1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

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 Roster
1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Results

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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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	75	3087	1795	799			926	712	591	402	173	2310
Elgin Baylor	F	48	2129	1588	680			631	476	892	222	155	1836
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	80	2754	1108	516			448	342	828	179	255	1374
Frank Selvy	G-F	79	2806	1032	433			404	298	412	381	232	1164
Jim Krebs	C-F	78	2012	701	312			208	156	616	110	290	780
Tom Hawkins	F	79	1903	704	289			222	143	514	95	244	721
Ray Felix	C	80	1478	398	171			130	90	473	55	266	432
Rod Hundley	G	78	1492	509	173			127	83	199	290	129	429
Howie Jolliff	F-C	64	1094	253	104			78	41	383	76	175	249
Wayne Yates	C	37	263	105	31			22	10	94	16	72	72
Bob Sims	G-F	19	171	59	22			39	19	27	12	40	63
Bob McNeill	G	29	229	60	22			12	8	23	40	25	52
Bobby Smith	G	3	7	1	0			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		749	19425	8313	3552	0	0	3247	2378	5052	1878	2057	9482

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	75	41.2	44.5	76.9	7.9	5.4	2.3	30.8
Elgin Baylor	F	48	44.4	42.8	75.4	18.6	4.6	3.2	38.3
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	80	34.4	46.6	76.3	10.4	2.2	3.2	17.2
Frank Selvy	G-F	79	35.5	42.0	73.8	5.2	4.8	2.9	14.7
Jim Krebs	C-F	78	25.8	44.5	75.0	7.9	1.4	3.7	10.0
Tom Hawkins	F	79	24.1	41.1	64.4	6.5	1.2	3.1	9.1
Ray Felix	C	80	18.5	43.0	69.2	5.9	0.7	3.3	5.4
Rod Hundley	G	78	19.1	34.0	65.4	2.6	3.7	1.7	5.5
Howie Jolliff	F-C	64	17.1	41.1	52.6	6.0	1.2	2.7	3.9
Wayne Yates	C	37	7.1	29.5	45.5	2.5	0.4	1.9	1.9
Bob Sims	G-F	19	9.0	37.3	48.7	1.4	0.6	2.1	3.3
Bob McNeill	G	29	7.9	36.7	66.7	0.8	1.4	0.9	1.8
Bobby Smith	G	3	2.3	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Averages		749	25.9	42.7	73.2	6.7	2.5	2.7	12.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	13	571	425	186			168	130	230	47	45	502
Jerry West	G-F	13	557	310	144			150	121	88	57	38	409
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	13	461	156	57			91	69	118	22	51	183
Frank Selvy	G-F	13	478	152	66			39	33	73	65	34	165
Ray Felix	C	13	242	59	29			38	26	77	7	39	84
Jim Krebs	C-F	11	327	90	30			26	22	102	21	50	82
Tom Hawkins	F	13	203	61	22			24	10	66	19	34	54
Rod Hundley	G	12	187	25	7			12	9	18	32	27	23
Howie Jolliff	F-C	9	77	9	2			8	8	28	7	17	12
Bob McNeill	G	5	20	7	4			2	1	6	5	6	9
Wayne Yates	C	4	12	8	3			2	1	5	1	2	7
Totals		119	3135	1302	550	0	0	560	430	811	283	343	1530

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	13	43.9	43.8	77.4	17.7	3.6	3.5	38.6
Jerry West	G-F	13	42.8	46.5	80.7	6.8	4.4	2.9	31.5
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	13	35.5	36.5	75.8	9.1	1.7	3.9	14.1
Frank Selvy	G-F	13	36.8	43.4	84.6	5.6	5.0	2.6	12.7
Ray Felix	C	13	18.6	49.2	68.4	5.9	0.5	3.0	6.5
Jim Krebs	C-F	11	29.7	33.3	84.6	9.3	1.9	4.5	7.5
Tom Hawkins	F	13	15.6	36.1	41.7	5.1	1.5	2.6	4.2
Rod Hundley	G	12	15.6	28.0	75.0	1.5	2.7	2.3	1.9
Howie Jolliff	F-C	9	8.6	22.2	100.0	3.1	0.8	1.9	1.3
Bob McNeill	G	5	4.0	57.1	50.0	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.8
Wayne Yates	C	4	3.0	37.5	50.0	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.8
Averages		749	26.3	42.2	76.8	6.8	2.4	2.9	12.9