1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1975 30 52 Pacific 5 9 Bill Sharman The Forum Did not qualify LAL The 1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers season was the Lakers' 27th season in the NBA and 15th season in Los Angeles.1974–75 Los Angeles Lakers 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. 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 1974 NBA draft Roster Los Angeles Lakers 1974-75 40 Lucius Allen PG 6 2 175 UCLA 10 Corky Calhoun F 6 7 210 1950-11-01 Pennsylvania 25 Gail Goodrich G 6 1 170 UCLA 1943-04-23 52 Happy Hairston F 6 7 255 NYU 1942-05-31 42 Connie Hawkins F/C 6 8 210 1942-07-17 Iowa 33 Cazzie Russell F 6 5 218 Michigan 23 Stu Lantz SG 6 3 175 1946-07-13 Nebraska 12 Pat Riley G 6 4 205 Kentucky 1945-03-20 3 Elmore Smith C 7 0 250 Kentucky State 1949-05-09 24 Kermit Washington F 6 8 230 American 1951-09-17 20 Brian Winters G 6 4 185 South Carolina 1952-03-01 *Bill Sharman *John Barnhill Larry Creger Regular season Season standings LAL LAL z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Season schedule Los Angeles Lakers 1975 #800080 #FFD700 Total: 30–52 (home: 21–20; road: 9–32) Los Angeles Lakers October yes #FFD700 #800080 2 2 1 1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 18 || Golden State || 90–105 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Happy Hairston (18) || Jim Price (9) || The Forum12,772 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || October 20 || Kansas City–Omaha || 105–95 || Pat Riley (30) || Happy Hairston (22) || Gail Goodrich (8) || The Forum11,128 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || October 25 || Detroit || 110–107 || Goodrich, Price (21) || Happy Hairston (17) || Price (8) || The Forum12,044 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 27 || Phoenix || 116–123 || Goodrich, Price (27) || Happy Hairston (22) || Goodrich, Price (10) || The Forum10,579 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 29 || @ Portland || 105–102 || Goodrich, Price (23) || Beaty, Hairston (9) || Gail Goodrich (8) || Memorial Coliseum10,608 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 6 || October 30 || @ Seattle || 97–117 || Gail Goodrich (20) || Happy Hairston (13) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Seattle Center Coliseum8,938 || 3–3 |- Los Angeles Lakers November yes #FFD700 #800080 4 5 1 4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || November 1 || Milwaukee || 86–109 || Gail Goodrich (29) || Happy Hairston (17) || Jim Price (9) || The Forum12,219 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 8 || November 3 || Buffalo || 124–101 || Jim Price (23) || Zelmo Beaty (8) || Jim Price (9) || The Forum13,119 || 4–4 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 9 || November 8 || New York || 117–105 || Jim Price (26) || Happy Hairston (19) || Brian Winters (5) || The Forum13,304 || 4–5 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 10 || November 10 || Golden State || 106–103 || Gail Goodrich (32) || Happy Hairston (17) || Lucius Allen (7) || The Forum11,328 || 4–6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 11 || November 13 || @ Seattle || 103–108 || Pat Riley (25) || Happy Hairston (12) || Gail Goodrich (11) || Seattle Center Coliseum13,004 || 4–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 15 || Philadelphia || 99–105 || Lucius Allen (24) || Happy Hairston (24) || Allen, Goodrich (8) || The Forum10,868 || 5–7 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 13 || November 16 || @ Portland || 99–112 || Gail Goodrich (22) || Happy Hairston (15) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Memorial Coliseum11,912 || 5–8 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 14 || November 17 || Chicago || 96–76 || Gail Goodrich (21) || Happy Hairston (10) || Lucius Allen (4) || The Forum12,417 || 5–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || November 22 || Houston || 83–89 || Gail Goodrich (23) || Happy Hairston (14) || Allen, Goodrich (5) || The Forum10,411 || 6–9 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 16 || November 24 || Washington || 111–108 || Gail Goodrich (33) || Elmore Smith (15) || Lucius Allen (7) || The Forum11,857 || 6–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || November 26 || @ Milwaukee || 105–102 || Pat Riley (18) || Happy Hairston (17) || Happy Hairston (5) || MECCA Arena10,938 || 7–10 