1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Game-by-Game Results
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-26
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-6 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 4-2
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Fred Schaus (54-26)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 190,321, Avg. 6,139 in 31 home dates
1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers StatisticsTeam Record: 54-26
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-6 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 4-2
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Fred Schaus (54-26)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 190,321, Avg. 6,139 in 31 home dates
1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 54 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.
Los Angeles scored 9,482 points and yielded 9,306. Jerry West scored a team-leading 2,310 points for the Lakers, while Elgin Baylor contributed 892 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 402 assists for the squad.
Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the finals.
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Regular Season Points For: 9482
Regular Season Points Against: 9306
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 118 at Philadelphia Warriors 113 | W | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | at New York, NY | |
| October 20, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 115 at Philadelphia Warriors 122 | L | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | ||
| October 24, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 124 at Cincinnati Royals 122 | W | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | at New York, NY | |
| October 25, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 120 at Detroit Pistons 116 | W | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | ||
| October 27, 1961 | Detroit Pistons 118 at Los Angeles Lakers 128 | W | 1-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | ||
| October 28, 1961 | Detroit Pistons 126 at Los Angeles Lakers 135 | W | 2-0 | 3-1 | 5-1 | ||
| November 1, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 120 | W | 3-0 | 3-1 | 6-1 | ||
| November 3, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals 132 at Los Angeles Lakers 114 | L | 3-1 | 3-1 | 6-2 | ||
| November 4, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 125 at Chicago Packers 112 | W | 3-1 | 4-1 | 7-2 | ||
| November 7, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 127 at St. Louis Hawks 110 | W | 3-1 | 5-1 | 8-2 | ||
| November 8, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks 118 at Los Angeles Lakers 124 | W | 4-1 | 5-1 | 9-2 | ||
| November 13, 1961 | Chicago Packers 113 at Los Angeles Lakers 127 | W | 5-1 | 5-1 | 10-2 | ||
| November 15, 1961 | Chicago Packers 118 at Los Angeles Lakers 133 | W | 6-1 | 5-1 | 11-2 | ||
| November 17, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 125 at Philadelphia Warriors 121 | W | 6-1 | 6-1 | 12-2 | ||
| November 18, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 103 at Boston Celtics 101 | W | 6-1 | 7-1 | 13-2 | ||
| November 21, 1961 | Detroit Pistons 108 at Los Angeles Lakers 102 | L | 6-2 | 7-1 | 13-3 | at New York, NY | |
| November 23, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 122 at St. Louis Hawks 114 | W | 6-2 | 8-1 | 14-3 | ||
| November 24, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 100 at New York Knicks 89 | W | 6-2 | 9-1 | 15-3 | ||
| November 25, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 103 at Detroit Pistons 104 | L | 6-2 | 9-2 | 15-4 | ||
| November 26, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 102 at Cincinnati Royals 117 | L | 6-2 | 9-3 | 15-5 | ||
| November 28, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 121 at Los Angeles Lakers 111 | L | 6-3 | 9-3 | 15-6 | at St Louis, MO | |
| December 1, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 138 at Los Angeles Lakers 117 | L | 6-4 | 9-3 | 15-7 | ||
| December 2, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 119 at Los Angeles Lakers 129 | W | 7-4 | 9-3 | 16-7 | ||
| December 4, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 120 at Los Angeles Lakers 131 | W | 8-4 | 9-3 | 17-7 | ||
| December 5, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 125 at Syracuse Nationals 120 | W | 8-4 | 10-3 | 18-7 | at Providence, RI | |
| December 6, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 121 at Los Angeles Lakers 123 | W | 9-4 | 10-3 | 19-7 | OT | |
| December 8, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 151 at Philadelphia Warriors 147 | W | 9-4 | 11-3 | 20-7 | 3OT | |
| December 9, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 114 at Detroit Pistons 107 | W | 9-4 | 12-3 | 21-7 | ||
| December 11, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks 119 at Los Angeles Lakers 132 | W | 10-4 | 12-3 | 22-7 | ||
| December 13, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks 136 at Los Angeles Lakers 137 | W | 11-4 | 12-3 | 23-7 | OT | |
| December 15, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 94 at Chicago Packers 97 | L | 11-4 | 12-4 | 23-8 | ||
| December 16, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 128 at Los Angeles Lakers 123 | L | 11-5 | 12-4 | 23-9 | at Rochester, NY | |
| December 17, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 122 at Detroit Pistons 116 | W | 11-5 | 13-4 | 24-9 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| December 19, 1961 | Boston Celtics 101 at Los Angeles Lakers 104 | W | 12-5 | 13-4 | 25-9 | ||
| December 20, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 102 at Chicago Packers 98 | W | 12-5 | 14-4 | 26-9 | at Detroit, MI | |
| December 23, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 129 at St. Louis Hawks 126 | W | 12-5 | 15-4 | 27-9 | ||
| December 25, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 141 at Cincinnati Royals 127 | W | 12-5 | 16-4 | 28-9 | ||
| December 26, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 117 at Boston Celtics 129 | L | 12-5 | 16-5 | 28-10 | ||
| December 27, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 119 at Syracuse Nationals 111 | W | 12-5 | 17-5 | 29-10 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| December 28, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 121 at Syracuse Nationals 114 | W | 12-5 | 18-5 | 30-10 | ||
| December 29, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 123 at Los Angeles Lakers 118 | L | 12-6 | 18-5 | 30-11 | at Hershey, PA | |
