1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season

1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coachButch Van Breda Kolff
General managerFred Schaus
Owner(s)Jack Kent Cooke
Arena
Results
Record52–30 (.634)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Celtics 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKNX
< 1966–67 1968–69 >

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. 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

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1967–68 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 Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 12, 1968

Regular season

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Season standings

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Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks 56 26 .683 – 25–7 22–13 9–6 31–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers 52 30 .634 4 30–11 18–19 4–0 28–12
x-San Francisco Warriors 43 39 .524 13 27–14 16–23 0–2 24–16
x-Chicago Bulls 29 53 .354 27 11–22 12–24 6–7 11–29
Seattle SuperSonics 23 59 .280 33 10–21 7–24 6–14 15–25
San Diego Rockets 15 67 .183 41 8–33 4–26 3–8 11–29

Record vs. opponents

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1967-68 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore – 3–5 2–5 5–3 4–4 3–4 3–5 0–8 7–0 2–5 5–2 2–5
Boston 5–3 – 5–2 3–5 6–2 4–3 6–2 4–4 7–0 4–3 6–1 4–3
Chicago 5–2 2–5 – 5–2 3–4 1–7 2–5 1–6 4–4 2–6 3–5 1–7
Cincinnati 3–5 5–3 2–5 – 4–4 1–6 3–5 3–5 7–0 4–3 6–1 1–6
Detroit 4–4 2–6 4–3 4–4 – 2–5 4–4 1–7 5–2 4–3 6–1 4–3
Los Angeles 4–3 3–4 7–1 6–1 5–2 – 4–3 2–5 7–1 4–4 4–4 6–2
New York 5–3 2–6 5–2 5–3 4–4 3–4 – 3–5 6–1 5–2 4–3 1–6
Philadelphia 8–0 4–4 6–1 5–3 7–1 5–2 5–3 – 6–1 4–3 7–0 5–2
San Diego 0–7 0–7 4–4 0–7 2–5 1–7 1–6 1–6 – 2–6 3–5 1–7
San Francisco 5–2 3–4 6–2 3–4 3–4 4–4 2–5 3–4 6–2 – 7–1 1–7
Seattle 2–5 1–6 5–3 1–6 1–6 4–4 3–4 0–7 5–3 1–7 – 0–8
St. Louis 5–2 3–4 7–1 6–1 3–4 2–6 6–1 2–5 7–1 7–1 8–0 —

Game log

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1967–68 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 17 @ Chicago 107–105 Elgin Baylor (21) 1–0
2 October 18 @ Philadelphia 87–103 Elgin Baylor (24) 1–1
3 October 19 @ St. Louis 95–100 Elgin Baylor (25) 1–2
4 October 21 @ New York 114–106 Baylor, Clark (25) 2–2
5 October 25 Cincinnati 116–132 Elgin Baylor (33) 3–2
6 October 27 Chicago 117–125 Archie Clark (39) 4–2
7 October 29 Baltimore 105–118 Archie Clark (33) 5–2
8 November 1 New York 129–113 Elgin Baylor (23) 5–3
9 November 3 @ Boston 104–105 Elgin Baylor (25) 5–4
10 November 4 @ Cincinnati 106–104 Elgin Baylor (42) 6–4
11 November 11 Philadelphia 115–111 Elgin Baylor (35) 6–5
12 November 12 Chicago 96–97 Gail Goodrich (21) 7–5
13 November 15 Chicago 115–124 Archie Clark (24) 8–5
14 November 17 @ Baltimore 107–116 Elgin Baylor (29) 8–6
15 November 18 @ St. Louis 127–107 Mel Counts (23) 9–6
16 November 21 @ Seattle 132–137 Elgin Baylor (34) 9–7
17 November 23 Detroit 120–132 Archie Clark (30) 10–7
18 November 24 @ San Francisco 121–122 (OT) Elgin Baylor (29) 10–8
19 November 25 San Francisco 131–112 Elgin Baylor (22) 10–9
20 November 26 St. Louis 105–109 Archie Clark (20) 11–9
21 November 28 St. Louis 117–134 Jerry West (30) 12–9
22 November 29 @ Detroit 123–127 Elgin Baylor (30) 12–10
23 December 1 @ Boston 119–123 Elgin Baylor (29) 12–11
24 December 2 @ New York 122–106 Jerry West (24) 13–11
25 December 5 @ Philadelphia 128–122 (OT) Elgin Baylor (32) 14–11
26 December 6 @ Baltimore 136–125 Jerry West (32) 15–11
27 December 8 @ Detroit 115–103 Jerry West (27) 16–11
28 December 9 @ San Diego 127–109 Archie Clark (32) 17–11
29 December 10 @ Seattle 123–133 Elgin Baylor (35) 17–12
30 December 14 Chicago 106–101 Jerry West (30) 17–13
31 December 17 Boston 123–117 Jerry West (28) 17–14
32 December 20 New York 138–131 Jerry West (32) 17–15
33 December 22 Detroit 105–133 Elgin Baylor (25) 18–15
34 December 25 @ San Diego 101–104 Elgin Baylor (21) 18–16
35 December 26 @ Chicago 104–101 Archie Clark (24) 19–16
36 December 27 @ Cincinnati 127–132 Mel Counts (30) 19–17
37 December 29 @ New York 126–115 Jerry West (30) 20–17
38 December 30 @ St. Louis 106–104 Jerry West (34) 21–17
39 December 31 San Diego 118–147 Archie Clark (31) 22–17
40 January 2 @ San Francisco 118–119 Jerry West (29) 22–18
41 January 3 Boston 113–103 Jerry West (27) 22–19
42 January 5 @ Philadelphia 113–125 Elgin Baylor (23) 22–20
43 January 6 @ Baltimore 127–130 (OT) Elgin Baylor (39) 22–21
44 January 10 New York 115–101 Archie Clark (22) 22–22
45 January 17 Philadelphia 116–125 Jerry West (39) 23–22
46 January 20 San Francisco 122–151 Elgin Baylor (30) 24–22
47 January 21 Seattle 123–154 Elgin Baylor (29) 25–22
48 January 25 N Cincinnati 118–116 Elgin Baylor (28) 26–22
49 January 26 @ Boston 118–112 Elgin Baylor (33) 27–22
50 January 27 @ Detroit 119–125 Gail Goodrich (23) 27–23
51 January 28 N St. Louis 113–128 Elgin Baylor (29) 28–23
52 January 30 @ Seattle 116–128 Jerry West (27) 28–24
53 January 31 St. Louis 102–110 Elgin Baylor (33) 29–24
54 February 2 Seattle 113–151 Elgin Baylor (25) 30–24
55 February 3 San Diego 122–133 Jerry West (42) 31–24
56 February 4 Seattle 131–137 Jerry West (43) 32–24
57 February 6 Cincinnati 102–146 Elgin Baylor (26) 33–24
58 February 8 @ Seattle 110–115 Jerry West (34) 33–25
59 February 9 San Francisco 104–122 Elgin Baylor (30) 34–25
60 February 11 @ Boston 141–104 Jerry West (24) 35–25
61 February 13 @ Baltimore 119–116 (OT) Jerry West (47) 36–25
62 February 15 N Chicago 132–105 Jerry West (31) 37–25
63 February 16 @ San Francisco 116–118 Jerry West (36) 37–26
64 February 17 Philadelphia 135–134 (2OT) Jerry West (49) 37–27
65 February 21 Boston 117–122 Jerry West (34) 38–27
66 February 23 Cincinnati 115–131 Jerry West (29) 39–27
67 February 25 @ San Diego 127–112 Elgin Baylor (41) 40–27
68 February 27 Cincinnati 106–117 Elgin Baylor (40) 41–27
69 February 29 N Chicago 117–107 Elgin Baylor (27) 42–27
70 March 2 Seattle 121–127 Elgin Baylor (26) 43–27
71 March 3 Baltimore 114–121 Elgin Baylor (33) 44–27
72 March 6 St. Louis 112–96 Elgin Baylor (20) 44–28
73 March 7 @ San Diego 119–102 Elgin Baylor (35) 45–28
74 March 8 San Diego 122–130 Baylor, Clark (23) 46–28
75 March 9 @ San Francisco 137–132 (OT) Elgin Baylor (38) 47–28
76 March 10 Baltimore 119–89 Erwin Mueller (16) 47–29
77 March 13 San Francisco 106–142 Elgin Baylor (25) 48–29
78 March 15 New York 112–123 Elgin Baylor (37) 49–29
79 March 16 Detroit 108–135 Gail Goodrich (30) 50–29
80 March 17 Detroit 116–120 Elgin Baylor (28) 51–29
81 March 18 @ Philadelphia 128–158 Mel Counts (26) 51–30
82 March 19 San Diego 109–121 Elgin Baylor (35) 52–30

