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NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1961β62 NBA season was the Packers' 1st season in the
NBA .
[1] It would also be their only season for the
franchise under that name. They would be renamed the Chicago Zephyrs for the 1962β1963 season.
Roster
1961β62 Chicago Packers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
C
8
Bellamy, Walt (C)
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1939-07-24
Indiana
PF
33
Salle, George Bon
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1935-07-01
Illinois
PG
10
Carl, Howie
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
1938-06-07
DePaul
SG
25
Davis, Ralph
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1938-09-07
Cincinnati
SG
16
Green, Si
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1933-08-20
Duquesne
SF
12
Johnson, Andy
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1932-11-08
Portland
PG
21
Leonard, Slick
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1932-07-17
Indiana
PF
33
Piontek, Dave
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1934-08-27
Xavier
PF
35
Sauldsberry, Woody
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1934-07-11
Texas Southern
SG
22
Turner, Jack
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1939-06-05
Louisville
PF
14
Tyra, Charlie
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1935-08-16
Louisville
SF
15
Walker, Horace
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1937-04-17
Michigan State
Head coach
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: December 28, 1961
Regular season
Season standings
x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1961β62 NBA records
Team
BOS
CHI
CIN
DET
LAL
NYK
PHI
STL
SYR
Boston
β
9β1
7β1
5β3
6β3
8β4
8β4
7β2
10β2
Chicago
1β9
β
1β9
3β7
2β8
6β4
0β10
4β6
1β9
Cincinnati
1β7
9β1
β
6β6
5β7
5β4
3β5
9β3
5β4
Detroit
3β5
7β3
6β6
β
4β8
5β4
1β7
7β5
4β5
Los Angeles
3β6
8β2
7β5
8β4
β
6β2
6β3
10β2
6β2
New York
4β8
4β6
4β5
4β5
2β6
β
4β8
4β4
3β9
Philadelphia
4β8
10β0
5β3
7β1
3β6
8β4
β
6β3
6β6
St. Louis
2β7
6β4
3β9
5β7
2β10
4β4
3β6
β
4β4
Syracuse
2β10
9β1
4β5
5β4
2β6
9β3
6β6
4β4
β
Game log
1961β62 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 19
@
New York
103β120
Walt Bellamy (29)
0β1
2
October 21
@
Syracuse
103β123
Walt Bellamy (29)
0β2
3
October 27
St. Louis
106β117
Walt Bellamy (35)
1β2
4
October 28
@ St. Louis
95β122
Bobby Leonard (22)
1β3
5
November 3
New York
118β129
Walt Bellamy (35)
2β3
6
November 4
Los Angeles
125β112
Walt Bellamy (28)
2β4
7
November 8
N New York
130β108
Walt Bellamy (23)
2β5
8
November 10
@
Cincinnati
117β122
Walt Bellamy (37)
2β6
9
November 11
Cincinnati
117β107
Walt Bellamy (45)
2β7
10
November 12
Boston
112β96
Archie Dees (18)
2β8
11
November 13
@ Los Angeles
113β127
Walt Bellamy (30)
2β9
12
November 15
@ Los Angeles
118β133
Walt Bellamy (28)
2β10
13
November 18
@
Detroit
112β119
Bobby Leonard (27)
2β11
14
November 19
Philadelphia
122β114
Vernon Hatton (25)
2β12
15
November 21
@ New York
109β107
Walt Bellamy (20)
3β12
16
November 25
@ Philadelphia
102β134
Walt Bellamy (27)
3β13
17
December 1
@ Boston
121β140
Walt Bellamy (33)
3β14
18
December 2
@ Syracuse
118β132
Andy Johnson (33)
3β15
19
December 5
N St. Louis
99β101
Horace Walker (26)
4β15
20
December 8
N Detroit
133β107
Walt Bellamy (23)
4β16
21
December 9
@ Philadelphia
113β135
Walt Bellamy (39)
4β17
22
December 10
N Philadelphia
