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1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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53-27, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Fred Schaus (53-27)

PTS/G: 115.5 (5th of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (3rd of 9)
SRS: 2.67 (3rd of 9)
Expected W-L: 48-32 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 285,462 (2nd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Dick Barnett G-F 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 2 Tennessee State University
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 4 Seattle University
25 Leroy Ellis C-F 6-10 210 March 10, 1940 R St. John's University
24 Ron Horn F 6-7 220 May 24, 1938 1 Indiana University
33 Hot Rod Hundley G 6-4 185 October 26, 1934 5 West Virginia University
54 Howie Jolliff F-C 6-7 218 July 20, 1938 2 Ohio University
32 Jim Krebs C-F 6-8 230 September 8, 1935 5 Southern Methodist University
35 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 3 Dartmouth College
11 Frank Selvy G-F 6-3 180 November 9, 1932 7 Furman University
44 Jerry West G 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 2 West Virginia University
12 Gene Wiley C 6-10 210 November 12, 1937 R Wichita State University

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 3506 7948 .441 2230 2931 .761 5282 1739 1775 9242 115.5
Lg Rank 6 7 5 2 3 2 6 7 9 5 5
Opponent 80 8992 112.4
Lg Rank 3 3

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 Elgin Baylor 28 80 3370 1029 2273 .453 661 790 .837 1146 386 226 2719
2 Jerry West 24 55 2163 559 1213 .461 371 477 .778 384 307 150 1489
3 Dick Barnett 26 80 2544 547 1162 .471 343 421 .815 242 224 189 1437
4 Rudy LaRusso 25 75 2505 321 761 .422 282 393 .718 747 187 255 924
5 Frank Selvy 30 80 2369 317 747 .424 192 269 .714 289 281 149 826
6 Jim Krebs 27 79 1913 272 627 .434 115 154 .747 502 87 256 659
7 Leroy Ellis 22 80 1628 222 530 .419 133 202 .658 518 46 194 577
8 Hot Rod Hundley 28 65 785 88 262 .336 84 119 .706 106 151 81 260
9 Gene Wiley 25 75 1488 109 236 .462 23 68 .338 504 40 180 241
10 Ron Horn 24 28 289 27 82 .329 20 29 .690 71 10 46 74
11 Howie Jolliff 24 28 293 15 55 .273 6 9 .667 62 20 49 36

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 28 80 42.1 12.9 28.4 .453 8.3 9.9 .837 14.3 4.8 2.8 34.0
2 Jerry West 24 55 39.3 10.2 22.1 .461 6.7 8.7 .778 7.0 5.6 2.7 27.1
3 Dick Barnett 26 80 31.8 6.8 14.5 .471 4.3 5.3 .815 3.0 2.8 2.4 18.0
4 Rudy LaRusso 25 75 33.4 4.3 10.1 .422 3.8 5.2 .718 10.0 2.5 3.4 12.3
5 Frank Selvy 30 80 29.6 4.0 9.3 .424 2.4 3.4 .714 3.6 3.5 1.9 10.3
6 Jim Krebs 27 79 24.2 3.4 7.9 .434 1.5 1.9 .747 6.4 1.1 3.2 8.3
7 Leroy Ellis 22 80 20.4 2.8 6.6 .419 1.7 2.5 .658 6.5 0.6 2.4 7.2
8 Hot Rod Hundley 28 65 12.1 1.4 4.0 .336 1.3 1.8 .706 1.6 2.3 1.2 4.0
9 Gene Wiley 25 75 19.8 1.5 3.1 .462 0.3 0.9 .338 6.7 0.5 2.4 3.2
10 Ron Horn 24 28 10.3 1.0 2.9 .329 0.7 1.0 .690 2.5 0.4 1.6 2.6
11 Howie Jolliff 24 28 10.5 0.5 2.0 .273 0.2 0.3 .667 2.2 0.7 1.8 1.3

