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1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Game Log

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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)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1961-10-19	N	PHW	W	118	113	42	100	.420				34	48	.708		66	20				22	45	114	.395				23	35	.657		57	26				29
2	2	1961-10-20	@	PHW	L	115	122	44	105	.419				27	42	.643		62	22				29	47	110	.427				28	43	.651		72	27				30
3	3	1961-10-24	N	CIN	W	124	122	47	119	.395				30	41	.732		63					28	46	109	.422				30	49	.612		66					27
4	4	1961-10-25	@	DET	W	120	116	43						34	43	.791							31	41						34	44	.773							30
5	5	1961-10-27		DET	W	128	118	48	104	.462				32	44	.727		63					33	41	132	.311				36	54	.667		67					35
6	6	1961-10-28		DET	W	135	126	51	117	.436				33	43	.767		76					33	48	110	.436				30	49	.612		56					28
7	7	1961-11-01		CIN	W	120	115	48	124	.387				24	33	.727		67					20	48	111	.432				19	27	.704		56					22
8	8	1961-11-03		CIN	L	114	132	43	106	.406				28	45	.622		49					28	49	110	.445				34	43	.791		50					30
9	9	1961-11-04	@	CHP	W	125	112	45						35	49	.714							24	42						28	34	.824							32
10	10	1961-11-07	@	STL	W	127	110	41	100	.410				45	53	.849		70					22	41	120	.342				28	33	.848		64					34
11	11	1961-11-08		STL	W	124	118	50	98	.510				24	31	.774		63					21	49	111	.441				20	30	.667		58					22
12	12	1961-11-13		CHP	W	127	113	46						35	46	.761							26	44						25	37	.676							35
13	13	1961-11-15		CHP	W	133	118	52	94	.553				29	39	.744							25	45	95	.474				28	41	.683							25
14	14	1961-11-17	@	PHW	W	125	121	53	129	.411				19	27	.704		77	20				25	50	118	.424				21	37	.568		77	25				18
15	15	1961-11-18	@	BOS	W	103	101	40	115	.348				23	29	.793		74	12				19	44	125	.352				13	17	.765		80	16				22
16	16	1961-11-21	N	DET	L	102	108	45						12	22	.545							29	43						22	35	.629							18
17	17	1961-11-23	@	STL	W	122	114	48	108	.444				26	43	.605		60					26	44	102	.431				26	43	.605		63					28
18	18	1961-11-24	@	NYK	W	100	89	38						24	33	.727							21	38						13	25	.520							27
19	19	1961-11-25	@	DET	L	103	104	42						19	29	.655							30	36						32	44	.727							18
20	20	1961-11-26	@	CIN	L	102	117	38	112	.339				26	40	.650		75					25	48	108	.444				21	35	.600		68					28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1961-11-28	N	SYR	L	111	121	41	100	.410				29	39	.744		61					27	49	106	.462				23	34	.676		64					31
22	22	1961-12-01		PHW	L	117	138	46	98	.469				25	41	.610		55	32				30	56	124	.452				26	43	.605		56	43				24
23	23	1961-12-02		PHW	W	129	119	47	116	.405				35	38	.921		69	34				30	40	91	.440				39	55	.709		61	27				27
24	24	1961-12-04		SYR	W	131	120	48	93	.516				35	49	.714		60	34				24	46	97	.474				28	38	.737		56	40				29
25	25	1961-12-05	N	SYR	W	125	120	46						33	42	.786							32	43						34	40	.850							34
26	26	1961-12-06		SYR	W	123	121	44	109	.404				35	52	.673		74					25	43	119	.361				35	43	.814		59					30
27	27	1961-12-08	@	PHW	W	151	147	57	138	.413				37	52	.712		90	27				38	57	153	.373				33	56	.589		98	34				35
28	28	1961-12-09	@	DET	W	114	107	41						32	47	.681							28	39						29	41	.707							30
29	29	1961-12-11		STL	W	132	119	53	114	.465				26	40	.650		65					22	47	105	.448				25	31	.806		63					26
30	30	1961-12-13		STL	W	137	136	53	117	.453				31	41	.756		71					29	52	119	.437				32	38	.842		60					30
31	31	1961-12-15	@	CHP	L	94	97	31						32	43	.744							32	32						33	47	.702							28
32	32	1961-12-16	N	SYR	L	123	128	47						29	44	.659							32	46						36	45	.800							32
33	33	1961-12-17	N	DET	W	122	116	46						30	39	.769							24	41						34	40	.850							26
34	34	1961-12-19		BOS	W	104	101	38	82	.463				28	40	.700		60					19	42	111	.378				17	28	.607		60					24
35	35	1961-12-20	N	CHP	W	102	98	39						24	30	.800							24	38						22	32	.688							23
36	36	1961-12-23	@	STL	W	129	126	48	109	.440				33	48	.688		58					27	48	105	.457				30	39	.769		54					31
37	37	1961-12-25	@	CIN	W	141	127	53	103	.515				35	43	.814		50					25	49	110	.445				29	33	.879		57					27
38	38	1961-12-26	@	BOS	L	117	129	41	102	.402				35	41	.854		54	16				27	52	112	.464				25	31	.806		72	28				29
39	39	1961-12-27	N	SYR	W	119	111	39	103	.379				41	56	.732		80	16				29	38	122	.311				35	44	.795		77	15				34