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 18 || November 27 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 89–107 || Hawkins, Smith (19) || Elmore Smith (17) || Lucius Allen (4) || Kemper Arena6,463 || 7–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || November 29 || New Orleans || 122–127 || Pat Riley (38) || Happy Hairston (16) || Lucius Allen (8) || The Forum11,224 || 8–11 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 20 || November 30 || @ Golden State || 118–128 || Lucius Allen (27) || Elmore Smith (14) || Lucius Allen (8) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena2,576 || 8–12 |- Los Angeles Lakers December yes #FFD700 #800080 5 2 2 7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || December 1 || Phoenix || 105–111 (OT) || Elmore Smith (29) || Elmore Smith (20) || Allen, Riley (6) || The Forum10,157 || 9–12 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 22 || December 3 || @ New York || 95–100 || Lucius Allen (33) || Elmore Smith (13) || Allen, Hawkins (4) || Madison Square Garden19,011 || 9–13 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 23 || December 4 || @ Boston || 90–101 || Lucius Allen (24) || Elmore Smith (16) || Pat Riley (6) || Boston Garden8,881 || 9–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || December 6 || Atlanta || 84–100 || Lucius Allen (32) || Happy Hairston (19) || Lucius Allen (12) || The Forum10,266 || 10–14 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 25 || December 7 || @ Phoenix || 88–92 || Lucius Allen (25) || Happy Hairston (10) || Lucius Allen (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,603 || 10–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || December 8 || Phoenix || 102–107 || Allen, Smith (19) || Elmore Smith (10) || Lucius Allen (13) || The Forum11,124 || 11–15 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 13 || Seattle || 93–109 || Lucius Allen (30) || Elmore Smith (23) || Gail Goodrich (10) || The Forum10,296 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 28 || December 15 || @ Portland || 97–100 || Lucius Allen (26) || Elmore Smith (23) || Elmore Smith (5) || Memorial Coliseum9,852 || 12–16 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 29 || December 17 || Cleveland || 119–106 || Gail Goodrich (35) || Happy Hairston (15) || Lucius Allen (10) || The Forum10,009 || 12–17 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 30 || December 20 || Detroit || 103–102 || Gail Goodrich (24) || Happy Hairston (13) || Hairston, Hawkins (7) || The Forum9,667 || 12–18 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 31 || December 21 || @ Phoenix || 104–114 || Gail Goodrich (30) || Happy Hairston (13) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,437 || 12–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || December 22 || Portland || 102–115 || Gail Goodrich (44) || Elmore Smith (18) || Gail Goodrich (10) || The Forum13,440 || 13–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || December 26 || @ Cleveland || 99–89 || Allen, Goodrich (28) || Happy Hairston (19) || Allen, Goodrich, Washington (4) || Richfield Coliseum12,526 || 14–19 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || December 27 || @ Chicago || 105–93 || Lucius Allen (37) || Happy Hairston (18) || Allen, Goodrich, Smith (4) || Chicago Stadium11,148 || 15–19 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 35 || December 28 || @ Atlanta || 89–106 || Lucius Allen (18) || Corky Calhoun (17) || Gail Goodrich (4) || Omni Coliseum5,418 || 15–20 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 36 || December 30 || @ Houston || 107–120 || Elmore Smith (26) || Happy Hairston (17) || Allen, Goodrich (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion4,183 || 15–21 |- Los Angeles Lakers January yes #FFD700 #800080 2 2 2 6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 37 || January 3 || Boston || 127–106 || Elmore Smith (30) || Elmore Smith (11) || Gail Goodrich (7) || The Forum16,955 || 15–22 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || January 5 || Washington || 109–112 (OT) || Stu Lantz (25) || Happy Hairston (19) || Lucius Allen (9) || The Forum13,386 || 16–22 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 39 || January 7 || @ Buffalo || 107–115 || Lucius Allen (19) || Elmore Smith (14) || Gail Goodrich (9) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium8,380 || 