1962–63_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season
1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season
Season of National Basketball Association team the Los Angeles Lakers
The 1962–63 NBA season was the Lakers' 15th season in the NBA and third season in Los Angeles.[1]
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1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season | |||
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Division champions | |||
Head coach | Fred Schaus | ||
Arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | ||
Results | |||
Record | 53–27 (.663) | ||
Place | Division: 1st (Western) | ||
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 2–4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | KHJ-TV | ||
Radio | KHJ | ||
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1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers roster
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Season standings
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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 |
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Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
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Game log
1962–63 game log | ||||||||||
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# | 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 |
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