The NBA Belt · rivalry

Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers

22Belt meetings

9Bulls wins

13Lakers wins

8Title changes

Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers have met 22 times with the NBA belt on the line, from November 5, 1968 to March 27, 2025. The belt changed hands in 8 of those games. Los Angeles Lakers lead the belt series 13–9.

Belt game	Date	Result
1,870	Nov 5, 1968	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 112–109	Defense
2,196	Feb 27, 1972	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 123–118	Defense
2,279	Jan 30, 1973	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 95–92	Title change
2,290	Feb 20, 1973	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 103–89	Defense
2,295	Mar 2, 1973	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 108–88	Title change
2,357	Dec 14, 1973	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 100–97	Title change
2,401	Mar 22, 1974	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 99–93	Title change
2,680	Mar 22, 1977	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 102–86	Defense
2,746	Feb 21, 1978	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 106–104	Defense
2,872	Oct 16, 1979	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 105–96	Defense
2,879	Oct 30, 1979	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 111–105	Defense
3,438	Feb 19, 1985	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 127–117	Defense
3,503	Dec 1, 1985	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 117–113	Defense
3,729	Feb 2, 1988	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 110–101	Defense
4,054	Jun 2, 1991	Los Angeles Lakers beat Chicago Bulls 93–91 Playoffs	Defense
4,055	Jun 5, 1991	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 107–86 Playoffs	Title change
4,056	Jun 7, 1991	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 104–96 Playoffs	Defense
4,057	Jun 9, 1991	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 97–82 Playoffs	Defense
4,058	Jun 12, 1991	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 108–101 Playoffs	Defense
6,274	Jan 20, 2014	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 102–100	Title change
6,344	Dec 25, 2014	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 113–93	Title change
7,391	Mar 27, 2025	Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers 119–117	Title change

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