how many times has lakers gone to western conference finals

The Los Angeles Lakers have 24 appearances in Western Conference Finals all-time.

	TEAM	DATE	GP	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Lakers	4/9/1971	1	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	L 85-106	240	85	51	18			36	88	40.9				13	27	48.1	42.6				21
2	Lakers	4/11/1971	1	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	L 73-91	240	73	51	15			28	85	32.9				17	23	73.9	38.4				14
3	Lakers	4/14/1971	1	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	W 118-107	240	118	54	29			49	98	50.0				20	32	62.5	52.6				17
4	Lakers	4/16/1971	1	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	L 94-117	240	94	52	22			41	114	36.0				12	18	66.7	38.5				16
5	Lakers	4/18/1971	1	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	L 98-116	240	98	46	29			38	90	42.2				22	37	59.5	46.1				22
6	Lakers	4/9/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	L 72-93	240	72	65	16			28	103	27.2				16	32	50.0	30.7				16
7	Lakers	4/12/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	W 135-134	240	135	50	29			52	106	49.1				31	44	70.5	53.8				18
8	Lakers	4/14/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	W 108-105	240	108	46	20			41	88	46.6				26	36	72.2	52.0				21
9	Lakers	4/16/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	L 88-114	240	88	43	18			37	97	38.1				14	25	56.0	40.7				18
10	Lakers	4/18/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	W 115-90	240	115	70	26			40	94	42.6				35	44	79.5	50.7				17
11	Lakers	4/22/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	W 104-100	240	104	59	22			38	95	40.0				28	38	73.7	46.5				18
12	Lakers	4/17/1973	1	1972-73	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	GSW	W 101-99	240	101	58	22			37	97	38.1				27	38	71.1	44.4				18
13	Lakers	4/19/1973	1	1972-73	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	GSW	W 104-93	240	104	55	20			40	87	46.0				24	28	85.7	52.4				22
14	Lakers	4/21/1973	1	1972-73	Conference Finals	LAL	@	GSW	W 126-70	240	126	75	31			51	109	46.8				24	31	77.4	51.4				12
15	Lakers	4/23/1973	1	1972-73	Conference Finals	LAL	@	GSW	L 109-117	240	109	47	20			45	91	49.5				19	27	70.4	53.0				22
16	Lakers	4/25/1973	1	1972-73	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	GSW	W 128-118	240	128	43	36			54	93	58.1				20	24	83.3	61.8				22
17	Lakers	5/6/1977	1	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	L 109-121	240	109	36	24	10	1	46	95	48.4				17	20	85.0	52.5	12	24		26
18	Lakers	5/8/1977	1	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	L 97-99	240	97	48	26	10	4	39	86	45.3				19	25	76.0	50.0	13	35		19
19	Lakers	5/10/1977	1	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	@	POR	L 97-102	240	97	45	29	11	8	36	79	45.6				25	33	75.8	51.9	11	34		28
20	Lakers	5/13/1977	1	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	@	POR	L 101-105	240	101	44	19	7	9	42	85	49.4				17	21	81.0	53.6	12	32		20
21	Lakers	4/22/1980	1	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SEA	L 107-108	240	107	40	35	13	7	47	89	52.8	1	2	50.0	12	16	75.0	55.7	10	30	19	26
22	Lakers	4/23/1980	1	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SEA	W 108-99	240	108	51	30	14	7	45	104	43.3	0	2	0.0	18	22	81.8	47.5	22	29	12	25
23	Lakers	4/25/1980	1	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	W 104-100	240	104	52	32	6	6	43	90	47.8	0	3	0.0	18	26	69.2	51.3	15	37	17	23
24	Lakers	4/27/1980	1	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	W 98-93	240	98	53	20	12	6	41	92	44.6	0	1	0.0	16	27	59.3	47.2	18	35	23	20
25	Lakers	4/30/1980	1	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SEA	W 111-105	240	111	46	34	6	10	45	89	50.6	0	1	0.0	21	27	77.8	55.0	16	30	13	22
	Average		1.0		0.2					240.4	106.6	43.7	25.9	8.0	5.7	41.1	85.6	48.0	4.5	13.3	33.8	20.6	28.0	73.5	54.4				22.9
	Total		126		24					30,290	13,432	5,507	3,269	875	630	5,181	10,791	48.0	476	1,408	33.8	2,594	3,529	73.5	54.4				2,891