Bill Russell 1961-62 Advanced Game Log

William Felton Russell ▪ Twitter: realbillrussell

(Russ, Whiskers, Willie, Bill the Hill, The Stuffer)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Left

6-10, 215lb (208cm, 97kg)

Born: February 12, 1934 in Monroe, Louisiana us

Died: July 31, 2022

Relatives: Cousin Bob Hopkins

College: San Francisco

High School: McClymonds in Oakland, California

Draft: St. Louis Hawks, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1956 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: December 22, 1956

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975 and Coach in 2021 (Full List)

Career Length: 13 years

Hall of Fame
12x All Star
4x TRB Champ
11x NBA Champ
11x All-NBA
5x MVP
1962-63 AS MVP
1968-69 All-Defensive
NBA 75th Anniv. Team

SUMMARY

Career

963

PTS

15.1

TRB

22.5

AST

4.3

FG%

44.0

FT%

56.1

PER

18.9

163.5

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1961-62 Regular Season

1961-62 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
1	1	1961-10-21	27-251	BOS		DET	W (+35)		39:00	.427
2	2	1961-10-28	27-258	BOS		NYK	W (+30)		39:00	.528
3	3	1961-11-03	27-264	BOS	@	PHW	W (+14)		48:00	.391
4	4	1961-11-04	27-265	BOS		SYR	W (+20)		37:00	.520
5	5	1961-11-09	27-270	BOS		DET	L (-6)		48:00
6	6	1961-11-11	27-272	BOS		PHW	W (+3)		48:00	.495
7	7	1961-11-12	27-273	BOS	@	CHP	W (+16)		46:00
8	8	1961-11-14	27-275	BOS	@	STL	W (+2)		48:00	.699
9	9	1961-11-16	27-277	BOS	@	CIN	W (+6)		48:00	.451
10	10	1961-11-17	27-278	BOS	@	NYK	W (+4)		48:00
11	11	1961-11-18	27-279	BOS		LAL	L (-2)		48:00	.416
12	12	1961-11-22	27-283	BOS		STL	W (+20)		42:00	.550
13	13	1961-11-23	27-284	BOS	@	PHW	W (+13)		48:00	.385
14	14	1961-11-25	27-286	BOS		NYK	W (+20)		43:00	.340
15	15	1961-11-26	27-287	BOS	@	DET	W (+6)		45:00
16	16	1961-11-28	27-289	BOS		DET	W (+8)		48:00
17	17	1961-11-30	27-291	BOS		CIN	L (-3)		48:00	.442
18	18	1961-12-01	27-292	BOS		CHP	W (+19)		37:00	.589
19	19	1961-12-03	27-294	BOS	@	CIN	W (+23)		48:00	.696
20	20	1961-12-06	27-297	BOS		CIN	W (+1)		48:00	.558
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
21	21	1961-12-08	27-299	BOS		SYR	W (+12)		46:00	.412
22	22	1961-12-09	27-300	BOS	@	SYR	W (+4)		48:00
23	23	1961-12-13	27-304	BOS		PHW	W (+10)		48:00	.423
24	24	1961-12-14	27-305	BOS		CHP	W (+15)		48:00
25	25	1961-12-16	27-307	BOS		STL	W (+17)		46:00	.675
26	26	1961-12-17	27-308	BOS	@	NYK	W (+8)		48:00
27	27	1961-12-19	27-310	BOS	@	LAL	L (-3)		48:00	.319
28	28	1961-12-21	27-312	BOS		NYK	W (+19)		48:00
29	29	1961-12-23	27-314	BOS		NYK	W (+11)		48:00	.724
