1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-34, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Joe Mullaney (48-34)

Executive: Fred Schaus

PTS/G: 114.8 (7th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 111.7 (6th of 17)

SRS: 3.27 (4th of 17) Pace: 115.7 (9th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.8 (4th of 17) Def Rtg: 96.1 (8th of 17) Net Rtg: +2.6 (4th of 17)

Expected W-L: 49-33 (4th of 17)

Arena: The Forum Attendance: 566,108 (1st of 2)

NBA 1971 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (1-4) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)

Pacific Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 16, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		106	102	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	116	118	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 20, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	115	1	2	L 2
4	Wed, Oct 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		141	117	2	2	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		122	127	2	3	L 1
6	Sun, Oct 25, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	96	3	3	W 1
7	Fri, Oct 30, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		104	90	4	3	W 2
8	Tue, Nov 3, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		128	108	5	3	W 3
9	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	104	6	3	W 4
10	Sun, Nov 8, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		124	105	7	3	W 5
11	Tue, Nov 10, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	118	7	4	L 1
12	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		117	115	8	4	W 1
13	Fri, Nov 13, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	109	9	4	W 2
14	Tue, Nov 17, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		116	105	10	4	W 3
15	Thu, Nov 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		110	111	10	5	L 1
16	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	117	10	6	L 2
17	Sun, Nov 22, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		149	124	11	6	W 1
18	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		105	116	11	7	L 1
19	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		88	92	11	8	L 2			at Oakland, CA
20	Sun, Nov 29, 1970	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		130	112	12	8	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		97	93	13	8	W 2
22	Wed, Dec 2, 1970	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		111	114	13	9	L 1	6,514
23	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		123	101	14	9	W 1
24	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		116	119	14	10	L 1
25	Sun, Dec 6, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		131	120	15	10	W 1
26	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		121	112	16	10	W 2
27	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		126	118	17	10	W 3
28	Sun, Dec 13, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		100	103	17	11	L 1
29	Tue, Dec 15, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L	OT	111	113	17	12	L 2
30	Wed, Dec 16, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		118	102	18	12	W 1
31	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		116	104	19	12	W 2
32	Mon, Dec 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	113	19	13	L 1
33	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		115	119	19	14	L 2
34	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		123	113	20	14	W 1	13,344
35	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	110	21	14	W 2
36	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		126	117	22	14	W 3
37	Wed, Dec 30, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		114	132	22	15	L 1
38	Fri, Jan 1, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	L		106	117	22	16	L 2
39	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L	OT	108	109	22	17	L 3
40	Tue, Jan 5, 1971	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		112	146	22	18	L 4			at Omaha, NE
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 7, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	105	23	18	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	117	24	18	W 2
43	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		109	118	24	19	L 1
44	Thu, Jan 14, 1971	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		126	120	25	19	W 1			at Toronto, Canada
45	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		123	127	25	20	L 1
46	Tue, Jan 19, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		134	114	26	20	W 1
47	Fri, Jan 22, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		130	110	27	20	W 2
48	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		142	131	28	20	W 3
49	Tue, Jan 26, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		136	111	29	20	W 4
50	Thu, Jan 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	118	29	21	L 1
51	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		122	115	30	21	W 1
52	Sat, Jan 30, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		85	87	30	22	L 1			at Oakland, CA
53	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		133	120	31	22	W 1
54	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		133	105	32	22	W 2
55	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	93	33	22	W 3
56	Sat, Feb 6, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		115	108	34	22	W 4
57	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		119	104	35	22	W 5
58	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	111	36	22	W 6
59	Thu, Feb 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	122	36	23	L 1
60	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		88	107	36	24	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		125	113	37	24	W 1
62	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		130	115	38	24	W 2
63	Thu, Feb 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		136	114	39	24	W 3
64	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	118	39	25	L 1
65	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		124	116	40	25	W 1	16,839
66	Tue, Feb 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		114	107	41	25	W 2
67	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	116	41	26	L 1	12,662
68	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		145	121	42	26	W 1
69	Sat, Feb 27, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		112	107	43	26	W 2
70	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	90	44	26	W 3
71	Tue, Mar 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		131	118	45	26	W 4
72	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	112	45	27	L 1
73	Fri, Mar 5, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		104	105	45	28	L 2
74	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		109	121	45	29	L 3
75	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		117	108	46	29	W 1
76	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		95	107	46	30	L 1
77	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		109	116	46	31	L 2
78	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		110	100	47	31	W 1
79	Tue, Mar 16, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		82	115	47	32	L 1
80	Wed, Mar 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		104	112	47	33	L 2	13,450
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		106	111	47	34	L 3
82	Sun, Mar 21, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		101	98	48	34	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 24, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	100	99	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Mar 26, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	105	95	2	0	W 2
3	Sun, Mar 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	98	106	2	1	L 1	10,101
4	Tue, Mar 30, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	102	112	2	2	L 2
5	Thu, Apr 1, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	115	89	3	2	W 1
6	Sun, Apr 4, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L	99	113	3	3	L 1
7	Tue, Apr 6, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	109	98	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Fri, Apr 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	85	106	4	4	L 1
9	Sun, Apr 11, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	73	91	4	5	L 2
10	Wed, Apr 14, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	118	107	5	5	W 1
11	Fri, Apr 16, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	94	117	5	6	L 1
12	Sun, Apr 18, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	98	116	5	7	L 2

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