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Los Angeles Lakers 1961-1962 Season


1st Western Division, 1st Western Conference - Lost NBA Finals


Coached by Fred Schaus

Regular Season Record: 54-26 (.675)

Home: 26-5, Away: 18-13, Neutral: 10-8

Playoff Record: 6-6 (.500)

Home: 3-3, Away: 4-3

Lost NBA Finals (4-3) to Boston Celtics
Won West Div Finals (4-2) over Detroit Pistons

Regular Season Stats


PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
Elgin Baylor 48 2129 680 1588 .428 476 631 .754 0 0 - 892 18.6 222 155 0 0 0 1836 38.3
Jerry West 75 3087 799 1795 .445 712 926 .769 0 0 - 591 7.9 402 173 0 0 0 2310 30.8
Rudy LaRusso 80 2754 516 1108 .466 342 448 .763 0 0 - 828 10.3 179 255 0 0 0 1374 17.2
Frank Selvy 79 2806 433 1032 .420 298 404 .738 0 0 - 412 5.2 381 232 0 0 0 1164 14.7
Jim Krebs 78 2012 312 701 .445 156 208 .750 0 0 - 616 7.9 110 290 0 0 0 780 10.0
Tom Hawkins 79 1903 289 704 .411 143 222 .644 0 0 - 514 6.5 95 244 0 0 0 721 9.1
Rod Hundley 78 1492 173 509 .340 83 127 .654 0 0 - 199 2.6 290 129 0 0 0 429 5.5
Ray Felix 80 1478 171 398 .430 90 130 .692 0 0 - 473 5.9 55 266 0 0 0 432 5.4
Howie Jolliff 64 1094 104 253 .411 41 78 .526 0 0 - 383 6.0 76 175 0 0 0 249 3.9
Bob Mcneill 50 441 56 136 .412 26 34 .765 0 0 - 56 1.1 89 56 0 0 0 138 2.8
Wayne Yates 37 263 31 105 .295 10 22 .455 0 0 - 94 2.5 16 72 0 0 0 72 1.9
Bobby Smith 3 7 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team 80 3552 8315 .427 2378 3240 .734 5600 70.0 1878 2057 9482 118.5
Opponents 80 9306 116.3



Playoff Stats


PLAYER G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB RPG AST PF STL TO BLK PTS PPG
Elgin Baylor 13 571 186 425 .438 130 168 .774 0 0 - 230 17.7 47 45 0 0 0 502 38.6
Jerry West 13 557 144 310 .465 121 150 .807 0 0 - 88 6.8 57 38 0 0 0 409 31.5
Rudy LaRusso 13 461 57 156 .365 69 91 .758 0 0 - 118 9.1 22 51 0 0 0 183 14.1
Frank Selvy 13 478 66 152 .434 33 39 .846 0 0 - 73 5.6 65 34 0 0 0 165 12.7
Jim Krebs 11 327 30 90 .333 22 26 .846 0 0 - 102 9.3 21 50 0 0 0 82 7.5
Ray Felix 13 242 29 59 .492 26 38 .684 0 0 - 77 5.9 7 39 0 0 0 84 6.5
Tom Hawkins 13 203 22 61 .361 10 24 .417 0 0 - 66 5.1 19 34 0 0 0 54 4.2
Rod Hundley 12 187 7 25 .280 9 12 .750 - 18 1.5 32 27 23 1.9
Bob McNeill 5 20 4 7 .571 1 2 .500 0 0 - 6 1.2 5 6 0 0 0 9 1.8
Wayne Yates 4 12 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 0 0 - 5 1.3 1 2 0 0 0 7 1.8
Howie Jolliff 9 77 2 9 .222 8 8 1.000 0 0 - 28 3.1 7 17 0 0 0 12 1.3