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Season of NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1961β62 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;
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.
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Roster
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
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
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
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: December, 1961
Regular season
Season standings
x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1961-62 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
N
Philadelphia
113β118
Elgin Baylor (35)
1β0
2
October 20
@ Philadelphia
115β122
Jerry West (36)
1β1
3
October 24
N
Cincinnati
124β122
Elgin Baylor (31)
2β1
4
October 25
@
Detroit
120β116
Elgin Baylor (36)
3β1
5
October 27
Detroit
118β128
Elgin Baylor (27)
4β1
6
October 28
Detroit
126β135
Jerry West (40)
5β1
7
November 1
Cincinnati
115β120
Elgin Baylor (41)
6β1
8
November 3
Cincinnati
132β114
Elgin Baylor (30)
6β2
9
November 4
@
Chicago
125β112
Jerry West (42)
7β2
10
November 7
@
St. Louis
127β110
Elgin Baylor (37)
8β2
11
November 8
St. Louis
118β124
Jerry West (42)
9β2
12
November 13
Chicago
113β127
Elgin Baylor (39)
10β2
13
November 15
Chicago
118β133
Elgin Baylor (36)
11β2
14
November 17
@ Philadelphia
125β121
Elgin Baylor (37)
12β2
15
November 18
@
Boston
103β101
Elgin Baylor (32)
13β2
16
November 21
N Detroit
102β108
Elgin Baylor (26)
13β3
17
November 23
@ St. Louis
122β114
Elgin Baylor (40)
14β3
18
November 24
@
New York
100β89
Elgin Baylor (34)
15β3
19
November 25
@ Detroit
103β104
Elgin Baylor (31)
15β4
20
November 26
@ Cincinnati
102β117
Elgin Baylor (37)
15β5
21
November 28
N
Syracuse
121β111
Elgin Baylor (49)
15β6
22
December 1
Philadelphia
138β117
Jerry West (36)
15β7
23
December 2
Philadelphia
119β129
Jerry West (32)
16β7
24
December 4
Syracuse
120β131
Elgin Baylor (50)
17β7
25
December 5
Syracuse
120β125
Elgin Baylor (45)
18β7
26
December 6
Syracuse
121β123 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (47)
19β7
27
December 8
@ Philadelphia
151β147 (3OT)
Elgin Baylor (63)
20β7
28
December 9
@ Detroit
114β107
Elgin Baylor (38)
21β7
29
December 11
St. Louis
119β132
Elgin Baylor (52)
22β7
30
December 13
St. Louis
136β137 (OT)
Elgin Baylor (52)
23β7
31
December 15
@ Chicago
94β97
Elgin Baylor (28)
23β8
32
December 16
N Syracuse
128β123
Elgin Baylor (42)
23β9
33
December 17
N Detroit
122β116
Jerry West (47)
24β9
34
December 19
Boston
101β104
Jerry West (29)
25β9
35
December 20
N Chicago
102β98
Elgin Baylor (35)
26β9
36
December 23
@ St. Louis
129β126
Elgin Baylor (47)
27β9
37
December 25
@ Cincinnati
141β127
Elgin Baylor (40)
28β9
38
December 26
@ Boston
117β129
Elgin Baylor (30)
28β10
39
December 27
N Syracuse
111β119
Elgin Baylor (48)
29β10
40
December 28
@ Syracuse
121β114
Elgin Baylor (44)
30β10
41
December 29
N Philadelphia
123β118
Elgin Baylor (52)
30β11
42
January 1
Philadelphia
111β114
Jerry West (36)
31β11
43
January 3
Philadelphia
123β124
Jerry West (44)
32β11
44
January 7
Boston
118β95
Jerry West (31)
32β12
45
January 13
@ St. Louis
108β107
Jerry West (43)
33β12
46
January 14
N Detroit
108β118
Jerry West (31)
33β13
47
January 17
New York
121β129
Jerry West (63)
34β13
48
January 19
New York
107β108
Jerry West (32)
35β13
49
January 20
@ Cincinnati
124β125
Jerry West (36)
35β14
50
January 21
@ Chicago
112β111 (OT)
Jerry West (36)
36β14
51
January 23
N Boston
103β118
Jerry West (32)
36β15
52
January 24
Cincinnati
123β136
Jerry West (50)
37β15
53
January 25
Cincinnati
112β116
Elgin Baylor (39)
38β15
54
January 28
Chicago
109β124
Elgin Baylor (36)
39β15
55
January 30
Chicago
92β107
Jerry West (36)
40β15
56
January 31
@ Detroit
123β122 (OT)
Jerry West (39)
41β15
57
February 1
N Boston
115β130
Selvy , West (22)
41β16
58
February 3
@ St. Louis
127β124
Jerry West (45)
42β16
59
February 4
@ Chicago
105β113
Rudy LaRusso (30)
42β17
60
February 5
N Cincinnati
134β128 (OT)
Jerry West (46)
43β17
61
February 6
@ New York
112β116
Jerry West (36)
43β18
62
February 8
N Cincinnati
109β113
Rudy LaRusso (23)
43β19
63
February 12
St. Louis
117β113
Rudy LaRusso (28)
43β20
64
February 14
St. Louis
107β130
Jerry West (30)
44β20
65
February 16
@ Detroit
121β127
Jerry West (40)
44β21
66
February 17
@ New York
128β121
Rudy LaRusso (31)
45β21
67
February 18
Boston
99β125
Elgin Baylor (38)
46β21
68
February 20
Boston
115β96
Krebs , West (19)
46β22
69
February 22
N New York
116β118
Jerry West (36)
47β22
70
February 23
N Chicago
124β117 (OT)
Jerry West (39)
48β22
71
February 24
@ Cincinnati
114β118
Jerry West (34)
48β23
72
February 25
Detroit
99β128
Elgin Baylor (45)
49β23
73
February 27
Detroit
100β107
Jerry West (34)
50β23
74
March 3
@ St. Louis
125β134
Rudy LaRusso (42)
50β24
75
March 4
@ Syracuse
124β115
Jerry West (35)
51β24
76
March 9
@ New York
100β122
Jerry West (28)
51β25
77
March 11
@ Boston
105β119
Jerry West (31)
51β26
78
March 12
N New York
106β119
Elgin Baylor (37)
52β26
79
March 13
Cincinnati
111β120
Jerry West (37)
53β26
80
March 14
St. Louis
115β125
Rudy LaRusso (50)
54β26
Playoffs
1962 playoff game log
Division finals: 4β2 (home: 2β1; road: 2β1)
NBA Finals: 3β4 (home: 1β2; road: 2β2)
1962 schedule
Awards and records
References
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