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1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season

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1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season
Division champions
Head coachFred Schaus
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record53–27 (.663)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Celtics 2–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHJ-TV
RadioKHJ
< 1961–62 1963–64 >

The 1962–63 NBA season was the Lakers' 15th season in the NBA and third season in Los Angeles.[1]

Roster

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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SG 5 Barnett, Dick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1936-10-02 Tennessee State
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
C 25 Ellis, Leroy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-03-10 St. John's
SF 24 Horn, Ron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1938-05-24 Indiana
SG 33 Hundley, Hot Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1934-10-26 West Virginia
PF 54 Jolliff, Howie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1938-07-20 Ohio
C 32 Krebs, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1935-09-08 SMU
PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth
SG 11 Selvy, Frank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1932-11-09 Furman
PG 44 West, Jerry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
C 12 Wiley, Gene 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1937-11-12 Wichita State
Head coach

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: September 14, 1962

Regular season

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Season standings

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W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers 53 27 .663 27–7 20–17 6–3 33–13
x-St. Louis Hawks 48 32 .600 5 30–7 13–18 5–7 29–17
x-Detroit Pistons 34 46 .425 19 14–16 8–19 12–11 19–27
San Francisco Warriors 31 49 .388 22 13–20 11–25 7–4 18–28
Chicago Zephyrs 25 55 .313 28 17–17 3–23 5–15 13–27
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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1962-63 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK SFW STL SYR
Boston 8–2 9–3 8–0 4–5 10–2 8–1 5–3 6–6
Chicago 2–8 4–6 3–7 3–7 4–6 4–6 3–7 2–8
Cincinnati 3–9 6–4 4–4 3–6 10–2 6–3 3–5 7–5
Detroit 0–8 7–3 4–4 1–11 8–1 7–5 4–8 3–6
Los Angeles 5–4 7–3 6–3 11–1 5–3 8–4 7–5 4–4
New York 2–10 6–4 2–10 1–8 3–5 2–6 3–6 2–10
San Francisco 1–8 6–4 3–6 5–7 4–8 6–2 3–9 3–5
St. Louis 3–5 7–3 5–3 8–4 5–7 6–3 9–3 5–4
Syracuse 6–6 8–2 5–7 6–3 4–4 10–2 5–3 4–5

