1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season
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1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Fred Schaus |
Arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Results | |
Record | 53–27 (.663) |
Place | Division: 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KHJ-TV |
Radio | KHJ |
The 1962–63 NBA season was the Lakers' 15th season in the NBA and third season in Los Angeles.[1]
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 27 | .663 | – | 27–7 | 20–17 | 6–3 | 33–13 |
x-St. Louis Hawks | 48 | 32 | .600 | 5 | 30–7 | 13–18 | 5–7 | 29–17 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 34 | 46 | .425 | 19 | 14–16 | 8–19 | 12–11 | 19–27 |
San Francisco Warriors | 31 | 49 | .388 | 22 | 13–20 | 11–25 | 7–4 | 18–28 |
Chicago Zephyrs | 25 | 55 | .313 | 28 | 17–17 | 3–23 | 5–15 | 13–27 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1962-63 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | SFW | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 8–2 | 9–3 | 8–0 | 4–5 | 10–2 | 8–1 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 2–8 | — | 4–6 | 3–7 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 2–8 |
Cincinnati | 3–9 | 6–4 | — | 4–4 | 3–6 | 10–2 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 7–5 |
Detroit | 0–8 | 7–3 | 4–4 | — | 1–11 | 8–1 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 3–6 |
Los Angeles | 5–4 | 7–3 | 6–3 | 11–1 | — | 5–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 4–4 |
New York | 2–10 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 1–8 | 3–5 | — | 2–6 | 3–6 | 2–10 |
San Francisco | 1–8 | 6–4 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–2 | — | 3–9 | 3–5 |
St. Louis | 3–5 | 7–3 | 5–3 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 9–3 | — | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 6–6 | 8–2 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 10–2 | 5–3 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
[edit]1962–63 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 16 | N Detroit | 122–106 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 19 | @ New York | 105–116 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 20 | @ Syracuse | 102–108 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 1–2 | |||||
4 | October 23 | @ Cincinnati | 115–116 | Jerry West (32) | 1–3 | |||||
5 | October 24 | @ Chicago | 107–118 | Jerry West (25) | 1–4 | |||||
6 | October 27 | Detroit | 118–134 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 2–4 | |||||
7 | October 31 | New York | 95–115 | Jerry West (35) | 3–4 | |||||
8 | November 3 | San Francisco | 115–127 | Jerry West (49) | 4–4 | |||||
9 | November 4 | New York | 106–125 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 5–4 | |||||
10 | November 7 | @ San Francisco | 132–108 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 6–4 | |||||
11 | November 9 | @ Boston | 133–120 | Elgin Baylor (41) | 7–4 | |||||
12 | November 10 | @ St. Louis | 96–97 | Jerry West (27) | 7–5 | |||||
13 | November 11 | Chicago | 109–105 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (42) | 7–6 | |||||
14 | November 13 | Chicago | 84–107 | Jerry West (27) | 8–6 | |||||
15 | November 15 | N Syracuse | 120–98 | Elgin Baylor (24) | 8–7 | |||||
16 | November 17 | @ Chicago | 110–109 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 9–7 | |||||
17 | November 18 | @ Detroit | 116–98 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 10–7 | |||||
18 | November 22 | Cincinnati | 110–134 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 11–7 | |||||
19 | November 23 | @ San Francisco | 129–124 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 12–7 | |||||
20 | November 24 | Cincinnati | 123–129 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 13–7 | |||||
21 | November 26 | Chicago | 106–128 | Jerry West (33) | 14–7 | |||||
22 | November 28 | St. Louis | 110–116 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 15–7 | |||||
23 | December 1 | St. Louis | 97–110 | Jerry West (46) | 16–7 | |||||
24 | December 4 | @ New York | 132–112 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 17–7 | |||||
25 | December 7 | @ Boston | 112–126 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 17–8 | |||||
26 | December 8 | @ Cincinnati | 131–128 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (33) | 18–8 | |||||
27 | December 9 | N Syracuse | 117–114 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 18–9 | |||||
28 | December 11 | N Cincinnati | 124–121 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 19–9 | |||||
29 | December 12 | Syracuse | 120–126 | Elgin Baylor (50) | 20–9 | |||||