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 28 80 3370 11.0 24.3 .453 7.1 8.4 .837 12.2 4.1 2.4 29.0
2 Jerry West 24 55 2163 9.3 20.2 .461 6.2 7.9 .778 6.4 5.1 2.5 24.8
3 Dick Barnett 26 80 2544 7.7 16.4 .471 4.9 6.0 .815 3.4 3.2 2.7 20.3
4 Rudy LaRusso 25 75 2505 4.6 10.9 .422 4.1 5.6 .718 10.7 2.7 3.7 13.3
5 Leroy Ellis 22 80 1628 4.9 11.7 .419 2.9 4.5 .658 11.5 1.0 4.3 12.8
6 Frank Selvy 30 80 2369 4.8 11.4 .424 2.9 4.1 .714 4.4 4.3 2.3 12.6
7 Jim Krebs 27 79 1913 5.1 11.8 .434 2.2 2.9 .747 9.4 1.6 4.8 12.4
8 Hot Rod Hundley 28 65 785 4.0 12.0 .336 3.9 5.5 .706 4.9 6.9 3.7 11.9
9 Ron Horn 24 28 289 3.4 10.2 .329 2.5 3.6 .690 8.8 1.2 5.7 9.2
10 Gene Wiley 25 75 1488 2.6 5.7 .462 0.6 1.6 .338 12.2 1.0 4.4 5.8
11 Howie Jolliff 24 28 293 1.8 6.8 .273 0.7 1.1 .667 7.6 2.5 6.0 4.4

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 Elgin Baylor 28 80 3370 26.6 .519 .453 9.3 5.1 14.4 .205
2 Jerry West 24 55 2163 21.9 .523 .461 5.5 2.6 8.1 .180
3 Dick Barnett 26 80 2544 16.3 .533 .471 5.9 2.1 8.0 .150
4 Rudy LaRusso 25 75 2505 13.6 .495 .422 2.2 3.2 5.4 .103
5 Frank Selvy 30 80 2369 11.5 .477 .424 1.3 2.3 3.6 .074
6 Jim Krebs 27 79 1913 10.6 .474 .434 0.7 2.1 2.8 .071
7 Leroy Ellis 22 80 1628 11.4 .466 .419 0.4 1.9 2.3 .067
8 Gene Wiley 25 75 1488 7.7 .453 .462 0.0 1.8 1.8 .058
9 Hot Rod Hundley 28 65 785 11.2 .414 .336 -0.5 1.0 0.4 .027
10 Ron Horn 24 28 289 6.1 .390 .329 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.006
11 Howie Jolliff 24 28 293 3.2 .305 .273 -0.5 0.3 -0.2 -0.025

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 28 13 562 160 362 104 126 177 58 48 424 .442 .825 43.2 32.6 13.6 4.5
2 Jerry West 24 13 538 144 286 74 100 106 61 34 362 .503 .740 41.4 27.8 8.2 4.7
3 Dick Barnett 26 13 370 71 151 77 97 38 21 35 219 .470 .794 28.5 16.8 2.9 1.6
4 Rudy LaRusso 25 13 465 65 154 57 75 127 28 58 187 .422 .760 35.8 14.4 9.8 2.2
5 Frank Selvy 30 13 317 32 81 39 48 45 36 36 103 .395 .813 24.4 7.9 3.5 2.8
6 Leroy Ellis 22 13 302 27 53 27 33 85 13 35 81 .509 .818 23.2 6.2 6.5 1.0
7 Jim Krebs 27 13 199 16 47 10 15 40 4 49 42 .340 .667 15.3 3.2 3.1 0.3
8 Gene Wiley 25 9 278 14 35 2 15 97 11 29 30 .400 .133 30.9 3.3 10.8 1.2
9 Ron Horn 24 7 55 4 12 4 5 11 2 13 12 .333 .800 7.9 1.7 1.6 0.3
10 Hot Rod Hundley 28 7 34 3 10 3 3 6 5 1 9 .300 1.000 4.9 1.3 0.9 0.7

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 24 13 538 23.1 .548 .503 19.2 1.7 0.4 2.1 .188
2 Elgin Baylor 28 13 562 25.1 .508 .442 18.0 1.2 0.5 1.7 .146
3 Dick Barnett 26 13 370 17.6 .565 .470 8.5 1.2 0.2 1.3 .175
4 Leroy Ellis 22 13 302 11.9 .600 .509 5.6 0.5 0.2 0.8 .122
5 Rudy LaRusso 25 13 465 13.7 .500 .422 8.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 .084
6 Frank Selvy 30 13 317 11.4 .504 .395 15.0 0.3 0.2 0.5 .079
7 Hot Rod Hundley 28 7 34 11.1 .398 .300 19.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.006
8 Ron Horn 24 7 55 4.1 .423 .333 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 .005
9 Gene Wiley 25 9 278 6.8 .361 .400 4.9 -0.2 0.2 0.0 .003
10 Jim Krebs 27 13 199 2.7 .392 .340 2.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.021