1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1974 NBA draft

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Season schedule

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 18 || Golden State || 90–105 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Happy Hairston (18) || Jim Price (9) || The Forum 12,772 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || October 20 || Kansas City–Omaha || 105–95 || Pat Riley (30) || Happy Hairston (22) || Gail Goodrich (8) || The Forum 11,128 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || October 25 || Detroit || 110–107 || Goodrich, Price (21) || Happy Hairston (17) || Price (8) || The Forum 12,044 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 27 || Phoenix || 116–123 || Goodrich, Price (27) || Happy Hairston (22) || Goodrich, Price (10) || The Forum 10,579 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 29 || @ Portland || 105–102 || Goodrich, Price (23) || Beaty, Hairston (9) || Gail Goodrich (8) || Memorial Coliseum 10,608 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 6 || October 30 || @ Seattle || 97–117 || Gail Goodrich (20) || Happy Hairston (13) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Seattle Center Coliseum 8,938 || 3–3 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || November 1 || Milwaukee || 86–109 || Gail Goodrich (29) || Happy Hairston (17) || Jim Price (9) || The Forum 12,219 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 8 || November 3 || Buffalo || 124–101 || Jim Price (23) || Zelmo Beaty (8) || Jim Price (9) || The Forum 13,119 || 4–4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 9 || November 8 || New York || 117–105 || Jim Price (26) || Happy Hairston (19) || Brian Winters (5) || The Forum 13,304 || 4–5 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 10 || November 10 || Golden State || 106–103 || Gail Goodrich (32) || Happy Hairston (17) || Lucius Allen (7) || The Forum 11,328 || 4–6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 11 || November 13 || @ Seattle || 103–108 || Pat Riley (25) || Happy Hairston (12) || Gail Goodrich (11) || Seattle Center Coliseum 13,004 || 4–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 15 || Philadelphia || 99–105 || Lucius Allen (24) || Happy Hairston (24) || Allen, Goodrich (8) || The Forum 10,868 || 5–7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 13 || November 16 || @ Portland || 99–112 || Gail Goodrich (22) || Happy Hairston (15) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Memorial Coliseum 11,912 || 5–8 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 14 || November 17 || Chicago || 96–76 || Gail Goodrich (21) || Happy Hairston (10) || Lucius Allen (4) || The Forum 12,417 || 5–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || November 22 || Houston || 83–89 || Gail Goodrich (23) || Happy Hairston (14) || Allen, Goodrich (5) || The Forum 10,411 || 6–9 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 16 || November 24 || Washington || 111–108 || Gail Goodrich (33) || Elmore Smith (15) || Lucius Allen (7) || The Forum 11,857 || 6–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || November 26 || @ Milwaukee || 105–102 || Pat Riley (18) || Happy Hairston (17) || Happy Hairston (5) || MECCA Arena 10,938 || 7–10 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 18 || November 27 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 89–107 || Hawkins, Smith (19) || Elmore Smith (17) || Lucius Allen (4) || Kemper Arena 6,463 || 7–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || November 29 || New Orleans || 122–127 || Pat Riley (38) || Happy Hairston (16) || Lucius Allen (8) || The Forum 11,224 || 8–11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 20 || November 30 || @ Golden State || 118–128 || Lucius Allen (27) || Elmore Smith (14) || Lucius Allen (8) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 2,576 || 8–12 |- |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || December 1 || Phoenix || 105–111 (OT) || Elmore Smith (29) || Elmore Smith (20) || Allen, Riley (6) || The Forum 10,157 || 9–12 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22 || December 3 || @ New York || 95–100 || Lucius Allen (33) || Elmore Smith (13) || Allen, Hawkins (4) || Madison Square Garden 19,011 || 9–13 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 || December 4 || @ Boston || 90–101 || Lucius Allen (24) || Elmore Smith (16) || Pat Riley (6) || Boston Garden 8,881 || 9–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || December 6 || Atlanta || 84–100 || Lucius Allen (32) || Happy Hairston (19) || Lucius Allen (12) || The Forum 10,266 || 10–14 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25 || December 7 || @ Phoenix || 88–92 || Lucius Allen (25) || Happy Hairston (10) || Lucius Allen (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,603 || 10–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || December 8 || Phoenix || 102–107 || Allen, Smith (19) || Elmore Smith (10) || Lucius Allen (13) || The Forum 11,124 || 11–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 13 || Seattle || 93–109 || Lucius Allen (30) || Elmore Smith (23) || Gail Goodrich (10) || The Forum 10,296 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 28 || December 15 || @ Portland || 97–100 || Lucius Allen (26) || Elmore Smith (23) || Elmore Smith (5) || Memorial Coliseum 9,852 || 12–16 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 29 || December 17 || Cleveland || 119–106 || Gail Goodrich (35) || Happy Hairston (15) || Lucius Allen (10) || The Forum 10,009 || 12–17 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 30 || December 20 || Detroit || 103–102 || Gail Goodrich (24) || Happy Hairston (13) || Hairston, Hawkins (7) || The Forum 9,667 || 12–18 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 31 || December 21 || @ Phoenix || 104–114 || Gail Goodrich (30) || Happy Hairston (13) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,437 || 12–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || December 22 || Portland || 102–115 || Gail Goodrich (44) || Elmore Smith (18) || Gail Goodrich (10) || The Forum 13,440 || 13–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || December 26 || @ Cleveland || 99–89 || Allen, Goodrich (28) || Happy Hairston (19) || Allen, Goodrich, Washington (4) || Richfield Coliseum 12,526 || 14–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || December 27 || @ Chicago || 105–93 || Lucius Allen (37) || Happy Hairston (18) || Allen, Goodrich, Smith (4) || Chicago Stadium 11,148 || 15–19 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35 || December 28 || @ Atlanta || 89–106 || Lucius Allen (18) || Corky Calhoun (17) || Gail Goodrich (4) || Omni Coliseum 5,418 || 15–20 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36 || December 30 || @ Houston || 107–120 || Elmore Smith (26) || Happy Hairston (17) || Allen, Goodrich (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 4,183 || 15–21 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 37 || January 3 || Boston || 127–106 || Elmore Smith (30) || Elmore Smith (11) || Gail Goodrich (7) || The Forum 16,955 || 15–22 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || January 5 || Washington || 109–112 (OT) || Stu Lantz (25) || Happy Hairston (19) || Lucius Allen (9) || The Forum 13,386 || 16–22 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 39 || January 7 || @ Buffalo || 107–115 || Lucius Allen (19) || Elmore Smith (14) || Gail Goodrich (9) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 8,380 || 16–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || January 8 || @ Philadelphia || 106–98 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Elmore Smith (11) || Allen, Goodrich (6) || The Spectrum 7,645 || 17–23 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 41 || January 10 || @ Boston || 97–103 || Goodrich, Lantz (24) || Happy Hairston (8) || Gail Goodrich (10) || Boston Garden 13,385 || 17–24 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 || January 11 || @ Washington || 90–102 || Gail Goodrich (22) || Elmore Smith (14) || Lucius Allen (7) || Capital Centre 13,868 || 17–25 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 43 || January 21 || @ Golden State || 108–138 || Cazzie Russell (24) || Elmore Smith (13) || Lucius Allen (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,847 || 17–26 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 24 || New Orleans || 108–110 || Gail Goodrich (20) || Happy Hairston (18) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum 10,880 || 18–26 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 45 || January 26 || Philadelphia || 103–97 || Gail Goodrich (24) || Happy Hairston (23) || Gail Goodrich (8) || The Forum 10,618 || 18–27 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 46 || January 28 || @ Houston || 89–104 || Gail Goodrich (22) || Elmore Smith (17) || Lucius Allen (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion 2,156 || 18–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || January 29 || @ New Orleans || 112–108 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Happy Hairston (12) || Lucius Allen (7) || Loyola Field House 2,887 || 19–28 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 48 || January 31 || @ Phoenix || 101–105 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Happy Hairston (22) || Happy Hairston (6) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,871 || 19–29 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 49 || February 2 || Seattle || 119–112 || Lucius Allen (23) || Happy Hairston (17) || Allen, Goodrich (8) || The Forum 11,586 || 19–30 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 50 || February 4 || @ New York || 94–109 || Lucius Allen (23) || Happy Hairston (14) || Allen, Goodrich (4) || Madison Square Garden 18,112 || 19–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || February 5 || @ Philadelphia || 113–110 (2OT) || Allen, Goodrich (27) || Happy Hairston (20) || Gail Goodrich (10) || The Spectrum 5,209 || 20–31 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 || February 7 || @ Buffalo || 98–108 || Brian Winters (22) || Happy Hairston (19) || Lucius Allen (9) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 10,742 || 20–32 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 53 || February 9 || @ Detroit || 96–97 || Gail Goodrich (27) || Happy Hairston (15) || Allen, Goodrich (8) || Cobo Arena 7,227 || 20–33 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 54 || February 11 || Buffalo || 112–108 || Gail Goodrich (26) || Elmore Smith (14) || Lucius Allen (10) || The Forum 14,114 || 20–34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || February 14 || Atlanta || 100–108 || Cazzie Russell (27) || Happy Hairston (20) || Cazzie Russell (6) || The Forum 10,294 || 21–34 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 56 || February 16 || @ Seattle || 87–109 || Cazzie Russell (24) || Happy Hairston (19) || Cazzie Russell (5) || Seattle Center Coliseum 12,053 || 21–35 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 57 || February 18 || @ Chicago || 105–128 || Cazzie Russell (20) || Happy Hairston (15) || Happy Hairston (4) || Chicago Stadium 10,214 || 21–36 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 || February 19 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 92–115 || Brian Winters (18) || Happy Hairston (19) || Goodrich, Russell, Winters (3) || Kemper Arena 8,329 || 21–37 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 59 || February 21 || Golden State || 105–93 || Gail Goodrich (25) || Elmore Smith (16) || Lucius Allen (6) || The Forum 11,950 || 21–38 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 60 || February 23 || Boston || 119–115 || Lucius Allen (26) || Elmore Smith (17) || Gail Goodrich (8) || The Forum 13,723 || 21–39 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 61 || February 26 || Portland || 117–116 (2OT) || Lucius Allen (39) || Elmore Smith (18) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum 10,599 || 21–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || February 28 || Cleveland || 105–109 || Lucius Allen (27) || Elmore Smith (18) || Russell, Winters (5) || The Forum 11,203 || 22–40 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 63 || March 2 || @ Washington || 104–117 || Gail Goodrich (20) || Happy Hairston (14) || Happy Hairston (6) || Capital Centre 8,020 || 22–41 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 64 || March 4 || @ Atlanta || 97–109 || Goodrich, Russell (26) || Kermit Washington (16) || Happy Hairston (4) || Omni Coliseum 2,738 || 22–42 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 65 || March 5 || @ New Orleans || 117–123 || Lucius Allen (29) || Hairston, Smith (9) || Lucius Allen (6) || Municipal Auditorium 6,554 || 22–43 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 66 || March 7 || Chicago || 89–87 || Brian Winters (30) || Kermit Washington (20) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum 11,116 || 22–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 9 || Houston || 95–116 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Elmore Smith (16) || Gail Goodrich (14) || The Forum 11,261 || 23–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || March 11 || @ Detroit || 95–94 || Gail Goodrich (25) || Kermit Washington (10) || Pat Riley (8) || Cobo Arena 6,263 || 24–44 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69 || March 13 || @ Cleveland || 85–104 || Cazzie Russell (23) || Kermit Washington (14) || Goodrich, Lantz (4) || Richfield Coliseum 4,735 || 24–45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 14 || @ Milwaukee || 105–104 || Gail Goodrich (30) || Elmore Smith (11) || Gail Goodrich (7) || MECCA Arena 10,938 || 25–45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || March 16 || Golden State || 95–111 || Gail Goodrich (37) || Elmore Smith (22) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum 11,019 || 26–45 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 72 || March 18 || New York || 109–100 || Cazzie Russell (29) || Kermit Washington (18) || Gail Goodrich (11) || The Forum 10,963 || 26–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || March 21 || Seattle || 109–112 (OT) || Gail Goodrich (30) || Elmore Smith (17) || Elmore Smith (7) || The Forum 10,102 || 27–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || March 23 || Milwaukee || 97–116 || Gail Goodrich (36) || Elmore Smith (17) || Stu Lantz (10) || The Forum 14,121 || 28–46 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 75 || March 25 || @ Golden State || 122–139 || Cazzie Russell (26) || Kermit Washington (11) || Stu Lantz (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 7,806 || 28–47 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 76 || March 26 || @ Seattle || 89–110 || Brian Winters (24) || Beaty, Hairston (9) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Seattle Center Coliseum 12,128 || 28–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || March 28 || Kansas City–Omaha || 103–114 || Gail Goodrich (53) || Happy Hairston (24) || Brian Winters (5) || The Forum 11,243 || 29–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || March 30 || Phoenix || 90–104 || Gail Goodrich (28) || Elmore Smith (15) || Stu Lantz (11) || The Forum 8,546 || 30–48 |- |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 79 || April 1 || Portland || 124–106 || Gail Goodrich (26) || Zelmo Beaty (11) || Lantz, Winters (6) || The Forum 10,603 || 30–49 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 80 || April 2 || @ Phoenix || 106–108 || Cazzie Russell (27) || Zelmo Beaty (11) || Gail Goodrich (6) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,610 || 30–50 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 81 || April 4 || Seattle || 111–102 || Gail Goodrich (33) || Kermit Washington (21) || Washington, Winters (6) || The Forum 10,946 || 30–51 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82 || April 6 || @ Portland || 97–126 || Cazzie Russell (25) || Kermit Washington (17) || Stu Lantz (7) || Memorial Coliseum 10,323 || 30–52 |-

Awards and records

• Gail Goodrich, NBA All-Star Game
• Brian Winters, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

References

References

1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1975.html 1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers]