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1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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

Points Per Game: 115.5 (5th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.4 (3rd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-32 (3rd of 9)

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

SRS: 2.67 (3rd of 9)

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

1962-63 Los Angeles Lakers:

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 16, 1962 N Detroit Pistons W 122 106 1 0 W 1 at New York, NY
2 Fri, Oct 19, 1962 @ New York Knickerbockers L 105 116 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Oct 20, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals L 102 108 1 2 L 2
4 Tue, Oct 23, 1962 @ Cincinnati Royals L 115 116 1 3 L 3
5 Wed, Oct 24, 1962 @ Chicago Zephyrs L 107 118 1 4 L 4
6 Sat, Oct 27, 1962 Detroit Pistons W 134 118 2 4 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 31, 1962 New York Knickerbockers W 115 95 3 4 W 2
8 Sat, Nov 3, 1962 San Francisco Warriors W 127 115 4 4 W 3
9 Sun, Nov 4, 1962 New York Knickerbockers W 125 106 5 4 W 4
10 Wed, Nov 7, 1962 @ San Francisco Warriors W 132 108 6 4 W 5
11 Fri, Nov 9, 1962 @ Boston Celtics W 133 120 7 4 W 6
12 Sat, Nov 10, 1962 @ St. Louis Hawks L 96 97 7 5 L 1
13 Sun, Nov 11, 1962 Chicago Zephyrs L OT 105 109 7 6 L 2
14 Tue, Nov 13, 1962 Chicago Zephyrs W 107 84 8 6 W 1
15 Thu, Nov 15, 1962 N Syracuse Nationals L 98 120 8 7 L 1 at Baltimore, MD
16 Sat, Nov 17, 1962 @ Chicago Zephyrs W 110 109 9 7 W 1
17 Sun, Nov 18, 1962 @ Detroit Pistons W 116 98 10 7 W 2
18 Thu, Nov 22, 1962 Cincinnati Royals W 134 110 11 7 W 3
19 Fri, Nov 23, 1962 @ San Francisco Warriors W 129 124 12 7 W 4
20 Sat, Nov 24, 1962 Cincinnati Royals W 129 123 13 7 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Mon, Nov 26, 1962 Chicago Zephyrs W 128 106 14 7 W 6
22 Wed, Nov 28, 1962 St. Louis Hawks W 116 110 15 7 W 7
23 Sat, Dec 1, 1962 St. Louis Hawks W 110 97 16 7 W 8
24 Tue, Dec 4, 1962 @ New York Knickerbockers W 132 112 17 7 W 9
25 Fri, Dec 7, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 112 126 17 8 L 1
26 Sat, Dec 8, 1962 @ Cincinnati Royals W OT 131 128 18 8 W 1
27 Sun, Dec 9, 1962 N Syracuse Nationals L 114 117 18 9 L 1 at Minneapolis, MN
28 Tue, Dec 11, 1962 N Cincinnati Royals W 124 121 19 9 W 1 at New York, NY
29 Wed, Dec 12, 1962 Syracuse Nationals W 126 120 20 9 W 2
30 Fri, Dec 14, 1962 @ San Francisco Warriors W 120 118 21 9 W 3
31 Sat, Dec 15, 1962 San Francisco Warriors W 113 104 22 9 W 4
32 Mon, Dec 17, 1962 Syracuse Nationals W 121 114 23 9 W 5
33 Wed, Dec 19, 1962 St. Louis Hawks W 135 106 24 9 W 6
34 Fri, Dec 21, 1962 St. Louis Hawks L 100 105 24 10 L 1
35 Wed, Dec 26, 1962 @ St. Louis Hawks L 104 106 24 11 L 2
36 Sat, Dec 29, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals W 132 123 25 11 W 1
37 Sun, Dec 30, 1962 @ Detroit Pistons W 135 130 26 11 W 2
38 Fri, Jan 4, 1963 Boston Celtics W 125 123 27 11 W 3
39 Sat, Jan 5, 1963 Boston Celtics W 106 104 28 11 W 4
40 Sun, Jan 6, 1963 @ Cincinnati Royals W OT 120 119 29 11 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 8, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks W 99 96 30 11 W 6
42 Wed, Jan 9, 1963 @ Detroit Pistons W 123 115 31 11 W 7
43 Fri, Jan 11, 1963 @ San Francisco Warriors W 134 129 32 11 W 8
44 Sat, Jan 12, 1963 San Francisco Warriors W 119 114 33 11 W 9
45 Sun, Jan 13, 1963 New York Knickerbockers W 108 102 34 11 W 10
46 Fri, Jan 18, 1963 @ Chicago Zephyrs W 116 108 35 11 W 11
47 Sun, Jan 20, 1963 @ Boston Celtics L 121 133 35 12 L 1
48 Mon, Jan 21, 1963 Detroit Pistons W 124 94 36 12 W 1
49 Wed, Jan 23, 1963 Detroit Pistons W 123 119 37 12 W 2
50 Fri, Jan 25, 1963 N Syracuse Nationals W 122 114 38 12 W 3 at San Diego, CA
51 Sun, Jan 27, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks W 105 101 39 12 W 4
52 Wed, Jan 30, 1963 N New York Knickerbockers W 116 115 40 12 W 5 at Boston, MA
53 Thu, Jan 31, 1963 N Detroit Pistons W 127 122 41 12 W 6 at Fort Wayne, IN
54 Fri, Feb 1, 1963 @ Detroit Pistons W 119 109 42 12 W 7
55 Sat, Feb 2, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks W 103 97 43 12 W 8
56 Sun, Feb 3, 1963 @ New York Knickerbockers L 95 122 43 13 L 1
57 Wed, Feb 6, 1963 Chicago Zephyrs W 107 105 44 13 W 1
58 Fri, Feb 8, 1963 Chicago Zephyrs W 94 91 45 13 W 2
59 Sat, Feb 9, 1963 @ Chicago Zephyrs W 107 106 46 13 W 3
60 Sun, Feb 10, 1963 @ Cincinnati Royals L 107 124 46 14 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 12, 1963 N Boston Celtics L 93 120 46 15 L 2 at Detroit, MI
62 Wed, Feb 13, 1963 @ Boston Celtics W 134 128 47 15 W 1
63 Thu, Feb 14, 1963 Detroit Pistons W 128 111 48 15 W 2
64 Sat, Feb 16, 1963 San Francisco Warriors L 2OT 118 122 48 16 L 1
65 Tue, Feb 19, 1963 @ San Francisco Warriors L 109 111 48 17 L 2
66 Fri, Feb 22, 1963 Boston Celtics W 113 105 49 17 W 1
67 Sun, Feb 24, 1963 Boston Celtics L 109 119 49 18 L 1
68 Mon, Feb 25, 1963 N Detroit Pistons W 113 107 50 18 W 1 at Des Moines, IA
69 Tue, Feb 26, 1963 @ New York Knickerbockers L 116 125 50 19 L 1
70 Wed, Feb 27, 1963 @ Syracuse Nationals L 111 122 50 20 L 2
71 Fri, Mar 1, 1963 @ Chicago Zephyrs L 109 114 50 21 L 3
72 Sat, Mar 2, 1963 San Francisco Warriors L 113 122 50 22 L 4
73 Mon, Mar 4, 1963 Cincinnati Royals L 111 114 50 23 L 5
74 Wed, Mar 6, 1963 Cincinnati Royals W 106 97 51 23 W 1
75 Sat, Mar 9, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks L 101 117 51 24 L 1
76 Sun, Mar 10, 1963 @ Detroit Pistons L 116 124 51 25 L 2
77 Mon, Mar 11, 1963 St. Louis Hawks W 109 96 52 25 W 1
78 Tue, Mar 12, 1963 @ San Francisco Warriors L 110 116 52 26 L 1
79 Wed, Mar 13, 1963 St. Louis Hawks L 98 112 52 27 L 2
80 Sat, Mar 16, 1963 San Francisco Warriors W OT 111 105 53 27 W 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Mar 31, 1963 St. Louis Hawks W 112 104 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Apr 2, 1963 St. Louis Hawks W 101 99 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Apr 4, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks L 112 125 2 1 L 1
4 Sat, Apr 6, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks L 114 124 2 2 L 2
5 Sun, Apr 7, 1963 St. Louis Hawks W 123 96 3 2 W 1
6 Tue, Apr 9, 1963 @ St. Louis Hawks L 113 121 3 3 L 1
7 Thu, Apr 11, 1963 St. Louis Hawks W 115 100 4 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
8 Sun, Apr 14, 1963 @ Boston Celtics L 114 117 4 4 L 1
9 Tue, Apr 16, 1963 @ Boston Celtics L 106 113 4 5 L 2
10 Wed, Apr 17, 1963 Boston Celtics W 119 99 5 5 W 1
11 Fri, Apr 19, 1963 Boston Celtics L 105 108 5 6 L 1
12 Sun, Apr 21, 1963 @ Boston Celtics W 126 119 6 6 W 1
13 Wed, Apr 24, 1963 Boston Celtics L 109 112 6 7 L 1