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1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors Schedule and Results

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49-31, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Frank McGuire (49-31)

Points Per Game: 125.4 (1st of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 122.7 (9th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-34 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 161,795 (5th of 9)

SRS: 2.63 (2nd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals

1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors:

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

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 19, 1961 N Los Angeles Lakers L 113 118 0 1 L 1 at New York, NY
2 Fri, Oct 20, 1961 Los Angeles Lakers W 122 115 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Oct 21, 1961 New York Knickerbockers W 132 95 2 1 W 2
4 Fri, Oct 27, 1961 Syracuse Nationals L 122 126 2 2 L 1
5 Sat, Oct 28, 1961 @ Syracuse Nationals W 119 115 3 2 W 1
6 Fri, Nov 3, 1961 Boston Celtics L 98 112 3 3 L 1
7 Sat, Nov 4, 1961 Detroit Pistons W 135 132 4 3 W 1
8 Wed, Nov 8, 1961 @ Detroit Pistons W 132 128 5 3 W 2
9 Thu, Nov 9, 1961 Syracuse Nationals W 151 108 6 3 W 3
10 Sat, Nov 11, 1961 @ Boston Celtics L 125 128 6 4 L 1
11 Tue, Nov 14, 1961 @ New York Knickerbockers L 122 124 6 5 L 2
12 Wed, Nov 15, 1961 Cincinnati Royals W 145 133 7 5 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 17, 1961 Los Angeles Lakers L 121 125 7 6 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 18, 1961 @ Syracuse Nationals L 130 148 7 7 L 2
15 Sun, Nov 19, 1961 @ Chicago Packers W 122 114 8 7 W 1
16 Tue, Nov 21, 1961 @ Cincinnati Royals W 125 118 9 7 W 2
17 Thu, Nov 23, 1961 Boston Celtics L 106 119 9 8 L 1
18 Sat, Nov 25, 1961 Chicago Packers W 134 102 10 8 W 1
19 Tue, Nov 28, 1961 @ St. Louis Hawks W 121 111 11 8 W 2
20 Fri, Dec 1, 1961 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 138 117 12 8 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 2, 1961 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 119 129 12 9 L 1
22 Tue, Dec 5, 1961 @ New York Knickerbockers W 122 105 13 9 W 1
23 Wed, Dec 6, 1961 St. Louis Hawks L 132 137 13 10 L 1
24 Fri, Dec 8, 1961 Los Angeles Lakers L 3OT 147 151 13 11 L 2
25 Sat, Dec 9, 1961 Chicago Packers W 135 113 14 11 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 10, 1961 N Chicago Packers W 118 109 15 11 W 2 at East Chicago, IN
27 Tue, Dec 12, 1961 N Detroit Pistons W 132 109 16 11 W 3 at New York, NY
28 Wed, Dec 13, 1961 @ Boston Celtics L 113 123 16 12 L 1
29 Thu, Dec 14, 1961 Syracuse Nationals W 136 125 17 12 W 1
30 Sat, Dec 16, 1961 @ Chicago Packers W 112 110 18 12 W 2
31 Tue, Dec 19, 1961 @ Cincinnati Royals W 117 110 19 12 W 3
32 Wed, Dec 20, 1961 @ Detroit Pistons W 117 102 20 12 W 4
33 Mon, Dec 25, 1961 @ New York Knickerbockers L 135 136 20 13 L 1
34 Tue, Dec 26, 1961 N Syracuse Nationals W 118 111 21 13 W 1 at Boston, MA
35 Wed, Dec 27, 1961 New York Knickerbockers W 131 119 22 13 W 2
36 Fri, Dec 29, 1961 N Los Angeles Lakers W 123 118 23 13 W 3 at Hershey, PA
37 Sat, Dec 30, 1961 Boston Celtics L 111 116 23 14 L 1
38 Mon, Jan 1, 1962 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 111 114 23 15 L 2
39 Wed, Jan 3, 1962 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 123 124 23 16 L 3
40 Fri, Jan 5, 1962 St. Louis Hawks W 134 116 24 16 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 7, 1962 @ St. Louis Hawks L 112 137 24 17 L 1
