1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season

1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season
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 @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KHJ-TV
Radio KHJ

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

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5327.663–27–720–176–333–13
x-St. Louis Hawks4832.600530–713–185–729–17
x-Detroit Pistons3446.4251914–168–1912–1119–27
San Francisco Warriors3149.3882213–2011–257–418–28
Chicago Zephyrs2555.3132817–173–235–1513–27
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1962-63 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK SFW STL SYR
Boston —8–29–38–04–510–28–15–36–6
Chicago 2–8—4–63–73–74–64–63–72–8
Cincinnati 3–96–4—4–43–610–26–33–57–5
Detroit 0–87–34–4—1–118–17–54–83–6
Los Angeles 5–47–36–311–1—5–38–47–54–4
New York 2–106–42–101–83–5—2–63–62–10
San Francisco 1–86–43–65–74–86–2—3–93–5
St. Louis 3–57–35–38–45–76–39–3—5–4
Syracuse 6–68–25–76–34–410–25–34–5—

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

The Lakers had a division semifinal bye.

West Division Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) St. Louis Hawks: Lakers win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 112, St. Louis 104
  • Game 2 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 101, St. Louis 99
  • Game 3 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 125, Los Angeles 112
  • Game 4 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 124, Los Angeles 114
  • Game 5 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 123, St. Louis 96
  • Game 6 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 121, Los Angeles 113
  • Game 7 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 115, St. Louis 100

NBA Finals

(E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) Los Angeles Lakers: Celtics win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Boston: Boston 117, Los Angeles 114
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Boston 113, Los Angeles 106
  • Game 3 @ Los Angeles: Los Angeles 119, Boston 99
  • Game 4 @ Los Angeles: Boston 108, Los Angeles 105
  • Game 5 @ Boston: Los Angeles 126, Boston 119
  • Game 6 @ Los Angeles: Boston 112, Los Angeles 109

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers
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