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1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season

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The 1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season was the Lakers' 27th season in the NBA and 15th season in Los Angeles.[1] The team finished with 30 wins and 52 losses. This was the first year that the Lakers missed the playoffs in Los Angeles, and the first year since 1958 that the Lakers failed to make the playoffs overall. This was also the first year they failed to win the Pacific Division.

Head coachBill Sharman
ArenaThe Forum
Record30–52 (.366)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
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1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coachBill Sharman
ArenaThe Forum
Results
Record30–52 (.366)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
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For the first time since 1959–60, and in turn since the team arrived in L.A., Jerry West was not on the roster; he retired prior to the season.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Roster

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1974-75 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
PG 40 Lucius Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UCLA
F 10 Corky Calhoun 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1950-11-01 Penn
G 25 Gail Goodrich 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1943-04-23 UCLA
F 52 Happy Hairston 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1942-05-31 NYU
F/C 42 Connie Hawkins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1942-07-17 Iowa
F 33 Cazzie Russell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Michigan
SG 23 Stu Lantz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1946-07-13 Nebraska
G 12 Pat Riley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1945-03-20 Kentucky
C 3 Elmore Smith 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1949-05-09 Kentucky State
F 24 Kermit Washington 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1951-09-17 American
G 20 Brian Winters 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1952-03-01 South Carolina
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Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured
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Regular season

Season standings

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Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Golden State Warriors 4834.585–31–1017–2419–11
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4339.524524–1619–2318–12
Portland Trail Blazers 3844.4631029–139–3116–14
Phoenix Suns 3250.3901622–1910–3112–18
Los Angeles Lakers 3052.3661821–209–3210–20
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Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Golden State Warriors4834.585–
2 y-Chicago Bulls4735.5731
3 x-Kansas City–Omaha Kings4438.5374
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics4339.5245
5 x-Detroit Pistons4042.4888
6 Portland Trail Blazers3844.46310
6 Milwaukee Bucks3844.46310
8 Phoenix Suns3250.39016
9 Los Angeles Lakers3052.36618
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z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Season schedule