42 Tue, Jan 9, 1962 Syracuse Nationals L 120 129 24 18 L 2
43 Wed, Jan 10, 1962 @ Detroit Pistons W 113 110 25 18 W 1
44 Thu, Jan 11, 1962 @ Cincinnati Royals L 128 145 25 19 L 1
45 Sat, Jan 13, 1962 Chicago Packers W 135 117 26 19 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 14, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 136 145 26 20 L 1
47 Wed, Jan 17, 1962 N St. Louis Hawks W 136 130 27 20 W 1 at Detroit, MI
48 Thu, Jan 18, 1962 Cincinnati Royals L 133 151 27 21 L 1
49 Fri, Jan 19, 1962 N Detroit Pistons W 136 125 28 21 W 1 at Boston, MA
50 Sat, Jan 20, 1962 Detroit Pistons W 123 107 29 21 W 2
51 Sun, Jan 21, 1962 N Syracuse Nationals W 139 132 30 21 W 3 at Utica, NY
52 Wed, Jan 24, 1962 N Chicago Packers W 122 108 31 21 W 4 at Boston, MA
53 Fri, Jan 26, 1962 N St. Louis Hawks W 136 110 32 21 W 5 at Hershey, PA
54 Sat, Jan 27, 1962 Boston Celtics W 131 106 33 21 W 6
55 Sun, Jan 28, 1962 @ Boston Celtics W 133 129 34 21 W 7
56 Tue, Jan 30, 1962 @ New York Knickerbockers L 110 116 34 22 L 1
57 Thu, Feb 1, 1962 Cincinnati Royals W 130 109 35 22 W 1
58 Fri, Feb 2, 1962 N New York Knickerbockers W 129 116 36 22 W 2 at Boston, MA
59 Sat, Feb 3, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals L 112 134 36 23 L 1
60 Sun, Feb 4, 1962 Syracuse Nationals W 128 117 37 23 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Feb 8, 1962 @ New York Knickerbockers W 136 120 38 23 W 2
62 Fri, Feb 9, 1962 @ Boston Celtics W 126 124 39 23 W 3
63 Sat, Feb 10, 1962 Boston Celtics W 107 106 40 23 W 4
64 Sun, Feb 11, 1962 @ New York Knickerbockers W 121 111 41 23 W 5
65 Tue, Feb 13, 1962 @ Cincinnati Royals L 132 152 41 24 L 1
66 Wed, Feb 14, 1962 @ Detroit Pistons L 110 119 41 25 L 2
67 Fri, Feb 16, 1962 Cincinnati Royals W 136 132 42 25 W 1
68 Sat, Feb 17, 1962 @ St. Louis Hawks L 121 128 42 26 L 1
69 Tue, Feb 20, 1962 N Chicago Packers W 112 107 43 26 W 1 at New York, NY
70 Wed, Feb 21, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals L 109 150 43 27 L 1
71 Thu, Feb 22, 1962 St. Louis Hawks W 139 121 44 27 W 1
72 Sat, Feb 24, 1962 Boston Celtics L 86 109 44 28 L 1
73 Sun, Feb 25, 1962 New York Knickerbockers L 135 149 44 29 L 2
74 Tue, Feb 27, 1962 @ St. Louis Hawks W 147 137 45 29 W 1
75 Wed, Feb 28, 1962 @ Chicago Packers W 128 119 46 29 W 2
76 Fri, Mar 2, 1962 N New York Knickerbockers W 169 147 47 29 W 3 at Hershey, PA
77 Sun, Mar 4, 1962 @ New York Knickerbockers W 129 128 48 29 W 4
78 Wed, Mar 7, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 102 153 48 30 L 1
79 Sun, Mar 11, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals L 130 148 48 31 L 2
80 Wed, Mar 14, 1962 @ Chicago Packers W 119 115 49 31 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Mar 16, 1962 Syracuse Nationals W 110 103 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Mar 18, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals W 97 82 2 0 W 2
3 Mon, Mar 19, 1962 Syracuse Nationals L 100 101 2 1 L 1
4 Tue, Mar 20, 1962 @ Syracuse Nationals L 99 106 2 2 L 2
5 Thu, Mar 22, 1962 Syracuse Nationals W 121 104 3 2 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Sat, Mar 24, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 89 117 3 3 L 1
7 Tue, Mar 27, 1962 Boston Celtics W 113 106 4 3 W 1
8 Wed, Mar 28, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 114 129 4 4 L 1
9 Sat, Mar 31, 1962 Boston Celtics W 110 106 5 4 W 1
10 Sun, Apr 1, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 104 119 5 5 L 1
11 Tue, Apr 3, 1962 Boston Celtics W 109 99 6 5 W 1
12 Thu, Apr 5, 1962 @ Boston Celtics L 107 109 6 6 L 1