1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log

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Record: 69-13, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Bill Sharman (69-13)

Executive: Fred Schaus

PTS/G: 121.0 (1st of 17) Opp PTS/G: 108.7 (6th of 17)

SRS: 11.65 (1st of 17) Pace: 116.9 (1st of 17)

Off Rtg: 103.1 (1st of 17) Def Rtg: 92.6 (2nd of 17) Net Rtg: +10.5 (1st of 17)

Expected W-L: 67-15 (1st of 17)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 668,340 (1st of 2)

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1971-10-15	@	DET	W	132	103	54	95	.568				24	27	.889		56	38				24	40	103	.388				23	32	.719		47	20				20
2	2	1971-10-16	@	NYK	W	119	104	44	90	.489				31	39	.795		64	17				22	41	109	.376				22	27	.815		44	21				25
3	3	1971-10-19	@	BUF	W	123	106	46	84	.548				31	46	.674		52	24				18	47	95	.495				12	18	.667		40	22				28
4	4	1971-10-20	@	ATL	W	126	104	49	99	.495				28	38	.737		59	23				16	43	93	.462				18	25	.720		48	23				24
5	5	1971-10-22		CHI	L	106	113	38	83	.458				30	36	.833		52	15				25	48	104	.462				17	24	.708		47	29				28
6	6	1971-10-24	@	HOU	W	113	103	42	96	.438				29	44	.659		65	17				24	42	110	.382				19	22	.864		66	19				28
7	7	1971-10-29		CIN	W	119	107	42	95	.442				35	61	.574		71	26				20	45	109	.413				17	27	.630		51	26				35
8	8	1971-10-30	@	SEA	L	106	115	41	93	.441				24	34	.706		54	25				25	46	94	.489				23	28	.821		50	32				21
9	9	1971-10-31		GSW	L	105	109	46	99	.465				13	16	.813		49	21			15	18	46	88	.523				17	19	.895		42	23			15	18
10	10	1971-11-05		BAL	W	110	106	44	105	.419				22	28	.786		69	23				20	43	99	.434				20	29	.690		48	23				19
11	11	1971-11-06	@	GSW	W	105	89	40	101	.396				25	32	.781		64	21			20	23	31	100	.310				27	35	.771		67	23			21	26
12	12	1971-11-07		NYK	W	103	96	40	77	.519				23	35	.657		51	28				22	40	85	.471				16	22	.727		35	26				22
13	13	1971-11-09	@	CHI	W	122	109	48	92	.522				26	32	.813		45	29				21	46	92	.500				17	25	.680		47	31				25
14	14	1971-11-10	@	PHI	W	143	103	60	113	.531				23	27	.852		69	33				21	40	121	.331				23	31	.742		65	14				21
15	15	1971-11-12		SEA	W	115	107	40	100	.400				35	52	.673		56	24				22	41	86	.477				25	31	.806		47	24				29
16	16	1971-11-13	@	POR	W	130	108	52	97	.536				26	31	.839		61	39			31	25	44	107	.411				20	29	.690		50	28			24	25
17	17	1971-11-14		BOS	W	128	115	49	103	.476				30	37	.811		63	29				20	46	128	.359				23	27	.852		66	24				24
18	18	1971-11-16		CLE	W	108	90	49	94	.521				10	14	.714		56	23				18	38	105	.362				14	18	.778		51	20				13
19	19	1971-11-19		HOU	W	106	99	42	110	.382				22	26	.846		71	28				19	42	104	.404				15	22	.682		52	19				21
20	20	1971-11-21		MIL	W	112	105	49	95	.516				14	25	.560		50	34				23	43	87	.494				19	22	.864		44	26				21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1971-11-25	@	SEA	W	139	115	59	107	.551				21	28	.750		48	35				21	44	100	.440				27	32	.844		51	24				23
22	22	1971-11-26		DET	W	132	113	56	110	.509				20	32	.625		67	34				22	44	109	.404				25	33	.758		50	25				22
23	23	1971-11-28		SEA	W	138	121	55	106	.519				28	37	.757		55	26			21	33	42	90	.467				37	45	.822		44	21			19	24
24	24	1971-12-01	@	BOS	W	124	111	48	92	.522				28	37	.757		56	22				17	46	116	.397				19	23	.826		49	32				24
