1970–71 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1970–71 NBA season was the Lakers' 23rd season in the NBA and 11th season in Los Angeles.[1]

1970–71 Los Angeles Lakers season
Division champions
Head coachJoe Mullaney
OwnersJack Kent Cooke
ArenaThe Forum
Results
Record48–34 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishConference finals
(lost to Bucks 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The Lakers would be eliminated by the eventual champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, in five games in the Western Conference finals.

The team's season roster is featured in the video games NBA 2K16,[2] NBA 2K17, and NBA 2K18.

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1970 NBA draft

Roster
1970–71 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
C 13 Chamberlain, Wilt (C) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1936-08-21 Kansas
SF 24 Erickson, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA
SG 25 Goodrich, Gail (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1943-04-23 UCLA
PF 52 Hairston, Happy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1942-05-31 NYU
SF 30 Hetzel, Fred 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942-07-21 Davidson
G 20 Killum, Earnie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1948-06-11 Stetson
SG 15 McCarter, Willie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-26 Drake
SF 5 McMillian, Jim 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1948-03-11 Columbia
SG 12 Riley, Pat 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1945-03-20 Kentucky
C 35 Roberson, Rick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1947-07-07 Cincinnati
PF 14 Tresvant, John 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939-11-06 Seattle
PG 44 West, Jerry (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 11, 1970

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 4834.585–30–1117–221–115–7
x-San Francisco Warriors 4141.500720–1819–212–212–10
San Diego Rockets 4042.488824–1515–261–114–8
Seattle SuperSonics 3844.4631027–1311–300–110–14
Portland Trail Blazers 2953.3541918–219–262–63–15
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-Milwaukee Bucks6616.805
2 y-Los Angeles Lakers4834.585
3 x-Chicago Bulls5131.622
4 x-San Francisco Warriors4141.500
5 Phoenix Suns4834.585
6 Detroit Pistons4537.549
7 San Diego Rockets4042.488
8 Seattle SuperSonics3844.463
9 Portland Trail Blazers2953.354
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta –3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3–3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3–4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4–0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0–4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4–5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5–2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2–2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2–1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1–1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1–2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2–3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3–4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4–0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0–2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2–3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log
1970–71 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ Chicago106–102Jerry West (29)1–0
2October 17@ Baltimore116–118 (OT)Jerry West (34)1–1
3October 20@ New York100–115Jerry West (26)1–2
4October 21@ Philadelphia141–117Jerry West (37)2–2
5October 23Philadelphia127–122Wilt Chamberlain (34)2–3
6October 25Cleveland96–123Wilt Chamberlain (24)3–3
7October 30Buffalo90–104Wilt Chamberlain (20)4–3
8November 3@ Portland128–108Wilt Chamberlain (23)5–3
9November 6New York104–106Gail Goodrich (33)6–3
10November 8Baltimore105–124Jerry West (41)7–3
11November 10@ Chicago96–118Goodrich, West (22)7–4
12November 11@ Detroit117–115Wilt Chamberlain (27)8–4
13November 13Detroit109–122Goodrich, West (28)9–4
14November 17Atlanta105–116Jerry West (34)10–4
15November 19@ Seattle110–111Wilt Chamberlain (32)10–5
16November 20Milwaukee117–100Wilt Chamberlain (28)10–6
17November 22Seattle124–149Wilt Chamberlain (31)11–6
18November 27Phoenix116–105Jerry West (33)11–7
19November 28@ San Francisco88–92Gail Goodrich (25)11–8
20November 29San Diego112–130Jerry West (41)12–8
21December 1@ Baltimore97–93Jerry West (37)13–8
22December 2@ Boston111–114Wilt Chamberlain (29)13–9
23December 4San Francisco101–123Jerry West (30)14–9
24December 5@ San Diego116–119Wilt Chamberlain (36)14–10
25December 6Portland120–131Chamberlain, West (31)15–10
26December 8@ Phoenix121–112Wilt Chamberlain (36)16–10
27December 11@ Seattle126–118Jerry West (37)17–10
28December 13Detroit103–100Jerry West (33)17–11
29December 15@ Buffalo111–113 (OT)Jerry West (27)17–12
30December 16@ Cincinnati118–102Wilt Chamberlain (35)18–12
31December 19@ Atlanta116–104Jerry West (36)19–12
32December 21@ Milwaukee88–113Wilt Chamberlain (25)19–13
33December 22Atlanta119–115Jerry West (24)19–14
34December 25Boston113–123Jerry West (32)20–14
35December 27Phoenix110–128Jerry West (35)21–14
36December 29Chicago117–126Wilt Chamberlain (34)22–14
37December 30@ Phoenix114–132Wilt Chamberlain (32)22–15
38January 1San Diego117–106Jerry West (41)22–16
39January 2@ San Diego108–109 (OT)Happy Hairston (30)22–17
40January 5N Cincinnati112–146Wilt Chamberlain (41)22–18
41January 7@ Cleveland110–105Happy Hairston (25)23–18
42January 8@ Philadelphia123–117Gail Goodrich (29)24–18
43January 10@ Detroit109–118Chamberlain, West (25)24–19
44January 14N Cincinnati126–120Jerry West (33)25–19
45January 16@ Atlanta123–127Jerry West (27)25–20
46January 19Philadelphia114–134Jerry West (33)26–20
47January 22San Francisco110–130Jerry West (28)27–20
48January 24Cincinnati131–142Wilt Chamberlain (35)28–20
49January 26Chicago111–136Jerry West (33)29–20
50January 28@ Phoenix112–118Jerry West (27)29–21
51January 29Seattle115–122Happy Hairston (29)30–21
52January 30@ San Francisco85–87Jerry West (23)30–22
53January 31Portland120–133Wilt Chamberlain (33)31–22
54February 2San Diego105–133Jerry West (28)32–22
55February 5Milwaukee93–116Happy Hairston (24)33–22
56February 6@ San Diego115–108Jerry West (32)34–22
57February 7San Francisco104–119Jerry West (37)35–22
58February 9@ Cleveland116–111Gail Goodrich (42)36–22
59February 11@ Milwaukee88–122Wilt Chamberlain (25)36–23
60February 12@ Chicago88–107Gail Goodrich (21)36–24
61February 14Cincinnati113–125Jerry West (22)37–24
62February 16New York115–130Jerry West (31)38–24
63February 18@ Portland136–114Gail Goodrich (28)39–24
64February 19Philadelphia118–104Jerry West (25)39–25
65February 21Boston116–124Jerry West (34)40–25
66February 23@ Baltimore114–107Gail Goodrich (29)41–25
67February 24@ Boston96–116Wilt Chamberlain (27)41–26
68February 26Seattle121–145Wilt Chamberlain (30)42–26
69February 27@ San Francisco112–107Jerry West (42)43–26
70February 28Cleveland90–107Jerry West (24)44–26
71March 2@ Buffalo131–118Gail Goodrich (31)45–26
72March 3@ Milwaukee97–112Gail Goodrich (25)45–27
73March 5Atlanta105–104Wilt Chamberlain (22)45–28
74March 6@ Seattle109–121Willie McCarter (26)45–29
75March 7Chicago108–117Gail Goodrich (23)46–29
76March 9Baltimore107–95Wilt Chamberlain (28)46–30
77March 12Buffalo116–109Jim McMillian (21)46–31
78March 14Detroit100–110Keith Erickson (23)47–31
79March 16@ New York82–115Willie McCarter (19)47–32
80March 17@ Boston104–112Wilt Chamberlain (25)47–33
81March 19Phoenix111–106Wilt Chamberlain (28)47–34
82March 21New York98–101Gail Goodrich (29)48–34

