Los Angeles Lakers 1972-73 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Los Angeles Lakers 1972-73 Season Review

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Los Angeles Lakers 1972-73 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 60-22

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	7819	3740	2264	1679	0	0	9159	0	0	2302	0	0	0	1636
Opponents Stats	8409	3646	1583	1167	0	0	8459	0	0	1963	0	0	0	1941

1972-73 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Bill Bridges	72	2491	705	782	196	0	0	597	286	190	133	0	0	261
Roger Brown	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1
Wilt Chamberlain	82	3542	1084	1526	365	0	0	586	426	455	232	0	0	191
Mel Counts	59	611	293	237	62	0	0	278	127	58	39	0	0	98
Leroy Ellis	10	156	26	33	3	0	0	40	11	5	4	0	0	13
Keith Erickson	76	1920	687	337	242	0	0	696	299	110	89	0	0	190
Gail Goodrich	76	2697	1814	263	332	0	0	1615	750	374	314	0	0	193
Travis Grant	33	153	125	52	7	0	0	116	51	26	23	0	0	19
Happy Hairston	28	939	456	370	68	0	0	328	158	178	140	0	0	77
Jim McMillian	81	2953	1533	447	221	0	0	1431	655	264	223	0	0	176
Jim Price	59	828	376	115	97	0	0	359	158	73	60	0	0	119
Pat Riley	55	801	399	65	81	0	0	390	167	82	65	0	0	126
Flynn Robinson	6	47	34	7	8	0	0	28	14	8	6	0	0	11
John Trapp	5	35	13	14	2	0	0	12	3	10	7	0	0	10
Bill Turner	19	117	38	25	11	0	0	52	17	7	4	0	0	13
Jerry West	69	2460	1575	289	607	0	0	1291	618	421	339	0	0	138

1972-73 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Bill Bridges	17	582	152	158	29			136	57	49	38			68
Wilt Chamberlain	17	801	177	383	60			116	64	98	49			48
Mel Counts	17	327	154	104	28			133	61	41	32			51
Keith Erickson	17	404	147	59	30			147	66	22	15			52
Gail Goodrich	17	604	340	61	67			310	139	79	62			53
Travis Grant	2	11	8	4	0			6	4	0	0			1
Happy Hairston	3	26	8	4	1			9	1	8	6			2
Jim McMillian	17	630	341	82	37			307	143	75	55			41
Jim Price	3	16	6	4	2			11	3	0	0			2
Pat Riley	7	53	18	5	7			27	9	0	0			10
Bill Turner	2	13	6	2	0			5	2	2	2			1
Jerry West	17	638	401	76	132			336	151	127	99			49

Los Angeles Lakers 1972 - 73 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Wed, Oct 11, 1972	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W	129	94
2	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	@	Boston Celtics	L	104	112
3	Sat, Oct 14, 1972	@	New York Knicks	L	100	125
4	Sun, Oct 15, 1972	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	95	83
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1972		Portland Trail Blazers	W	126	104
6	Sun, Oct 22, 1972		Chicago Bulls	W	104	99
7	Tue, Oct 24, 1972	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W	114	94
8	Wed, Oct 25, 1972	N	Houston Rockets	W	112	107
9	Fri, Oct 27, 1972		Golden State Warriors	L	91	119
10	Sun, Oct 29, 1972		Phoenix Suns	W	133	123
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1972		Detroit Pistons	W	116	107
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1972	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	134	120
13	Sun, Nov 5, 1972	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	124	115
14	Tue, Nov 7, 1972		Houston Rockets	W	122	109
15	Fri, Nov 10, 1972		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	118	88
16	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	95	92
17	Wed, Nov 15, 1972	@	Detroit Pistons	W	110	99
18	Fri, Nov 17, 1972		Buffalo Braves	W	103	100
19	Sun, Nov 19, 1972		Philadelphia 76ers	W	135	95
20	Fri, Nov 24, 1972		Detroit Pistons	W	140	123
21	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	@	Phoenix Suns	W	116	109
22	Sun, Nov 26, 1972		Phoenix Suns	W	112	107
23	Fri, Dec 1, 1972		Atlanta Hawks	L	109	114
24	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	@	Golden State Warriors	W	112	103
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1972		Milwaukee Bucks	W	116	94
26	Fri, Dec 8, 1972		Seattle SuperSonics	W	119	100
27	Sun, Dec 10, 1972		Portland Trail Blazers	W	137	101
28	Tue, Dec 12, 1972	@	Chicago Bulls	W	106	105
29	Wed, Dec 13, 1972	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	128	90
30	Fri, Dec 15, 1972		Boston Celtics	L	98	102
31	Tue, Dec 19, 1972	@	Buffalo Braves	W	126	100
32	Wed, Dec 20, 1972	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	96	90
33	Fri, Dec 22, 1972		Phoenix Suns	L	110	118
34	Tue, Dec 26, 1972		Portland Trail Blazers	W	116	92
35	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	@	Houston Rockets	L	104	136
36	Fri, Dec 29, 1972		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W	123	92
37	Mon, Jan 1, 1973	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	108	103
38	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	@	Golden State Warriors	L	106	112
39	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	93	108
40	Sun, Jan 7, 1973	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	92	99
41	Wed, Jan 10, 1973	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	120	96
42	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	@	Chicago Bulls	W	109	97
43	Sun, Jan 14, 1973	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	102	100
44	Tue, Jan 16, 1973		Baltimore Bullets	L	104	112
45	Fri, Jan 19, 1973		New York Knicks	W	95	88
46	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	@	Phoenix Suns	W	124	104
47	Sun, Jan 21, 1973		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W	123	102
48	Fri, Jan 26, 1973		Golden State Warriors	W	100	84
49	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	@	Golden State Warriors	W	122	107
50	Sun, Jan 28, 1973		Seattle SuperSonics	W	130	94
51	Tue, Jan 30, 1973		Chicago Bulls	W	95	92
52	Thu, Feb 1, 1973	@	Phoenix Suns	W	120	106
53	Fri, Feb 2, 1973		Houston Rockets	W	126	109
54	Sun, Feb 4, 1973	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	125	115
55	Tue, Feb 6, 1973	@	New York Knicks	W	95	90
56	Wed, Feb 7, 1973	@	Boston Celtics	L	112	113
57	Fri, Feb 9, 1973	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	88	109
58	Sun, Feb 11, 1973		Philadelphia 76ers	W	108	90
59	Tue, Feb 13, 1973		Seattle SuperSonics	W	101	98
60	Fri, Feb 16, 1973		Baltimore Bullets	W	121	103
61	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	110	103
62	Sun, Feb 18, 1973		Atlanta Hawks	L	92	99
63	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	@	Chicago Bulls	L	89	103
64	Wed, Feb 21, 1973	@	Detroit Pistons	L	98	106
65	Fri, Feb 23, 1973		Golden State Warriors	L	106	111
66	Sun, Feb 25, 1973		Milwaukee Bucks	W	91	82
67	Tue, Feb 27, 1973		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L	103	107
68	Fri, Mar 2, 1973		Chicago Bulls	W	108	88
69	Sun, Mar 4, 1973		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	127	84
70	Tue, Mar 6, 1973	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	114	102
71	Fri, Mar 9, 1973		Boston Celtics	L	111	119
72	Sun, Mar 11, 1973		Detroit Pistons	W	141	117
73	Tue, Mar 13, 1973	@	Buffalo Braves	W	121	112
74	Wed, Mar 14, 1973	@	Detroit Pistons	W	121	112
75	Fri, Mar 16, 1973		New York Knicks	L	98	109
76	Sun, Mar 18, 1973		Phoenix Suns	W	131	113
77	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	112	114
78	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W	124	118
79	Fri, Mar 23, 1973		Buffalo Braves	W	121	101
80	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	109	93
81	Tue, Mar 27, 1973		Milwaukee Bucks	L	84	85
82	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	@	Golden State Warriors	W	96	89