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1976-77 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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53-29, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jerry West (53-29)

PTS/G: 106.9 (10th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.1 (4th of 22)
SRS: 2.65 (5th of 22) ▪ Pace: 104.7 (17th of 22)
Off Rtg: 101.4 (5th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.9 (10th of 22)
Expected W-L: 48-34 (5th of 22)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 501,434 (7th of 22)

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

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 20, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 115 106 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 22, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 95 86 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 24, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 105 109 2 1 L 1
4 Tue, Apr 26, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 103 114 2 2 L 2
5 Fri, Apr 29, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 112 105 3 2 W 1
6 Sun, May 1, 1977 @ Golden State Warriors L 106 115 3 3 L 1
7 Wed, May 4, 1977 Golden State Warriors W 97 84 4 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
8 Fri, May 6, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers L 109 121 4 4 L 1
9 Sun, May 8, 1977 Portland Trail Blazers L 97 99 4 5 L 2
10 Tue, May 10, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 97 102 4 6 L 3
11 Fri, May 13, 1977 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 101 105 4 7 L 4