25	25	1971-12-03	@	PHI	W	131	116	48	97	.495				35	46	.761		61	23				21	47	118	.398				22	29	.759		56	30				29
26	26	1971-12-05		POR	W	123	107	52	109	.477				19	22	.864		59	36			18	15	46	114	.404				15	23	.652		67	24			19	18
27	27	1971-12-08	@	HOU	W	125	120	43	91	.473				39	51	.765		56	15				20	51	119	.429				18	22	.818		60	26				29
28	28	1971-12-09	@	GSW	W	124	111	51	90	.567				22	27	.815		46	24			17	23	46	107	.430				19	27	.704		58	23			19	25
29	29	1971-12-10		PHO	W	126	117	54	114	.474				18	29	.621		67	30				20	51	123	.415				15	17	.882		58	20				23
30	30	1971-12-12		ATL	W	104	95	41	90	.456				22	25	.880		53	30				17	39	95	.411				17	24	.708		48	19				19
31	31	1971-12-14	@	POR	W	129	114	44	79	.557				41	48	.854		46	31			26	18	48	107	.449				18	23	.783		48	33			22	28
32	32	1971-12-17		GSW	W	129	99	52	97	.536				25	32	.781		62	34			11	18	40	113	.354				19	27	.704		57	22			14	23
33	33	1971-12-18	@	PHO	W	132	106	51	98	.520				30	43	.698		53	23				20	42	105	.400				22	25	.880		54	21				29
34	34	1971-12-19		PHI	W	154	132	55	94	.585				44	51	.863		62	30				26	55	125	.440				22	29	.759		55	25				31
35	35	1971-12-21	@	BUF	W	117	103	46	79	.582				25	34	.735		54	23				19	45	114	.395				13	18	.722		42	22				24
36	36	1971-12-22	@	BAL	W	127	120	49	105	.467				29	32	.906		53	22				18	53	110	.482				14	18	.778		57	25				21
37	37	1971-12-26		HOU	W	137	115	56	103	.544				25	37	.676		60	34				18	50	119	.420				15	20	.750		56	20				24
38	38	1971-12-28		BUF	W	105	87	44	92	.478				17	27	.630		42	24				18	40	80	.500				7	16	.438		49	20				19
39	39	1971-12-30	@	SEA	W	122	106	52	110	.473				18	28	.643		59	29			18	23	45	107	.421				16	23	.696		56	30			14	23
40	40	1972-01-02		BOS	W	122	113	47	86	.547				28	37	.757		53	21				13	50	118	.424				13	15	.867		57	26				23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1972-01-05	@	CLE	W	113	103	48	97	.495				17	27	.630		50	36				20	44	110	.400				15	17	.882		53	31				20
42	42	1972-01-07	@	ATL	W	134	90	58	100	.580				18	21	.857		54	41				17	38	98	.388				14	20	.700		52	15				17
43	43	1972-01-09	@	MIL	L	104	120	35	89	.393				34	40	.850		46	17				18	49	106	.462				22	24	.917		58	26				28
44	44	1972-01-11	@	DET	W	123	103	53	104	.510				17	22	.773		54	30				19	43	108	.398				17	22	.773		59	25				22
45	45	1972-01-12	@	CIN	L	107	108	39	92	.424				29	44	.659		54	20				16	44	97	.454				20	24	.833		50	28				27
46	46	1972-01-14	@	PHI	W	135	121	52	102	.510				31	41	.756		56	31				20	48	115	.417				25	32	.781		58	28				29
47	47	1972-01-21		NYK	L	101	104	38	89	.427				25	38	.658		55	20				21	44	95	.463				16	19	.842		53	22				24
48	48	1972-01-22	@	PHO	L	102	116	37	93	.398				28	40	.700		52	21				21	50	101	.495				16	22	.727		53	26				25
49	49	1972-01-25		PHO	W	129	119	46	96	.479				37	52	.712		44	24				23	46	100	.460				27	30	.900		51	25				30
50	50	1972-01-28		HOU	W	118	105	46	100	.460				26	35	.743		60	24				19	41	114	.360				23	28	.821		61	16				26
51	51	1972-01-30		POR	W	153	131	67	105	.638				19	26	.731		55	47			21	16	59	113	.522				13	18	.722		44	33			19	21
52	52	1972-02-04		MIL	W	118	105	50	104	.481				18	31	.581		59	28				15	45	90	.500				15	18	.833		44	26				22
53	53	1972-02-05	@	GSW	W	108	96	43	104	.413				22	30	.733		61	28			15	18	40	99	.404				16	23	.696		57	20			13	21
54	54	1972-02-06		BAL	W	151	127	58	108	.537				35	46	.761		63	32				26	52	105	.495				23	26	.885		48	27				32
