1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 36-43
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 6-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Coach: Fred Schaus (36-43)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 151,344, Avg. 5,045 in 30 home dates
1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Results
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1960-61 season with a record of 36 wins and 43 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.
The Lakers allowed 9,010 points, least in the league. Los Angeles racked up 9,006 points. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 2,538 points for the squad and contributed 1,447 rebounds. Elgin Baylor dished out 371 assists for the team.
Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the division finals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elgin Baylor | F | 73 | 3133 | 2166 | 931 | 863 | 676 | 0 | 0 | 1447 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 2538 | ||
Jerry West | G-F | 79 | 2797 | 1264 | 529 | 497 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 611 | 333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 1389 | ||
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 79 | 2593 | 992 | 416 | 409 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 781 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 1155 | ||
Rod Hundley | G | 79 | 2179 | 921 | 323 | 296 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 869 | ||
Frank Selvy | G-F | 77 | 2153 | 767 | 311 | 279 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 832 | ||
Tom Hawkins | F | 78 | 1846 | 719 | 310 | 235 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 479 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 760 | ||
Jim Krebs | C-F | 75 | 1655 | 692 | 271 | 93 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 456 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 617 | ||
Ray Felix | C | 78 | 1510 | 508 | 189 | 193 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 539 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 513 | ||
Slick Leonard | G | 55 | 600 | 207 | 61 | 100 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 193 | ||
Howie Jolliff | F-C | 46 | 352 | 141 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 103 | ||
Gary Alcorn | C | 20 | 174 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 31 | ||
Ron Johnson | F | 8 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
Totals | 747 | 19035 | 8430 | 3401 | 0 | 0 | 2999 | 2204 | 0 | 0 | 5177 | 1728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2043 | 9006 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elgin Baylor | F | 73 | 42.9 | 43.0 | 78.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 34.8 | |
Jerry West | G-F | 79 | 35.4 | 41.9 | 66.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 17.6 | |
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 79 | 32.8 | 41.9 | 79.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 14.6 | |
Rod Hundley | G | 79 | 27.6 | 35.1 | 75.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 11.0 | |
Frank Selvy | G-F | 77 | 28.0 | 40.5 | 75.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 10.8 | |
Tom Hawkins | F | 78 | 23.7 | 43.1 | 59.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 9.7 | |
Jim Krebs | C-F | 75 | 22.1 | 39.2 | 80.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.2 | |
Ray Felix | C | 78 | 19.4 | 37.2 | 69.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 6.6 | |
Slick Leonard | G | 55 | 10.9 | 29.5 | 71.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 | |
Howie Jolliff | F-C | 46 | 7.7 | 32.6 | 47.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | |
Gary Alcorn | C | 20 | 8.7 | 30.0 | 87.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | |
Ron Johnson | F | 8 | 5.4 | 15.4 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | |
Averages | 747 | 25.5 | 40.3 | 73.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 12.1 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elgin Baylor | F | 12 | 540 | 352 | 170 | 142 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 457 | ||
Jerry West | G-F | 12 | 461 | 202 | 99 | 106 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 275 | ||
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 12 | 360 | 144 | 57 | 48 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 146 | ||
Tom Hawkins | F | 12 | 283 | 116 | 54 | 47 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 139 | ||
Frank Selvy | G-F | 12 | 371 | 111 | 43 | 48 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 123 | ||
Ray Felix | C | 12 | 339 | 109 | 46 | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 122 | ||
Rod Hundley | G | 12 | 287 | 101 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 80 | ||
Jim Krebs | C-F | 12 | 183 | 47 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 46 | ||
Howie Jolliff | F-C | 4 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||
Slick Leonard | G | 7 | 46 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | ||
Totals | 107 | 2905 | 1219 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 481 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 766 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 1411 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elgin Baylor | F | 12 | 45.0 | 48.3 | 82.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 38.1 | |
Jerry West | G-F | 12 | 38.4 | 49.0 | 72.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 22.9 | |
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 12 | 30.0 | 39.6 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 12.2 | |
Tom Hawkins | F | 12 | 23.6 | 46.6 | 66.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 11.6 | |
Frank Selvy | G-F | 12 | 30.9 | 38.7 | 77.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 10.3 | |
Ray Felix | C | 12 | 28.3 | 42.2 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 10.2 | |
Rod Hundley | G | 12 | 23.9 | 29.7 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.7 | |
Jim Krebs | C-F | 12 | 15.3 | 34.0 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |
Howie Jolliff | F-C | 4 | 8.8 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | ||
Slick Leonard | G | 7 | 6.6 | 20.8 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | |
Averages | 747 | 27.1 | 43.2 | 74.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 13.2 |