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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1967β68 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. This was also the first season the team played at
The Forum in
Inglewood , where the Lakers would achieve fame in the immediate future, and played 31 seasons at this venue.
Roster
1967β68 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
SG
30
Anderson, Cliff
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1944-09-07
Saint Joseph's
PF
23
Barnes, Jim
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1941-04-13
UTEP
SF
22
Baylor, Elgin
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1934-09-16
Seattle
SG
21
Clark, Archie
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1941-07-15
Minnesota
C
31
Counts, Mel
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1941-10-16
Oregon State
SG
12
Crawford, Freddie
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
189 lb (86 kg)
1941-12-33
St. Bonaventure
SG
11
Goodrich, Gail
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1943-04-23
UCLA
PF
52
Hamilton, Dennis
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1944-05-08
Notre Dame
SF
33
Hawkins, Tom
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1936-12-22
Notre Dame
C
14
Imhoff, Darrall
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1938-10-11
California
C
34
Mueller, Erwin
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1944-03-12
San Francisco
PG
44
West, Jerry
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1938-05-28
West Virginia
SF
24
Wetzel, John
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1944-10-22
Virginia Tech
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: January 12, 1968
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NBA Records
Team
BAL
BOS
CHI
CIN
DET
LAL
NYK
PHI
SDR
SFW
SEA
STL
Baltimore
β
3β5
2β5
5β3
4β4
3β4
3β5
0β8
7β0
2β5
5β2
2β5
Boston
5β3
β
5β2
3β5
6β2
4β3
6β2
4β4
7β0
4β3
6β1
4β3
Chicago
5β2
2β5
β
5β2
3β4
1β7
2β5
1β6
4β4
2β6
3β5
1β7
Cincinnati
3β5
5β3
2β5
β
4β4
1β6
3β5
3β5
7β0
4β3
6β1
1β6
Detroit
4β4
2β6
4β3
4β4
β
2β5
4β4
1β7
5β2
4β3
6β1
4β3
Los Angeles
4β3
3β4
7β1
6β1
5β2
β
4β3
2β5
7β1
4β4
4β4
6β2
New York
5β3
2β6
5β2
5β3
4β4
3β4
β
3β5
6β1
5β2
4β3
1β6
Philadelphia
8β0
4β4
6β1
5β3
7β1
5β2
5β3
β
6β1
4β3
7β0
5β2
San Diego
0β7
0β7
4β4
0β7
2β5
1β7
1β6
1β6
β
2β6
3β5
1β7
San Francisco
5β2
3β4
6β2
3β4
3β4
4β4
2β5
3β4
6β2
β
7β1
1β7
Seattle
2β5
1β6
5β3
1β6
1β6
4β4
3β4
0β7
5β3
1β7
β
0β8
St. Louis
5β2
3β4
7β1
6β1
3β4
2β6
6β1
2β5
7β1
7β1
8β0
β
Game log
1967β68 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 17
@
Chicago
107β105
Elgin Baylor (21)
1β0
2
October 18
@
Philadelphia
87β103
Elgin Baylor (24)
1β1
3
October 19
@
St. Louis
95β100
Elgin Baylor (25)
1β2
4
October 21
@
New York
114β106
Baylor,
Clark (25)
2β2
5
October 25
Cincinnati
116β132
Elgin Baylor (33)
3β2
6
October 27
Chicago
117β125
Archie Clark (39)
4β2
7
October 29
Baltimore
105β118
Archie Clark (33)
5β2
8
November 1
New York
129β113
Elgin Baylor (23)
5β3
9
November 3
@
Boston
104β105
Elgin Baylor (25)
5β4
10
November 4
@ Cincinnati
106β104
Elgin Baylor (42)
6β4
11
November 11
Philadelphia
115β111
Elgin Baylor (35)
6β5
12
November 12
Chicago
96β97
Gail Goodrich (21)
7β5
13
November 15
Chicago
115β124
Archie Clark (24)
8β5
14
November 17
@ Baltimore
107β116
Elgin Baylor (29)
8β6
15
November 18
@ St. Louis
127β107
Mel Counts (23)
9β6
16
November 21
@
Seattle
132β137
Elgin Baylor (34)
9β7
17
November 23
Detroit
120β132
Archie Clark (30)
10β7
18
November 24
@
San Francisco
121β122 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (29)
10β8
19
November 25
San Francisco
131β112
Elgin Baylor (22)
10β9
20
November 26
St. Louis
105β109
Archie Clark (20)
11β9
21
November 28
St. Louis
117β134
Jerry West (30)
12β9
22
November 29
@ Detroit