Playoffs

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1968 playoff game log
Division Semi-finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 24 Chicago W 109–101 Jerry West (33) Elgin Baylor (23) Elgin Baylor (8) The Forum
7,352 		1–0
2 March 25 Chicago W 111–106 Jerry West (35) Elgin Baylor (16) Jerry West (8) The Forum
8,158 		2–0
3 March 27 @ Chicago L 98–104 Jerry West (32) Darrall Imhoff (15) Elgin Baylor (5) Chicago Stadium
3,456 		2–1
4 March 29 @ Chicago W 93–87 Elgin Baylor (27) Darrall Imhoff (21) Elgin Baylor (5) Chicago Stadium
5,678 		3–1
5 March 31 Chicago W 122–99 Elgin Baylor (37) Elgin Baylor (12) Archie Clark (10) The Forum
12,108 		4–1
Division finals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 5 San Francisco W 133–105 Elgin Baylor (29) Elgin Baylor (16) Archie Clark (5) The Forum
10,319 		1–0
2 April 10 San Francisco W 115–112 Baylor, West (36) Elgin Baylor (19) Jerry West (5) The Forum
11,270 		2–0
3 April 11 @ San Francisco W 128–124 Jerry West (40) Elgin Baylor (12) Jerry West (8) Cow Palace
9,232 		3–0
4 April 13 @ San Francisco W 106–100 Jerry West (29) Elgin Baylor (20) Archie Clark (5) Cow Palace
9,623 		4–0
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 21 @ Boston L 101–107 Jerry West (25) Darrall Imhoff (14) Archie Clark (5) Boston Garden
9,546 		0–1
2 April 24 @ Boston W 123–113 Jerry West (35) Darrall Imhoff (11) Erwin Mueller (7) Boston Garden
14,780 		1–1
3 April 26 Boston L 119–127 Jerry West (33) Elgin Baylor (18) Jerry West (9) The Forum
17,011 		1–2
4 April 28 Boston W 118–105 Jerry West (38) Darrall Imhoff (20) Darrall Imhoff (6) The Forum
17,147 		2–2
5 April 30 @ Boston L 117–120 (OT) Jerry West (35) Elgin Baylor (15) Baylor, West (6) Boston Garden
14,780 		2–3
6 May 2 Boston L 109–124 Elgin Baylor (28) Mel Counts (25) Elgin Baylor (6) The Forum
17,392 		2–4
1968 schedule

Awards and records

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References

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  1. ^ 1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers
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