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1961-62 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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54-26, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Fred Schaus (54-26)

PTS/G: 118.5 (6th of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 116.3 (2nd of 9)
SRS: 1.80 (4th of 9)
Expected W-L: 45-35 (4th of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 190,321 (4th of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Detroit Pistons

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 3 Seattle University
14 Ray Felix C 6-11 220 December 10, 1930 8 Long Island University
20 Tom Hawkins F 6-5 210 December 22, 1936 2 University of Notre Dame
33 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 October 26, 1934 4 West Virginia University
54 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 July 20, 1938 1 Ohio University
32 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 September 8, 1935 4 Southern Methodist University
35 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 2 Dartmouth College
52 Bob McNeill G 6-1 170 October 22, 1938 1 Saint Joseph's University
11 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 6 Furman University
Bob Sims G-F 6-5 220 October 9, 1938 R Pepperdine University
21 Bobby Smith G 6-4 190 August 20, 1937 1 West Virginia University
44 Jerry West G 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 1 West Virginia University
55 Wayne Yates C 6-8 235 November 7, 1937 R University of Memphis

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 80 3552 8315 .427 2378 3240 .734 5600 1878 2057 9482 118.5
Lg Rank 7 9 4 1 1 4 6 5 4 6 6
Opponent 80 9306 116.3
Lg Rank 2 2

Totals

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 Jerry West 23 75 3087 799 1795 .445 712 926 .769 591 402 173 2310
2 Elgin Baylor 27 48 2129 680 1588 .428 476 631 .754 892 222 155 1836
3 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 2754 516 1108 .466 342 448 .763 828 179 255 1374
4 Frank Selvy 29 79 2806 433 1032 .420 298 404 .738 412 381 232 1164
5 Jim Krebs 26 78 2012 312 701 .445 156 208 .750 616 110 290 780
6 Tom Hawkins 25 79 1903 289 704 .411 143 222 .644 514 95 244 721
7 Ray Felix 31 80 1478 171 398 .430 90 130 .692 473 55 266 432
8 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 1492 173 509 .340 83 127 .654 199 290 129 429
9 Howie Jolliff 23 64 1094 104 253 .411 41 78 .526 383 76 175 249
10 Wayne Yates 24 37 263 31 105 .295 10 22 .455 94 16 72 72
11 Bob Sims 23 19 171 22 59 .373 19 39 .487 27 12 40 63
12 Bob McNeill 23 29 229 22 60 .367 8 12 .667 23 40 25 52
13 Bobby Smith 24 3 7 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0

Per Game

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 27 48 44.4 14.2 33.1 .428 9.9 13.1 .754 18.6 4.6 3.2 38.3
2 Jerry West 23 75 41.2 10.7 23.9 .445 9.5 12.3 .769 7.9 5.4 2.3 30.8
3 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 34.4 6.5 13.9 .466 4.3 5.6 .763 10.4 2.2 3.2 17.2
4 Frank Selvy 29 79 35.5 5.5 13.1 .420 3.8 5.1 .738 5.2 4.8 2.9 14.7
5 Jim Krebs 26 78 25.8 4.0 9.0 .445 2.0 2.7 .750 7.9 1.4 3.7 10.0
6 Tom Hawkins 25 79 24.1 3.7 8.9 .411 1.8 2.8 .644 6.5 1.2 3.1 9.1
7 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 19.1 2.2 6.5 .340 1.1 1.6 .654 2.6 3.7 1.7 5.5
8 Ray Felix 31 80 18.5 2.1 5.0 .430 1.1 1.6 .692 5.9 0.7 3.3 5.4
9 Howie Jolliff 23 64 17.1 1.6 4.0 .411 0.6 1.2 .526 6.0 1.2 2.7 3.9
10 Bob Sims 23 19 9.0 1.2 3.1 .373 1.0 2.1 .487 1.4 0.6 2.1 3.3
11 Wayne Yates 24 37 7.1 0.8 2.8 .295 0.3 0.6 .455 2.5 0.4 1.9 1.9
12 Bob McNeill 23 29 7.9 0.8 2.1 .367 0.3 0.4 .667 0.8 1.4 0.9 1.8
13 Bobby Smith 24 3 2.3 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 27 48 2129 11.5 26.9 .428 8.0 10.7 .754 15.1 3.8 2.6 31.0
2 Jerry West 23 75 3087 9.3 20.9 .445 8.3 10.8 .769 6.9 4.7 2.0 26.9
3 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 2754 6.7 14.5 .466 4.5 5.9 .763 10.8 2.3 3.3 18.0
4 Frank Selvy 29 79 2806 5.6 13.2 .420 3.8 5.2 .738 5.3 4.9 3.0 14.9
5 Jim Krebs 26 78 2012 5.6 12.5 .445 2.8 3.7 .750 11.0 2.0 5.2 14.0
6 Tom Hawkins 25 79 1903 5.5 13.3 .411 2.7 4.2 .644 9.7 1.8 4.6 13.6
7 Bob Sims 23 19 171 4.6 12.4 .373 4.0 8.2 .487 5.7 2.5 8.4 13.3
8 Ray Felix 31 80 1478 4.2 9.7 .430 2.2 3.2 .692 11.5 1.3 6.5 10.5
9 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 1492 4.2 12.3 .340 2.0 3.1 .654 4.8 7.0 3.1 10.4
10 Wayne Yates 24 37 263 4.2 14.4 .295 1.4 3.0 .455 12.9 2.2 9.9 9.9
11 Bob McNeill 23 29 229 3.5 9.4 .367 1.3 1.9 .667 3.6 6.3 3.9 8.2
12 Howie Jolliff 23 64 1094 3.4 8.3 .411 1.3 2.6 .526 12.6 2.5 5.8 8.2
13 Bobby Smith 24 3 7 0.0 5.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Jerry West 23 75 3087 22.6 .524 .445 9.8 3.1 12.9 .201
2 Rudy LaRusso 24 80 2754 16.6 .526 .466 5.8 2.9 8.8 .153
3 Elgin Baylor 27 48 2129 26.5 .492 .428 4.9 3.0 7.9 .179
4 Frank Selvy 29 79 2806 13.1 .481 .420 2.9 2.6 5.5 .094
5 Jim Krebs 26 78 2012 12.3 .492 .445 2.1 2.1 4.2 .100
6 Ray Felix 31 80 1478 9.2 .475 .430 0.8 1.5 2.3 .074
7 Tom Hawkins 25 79 1903 10.5 .450 .411 0.3 1.8 2.1 .054
8 Howie Jolliff 23 64 1094 9.0 .433 .411 -0.1 1.3 1.2 .053
9 Hot Rod Hundley 27 78 1492 9.6 .380 .340 -1.5 1.6 0.1 .003
10 Bob McNeill 23 29 229 7.8 .398 .367 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .024
11 Bobby Smith 24 3 7 -6.7 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.148
12 Bob Sims 23 19 171 5.9 .414 .373 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .007
13 Wayne Yates 24 37 263 4.1 .314 .295 -0.8 0.3 -0.5 -0.085

