1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		132	103	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		119	104	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		123	106	3	0	W 3
4	Wed, Oct 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		126	104	4	0	W 4
5	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		106	113	4	1	L 1
6	Sun, Oct 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		113	103	5	1	W 1
7	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		119	107	6	1	W 2
8	Sat, Oct 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		106	115	6	2	L 1
9	Sun, Oct 31, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		105	109	6	3	L 2
10	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		110	106	7	3	W 1
11	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		105	89	8	3	W 2			at Oakland, CA
12	Sun, Nov 7, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		103	96	9	3	W 3
13	Tue, Nov 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		122	109	10	3	W 4
14	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		143	103	11	3	W 5
15	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	107	12	3	W 6
16	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		130	108	13	3	W 7
17	Sun, Nov 14, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		128	115	14	3	W 8	17,505
18	Tue, Nov 16, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	90	15	3	W 9
19	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		106	99	16	3	W 10
20	Sun, Nov 21, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	105	17	3	W 11
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Nov 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		139	115	18	3	W 12
22	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		132	113	19	3	W 13
23	Sun, Nov 28, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		138	121	20	3	W 14
24	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		124	111	21	3	W 15	8,584
25	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	116	22	3	W 16
26	Sun, Dec 5, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	107	23	3	W 17
27	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		125	120	24	3	W 18
28	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		124	111	25	3	W 19			at Oakland, CA
29	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	OT	126	117	26	3	W 20
30	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		104	95	27	3	W 21
31	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	114	28	3	W 22
32	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		129	99	29	3	W 23
33	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		132	106	30	3	W 24
34	Sun, Dec 19, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		154	132	31	3	W 25
35	Tue, Dec 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		117	103	32	3	W 26
36	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		127	120	33	3	W 27
37	Sun, Dec 26, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		137	115	34	3	W 28
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		105	87	35	3	W 29
39	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		122	106	36	3	W 30
40	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		122	113	37	3	W 31	17,505
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	103	38	3	W 32
42	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		134	90	39	3	W 33
43	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	120	39	4	L 1
44	Tue, Jan 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		123	103	40	4	W 1
45	Wed, Jan 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		107	108	40	5	L 1
46	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		135	121	41	5	W 1
47	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	104	41	6	L 1
48	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	116	41	7	L 2
49	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		129	119	42	7	W 1
50	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		118	105	43	7	W 2
51	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		153	131	44	7	W 3
52	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		118	105	45	7	W 4
53	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		108	96	46	7	W 5			at Oakland, CA
54	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		151	127	47	7	W 6
55	Tue, Feb 8, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		107	102	48	7	W 7
56	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		117	113	49	7	W 8
57	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	121	49	8	L 1	15,315
58	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		121	110	50	8	W 1			at College Park, MD
59	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		125	118	51	8	W 2
60	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		109	110	51	9	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		125	114	52	9	W 1
62	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		115	94	53	9	W 2
63	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		132	113	54	9	W 3	17,505
64	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	134	135	54	10	L 1
65	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score	N	Houston Rockets	L		110	115	54	11	L 2			at Waco, TX
66	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		109	88	55	11	W 1
67	Sun, Feb 27, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	123	118	56	11	W 2
68	Tue, Feb 29, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		114	111	57	11	W 3
69	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	W		109	108	58	11	W 4			at Madison, WI
70	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	104	59	11	W 5
71	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		94	108	59	12	L 1
72	Tue, Mar 7, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		114	97	60	12	W 1
73	Fri, Mar 10, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		132	98	61	12	W 2
74	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		141	102	62	12	W 3
75	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		129	116	63	12	W 4
76	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		121	116	64	12	W 5
77	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		123	107	65	12	W 6
78	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		162	99	66	12	W 7
79	Tue, Mar 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		109	104	67	12	W 8
80	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		120	124	67	13	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 24, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	110	68	13	W 1
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	98	69	13	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 28, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		95	80	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Mar 30, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		131	124	2	0	W 2
3	Sun, Apr 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		108	101	3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		108	97	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Sun, Apr 9, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		72	93	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, Apr 12, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		135	134	5	1	W 1
7	Fri, Apr 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		108	105	6	1	W 2
8	Sun, Apr 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	114	6	2	L 1
9	Tue, Apr 18, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		115	90	7	2	W 1
10	Sat, Apr 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		104	100	8	2	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
11	Wed, Apr 26, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		92	114	8	3	L 1	17,505
12	Sun, Apr 30, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	92	9	3	W 1	17,505
13	Wed, May 3, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		107	96	10	3	W 2	19,588
14	Fri, May 5, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	OT	116	111	11	3	W 3	19,588
15	Sun, May 7, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	100	12	3	W 4	17,505

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