55	55	1972-02-08	@	NYK	W	107	102	42	93	.452				23	33	.697		53	18				19	45	101	.446				12	17	.706		53	31				23
56	56	1972-02-09	@	ATL	W	117	113	43	90	.478				31	37	.838		37	14				15	51	96	.531				11	14	.786		54	18				26
57	57	1972-02-11	@	BOS	L	108	121	38	103	.369				32	40	.800		53	21				17	51	112	.455				19	21	.905		60	34				31
58	58	1972-02-13	N	BAL	W	121	110	49	106	.462				23	36	.639		56	30			19	21	45	105	.429				20	23	.870		52	20			20	23
59	59	1972-02-15		CIN	W	125	118	51	102	.500				23	29	.793		61	35				19	51	99	.515				16	20	.800		40	23				19
60	60	1972-02-16	@	PHO	L	109	110	41	102	.402				27	36	.750		55	22			18	21	45	108	.417				20	21	.952		65	23			15	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1972-02-18		POR	W	125	114	46	89	.517				33	44	.750		54	32			34	17	47	96	.490				20	25	.800		43	34			29	31
62	62	1972-02-19	@	POR	W	115	94	46	94	.489				23	34	.676		62	30			23	26	38	113	.336				18	31	.581		68	22			17	22
63	63	1972-02-20		BOS	W	132	113	52	100	.520				28	35	.800		59	24				22	45	104	.433				23	28	.821		41	20				22
64	64	1972-02-22		DET	L	134	135	57	111	.514				20	32	.625		55	32				17	60	119	.504				15	22	.682		62	24				23
65	65	1972-02-23	N	HOU	L	110	115	41	98	.418				28	39	.718		47	19				21	52	118	.441				11	19	.579		71	23				27
66	66	1972-02-25		CIN	W	109	88	48	84	.571				13	29	.448		52	28				16	39	90	.433				10	16	.625		45	24				25
67	67	1972-02-27		CHI	W	123	118	44	95	.463				35	50	.700		64	29			23	23	49	117	.419				20	28	.714		64	23			24	38
68	68	1972-02-29	@	NYK	W	114	111	48	89	.539				18	26	.692		48	16				20	46	88	.523				19	21	.905		34	29				22
69	69	1972-03-01	N	MIL	W	109	108	45	97	.464				19	29	.655		61	23				16	44	100	.440				20	27	.741		43	23				23
70	70	1972-03-03		ATL	W	114	104	43	95	.453				28	39	.718		57	31				20	45	109	.413				14	22	.636		64	22				25
71	71	1972-03-05		BAL	L	94	108	38	86	.442				18	23	.783		48	17				18	47	94	.500				14	19	.737		49	27				23
72	72	1972-03-07		PHI	W	114	97	47	98	.480				20	28	.714		60	25				17	41	104	.394				15	22	.682		54	27				22
73	73	1972-03-10		CLE	W	132	98	49	105	.467				34	47	.723		61	33				21	38	95	.400				22	28	.786		58	20				28
74	74	1972-03-12		BUF	W	141	102	53	103	.515				35	43	.814		72	36				21	41	104	.394				20	28	.714		47	24				28
75	75	1972-03-14	@	DET	W	129	116	52	108	.481				25	37	.676		36	38				16	50	102	.490				16	21	.762		37	21				26
76	76	1972-03-15	@	CIN	W	121	116	52	102	.510				17	25	.680		62	31				20	48	103	.466				20	22	.909		43	23				22
77	77	1972-03-17		MIL	W	123	107	47	98	.480				29	38	.763		59	34				16	45	102	.441				17	23	.739		44	18				28
78	78	1972-03-19		GSW	W	162	99	69	113	.611				24	32	.750		73	43				21	40	117	.342				19	29	.655		54	15				23
79	79	1972-03-21	@	CHI	W	109	104	45	97	.464				19	29	.655		46	24			10	21	43	99	.434				18	23	.783		59	31			14	23
80	80	1972-03-22	@	CLE	L	120	124	48	100	.480				24	34	.706		48	31				23	48	100	.480				28	35	.800		51	34				24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1972-03-24		PHO	W	112	110	47	100	.470				18	28	.643		47	21				19	47	98	.480				16	19	.842		56	31				19
82	82	1972-03-26		SEA	W	124	98	51	106	.481				22	26	.846		60	37				17	39	108	.361				20	24	.833		61	17				25

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