1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1971-10-15	@	DET	W	132	103				.284		.618	54.4	70.4			.568			.253	.388			.223
2	2	1971-10-16	@	NYK	W	119	104				.433		.555	59.3	38.6			.489			.344	.376			.202
3	3	1971-10-19	@	BUF	W	123	106				.548		.590	56.5	52.2			.548			.369	.495			.126
4	4	1971-10-20	@	ATL	W	126	104				.384		.544	55.1	46.9			.495			.283	.462			.194
5	5	1971-10-22		CHI	L	106	113				.434		.536	52.5	39.5			.458			.361	.462			.163
6	6	1971-10-24	@	HOU	W	113	103				.458		.490	49.6	40.5			.438			.302	.382			.173
7	7	1971-10-29		CIN	W	119	107				.642		.488	58.2	61.9			.442			.368	.413			.156
8	8	1971-10-30	@	SEA	L	106	115				.366		.491	51.9	61.0			.441			.258	.489			.245
9	9	1971-10-31		GSW	L	105	109				.162		.495	53.8	45.7			.465	12.4		.131	.523	13.5		.193
10	10	1971-11-05		BAL	W	110	106				.267		.469	59.0	52.3			.419			.210	.434			.202
11	11	1971-11-06	@	GSW	W	105	89				.317		.456	48.9	52.5			.396	14.8		.248	.310	15.4		.270
12	12	1971-11-07		NYK	W	103	96				.455		.557	59.3	70.0			.519			.299	.471			.188
13	13	1971-11-09	@	CHI	W	122	109				.348		.575	48.9	60.4			.522			.283	.500			.185
14	14	1971-11-10	@	PHI	W	143	103				.239		.573	51.5	55.0			.531			.204	.331			.190
15	15	1971-11-12		SEA	W	115	107				.520		.468	54.4	60.0			.400			.350	.477			.291
16	16	1971-11-13	@	POR	W	130	108				.320		.587	55.0	75.0			.536	21.9		.268	.411	16.7		.187
17	17	1971-11-14		BOS	W	128	115				.359		.537	48.8	59.2			.476			.291	.359			.180
18	18	1971-11-16		CLE	W	108	90				.149		.539	52.3	46.9			.521			.106	.362			.133
19	19	1971-11-19		HOU	W	106	99				.236		.436	57.7	66.7			.382			.200	.404			.144
20	20	1971-11-21		MIL	W	112	105				.263		.528	53.2	69.4			.516			.147	.494			.218
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1971-11-25	@	SEA	W	139	115				.262		.582	48.5	59.3			.551			.196	.440			.270
22	22	1971-11-26		DET	W	132	113				.291		.532	57.3	60.7			.509			.182	.404			.229
23	23	1971-11-28		SEA	W	138	121				.349		.564	55.6	47.3			.519	14.7		.264	.467	14.8		.411
24	24	1971-12-01	@	BOS	W	124	111				.402		.573	53.3	45.8			.522			.304	.397			.164
25	25	1971-12-03	@	PHI	W	131	116				.474		.559	52.1	47.9			.495			.361	.398			.186
26	26	1971-12-05		POR	W	123	107				.202		.518	46.8	69.2			.477	13.2		.174	.404	13.3		.132
27	27	1971-12-08	@	HOU	W	125	120				.560		.551	48.3	34.9			.473			.429	.429			.151
28	28	1971-12-09	@	GSW	W	124	111				.300		.609	44.2	47.1			.567	14.3		.244	.430	13.8		.178
29	29	1971-12-10		PHO	W	126	117				.254		.497	53.6	55.6			.474			.158	.415			.122
30	30	1971-12-12		ATL	W	104	95				.278		.515	52.5	73.2			.456			.244	.411			.179
31	31	1971-12-14	@	POR	W	129	114				.608		.644	48.9	70.5			.557	20.6		.519	.449	15.8		.168
32	32	1971-12-17		GSW	W	129	99				.330		.581	52.1	65.4			.536	9.0		.258	.354	10.1		.168
33	33	1971-12-18	@	PHO	W	132	106				.439		.564	49.5	45.1			.520			.306	.400			.210
34	34	1971-12-19		PHI	W	154	132				.543		.661	53.0	54.5			.585			.468	.440			.176
35	35	1971-12-21	@	BUF	W	117	103				.430		.623	56.3	50.0			.582			.316	.395			.114
36	36	1971-12-22	@	BAL	W	127	120				.305		.533	48.2	44.9			.467			.276	.482			.127
37	37	1971-12-26		HOU	W	137	115				.359		.574	51.7	60.7			.544			.243	.420			.126
38	38	1971-12-28		BUF	W	105	87				.293		.505	46.2	54.5			.478			.185	.500			.088
39	39	1971-12-30	@	SEA	W	122	106				.255		.499	51.3	55.8			.473	12.8		.164	.421	10.7		.150
40	40	1972-01-02		BOS	W	122	113				.430		.596	48.2	44.7			.547			.326	.424			.110
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1972-01-05	@	CLE	W	113	103				.278		.519	48.5	75.0			.495			.175	.400			.136
