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Los Angeles Lakers 1971-1972 Schedule and Results

All the scores of the games played by the Lakers in the NBA 1971-72 Regular Season and the 1972 Playoffs, with teams, results, winning and losing streaks, partial and final records and evolution of the playoff series.

Regular Season Record:
69-13 (.841), 1st in Western Conference
Playoffs Record:
12-3 (.800), NBA Champions 1972 NBA Champions

Los Angeles Lakers 1971-1972 Game Schedule and Results

NBA Regular Season

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

NBA Playoffs

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NBA Playoffs - Western Conference Semifinals

Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Series Status Streak
1 Mar. 28, 1972 Lakers vs. Chicago Bulls W 95 - 80 Lakers lead
1-0
won 1
2 Mar. 30, 1972 Lakers vs. Chicago Bulls W 131 - 124 Lakers lead
2-0
won 2
3 Apr. 2, 1972 Lakers @ Chicago Bulls W 108 - 101 Lakers lead
3-0
won 3
4 Apr. 4, 1972 Lakers @ Chicago Bulls W 108 - 97 Lakers win
4-0
won 4

NBA Playoffs - Western Conference Finals

Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Series Status Streak
1 Apr. 9, 1972 Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks L 72 - 93 Bucks lead
0-1
lost 1
2 Apr. 12, 1972 Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks W 135 - 134 series tied
1-1
won 1
3 Apr. 14, 1972 Lakers @ Milwaukee Bucks W 108 - 105 Lakers lead
2-1
won 2
4 Apr. 16, 1972 Lakers @ Milwaukee Bucks L 88 - 114 series tied
2-2
lost 1
5 Apr. 18, 1972 Lakers vs. Milwaukee Bucks W 115 - 90 Lakers lead
3-2
won 1
6 Apr. 22, 1972 Lakers @ Milwaukee Bucks W 104 - 100 Lakers win
4-2
won 2

NBA Playoffs - Finals

Gm
Date
Opponent
Score
Series Status Streak
1 Apr. 26, 1972 Lakers vs. New York Knicks L 92 - 114 Knicks lead
0-1
lost 1
2 Apr. 30, 1972 Lakers vs. New York Knicks W 106 - 92 series tied
1-1
won 1
3 May. 3, 1972 Lakers @ New York Knicks W 107 - 96 Lakers lead
2-1
won 2
4 May. 5, 1972 Lakers @ New York Knicks W 116 - 111 OT Lakers lead
3-1
won 3
5 May. 7, 1972 Lakers vs. New York Knicks W 114 - 100 Lakers win
4-1
won 4