1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 53-27, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Fred Schaus (53-27)

Executive: Lou Mohs

PTS/G: 115.5 (5th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (3rd of 9)

SRS: 2.67 (3rd of 9) Pace: 117.8 (6th of 9)

Off Rtg: 97.4 (4th of 9) Def Rtg: 94.7 (3rd of 9) Net Rtg: +2.6 (3rd of 9)

Expected W-L: 48-32 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Attendance: 285,462 (1st of 2)

NBA 1963 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 16, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		122	106	1	0	W 1			at New York, NY
2	Fri, Oct 19, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	116	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Oct 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		102	108	1	2	L 2
4	Tue, Oct 23, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	116	1	3	L 3
5	Wed, Oct 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		107	118	1	4	L 4
6	Sat, Oct 27, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		134	118	2	4	W 1
7	Wed, Oct 31, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	95	3	4	W 2
8	Sat, Nov 3, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		127	115	4	4	W 3
9	Sun, Nov 4, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		125	106	5	4	W 4
10	Wed, Nov 7, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		132	108	6	4	W 5
11	Fri, Nov 9, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		133	120	7	4	W 6	10,713
12	Sat, Nov 10, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	97	7	5	L 1
13	Sun, Nov 11, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	L	OT	105	109	7	6	L 2
14	Tue, Nov 13, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		107	84	8	6	W 1
15	Thu, Nov 15, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		98	120	8	7	L 1			at Baltimore, MD
16	Sat, Nov 17, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		110	109	9	7	W 1
17	Sun, Nov 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		116	98	10	7	W 2
18	Thu, Nov 22, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		134	110	11	7	W 3
19	Fri, Nov 23, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		129	124	12	7	W 4
20	Sat, Nov 24, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		129	123	13	7	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Mon, Nov 26, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		128	106	14	7	W 6
22	Wed, Nov 28, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		116	110	15	7	W 7
23	Sat, Dec 1, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		110	97	16	7	W 8
24	Tue, Dec 4, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		132	112	17	7	W 9
25	Fri, Dec 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	126	17	8	L 1	8,717
26	Sat, Dec 8, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	131	128	18	8	W 1
27	Sun, Dec 9, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		114	117	18	9	L 1			at Minneapolis, MN
28	Tue, Dec 11, 1962	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	121	19	9	W 1			at New York, NY
29	Wed, Dec 12, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		126	120	20	9	W 2
30	Fri, Dec 14, 1962	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		120	118	21	9	W 3
31	Sat, Dec 15, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		113	104	22	9	W 4
32	Mon, Dec 17, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		121	114	23	9	W 5
33	Wed, Dec 19, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		135	106	24	9	W 6
34	Fri, Dec 21, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		100	105	24	10	L 1
35	Wed, Dec 26, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		104	106	24	11	L 2
36	Sat, Dec 29, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		132	123	25	11	W 1
37	Sun, Dec 30, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		135	130	26	11	W 2
38	Fri, Jan 4, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		125	123	27	11	W 3	9,470
39	Sat, Jan 5, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	104	28	11	W 4	14,986
40	Sun, Jan 6, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	120	119	29	11	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 8, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		99	96	30	11	W 6
42	Wed, Jan 9, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		123	115	31	11	W 7
43	Fri, Jan 11, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		134	129	32	11	W 8
44	Sat, Jan 12, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		119	114	33	11	W 9
45	Sun, Jan 13, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	102	34	11	W 10
46	Fri, Jan 18, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		116	108	35	11	W 11
47	Sun, Jan 20, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		121	133	35	12	L 1	13,909
48	Mon, Jan 21, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		124	94	36	12	W 1
49	Wed, Jan 23, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	119	37	12	W 2
50	Fri, Jan 25, 1963	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		122	114	38	12	W 3			at San Diego, CA
51	Sun, Jan 27, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		105	101	39	12	W 4
52	Wed, Jan 30, 1963	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		116	115	40	12	W 5			at Boston, MA
53	Thu, Jan 31, 1963	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		127	122	41	12	W 6			at Fort Wayne, IN
54	Fri, Feb 1, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		119	109	42	12	W 7
55	Sat, Feb 2, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		103	97	43	12	W 8
56	Sun, Feb 3, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	122	43	13	L 1
57	Wed, Feb 6, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		107	105	44	13	W 1
58	Fri, Feb 8, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		94	91	45	13	W 2
59	Sat, Feb 9, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		107	106	46	13	W 3
60	Sun, Feb 10, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		107	124	46	14	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 12, 1963	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		93	120	46	15	L 2	11,028		at Detroit, MI
62	Wed, Feb 13, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		134	128	47	15	W 1	12,686
63	Thu, Feb 14, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	111	48	15	W 2
64	Sat, Feb 16, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L	2OT	118	122	48	16	L 1
65	Tue, Feb 19, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		109	111	48	17	L 2
66	Fri, Feb 22, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	105	49	17	W 1	15,196
67	Sun, Feb 24, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	119	49	18	L 1	14,828
68	Mon, Feb 25, 1963	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		113	107	50	18	W 1			at Des Moines, IA
69	Tue, Feb 26, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		116	125	50	19	L 1
70	Wed, Feb 27, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		111	122	50	20	L 2
71	Fri, Mar 1, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		109	114	50	21	L 3
72	Sat, Mar 2, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		113	122	50	22	L 4
73	Mon, Mar 4, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		111	114	50	23	L 5
74	Wed, Mar 6, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		106	97	51	23	W 1
75	Sat, Mar 9, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		101	117	51	24	L 1
76	Sun, Mar 10, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		116	124	51	25	L 2
77	Mon, Mar 11, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		109	96	52	25	W 1
78	Tue, Mar 12, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		110	116	52	26	L 1
79	Wed, Mar 13, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		98	112	52	27	L 2
80	Sat, Mar 16, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W	OT	111	105	53	27	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 31, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	112	104	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Apr 2, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	101	99	2	0	W 2
3	Thu, Apr 4, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	112	125	2	1	L 1
4	Sat, Apr 6, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	114	124	2	2	L 2
5	Sun, Apr 7, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	123	96	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Apr 9, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	113	121	3	3	L 1
7	Thu, Apr 11, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	115	100	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sun, Apr 14, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	114	117	4	4	L 1	13,909
9	Tue, Apr 16, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	106	113	4	5	L 2	13,909
10	Wed, Apr 17, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	119	99	5	5	W 1	15,493
11	Fri, Apr 19, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	105	108	5	6	L 1	15,382
12	Sun, Apr 21, 1963	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	126	119	6	6	W 1	13,909
13	Wed, Apr 24, 1963	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	109	112	6	7	L 1	15,521

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