42	42	1972-01-07	@	ATL	W	134	90				.210		.613	50.9	70.7			.580			.180	.388			.143
43	43	1972-01-09	@	MIL	L	104	120				.449		.488	44.2	48.6			.393			.382	.462			.208
44	44	1972-01-11	@	DET	W	123	103				.212		.541	47.8	56.6			.510			.163	.398			.157
45	45	1972-01-12	@	CIN	L	107	108				.478		.480	51.9	51.3			.424			.315	.454			.206
46	46	1972-01-14	@	PHI	W	135	121				.402		.562	49.1	59.6			.510			.304	.417			.217
47	47	1972-01-21		NYK	L	101	104				.427		.478	50.9	52.6			.427			.281	.463			.168
48	48	1972-01-22	@	PHO	L	102	116				.430		.461	49.5	56.8			.398			.301	.495			.158
49	49	1972-01-25		PHO	W	129	119				.542		.543	46.3	52.2			.479			.385	.460			.270
50	50	1972-01-28		HOU	W	118	105				.350		.511	49.6	52.2			.460			.260	.360			.202
51	51	1972-01-30		POR	W	153	131				.248		.657	55.6	70.1			.638	15.3		.181	.522	13.6		.115
52	52	1972-02-04		MIL	W	118	105				.298		.502	57.3	56.0			.481			.173	.500			.167
53	53	1972-02-05	@	GSW	W	108	96				.288		.461	51.7	65.1			.413	11.3		.212	.404	10.6		.162
54	54	1972-02-06		BAL	W	151	127				.426		.589	56.8	55.2			.537			.324	.495			.219
55	55	1972-02-08	@	NYK	W	107	102				.355		.498	50.0	42.9			.452			.247	.446			.119
56	56	1972-02-09	@	ATL	W	117	113				.411		.550	40.7	32.6			.478			.344	.531			.115
57	57	1972-02-11	@	BOS	L	108	121				.388		.448	46.9	55.3			.369			.311	.455			.170
58	58	1972-02-13	N	BAL	W	121	110				.340		.497	51.9	61.2			.462	13.5		.217	.429	14.8		.190
59	59	1972-02-15		CIN	W	125	118				.284		.545	60.4	68.6			.500			.225	.515			.162
60	60	1972-02-16	@	PHO	L	109	110				.353		.462	45.8	53.7			.402	13.3		.265	.417	11.3		.185
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1972-02-18		POR	W	125	114				.494		.577	55.7	69.6			.517	23.9		.371	.490	21.3		.208
62	62	1972-02-19	@	POR	W	115	94				.362		.528	47.7	65.2			.489	17.4		.245	.336	11.8		.159
63	63	1972-02-20		BOS	W	132	113				.350		.572	59.0	46.2			.520			.280	.433			.221
64	64	1972-02-22		DET	L	134	135				.288		.536	47.0	56.1			.514			.180	.504			.126
65	65	1972-02-23	N	HOU	L	110	115				.398		.478	39.8	46.3			.418			.286	.441			.093
66	66	1972-02-25		CIN	W	109	88				.345		.563	53.6	58.3			.571			.155	.433			.111
67	67	1972-02-27		CHI	W	123	118				.526		.526	50.0	65.9			.463	16.4		.368	.419	15.7		.171
68	68	1972-02-29	@	NYK	W	114	111				.292		.568	58.5	33.3			.539			.202	.523			.216
69	69	1972-03-01	N	MIL	W	109	108				.299		.497	58.7	51.1			.464			.196	.440			.200
70	70	1972-03-03		ATL	W	114	104				.411		.508	47.1	72.1			.453			.295	.413			.128
71	71	1972-03-05		BAL	L	94	108				.267		.489	49.5	44.7			.442			.209	.500			.149
72	72	1972-03-07		PHI	W	114	97				.286		.517	52.6	53.2			.480			.204	.394			.144
73	73	1972-03-10		CLE	W	132	98				.448		.525	51.3	67.3			.467			.324	.400			.232
74	74	1972-03-12		BUF	W	141	102				.417		.578	60.5	67.9			.515			.340	.394			.192
75	75	1972-03-14	@	DET	W	129	116				.343		.519	49.3	73.1			.481			.231	.490			.157
76	76	1972-03-15	@	CIN	W	121	116				.245		.535	59.0	59.6			.510			.167	.466			.194
77	77	1972-03-17		MIL	W	123	107				.388		.536	57.3	72.3			.480			.296	.441			.167
78	78	1972-03-19		GSW	W	162	99				.283		.637	57.5	62.3			.611			.212	.342			.162
79	79	1972-03-21	@	CHI	W	109	104				.299		.497	43.8	53.3			.464	8.4		.196	.434	11.4		.182
80	80	1972-03-22	@	CLE	L	120	124				.340		.522	48.5	64.6			.480			.240	.480			.280
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1972-03-24		PHO	W	112	110				.280		.499	45.6	44.7			.470			.180	.480			.163
82	82	1972-03-26		SEA	W	124	98				.245		.528	49.6	72.5			.481			.208	.361			.185

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