1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1961–62 NBA season was the Lakers' 14th season in the NBA and second season in Los Angeles. For the first time since 1959, the Lakers advanced to the NBA Finals, and it was the first NBA Finals appearance for the team in the city of Los Angeles. For the second time, they met the Boston Celtics, who they would meet five further times in the 1960s. However, the Lakers lost in seven games in a heartbreaker; Frank Selvy missed a potential winning shot in Game 7 after the Lakers had lost Game 6 in Los Angeles, and the Celtics pulled away in overtime to win their fourth straight title.[1]

1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers season
Division champions
Head coachFred Schaus
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record54–26 (.675)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Celtics 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHJ-TV
RadioKHJ

Roster
1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
C 14 Felix, Ray 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1930-12-10 Long Island
SF 20 Hawkins, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1936-12-22 Notre Dame
SG 33 Hundley, Hot Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1934-10-26 West Virginia
PF 54 Jolliff, Howie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1938-07-20 Ohio
C 32 Krebs, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1935-09-08 SMU
PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth
PG 52 McNeill, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1938-10-22 Saint Joseph's
SG 11 Selvy, Frank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1932-11-09 Furman
PG 44 West, Jerry (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
C 55 Yates, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1937-11-07 Memphis
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December, 1961

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5426.675–26–518–1310–833–13
x-Cincinnati Royals4337.5381118–1314–1611–829–17
x-Detroit Pistons3743.4631716–148–1713–1224–22
St. Louis Hawks2951.3632519–167–273–816–30
Chicago Packers1862.2253615-233-390–010–30
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1961-62 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —9–17–15–36–38–48–47–210–2
Chicago 1–9—1–93–72–86–40–104–61–9
Cincinnati 1–79–1—6–65–75–43–59–35–4
Detroit 3–57–36–6—4–85–41–77–54–5
Los Angeles 3–68–27–58–4—6–26–310–26–2
New York 4–84–64–54–52–6—4–84–43–9
Philadelphia 4–810–05–37–13–68–4—6–36–6
St. Louis 2–76–43–95–72–104–43–6—4–4
Syracuse 2–109–14–55–42–69–36–64–4—

