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29-51, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 118.9 points per game, Allowed 122.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 32-48)
Coached by Paul Seymour (5-9), Andrew Levane (20-40) and Bob Pettit (4-2)
Arena: Kiel Auditorium / Attendance: 256,747 (2nd of 9 available)
SRS: -2.96 (7th of 9)
1961-62 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 21, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 129 | 138 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 24, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 110 | 112 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Oct 26, 1961 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 110 | 107 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 4 | Fri, Oct 27, 1961 | @ | Chicago Packers | L | 106 | 117 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 28, 1961 | Chicago Packers | W | 122 | 95 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 31, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 90 | 107 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 3, 1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 106 | 94 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 4, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 111 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 7, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 110 | 127 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 8, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 124 | 4 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 11, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 132 | 119 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 12, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 126 | 136 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 14, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 119 | 5 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 15, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 122 | 127 | 5 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 18, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 136 | 133 | 6 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 22, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 121 | 141 | 6 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Thu, Nov 23, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 122 | 6 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 24, 1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 135 | 142 | 6 | 12 | L 3 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 19 | Sat, Nov 25, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 141 | 108 | 7 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Tue, Nov 28, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 111 | 121 | 7 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Dec 1, 1961 | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 116 | 8 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 2, 1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 118 | 8 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 5, 1961 | N | Chicago Packers | L | 99 | 101 | 8 | 15 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 24 | Wed, Dec 6, 1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 137 | 132 | 9 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 8, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 123 | 128 | 9 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 9, 1961 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 102 | 91 | 10 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Mon, Dec 11, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 119 | 132 | 10 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 13, 1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | OT | 136 | 137 | 10 | 18 | L 2 | |
| 29 | Fri, Dec 15, 1961 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 120 | 108 | 11 | 18 | W 1 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 30 | Sat, Dec 16, 1961 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 130 | 11 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 19, 1961 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 111 | 128 | 11 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 23, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 126 | 129 | 11 | 21 | L 3 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 26, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 118 | 129 | 11 | 22 | L 4 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 27, 1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 117 | 142 | 11 | 23 | L 5 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Dec 28, 1961 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 117 | 11 | 24 | L 6 | |||
| 36 | Fri, Dec 29, 1961 | @ | Chicago Packers | W | 120 | 103 | 12 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 30, 1961 | Chicago Packers | W | 101 | 92 | 13 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Mon, Jan 1, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 145 | 139 | 14 | 24 | W 3 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 2, 1962 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 136 | 14 | 25 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 40 | Fri, Jan 5, 1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 116 | 134 | 14 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 7, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 137 | 112 | 15 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 9, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 113 | 122 | 15 | 27 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 43 | Wed, Jan 10, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 122 | 134 | 15 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 12, 1962 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 126 | 128 | 15 | 29 | L 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 45 | Sat, Jan 13, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 108 | 15 | 30 | L 4 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 14, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 114 | 119 | 15 | 31 | L 5 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 17, 1962 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 130 | 136 | 15 | 32 | L 6 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 48 | Fri, Jan 19, 1962 | @ | Chicago Packers | W | 114 | 113 | 16 | 32 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 20, 1962 | Chicago Packers | W | 116 | 112 | 17 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Sun, Jan 21, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 124 | 113 | 18 | 32 | W 3 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Jan 23, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 115 | 107 | 19 | 32 | W 4 | |||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 24, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 135 | 123 | 20 | 32 | W 5 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Jan 26, 1962 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 110 | 136 | 20 | 33 | L 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 54 | Sun, Jan 28, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 97 | 21 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Jan 30, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 121 | 131 | 21 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 2, 1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 101 | 135 | 21 | 35 | L 2 | at Utica, NY | |
| 57 | Sat, Feb 3, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 124 | 127 | 21 | 36 | L 3 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 4, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 113 | 121 | 21 | 37 | L 4 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 6, 1962 | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 129 | 21 | 38 | L 5 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 10, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 118 | 134 | 21 | 39 | L 6 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 11, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 129 | 109 | 22 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Mon, Feb 12, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 113 | 23 | 39 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Feb 14, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 107 | 130 | 23 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Sat, Feb 17, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 128 | 121 | 24 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 18, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 112 | 119 | 24 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Tue, Feb 20, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 109 | 129 | 24 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 21, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | L | 123 | 126 | 24 | 43 | L 3 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Feb 22, 1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 121 | 139 | 24 | 44 | L 4 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Feb 23, 1962 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 118 | 130 | 24 | 45 | L 5 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Feb 24, 1962 | @ | Chicago Packers | L | 119 | 129 | 24 | 46 | L 6 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Feb 27, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 137 | 147 | 24 | 47 | L 7 | |||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 2, 1962 | Boston Celtics | W | 138 | 120 | 25 | 47 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 3, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 134 | 125 | 26 | 47 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 4, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 120 | 123 | 26 | 48 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 7, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 126 | 129 | 26 | 49 | L 2 | ||
| 76 | Fri, Mar 9, 1962 | N | Chicago Packers | W | 124 | 120 | 27 | 49 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 77 | Sat, Mar 10, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 116 | 110 | 28 | 49 | W 2 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 11, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 126 | 123 | 29 | 49 | W 3 | |||
| 79 | Tue, Mar 13, 1962 | Chicago Packers | L | 118 | 124 | 29 | 50 | L 1 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Mar 14, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 115 | 125 | 29 | 51 | L 2 |