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1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 53-27
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 6-7 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-2
Coach: Fred Schaus (53-27)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 285,462, Avg. 8,396 in 34 home dates
1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers Results
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1962-63 season with a record of 53 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-7.
Los Angeles scored 9,242 points and allowed 8,992. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 2,719 points for the Lakers and contributed 1,146 rebounds. Elgin Baylor dished out 386 assists for the squad.
Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the 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 | 80 | 3370 | 2273 | 1029 | 790 | 661 | 0 | 0 | 1146 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 2719 | ||
Jerry West | G-F | 55 | 2163 | 1213 | 559 | 477 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 384 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 1489 | ||
Dick Barnett | G-F | 80 | 2544 | 1162 | 547 | 421 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 1437 | ||
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 75 | 2505 | 761 | 321 | 393 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 747 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 924 | ||
Frank Selvy | G-F | 80 | 2369 | 747 | 317 | 269 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 826 | ||
Jim Krebs | C-F | 79 | 1913 | 627 | 272 | 154 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 502 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 659 | ||
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 80 | 1628 | 530 | 222 | 202 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 518 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 577 | ||
Rod Hundley | G | 65 | 785 | 262 | 88 | 119 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 260 | ||
Gene Wiley | C | 75 | 1488 | 236 | 109 | 68 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 504 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 241 | ||
Ron Horn | F | 28 | 289 | 82 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 74 | ||
Howie Jolliff | F-C | 28 | 293 | 55 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 36 | ||
Totals | 725 | 19347 | 7948 | 3506 | 0 | 0 | 2931 | 2230 | 0 | 0 | 4571 | 1739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1775 | 9242 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elgin Baylor | F | 80 | 42.1 | 45.3 | 83.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 34.0 | |
Jerry West | G-F | 55 | 39.3 | 46.1 | 77.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 27.1 | |
Dick Barnett | G-F | 80 | 31.8 | 47.1 | 81.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 18.0 | |
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 75 | 33.4 | 42.2 | 71.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 12.3 | |
Frank Selvy | G-F | 80 | 29.6 | 42.4 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 10.3 | |
Jim Krebs | C-F | 79 | 24.2 | 43.4 | 74.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8.3 | |
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 80 | 20.4 | 41.9 | 65.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 7.2 | |
Rod Hundley | G | 65 | 12.1 | 33.6 | 70.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.0 | |
Gene Wiley | C | 75 | 19.8 | 46.2 | 33.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | |
Ron Horn | F | 28 | 10.3 | 32.9 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | |
Howie Jolliff | F-C | 28 | 10.5 | 27.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | |
Averages | 725 | 26.7 | 44.1 | 76.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 12.7 |
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 | 13 | 562 | 362 | 160 | 126 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 424 | ||
Jerry West | G-F | 13 | 538 | 286 | 144 | 100 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 362 | ||
Dick Barnett | G-F | 13 | 370 | 151 | 71 | 97 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 219 | ||
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 13 | 465 | 154 | 65 | 75 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 187 | ||
Frank Selvy | G-F | 13 | 317 | 81 | 32 | 48 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 103 | ||
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 13 | 302 | 53 | 27 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 81 | ||
Jim Krebs | C-F | 13 | 199 | 47 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 42 | ||
Gene Wiley | C | 9 | 278 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 30 | ||
Ron Horn | F | 7 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | ||
Rod Hundley | G | 7 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
Totals | 114 | 3120 | 1191 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 517 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 732 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 338 | 1469 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Elgin Baylor | F | 13 | 43.2 | 44.2 | 82.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 32.6 | |
Jerry West | G-F | 13 | 41.4 | 50.3 | 74.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 27.8 | |
Dick Barnett | G-F | 13 | 28.5 | 47.0 | 79.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 16.8 | |
Rudy LaRusso | F-C | 13 | 35.8 | 42.2 | 76.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 14.4 | |
Frank Selvy | G-F | 13 | 24.4 | 39.5 | 81.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 7.9 | |
Leroy Ellis | C-F | 13 | 23.2 | 50.9 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 6.2 | |
Jim Krebs | C-F | 13 | 15.3 | 34.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | |
Gene Wiley | C | 9 | 30.9 | 40.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |
Ron Horn | F | 7 | 7.9 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | |
Rod Hundley | G | 7 | 4.9 | 30.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |
Averages | 725 | 27.4 | 45.0 | 76.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 12.9 |