| January 1, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 111 at Los Angeles Lakers 114 | W | 13-6 | 18-5 | 31-11 | ||
| January 3, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 123 at Los Angeles Lakers 124 | W | 14-6 | 18-5 | 32-11 | ||
| January 7, 1962 | Boston Celtics 118 at Los Angeles Lakers 95 | L | 14-7 | 18-5 | 32-12 | ||
| January 13, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 108 at St. Louis Hawks 107 | W | 14-7 | 19-5 | 33-12 | ||
| January 14, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 118 at Los Angeles Lakers 108 | L | 14-8 | 19-5 | 33-13 | at Ft Wayne, IN | |
| January 17, 1962 | New York Knicks 121 at Los Angeles Lakers 129 | W | 15-8 | 19-5 | 34-13 | ||
| January 19, 1962 | New York Knicks 107 at Los Angeles Lakers 108 | W | 16-8 | 19-5 | 35-13 | ||
| January 20, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 124 at Cincinnati Royals 125 | L | 16-8 | 19-6 | 35-14 | ||
| January 21, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 112 at Chicago Packers 111 | W | 16-8 | 20-6 | 36-14 | OT | |
| January 23, 1962 | Boston Celtics 118 at Los Angeles Lakers 103 | L | 16-9 | 20-6 | 36-15 | at New York, NY | |
| January 24, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 123 at Los Angeles Lakers 136 | W | 17-9 | 20-6 | 37-15 | ||
| January 25, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 112 at Los Angeles Lakers 116 | W | 18-9 | 20-6 | 38-15 | ||
| January 28, 1962 | Chicago Packers 109 at Los Angeles Lakers 124 | W | 19-9 | 20-6 | 39-15 | ||
| January 30, 1962 | Chicago Packers 92 at Los Angeles Lakers 107 | W | 20-9 | 20-6 | 40-15 | ||
| January 31, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 123 at Detroit Pistons 122 | W | 20-9 | 21-6 | 41-15 | OT | |
| February 1, 1962 | Boston Celtics 130 at Los Angeles Lakers 115 | L | 20-10 | 21-6 | 41-16 | at College Park, MD | |
| February 3, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 127 at St. Louis Hawks 124 | W | 20-10 | 22-6 | 42-16 | ||
| February 4, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 105 at Chicago Packers 113 | L | 20-10 | 22-7 | 42-17 | ||
| February 5, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 134 at Cincinnati Royals 128 | W | 20-10 | 23-7 | 43-17 | OT | at Morgantown, WV |
| February 6, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 112 at New York Knicks 116 | L | 20-10 | 23-8 | 43-18 | ||
| February 8, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 113 at Los Angeles Lakers 109 | L | 20-11 | 23-8 | 43-19 | at Dayton, OH | |
| February 12, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks 117 at Los Angeles Lakers 113 | L | 20-12 | 23-8 | 43-20 | ||
| February 14, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks 107 at Los Angeles Lakers 130 | W | 21-12 | 23-8 | 44-20 | ||
| February 16, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 121 at Detroit Pistons 127 | L | 21-12 | 23-9 | 44-21 | ||
| February 17, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 128 at New York Knicks 121 | W | 21-12 | 24-9 | 45-21 | ||
| February 18, 1962 | Boston Celtics 99 at Los Angeles Lakers 125 | W | 22-12 | 24-9 | 46-21 | ||
| February 20, 1962 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 96 | L | 22-13 | 24-9 | 46-22 | ||
| February 22, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 118 at New York Knicks 116 | W | 22-13 | 25-9 | 47-22 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| February 23, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 124 at Chicago Packers 117 | W | 22-13 | 26-9 | 48-22 | OT | at Louisville, KY |
| February 24, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 114 at Cincinnati Royals 118 | L | 22-13 | 26-10 | 48-23 | ||
| February 25, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 99 at Los Angeles Lakers 128 | W | 23-13 | 26-10 | 49-23 | ||
| February 27, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 100 at Los Angeles Lakers 107 | W | 24-13 | 26-10 | 50-23 | ||
| March 3, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 125 at St. Louis Hawks 134 | L | 24-13 | 26-11 | 50-24 | ||
| March 4, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 124 at Syracuse Nationals 115 | W | 24-13 | 27-11 | 51-24 | ||
| March 9, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 100 at New York Knicks 122 | L | 24-13 | 27-12 | 51-25 | ||
| March 11, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 105 at Boston Celtics 119 | L | 24-13 | 27-13 | 51-26 | ||
| March 12, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 119 at New York Knicks 106 | W | 24-13 | 28-13 | 52-26 | at Seattle, WA | |
| March 13, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 111 at Los Angeles Lakers 120 | W | 25-13 | 28-13 | 53-26 | ||
| March 14, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 125 | W | 26-13 | 28-13 | 54-26 | ||
| March 24, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 108 at Los Angeles Lakers 132 | W | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| March 25, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 112 at Los Angeles Lakers 127 | W | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | ||
| March 27, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 111 at Detroit Pistons 106 | W | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | ||
| March 29, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 117 at Detroit Pistons 118 | L | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | ||
| March 31, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 132 at Los Angeles Lakers 125 | L | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | ||
| April 3, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 123 at Detroit Pistons 117 | W | 2-1 | 2-1 | 4-2 | ||
| April 7, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 108 at Boston Celtics 122 | L | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-3 | ||
| April 8, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 129 at Boston Celtics 122 | W | 2-1 | 3-2 | 5-3 | ||
| April 10, 1962 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 117 | W | 3-1 | 3-2 | 6-3 | ||
| April 11, 1962 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 103 | L | 3-2 | 3-2 | 6-4 | ||
| April 14, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 126 at Boston Celtics 121 | W | 3-2 | 4-2 | 7-4 | ||
| April 16, 1962 | Boston Celtics 119 at Los Angeles Lakers 105 | L | 3-3 | 4-2 | 7-5 | ||
| April 18, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers 107 at Boston Celtics 110 | L | 3-3 | 4-3 | 7-6 | OT |
