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1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers

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48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 114.8 points per game, Allowed 111.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 49-33)
Coached by Joe Mullaney (48-34)

Arena: The Forum / Attendance: 566,108 (2nd of 17 available)

SRS: 3.26 (4th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls

1970-71 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 16, 1970 @ Chicago Bulls W 106 102 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 17, 1970 @ Baltimore Bullets L OT 116 118 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Oct 20, 1970 @ New York Knickerbockers L 100 115 1 2 L 2
4 Wed, Oct 21, 1970 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 141 117 2 2 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 23, 1970 Philadelphia 76ers L 122 127 2 3 L 1
6 Sun, Oct 25, 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers W 123 96 3 3 W 1
7 Fri, Oct 30, 1970 Buffalo Braves W 104 90 4 3 W 2
8 Tue, Nov 3, 1970 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 128 108 5 3 W 3
9 Fri, Nov 6, 1970 New York Knickerbockers W 106 104 6 3 W 4
10 Sun, Nov 8, 1970 Baltimore Bullets W 124 105 7 3 W 5
11 Tue, Nov 10, 1970 @ Chicago Bulls L 96 118 7 4 L 1
12 Wed, Nov 11, 1970 @ Detroit Pistons W 117 115 8 4 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 13, 1970 Detroit Pistons W 122 109 9 4 W 2
14 Tue, Nov 17, 1970 Atlanta Hawks W 116 105 10 4 W 3
15 Thu, Nov 19, 1970 @ Seattle Supersonics L 110 111 10 5 L 1
16 Fri, Nov 20, 1970 Milwaukee Bucks L 100 117 10 6 L 2
17 Sun, Nov 22, 1970 Seattle Supersonics W 149 124 11 6 W 1
18 Fri, Nov 27, 1970 Phoenix Suns L 105 116 11 7 L 1
19 Sat, Nov 28, 1970 @ San Francisco Warriors L 88 92 11 8 L 2 at Oakland, CA
20 Sun, Nov 29, 1970 San Diego Rockets W 130 112 12 8 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 1, 1970 @ Baltimore Bullets W 97 93 13 8 W 2
22 Wed, Dec 2, 1970 @ Boston Celtics L 111 114 13 9 L 1
23 Fri, Dec 4, 1970 San Francisco Warriors W 123 101 14 9 W 1
24 Sat, Dec 5, 1970 @ San Diego Rockets L 116 119 14 10 L 1
25 Sun, Dec 6, 1970 Portland Trail Blazers W 131 120 15 10 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 8, 1970 @ Phoenix Suns W 121 112 16 10 W 2
27 Fri, Dec 11, 1970 @ Seattle Supersonics W 126 118 17 10 W 3
28 Sun, Dec 13, 1970 Detroit Pistons L 100 103 17 11 L 1
29 Tue, Dec 15, 1970 @ Buffalo Braves L OT 111 113 17 12 L 2
30 Wed, Dec 16, 1970 @ Cincinnati Royals W 118 102 18 12 W 1
31 Sat, Dec 19, 1970 @ Atlanta Hawks W 116 104 19 12 W 2
32 Mon, Dec 21, 1970 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 88 113 19 13 L 1
33 Tue, Dec 22, 1970 Atlanta Hawks L 115 119 19 14 L 2
34 Fri, Dec 25, 1970 Boston Celtics W 123 113 20 14 W 1
35 Sun, Dec 27, 1970 Phoenix Suns W 128 110 21 14 W 2
36 Tue, Dec 29, 1970 Chicago Bulls W 126 117 22 14 W 3
37 Wed, Dec 30, 1970 @ Phoenix Suns L 114 132 22 15 L 1
38 Fri, Jan 1, 1971 San Diego Rockets L 106 117 22 16 L 2
39 Sat, Jan 2, 1971 @ San Diego Rockets L OT 108 109 22 17 L 3
40 Tue, Jan 5, 1971 N Cincinnati Royals L 112 146 22 18 L 4 at Omaha, NE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 7, 1971 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 110 105 23 18 W 1
42 Fri, Jan 8, 1971 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 123 117 24 18 W 2
43 Sun, Jan 10, 1971 @ Detroit Pistons L 109 118 24 19 L 1
