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1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers
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54-26, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
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Scored 9482 points, Allowed 9306 points (Expected W-L: 45-35)
Coached by Fred Schaus (54-26)
RPI: .541 (2nd out of 9)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) to Boston Celtics
Won West Div Finals (4-2) over Detroit Pistons
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1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Season Summary
1961-62 Statistics / Game Results
Team and Opponent Statistics
MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
+---------------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+
Team 3552 8315 2378 3240 5600 1878 2057 9482 118.5
Opponent 9306 116.3
+---------------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+
Four Factors
Factor Off (Rk) Def (Rk) +------------+---------+----------+ Shooting .427 ( 4) ( ) Turnovers ( ) ( ) Rebounding ( ) ( ) Free Throws .286 ( 1) ( ) +------------+---------+----------+
Player Statistics
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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included.
Player statistics may include stints with other teams.
Totals
Name Ag G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Jerry West 23 75 3087 799 1795 712 926 591 402 173 2310 Elgin Baylor 27 48 2129 680 1588 476 631 892 222 155 1836 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 2754 516 1108 342 448 828 179 255 1374 Frank Selvy 29 79 2806 433 1032 298 404 412 381 232 1164 Jim Krebs 26 78 2012 312 701 156 208 616 110 290 780 Tom Hawkins 25 79 1903 289 704 143 222 514 95 244 721 Ray Felix 31 80 1478 171 398 90 130 473 55 266 432 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 1492 173 509 83 127 199 290 129 429 Howie Joliff 23 64 1094 104 253 41 78 383 76 175 249 Wayne Yates 24 37 263 31 105 10 22 94 16 72 72 Bob Sims 23 19 171 22 59 19 39 27 12 40 63 Bob McNeill 23 29 229 22 60 8 12 23 40 25 52 Bobby Smith 24 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 +--------------------+---+--+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Per Game
Name Ag G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Elgin Baylor 27 48 44.4 14.2 33.1 9.9 13.1 18.6 4.6 3.2 38.3 Jerry West 23 75 41.2 10.7 23.9 9.5 12.3 7.9 5.4 2.3 30.8 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 34.4 6.5 13.9 4.3 5.6 10.4 2.2 3.2 17.2 Frank Selvy 29 79 35.5 5.5 13.1 3.8 5.1 5.2 4.8 2.9 14.7 Jim Krebs 26 78 25.8 4.0 9.0 2.0 2.7 7.9 1.4 3.7 10.0 Tom Hawkins 25 79 24.1 3.7 8.9 1.8 2.8 6.5 1.2 3.1 9.1 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 19.1 2.2 6.5 1.1 1.6 2.6 3.7 1.7 5.5 Ray Felix 31 80 18.5 2.1 5.0 1.1 1.6 5.9 0.7 3.3 5.4 Howie Joliff 23 64 17.1 1.6 4.0 0.6 1.2 6.0 1.2 2.7 3.9 Bob Sims 23 19 9.0 1.2 3.1 1.0 2.1 1.4 0.6 2.1 3.3 Wayne Yates 24 37 7.1 0.8 2.8 0.3 0.6 2.5 0.4 1.9 1.9 Bob McNeill 23 29 7.9 0.8 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.4 0.9 1.8 Bobby Smith 24 3 2.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Per 40 Minutes
Name Ag G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+ Elgin Baylor 27 48 2129 12.8 29.8 8.9 11.9 16.8 4.2 2.9 34.5 Jerry West 23 75 3087 10.4 23.3 9.2 12.0 7.7 5.2 2.2 29.9 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 2754 7.5 16.1 5.0 6.5 12.0 2.6 3.7 20.0 Frank Selvy 29 79 2806 6.2 14.7 4.2 5.8 5.9 5.4 3.3 16.6 Jim Krebs 26 78 2012 6.2 13.9 3.1 4.1 12.2 2.2 5.8 15.5 Tom Hawkins 25 79 1903 6.1 14.8 3.0 4.7 10.8 2.0 5.1 15.2 Bob Sims 23 19 171 5.1 13.8 4.4 9.1 6.3 2.8 9.4 14.7 Ray Felix 31 80 1478 4.6 10.8 2.4 3.5 12.8 1.5 7.2 11.7 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 1492 4.6 13.6 2.2 3.4 5.3 7.8 3.5 11.5 Wayne Yates 24 37 263 4.7 16.0 1.5 3.3 14.3 2.4 11 11.0 Howie Joliff 23 64 1094 3.8 9.3 1.5 2.9 14.0 2.8 6.4 9.1 Bob McNeill 23 29 229 3.8 10.5 1.4 2.1 4.0 7.0 4.4 9.1 Bobby Smith 24 3 7 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+
Advanced
Name Ag G FG% 3P% FT% eFG% TS% AsR ToR Usg RbR PER ORtg DRtg lgRtg PW PL PW% OWS DWS WS +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+ Jerry West 23 75 .445 .769 .445 .524| 22.6| | Elgin Baylor 27 48 .428 .754 .428 .492| 26.5| | Rudy LaRusso 24 80 .466 .763 .466 .526| 16.6| | Frank Selvy 29 79 .420 .738 .420 .481| 13.1| | Jim Krebs 26 78 .445 .750 .445 .492| 12.3| | Tom Hawkins 25 79 .411 .644 .411 .450| 10.5| | Ray Felix 31 80 .430 .692 .430 .475| 9.2| | Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 .340 .654 .340 .380| 9.6| | Howie Joliff 23 64 .411 .526 .411 .433| 9.0| | Wayne Yates 24 37 .295 .455 .295 .314| 4.1| | Bob Sims 23 19 .373 .487 .373 .414| 5.9| | Bob McNeill 23 29 .367 .667 .367 .398| 7.8| | Bobby Smith 24 3 .000 .000 .000| -6.7| | +--------------------+---+--+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+
Playoffs
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
| Total | Shooting | Per Game |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+------------+------------------+
Name | G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA TRB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS| FG% 3P% FT%| MP TRB AST PTS|
+----------------------+--+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+
Elgin Baylor |13 571 186 425 130 168 230 47 45 502| 44 77| 44 17.7 3.6 38.6|
Jerry West |13 557 144 310 121 150 88 57 38 409| 46 81| 43 6.8 4.4 31.5|
Rudy LaRusso |13 461 57 156 69 91 118 22 51 183| 37 76| 35 9.1 1.7 14.1|
Frank Selvy |13 478 66 152 33 39 73 65 34 165| 43 85| 37 5.6 5.0 12.7|
Ray Felix |13 242 29 59 26 38 77 7 39 84| 49 68| 19 5.9 0.5 6.5|
Jim Krebs |11 327 30 90 22 26 102 21 50 82| 33 85| 30 9.3 1.9 7.5|
Tom Hawkins |13 203 22 61 10 24 66 19 34 54| 36 42| 16 5.1 1.5 4.2|
Hot Rod Hundley |12 187 7 25 9 12 18 32 27 23| 28 75| 16 1.5 2.7 1.9|
Howie Joliff | 9 77 2 9 8 8 28 7 17 12| 22 100| 9 3.1 0.8 1.3|
Bob McNeill | 5 20 4 7 1 2 6 5 6 9| 57 50| 4 1.2 1.0 1.8|
Wayne Yates | 4 12 3 8 1 2 5 1 2 7| 38 50| 3 1.3 0.3 1.8|
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