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Season of NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1960β61 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 13th season in the
NBA and first season in Los Angeles, following their off-season relocation from the
Twin Cities of Minnesota .
[1] The Lakers finished in second place in the
NBA Western Division during the
1960β61 NBA season , with a record of 36β43, 15 games behind the
St. Louis Hawks . The Lakers qualified for the
Western Division playoffs , defeating the
Detroit Pistons , three games to two in the semifinals, before losing again to the Hawks in the West Finals, four games to three.
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
SF
22
Baylor, Elgin
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
21
Leonard, Slick
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1932-07-17
Indiana
SG
11
Selvy, Frank
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1932-11-09
Furman
PG
44
West, Jerry
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1938-05-28
West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: December 15, 1960
x β clinched playoff spot
1960β61 NBA records
Team
BOS
CIN
DET
LAL
NYK
PHI
STL
SYR
Boston
β
7β3
8β2
8β2
10β3
8β5
6β4
10β3
Cincinnati
3β7
β
2β11
8β5
8β2
2β8
6β7
4β6
Detroit
2β8
11β2
β
4β9
5β5
5β5
3β10
4β6
Los Angeles
2β8
5β8
9β4
β
7β3
2β8
5β8
6β4
New York
3β10
2β8
5β5
3β7
β
2β11
1β9
5β8
Philadelphia
5β8
8β2
5β5
8β2
11β2
β
3β7
6β7
St. Louis
4β6
7β6
10β3
8β5
9β1
7β3
β
6β4
Syracuse
3β10
6β4
6β4
4β6
8β5
7β6
4β6
β
1960β61 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 19
@
Cincinnati
123β140
Elgin Baylor (35)
0β1
2
October 22
@
St. Louis
96β112
Rudy LaRusso (28)
0β2
3
October 24
New York
111β101
Elgin Baylor (25)
0β3
4
October 25
New York
118β120
Elgin Baylor (36)
1β3
5
October 28
@
Philadelphia
120β122
Elgin Baylor (28)
1β4
6
October 29
@
Syracuse
118β125
Elgin Baylor (31)
1β5
7
November 2
N New York
96β106
Elgin Baylor (30)
2β5
8
November 5
Syracuse
110β112
Elgin Baylor (40)
3β5
9
November 6
N Syracuse
113β119
Hot Rod Hundley (29)
4β5
10
November 9
N Philadelphia
125β118
Elgin Baylor (40)
4β6
11
November 12
N
Boston
124β131
Elgin Baylor (45)
4β7
12
November 15
@ New York
123β108
Elgin Baylor (71)
5β7
13
November 19
Detroit
122β130
Elgin Baylor (35)
6β7
14
November 20
N Detroit
135β131
Elgin Baylor (52)
7β7
15
November 22
N Cincinnati
133β118
Elgin Baylor (41)
8β7
16
November 23
@ Cincinnati
118β122
Elgin Baylor (37)
8β8
17
November 24
N Cincinnati
108β100
Elgin Baylor (33)
9β8
18
November 25
@ Detroit
141β128 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (51)
10β8
19
November 26
@ St. Louis
113β126
Hot Rod Hundley (22)
10β9
20
November 27
Philadelphia
113β106
Jim Krebs (25)
10β10
21
November 28
Philadelphia
112β137
Elgin Baylor (42)
11β10
22
November 29
N Philadelphia
122β121
Hot Rod Hundley (30)
11β11
23
December 1
@ Philadelphia
114β117
Elgin Baylor (28)
11β12
24
December 2
@ Boston
120β117
Elgin Baylor (23)
12β12
25
December 4
Boston
113β103
Elgin Baylor (40)
12β13
26
December 5
Boston
123β101
Elgin Baylor (43)
12β14
27
December 7
@ Cincinnati
112β114