Game log
1961–62 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 19N Philadelphia113–118Elgin Baylor (35)1–0
2October 20@ Philadelphia115–122Jerry West (36)1–1
3October 24N Cincinnati124–122Elgin Baylor (31)2–1
4October 25@ Detroit120–116Elgin Baylor (36)3–1
5October 27Detroit118–128Elgin Baylor (27)4–1
6October 28Detroit126–135Jerry West (40)5–1
7November 1Cincinnati115–120Elgin Baylor (41)6–1
8November 3Cincinnati132–114Elgin Baylor (30)6–2
9November 4@ Chicago125–112Jerry West (42)7–2
10November 7@ St. Louis127–110Elgin Baylor (37)8–2
11November 8St. Louis118–124Jerry West (42)9–2
12November 13Chicago113–127Elgin Baylor (39)10–2
13November 15Chicago118–133Elgin Baylor (36)11–2
14November 17@ Philadelphia125–121Elgin Baylor (37)12–2
15November 18@ Boston103–101Elgin Baylor (32)13–2
16November 21N Detroit102–108Elgin Baylor (26)13–3
17November 23@ St. Louis122–114Elgin Baylor (40)14–3
18November 24@ New York100–89Elgin Baylor (34)15–3
19November 25@ Detroit103–104Elgin Baylor (31)15–4
20November 26@ Cincinnati102–117Elgin Baylor (37)15–5
21November 28N Syracuse121–111Elgin Baylor (49)15–6
22December 1Philadelphia138–117Jerry West (36)15–7
23December 2Philadelphia119–129Jerry West (32)16–7
24December 4Syracuse120–131Elgin Baylor (50)17–7
25December 5Syracuse120–125Elgin Baylor (45)18–7
26December 6Syracuse121–123 (OT)Elgin Baylor (47)19–7
27December 8@ Philadelphia151–147 (3OT)Elgin Baylor (63)20–7
28December 9@ Detroit114–107Elgin Baylor (38)21–7
29December 11St. Louis119–132Elgin Baylor (52)22–7
30December 13St. Louis136–137 (OT)Elgin Baylor (52)23–7
31December 15@ Chicago94–97Elgin Baylor (28)23–8
32December 16N Syracuse128–123Elgin Baylor (42)23–9
33December 17N Detroit122–116Jerry West (47)24–9
34December 19Boston101–104Jerry West (29)25–9
35December 20N Chicago102–98Elgin Baylor (35)26–9
36December 23@ St. Louis129–126Elgin Baylor (47)27–9
37December 25@ Cincinnati141–127Elgin Baylor (40)28–9
38December 26@ Boston117–129Elgin Baylor (30)28–10
39December 27N Syracuse111–119Elgin Baylor (48)29–10
40December 28@ Syracuse121–114Elgin Baylor (44)30–10
41December 29N Philadelphia123–118Elgin Baylor (52)30–11
42January 1Philadelphia111–114Jerry West (36)31–11
43January 3Philadelphia123–124Jerry West (44)32–11
44January 7Boston118–95Jerry West (31)32–12
45January 13@ St. Louis108–107Jerry West (43)33–12
46January 14N Detroit108–118Jerry West (31)33–13
47January 17New York121–129Jerry West (63)34–13
48January 19New York107–108Jerry West (32)35–13
49January 20@ Cincinnati124–125Jerry West (36)35–14
50January 21@ Chicago112–111 (OT)Jerry West (36)36–14
51January 23N Boston103–118Jerry West (32)36–15
52January 24Cincinnati123–136Jerry West (50)37–15
53January 25Cincinnati112–116Elgin Baylor (39)38–15
54January 28Chicago109–124Elgin Baylor (36)39–15
55January 30Chicago92–107Jerry West (36)40–15
56January 31@ Detroit123–122 (OT)Jerry West (39)41–15
57February 1N Boston115–130Selvy, West (22)41–16
58February 3@ St. Louis127–124Jerry West (45)42–16
59February 4@ Chicago105–113Rudy LaRusso (30)42–17
60February 5N Cincinnati134–128 (OT)Jerry West (46)43–17
61February 6@ New York112–116Jerry West (36)43–18
62February 8N Cincinnati109–113Rudy LaRusso (23)43–19
63February 12St. Louis117–113Rudy LaRusso (28)43–20
64February 14St. Louis107–130Jerry West (30)44–20
65February 16@ Detroit121–127Jerry West (40)44–21
66February 17@ New York128–121Rudy LaRusso (31)45–21
67February 18Boston99–125Elgin Baylor (38)46–21
68February 20Boston115–96Krebs, West (19)46–22
69February 22N New York116–118Jerry West (36)47–22
70February 23N Chicago124–117 (OT)Jerry West (39)48–22
71February 24@ Cincinnati114–118Jerry West (34)48–23
72February 25Detroit99–128Elgin Baylor (45)49–23
73February 27Detroit100–107Jerry West (34)50–23
74March 3@ St. Louis125–134Rudy LaRusso (42)50–24
75March 4@ Syracuse124–115Jerry West (35)51–24
76March 9@ New York100–122Jerry West (28)51–25
77March 11@ Boston105–119Jerry West (31)51–26
78March 12N New York106–119Elgin Baylor (37)52–26
79March 13Cincinnati111–120Jerry West (37)53–26
80March 14St. Louis115–125Rudy LaRusso (50)54–26

Playoffs
1962 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocationSeries
1 March 24 Detroit W 132–108 Elgin Baylor (35) Elgin Baylor (17) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 1–0
2 March 25 Detroit W 127–112 Jerry West (40) West, Baylor (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 2–0
3 March 27 @ Detroit W 111–106 Elgin Baylor (34) Elgin Baylor (17) Cobo Arena 3–0
4 March 29 @ Detroit L 117–118 Elgin Baylor (45) Elgin Baylor (17) Cobo Arena 3–1
5 March 31 Detroit L 125–132 Elgin Baylor (37) Elgin Baylor (19) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 3–2
6 April 3 @ Detroit W 123–117 West, Baylor (38) — Cobo Arena 4–2
NBA Finals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 7 @ Boston L 108–122 Elgin Baylor (35) Elgin Baylor (17) Jerry West (4) Boston Garden
7,467		 0–1
2 April 8 @ Boston W 129–122 Jerry West (40) Jim Krebs (13) Frank Selvy (6) Boston Garden
12,364		 1–1
3 April 10 Boston W 117–115 Elgin Baylor (39) Elgin Baylor (23) Frank Selvy (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,180		 2–1
4 April 11 Boston L 103–115 Elgin Baylor (38) Elgin Baylor (14) Elgin Baylor (6) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,104		 2–2
5 April 14 @ Boston W 126–121 Elgin Baylor (61) Elgin Baylor (22) Frank Selvy (5) Boston Garden
13,909		 3–2
6 April 16 Boston L 105–119 West, Baylor (34) Elgin Baylor (15) West, LaRusso (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,030		 3–3
7 April 18 @ Boston L 107–110 (OT) Elgin Baylor (41) Elgin Baylor (22) three players tied (4) Boston Garden
13,909		 3–4
1962 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1961–62 Los Angeles Lakers
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