30	30	1961-12-25	27-316	BOS	@	SYR	W (+5)		46:00	.512
31	31	1961-12-26	27-317	BOS		LAL	W (+12)		48:00	.525
32	32	1961-12-28	27-319	BOS	@	STL	W (+8)		48:00	.564
33	33	1961-12-29	27-320	BOS	@	NYK	L (-10)		48:00
34	34	1961-12-30	27-321	BOS	@	PHW	W (+5)		53:00	.291
35	35	1962-01-02	27-324	BOS		STL	W (+37)		36:00	.684
36	36	1962-01-03	27-325	BOS	@	DET	L (-9)		44:00
37	37	1962-01-05	27-327	BOS	@	CIN	W (+21)		46:00	.391
38	38	1962-01-07	27-329	BOS	@	LAL	W (+23)		48:00	.161
39	39	1962-01-10	27-332	BOS	@	CHP	L (-13)		46:00
40	40	1962-01-12	27-334	BOS		CIN	W (+16)		48:00	.590
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
41	41	1962-01-13	27-335	BOS		SYR	L (-10)		45:00
42	42	1962-01-14	27-336	BOS		PHW	W (+9)		43:00	.582
43	43	1962-01-17	27-339	BOS	@	DET	W (+10)		48:00
44	44	1962-01-19	27-341	BOS		SYR	W (+25)		44:00	.527
45	45	1962-01-20	27-342	BOS	@	SYR	W (+6)		48:00
46	46	1962-01-21	27-343	BOS		DET	L (-4)		48:00	.518
47	47	1962-01-23	27-345	BOS		LAL	W (+15)		48:00
48	48	1962-01-31	27-353	BOS	@	CHP	W (+7)		46:00
49	49	1962-02-01	27-354	BOS		LAL	W (+15)		41:00
50	50	1962-02-02	27-355	BOS		CIN	W (+19)		40:00	.387
51	51	1962-02-04	27-357	BOS		NYK	W (+16)		48:00	.344
52	52	1962-02-05	27-358	BOS	@	CHP	W (+16)		48:00
53	53	1962-02-06	27-359	BOS	@	STL	W (+15)		45:00	.518
54	54	1962-02-08	27-361	BOS	@	SYR	L (-12)		48:00
55	55	1962-02-09	27-362	BOS		PHW	L (-2)		48:00	.434
56	56	1962-02-10	27-363	BOS	@	PHW	L (-1)		48:00	.381
57	57	1962-02-11	27-364	BOS		CHP	W (+33)		41:00	.637
58	58	1962-02-13	28-001	BOS		CHP	W (+21)		40:00	.566
59	59	1962-02-14	28-002	BOS	@	NYK	L (-13)		48:00
60	60	1962-02-16	28-004	BOS		NYK	W (+23)		45:00
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
61	61	1962-02-18	28-006	BOS	@	LAL	L (-26)		48:00	.383
62	62	1962-02-20	28-008	BOS	@	LAL	W (+19)		48:00	.450
63	63	1962-02-22	28-010	BOS		SYR	W (+28)		44:00
64	64	1962-02-23	28-011	BOS		SYR	W (+14)		45:00	.543
65	65	1962-02-24	28-012	BOS	@	PHW	W (+23)		45:00	.251
66	66	1962-02-25	28-013	BOS	@	SYR	W (+4)		48:00	.493
67	67	1962-02-27	28-015	BOS		CHP	W (+15)		40:00	.549
68	68	1962-02-28	28-016	BOS	@	CIN	W (+6)		46:00	.329
69	69	1962-03-02	28-018	BOS	@	STL	L (-18)		48:00	.598
70	70	1962-03-04	28-020	BOS		STL	W (+3)		48:00	.470
71	71	1962-03-06	28-022	BOS	@	NYK	L (-7)		47:00
72	72	1962-03-07	28-023	BOS		PHW	W (+51)		40:00	.514
73	73	1962-03-08	28-024	BOS	@	CHP	W (+6)		48:00
74	74	1962-03-09	28-025	BOS	@	DET	W (+19)		24:00
75	75	1962-03-11	28-027	BOS		LAL	W (+14)		47:00	.422
76	76	1962-03-13	28-029	BOS		SYR	W (+32)		42:00	.553

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