44 Thu, Jan 14, 1971 N Cincinnati Royals W 126 120 25 19 W 1 at Toronto, Canada
45 Sat, Jan 16, 1971 @ Atlanta Hawks L 123 127 25 20 L 1
46 Tue, Jan 19, 1971 Philadelphia 76ers W 134 114 26 20 W 1
47 Fri, Jan 22, 1971 San Francisco Warriors W 130 110 27 20 W 2
48 Sun, Jan 24, 1971 Cincinnati Royals W 142 131 28 20 W 3
49 Tue, Jan 26, 1971 Chicago Bulls W 136 111 29 20 W 4
50 Thu, Jan 28, 1971 @ Phoenix Suns L 112 118 29 21 L 1
51 Fri, Jan 29, 1971 Seattle Supersonics W 122 115 30 21 W 1
52 Sat, Jan 30, 1971 @ San Francisco Warriors L 85 87 30 22 L 1 at Oakland, CA
53 Sun, Jan 31, 1971 Portland Trail Blazers W 133 120 31 22 W 1
54 Tue, Feb 2, 1971 San Diego Rockets W 133 105 32 22 W 2
55 Fri, Feb 5, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks W 116 93 33 22 W 3
56 Sat, Feb 6, 1971 @ San Diego Rockets W 115 108 34 22 W 4
57 Sun, Feb 7, 1971 San Francisco Warriors W 119 104 35 22 W 5
58 Tue, Feb 9, 1971 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 116 111 36 22 W 6
59 Thu, Feb 11, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 88 122 36 23 L 1
60 Fri, Feb 12, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 88 107 36 24 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 14, 1971 Cincinnati Royals W 125 113 37 24 W 1
62 Tue, Feb 16, 1971 New York Knickerbockers W 130 115 38 24 W 2
63 Thu, Feb 18, 1971 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 136 114 39 24 W 3
64 Fri, Feb 19, 1971 Philadelphia 76ers L 104 118 39 25 L 1
65 Sun, Feb 21, 1971 Boston Celtics W 124 116 40 25 W 1
66 Tue, Feb 23, 1971 @ Baltimore Bullets W 114 107 41 25 W 2
67 Wed, Feb 24, 1971 @ Boston Celtics L 96 116 41 26 L 1
68 Fri, Feb 26, 1971 Seattle Supersonics W 145 121 42 26 W 1
69 Sat, Feb 27, 1971 @ San Francisco Warriors W 112 107 43 26 W 2
70 Sun, Feb 28, 1971 Cleveland Cavaliers W 107 90 44 26 W 3
71 Tue, Mar 2, 1971 @ Buffalo Braves W 131 118 45 26 W 4
72 Wed, Mar 3, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 97 112 45 27 L 1
73 Fri, Mar 5, 1971 Atlanta Hawks L 104 105 45 28 L 2
74 Sat, Mar 6, 1971 @ Seattle Supersonics L 109 121 45 29 L 3
75 Sun, Mar 7, 1971 Chicago Bulls W 117 108 46 29 W 1
76 Tue, Mar 9, 1971 Baltimore Bullets L 95 107 46 30 L 1
77 Fri, Mar 12, 1971 Buffalo Braves L 109 116 46 31 L 2
78 Sun, Mar 14, 1971 Detroit Pistons W 110 100 47 31 W 1
79 Tue, Mar 16, 1971 @ New York Knickerbockers L 82 115 47 32 L 1
80 Wed, Mar 17, 1971 @ Boston Celtics L 104 112 47 33 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Mar 19, 1971 Phoenix Suns L 106 111 47 34 L 3
82 Sun, Mar 21, 1971 New York Knickerbockers W 101 98 48 34 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Mar 24, 1971 Chicago Bulls W 100 99 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Mar 26, 1971 Chicago Bulls W 105 95 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Mar 28, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 98 106 2 1 L 1
4 Tue, Mar 30, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 102 112 2 2 L 2
5 Thu, Apr 1, 1971 Chicago Bulls W 115 86 3 2 W 1
6 Sun, Apr 4, 1971 @ Chicago Bulls L 99 113 3 3 L 1
7 Tue, Apr 6, 1971 Chicago Bulls W 109 98 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, Apr 9, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 85 106 4 4 L 1
9 Sun, Apr 11, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 73 91 4 5 L 2
10 Wed, Apr 14, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks W 118 107 5 5 W 1
11 Fri, Apr 16, 1971 Milwaukee Bucks L 94 117 5 6 L 1
12 Sun, Apr 18, 1971 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 98 116 5 7 L 2