1972-73 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 60-22, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Bill Sharman (60-22)

Executive: Pete Newell

PTS/G: 111.7 (4th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 103.2 (5th of 17)

SRS: 8.16 (1st of 17) Pace: 112.0 (7th of 17)

Off Rtg: 99.4 (2nd of 17) Def Rtg: 91.8 (3rd of 17) Net Rtg: +7.6 (1st of 17)

Expected W-L: 62-20 (2nd of 17)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 664,872 (1st of 2)

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Golden State Warriors (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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	Wed, Oct 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		129	94	1	0	W 1			at Omaha, NE
2	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	112	1	1	L 1	15,316
3	Sat, Oct 14, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	125	1	2	L 2
4	Sun, Oct 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		95	83	2	2	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	104	3	2	W 2
6	Sun, Oct 22, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		104	99	4	2	W 3
7	Tue, Oct 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		114	94	5	2	W 4
8	Wed, Oct 25, 1972	Box Score	N	Houston Rockets	W		112	107	6	2	W 5			at San Antonio, TX
9	Fri, Oct 27, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		91	119	6	3	L 1
10	Sun, Oct 29, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		133	123	7	3	W 1
11	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		116	107	8	3	W 2
12	Sat, Nov 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		134	120	9	3	W 3
13	Sun, Nov 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	115	10	3	W 4
14	Tue, Nov 7, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		122	109	11	3	W 5
15	Fri, Nov 10, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	88	12	3	W 6
16	Tue, Nov 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		95	92	13	3	W 7
17	Wed, Nov 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		110	99	14	3	W 8
18	Fri, Nov 17, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		103	100	15	3	W 9
19	Sun, Nov 19, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		135	95	16	3	W 10
20	Fri, Nov 24, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		140	123	17	3	W 11
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		116	109	18	3	W 12
22	Sun, Nov 26, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	107	19	3	W 13
23	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	OT	109	114	19	4	L 1
24	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		112	103	20	4	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	94	21	4	W 2
26	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		119	100	22	4	W 3
27	Sun, Dec 10, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		137	101	23	4	W 4
28	Tue, Dec 12, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	OT	106	105	24	4	W 5
29	Wed, Dec 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		128	90	25	4	W 6
30	Fri, Dec 15, 1972	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		98	102	25	5	L 1	17,505
31	Tue, Dec 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		126	100	26	5	W 1
32	Wed, Dec 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		96	90	27	5	W 2
33	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		110	118	27	6	L 1
34	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	92	28	6	W 1
35	Wed, Dec 27, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		104	136	28	7	L 1
36	Fri, Dec 29, 1972	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		123	92	29	7	W 1
37	Mon, Jan 1, 1973	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	103	30	7	W 2
38	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	112	30	8	L 1
39	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		93	108	30	9	L 2
40	Sun, Jan 7, 1973	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		92	99	30	10	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 10, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	96	31	10	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		109	97	32	10	W 2
43	Sun, Jan 14, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	100	33	10	W 3
44	Tue, Jan 16, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		104	112	33	11	L 1
45	Fri, Jan 19, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		95	88	34	11	W 1
46	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		124	104	35	11	W 2
47	Sun, Jan 21, 1973	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		123	102	36	11	W 3
48	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		100	84	37	11	W 4
49	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		122	107	38	11	W 5
50	Sun, Jan 28, 1973	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		130	94	39	11	W 6
51	Tue, Jan 30, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		95	92	40	11	W 7
52	Thu, Feb 1, 1973	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		120	106	41	11	W 8
53	Fri, Feb 2, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		126	109	42	11	W 9
54	Sun, Feb 4, 1973	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		125	115	43	11	W 10			at College Park, MD
55	Tue, Feb 6, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		95	90	44	11	W 11
56	Wed, Feb 7, 1973	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	112	113	44	12	L 1	15,320
57	Fri, Feb 9, 1973	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	109	44	13	L 2
58	Sun, Feb 11, 1973	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		108	90	45	13	W 1
59	Tue, Feb 13, 1973	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		101	98	46	13	W 2
60	Fri, Feb 16, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		121	103	47	13	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		110	103	48	13	W 4
62	Sun, Feb 18, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		92	99	48	14	L 1
63	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		89	103	48	15	L 2
64	Wed, Feb 21, 1973	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		98	106	48	16	L 3
65	Fri, Feb 23, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		106	111	48	17	L 4
66	Sun, Feb 25, 1973	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		91	82	49	17	W 1
67	Tue, Feb 27, 1973	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L		103	107	49	18	L 1
68	Fri, Mar 2, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	88	50	18	W 1
69	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	84	51	18	W 2
70	Tue, Mar 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		114	102	52	18	W 3
71	Fri, Mar 9, 1973	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		111	119	52	19	L 1	17,505
72	Sun, Mar 11, 1973	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		141	117	53	19	W 1
73	Tue, Mar 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		121	112	54	19	W 2
74	Wed, Mar 14, 1973	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	112	55	19	W 3
75	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		98	109	55	20	L 1
76	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		131	113	56	20	W 1
77	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		112	114	56	21	L 1
78	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		124	118	57	21	W 1
79	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		121	101	58	21	W 2
80	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	93	59	21	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Tue, Mar 27, 1973	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		84	85	59	22	L 1
82	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		96	89	60	22	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 30, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	107	104	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Apr 1, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	93	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Apr 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		86	96	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Apr 8, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		94	98	2	2	L 2
5	Tue, Apr 10, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		123	102	3	2	W 1
6	Fri, Apr 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		93	101	3	3	L 1
7	Sun, Apr 15, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		95	92	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Tue, Apr 17, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		101	99	5	3	W 2
9	Thu, Apr 19, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		104	93	6	3	W 3
10	Sat, Apr 21, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		126	70	7	3	W 4
11	Mon, Apr 23, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		109	117	7	4	L 1
12	Wed, Apr 25, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		128	118	8	4	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
13	Tue, May 1, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	112	9	4	W 2	17,505
14	Thu, May 3, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		95	99	9	5	L 1	17,505
15	Sun, May 6, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		83	87	9	6	L 2	19,694
16	Tue, May 8, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	103	9	7	L 3	19,694
17	Thu, May 10, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		93	102	9	8	L 4	17,505

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