Elgin Baylor (25)
12β15
28
December 10
@ St. Louis
108β111
Elgin Baylor (34)
12β16
29
December 12
St. Louis
114β103
Jerry West (26)
12β17
30
December 14
St. Louis
113β124
Elgin Baylor (28)
13β17
31
December 16
@ Cincinnati
116β130
Elgin Baylor (34)
13β18
32
December 17
@ Boston
112β140
Elgin Baylor (29)
13β19
33
December 19
N Detroit
107β103
Elgin Baylor (39)
14β19
34
December 20
N Detroit
94β97
Elgin Baylor (37)
14β20
35
December 26
@ New York
112β119
Elgin Baylor (44)
14β21
36
December 28
@ Syracuse
113β115
Elgin Baylor (39)
14β22
37
December 29
N New York
95β111
Elgin Baylor (28)
15β22
38
December 30
@ St. Louis
99β107
Elgin Baylor (23)
15β23
39
January 1
@ Detroit
105β116
Elgin Baylor (39)
15β24
40
January 2
N Detroit
123β113
Elgin Baylor (46)
16β24
41
January 3
Boston
102β96
Elgin Baylor (40)
16β25
42
January 5
St. Louis
96β110
Elgin Baylor (26)
17β25
43
January 6
St. Louis
108β104
Elgin Baylor (27)
17β26
44
January 10
New York
104β117
Elgin Baylor (35)
18β26
45
January 11
New York
109β104
Elgin Baylor (39)
18β27
46
January 14
Cincinnati
114β123
Elgin Baylor (45)
19β27
47
January 15
Cincinnati
109β105
Elgin Baylor (37)
19β28
48
January 19
N Boston
103β106
Elgin Baylor (29)
19β29
49
January 21
@ Philadelphia
111β136
Elgin Baylor (27)
19β30
50
January 22
N Syracuse
112β109
Elgin Baylor (38)
19β31
51
January 24
Syracuse
107β116
Elgin Baylor (56)
20β31
52
January 25
Syracuse
112β117
Elgin Baylor (27)
21β31
53
January 29
Detroit
113β137
Elgin Baylor (34)
22β31
54
January 30
Detroit
116β117
Elgin Baylor (28)
23β31
55
January 31
N Detroit
112β121
Elgin Baylor (47)
23β32
56
February 2
N St. Louis
115β116
Rudy LaRusso (35)
24β32
57
February 5
@ Detroit
125β120
Elgin Baylor (45)
25β32
58
February 6
N Cincinnati
110β101
Elgin Baylor (35)
26β32
59
February 7
N Boston
95β96
Jerry West (29)
26β33
60
February 8
St. Louis
103β120
Tom Hawkins (32)
27β33
61
February 9
St. Louis
123β113
Elgin Baylor (45)
27β34
62
February 12
St. Louis
105β95
Elgin Baylor (31)
28β34
63
February 13
N Cincinnati
100β104
Elgin Baylor (31)
28β35
64
February 14
N Boston
93β113
Jerry West (21)
28β36
65
February 16
@ Detroit
129β106
Elgin Baylor (57)
29β36
66
February 18
@ New York
121β106
Baylor,
Selvy (28)
30β36
67
February 19
@ Cincinnati
106β112
Rudy LaRusso (29)
30β37
68
February 20
N Syracuse
126β121
Elgin Baylor (45)
30β38
69
February 22
Boston
93β105
Elgin Baylor (38)
31β38
70
February 26
Philadelphia
116β121
Jerry West (38)
32β38
71
February 27
Philadelphia
113β88
Rudy LaRusso (26)
32β39
72
February 28
@ Philadelphia
108β123
Hot Rod Hundley (33)
32β40
73
March 1
N New York
107β144
Elgin Baylor (27)
33β40
74
March 2
N Syracuse
110β114
Elgin Baylor (34)
34β40
75
March 5
@ Syracuse
125β114
Elgin Baylor (37)
35β40
76
March 7
@ St. Louis
136β137 (2OT)
Elgin Baylor (39)
35β41
77
March 8
@ Detroit
103β120
Baylor, West (20)
35β42
78
March 11
Cincinnati
108β105
Elgin Baylor (27)
35β43
79
March 12
Cincinnati
122β123
Elgin Baylor (49)
36β43
1961 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3β2 (home: 3β0; road: 0β2)
Division finals: 3β4 (home: 1β2; road: 2β2)
1961 schedule
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