1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1968 52 30 Western 2 Butch Van Breda Kolff Fred Schaus Jack Kent Cooke Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (through December 22, 1967) The Forum (starting December 31, 1967) NBA Finals(lost to Celtics 2–4) LAL KTLA KNX The 1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers season was the Lakers' 20th season in the NBA and eighth season in Los Angeles.1967–68 Los Angeles Lakers 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. The Lakers won the Western Division and faced the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in 10 years, falling to them once again, 4–2. Roster Los Angeles Lakers 1967–68 30 Cliff Anderson SG 6 2 200 1944-09-07 Saint Joseph's 23 Jim Barnes Jim "Bad News" Barnes PF 6 8 210 1941-04-13 Texas-El Paso 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 1934-09-16 Seattle University 21 Archie Clark basketball SG 6 2 175 1941-07-15 Minnesota 31 Mel Counts C 7 0 230 1941-10-16 Oregon State 12 Freddie Crawford SG 6 4 189 1941-12-33 St. Bonaventure 11 Gail Goodrich SG 6 1 170 1943-04-23 UCLA 52 Dennis Hamilton PF 6 8 210 1944-05-08 Notre Dame 33 Tom Hawkins basketball SF 6 5 210 1936-12-22 Notre Dame 14 Darrall Imhoff C 6 10 220 1938-10-11 California 34 Erwin Mueller C 6 8 230 1944-03-12 San Francisco 44 Jerry West PG 6 3 175 1938-05-28 West Virginia 24 John Wetzel basketball SF 6 5 190 1944-10-22 Virginia Tech Butch van Breda Kolff https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1968.html January 12, 1968 Regular season Season standings LAL Game log 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 Los Angeles Lakers 1968 yes Los Angeles Lakers Division Semi-finals yes yes no 3 0 1 1 |- | 1 | March 24 | Chicago | W 109–101 | Jerry West (33) | Elgin Baylor (23) | Elgin Baylor (8) | The Forum7,352 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 25 | Chicago | W 111–106 | Jerry West (35) | Elgin Baylor (16) | Jerry West (8) | The Forum8,158 | 2–0 |- | 3 | March 27 | @ Chicago | L 98–104 | Jerry West (32) | Darrall Imhoff (15) | Elgin Baylor (5) | Chicago Stadium3,456 | 2–1 |- | 4 | March 29 | @ Chicago | W 93–87 | Elgin Baylor (27) | Darrall Imhoff (21) | Elgin Baylor (5) | Chicago Stadium5,678 | 3–1 |- | 5 | March 31 | Chicago | W 122–99 | Elgin Baylor (37) | Elgin Baylor (12) | Archie Clark (10) | The Forum12,108 | 4–1 |- Los Angeles Lakers Division finals yes no 2 0 2 0 |- | 1 | April 5 | San Francisco | W 133–105 | Elgin Baylor (29) | Elgin Baylor (16) | Archie Clark (5) | The Forum10,319 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 10 | San Francisco | W 115–112 | Baylor, West (36) | Elgin Baylor (19) | Jerry West (5) | The Forum11,270 | 2–0 |- | 3 | April 11 | @ San Francisco | W 128–124 | Jerry West (40) | Elgin Baylor (12) | Jerry West (8) | Cow Palace9,232 | 3–0 |- | 4 | April 13 | @ San Francisco | W 106–100 | Jerry West (29) | Elgin Baylor (20) | Archie Clark (5) | Cow Palace9,623 | 4–0 |- Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals yes no 1 2 1 2 |- | 1 | April 21 | @ Boston | L 101–107 | Jerry West (25) | Darrall Imhoff (14) | Archie Clark (5) | Boston Garden9,546 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 24 | @ Boston | W 123–113 | Jerry West (35) | Darrall Imhoff (11) | Erwin Mueller (7) | Boston Garden14,780 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 26 | Boston | L 119–127 | Jerry West (33) | Elgin Baylor (18) | Jerry West (9) | The Forum17,011 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 28 | Boston | W 118–105 | Jerry West (38) | Darrall Imhoff (20) | Darrall Imhoff (6) | The Forum17,147 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 30 | @ Boston | L 117–120 (OT) | Jerry West (35) | Elgin Baylor (15) | Baylor, West (6) | Boston Garden14,780 | 2–3 |- | 6 | May 2 | Boston | L 109–124 | Elgin Baylor (28) | Mel Counts (25) | Elgin Baylor (6) | The Forum17,392 | 2–4 |- LAL 1968 yes Awards and records Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team Jerry West, All-NBA Second Team Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game Archie Clark, NBA All-Star Game References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Los Angeles Los Angle Los Angle