1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors Schedule and Results

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Record: 49-31, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Frank McGuire (49-31)

Executive: Eddie Gottlieb

PTS/G: 125.4 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 122.7 (9th of 9)

SRS: 2.63 (2nd of 9) Pace: 131.1 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 94.5 (4th of 9) Def Rtg: 92.4 (3rd of 9) Net Rtg: +2.1 (2nd of 9)

Expected W-L: 46-34 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	118	0	1	L 1	at New York, NY
2	Fri, Oct 20, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	115	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Oct 21, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	95	2	1	W 2
4	Fri, Oct 27, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		122	126	2	2	L 1
5	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		119	115	3	2	W 1
6	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		98	112	3	3	L 1
7	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	132	4	3	W 1
8	Wed, Nov 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		132	128	5	3	W 2
9	Thu, Nov 9, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		151	108	6	3	W 3
10	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		125	128	6	4	L 1
11	Tue, Nov 14, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		122	124	6	5	L 2
12	Wed, Nov 15, 1961	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		145	133	7	5	W 1
13	Fri, Nov 17, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		121	125	7	6	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		130	148	7	7	L 2
15	Sun, Nov 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		122	114	8	7	W 1
16	Tue, Nov 21, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		125	118	9	7	W 2
17	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	119	9	8	L 1
18	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		134	102	10	8	W 1
19	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		121	111	11	8	W 2
20	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		138	117	12	8	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 2, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	129	12	9	L 1
22	Tue, Dec 5, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		122	105	13	9	W 1
23	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		132	137	13	10	L 1
24	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	3OT	147	151	13	11	L 2
25	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		135	113	14	11	W 1
26	Sun, Dec 10, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		118	109	15	11	W 2	at East Chicago, IN
27	Tue, Dec 12, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		132	109	16	11	W 3	at New York, NY
28	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	123	16	12	L 1
29	Thu, Dec 14, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		136	125	17	12	W 1
30	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		112	110	18	12	W 2
31	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		117	110	19	12	W 3
32	Wed, Dec 20, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		117	102	20	12	W 4
33	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	2OT	135	136	20	13	L 1
34	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		118	111	21	13	W 1	at Boston, MA
35	Wed, Dec 27, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		131	119	22	13	W 2
36	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	118	23	13	W 3	at Hershey, PA
37	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	111	116	23	14	L 1
38	Mon, Jan 1, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	114	23	15	L 2
39	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		123	124	23	16	L 3
40	Fri, Jan 5, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		134	116	24	16	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		112	137	24	17	L 1
42	Tue, Jan 9, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		120	129	24	18	L 2
43	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		113	110	25	18	W 1
44	Thu, Jan 11, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		128	145	25	19	L 1
45	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		135	117	26	19	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		136	145	26	20	L 1
47	Wed, Jan 17, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	136	130	27	20	W 1	at Detroit, MI
48	Thu, Jan 18, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		133	151	27	21	L 1
49	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		136	125	28	21	W 1	at Boston, MA
50	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		123	107	29	21	W 2
51	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	139	132	30	21	W 3	at Utica, NY
52	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		122	108	31	21	W 4	at Boston, MA
53	Fri, Jan 26, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		136	110	32	21	W 5	at Hershey, PA
54	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		131	106	33	21	W 6
55	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	OT	133	129	34	21	W 7
56	Tue, Jan 30, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		110	116	34	22	L 1
57	Thu, Feb 1, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		130	109	35	22	W 1
58	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		129	116	36	22	W 2	at Boston, MA
59	Sat, Feb 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		112	134	36	23	L 1
60	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		128	117	37	23	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		136	120	38	23	W 2	at Syracuse, NY
62	Fri, Feb 9, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		126	124	39	23	W 3
63	Sat, Feb 10, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		107	106	40	23	W 4
64	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		121	111	41	23	W 5
65	Tue, Feb 13, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		132	152	41	24	L 1
66	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		110	119	41	25	L 2
67	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		136	132	42	25	W 1
68	Sat, Feb 17, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		121	128	42	26	L 1
69	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		112	107	43	26	W 1	at New York, NY
70	Wed, Feb 21, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		109	150	43	27	L 1
71	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		139	121	44	27	W 1
72	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		86	109	44	28	L 1
73	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		135	149	44	29	L 2
74	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		147	137	45	29	W 1
75	Wed, Feb 28, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		128	119	46	29	W 2
76	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		169	147	47	29	W 3	at Hershey, PA; Wilt's 100-Point Game
77	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		129	128	48	29	W 4
78	Wed, Mar 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	153	48	30	L 1
79	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		130	148	48	31	L 2
80	Wed, Mar 14, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W	OT	119	115	49	31	W 1

Playoffs

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

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