123β127
Elgin Baylor (30)
12β10
23
December 1
@ Boston
119β123
Elgin Baylor (29)
12β11
24
December 2
@ New York
122β106
Jerry West (24)
13β11
25
December 5
@ Philadelphia
128β122 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (32)
14β11
26
December 6
@ Baltimore
136β125
Jerry West (32)
15β11
27
December 8
@ Detroit
115β103
Jerry West (27)
16β11
28
December 9
@
San Diego
127β109
Archie Clark (32)
17β11
29
December 10
@ Seattle
123β133
Elgin Baylor (35)
17β12
30
December 14
Chicago
106β101
Jerry West (30)
17β13
31
December 17
Boston
123β117
Jerry West (28)
17β14
32
December 20
New York
138β131
Jerry West (32)
17β15
33
December 22
Detroit
105β133
Elgin Baylor (25)
18β15
34
December 25
@ San Diego
101β104
Elgin Baylor (21)
18β16
35
December 26
@ Chicago
104β101
Archie Clark (24)
19β16
36
December 27
@ Cincinnati
127β132
Mel Counts (30)
19β17
37
December 29
@ New York
126β115
Jerry West (30)
20β17
38
December 30
@ St. Louis
106β104
Jerry West (34)
21β17
39
December 31
San Diego
118β147
Archie Clark (31)
22β17
40
January 2
@ San Francisco
118β119
Jerry West (29)
22β18
41
January 3
Boston
113β103
Jerry West (27)
22β19
42
January 5
@ Philadelphia
113β125
Elgin Baylor (23)
22β20
43
January 6
@ Baltimore
127β130 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (39)
22β21
44
January 10
New York
115β101
Archie Clark (22)
22β22
45
January 17
Philadelphia
116β125
Jerry West (39)
23β22
46
January 20
San Francisco
122β151
Elgin Baylor (30)
24β22
47
January 21
Seattle
123β154
Elgin Baylor (29)
25β22
48
January 25
N Cincinnati
118β116
Elgin Baylor (28)
26β22
49
January 26
@ Boston
118β112
Elgin Baylor (33)
27β22
50
January 27
@ Detroit
119β125
Gail Goodrich (23)
27β23
51
January 28
N St. Louis
113β128
Elgin Baylor (29)
28β23
52
January 30
@ Seattle
116β128
Jerry West (27)
28β24
53
January 31
St. Louis
102β110
Elgin Baylor (33)
29β24
54
February 2
Seattle
113β151
Elgin Baylor (25)
30β24
55
February 3
San Diego
122β133
Jerry West (42)
31β24
56
February 4
Seattle
131β137
Jerry West (43)
32β24
57
February 6
Cincinnati
102β146
Elgin Baylor (26)
33β24
58
February 8
@ Seattle
110β115
Jerry West (34)
33β25
59
February 9
San Francisco
104β122
Elgin Baylor (30)
34β25
60
February 11
@ Boston
141β104
Jerry West (24)
35β25
61
February 13
@ Baltimore
119β116 (OT)
Jerry West (47)
36β25
62
February 15
N Chicago
132β105
Jerry West (31)
37β25
63
February 16
@ San Francisco
116β118
Jerry West (36)
37β26
64
February 17
Philadelphia
135β134 (2OT)
Jerry West (49)
37β27
65
February 21
Boston
117β122
Jerry West (34)
38β27
66
February 23
Cincinnati
115β131
Jerry West (29)
39β27
67
February 25
@ San Diego
127β112
Elgin Baylor (41)
40β27
68
February 27
Cincinnati
106β117
Elgin Baylor (40)
41β27
69
February 29
N Chicago
117β107
Elgin Baylor (27)
42β27
70
March 2
Seattle
121β127
Elgin Baylor (26)
43β27
71
March 3
Baltimore
114β121
Elgin Baylor (33)
44β27
72
March 6
St. Louis
112β96
Elgin Baylor (20)
44β28
73
March 7
@ San Diego
119β102
Elgin Baylor (35)
45β28
74
March 8
San Diego
122β130
Baylor, Clark (23)
46β28
75
March 9
@ San Francisco
137β132 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (38)
47β28
76
March 10
Baltimore
119β89
Erwin Mueller (16)
47β29
77
March 13
San Francisco
106β142
Elgin Baylor (25)
48β29
78
March 15
New York
112β123
Elgin Baylor (37)
49β29
79
March 16
Detroit
108β135
Gail Goodrich (30)
50β29
80
March 17
Detroit
116β120
Elgin Baylor (28)
51β29
81
March 18
@ Philadelphia
128β158
Mel Counts (26)
51β30
82
March 19
San Diego
109β121
Elgin Baylor (35)
52β30
Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semi-finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
Division finals: 4β0 (home: 2β0; road: 2β0)
NBA Finals: 2β4 (home: 1β2; road: 1β2)
1968 schedule
Awards and records
References
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