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1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers

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36-43, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 114.0 points per game, Allowed 114.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 39-40)
Coached by Fred Schaus (36-43)

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

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 Statistics / Schedule

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

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-5 225 26 73 3133 931 2166 .430 676 863 .783 1447 371 279 2538
2 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 22 79 2797 529 1264 .419 331 497 .666 611 333 213 1389
3 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 23 79 2593 416 992 .419 323 409 .790 781 135 280 1155
4 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 26 79 2172 323 921 .351 223 296 .753 289 350 144 869
5 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 28 77 2153 311 767 .405 210 279 .753 299 246 219 832
6 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 24 78 1846 310 719 .431 140 235 .596 479 88 209 760
7 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 25 75 1655 271 692 .392 75 93 .806 456 68 223 617
8 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 30 78 1510 189 508 .372 135 193 .699 539 37 302 513
9 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 28 55 600 61 207 .295 71 100 .710 70 81 70 193
10 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 22 46 352 46 141 .326 11 23 .478 141 16 53 103
11 Gary Alcorn C 6-9 225 24 20 174 12 40 .300 7 8 .875 50 2 47 31
12 Ron Johnson F 6-8 215 22 8 43 2 13 .154 2 3 .667 15 1 4 6

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-5 225 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 G-F 6-2 175 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 F-C 6-7 220 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 G 6-4 185 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 G-F 6-3 180 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 F 6-5 210 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 C-F 6-8 230 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 C 6-11 220 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 G 6-3 185 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 F-C 6-7 218 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 C 6-9 225 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 F 6-8 215 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-5 225 26 73 3133 10.7 24.9 .430 7.8 9.9 .783 16.6 4.3 3.2 29.2
2 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 22 79 2797 6.8 16.3 .419 4.3 6.4 .666 7.9 4.3 2.7 17.9
3 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 23 79 2593 5.8 13.8 .419 4.5 5.7 .790 10.8 1.9 3.9 16.0
4 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 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 G 6-4 185 26 79 2172 5.4 15.3 .351 3.7 4.9 .753 4.8 5.8 2.4 14.4
6 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 28 77 2153 5.2 12.8 .405 3.5 4.7 .753 5.0 4.1 3.7 13.9
7 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 25 75 1655 5.9 15.1 .392 1.6 2.0 .806 9.9 1.5 4.9 13.4
8 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 30 78 1510 4.5 12.1 .372 3.2 4.6 .699 12.9 0.9 7.2 12.2
9 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 28 55 600 3.7 12.4 .295 4.3 6.0 .710 4.2 4.9 4.2 11.6
10 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 22 46 352 4.7 14.4 .326 1.1 2.4 .478 14.4 1.6 5.4 10.5
11 Gary Alcorn C 6-9 225 24 20 174 2.5 8.3 .300 1.4 1.7 .875 10.3 0.4 9.7 6.4
12 Ron Johnson F 6-8 215 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 Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 26 73 3133 28.2 .498 .430
2 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 22 79 2797 16.0 .468 .419
3 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 28 77 2153 11.8 .468 .405
4 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 28 55 600 8.1 .384 .295
5 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 23 79 2593 14.8 .493 .419
6 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 25 75 1655 10.0 .421 .392
7 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 22 46 352 8.2 .341 .326
8 Ron Johnson F 6-8 215 22 8 43 2.6 .209 .154
9 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 26 79 2172 12.2 .413 .351
10 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 24 78 1846 12.1 .462 .431
11 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 30 78 1510 9.6 .433 .372
12 Gary Alcorn C 6-9 225 24 20 174 2.5 .356 .300

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-5 225 26 12 540 170 352 117 142 183 55 44 457 .483 .824 45.0 38.1 15.3 4.6
2 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 22 12 461 99 202 77 106 104 66 39 275 .490 .726 38.4 22.9 8.7 5.5
3 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 23 12 360 57 144 32 48 96 24 43 146 .396 .667 30.0 12.2 8.0 2.0
4 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 24 12 283 54 116 31 47 76 13 43 139 .466 .660 23.6 11.6 6.3 1.1
5 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 28 12 371 43 111 37 48 44 50 42 123 .387 .771 30.9 10.3 3.7 4.2
6 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 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 G 6-4 185 26 12 287 30 101 20 29 41 45 19 80 .297 .690 23.9 6.7 3.4 3.8
8 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 25 12 183 16 47 14 18 60 9 37 46 .340 .778 15.3 3.8 5.0 0.8
9 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 22 4 35 6 13 0 0 25 8 4 12 .462 8.8 3.0 6.3 2.0
10 Slick Leonard G 6-3 185 28 7 46 5 24 1 4 6 12 7 11 .208 .250 6.6 1.6 0.9 1.7