30 | December 14 | @ San Francisco | 120–118 | Elgin Baylor (51) | 21–9 | |||||
31 | December 15 | San Francisco | 104–113 | Elgin Baylor (52) | 22–9 | |||||
32 | December 17 | Syracuse | 114–121 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 23–9 | |||||
33 | December 19 | St. Louis | 106–135 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 24–9 | |||||
34 | December 21 | St. Louis | 105–100 | Elgin Baylor (48) | 24–10 | |||||
35 | December 26 | @ St. Louis | 104–106 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 24–11 | |||||
36 | December 29 | @ Syracuse | 132–123 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 25–11 | |||||
37 | December 30 | @ Detroit | 135–130 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 26–11 | |||||
38 | January 4 | Boston | 123–125 | Frank Selvy (36) | 27–11 | |||||
39 | January 5 | Boston | 104–106 | Jerry West (27) | 28–11 | |||||
40 | January 6 | @ Cincinnati | 120–119 (OT) | Jerry West (32) | 29–11 | |||||
41 | January 8 | @ St. Louis | 99–96 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 30–11 | |||||
42 | January 9 | @ Detroit | 123–115 | Jerry West (40) | 31–11 | |||||
43 | January 11 | @ San Francisco | 134–129 | Jerry West (38) | 32–11 | |||||
44 | January 12 | San Francisco | 114–119 | Jerry West (33) | 33–11 | |||||
45 | January 13 | New York | 102–108 | Jerry West (33) | 34–11 | |||||
46 | January 18 | @ Chicago | 116–108 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 35–11 | |||||
47 | January 20 | @ Boston | 121–133 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 35–12 | |||||
48 | January 21 | Detroit | 94–124 | Dick Barnett (28) | 36–12 | |||||
49 | January 23 | Detroit | 119–123 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 37–12 | |||||
50 | January 25 | N Syracuse | 114–122 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 38–12 | |||||
51 | January 27 | @ St. Louis | 105–101 | Barnett, Baylor (30) | 39–12 | |||||
52 | January 30 | N New York | 115–116 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 40–12 | |||||
53 | January 31 | N Detroit | 127–122 | Elgin Baylor (49) | 41–12 | |||||
54 | February 1 | @ Detroit | 119–109 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 42–12 | |||||
55 | February 2 | @ St. Louis | 103–97 | Jerry West (31) | 43–12 | |||||
56 | February 3 | @ New York | 95–122 | Elgin Baylor (21) | 43–13 | |||||
57 | February 6 | Chicago | 105–107 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 44–13 | |||||
58 | February 8 | Chicago | 91–94 | Dick Barnett (32) | 45–13 | |||||
59 | February 9 | @ Chicago | 107–106 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 46–13 | |||||
60 | February 10 | @ Cincinnati | 107–124 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 46–14 | |||||
61 | February 12 | N Boston | 93–120 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 46–15 | |||||
62 | February 13 | @ Boston | 134–128 | Elgin Baylor (50) | 47–15 | |||||
63 | February 14 | Detroit | 111–128 | Elgin Baylor (41) | 48–15 | |||||
64 | February 16 | San Francisco | 122–118 (2OT) | Elgin Baylor (46) | 48–16 | |||||
65 | February 19 | @ San Francisco | 109–111 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 48–17 | |||||
66 | February 22 | Boston | 105–113 | Dick Barnett (36) | 49–17 | |||||
67 | February 24 | Boston | 119–109 | Elgin Baylor (25) | 49–18 | |||||
68 | February 25 | N Detroit | 113–107 | Elgin Baylor (49) | 50–18 | |||||
69 | February 26 | @ New York | 116–125 | Dick Barnett (36) | 50–19 | |||||
70 | February 27 | @ Syracuse | 111–122 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 50–20 | |||||
71 | March 1 | @ Chicago | 109–114 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 50–21 | |||||
72 | March 2 | San Francisco | 122–113 | Dick Barnett (35) | 50–22 | |||||
73 | March 4 | Cincinnati | 114–111 | Dick Barnett (37) | 50–23 | |||||
74 | March 6 | Cincinnati | 97–106 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 51–23 | |||||
75 | March 9 | @ St. Louis | 101–117 | Elgin Baylor (46) | 51–24 | |||||
76 | March 10 | @ Detroit | 116–124 | Dick Barnett (27) | 51–25 | |||||
77 | March 11 | St. Louis | 96–109 | Baylor, Selvy (20) | 52–25 | |||||
78 | March 12 | @ San Francisco | 110–116 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 52–26 | |||||
79 | March 13 | St. Louis | 112–98 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 52–27 | |||||
80 | March 16 | San Francisco | 105–111 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (37) | 53–27 |
Playoffs
[edit]Awards and records
[edit]- Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
- Jerry West, All-NBA First Team
- Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
- Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game
- Rudy LaRusso, NBA All-Star Game