1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1967–68 NBA season was the Lakers' 20th season in the NBA and eighth season in Los Angeles.[1] This was the first season the Lakers uniforms featured what would become the signature gold and purple colors.

1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season
Division champions
Head coachButch Van Breda Kolff
ArenaThe Forum
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(Lost to Celtics 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKNX

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 5626.683–25–722–139–631–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 5230.634430–1118–194–028–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 4339.5241327–1416–230–224–16
x-Chicago Bulls 2953.3542711–2212–246–711–29
Seattle SuperSonics 2359.2803310–217–246–1415–25
San Diego Rockets 1567.183418–334–263–811–29

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Bulls: Lakers win series 4-1

  • Game 1 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 109, Chicago 101
  • Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 113, Chicago 106
  • Game 3 @ Chicago: Chicago 104, Los Angeles 98
  • Game 4 @ Chicago: Los Angeles 93, Chicago 87
  • Game 5 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 122, Chicago 99

West Division Finals

(2) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Francisco Warriors: Lakers win series 4-0

  • Game 1 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 133, San Francisco 105
  • Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 115, San Francisco 112
  • Game 3 @ San Francisco: Los Angeles 128, San Francisco 124
  • Game 4 @ San Francisco: Los Angeles 106, San Francisco 100

NBA Finals

(E2) Boston Celtics vs. (W2) Los Angeles Lakers: Celtics win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Boston: Boston 107, Los Angeles 101
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Los Angeles 123, Boston 113
  • Game 3 @ Los Angeles: Boston 127, Los Angeles 119
  • Game 4 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 118, Boston 105
  • Game 5 @ Boston: Boston 120, Los Angeles 117 (OT)
  • Game 6 @ Los Angeles: Boston 124, Los Angeles 109

Awards and records

References
  1. 1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers
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