40	40	1961-12-28	@	SYR	W	121	114	38						45	49	.918							20	45						24	33	.727							31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1961-12-29	N	PHW	L	118	123	42	101	.416				34	45	.756		60	15				27	48	108	.444				27	38	.711		66	25				26
42	42	1962-01-01		PHW	W	114	111	42	101	.416				30	37	.811		67					27	44	98	.449				23	33	.697		51					28
43	43	1962-01-03		PHW	W	124	123	41	83	.494				42	54	.778		66	31				29	47	107	.439				29	42	.690		52	30				31
44	44	1962-01-07		BOS	L	95	118	30	92	.326				35	49	.714		63					25	52	128	.406				14	23	.609		71					36
45	45	1962-01-13	@	STL	W	108	107	38	91	.418				32	43	.744		50					22	38	99	.384				31	35	.886		60					28
46	46	1962-01-14	N	DET	L	108	118	42						24	33	.727							20	48						22	26	.846							27
47	47	1962-01-17		NYK	W	129	121	47						35	40	.875							28	48						25	37	.676							27
48	48	1962-01-19		NYK	W	108	107	43	101	.426				22	37	.595		73					26	44	87	.506				19	30	.633		59					25
49	49	1962-01-20	@	CIN	L	124	125	47	109	.431				30	37	.811		44					29	45	90	.500				35	40	.875		58					30
50	50	1962-01-21	@	CHP	W	112	111	41						30	35	.857							28	43						25	35	.714							23
51	51	1962-01-23	N	BOS	L	103	118	42						19	30	.633							17	50						18	26	.692							21
52	52	1962-01-24		CIN	W	136	123	53	121	.438				30	37	.811		66					23	49	89	.551				25	32	.781		43					25
53	53	1962-01-25		CIN	W	116	112	44	92	.478				28	39	.718		68					29	37	88	.420				38	47	.809		45					29
54	54	1962-01-28		CHP	W	124	109	47	116	.405				30	38	.789		72					16	47	103	.456				15	21	.714		60					23
55	55	1962-01-30		CHP	W	107	92	41	101	.406				25	30	.833		75					23	39	105	.371				14	24	.583		53					22
56	56	1962-01-31	@	DET	W	123	122	46						31	41	.756							31	44						34	48	.708							29
57	57	1962-02-01	N	BOS	L	115	130	46						23	34	.676							20	53						24	26	.923							24
58	58	1962-02-03	@	STL	W	127	124	43	94	.457				41	47	.872		43					34	39	86	.453				46	53	.868		40					33
59	59	1962-02-04	@	CHP	L	105	113	43						19	23	.826							22	46						21	31	.677							19
60	60	1962-02-05	N	CIN	W	134	128	50	112	.446				34	42	.810		63					27	50	110	.455				28	35	.800		60					31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1962-02-06	@	NYK	L	112	116	39						34	41	.829							23	47						22	31	.710							27
62	62	1962-02-08	N	CIN	L	109	113	38	104	.365				33	47	.702		62					29	38	95	.400				37	48	.771		69					30
63	63	1962-02-12		STL	L	113	117	40	94	.426				33	43	.767		44					26	43	97	.443				31	37	.838		55					29
64	64	1962-02-14		STL	W	130	107	55	110	.500				20	30	.667		66					21	41	101	.406				25	36	.694		52					21
65	65	1962-02-16	@	DET	L	121	127	44						33	47	.702							32	44						39	55	.709							31
66	66	1962-02-17	@	NYK	W	128	121	46						36	50	.720							31	42						37	45	.822							31
67	67	1962-02-18		BOS	W	125	99	49	103	.476				27	43	.628		86					24	41	120	.342				17	37	.459		60					26
68	68	1962-02-20		BOS	L	96	115	36	83	.434				24	32	.750		55					27	42	115	.365				31	41	.756		61					24
69	69	1962-02-22	N	NYK	W	118	116	45	112	.402				28	35	.800		70	19				24	46	119	.387				24	34	.706		68	21				25
70	70	1962-02-23	N	CHP	W	124	117	41	87	.471				42	54	.778		55					21	49	110	.445				19	30	.633		50					31
71	71	1962-02-24	@	CIN	L	114	118	40	109	.367				34	45	.756		69					28	43	97	.443				32	42	.762		64					30
72	72	1962-02-25		DET	W	128	99	54	111	.486				20	32	.625		84	40				28	34	96	.354				31	43	.721		44	20				24
73	73	1962-02-27		DET	W	107	100	47	105	.448				13	23	.565		73	33				22	39	87	.448				22	37	.595		60	24				20
74	74	1962-03-03	@	STL	L	125	134	46	106	.434				33	43	.767		51					25	52	106	.491				30	39	.769		64					30
75	75	1962-03-04	@	SYR	W	124	115	41						42	54	.778							35	42						31	46	.674							34
76	76	1962-03-09	@	NYK	L	100	122	38						24	40	.600							25	49						24	33	.727							27
77	77	1962-03-11	@	BOS	L	105	119	43	110	.391				19	34	.559		75	19				13	51	128	.398				17	19	.895		86	22				27
78	78	1962-03-12	N	NYK	W	119	106	50	108	.463				19	31	.613		67					18	44	103	.427				18	22	.818		41					23
79	79	1962-03-13		CIN	W	120	111	45	91	.495				30	40	.750		62					25	42	96	.438				27	42	.643		52					30
80	80	1962-03-14		STL	W	125	115	47	99	.475				31	46	.674		80					24	43	100	.430				29	41	.707		41					29

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