1973–74 Los Angeles Lakers season
Bucks 1–4) | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTLA |
Radio | KFI (Chick Hearn, Lynn Shackelford) |
The Milwaukee Bucks in five games.
Following the season,
2000
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Offseason
Draft picks
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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y-Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | – | 30–11 | 17–24 | – | 14–12 |
Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 3 | 23–18 | 20–20 | 1–0 | 15–11 |
Seattle SuperSonics | 36 | 46 | .439 | 11 | 22–19 | 14–27 | – | 12–14 |
Phoenix Suns | 30 | 52 | .366 | 17 | 24–17 | 6–34 | 0–1 | 11–15 |
Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 20 | 22–19 | 5–34 | 0–2 | 13–13 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Milwaukee Bucks | 59 | 23 | .720 | – |
2 | x-Chicago Bulls | 54 | 28 | .659 | 5 |
3 | x-Detroit Pistons | 52 | 30 | .634 | 7 |
4 | y-Los Angeles Lakers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 12 |
5 | Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 15 |
6 | Seattle SuperSonics | 36 | 46 | .439 | 23 |
7 | Kansas City–Omaha Kings |
33 | 49 | .402 | 26 |
8 | Phoenix Suns | 30 | 52 | .366 | 29 |
9 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 32 |
- z – clinched division title
- y – clinched division title
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1973–74 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CAP | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
Atlanta | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Boston | 5–1 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Capital | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Chicago | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
Cleveland | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Detroit | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–5 | — | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
Houston | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
Kansas City-Omaha
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3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
Los Angeles | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
New York | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
Phoenix | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–3 | 4–3 |
Portland | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 |
Seattle | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — |
Game log
1973–74 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 9 | @ Chicago | 117–97 | Jerry West (28) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 11 | @ Atlanta | 102–129 | Gail Goodrich (23) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 13 | @ Buffalo | 125–122 | Jerry West (35) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | October 19 | Seattle | 91–118 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 21 | Atlanta | 119–100 | Jerry West (22) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | October 23 | @ Houston | 107–98 | Gail Goodrich (29) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | October 24 | @ Kansas City–Omaha |
92–91 | Bill Bridges (28) | 5–2 | |||||
8 | October 26 | Detroit | 92–94 | Gail Goodrich (34) | 6–2 | |||||
9 | October 28 | Portland | 98–111 | Gail Goodrich (49) | 7–2 | |||||
10 | October 30 | @ Portland | 112–114 | Gail Goodrich (35) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 2 | New York | 106–91 | Gail Goodrich (26) | 7–4 | |||||
12 | November 4 | Houston | 93–106 | Jerry West (30) | 8–4 | |||||
13 | November 6 | @ Cleveland | 96–115 | Jerry West (21) | 8–5 | |||||
14 | November 7 | @ Milwaukee | 92–109 | Happy Hairston (19) | 8–6 | |||||
15 | November 9 | @ Seattle | 118–111 | Gail Goodrich (36) | 9–6 | |||||
16 | November 16 | Chicago | 102–118 | Gail Goodrich (38) | 10–6 | |||||
17 | November 17 | @ Phoenix | 130–110 | Happy Hairston (25) | 11–6 | |||||
18 | November 18 | Cleveland | 100–102 | Gail Goodrich (30) | 12–6 | |||||
19 | November 20 | @ New York | 89–105 | Price, Smith (20) | 12–7 | |||||
20 | November 21 | @ Capital |
106–97 | Gail Goodrich (24) | 13–7 | |||||
21 | November 24 | @ Portland | 113–108 | Gail Goodrich (33) | 14–7 | |||||
22 | November 25 | Portland | 109–137 | Gail Goodrich (40) | 15–7 | |||||
23 | November 30 | Kansas City–Omaha | 107–123 | Gail Goodrich (30) | 16–7 | |||||
24 | December 1 | @ Portland | 115–134 | Jerry West (26) | 16–8 | |||||
25 | December 2 | Detroit | 114–108 | Gail Goodrich (29) | 16–9 | |||||
26 | December 4 | Phoenix | 103–120 | Jerry West (26) | 17–9 | |||||
27 | December 7 | Seattle | 115–111 | Jerry West (27) | 17–10 | |||||
28 | December 8 | @ Golden State | 111–135 | Connie Hawkins (23) | 17–11 | |||||
29 | December 9 | Capital | 110–96 | Jim Price (18) | 17–12 | |||||
30 | December 11 | @ Cleveland | 100–101 (OT) | Jerry West (32) | 17–13 | |||||
31 | December 12 | @ Detroit | 96–114 | Gail Goodrich (31) | 17–14 | |||||
32 | December 14 | @ Chicago | 100–97 | Gail Goodrich (29) | 18–14 | |||||
33 | December 16 | Boston | 115–110 | Gail Goodrich (24) | 18–15 | |||||
34 | December 18 | Milwaukee | 107–109 | Gail Goodrich (40) | 19–15 | |||||
35 | December 21 | Philadelphia | 107–116 | Gail Goodrich (27) | 20–15 | |||||
36 | December 25 | @ Phoenix | 100–135 | Pat Riley (17) | 20–16 | |||||
37 | December 26 | @ Seattle | 105–129 | Gail Goodrich (26) | 20–17 | |||||
38 | December 28 | Phoenix | 107–119 | Connie Hawkins (26) | 21–17 | |||||
39 | December 29 | @ Golden State | 100–102 | Gail Goodrich (37) | 21–18 | |||||
40 | December 30 | Buffalo | 105–108 | Jim Price (27) | 22–18 | |||||
41 | January 4 | Golden State | 111–114 | Gail Goodrich (29) | 23–18 | |||||
42 | January 6 | Kansas City–Omaha | 105–109 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 24–18 | |||||
43 | January 8 | @ Capital | 92–94 | Gail Goodrich (27) | 24–19 | |||||
44 | January 9 | @ Detroit | 94–123 | Pat Riley (20) | 24–20 | |||||
45 | January 11 | @ Boston | 111–103 | Goodrich, Hawkins (22) | 25–20 | |||||
46 | January 12 | @ Philadelphia | 108–101 | Gail Goodrich (23) | 26–20 | |||||
47 | January 18 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 116–115 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 27–20 | |||||
48 | January 20 | @ Milwaukee | 90–94 | Gail Goodrich (29) | 27–21 | |||||
49 | January 22 | Cleveland | 111–110 (OT) | Jim Price (24) | 27–22 | |||||
50 | January 25 | Capital | 124–143 | Gail Goodrich (41) | 28–22 | |||||
51 | January 27 | Milwaukee | 92–99 | Jim Price (20) | 29–22 | |||||
52 | February 1 | Phoenix | 110–121 | Gail Goodrich (29) | 30–22 | |||||
53 | February 2 | @ Phoenix | 112–119 | Jerry West (24) | 30–23 | |||||
54 | February 3 | Portland | 91–124 | Jim Price (24) | 31–23 | |||||
55 | February 5 | @ Houston | 112–116 (OT) | Gail Goodrich (44) | 31–24 | |||||
56 | February 6 | @ Atlanta | 103–107 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 31–25 | |||||
57 | February 10 | @ Chicago | 86–96 | Gail Goodrich (24) | 31–26 | |||||
58 | February 12 | Houston | 129–119 | Jim Price (28) | 31–27 | |||||
59 | February 15 | Seattle | 96–112 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 32–27 | |||||
60 | February 17 | Atlanta | 113–110 | Gail Goodrich (35) | 32–28 | |||||
61 | February 19 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 86–92 | Happy Hairston (23) | 32–29 | |||||
62 | February 20 | @ Detroit | 110–112 | Jim Price (31) | 32–30 | |||||
63 | February 22 | Philadelphia | 103–104 | Connie Hawkins (26) | 33–30 | |||||
64 | February 23 | @ Seattle | 118–116 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 34–30 | |||||
65 | February 24 | Chicago | 90–100 | Gail Goodrich (28) | 35–30 | |||||
66 | February 26 | @ Buffalo | 119–112 | Gail Goodrich (25) | 36–30 | |||||
67 | February 27 | @ Milwaukee | 110–108 | Happy Hairston (22) | 37–30 | |||||
68 | March 1 | Kansas City–Omaha | 100–107 | Gail Goodrich (26) | 38–30 | |||||
69 | March 3 | Golden State | 104–108 | Jim Price (26) | 39–30 | |||||
70 | March 5 | @ Portland | 102–107 | Happy Hairston (19) | 39–31 | |||||
71 | March 6 | Boston | 111–116 | Gail Goodrich (39) | 40–31 | |||||
72 | March 8 | Detroit | 113–129 | Goodrich, Price (31) | 41–31 | |||||
73 | March 10 | @ Boston | 82–94 | Gail Goodrich (19) | 41–32 | |||||
74 | March 12 | @ New York | 109–102 | Gail Goodrich (34) | 42–32 | |||||
75 | March 13 | @ Philadelphia | 121–100 | Gail Goodrich (38) | 43–32 | |||||
76 | March 15 | Golden State | 112–107 | Elmore Smith (25) | 43–33 | |||||
77 | March 16 | @ Golden State | 105–135 | Elmore Smith (25) | 43–34 | |||||
78 | March 17 | New York | 114–126 | Jim Price (25) | 44–34 | |||||
79 | March 20 | Milwaukee | 114–120 | Gail Goodrich (27) | 45–34 | |||||
80 | March 22 | Chicago | 93–99 | Elmore Smith (29) | 46–34 | |||||
81 | March 24 | Buffalo | 124–150 | Elmore Smith (37) | 47–34 | |||||
82 | March 26 | Seattle | 121–115 | Gail Goodrich (21) | 47–35 |
Playoffs
1974 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference semifinals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
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1974 schedule |
Awards and records
- All-NBA First Team
- Gail Goodrich, NBA All-Star Game
- Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game