118β109
Walt Bellamy (33)
4β18
23
December 11
N Cincinnati
133β117
Bobby Leonard (31)
4β19
24
December 13
N New York
112β113
Walt Bellamy (33)
5β19
25
December 14
N Boston
108β123
Walt Bellamy (41)
5β20
26
December 15
Los Angeles
94β97
Walt Bellamy (32)
6β20
27
December 16
Philadelphia
112β110
Walt Bellamy (45)
6β21
28
December 20
N Los Angeles
102β98
Walt Bellamy (36)
6β22
29
December 25
N Detroit
97β118
Walt Bellamy (35)
7β22
30
December 26
N Detroit
101β108
Walt Bellamy (30)
8β22
31
December 27
@ Detroit
93β121
Walt Bellamy (16)
8β23
32
December 29
St. Louis
120β103
Walt Bellamy (33)
8β24
33
December 30
@ St. Louis
92β101
Walt Bellamy (31)
8β25
34
January 2
Syracuse
127β102
Walt Bellamy (31)
8β26
35
January 6
@ Syracuse
102β120
Walt Bellamy (36)
8β27
36
January 7
N Cincinnati
123β113
Walt Bellamy (44)
8β28
37
January 9
N Cincinnati
113β106
Walt Bellamy (28)
8β29
38
January 10
Boston
90β103
Walt Bellamy (35)
9β29
39
January 12
Detroit
102β99
Walt Bellamy (27)
9β30
40
January 13
@ Philadelphia
117β135
Walt Bellamy (35)
9β31
41
January 18
N Syracuse
118β111
Walt Bellamy (27)
9β32
42
January 19
St. Louis
114β113
Walt Bellamy (35)
9β33
43
January 20
@ St. Louis
112β116
Walt Bellamy (31)
9β34
44
January 21
Los Angeles
112β111 (OT)
Walt Bellamy (48)
9β35
45
January 22
N New York
131β94
Walt Bellamy (21)
9β36
46
January 23
@ New York
109β103
Bobby Leonard (39)
10β36
47
January 24
N Philadelphia
122β108
Walt Bellamy (47)
10β37
48
January 25
New York
117β102
Walt Bellamy (36)
10β38
49
January 27
Syracuse
107β102
Walt Bellamy (45)
10β39
50
January 28
@ Los Angeles
109β124
Walt Bellamy (45)
10β40
51
January 30
@ Los Angeles
92β107
Walt Bellamy (32)
10β41
52
January 31
Boston
122β115
Walt Bellamy (47)
10β42
53
February 2
Detroit
96β112
Walt Bellamy (35)
11β42
54
February 3
N Detroit
116β109
Walt Bellamy (30)
11β43
55
February 4
Los Angeles
105β113
Walt Bellamy (33)
12β43
56
February 5
Boston
127β111
Walt Bellamy (34)
12β44
57
February 6
N Syracuse
127β123
Walt Bellamy (38)
12β45
58
February 10
N New York
111β126
Walt Bellamy (44)
13β45
59
February 11
@ Boston
115β148
Walt Bellamy (28)
13β46
60
February 13
N Boston
117β138
Walt Bellamy (36)
13β47
61
February 14
N Cincinnati
121β125
Walt Bellamy (38)
14β47
62
February 15
Syracuse
121β126
Walt Bellamy (31)
15β47
63
February 16
N Syracuse
132β106
Woody Sauldsberry (23)
15β48
64
February 17
N Syracuse
136β127
Walt Bellamy (33)
15β49
65
February 18
N Cincinnati
138β121
Walt Bellamy (30)
15β50
66
February 20
N Philadelphia
112β107
Walt Bellamy (44)
15β51
67
February 21
Cincinnati
153β125
Andy Johnson (29)
15β52
68
February 23
N Los Angeles
124β117 (OT)
Walt Bellamy (42)
15β53
69
February 24
St. Louis
119β129
Walt Bellamy (38)
16β53
70
February 25
@ Cincinnati
105β108
Bellamy, Sauldsberry (26)
16β54
71
February 27
N Boston
100β115
Andy Johnson (32)
16β55
72
February 28
Philadelphia
128β119
Andy Johnson (29)
16β56
73
March 3
Cincinnati
126β119
Walt Bellamy (23)
16β57
74
March 4
N Detroit
133β116
Andy Johnson (21)
16β58
75
March 8
Boston
108β102
Walt Bellamy (31)
16β59
76
March 9
N St. Louis
124β120
Walt Bellamy (30)
16β60
77
March 10
New York
116β128
Walt Bellamy (33)
17β60
78
March 12
N Detroit
121β116
Walt Bellamy (31)
17β61
79
March 13
@ St. Louis
124β118
Bellamy, Sauldsberry (29)
18β61
80
March 14
Philadelphia
119β115 (OT)
Walt Bellamy (38)
18β62
Awards and records
References
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