1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 54-26, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Fred Schaus (54-26)

Executive: Lou Mohs

PTS/G: 118.5 (6th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 116.3 (2nd of 9)

SRS: 1.80 (4th of 9) Pace: 123.3 (8th of 9)

Off Rtg: 95.0 (3rd of 9) Def Rtg: 93.3 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: +1.8 (4th of 9)

Expected W-L: 45-35 (4th of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Attendance: 190,321 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
22	Elgin Baylor	SF	6-5	225	September 16, 1934	us US	3	College of Idaho, Seattle University
14	Ray Felix	C	6-11	220	December 10, 1930	us US	8	Long Island University
20	Tom Hawkins	SF	6-5	210	December 22, 1936	us US	2	Notre Dame
33	Hot Rod Hundley	PG	6-4	185	October 26, 1934	us US	4	West Virginia
54	Howie Jolliff	PF	6-7	218	July 20, 1938		1	Ohio University
32	Jim Krebs	C	6-8	230	September 8, 1935	us US	4	SMU
35	Rudy LaRusso	PF	6-7	220	November 11, 1937	us US	2	Dartmouth College
52	Bob McNeill	PG	6-1	170	October 22, 1938	us US	1	Saint Joseph's
11	Frank Selvy	SG	6-3	180	November 9, 1932	us US	6	Furman University
24	Bob Sims	SG	6-5	220	October 9, 1938		R	Pepperdine
21	Bobby Smith	G	6-4	190	August 20, 1937		1	West Virginia
44	Jerry West	PG	6-3	175	May 28, 1938	us US	1	West Virginia
55	Wayne Yates	C	6-8	235	November 7, 1937		R	Memphis

