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1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers

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69-13, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1971-72 NBA Champions

Scored 121.0 points per game, Allowed 108.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 67-15)
Coached by Bill Sharman (69-13)

SRS: 11.65 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1971-72 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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