1981-82 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Paul Westhead (7-4), Pat Riley (50-21)

Executive: Bill Sharman

PTS/G: 114.6 (2nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 109.8 (15th of 23)

SRS: 4.37 (4th of 23) Pace: 103.1 (4th of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.2 (2nd of 23) Def Rtg: 105.5 (10th of 23) Net Rtg: +4.7 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (4th of 23)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 605,236 (3rd of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus San Antonio Spurs (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Conference Champions
Pacific Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 30, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L	2OT	112	113	0	1	L 1
2	Tue, Nov 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	102	0	2	L 2
3	Wed, Nov 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	103	1	2	W 1
4	Fri, Nov 6, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		99	101	1	3	L 1
5	Sun, Nov 8, 1981	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		121	111	2	3	W 1
6	Tue, Nov 10, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		102	128	2	4	L 1
7	Wed, Nov 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		95	93	3	4	W 1
8	Fri, Nov 13, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		119	115	4	4	W 2
9	Sat, Nov 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		98	97	5	4	W 3
10	Sun, Nov 15, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	2OT	124	123	6	4	W 4
11	Wed, Nov 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		113	110	7	4	W 5
12	Fri, Nov 20, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		136	116	8	4	W 6
13	Sat, Nov 21, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		119	117	9	4	W 7
14	Tue, Nov 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		125	110	10	4	W 8
15	Wed, Nov 25, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		117	96	11	4	W 9
16	Fri, Nov 27, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	L		129	138	11	5	L 1
17	Sun, Nov 29, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		122	104	12	5	W 1
18	Tue, Dec 1, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		117	86	13	5	W 2
19	Wed, Dec 2, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		96	104	13	6	L 1
20	Fri, Dec 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		126	117	14	6	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 6, 1981	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		119	106	15	6	W 2
22	Tue, Dec 8, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		102	98	16	6	W 3
23	Fri, Dec 11, 1981	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	116	17	6	W 4
24	Sun, Dec 13, 1981	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		122	118	18	6	W 5
25	Thu, Dec 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		115	120	18	7	L 1
26	Sat, Dec 19, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		106	100	19	7	W 1
27	Sun, Dec 20, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		112	94	20	7	W 2
28	Tue, Dec 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	110	21	7	W 3
29	Fri, Dec 25, 1981	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		104	101	22	7	W 4
30	Sun, Dec 27, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		139	117	23	7	W 5
31	Tue, Dec 29, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		121	114	24	7	W 6
32	Sun, Jan 3, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		90	110	24	8	L 1
33	Fri, Jan 8, 1982	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		113	119	24	9	L 2
34	Sat, Jan 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		130	127	25	9	W 1
35	Sun, Jan 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	118	25	10	L 1
36	Tue, Jan 12, 1982	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		114	100	26	10	W 1
37	Fri, Jan 15, 1982	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		97	92	27	10	W 2
38	Sun, Jan 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		109	97	28	10	W 3
39	Tue, Jan 19, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		139	140	28	11	L 1
40	Wed, Jan 20, 1982	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		132	113	29	11	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 22, 1982	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	111	30	11	W 2
42	Tue, Jan 26, 1982	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	96	30	12	L 1
43	Thu, Jan 28, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		97	87	31	12	W 1
44	Tue, Feb 2, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		117	119	31	13	L 1
45	Wed, Feb 3, 1982	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		94	98	31	14	L 2
46	Fri, Feb 5, 1982	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		90	87	32	14	W 1
47	Sun, Feb 7, 1982	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		119	113	33	14	W 2
48	Tue, Feb 9, 1982	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		130	117	34	14	W 3
49	Wed, Feb 10, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		102	125	34	15	L 1
50	Fri, Feb 12, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		94	100	34	16	L 2
51	Sun, Feb 14, 1982	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	108	34	17	L 3
52	Tue, Feb 16, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	101	35	17	W 1
53	Fri, Feb 19, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		126	106	36	17	W 2
54	Sun, Feb 21, 1982	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		132	131	37	17	W 3
55	Tue, Feb 23, 1982	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		145	129	38	17	W 4
56	Thu, Feb 25, 1982	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		104	98	39	17	W 5
57	Fri, Feb 26, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	2OT	116	114	40	17	W 6
58	Sun, Feb 28, 1982	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		102	101	41	17	W 7
59	Wed, Mar 3, 1982	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		103	111	41	18	L 1
60	Thu, Mar 4, 1982	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	119	129	41	19	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 7, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	119	41	20	L 3
62	Tue, Mar 9, 1982	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		105	99	42	20	W 1
63	Fri, Mar 12, 1982	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		105	111	42	21	L 1
64	Sun, Mar 14, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		138	116	43	21	W 1
65	Tue, Mar 16, 1982	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	108	44	21	W 2
66	Wed, Mar 17, 1982	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		120	112	45	21	W 3
67	Fri, Mar 19, 1982	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		112	106	46	21	W 4
68	Sun, Mar 21, 1982	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		107	102	47	21	W 5
69	Tue, Mar 23, 1982	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		116	118	47	22	L 1
70	Fri, Mar 26, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		105	110	47	23	L 2
71	Sun, Mar 28, 1982	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		116	111	48	23	W 1
72	Tue, Mar 30, 1982	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		143	120	49	23	W 2
73	Thu, Apr 1, 1982	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		117	100	50	23	W 3
74	Fri, Apr 2, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		99	109	50	24	L 1
75	Sun, Apr 4, 1982	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		129	111	51	24	W 1
76	Tue, Apr 6, 1982	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		108	97	52	24	W 2
77	Fri, Apr 9, 1982	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		153	128	53	24	W 3
78	Sun, Apr 11, 1982	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		107	104	54	24	W 4
79	Tue, Apr 13, 1982	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		101	106	54	25	L 1
80	Wed, Apr 14, 1982	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		128	115	55	25	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 16, 1982	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		125	109	56	25	W 2
82	Sun, Apr 18, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		120	115	57	25	W 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Apr 27, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	115	96	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Apr 28, 1982	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	117	98	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Apr 30, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	114	106	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, May 2, 1982	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	112	107	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Sun, May 9, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	128	117	5	0	W 5
6	Tue, May 11, 1982	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W	110	101	6	0	W 6
7	Fri, May 14, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	118	108	7	0	W 7
8	Sat, May 15, 1982	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	128	123	8	0	W 8
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
9	Thu, May 27, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	124	117	9	0	W 9
10	Sun, May 30, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	94	110	9	1	L 1
11	Tue, Jun 1, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	129	108	10	1	W 1
12	Thu, Jun 3, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	111	101	11	1	W 2
13	Sun, Jun 6, 1982	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	102	135	11	2	L 1
14	Tue, Jun 8, 1982	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	114	104	12	2	W 1

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