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2001-02 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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58-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Phil Jackson (58-24)

2001-02 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 101.3 (3rd of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.1 (10th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 60-22 (2nd of 29)

Arena: Staples Center ▪ Attendance: 778,877 (8th of 29)

SRS: 7.14 (2nd of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.1 (6th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 109.4 (2nd of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.7 (7th of 29)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus New Jersey Nets
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-3) versus Sacramento Kings
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus San Antonio Spurs
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Portland Trail Blazers

2001-02 Los Angeles Lakers:

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Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 30, 2001 Portland Trail Blazers W 98 87 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Nov 1, 2001 @ Utah Jazz W 105 101 2 0 W 2
3 Fri, Nov 2, 2001 Phoenix Suns W 117 94 3 0 W 3
4 Sun, Nov 4, 2001 Utah Jazz W 100 96 4 0 W 4
5 Fri, Nov 9, 2001 Memphis Grizzlies W 110 86 5 0 W 5
6 Sun, Nov 11, 2001 Orlando Magic W 108 95 6 0 W 6
7 Thu, Nov 15, 2001 @ Houston Rockets W OT 98 97 7 0 W 7
8 Fri, Nov 16, 2001 @ Phoenix Suns L 83 95 7 1 L 1
9 Sun, Nov 18, 2001 Sacramento Kings W 93 85 8 1 W 1
10 Tue, Nov 20, 2001 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 98 93 9 1 W 2
11 Wed, Nov 21, 2001 @ Denver Nuggets W 89 68 10 1 W 3
12 Fri, Nov 23, 2001 Golden State Warriors W 106 90 11 1 W 4
13 Sun, Nov 25, 2001 Denver Nuggets W 105 98 12 1 W 5
14 Tue, Nov 27, 2001 Milwaukee Bucks W 104 85 13 1 W 6
15 Fri, Nov 30, 2001 @ Seattle Supersonics W 107 92 14 1 W 7
16 Sat, Dec 1, 2001 Minnesota Timberwolves W 102 76 15 1 W 8
17 Wed, Dec 5, 2001 Dallas Mavericks W 98 94 16 1 W 9
18 Fri, Dec 7, 2001 @ Sacramento Kings L 91 97 16 2 L 1
19 Tue, Dec 11, 2001 Seattle Supersonics L 93 104 16 3 L 2
20 Fri, Dec 14, 2001 Los Angeles Clippers W 110 80 17 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 16, 2001 Golden State Warriors W 101 85 18 3 W 2
22 Thu, Dec 20, 2001 @ Houston Rockets W 107 101 19 3 W 3
23 Fri, Dec 21, 2001 @ Memphis Grizzlies L 108 114 19 4 L 1
24 Tue, Dec 25, 2001 Philadelphia 76ers W 88 82 20 4 W 1
25 Wed, Dec 26, 2001 @ Golden State Warriors L 90 101 20 5 L 1
26 Fri, Dec 28, 2001 Toronto Raptors L 86 89 20 6 L 2
27 Sun, Dec 30, 2001 Houston Rockets W 114 90 21 6 W 1
28 Wed, Jan 2, 2002 @ Denver Nuggets W 87 86 22 6 W 2
29 Fri, Jan 4, 2002 Phoenix Suns W 118 86 23 6 W 3
30 Sun, Jan 6, 2002 @ Toronto Raptors W 109 89 24 6 W 4
31 Tue, Jan 8, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons W 121 92 25 6 W 5
32 Wed, Jan 9, 2002 @ Indiana Pacers W 109 90 26 6 W 6
33 Fri, Jan 11, 2002 @ Minnesota Timberwolves L 102 120 26 7 L 1
34 Sat, Jan 12, 2002 @ Chicago Bulls L OT 104 106 26 8 L 2
35 Mon, Jan 14, 2002 Memphis Grizzlies W 120 81 27 8 W 1
36 Wed, Jan 16, 2002 Miami Heat L 96 102 27 9 L 1
37 Sat, Jan 19, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs W 98 81 28 9 W 1
38 Tue, Jan 22, 2002 Denver Nuggets L 91 107 28 10 L 1
39 Wed, Jan 23, 2002 @ Los Angeles Clippers L 90 95 28 11 L 2
40 Fri, Jan 25, 2002 San Antonio Spurs W 94 91 29 11 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 27, 2002 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 87 93 29 12 L 1
42 Tue, Jan 29, 2002 @ Atlanta Hawks W 127 93 30 12 W 1
43 Wed, Jan 30, 2002 @ Orlando Magic W 111 93 31 12 W 2
44 Fri, Feb 1, 2002 @ Memphis Grizzlies W 100 85 32 12 W 3
45 Sun, Feb 3, 2002 @ Dallas Mavericks W 101 94 33 12 W 4
46 Wed, Feb 6, 2002 Chicago Bulls L 89 97 33 13 L 1
47 Tue, Feb 12, 2002 Washington Wizards W 103 94 34 13 W 1
48 Thu, Feb 14, 2002 @ Seattle Supersonics W 92 87 35 13 W 2
49 Fri, Feb 15, 2002 Atlanta Hawks L 90 93 35 14 L 1
50 Sun, Feb 17, 2002 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 105 111 35 15 L 2
51 Tue, Feb 19, 2002 Boston Celtics L 108 109 35 16 L 3
52 Thu, Feb 21, 2002 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 97 36 16 W 1
53 Fri, Feb 22, 2002 @ Charlotte Hornets W 96 94 37 16 W 2
54 Sun, Feb 24, 2002 @ New York Knickerbockers W 107 91 38 16 W 3
55 Tue, Feb 26, 2002 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 99 89 39 16 W 4
56 Wed, Feb 27, 2002 @ Minnesota Timberwolves L 101 112 39 17 L 1
57 Fri, Mar 1, 2002 Indiana Pacers W 96 84 40 17 W 1
58 Sun, Mar 3, 2002 Houston Rockets W 95 79 41 17 W 2
59 Tue, Mar 5, 2002 New Jersey Nets W 101 92 42 17 W 3
60 Wed, Mar 6, 2002 @ Utah Jazz L 84 92 42 18 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 10, 2002 New York Knickerbockers W 117 103 43 18 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 12, 2002 Charlotte Hornets W 107 66 44 18 W 2
63 Thu, Mar 14, 2002 @ Golden State Warriors W 110 102 45 18 W 3
64 Fri, Mar 15, 2002 Los Angeles Clippers W 98 92 46 18 W 4
65 Sun, Mar 17, 2002 Dallas Mavericks W 105 103 47 18 W 5
66 Tue, Mar 19, 2002 @ Dallas Mavericks L 98 114 47 19 L 1
67 Wed, Mar 20, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs L 90 108 47 20 L 2
68 Fri, Mar 22, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 94 82 48 20 W 1
69 Sun, Mar 24, 2002 @ Sacramento Kings W 97 96 49 20 W 2
70 Tue, Mar 26, 2002 Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 116 50 20 W 3
71 Wed, Mar 27, 2002 @ Phoenix Suns L 106 118 50 21 L 1
72 Fri, Mar 29, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers W 91 79 51 21 W 1
73 Sun, Mar 31, 2002 San Antonio Spurs W 96 95 52 21 W 2
74 Tue, Apr 2, 2002 @ Washington Wizards W 113 93 53 21 W 3
75 Wed, Apr 3, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets L 92 94 53 22 L 1
76 Fri, Apr 5, 2002 @ Boston Celtics L 81 99 53 23 L 2
77 Sun, Apr 7, 2002 @ Miami Heat W 96 88 54 23 W 1
78 Tue, Apr 9, 2002 Utah Jazz W 112 82 55 23 W 2
79 Thu, Apr 11, 2002 Minnesota Timberwolves W 96 83 56 23 W 3
80 Sun, Apr 14, 2002 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 2OT 120 128 56 24 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Apr 15, 2002 Seattle Supersonics W 111 104 57 24 W 1
82 Wed, Apr 17, 2002 Sacramento Kings W 109 95 58 24 W 2

