The Los Angeles Lakers got about as lucky as you can get with the NBA’s new, condensed, 66-game 2011-12 schedule. All in all, new head coach Mike Brown and the rest of the team will probably count their blessings with 11 of the squad’s first 15 games taking place in Los Angeles. That’s the good news. The bad news, however, is that the team will have 17 total back-to-backs, and one back-to-back-to-back.

If you compare the Lakers’ schedule to that of the Boston Celtics, though, Kobe Bryant and Co. got off relatively free of major headaches.

Don’t forget, center Andrew Bynum will be suspended for the first five games of the year for his little incident with J.J. Barea in the playoffs last season.

Check out the full schedule below:

January

Mon 19

 vs LA Clippers Preseason

 Wed 21

 @ LA Clippers Preseason 

 Sun 25

 vs Chicago

 Mon 26

 @ Sacramento

 Tue 27

 vs Utah

 Thu 29

 vs New York

 Sat 31

 vs Denver

                                                                    January

 Sun 01

 @ Denver

 Tue 03

 vs Houston

 Thu 05

 @ Portland

 Fri 06

 vs Golden State

 Sun 08

 vs Memphis

 Tue 10

 vs Phoenix

 Wed 11

 @ Utah

 Fri 13

 vs Cleveland

 Sat 14

 @ LA Clippers

 Mon 16

 vs Dallas

 Thu 19

 @ Miami

 Fri 20

 @ Orlando

 Sun 22

 vs Indiana

 Wed 25

 vs LA Clippers

 Sat 28

 @ Milwaukee

 Sun 29

 @ Minnesota

 Tue 31

 vs Charlotte

February

 Fri 03

 @ Denver

 Sat 04

 @ Utah

 Mon 06

 @ Philadelphia

 Thu 09

 @ Boston

 Fri 10

 @ New York

 Sun 12

 @ Toronto

 Tue 14

 vs Atlanta

 Fri 17

 vs Phoenix

 Sun 19

 @ Phoenix

 Mon 20

 vs Portland

 Wed 22

 @ Dallas

 Thu 23

 @ Oklahoma City

 Wed 29

 vs Minnesota

March

 Fri 02

 vs Sacramento

 Sun 04

 vs Miami

 Tue 06

 @ Detroit

 Wed 07

 @ Washington

 Fri 09

 @ Minnesota

 Sun 11

 vs Boston

 Tue 13

 @ Memphis

 Wed 14

 @ New Orleans

 Fri 16

 vs Minnesota

 Sun 18

 vs Utah

 Tue 20

 @ Houston

 Wed 21

 @ Dallas

 Fri 23

 vs Portland

 Sun 25

 vs Memphis

 Tue 27

 @ Golden State

 Thu 29

 vs Oklahoma City

 Sat 31

 vs New Orleans

April

 Sun 01

 vs Golden State

 Tue 03

 vs New Jersey

 Wed 04

 @ LA Clippers

 Fri 06

 vs Houston

 Sat 07

 @ Phoenix

 Mon 09

 @ New Orleans

 Wed 11

 @ San Antonio

 Fri 13

 vs Denver

 Sun 15

 vs Dallas

 Tue 17

 vs San Antonio

 Wed 18

 @ Golden State

 Fri 20

 @ San Antonio

 Sun 22

 vs Oklahoma City

 Thu 26

                                                     @ Sacramento

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