16–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || January 8 || @ Philadelphia || 106–98 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Elmore Smith (11) || Allen, Goodrich (6) || The Spectrum7,645 || 17–23 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 41 || January 10 || @ Boston || 97–103 || Goodrich, Lantz (24) || Happy Hairston (8) || Gail Goodrich (10) || Boston Garden13,385 || 17–24 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 42 || January 11 || @ Washington || 90–102 || Gail Goodrich (22) || Elmore Smith (14) || Lucius Allen (7) || Capital Centre13,868 || 17–25 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 43 || January 21 || @ Golden State || 108–138 || Cazzie Russell (24) || Elmore Smith (13) || Lucius Allen (6) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena7,847 || 17–26 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 24 || New Orleans || 108–110 || Gail Goodrich (20) || Happy Hairston (18) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum10,880 || 18–26 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 45 || January 26 || Philadelphia || 103–97 || Gail Goodrich (24) || Happy Hairston (23) || Gail Goodrich (8) || The Forum10,618 || 18–27 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 46 || January 28 || @ Houston || 89–104 || Gail Goodrich (22) || Elmore Smith (17) || Lucius Allen (6) || Hofheinz Pavilion2,156 || 18–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || January 29 || @ New Orleans || 112–108 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Happy Hairston (12) || Lucius Allen (7) || Loyola Field House2,887 || 19–28 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 48 || January 31 || @ Phoenix || 101–105 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Happy Hairston (22) || Happy Hairston (6) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,871 || 19–29 |- Los Angeles Lakers February yes #FFD700 #800080 2 5 1 6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 49 || February 2 || Seattle || 119–112 || Lucius Allen (23) || Happy Hairston (17) || Allen, Goodrich (8) || The Forum11,586 || 19–30 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 50 || February 4 || @ New York || 94–109 || Lucius Allen (23) || Happy Hairston (14) || Allen, Goodrich (4) || Madison Square Garden18,112 || 19–31 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || February 5 || @ Philadelphia || 113–110 (2OT) || Allen, Goodrich (27) || Happy Hairston (20) || Gail Goodrich (10) || The Spectrum5,209 || 20–31 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 52 || February 7 || @ Buffalo || 98–108 || Brian Winters (22) || Happy Hairston (19) || Lucius Allen (9) || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium10,742 || 20–32 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 53 || February 9 || @ Detroit || 96–97 || Gail Goodrich (27) || Happy Hairston (15) || Allen, Goodrich (8) || Cobo Arena7,227 || 20–33 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 54 || February 11 || Buffalo || 112–108 || Gail Goodrich (26) || Elmore Smith (14) || Lucius Allen (10) || The Forum14,114 || 20–34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || February 14 || Atlanta || 100–108 || Cazzie Russell (27) || Happy Hairston (20) || Cazzie Russell (6) || The Forum10,294 || 21–34 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 56 || February 16 || @ Seattle || 87–109 || Cazzie Russell (24) || Happy Hairston (19) || Cazzie Russell (5) || Seattle Center Coliseum12,053 || 21–35 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 57 || February 18 || @ Chicago || 105–128 || Cazzie Russell (20) || Happy Hairston (15) || Happy Hairston (4) || Chicago Stadium10,214 || 21–36 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 58 || February 19 || @ Kansas City–Omaha || 92–115 || Brian Winters (18) || Happy Hairston (19) || Goodrich, Russell, Winters (3) || Kemper Arena8,329 || 21–37 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 59 || February 21 || Golden State || 105–93 || Gail Goodrich (25) || Elmore Smith (16) || Lucius Allen (6) || The Forum11,950 || 21–38 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 60 || February 23 || Boston || 119–115 || Lucius Allen (26) || Elmore Smith (17) || Gail Goodrich (8) || The Forum13,723 || 21–39 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 61 || February 26 || Portland || 117–116 (2OT) || Lucius Allen (39) || Elmore