Playoffs

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 27 13 571 186 425 130 168 230 47 45 502 .438 .774 43.9 38.6 17.7 3.6
2 Jerry West 23 13 557 144 310 121 150 88 57 38 409 .465 .807 42.8 31.5 6.8 4.4
3 Rudy LaRusso 24 13 461 57 156 69 91 118 22 51 183 .365 .758 35.5 14.1 9.1 1.7
4 Frank Selvy 29 13 478 66 152 33 39 73 65 34 165 .434 .846 36.8 12.7 5.6 5.0
5 Ray Felix 31 13 242 29 59 26 38 77 7 39 84 .492 .684 18.6 6.5 5.9 0.5
6 Jim Krebs 26 11 327 30 90 22 26 102 21 50 82 .333 .846 29.7 7.5 9.3 1.9
7 Tom Hawkins 25 13 203 22 61 10 24 66 19 34 54 .361 .417 15.6 4.2 5.1 1.5
8 Hot Rod Hundley 27 12 187 7 25 9 12 18 32 27 23 .280 .750 15.6 1.9 1.5 2.7
9 Howie Jolliff 23 9 77 2 9 8 8 28 7 17 12 .222 1.000 8.6 1.3 3.1 0.8
10 Bob McNeill 23 5 30 4 7 1 2 6 5 6 9 .571 .500 6.0 1.8 1.2 1.0
11 Wayne Yates 24 4 12 3 8 1 2 5 1 2 7 .375 .500 3.0 1.8 1.3 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Jerry West 23 13 557 22.2 .544 .465 16.6 2.2 0.2 2.4 .209
2 Elgin Baylor 27 13 571 27.4 .503 .438 15.0 1.8 0.3 2.1 .179
3 Frank Selvy 29 13 478 12.6 .488 .434 18.5 0.5 0.2 0.8 .077
4 Ray Felix 31 13 242 12.1 .555 .492 3.8 0.5 0.1 0.6 .117
5 Rudy LaRusso 24 13 461 11.7 .467 .365 6.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 .056
6 Bob McNeill 23 5 30 12.3 .571 .571 22.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 .127
7 Howie Jolliff 23 9 77 8.4 .479 .222 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 .054
8 Hot Rod Hundley 27 12 187 5.5 .380 .280 20.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 .012
9 Jim Krebs 26 11 327 8.4 .404 .333 8.2 -0.1 0.2 0.0 .003
10 Wayne Yates 24 4 12 14.6 .394 .375 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.047
11 Tom Hawkins 25 13 203 8.5 .377 .361 12.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.020