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1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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36-43, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Fred Schaus (36-43)

Points Per Game: 114.0 (7th of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 114.1 (1st of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-40 (5th of 8)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 151,344 (7th of 8)

SRS: -0.12 (5th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Detroit Pistons

1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Gary Alcorn C 6-9 225 October 8, 1936 1 California State University, Fresno
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 2 Seattle University
14 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 7 Long Island University
20 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 December 22, 1936 1 University of Notre Dame
33 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 October 26, 1934 3 West Virginia University
52 Ron Johnson F 6-8 215 July 20, 1938 R University of Minnesota
54 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 July 20, 1938 R Ohio University
32 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 September 8, 1935 3 Southern Methodist University
35 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 1 Dartmouth College
21 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 July 17, 1932 4 Indiana University
11 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 5 Furman University
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 R West Virginia University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 79 3401 8430 .403 2204 2999 .735 5816 1728 2043 9006 114.0
Opponent 79 9010 114.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 26 73 3133 931 2166 .430 676 863 .783 1447 371 279 2538
2 Jerry West 22 79 2797 529 1264 .419 331 497 .666 611 333 213 1389
3 Rudy LaRusso 23 79 2593 416 992 .419 323 409 .790 781 135 280 1155
4 Hot Rod Hundley 26 79 2172 323 921 .351 223 296 .753 289 350 144 869
5 Frank Selvy 28 77 2153 311 767 .405 210 279 .753 299 246 219 832
6 Tom Hawkins 24 78 1846 310 719 .431 140 235 .596 479 88 209 760
7 Jim Krebs 25 75 1655 271 692 .392 75 93 .806 456 68 223 617
8 Ray Felix 30 78 1510 189 508 .372 135 193 .699 539 37 302 513
9 Slick Leonard 28 55 600 61 207 .295 71 100 .710 70 81 70 193
10 Howie Jolliff 22 46 352 46 141 .326 11 23 .478 141 16 53 103
11 Gary Alcorn 24 20 174 12 40 .300 7 8 .875 50 2 47 31
12 Ron Johnson 22 8 43 2 13 .154 2 3 .667 15 1 4 6

