1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		118	113	1	0	W 1	at New York, NY
2	Fri, Oct 20, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		115	122	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 24, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	122	2	1	W 1	at New York, NY
4	Wed, Oct 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		120	116	3	1	W 2
5	Fri, Oct 27, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	118	4	1	W 3
6	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	126	5	1	W 4
7	Wed, Nov 1, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		120	115	6	1	W 5
8	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		114	132	6	2	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		125	112	7	2	W 1
10	Tue, Nov 7, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		127	110	8	2	W 2
11	Wed, Nov 8, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		124	118	9	2	W 3
12	Mon, Nov 13, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		127	113	10	2	W 4
13	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		133	118	11	2	W 5
14	Fri, Nov 17, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		125	121	12	2	W 6
15	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		103	101	13	2	W 7
16	Tue, Nov 21, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		102	108	13	3	L 1	at New York, NY
17	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		122	114	14	3	W 1
18	Fri, Nov 24, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		100	89	15	3	W 2
19	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	104	15	4	L 1
20	Sun, Nov 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		102	117	15	5	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		111	121	15	6	L 3	at St. Louis, MO
22	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		117	138	15	7	L 4
23	Sat, Dec 2, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	119	16	7	W 1
24	Mon, Dec 4, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		131	120	17	7	W 2
25	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		125	120	18	7	W 3	at Portland, OR
26	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	123	121	19	7	W 4
27	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	3OT	151	147	20	7	W 5
28	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	107	21	7	W 6
29	Mon, Dec 11, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		132	119	22	7	W 7
30	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	137	136	23	7	W 8
31	Fri, Dec 15, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		94	97	23	8	L 1
32	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		123	128	23	9	L 2	at Rochester, NY
33	Sun, Dec 17, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		122	116	24	9	W 1	at Minneapolis, MN
34	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		104	101	25	9	W 2
35	Wed, Dec 20, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		102	98	26	9	W 3	at Detroit, MI
36	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		129	126	27	9	W 4
37	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		141	127	28	9	W 5
38	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	129	28	10	L 1
39	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		119	111	29	10	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
40	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		121	114	30	10	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		118	123	30	11	L 1	at Hershey, PA
42	Mon, Jan 1, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		114	111	31	11	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		124	123	32	11	W 2
44	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		95	118	32	12	L 1
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		108	107	33	12	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		108	118	33	13	L 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
47	Wed, Jan 17, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	121	34	13	W 1
48	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	107	35	13	W 2
49	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		124	125	35	14	L 1
50	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W	OT	112	111	36	14	W 1
51	Tue, Jan 23, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		103	118	36	15	L 1	at New York, NY
52	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		136	123	37	15	W 1
53	Thu, Jan 25, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		116	112	38	15	W 2
54	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		124	109	39	15	W 3
55	Tue, Jan 30, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		107	92	40	15	W 4
56	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	123	122	41	15	W 5
57	Thu, Feb 1, 1962	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		115	130	41	16	L 1	at College Park, MD
58	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		127	124	42	16	W 1
59	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		105	113	42	17	L 1
60	Mon, Feb 5, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	134	128	43	17	W 1	at Morgantown, WV
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	116	43	18	L 1
62	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		109	113	43	19	L 2	at Dayton, OH
63	Mon, Feb 12, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		113	117	43	20	L 3
64	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		130	107	44	20	W 1
65	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		121	127	44	21	L 1
66	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		128	121	45	21	W 1
67	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		125	99	46	21	W 2
68	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		96	115	46	22	L 1
69	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		118	116	47	22	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
70	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W	OT	124	117	48	22	W 2	at Louisville, KY
71	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		114	118	48	23	L 1
72	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	99	49	23	W 1
73	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		107	100	50	23	W 2
74	Sat, Mar 3, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		125	134	50	24	L 1
75	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		124	115	51	24	W 1
76	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	122	51	25	L 1
77	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		105	119	51	26	L 2
78	Mon, Mar 12, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		119	106	52	26	W 1	at Seattle, WA
79	Tue, Mar 13, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		120	111	53	26	W 2
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		125	115	54	26	W 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 24, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		132	108	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 25, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		127	112	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Mar 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		111	106	3	0	W 3
4	Thu, Mar 29, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		117	118	3	1	L 1
5	Sat, Mar 31, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		125	132	3	2	L 2
6	Tue, Apr 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		123	117	4	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
7	Sat, Apr 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	122	4	3	L 1
8	Sun, Apr 8, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		129	122	5	3	W 1
9	Tue, Apr 10, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		117	115	6	3	W 2
10	Wed, Apr 11, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	115	6	4	L 1
11	Sat, Apr 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		126	121	7	4	W 1
12	Mon, Apr 16, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	119	7	5	L 1
13	Wed, Apr 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	107	110	7	6	L 2

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