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1974–75 game log
Total: 30–52 (home: 21–20; road: 9–32)
October: 3–3 (home: 2–2; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 18Golden State90–105Gail Goodrich (34)Happy Hairston (18)Jim Price (9)The Forum
12,772		1–0
2October 20Kansas City–Omaha105–95Pat Riley (30)Happy Hairston (22)Gail Goodrich (8)The Forum
11,128		1–1
3October 25Detroit110–107Goodrich, Price (21)Happy Hairston (17)Price (8)The Forum
12,044		1–2
4October 27Phoenix116–123Goodrich, Price (27)Happy Hairston (22)Goodrich, Price (10)The Forum
10,579		2–2
5October 29@ Portland105–102Goodrich, Price (23)Beaty, Hairston (9)Gail Goodrich (8)Memorial Coliseum
10,608		3–2
6October 30@ Seattle97–117Gail Goodrich (20)Happy Hairston (13)Gail Goodrich (7)Seattle Center Coliseum
8,938		3–3
November: 5–9 (home: 4–5; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
7November 1Milwaukee86–109Gail Goodrich (29)Happy Hairston (17)Jim Price (9)The Forum
12,219		4–3
8November 3Buffalo124–101Jim Price (23)Zelmo Beaty (8)Jim Price (9)The Forum
13,119		4–4
9November 8New York117–105Jim Price (26)Happy Hairston (19)Brian Winters (5)The Forum
13,304		4–5
10November 10Golden State106–103Gail Goodrich (32)Happy Hairston (17)Lucius Allen (7)The Forum
11,328		4–6
11November 13@ Seattle103–108Pat Riley (25)Happy Hairston (12)Gail Goodrich (11)Seattle Center Coliseum
13,004		4–7
12November 15Philadelphia99–105Lucius Allen (24)Happy Hairston (24)Allen, Goodrich (8)The Forum
10,868		5–7
13November 16@ Portland99–112Gail Goodrich (22)Happy Hairston (15)Gail Goodrich (7)Memorial Coliseum
11,912		5–8
14November 17Chicago96–76Gail Goodrich (21)Happy Hairston (10)Lucius Allen (4)The Forum
12,417		5–9
15November 22Houston83–89Gail Goodrich (23)Happy Hairston (14)Allen, Goodrich (5)The Forum
10,411		6–9
16November 24Washington111–108Gail Goodrich (33)Elmore Smith (15)Lucius Allen (7)The Forum
11,857		6–10
17November 26@ Milwaukee105–102Pat Riley (18)Happy Hairston (17)Happy Hairston (5)MECCA Arena
10,938		7–10
18November 27@ Kansas City–Omaha89–107Hawkins, Smith (19)Elmore Smith (17)Lucius Allen (4)Kemper Arena
6,463		7–11
19November 29New Orleans122–127Pat Riley (38)Happy Hairston (16)Lucius Allen (8)The Forum
11,224		8–11
20November 30@ Golden State118–128Lucius Allen (27)Elmore Smith (14)Lucius Allen (8)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
2,576		8–12
December: 7–9 (home: 5–2; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
21December 1Phoenix105–111 (OT)Elmore Smith (29)Elmore Smith (20)Allen, Riley (6)The Forum
10,157		9–12
22December 3@ New York95–100Lucius Allen (33)Elmore Smith (13)Allen, Hawkins (4)Madison Square Garden
19,011		9–13
23December 4@ Boston90–101Lucius Allen (24)Elmore Smith (16)Pat Riley (6)Boston Garden
8,881		9–14
24December 6Atlanta84–100Lucius Allen (32)Happy Hairston (19)Lucius Allen (12)The Forum
10,266		10–14
25December 7@ Phoenix88–92Lucius Allen (25)Happy Hairston (10)Lucius Allen (7)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,603		10–15
26December 8Phoenix102–107Allen, Smith (19)Elmore Smith (10)Lucius Allen (13)The Forum
11,124		11–15
27December 13Seattle93–109Lucius Allen (30)Elmore Smith (23)Gail Goodrich (10)The Forum
10,296		12–15
28December 15@ Portland97–100Lucius Allen (26)Elmore Smith (23)Elmore Smith (5)Memorial Coliseum
9,852		12–16
29December 17Cleveland119–106Gail Goodrich (35)Happy Hairston (15)Lucius Allen (10)The Forum
10,009		12–17
30December 20Detroit103–102Gail Goodrich (24)Happy Hairston (13)Hairston, Hawkins (7)The Forum
9,667		12–18
31December 21@ Phoenix104–114Gail Goodrich (30)Happy Hairston (13)Gail Goodrich (7)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,437		12–19
32December 22Portland102–115Gail Goodrich (44)Elmore Smith (18)Gail Goodrich (10)The Forum
13,440		13–19
33December 26@ Cleveland99–89Allen, Goodrich (28)Happy Hairston (19)Allen, Goodrich, Washington (4)Richfield Coliseum
12,526		14–19
34December 27@ Chicago105–93Lucius Allen (37)Happy Hairston (18)Allen, Goodrich, Smith (4)Chicago Stadium
11,148		15–19
35December 28@ Atlanta89–106Lucius Allen (18)Corky Calhoun (17)Gail Goodrich (4)Omni Coliseum
5,418		15–20
36December 30@ Houston107–120Elmore Smith (26)Happy Hairston (17)Allen, Goodrich (6)Hofheinz Pavilion
4,183		15–21
January: 4–8 (home: 2–2; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
37January 3Boston127–106Elmore Smith (30)Elmore Smith (11)Gail Goodrich (7)The Forum
16,955		15–22
38January 5Washington109–112 (OT)Stu Lantz (25)Happy Hairston (19)Lucius Allen (9)The Forum
13,386		16–22
39January 7@ Buffalo107–115Lucius Allen (19)Elmore Smith (14)Gail Goodrich (9)Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8,380		16–23
40January 8@ Philadelphia106–98Gail Goodrich (34)Elmore Smith (11)Allen, Goodrich (6)The Spectrum
7,645		17–23
41January 10@ Boston97–103Goodrich, Lantz (24)Happy Hairston (8)Gail Goodrich (10)Boston Garden
13,385		17–24
