# 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. 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | 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

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
## Playoffs

1968 playoff game log :
Division Semi-finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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

* 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