1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 36-43, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Fred Schaus (36-43)

Executive: Lou Mohs

PTS/G: 114.0 (7th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 114.1 (1st of 8)

SRS: -0.11 (5th of 8) Pace: 124.9 (6th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.8 (7th of 8) Def Rtg: 90.9 (4th of 8) Net Rtg: -0.0 (5th of 8)

Expected W-L: 39-40 (5th of 8)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Attendance: 151,344 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-4) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 19, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		123	140	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 22, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		96	112	0	2	L 2
3	Mon, Oct 24, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		101	111	0	3	L 3
4	Tue, Oct 25, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	118	1	3	W 1
5	Fri, Oct 28, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		120	122	1	4	L 1
6	Sat, Oct 29, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		118	125	1	5	L 2
7	Wed, Nov 2, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		106	96	2	5	W 1	at Detroit, MI
8	Sat, Nov 5, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		112	110	3	5	W 2
9	Sun, Nov 6, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		119	113	4	5	W 3	at San Francisco, CA
10	Wed, Nov 9, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		118	125	4	6	L 1	at St. Louis, MO
11	Sat, Nov 12, 1960	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		124	131	4	7	L 2	at Providence, RI
12	Tue, Nov 15, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	108	5	7	W 1
13	Sat, Nov 19, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		130	122	6	7	W 2
14	Sun, Nov 20, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		135	131	7	7	W 3	at San Francisco, CA
15	Tue, Nov 22, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		133	118	8	7	W 4	at New York, NY
16	Wed, Nov 23, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		118	122	8	8	L 1
17	Thu, Nov 24, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		108	100	9	8	W 1	at St. Louis, MO
18	Fri, Nov 25, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	141	128	10	8	W 2
19	Sat, Nov 26, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	126	10	9	L 1
20	Sun, Nov 27, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	113	10	10	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Mon, Nov 28, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	112	11	10	W 1
22	Tue, Nov 29, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		121	122	11	11	L 1	at New York, NY
23	Thu, Dec 1, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		114	117	11	12	L 2
24	Fri, Dec 2, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		120	117	12	12	W 1
25	Sun, Dec 4, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	113	12	13	L 1
26	Mon, Dec 5, 1960	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		101	123	12	14	L 2
27	Wed, Dec 7, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		112	114	12	15	L 3
28	Sat, Dec 10, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		108	111	12	16	L 4
29	Mon, Dec 12, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		103	114	12	17	L 5
30	Wed, Dec 14, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		124	113	13	17	W 1
31	Fri, Dec 16, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		116	130	13	18	L 1
32	Sat, Dec 17, 1960	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	140	13	19	L 2
33	Mon, Dec 19, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		107	103	14	19	W 1	at Portland, OR
34	Tue, Dec 20, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		94	97	14	20	L 1	at Portland, OR
35	Mon, Dec 26, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	119	14	21	L 2
36	Wed, Dec 28, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		113	115	14	22	L 3
37	Thu, Dec 29, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		111	95	15	22	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
38	Fri, Dec 30, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		99	107	15	23	L 1
39	Sun, Jan 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	116	15	24	L 2
40	Mon, Jan 2, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		123	113	16	24	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 3, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		96	102	16	25	L 1
42	Thu, Jan 5, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		110	96	17	25	W 1
43	Fri, Jan 6, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		104	108	17	26	L 1
44	Tue, Jan 10, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	104	18	26	W 1
45	Wed, Jan 11, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		104	109	18	27	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 14, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		123	114	19	27	W 1
47	Sun, Jan 15, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		105	109	19	28	L 1
48	Thu, Jan 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		103	106	19	29	L 2	at Philadelphia, PA
49	Sat, Jan 21, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	136	19	30	L 3
50	Sun, Jan 22, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		109	112	19	31	L 4	at Utica, NY
51	Tue, Jan 24, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		116	107	20	31	W 1
52	Wed, Jan 25, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		117	112	21	31	W 2
53	Sun, Jan 29, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		137	113	22	31	W 3
54	Mon, Jan 30, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		117	116	23	31	W 4
55	Tue, Jan 31, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		112	121	23	32	L 1	at New York, NY
56	Thu, Feb 2, 1961	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		116	115	24	32	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
57	Sun, Feb 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		125	120	25	32	W 2
58	Mon, Feb 6, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		110	101	26	32	W 3	at College Park, MD
59	Tue, Feb 7, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		95	96	26	33	L 1	at New York, NY
60	Wed, Feb 8, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		120	103	27	33	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 9, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		113	123	27	34	L 1
62	Sun, Feb 12, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		105	95	28	34	W 1
63	Mon, Feb 13, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		100	104	28	35	L 1	at Dayton, OH
64	Tue, Feb 14, 1961	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		93	113	28	36	L 2	at St. Louis, MO
65	Thu, Feb 16, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		129	106	29	36	W 1
66	Sat, Feb 18, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		121	106	30	36	W 2
67	Sun, Feb 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		106	112	30	37	L 1
68	Mon, Feb 20, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		121	126	30	38	L 2	at Morgantown, WV
69	Wed, Feb 22, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		105	93	31	38	W 1
70	Sun, Feb 26, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		121	116	32	38	W 2
71	Mon, Feb 27, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		88	113	32	39	L 1
72	Tue, Feb 28, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		108	123	32	40	L 2
73	Wed, Mar 1, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		144	107	33	40	W 1	at Boston, MA
74	Thu, Mar 2, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		114	110	34	40	W 2	at Scranton, PA
75	Sun, Mar 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		125	114	35	40	W 3
76	Tue, Mar 7, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	2OT	136	137	35	41	L 1
77	Wed, Mar 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	120	35	42	L 2
78	Sat, Mar 11, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		105	108	35	43	L 3
79	Sun, Mar 12, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		123	122	36	43	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 14, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		120	102	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Mar 15, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		127	118	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Mar 17, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		113	124	2	1	L 1
4	Sat, Mar 18, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		114	123	2	2	L 2
5	Sun, Mar 19, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		137	120	3	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
6	Tue, Mar 21, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		122	118	4	2	W 2
7	Wed, Mar 22, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		106	121	4	3	L 1
8	Fri, Mar 24, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		118	112	5	3	W 1
9	Sat, Mar 25, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		117	118	5	4	L 1
10	Mon, Mar 27, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		121	112	6	4	W 1
11	Wed, Mar 29, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	OT	113	114	6	5	L 1
12	Sat, Apr 1, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		103	105	6	6	L 2

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