Smith (18) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum10,599 || 21–40 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || February 28 || Cleveland || 105–109 || Lucius Allen (27) || Elmore Smith (18) || Russell, Winters (5) || The Forum11,203 || 22–40 |- Los Angeles Lakers March yes #FFD700 #800080 6 2 2 6 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 63 || March 2 || @ Washington || 104–117 || Gail Goodrich (20) || Happy Hairston (14) || Happy Hairston (6) || Capital Centre8,020 || 22–41 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 64 || March 4 || @ Atlanta || 97–109 || Goodrich, Russell (26) || Kermit Washington (16) || Happy Hairston (4) || Omni Coliseum2,738 || 22–42 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 65 || March 5 || @ New Orleans || 117–123 || Lucius Allen (29) || Hairston, Smith (9) || Lucius Allen (6) || Municipal Auditorium6,554 || 22–43 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 66 || March 7 || Chicago || 89–87 || Brian Winters (30) || Kermit Washington (20) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum11,116 || 22–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || March 9 || Houston || 95–116 || Gail Goodrich (34) || Elmore Smith (16) || Gail Goodrich (14) || The Forum11,261 || 23–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || March 11 || @ Detroit || 95–94 || Gail Goodrich (25) || Kermit Washington (10) || Pat Riley (8) || Cobo Arena6,263 || 24–44 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 69 || March 13 || @ Cleveland || 85–104 || Cazzie Russell (23) || Kermit Washington (14) || Goodrich, Lantz (4) || Richfield Coliseum4,735 || 24–45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 14 || @ Milwaukee || 105–104 || Gail Goodrich (30) || Elmore Smith (11) || Gail Goodrich (7) || MECCA Arena10,938 || 25–45 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || March 16 || Golden State || 95–111 || Gail Goodrich (37) || Elmore Smith (22) || Gail Goodrich (9) || The Forum11,019 || 26–45 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 72 || March 18 || New York || 109–100 || Cazzie Russell (29) || Kermit Washington (18) || Gail Goodrich (11) || The Forum10,963 || 26–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || March 21 || Seattle || 109–112 (OT) || Gail Goodrich (30) || Elmore Smith (17) || Elmore Smith (7) || The Forum10,102 || 27–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || March 23 || Milwaukee || 97–116 || Gail Goodrich (36) || Elmore Smith (17) || Stu Lantz (10) || The Forum14,121 || 28–46 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 75 || March 25 || @ Golden State || 122–139 || Cazzie Russell (26) || Kermit Washington (11) || Stu Lantz (9) || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena7,806 || 28–47 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 76 || March 26 || @ Seattle || 89–110 || Brian Winters (24) || Beaty, Hairston (9) || Gail Goodrich (7) || Seattle Center Coliseum12,128 || 28–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || March 28 || Kansas City–Omaha || 103–114 || Gail Goodrich (53) || Happy Hairston (24) || Brian Winters (5) || The Forum11,243 || 29–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || March 30 || Phoenix || 90–104 || Gail Goodrich (28) || Elmore Smith (15) || Stu Lantz (11) || The Forum8,546 || 30–48 |- Los Angeles Lakers April yes #FFD700 #800080 0 2 0 2 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 79 || April 1 || Portland || 124–106 || Gail Goodrich (26) || Zelmo Beaty (11) || Lantz, Winters (6) || The Forum10,603 || 30–49 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 80 || April 2 || @ Phoenix || 106–108 || Cazzie Russell (27) || Zelmo Beaty (11) || Gail Goodrich (6) || Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum5,610 || 30–50 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 81 || April 4 || Seattle || 111–102 || Gail Goodrich (33) || Kermit Washington (21) || Washington, Winters (6) || The Forum10,946 || 30–51 |- bgcolor="ffcccc" | 82 || April 6 || @ Portland || 97–126 || Cazzie Russell (25) || Kermit Washington (17) || Stu Lantz (7) || Memorial Coliseum10,323 || 30–52 |- Source: www.basketball-reference.com Awards and records Gail Goodrich, NBA All-Star Game Brian Winters, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team References Los Angeles Lakers Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers