1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coachFred Schaus
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record3643 (.456)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Hawks 3–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHJ-TV
RadioKHJ

The 1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 13th season in the NBA and first season in Los Angeles, following their off-season relocation from the Twin Cities of Minnesota.[1] The Lakers finished in second place in the NBA Western Division during the 1960–61 NBA season, with a record of 36–43, 15 games behind the St. Louis Hawks. The Lakers qualified for the Western Division playoffs, defeating the Detroit Pistons, three games to two in the semifinals, before losing again to the Hawks in the West Finals, four games to three.

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
C 14 Felix, Ray 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1930-12-10 Long Island
SF 20 Hawkins, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1936-12-22 Notre Dame
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
PG 21 Leonard, Slick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1932-07-17 Indiana
SG 11 Selvy, Frank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1932-11-09 Furman
PG 44 West, Jerry (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
Head coach

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

Roster
Last transaction: December 15, 1960

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-St. Louis Hawks5128.64629–515–207–325–14
x-Los Angeles Lakers3643.4561516–128–2012–1119–20
x-Detroit Pistons3445.4301720–113–1911–1518–21
Cincinnati Royals3346.4181818–138–197–1416–23
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1960–61 NBA records
Team BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston 7–38–28–210–38–56–410–3
Cincinnati 3–72–118–58–22–86–74–6
Detroit 2–811–24–95–55–53–104–6
Los Angeles 2–85–89–47–32–85–86–4
New York 3–102–85–53–72–111–95–8
Philadelphia 5–88–25–58–211–23–76–7
St. Louis 4–67–610–38–59–17–36–4
Syracuse 3–106–46–44–68–57–64–6

Game log

1960–61 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 19@ Cincinnati123–140Elgin Baylor (35)0–1
2October 22@ St. Louis96–112Rudy LaRusso (28)0–2
3October 24New York111–101Elgin Baylor (25)0–3
4October 25New York118–120Elgin Baylor (36)1–3
5October 28@ Philadelphia120–122Elgin Baylor (28)1–4
6October 29@ Syracuse118–125Elgin Baylor (31)1–5
7November 2N New York96–106Elgin Baylor (30)2–5
8November 5Syracuse110–112Elgin Baylor (40)3–5
9November 6N Syracuse113–119Hot Rod Hundley (29)4–5
10November 9N Philadelphia125–118Elgin Baylor (40)4–6
11November 12N Boston124–131Elgin Baylor (45)4–7
12November 15@ New York123–108Elgin Baylor (71)5–7
13November 19Detroit122–130Elgin Baylor (35)6–7
14November 20N Detroit135–131Elgin Baylor (52)7–7
15November 22N Cincinnati133–118Elgin Baylor (41)8–7
16November 23@ Cincinnati118–122Elgin Baylor (37)8–8
17November 24N Cincinnati108–100Elgin Baylor (33)9–8
18November 25@ Detroit141–128 (OT)Elgin Baylor (51)10–8
19November 26@ St. Louis113–126Hot Rod Hundley (22)10–9
20November 27Philadelphia113–106Jim Krebs (25)10–10
21November 28Philadelphia112–137Elgin Baylor (42)11–10
22November 29N Philadelphia122–121Hot Rod Hundley (30)11–11
23December 1@ Philadelphia114–117Elgin Baylor (28)11–12
24December 2@ Boston120–117Elgin Baylor (23)12–12
25December 4Boston113–103Elgin Baylor (40)12–13
26December 5Boston123–101Elgin Baylor (43)12–14
27December 7@ Cincinnati112–114Elgin Baylor (25)12–15
28December 10@ St. Louis108–111Elgin Baylor (34)12–16
29December 12St. Louis114–103Jerry West (26)12–17
30December 14St. Louis113–124Elgin Baylor (28)13–17
31December 16@ Cincinnati116–130Elgin Baylor (34)13–18
32December 17@ Boston112–140Elgin Baylor (29)13–19
33December 19N Detroit107–103Elgin Baylor (39)14–19
34December 20N Detroit94–97Elgin Baylor (37)14–20
35December 26@ New York112–119Elgin Baylor (44)14–21
36December 28@ Syracuse113–115Elgin Baylor (39)14–22
37December 29N New York95–111Elgin Baylor (28)15–22
38December 30@ St. Louis99–107Elgin Baylor (23)15–23
39January 1@ Detroit105–116Elgin Baylor (39)15–24
40January 2N Detroit123–113Elgin Baylor (46)16–24
41January 3Boston102–96Elgin Baylor (40)16–25
42January 5St. Louis96–110Elgin Baylor (26)17–25
43January 6St. Louis108–104Elgin Baylor (27)17–26
44January 10New York104–117Elgin Baylor (35)18–26
45January 11New York109–104Elgin Baylor (39)18–27
46January 14Cincinnati114–123Elgin Baylor (45)19–27
47January 15Cincinnati109–105Elgin Baylor (37)19–28
48January 19N Boston103–106Elgin Baylor (29)19–29
49January 21@ Philadelphia111–136Elgin Baylor (27)19–30
50January 22N Syracuse112–109Elgin Baylor (38)19–31
51January 24Syracuse107–116Elgin Baylor (56)20–31
52January 25Syracuse112–117Elgin Baylor (27)21–31
53January 29Detroit113–137Elgin Baylor (34)22–31
54January 30Detroit116–117Elgin Baylor (28)23–31
55January 31N Detroit112–121Elgin Baylor (47)23–32
56February 2N St. Louis115–116Rudy LaRusso (35)24–32
57February 5@ Detroit125–120Elgin Baylor (45)25–32
58February 6N Cincinnati110–101Elgin Baylor (35)26–32
59February 7N Boston95–96Jerry West (29)26–33
60February 8St. Louis103–120Tom Hawkins (32)27–33
61February 9St. Louis123–113Elgin Baylor (45)27–34
62February 12St. Louis105–95Elgin Baylor (31)28–34
63February 13N Cincinnati100–104Elgin Baylor (31)28–35
64February 14N Boston93–113Jerry West (21)28–36
65February 16@ Detroit129–106Elgin Baylor (57)29–36
66February 18@ New York121–106Baylor, Selvy (28)30–36
67February 19@ Cincinnati106–112Rudy LaRusso (29)30–37
68February 20N Syracuse126–121Elgin Baylor (45)30–38
69February 22Boston93–105Elgin Baylor (38)31–38
70February 26Philadelphia116–121Jerry West (38)32–38
71February 27Philadelphia113–88Rudy LaRusso (26)32–39
72February 28@ Philadelphia108–123Hot Rod Hundley (33)32–40
73March 1N New York107–144Elgin Baylor (27)33–40
74March 2N Syracuse110–114Elgin Baylor (34)34–40
75March 5@ Syracuse125–114Elgin Baylor (37)35–40
76March 7@ St. Louis136–137 (2OT)Elgin Baylor (39)35–41
77March 8@ Detroit103–120Baylor, West (20)35–42
78March 11Cincinnati108–105Elgin Baylor (27)35–43
79March 12Cincinnati122–123Elgin Baylor (49)36–43

Playoffs

1961 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 March 14 Detroit W 120–102 Elgin Baylor (40) Ray Felix (21) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 1–0
2 March 15 Detroit W 127–118 Elgin Baylor (49) Elgin Baylor (21) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
4,253
2–0
3 March 17 @ Detroit L 113–124 Elgin Baylor (26) Detroit Olympia
3,422
2–1
4 March 18 @ Detroit L 114–123 Elgin Baylor (47) Detroit Olympia 2–2
5 March 19 Detroit W 137–120 Elgin Baylor (35) Baylor, Felix (15) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
3,705
3–2
Division finals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 March 21 @ St. Louis W 122–118 Elgin Baylor (44) Elgin Baylor (14) Kiel Auditorium
8,147
1–0
2 March 22 @ St. Louis L 106–121 Elgin Baylor (35) Elgin Baylor (9) Kiel Auditorium
8,472
1–1
3 March 24 St. Louis W 118–112 Elgin Baylor (25) Elgin Baylor (18) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
5,006
2–1
4 March 25 St. Louis L 117–118 Jerry West (33) Elgin Baylor (15) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
4,923
2–2
5 March 27 @ St. Louis W 121–112 Elgin Baylor (47) Elgin Baylor (20) Kiel Auditorium 3–2
6 March 29 St. Louis L 113–114 (OT) Elgin Baylor (39) Elgin Baylor (21) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,840
3–3
7 April 1 @ St. Louis L 103–105 Elgin Baylor (39) Baylor, West (12) Kiel Auditorium 3–4
1961 schedule

Awards and records

References

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