Los Angeles Lakers 1961-62 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Los Angeles Lakers 1961-62 Season Review

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Los Angeles Lakers 1961-62 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 54-26

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	8315	3552	3240	2378	0	0	9482	0	0	1878	0	0	0	2057
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	9306	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961-62 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Elgin Baylor	48	2129	1836	892	222	0	0	1588	680	631	476	0	0	155
Ray Felix	80	1478	432	473	55	0	0	398	171	130	90	0	0	266
Tom Hawkins	79	1903	721	514	95	0	0	704	289	222	143	0	0	244
Hot Rod Hundley	78	1492	429	199	290	0	0	509	173	127	83	0	0	129
Howie Jolliff	64	1094	249	383	76	0	0	253	104	78	41	0	0	175
Jim Krebs	78	2012	780	616	110	0	0	701	312	208	156	0	0	290
Rudy LaRusso	80	2754	1374	828	179	0	0	1108	516	448	342	0	0	255
Bob McNeill	29	229	52	23	40	0	0	60	22	12	8	0	0	25
Frank Selvy	79	2806	1164	412	381	0	0	1032	433	404	298	0	0	232
Bob Sims	19	171	63	27	12	0	0	59	22	39	19	0	0	40
Bobby Smith	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry West	75	3087	2310	591	402	0	0	1795	799	926	712	0	0	173
Wayne Yates	37	263	72	94	16	0	0	105	31	22	10	0	0	72

1961-62 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Elgin Baylor	13	571	502	230	47			425	186	168	130			45
Ray Felix	13	242	84	77	7			59	29	38	26			39
Tom Hawkins	13	203	54	66	19			61	22	24	10			34
Hot Rod Hundley	12	187	23	18	32			25	7	12	9			27
Howie Jolliff	9	77	12	28	7			9	2	8	8			17
Jim Krebs	11	327	82	102	21			90	30	26	22			50
Rudy LaRusso	13	461	183	118	22			156	57	91	69			51
Bob McNeill	5	30	9	6	5			7	4	2	1			6
Frank Selvy	13	478	165	73	65			152	66	39	33			34
Jerry West	13	557	409	88	57			310	144	150	121			38
Wayne Yates	4	12	7	5	1			8	3	2	1			2

Los Angeles Lakers 1961 - 62 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Thu, Oct 19, 1961	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	118	113
2	Fri, Oct 20, 1961	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	115	122
3	Tue, Oct 24, 1961	N	Cincinnati Royals	W	124	122
4	Wed, Oct 25, 1961	@	Detroit Pistons	W	120	116
5	Fri, Oct 27, 1961		Detroit Pistons	W	128	118
6	Sat, Oct 28, 1961		Detroit Pistons	W	135	126
7	Wed, Nov 1, 1961		Cincinnati Royals	W	120	115
8	Fri, Nov 3, 1961		Cincinnati Royals	L	114	132
9	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	@	Chicago Packers	W	125	112
10	Tue, Nov 7, 1961	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	127	110
11	Wed, Nov 8, 1961		St. Louis Hawks	W	124	118
12	Mon, Nov 13, 1961		Chicago Packers	W	127	113
13	Wed, Nov 15, 1961		Chicago Packers	W	133	118
14	Fri, Nov 17, 1961	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	125	121
15	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	@	Boston Celtics	W	103	101
16	Tue, Nov 21, 1961	N	Detroit Pistons	L	102	108
17	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	122	114
18	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	@	New York Knicks	W	100	89
19	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	@	Detroit Pistons	L	103	104
20	Sun, Nov 26, 1961	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	102	117
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	111	121
22	Fri, Dec 1, 1961		Philadelphia Warriors	L	117	138
23	Sat, Dec 2, 1961		Philadelphia Warriors	W	129	119
24	Mon, Dec 4, 1961		Syracuse Nationals	W	131	120
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	125	120
26	Wed, Dec 6, 1961		Syracuse Nationals	W	123	121
27	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	151	147
28	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	@	Detroit Pistons	W	114	107
29	Mon, Dec 11, 1961		St. Louis Hawks	W	132	119
30	Wed, Dec 13, 1961		St. Louis Hawks	W	137	136
31	Fri, Dec 15, 1961	@	Chicago Packers	L	94	97
32	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	123	128
33	Sun, Dec 17, 1961	N	Detroit Pistons	W	122	116
34	Tue, Dec 19, 1961		Boston Celtics	W	104	101
35	Wed, Dec 20, 1961	N	Chicago Packers	W	102	98
36	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	129	126
37	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	141	127
38	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	@	Boston Celtics	L	117	129
39	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	119	111
40	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	121	114
41	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	118	123
42	Mon, Jan 1, 1962		Philadelphia Warriors	W	114	111
43	Wed, Jan 3, 1962		Philadelphia Warriors	W	124	123
44	Sun, Jan 7, 1962		Boston Celtics	L	95	118
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	108	107
46	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	N	Detroit Pistons	L	108	118
47	Wed, Jan 17, 1962		New York Knicks	W	129	121
48	Fri, Jan 19, 1962		New York Knicks	W	108	107
49	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	124	125
50	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	@	Chicago Packers	W	112	111
51	Tue, Jan 23, 1962	N	Boston Celtics	L	103	118
52	Wed, Jan 24, 1962		Cincinnati Royals	W	136	123
53	Thu, Jan 25, 1962		Cincinnati Royals	W	116	112
54	Sun, Jan 28, 1962		Chicago Packers	W	124	109
55	Tue, Jan 30, 1962		Chicago Packers	W	107	92
56	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	@	Detroit Pistons	W	123	122
57	Thu, Feb 1, 1962	N	Boston Celtics	L	115	130
58	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	127	124
59	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	@	Chicago Packers	L	105	113
60	Mon, Feb 5, 1962	N	Cincinnati Royals	W	134	128
61	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	@	New York Knicks	L	112	116
62	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	N	Cincinnati Royals	L	109	113
63	Mon, Feb 12, 1962		St. Louis Hawks	L	113	117
64	Wed, Feb 14, 1962		St. Louis Hawks	W	130	107
65	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	@	Detroit Pistons	L	121	127
66	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	@	New York Knicks	W	128	121
67	Sun, Feb 18, 1962		Boston Celtics	W	125	99
68	Tue, Feb 20, 1962		Boston Celtics	L	96	115
69	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	N	New York Knicks	W	118	116
70	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	N	Chicago Packers	W	124	117
71	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	114	118
72	Sun, Feb 25, 1962		Detroit Pistons	W	128	99
73	Tue, Feb 27, 1962		Detroit Pistons	W	107	100
74	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	125	134
75	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	124	115
76	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	@	New York Knicks	L	100	122
77	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	@	Boston Celtics	L	105	119
78	Mon, Mar 12, 1962	N	New York Knicks	W	119	106
79	Tue, Mar 13, 1962		Cincinnati Royals	W	120	111
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962		St. Louis Hawks	W	125	115