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48-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 109.6 points per game, Allowed 107.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 45-35)
Coached by Harry Gallatin (48-32)
Arena: Kiel Auditorium / Attendance: 284,849 (3rd of 9 available)
SRS: 1.38 (4th of 9)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-1) versus Detroit Pistons
1962-63 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 20, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 111 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 23, 1962 | N | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 110 | 109 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 3 | Wed, Oct 24, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 121 | 114 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 26, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 102 | 118 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 27, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 109 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 30, 1962 | Boston Celtics | W | 98 | 97 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 31, 1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 108 | 126 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 8 | Sat, Nov 3, 1962 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 114 | 109 | 6 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 7, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 112 | 122 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 9, 1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 93 | 101 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 10, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 97 | 96 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 11, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 117 | 100 | 8 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 13, 1962 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 132 | 100 | 9 | 4 | W 3 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 16, 1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 111 | 120 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 17, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 113 | 107 | 10 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 20, 1962 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 95 | 103 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 21, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 115 | 10 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Nov 22, 1962 | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 91 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 23, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 93 | 12 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 24, 1962 | Boston Celtics | W | 97 | 95 | 13 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 27, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 120 | 105 | 14 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 28, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 110 | 116 | 14 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Thu, Nov 29, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 128 | 121 | 15 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 1, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 110 | 15 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 2, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 122 | 116 | 16 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 4, 1962 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 104 | 102 | 17 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 6, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 93 | 106 | 17 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 8, 1962 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 145 | 129 | 18 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 9, 1962 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 119 | 123 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 30 | Wed, Dec 12, 1962 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 111 | 18 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 15, 1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 94 | 19 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 16, 1962 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 108 | 20 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 18, 1962 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 110 | 130 | 20 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Dec 19, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 135 | 20 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 21, 1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 105 | 100 | 21 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 25, 1962 | N | San Francisco Warriors | L | 91 | 94 | 21 | 15 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 37 | Wed, Dec 26, 1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 106 | 104 | 22 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 29, 1962 | Boston Celtics | W | 102 | 100 | 23 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Dec 30, 1962 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 107 | 100 | 24 | 15 | W 3 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 2, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 95 | 120 | 24 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 4, 1963 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 100 | 25 | 16 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 42 | Sat, Jan 5, 1963 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 90 | 92 | 25 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 6, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 114 | 103 | 26 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 8, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 99 | 26 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 9, 1963 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 110 | 95 | 27 | 18 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 46 | Sat, Jan 12, 1963 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 115 | 109 | 28 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 13, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 105 | 104 | 29 | 18 | W 3 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 19, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 116 | 114 | 30 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 20, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 116 | 115 | 31 | 18 | W 5 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Jan 22, 1963 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 113 | 93 | 32 | 18 | W 6 | at New York, NY | |
| 51 | Thu, Jan 24, 1963 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 111 | 32 | 19 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 52 | Fri, Jan 25, 1963 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 113 | 32 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Jan 27, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 101 | 105 | 32 | 21 | L 3 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Jan 29, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 123 | 105 | 33 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Thu, Jan 31, 1963 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 100 | 112 | 33 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 1, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 119 | 111 | 34 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 2, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 97 | 103 | 34 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 5, 1963 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 120 | 105 | 35 | 23 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 59 | Fri, Feb 8, 1963 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 116 | 35 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 10, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 102 | 35 | 25 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 12, 1963 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 128 | 100 | 36 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 13, 1963 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 102 | 37 | 25 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Thu, Feb 14, 1963 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 113 | 123 | 37 | 26 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 64 | Fri, Feb 15, 1963 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 99 | 96 | 38 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 16, 1963 | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 114 | 38 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Feb 22, 1963 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 115 | 98 | 39 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 24, 1963 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 127 | 106 | 40 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 68 | Tue, Feb 26, 1963 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 114 | 107 | 41 | 27 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Wed, Feb 27, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 93 | 98 | 41 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 1, 1963 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 113 | 115 | 41 | 29 | L 2 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 71 | Sun, Mar 3, 1963 | Chicago Zephyrs | W | 104 | 97 | 42 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Tue, Mar 5, 1963 | @ | Chicago Zephyrs | L | 93 | 116 | 42 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 8, 1963 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 129 | 124 | 43 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 9, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 101 | 44 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 10, 1963 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 132 | 120 | 45 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 76 | Mon, Mar 11, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 96 | 109 | 45 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Wed, Mar 13, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 98 | 46 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 78 | Thu, Mar 14, 1963 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 114 | 109 | 47 | 31 | W 2 | ||
| 79 | Fri, Mar 15, 1963 | N | San Francisco Warriors | L | 108 | 119 | 47 | 32 | L 1 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 80 | Sun, Mar 17, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 105 | 48 | 32 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 20, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 99 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Mar 22, 1963 | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 108 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 24, 1963 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 103 | 107 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Mar 26, 1963 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 100 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Mar 31, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 104 | 112 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Apr 2, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 99 | 101 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Apr 4, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 125 | 112 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Apr 6, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 124 | 114 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Apr 7, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 123 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Apr 9, 1963 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 121 | 113 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, Apr 11, 1963 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 115 | 6 | 5 | L 1 |