Regular season 1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season




1 regular season

1.1 season standings
1.2 record vs. opponents
1.3 season schedule





regular season

since moving los angeles, lakers repeatedly foiled boston celtics in attempts capture nba title. lakers lost championship them 6 times in 8 years. in 1970, aging celtics out of title contention, lakers lost in nba finals new york knicks. in 1971, after losing jerry west season-ending injury in february, lost in western conference finals powerful milwaukee bucks.


going 1971–72 season, many experts thought chance @ championship had passed aging team. star players wilt chamberlain, elgin baylor, , jerry west in 30s, , had missed significant time due injuries in prior 2 seasons. defending champion milwaukee bucks, led superstar kareem abdul-jabbar appeared starting new nba dynasty. new coach bill sharman still believed lakers had talent contend. introduced strict conditioning drills , implemented running fast break based offense. re-tooled wilt chamberlain s game focus on defense, rebounding, , jump starting fast break quick outlet passes guards jerry west , gail goodrich. casualty of system aging baylor, not physically handle tempo practices , offense , retired 9 games season. replaced @ small forward jim mcmillian played @ near star level.


shortly thereafter, lakers strung record 33-game win streak. streak ended on january 9, 1972, against milwaukee bucks. lakers , bucks staged season long race league s best record, lakers setting nba record 69 wins (the bucks had second best record @ 63–19).


season standings







z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

record vs. opponents

season schedule







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