18-62, Finished 5th in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 110.9 points per game, Allowed 119.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 21-59)
Coached by Jim Pollard (18-62)
SRS: -7.54 (9th of 9)
1961-62 Statistics / Schedule
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| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 19, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 103 | 120 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 21, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 103 | 123 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Oct 27, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 117 | 106 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 28, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 95 | 122 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 3, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 129 | 118 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 4, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 125 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 8, 1961 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 108 | 130 | 2 | 5 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 8 | Fri, Nov 10, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 117 | 122 | 2 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 11, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 117 | 2 | 7 | L 4 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 12, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 96 | 112 | 2 | 8 | L 5 | |||
| 11 | Mon, Nov 13, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 113 | 127 | 2 | 9 | L 6 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 15, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 133 | 2 | 10 | L 7 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 18, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 112 | 119 | 2 | 11 | L 8 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 19, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 114 | 122 | 2 | 12 | L 9 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 21, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 107 | 3 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 25, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 102 | 134 | 3 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Fri, Dec 1, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 121 | 140 | 3 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Dec 2, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 118 | 132 | 3 | 15 | L 3 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Dec 5, 1961 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 101 | 99 | 4 | 15 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 20 | Fri, Dec 8, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 107 | 133 | 4 | 16 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 9, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 113 | 135 | 4 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Sun, Dec 10, 1961 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 109 | 118 | 4 | 18 | L 3 | at East Chicago, IL | |
| 23 | Mon, Dec 11, 1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 117 | 133 | 4 | 19 | L 4 | at Dayton, OH | |
| 24 | Wed, Dec 13, 1961 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 112 | 5 | 19 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 25 | Thu, Dec 14, 1961 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 123 | 5 | 20 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 26 | Fri, Dec 15, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 97 | 94 | 6 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Sat, Dec 16, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 110 | 112 | 6 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 20, 1961 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 98 | 102 | 6 | 22 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 29 | Mon, Dec 25, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 97 | 7 | 22 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 30 | Tue, Dec 26, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 101 | 8 | 22 | W 2 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 31 | Wed, Dec 27, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 93 | 121 | 8 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 29, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 103 | 120 | 8 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 30, 1961 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 92 | 101 | 8 | 25 | L 3 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 2, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 102 | 127 | 8 | 26 | L 4 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 6, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 102 | 120 | 8 | 27 | L 5 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 7, 1962 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 113 | 123 | 8 | 28 | L 6 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 37 | Tue, Jan 9, 1962 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 106 | 113 | 8 | 29 | L 7 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 38 | Wed, Jan 10, 1962 | Boston Celtics | W | 103 | 90 | 9 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 12, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | L | 99 | 102 | 9 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 13, 1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 117 | 135 | 9 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 18, 1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 111 | 118 | 9 | 32 | L 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 42 | Fri, Jan 19, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 113 | 114 | 9 | 33 | L 4 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 20, 1962 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 112 | 116 | 9 | 34 | L 5 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 21, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | OT | 111 | 112 | 9 | 35 | L 6 | ||
| 45 | Mon, Jan 22, 1962 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 131 | 9 | 36 | L 7 | at Moline, IL | |
| 46 | Tue, Jan 23, 1962 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 103 | 10 | 36 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 24, 1962 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 122 | 10 | 37 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 48 | Thu, Jan 25, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 117 | 10 | 38 | L 2 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 27, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 102 | 107 | 10 | 39 | L 3 | |||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 28, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 109 | 124 | 10 | 40 | L 4 | ||
| 51 | Tue, Jan 30, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 92 | 107 | 10 | 41 | L 5 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 31, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 122 | 10 | 42 | L 6 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 2, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 96 | 11 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 3, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 116 | 11 | 43 | L 1 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 55 | Sun, Feb 4, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 113 | 105 | 12 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Mon, Feb 5, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 127 | 12 | 44 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 6, 1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 123 | 127 | 12 | 45 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 58 | Sat, Feb 10, 1962 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 111 | 13 | 45 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 59 | Sun, Feb 11, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 115 | 148 | 13 | 46 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 13, 1962 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 138 | 13 | 47 | L 2 | at Providence, RI | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 14, 1962 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 125 | 121 | 14 | 47 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 62 | Thu, Feb 15, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 126 | 121 | 15 | 47 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 16, 1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 106 | 132 | 15 | 48 | L 1 | at Evansville, IN | |
| 64 | Sat, Feb 17, 1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 127 | 136 | 15 | 49 | L 2 | at Rochester, NY | |
| 65 | Sun, Feb 18, 1962 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 121 | 138 | 15 | 50 | L 3 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 66 | Tue, Feb 20, 1962 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 107 | 112 | 15 | 51 | L 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 67 | Wed, Feb 21, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 125 | 153 | 15 | 52 | L 5 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Feb 23, 1962 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | OT | 117 | 124 | 15 | 53 | L 6 | at Louisville, KY |
| 69 | Sat, Feb 24, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 129 | 119 | 16 | 53 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Feb 25, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 105 | 108 | 16 | 54 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Feb 27, 1962 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 115 | 16 | 55 | L 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 72 | Wed, Feb 28, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 119 | 128 | 16 | 56 | L 3 | |||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 3, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 119 | 126 | 16 | 57 | L 4 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 4, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 116 | 133 | 16 | 58 | L 5 | at Moline, IL | |
| 75 | Thu, Mar 8, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 108 | 16 | 59 | L 6 | |||
| 76 | Fri, Mar 9, 1962 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 120 | 124 | 16 | 60 | L 7 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 77 | Sat, Mar 10, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 128 | 116 | 17 | 60 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Mon, Mar 12, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 116 | 121 | 17 | 61 | L 1 | at Green Bay, WI | |
| 79 | Tue, Mar 13, 1962 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 124 | 118 | 18 | 61 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 14, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 115 | 119 | 18 | 62 | L 1 |