Game log

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1962–63 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 16 N Detroit 122–106 Elgin Baylor (35) 1–0
2 October 19 @ New York 105–116 Elgin Baylor (36) 1–1
3 October 20 @ Syracuse 102–108 Elgin Baylor (42) 1–2
4 October 23 @ Cincinnati 115–116 Jerry West (32) 1–3
5 October 24 @ Chicago 107–118 Jerry West (25) 1–4
6 October 27 Detroit 118–134 Elgin Baylor (31) 2–4
7 October 31 New York 95–115 Jerry West (35) 3–4
8 November 3 San Francisco 115–127 Jerry West (49) 4–4
9 November 4 New York 106–125 Elgin Baylor (29) 5–4
10 November 7 @ San Francisco 132–108 Elgin Baylor (30) 6–4
11 November 9 @ Boston 133–120 Elgin Baylor (41) 7–4
12 November 10 @ St. Louis 96–97 Jerry West (27) 7–5
13 November 11 Chicago 109–105 (OT) Elgin Baylor (42) 7–6
14 November 13 Chicago 84–107 Jerry West (27) 8–6
15 November 15 N Syracuse 120–98 Elgin Baylor (24) 8–7
16 November 17 @ Chicago 110–109 Elgin Baylor (39) 9–7
17 November 18 @ Detroit 116–98 Elgin Baylor (36) 10–7
18 November 22 Cincinnati 110–134 Elgin Baylor (33) 11–7
19 November 23 @ San Francisco 129–124 Elgin Baylor (36) 12–7
20 November 24 Cincinnati 123–129 Elgin Baylor (42) 13–7
21 November 26 Chicago 106–128 Jerry West (33) 14–7
22 November 28 St. Louis 110–116 Elgin Baylor (40) 15–7
23 December 1 St. Louis 97–110 Jerry West (46) 16–7
24 December 4 @ New York 132–112 Elgin Baylor (43) 17–7
25 December 7 @ Boston 112–126 Elgin Baylor (33) 17–8
26 December 8 @ Cincinnati 131–128 (OT) Elgin Baylor (33) 18–8
27 December 9 N Syracuse 117–114 Elgin Baylor (34) 18–9
28 December 11 N Cincinnati 124–121 Elgin Baylor (42) 19–9
29 December 12 Syracuse 120–126 Elgin Baylor (50) 20–9
30 December 14 @ San Francisco 120–118 Elgin Baylor (51) 21–9
31 December 15 San Francisco 104–113 Elgin Baylor (52) 22–9
32 December 17 Syracuse 114–121 Elgin Baylor (42) 23–9
33 December 19 St. Louis 106–135 Elgin Baylor (37) 24–9
34 December 21 St. Louis 105–100 Elgin Baylor (48) 24–10
35 December 26 @ St. Louis 104–106 Elgin Baylor (34) 24–11
36 December 29 @ Syracuse 132–123 Elgin Baylor (32) 25–11
37 December 30 @ Detroit 135–130 Elgin Baylor (38) 26–11
38 January 4 Boston 123–125 Frank Selvy (36) 27–11
39 January 5 Boston 104–106 Jerry West (27) 28–11
40 January 6 @ Cincinnati 120–119 (OT) Jerry West (32) 29–11
41 January 8 @ St. Louis 99–96 Elgin Baylor (28) 30–11
42 January 9 @ Detroit 123–115 Jerry West (40) 31–11
43 January 11 @ San Francisco 134–129 Jerry West (38) 32–11
44 January 12 San Francisco 114–119 Jerry West (33) 33–11
45 January 13 New York 102–108 Jerry West (33) 34–11
46 January 18 @ Chicago 116–108 Elgin Baylor (37) 35–11
47 January 20 @ Boston 121–133 Elgin Baylor (40) 35–12
48 January 21 Detroit 94–124 Dick Barnett (28) 36–12
49 January 23 Detroit 119–123 Elgin Baylor (42) 37–12
50 January 25 N Syracuse 114–122 Elgin Baylor (39) 38–12
51 January 27 @ St. Louis 105–101 Barnett, Baylor (30) 39–12
52 January 30 N New York 115–116 Elgin Baylor (37) 40–12
53 January 31 N Detroit 127–122 Elgin Baylor (49) 41–12
54 February 1 @ Detroit 119–109 Elgin Baylor (36) 42–12
55 February 2 @ St. Louis 103–97 Jerry West (31) 43–12
56 February 3 @ New York 95–122 Elgin Baylor (21) 43–13
57 February 6 Chicago 105–107 Elgin Baylor (29) 44–13
58 February 8 Chicago 91–94 Dick Barnett (32) 45–13
59 February 9 @ Chicago 107–106 Elgin Baylor (38) 46–13
60 February 10 @ Cincinnati 107–124 Elgin Baylor (42) 46–14
61 February 12 N Boston 93–120 Elgin Baylor (35) 46–15
62 February 13 @ Boston 134–128 Elgin Baylor (50) 47–15
63 February 14 Detroit 111–128 Elgin Baylor (41) 48–15
64 February 16 San Francisco 122–118 (2OT) Elgin Baylor (46) 48–16
65 February 19 @ San Francisco 109–111 Elgin Baylor (42) 48–17
66 February 22 Boston 105–113 Dick Barnett (36) 49–17
67 February 24 Boston 119–109 Elgin Baylor (25) 49–18
68 February 25 N Detroit 113–107 Elgin Baylor (49) 50–18
69 February 26 @ New York 116–125 Dick Barnett (36) 50–19
70 February 27 @ Syracuse 111–122 Elgin Baylor (42) 50–20
71 March 1 @ Chicago 109–114 Elgin Baylor (33) 50–21
72 March 2 San Francisco 122–113 Dick Barnett (35) 50–22
73 March 4 Cincinnati 114–111 Dick Barnett (37) 50–23
74 March 6 Cincinnati 97–106 Elgin Baylor (38) 51–23
75 March 9 @ St. Louis 101–117 Elgin Baylor (46) 51–24
76 March 10 @ Detroit 116–124 Dick Barnett (27) 51–25
77 March 11 St. Louis 96–109 Baylor, Selvy (20) 52–25
78 March 12 @ San Francisco 110–116 Elgin Baylor (32) 52–26
79 March 13 St. Louis 112–98 Elgin Baylor (35) 52–27
80 March 16 San Francisco 105–111 (OT) Elgin Baylor (37) 53–27

Playoffs

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1963 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 March 31 St. Louis W 112–104 Jerry West (27) Elgin Baylor (12) Elgin Baylor (8) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
10,086
1–0
2 April 2 St. Louis W 101–99 Elgin Baylor (29) three players tied (14) Baylor, Selvy (6) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,225
2–0
3 April 4 @ St. Louis L 112–125 Elgin Baylor (34) Elgin Baylor (12) three players tied (2) Kiel Auditorium
7,396
2–1
4 April 6 @ St. Louis L 114–124 Jerry West (33) Baylor, Ellis (13) three players tied (2) Kiel Auditorium
10,614
2–2
5 April 7 St. Louis W 123–96 Elgin Baylor (37) Baylor, Wiley (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,212
3–2
6 April 9 @ St. Louis L 113–121 Elgin Baylor (39) Rudy LaRusso (11) Jerry West (4) Kiel Auditorium
8,110
3–3
7 April 11 St. Louis W 115–100 Elgin Baylor (35) Elgin Baylor (15) Baylor, West (7) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,864
4–3
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 April 14 @ Boston L 114–117 Elgin Baylor (33) Rudy LaRusso (14) three players tied (5) Boston Garden
13,909
0–1
2 April 16 @ Boston L 106–113 Elgin Baylor (30) Rudy LaRusso (12) Elgin Baylor (4) Boston Garden
13,909
0–2
3 April 17 Boston W 119–99 Jerry West (42) Elgin Baylor (23) Elgin Baylor (8) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,493
1–2
4 April 19 Boston L 105–108 Elgin Baylor (31) Elgin Baylor (19) Jerry West (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
16,382
1–3
5 April 21 @ Boston W 126–119 Elgin Baylor (43) Elgin Baylor (20) Jerry West (6) Boston Garden
13,909
2–3
6 April 24 Boston L 109–112 Jerry West (32) Gene Wiley (14) Jerry West (9) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,652
2–4
1963 schedule

Awards and records

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References

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