) over Golden State Warriors
Won West Conf Semis (4-3) over Chicago Bulls
Regular Season Stats
| PLAYER | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Goodrich | 76 | 2697 | 750 | 1615 | .464 | 314 | 374 | .840 | 0 | 0 | - | 263 | 3.5 | 332 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1814 | 23.9 |
| Jerry West | 69 | 2460 | 618 | 1291 | .479 | 339 | 421 | .805 | 0 | 0 | - | 289 | 4.2 | 607 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1575 | 22.8 |
| Jim Mcmillian | 81 | 2953 | 655 | 1431 | .458 | 223 | 264 | .845 | 0 | 0 | - | 447 | 5.5 | 221 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1533 | 18.9 |
| Happy Hairston | 28 | 939 | 158 | 328 | .482 | 140 | 178 | .787 | 0 | 0 | - | 370 | 13.2 | 68 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 456 | 16.3 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 82 | 3542 | 426 | 586 | .727 | 232 | 455 | .510 | 0 | 0 | - | 1526 | 18.6 | 365 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1084 | 13.2 |
| Bill Bridges | 72 | 2491 | 286 | 597 | .479 | 133 | 190 | .700 | 0 | 0 | - | 782 | 10.9 | 196 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 705 | 9.8 |
| Keith Erickson | 76 | 1920 | 299 | 696 | .430 | 89 | 110 | .809 | 0 | 0 | - | 337 | 4.4 | 242 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 9.0 |
| Pat Riley | 55 | 801 | 167 | 390 | .428 | 65 | 82 | .793 | 0 | 0 | - | 65 | 1.2 | 81 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399 | 7.3 |
| Jim Price | 59 | 828 | 158 | 359 | .440 | 60 | 73 | .822 | 0 | 0 | - | 115 | 1.9 | 97 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 6.4 |
| Flynn Robinson | 6 | 47 | 14 | 28 | .500 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 1.2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.7 |
| Mel Counts | 59 | 611 | 127 | 278 | .457 | 39 | 58 | .672 | 0 | 0 | - | 237 | 4.0 | 62 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 5.0 |
| Travis Grant | 33 | 153 | 51 | 116 | .440 | 23 | 26 | .885 | 0 | 0 | - | 52 | 1.6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 3.8 |
| Leroy Ellis | 10 | 156 | 11 | 40 | .275 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 0 | 0 | - | 33 | 3.3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.6 |
| John Trapp | 5 | 35 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 0 | 0 | - | 14 | 2.8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.6 |
| Bill Turner | 19 | 117 | 17 | 52 | .327 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 1.3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.0 |
| Roger Brown | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Team | 82 | 19755 | 3740 | 7819 | .478 | 1679 | 2264 | .742 | 4562 | 55.6 | 2302 | 1636 | 9159 | 111.7 | ||||||
| Opponents | 82 | 19755 | 3646 | 8409 | .434 | 1167 | 1583 | .737 | 4101 | 50.0 | 1963 | 1941 | 8459 | 103.2 |
Playoff Stats
| PLAYER | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry West | 17 | 638 | 151 | 336 | .449 | 99 | 127 | .780 | 0 | 0 | - | 76 | 4.5 | 132 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 401 | 23.6 |
| Jim Mcmillian | 17 | 630 | 143 | 307 | .466 | 55 | 75 | .733 | 0 | 0 | - | 82 | 4.8 | 37 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341 | 20.1 |
| Gail Goodrich | 17 | 604 | 139 | 310 | .448 | 62 | 79 | .785 | 0 | 0 | - | 61 | 3.6 | 67 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 20.0 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 17 | 801 | 64 | 116 | .552 | 49 | 98 | .500 | 0 | 0 | - | 383 | 22.5 | 60 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 10.4 |
| Mel Counts | 17 | 327 | 61 | 133 | .459 | 32 | 41 | .780 | 0 | 0 | - | 104 | 6.1 | 28 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 9.1 |
| Bill Bridges | 17 | 582 | 57 | 136 | .419 | 38 | 49 | .776 | 0 | 0 | - | 158 | 9.3 | 29 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 8.9 |
| Keith Erickson | 17 | 404 | 66 | 147 | .449 | 15 | 22 | .682 | 0 | 0 | - | 59 | 3.5 | 30 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 8.6 |
| Travis Grant | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 |
| Bill Turner | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Happy Hairston | 3 | 26 | 1 | 9 | .111 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 |
| Pat Riley | 7 | 53 | 9 | 27 | .333 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 0.7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.6 |
| Jim Price | 3 | 16 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 |