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 21, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers W 95 87 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 25, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers W 103 96 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 28, 2002 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 92 91 3 0 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Sun, May 5, 2002 San Antonio Spurs W 86 80 4 0 W 4
5 Tue, May 7, 2002 San Antonio Spurs L 85 88 4 1 L 1
6 Fri, May 10, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs W 99 89 5 1 W 1
7 Sun, May 12, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs W 87 85 6 1 W 2
8 Tue, May 14, 2002 San Antonio Spurs W 93 87 7 1 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
9 Sat, May 18, 2002 @ Sacramento Kings W 106 99 8 1 W 4
10 Mon, May 20, 2002 @ Sacramento Kings L 90 96 8 2 L 1
11 Fri, May 24, 2002 Sacramento Kings L 90 103 8 3 L 2
12 Sun, May 26, 2002 Sacramento Kings W 100 99 9 3 W 1
13 Tue, May 28, 2002 @ Sacramento Kings L 91 92 9 4 L 1
14 Fri, May 31, 2002 Sacramento Kings W 106 102 10 4 W 1
15 Sun, Jun 2, 2002 @ Sacramento Kings W OT 112 106 11 4 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
16 Wed, Jun 5, 2002 New Jersey Nets W 99 94 12 4 W 3
17 Fri, Jun 7, 2002 New Jersey Nets W 106 83 13 4 W 4
18 Sun, Jun 9, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets W 106 103 14 4 W 5
19 Wed, Jun 12, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets W 113 107 15 4 W 6