NBA finals 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season

1 nba finals

1.1 game 1
1.2 game 2
1.3 game 3
1.4 game 4
1.5 game 5

nba finals

the los angeles lakers played against new york knicks in nba finals during postseason.

game 1

although without willis reed because of knee injury. jerry lucas scored 26 points 1 of several knicks red hot. bill bradley hit 11 of 12 shots field new york shot 53 percent game. team took advantage of perfect first half jump lead , won easily, 114–92. in second half, forum crowd began filing out dejectedly. looked los angeles fold in finals.

game 2

knicks forward dave debusschere hurt side , didn t play after first half. hairston scored 12 points in second half, , los angeles evened series 106–92 win.

game 3

debusschere attempted play in first half , missed 6 of field-goal attempts. hurting , elected not play in second half. debusschere explained, didn t feel helping team. lakers danced out 22-point lead , regained home-court advantage 107–96 win.

game 4

the game went overtime, @ end of regulation, wilt chamberlain picked fifth foul. in 13 nba seasons, had never fouled out of game, history immensely proud of 1 led him playing less aggressively when on verge of getting 6th foul. press waited wilt take floor , hurt lakers reverting passive style, instead came out in shotblocking fury propelled lakers 116–111 win. @ 3 games one, lead seemed insurmountable.

game 5

the lakers won sixth nba championship score of 114–100. first championship since moving los angeles in 1960. jerry west won first nba championship after 12 years of waiting. wilt chamberlain scored 24 points , 29 rebounds , earned nba finals mvp award.