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 26 73 42.9 12.8 29.7 .430 9.3 11.8 .783 19.8 5.1 3.8 34.8
2 Jerry West 22 79 35.4 6.7 16.0 .419 4.2 6.3 .666 7.7 4.2 2.7 17.6
3 Rudy LaRusso 23 79 32.8 5.3 12.6 .419 4.1 5.2 .790 9.9 1.7 3.5 14.6
4 Hot Rod Hundley 26 79 27.5 4.1 11.7 .351 2.8 3.7 .753 3.7 4.4 1.8 11.0
5 Frank Selvy 28 77 28.0 4.0 10.0 .405 2.7 3.6 .753 3.9 3.2 2.8 10.8
6 Tom Hawkins 24 78 23.7 4.0 9.2 .431 1.8 3.0 .596 6.1 1.1 2.7 9.7
7 Jim Krebs 25 75 22.1 3.6 9.2 .392 1.0 1.2 .806 6.1 0.9 3.0 8.2
8 Ray Felix 30 78 19.4 2.4 6.5 .372 1.7 2.5 .699 6.9 0.5 3.9 6.6
9 Slick Leonard 28 55 10.9 1.1 3.8 .295 1.3 1.8 .710 1.3 1.5 1.3 3.5
10 Howie Jolliff 22 46 7.7 1.0 3.1 .326 0.2 0.5 .478 3.1 0.3 1.2 2.2
11 Gary Alcorn 24 20 8.7 0.6 2.0 .300 0.4 0.4 .875 2.5 0.1 2.4 1.6
12 Ron Johnson 22 8 5.4 0.3 1.6 .154 0.3 0.4 .667 1.9 0.1 0.5 0.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Elgin Baylor 26 73 3133 10.7 24.9 .430 7.8 9.9 .783 16.6 4.3 3.2 29.2
2 Jerry West 22 79 2797 6.8 16.3 .419 4.3 6.4 .666 7.9 4.3 2.7 17.9
3 Rudy LaRusso 23 79 2593 5.8 13.8 .419 4.5 5.7 .790 10.8 1.9 3.9 16.0
4 Tom Hawkins 24 78 1846 6.0 14.0 .431 2.7 4.6 .596 9.3 1.7 4.1 14.8
5 Hot Rod Hundley 26 79 2172 5.4 15.3 .351 3.7 4.9 .753 4.8 5.8 2.4 14.4
6 Frank Selvy 28 77 2153 5.2 12.8 .405 3.5 4.7 .753 5.0 4.1 3.7 13.9
7 Jim Krebs 25 75 1655 5.9 15.1 .392 1.6 2.0 .806 9.9 1.5 4.9 13.4
8 Ray Felix 30 78 1510 4.5 12.1 .372 3.2 4.6 .699 12.9 0.9 7.2 12.2
9 Slick Leonard 28 55 600 3.7 12.4 .295 4.3 6.0 .710 4.2 4.9 4.2 11.6
10 Howie Jolliff 22 46 352 4.7 14.4 .326 1.1 2.4 .478 14.4 1.6 5.4 10.5
11 Gary Alcorn 24 20 174 2.5 8.3 .300 1.4 1.7 .875 10.3 0.4 9.7 6.4
12 Ron Johnson 22 8 43 1.7 10.9 .154 1.7 2.5 .667 12.6 0.8 3.3 5.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elgin Baylor 26 73 3133 28.2 .498 .430 9.1 5.7 14.8
2 Rudy LaRusso 23 79 2593 14.8 .493 .419 3.8 3.1 6.9
3 Jerry West 22 79 2797 16.0 .468 .419 3.1 3.5 6.6
4 Frank Selvy 28 77 2153 11.8 .468 .405 1.9 2.2 4.1
5 Tom Hawkins 24 78 1846 12.1 .462 .431 1.2 2.0 3.2
6 Hot Rod Hundley 26 79 2172 12.2 .413 .351 -0.7 2.6 1.9
7 Ray Felix 30 78 1510 9.6 .433 .372 -0.1 1.9 1.8
8 Jim Krebs 25 75 1655 10.0 .421 .392 -0.6 1.8 1.3
9 Slick Leonard 28 55 600 8.1 .384 .295 -0.6 0.6 0.1
10 Gary Alcorn 24 20 174 2.5 .356 .300 -0.2 0.2 0.0
11 Ron Johnson 22 8 43 2.6 .209 .154 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Howie Jolliff 22 46 352 8.2 .341 .326 -0.8 0.5 -0.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Elgin Baylor 26 12 540 170 362 117 142 183 55 44 457 .470 .824 45.0 38.1 15.3 4.6
2 Jerry West 22 12 461 99 202 77 106 104 63 39 275 .490 .726 38.4 22.9 8.7 5.3
3 Rudy LaRusso 23 12 360 57 144 32 48 96 24 43 146 .396 .667 30.0 12.2 8.0 2.0
4 Tom Hawkins 24 12 283 54 116 31 47 76 13 43 139 .466 .660 23.6 11.6 6.3 1.1
5 Frank Selvy 28 12 371 43 111 37 48 44 50 42 123 .387 .771 30.9 10.3 3.7 4.2
6 Ray Felix 30 12 339 46 109 30 39 125 10 52 122 .422 .769 28.3 10.2 10.4 0.8
7 Hot Rod Hundley 26 12 287 30 101 20 29 41 45 19 80 .297 .690 23.9 6.7 3.4 3.8
8 Jim Krebs 25 12 183 16 47 14 18 60 9 37 46 .340 .778 15.3 3.8 5.0 0.8
9 Howie Jolliff 22 4 35 6 13 0 0 25 8 4 12 .462 8.8 3.0 6.3 2.0
10 Slick Leonard 28 7 46 5 24 1 4 6 12 7 11 .208 .250 6.6 1.6 0.9 1.7

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Elgin Baylor 26 12 540 28.0 .538 .470 17.2 2.5 0.3 2.8
2 Jerry West 22 12 461 21.3 .553 .490 19.8 1.7 0.3 1.9
3 Tom Hawkins 24 12 283 14.4 .508 .466 6.4 0.6 0.1 0.7
4 Ray Felix 30 12 339 12.3 .484 .422 3.8 0.4 0.2 0.5
5 Frank Selvy 28 12 371 10.5 .465 .387 17.1 0.3 0.2 0.5
6 Rudy LaRusso 23 12 360 11.8 .442 .396 8.9 0.1 0.2 0.3
7 Howie Jolliff 22 4 35 24.3 .462 .462 31.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
8 Jim Krebs 25 12 183 7.8 .419 .340 6.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Slick Leonard 28 7 46 2.5 .214 .208 32.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.2
10 Hot Rod Hundley 26 12 287 8.4 .352 .297 19.6 -0.4 0.1 -0.3