Who won the 71 72 NBA Championship?
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Who won the 71 72 NBA Championship?
Los Angeles Lakers
The 1972 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round played at the conclusion of the 1971–72 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks in five games.
Who was Lakers coach in 1971?
Owner Jack Kent Cooke replaced Head Coach Joe Mullaney in 1971-72, bringing in former USC star and Celtics standout Bill Sharman. The team had to make do without Baylor, who retired early in the season after realizing that his legs were not going to hold up through another year.
Who coached the Lakers in 72?
coach Bill Sharman
Former head coach Bill Sharman led the team to the NBA Championship in 1972. Jerry West was head coach of the Lakers for three seasons.
When did Wilt Chamberlain retire?
1973Wilt Chamberlain / Career end
When did Elgin Baylor retire?
1971-72
Two games into the 1970-71 season Baylor went down with a knee injury that all but ended his career. He missed the rest of the campaign and then returned for only nine games in 1971-72 before retiring at age 37. Ironically, later that season the Lakers won their first championship since moving to Los Angeles.
How many times did Jerry West lost in the finals?
Jerry West could have played more than 14 seasons but didn’t want to “sacrifice my standards.” Nine times in his 14 seasons West’s Lakers made the finals: They lost eight, the first six times to the Celtics. He got his only NBA title in the Lakers’ record-setting 1971-72 season, but championships never defined him.
Who played with Wilt Chamberlain on the Lakers?
Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared a lot of similarities. Both are among the best centers in NBA history, if not the two very best. Each legend donned the Purple and Gold as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Why did Elgin Baylor never win a championship?
Unfortunately, however, Baylor retired nine games into the 1971-72 campaign, his age-37 season, because of knee troubles, a year in which his Los Angeles Lakers would go on to finish the season 69-13 and be crowned as league champions.
What year did Jerry West retire?
1974Jerry West / Career end
Jerry West (foreground). After his retirement in 1974, he served as the Lakers’ head coach for three seasons (1976–79), guiding them to 145 wins and 101 losses over that span. West then spent three years as a scout for the Lakers before becoming the team’s general manager in 1982.
What player has the most losses in NBA history?
Vince Carter
Vince Carter has lost the most career games, with 756 losses.
How many times Bill Russell beat Wilt?
Wilt Chamberlain had a 4-8 record in the NBA Finals versus Bill Russell in his career.
| NAME | DATE | FT% |
|---|---|---|
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4/24/1964 | 37.5 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4/26/1964 | 46.2 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4/23/1969 | 33.3 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4/25/1969 | 50.0 |
How many Hall of Famers did Wilt play against?
Chamberlain played in 29 post-season series in his career, and in the process, he faced a HOF starting center in 19 of them (Russell in eight; Thurmond in three; Reed in two; Kareem in two; Bellamy, in two; Lucas in one; and borderline HOFer, Wayne Embry in one.)
Did Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West play together?
“Wilt was so dominant that it was almost a joke to watch other players play against him,” said Jerry West, an NBA great who played with the towering center late in Chamberlain’s career. They were together on the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers squad that won the NBA championship.