Playoffs
1971 playoff game log
Conference Semi-finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 Chicago W 100–99 Jim McMillian (26) Wilt Chamberlain (21) Gail Goodrich (11) The Forum
10,726		 1–0
2 March 26 Chicago W 105–95 Gail Goodrich (29) Wilt Chamberlain (20) Gail Goodrich (7) The Forum
13,469		 2–0
3 March 28 @ Chicago L 98–106 Gail Goodrich (39) Wilt Chamberlain (18) Goodrich, Chamberlain (6) Chicago Stadium
10,101		 2–1
4 March 30 @ Chicago L 102–112 Gail Goodrich (32) Wilt Chamberlain (23) Wilt Chamberlain (7) Chicago Stadium
18,650		 2–2
5 April 1 Chicago W 115–89 Gail Goodrich (33) Wilt Chamberlain (14) Gail Goodrich (11) The Forum
13,935		 3–2
6 April 4 @ Chicago L 99–113 Gail Goodrich (25) Wilt Chamberlain (33) Wilt Chamberlain (9) Chicago Stadium
14,211		 3–3
7 April 6 Chicago W 109–98 Gail Goodrich (29) Wilt Chamberlain (19) Goodrich, Chamberlain (9) The Forum
17,505		 4–3
Conference finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 9 @ Milwaukee L 85–106 Wilt Chamberlain (22) Wilt Chamberlain (20) Gail Goodrich (7) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 0–1
2 April 11 @ Milwaukee L 73–91 Wilt Chamberlain (26) Wilt Chamberlain (22) Gail Goodrich (4) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 0–2
3 April 14 Milwaukee W 118–107 four players tied (24) Wilt Chamberlain (24) Gail Goodrich (8) The Forum
17,334		 1–2
4 April 16 Milwaukee L 94–117 Gail Goodrich (26) Wilt Chamberlain (16) Gail Goodrich (11) The Forum
17,505		 1–3
5 April 18 @ Milwaukee L 98–116 Happy Hairston (27) Wilt Chamberlain (12) Gail Goodrich (9) Milwaukee Arena
10,746		 1–4
1971 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1970–71 Los Angeles Lakers
  2. Lelinwalla, Mark (September 11, 2015). "'NBA 2K16': All The Classic Teams Announced". Tech Times. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
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