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Elgin Baylor	27	SF	48	44.4	14.2	33.1	.428	9.9	13.1	.754	18.6	4.6	3.2	38.3	MVP-4,AS,NBA1
2	Jerry West	23	PG	75	41.2	10.7	23.9	.445	9.5	12.3	.769	7.9	5.4	2.3	30.8	MVP-5,AS,NBA1
3	Frank Selvy	29	SG	79	35.5	5.5	13.1	.420	3.8	5.1	.738	5.2	4.8	2.9	14.7	AS
4	Rudy LaRusso	24	PF	80	34.4	6.5	13.9	.466	4.3	5.6	.763	10.4	2.2	3.2	17.2	AS
5	Jim Krebs	26	C	78	25.8	4.0	9.0	.445	2.0	2.7	.750	7.9	1.4	3.7	10.0
6	Tom Hawkins	25	SF	79	24.1	3.7	8.9	.411	1.8	2.8	.644	6.5	1.2	3.1	9.1
7	Hot Rod Hundley	27	PG	78	19.1	2.2	6.5	.340	1.1	1.6	.654	2.6	3.7	1.7	5.5
8	Ray Felix	31	C	80	18.5	2.1	5.0	.430	1.1	1.6	.692	5.9	0.7	3.3	5.4
9	Howie Jolliff	23	PF	64	17.1	1.6	4.0	.411	0.6	1.2	.526	6.0	1.2	2.7	3.9
10	Bob Sims	23	SG	19	9.0	1.2	3.1	.373	1.0	2.1	.487	1.4	0.6	2.1	3.3
11	Bob McNeill	23	PG	29	7.9	0.8	2.1	.367	0.3	0.4	.667	0.8	1.4	0.9	1.8
12	Wayne Yates	24	C	37	7.1	0.8	2.8	.295	0.3	0.6	.455	2.5	0.4	1.9	1.9
13	Bobby Smith	24		3	2.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
	Team Totals			80	25.9	44.4	103.9	.427	29.7	40.5	.732	70.0	23.5	25.7	118.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	27	SF	13	43.9	14.3	32.7	.438	10.0	12.9	.774	17.7	3.6	3.5	38.6
2	Jerry West	23	PG	13	42.8	11.1	23.8	.465	9.3	11.5	.807	6.8	4.4	2.9	31.5
3	Frank Selvy	29	SG	13	36.8	5.1	11.7	.434	2.5	3.0	.846	5.6	5.0	2.6	12.7
4	Rudy LaRusso	24	PF	13	35.5	4.4	12.0	.365	5.3	7.0	.758	9.1	1.7	3.9	14.1
5	Jim Krebs	26	C	11	29.7	2.7	8.2	.333	2.0	2.4	.846	9.3	1.9	4.5	7.5
6	Ray Felix	31	C	13	18.6	2.2	4.5	.492	2.0	2.9	.684	5.9	0.5	3.0	6.5
7	Tom Hawkins	25	SF	13	15.6	1.7	4.7	.361	0.8	1.8	.417	5.1	1.5	2.6	4.2
8	Hot Rod Hundley	27	PG	12	15.6	0.6	2.1	.280	0.8	1.0	.750	1.5	2.7	2.3	1.9
9	Howie Jolliff	23	PF	9	8.6	0.2	1.0	.222	0.9	0.9	1.000	3.1	0.8	1.9	1.3
10	Bob McNeill	23	PG	5	6.0	0.8	1.4	.571	0.2	0.4	.500	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.8
11	Wayne Yates	24	C	4	3.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.3	0.5	.500	1.3	0.3	0.5	1.8
	Team Totals			7	243.6	39.7	97.1	.422	34.1	42.4	.768	58.0	19.3	25.9	113.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jerry West	23	PG	75	3087	9.3	20.9	.445	8.3	10.8	.769	6.9	4.7	2.0	26.9	MVP-5,AS,NBA1
2	Frank Selvy	29	SG	79	2806	5.6	13.2	.420	3.8	5.2	.738	5.3	4.9	3.0	14.9	AS
3	Rudy LaRusso	24	PF	80	2754	6.7	14.5	.466	4.5	5.9	.763	10.8	2.3	3.3	18.0	AS
4	Elgin Baylor	27	SF	48	2129	11.5	26.9	.428	8.0	10.7	.754	15.1	3.8	2.6	31.0	MVP-4,AS,NBA1
5	Jim Krebs	26	C	78	2012	5.6	12.5	.445	2.8	3.7	.750	11.0	2.0	5.2	14.0
6	Tom Hawkins	25	SF	79	1903	5.5	13.3	.411	2.7	4.2	.644	9.7	1.8	4.6	13.6
7	Hot Rod Hundley	27	PG	78	1492	4.2	12.3	.340	2.0	3.1	.654	4.8	7.0	3.1	10.4
8	Ray Felix	31	C	80	1478	4.2	9.7	.430	2.2	3.2	.692	11.5	1.3	6.5	10.5
9	Howie Jolliff	23	PF	64	1094	3.4	8.3	.411	1.3	2.6	.526	12.6	2.5	5.8	8.2
10	Wayne Yates	24	C	37	263	4.2	14.4	.295	1.4	3.0	.455	12.9	2.2	9.9	9.9
11	Bob McNeill	23	PG	29	229	3.5	9.4	.367	1.3	1.9	.667	3.6	6.3	3.9	8.2
12	Bob Sims	23	SG	19	171	4.6	12.4	.373	4.0	8.2	.487	5.7	2.5	8.4	13.3
13	Bobby Smith	24		3	7	0.0	5.1	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	5.1	0.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Elgin Baylor	27	SF	13	571	11.7	26.8	.438	8.2	10.6	.774	14.5	3.0	2.8	31.6
2	Jerry West	23	PG	13	557	9.3	20.0	.465	7.8	9.7	.807	5.7	3.7	2.5	26.4
3	Frank Selvy	29	SG	13	478	5.0	11.4	.434	2.5	2.9	.846	5.5	4.9	2.6	12.4
4	Rudy LaRusso	24	PF	13	461	4.5	12.2	.365	5.4	7.1	.758	9.2	1.7	4.0	14.3
5	Jim Krebs	26	C	11	327	3.3	9.9	.333	2.4	2.9	.846	11.2	2.3	5.5	9.0
6	Ray Felix	31	C	13	242	4.3	8.8	.492	3.9	5.7	.684	11.5	1.0	5.8	12.5
7	Tom Hawkins	25	SF	13	203	3.9	10.8	.361	1.8	4.3	.417	11.7	3.4	6.0	9.6
8	Hot Rod Hundley	27	PG	12	187	1.3	4.8	.280	1.7	2.3	.750	3.5	6.2	5.2	4.4
9	Howie Jolliff	23	PF	9	77	0.9	4.2	.222	3.7	3.7	1.000	13.1	3.3	7.9	5.6
10	Bob McNeill	23	PG	5	30	4.8	8.4	.571	1.2	2.4	.500	7.2	6.0	7.2	10.8
11	Wayne Yates	24	C	4	12	9.0	24.0	.375	3.0	6.0	.500	15.0	3.0	6.0	21.0