The Pivotal Season: How the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Changed the NBA

by Charley Rosen

An in-depth look at the most influential Lakers championship team-the coach, the players, the season that changed the NBA. The 1971-72 basketball season was one to go down in history. For the Los Angeles Lakers it was a season of records, an incredible championship, and many personal victories-by a team featuring several players bound for the NBA Hall of Fame. For the sport of basketball it was a season of transition, when West Coast style overcame...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312325096
• ISBN13: 9780312325091
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"