Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Rosters

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1973-1974 Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Bill Bridges FC 6-6 228 Apr 4, 1939 34 Kansas 11 1961 3rd Rnd, #32, Chicago Zephyrs
Mel Counts FC 7-0 230 Oct 16, 1941 32 Oregon State 9 1964 1st Rnd, #9, Boston Celtics
Gail Goodrich PG 6-1 170 Apr 23, 1943 30 UCLA 8 1965 Territorial Pick, Los Angeles Lakers
Happy Hairston SF 6-7 225 May 31, 1942 31 NYU 9 1964 4th Rnd, #35, Cincinnati Royals
Connie Hawkins PF 6-8 210 Jul 17, 1942 31 - 5 1964 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Nate Hawthorne SG 6-4 190 Jan 15, 1950 24 Southern Illinois 0 1973 7th Rnd, #118, Los Angeles Lakers
Stan Love PF 6-9 215 Apr 9, 1949 24 Oregon 2 1971 1st Rnd, #14, Washington Wizards
Jim Price PG 6-3 195 Nov 27, 1949 24 Louisville 1 1972 2nd Rnd, #16, Los Angeles Lakers
Pat Riley SG 6-4 205 Mar 20, 1945 29 Kentucky 6 1967 1st Rnd, #7, San Diego Rockets
Elmore Smith C 7-0 250 May 9, 1949 24 Kentucky State 2 1971 1st Rnd, #6, Buffalo Braves
Kermit Washington FC 6-8 230 Sep 17, 1951 22 American University 0 1973 1st Rnd, #5, Los Angeles Lakers
Jerry West SG 6-2 185 May 28, 1938 35 West Virginia 13 1960 1st Rnd, #2, Los Angeles Lakers

1973-1974 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Buffalo Braves BOS in 6
Second Round #2 New York Knicks #3 Capital Bullets NYK in 7
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 New York Knicks BOS in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Milwaukee Bucks #4 Los Angeles Lakers MIL in 5
Second Round #2 Chicago Bulls #3 Detroit Pistons CHI in 7
Conference Finals #1 Milwaukee Bucks #2 Chicago Bulls MIL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Milwaukee Bucks #1 Boston Celtics BOS in 7

1973-1974 L.A. Lakers Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK
Gail Goodrich 5 37.8 19.6 3.2 6.0 1.4 0.2
Elmore Smith 5 34.2 19.2 10.6 1.2 1.4 1.6
Jim Price 5 32.2 11.8 3.8 2.6 1.4 0.0
Connie Hawkins 5 34.4 10.8 8.0 3.2 1.4 0.2
Happy Hairston 5 34.4 9.2 10.4 3.8 1.0 0.2
Pat Riley 5 21.2 7.8 1.2 2.0 0.8 0.0
Bill Bridges 5 28.8 6.0 6.0 1.2 1.4 0.0
Kermit Washington 3 4.7 5.0 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
Mel Counts 4 8.5 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Nate Hawthorne 3 4.7 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.3
Stan Love 2 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Jerry West 1 14.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

1973-1974 Los Angeles Lakers Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record L.A. Lakers Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
Mar 29, 1974
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Milwaukee		 L, 99-95 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		0-1 PTS: 31. G. Goodrich
 PTS: 35. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Mar 31, 1974
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Milwaukee		 L, 109-90 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		0-2 PTS: 21. G. Goodrich
 PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 2, 1974
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Milwaukee		 W, 98-96 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		1-2 PTS: 30. Elmore Smith
 PTS: 29. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 4, 1974
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Milwaukee		 L, 90-112 The Forum
Conference Semi Finals 		1-3 PTS: 20. Elmore Smith
 PTS: 31. K. Abdul-Jabbar
Apr 7, 1974
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Milwaukee		 L, 114-92 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		1-4 PTS: 22. G. Goodrich
 PTS: 22. Ron Williams