1976-77 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 53-29, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jerry West (53-29)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 106.9 (10th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 104.1 (4th of 22)

SRS: 2.64 (5th of 22) Pace: 104.7 (17th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.4 (5th of 22) Def Rtg: 98.9 (10th of 22) Net Rtg: +2.6 (5th of 22)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (5th of 22)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 501,434 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1977 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Golden State Warriors (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (0-4) versus Portland Trail Blazers (Series Stats)

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	Thu, Oct 21, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	102	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Oct 22, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		103	84	1	1	W 1
3	Sun, Oct 24, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		95	100	1	2	L 1
4	Tue, Oct 26, 1976	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L	OT	115	117	1	3	L 2
5	Fri, Oct 29, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		118	101	2	3	W 1
6	Sun, Oct 31, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	101	3	3	W 2
7	Fri, Nov 5, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		121	126	3	4	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 7, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		107	96	4	4	W 1
9	Tue, Nov 9, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L	OT	116	121	4	5	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 10, 1976	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	117	4	6	L 2	12,178
11	Fri, Nov 12, 1976	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		117	106	5	6	W 1
12	Sun, Nov 14, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		95	97	5	7	L 1
13	Fri, Nov 19, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		121	99	6	7	W 1
14	Sun, Nov 21, 1976	Box Score		New York Nets	W		96	91	7	7	W 2
15	Tue, Nov 23, 1976	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	114	8	7	W 3
16	Wed, Nov 24, 1976	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		112	122	8	8	L 1
17	Fri, Nov 26, 1976	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		99	96	9	8	W 1
18	Sun, Nov 28, 1976	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		103	84	10	8	W 2
19	Tue, Nov 30, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		109	102	11	8	W 3
20	Fri, Dec 3, 1976	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		114	105	12	8	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		114	116	12	9	L 1
22	Tue, Dec 7, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		81	89	12	10	L 2
23	Wed, Dec 8, 1976	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		98	111	12	11	L 3
24	Fri, Dec 10, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		109	99	13	11	W 1
25	Sun, Dec 12, 1976	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		112	83	14	11	W 2
26	Tue, Dec 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	106	14	12	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 15, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		115	105	15	12	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 17, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	105	16	12	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	115	111	17	12	W 3
30	Sun, Dec 19, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		103	92	18	12	W 4
31	Tue, Dec 21, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		97	89	19	12	W 5
32	Sat, Dec 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		96	113	19	13	L 1
33	Sun, Dec 26, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		107	99	20	13	W 1
34	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		134	105	21	13	W 2	15,865
35	Sun, Jan 2, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		104	99	22	13	W 3
36	Wed, Jan 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	117	22	14	L 1
37	Fri, Jan 7, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		85	82	23	14	W 1
38	Sun, Jan 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	118	24	14	W 2
39	Tue, Jan 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	101	99	25	14	W 3
40	Fri, Jan 14, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		109	106	26	14	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		116	122	26	15	L 1
42	Tue, Jan 18, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		113	111	27	15	W 1
43	Fri, Jan 21, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	94	28	15	W 2
44	Sun, Jan 23, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		121	104	29	15	W 3
45	Tue, Jan 25, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		120	109	30	15	W 4
46	Wed, Jan 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		103	118	30	16	L 1
47	Fri, Jan 28, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	104	31	16	W 1
48	Sun, Jan 30, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		101	99	32	16	W 2
49	Tue, Feb 1, 1977	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		136	115	33	16	W 3
50	Fri, Feb 4, 1977	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	99	33	17	L 1	14,062
51	Sun, Feb 6, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	102	33	18	L 2
52	Tue, Feb 8, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	125	33	19	L 3
53	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		105	90	34	19	W 1
54	Fri, Feb 11, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		117	109	35	19	W 2
55	Fri, Feb 18, 1977	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		101	111	35	20	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 20, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		108	101	36	20	W 1
57	Tue, Feb 22, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		103	135	36	21	L 1
58	Wed, Feb 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	102	36	22	L 2
59	Fri, Feb 25, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	102	37	22	W 1
60	Sun, Feb 27, 1977	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		106	101	38	22	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		92	90	39	22	W 3
62	Wed, Mar 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		113	120	39	23	L 1
63	Fri, Mar 4, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		99	114	39	24	L 2
64	Sun, Mar 6, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	99	40	24	W 1
65	Fri, Mar 11, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		94	91	41	24	W 2
66	Sun, Mar 13, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Nets	W		84	81	42	24	W 3
67	Mon, Mar 14, 1977	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	110	42	25	L 1
68	Tue, Mar 15, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		95	107	42	26	L 2
69	Fri, Mar 18, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		98	85	43	26	W 1
70	Sun, Mar 20, 1977	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		100	95	44	26	W 2
71	Tue, Mar 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		86	102	44	27	L 1
72	Wed, Mar 23, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		105	97	45	27	W 1
73	Fri, Mar 25, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	93	46	27	W 2
74	Sat, Mar 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		109	102	47	27	W 3
75	Sun, Mar 27, 1977	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		92	89	48	27	W 4
76	Tue, Mar 29, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		100	97	49	27	W 5
77	Fri, Apr 1, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		107	102	50	27	W 6
78	Sun, Apr 3, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	115	107	51	27	W 7
79	Tue, Apr 5, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		103	132	51	28	L 1
80	Fri, Apr 8, 1977	Box Score		New York Nets	W		124	100	52	28	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		116	145	52	29	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	104	53	29	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 20, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	115	106	1	0	W 1	15,928
2	Fri, Apr 22, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	95	86	2	0	W 2	17,505
3	Sun, Apr 24, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	105	109	2	1	L 1	13,155
4	Tue, Apr 26, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	103	114	2	2	L 2	13,155
5	Fri, Apr 29, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	112	105	3	2	W 1	17,505
6	Sun, May 1, 1977	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L	106	115	3	3	L 1	13,155
7	Wed, May 4, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	97	84	4	3	W 1	17,505
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Fri, May 6, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	109	121	4	4	L 1	16,975
9	Sun, May 8, 1977	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L	97	99	4	5	L 2	15,192
10	Tue, May 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	97	102	4	6	L 3	12,926
11	Fri, May 13, 1977	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	101	105	4	7	L 4	12,904

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