42January 11@ Washington90–102Gail Goodrich (22)Elmore Smith (14)Lucius Allen (7)Capital Centre
13,868		17–25
43January 21@ Golden State108–138Cazzie Russell (24)Elmore Smith (13)Lucius Allen (6)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
7,847		17–26
44January 24New Orleans108–110Gail Goodrich (20)Happy Hairston (18)Gail Goodrich (9)The Forum
10,880		18–26
45January 26Philadelphia103–97Gail Goodrich (24)Happy Hairston (23)Gail Goodrich (8)The Forum
10,618		18–27
46January 28@ Houston89–104Gail Goodrich (22)Elmore Smith (17)Lucius Allen (6)Hofheinz Pavilion
2,156		18–28
47January 29@ New Orleans112–108Gail Goodrich (34)Happy Hairston (12)Lucius Allen (7)Loyola Field House
2,887		19–28
48January 31@ Phoenix101–105Gail Goodrich (34)Happy Hairston (22)Happy Hairston (6)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,871		19–29
February: 3–11 (home: 2–5; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
49February 2Seattle119–112Lucius Allen (23)Happy Hairston (17)Allen, Goodrich (8)The Forum
11,586		19–30
50February 4@ New York94–109Lucius Allen (23)Happy Hairston (14)Allen, Goodrich (4)Madison Square Garden
18,112		19–31
51February 5@ Philadelphia113–110 (2OT)Allen, Goodrich (27)Happy Hairston (20)Gail Goodrich (10)The Spectrum
5,209		20–31
52February 7@ Buffalo98–108Brian Winters (22)Happy Hairston (19)Lucius Allen (9)Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
10,742		20–32
53February 9@ Detroit96–97Gail Goodrich (27)Happy Hairston (15)Allen, Goodrich (8)Cobo Arena
7,227		20–33
54February 11Buffalo112–108Gail Goodrich (26)Elmore Smith (14)Lucius Allen (10)The Forum
14,114		20–34
55February 14Atlanta100–108Cazzie Russell (27)Happy Hairston (20)Cazzie Russell (6)The Forum
10,294		21–34
56February 16@ Seattle87–109Cazzie Russell (24)Happy Hairston (19)Cazzie Russell (5)Seattle Center Coliseum
12,053		21–35
57February 18@ Chicago105–128Cazzie Russell (20)Happy Hairston (15)Happy Hairston (4)Chicago Stadium
10,214		21–36
58February 19@ Kansas City–Omaha92–115Brian Winters (18)Happy Hairston (19)Goodrich, Russell, Winters (3)Kemper Arena
8,329		21–37
59February 21Golden State105–93Gail Goodrich (25)Elmore Smith (16)Lucius Allen (6)The Forum
11,950		21–38
60February 23Boston119–115Lucius Allen (26)Elmore Smith (17)Gail Goodrich (8)The Forum
13,723		21–39
61February 26Portland117–116 (2OT)Lucius Allen (39)Elmore Smith (18)Gail Goodrich (9)The Forum
10,599		21–40
62February 28Cleveland105–109Lucius Allen (27)Elmore Smith (18)Russell, Winters (5)The Forum
11,203		22–40
March: 8–8 (home: 6–2; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
63March 2@ Washington104–117Gail Goodrich (20)Happy Hairston (14)Happy Hairston (6)Capital Centre
8,020		22–41
64March 4@ Atlanta97–109Goodrich, Russell (26)Kermit Washington (16)Happy Hairston (4)Omni Coliseum
2,738		22–42
65March 5@ New Orleans117–123Lucius Allen (29)Hairston, Smith (9)Lucius Allen (6)Municipal Auditorium
6,554		22–43
66March 7Chicago89–87Brian Winters (30)Kermit Washington (20)Gail Goodrich (9)The Forum
11,116		22–44
67March 9Houston95–116Gail Goodrich (34)Elmore Smith (16)Gail Goodrich (14)The Forum
11,261		23–44
68March 11@ Detroit95–94Gail Goodrich (25)Kermit Washington (10)Pat Riley (8)Cobo Arena
6,263		24–44
69March 13@ Cleveland85–104Cazzie Russell (23)Kermit Washington (14)Goodrich, Lantz (4)Richfield Coliseum
4,735		24–45
70March 14@ Milwaukee105–104Gail Goodrich (30)Elmore Smith (11)Gail Goodrich (7)MECCA Arena
10,938		25–45
71March 16Golden State95–111Gail Goodrich (37)Elmore Smith (22)Gail Goodrich (9)The Forum
11,019		26–45
72March 18New York109–100Cazzie Russell (29)Kermit Washington (18)Gail Goodrich (11)The Forum
10,963		26–46
73March 21Seattle109–112 (OT)Gail Goodrich (30)Elmore Smith (17)Elmore Smith (7)The Forum
10,102		27–46
74March 23Milwaukee97–116Gail Goodrich (36)Elmore Smith (17)Stu Lantz (10)The Forum
14,121		28–46
75March 25@ Golden State122–139Cazzie Russell (26)Kermit Washington (11)Stu Lantz (9)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
7,806		28–47
76March 26@ Seattle89–110Brian Winters (24)Beaty, Hairston (9)Gail Goodrich (7)Seattle Center Coliseum
12,128		28–48
77March 28Kansas City–Omaha103–114Gail Goodrich (53)Happy Hairston (24)Brian Winters (5)The Forum
11,243		29–48
78March 30Phoenix90–104Gail Goodrich (28)Elmore Smith (15)Stu Lantz (11)The Forum
8,546		30–48
April: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
79April 1Portland124–106Gail Goodrich (26)Zelmo Beaty (11)Lantz, Winters (6)The Forum
10,603		30–49
80April 2@ Phoenix106–108Cazzie Russell (27)Zelmo Beaty (11)Gail Goodrich (6)Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5,610		30–50
81April 4Seattle111–102Gail Goodrich (33)Kermit Washington (21)Washington, Winters (6)The Forum
10,946		30–51
82April 6@ Portland97–126Cazzie Russell (25)Kermit Washington (17)Stu Lantz (7)Memorial Coliseum
10,323		30–52
Source: www.basketball-reference.com
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