1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season
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The 1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 13th season in 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
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-St. Louis Hawks | 51 | 28 | .646 | – | 29–5 | 15–20 | 7–3 | 25–14 |
x-Los Angeles Lakers | 36 | 43 | .456 | 15 | 16–12 | 8–20 | 12–11 | 19–20 |
x-Detroit Pistons | 34 | 45 | .430 | 17 | 20–11 | 3–19 | 11–15 | 18–21 |
Cincinnati Royals | 33 | 46 | .418 | 18 | 18–13 | 8–19 | 7–14 | 16–23 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1960–61 NBA records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 7–3 | 8–2 | 8–2 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 6–4 | 10–3 |
Cincinnati | 3–7 | — | 2–11 | 8–5 | 8–2 | 2–8 | 6–7 | 4–6 |
Detroit | 2–8 | 11–2 | — | 4–9 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 3–10 | 4–6 |
Los Angeles | 2–8 | 5–8 | 9–4 | — | 7–3 | 2–8 | 5–8 | 6–4 |
New York | 3–10 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | — | 2–11 | 1–9 | 5–8 |
Philadelphia | 5–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 11–2 | — | 3–7 | 6–7 |
St. Louis | 4–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 9–1 | 7–3 | — | 6–4 |
Syracuse | 3–10 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–6 | — |
Game log
1960–61 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 19 | @ Cincinnati |
123–140 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 0–1 | |||||
2 | October 22 | @ St. Louis |
96–112 | Rudy LaRusso (28) | 0–2 | |||||
3 | October 24 | New York | 111–101 | Elgin Baylor (25) | 0–3 | |||||
4 | October 25 | New York | 118–120 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 1–3 | |||||
5 | October 28 | @ Philadelphia |
120–122 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 1–4 | |||||
6 | October 29 | @ Syracuse |
118–125 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 1–5 | |||||
7 | November 2 | N New York | 96–106 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 2–5 | |||||
8 | November 5 | Syracuse | 110–112 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 3–5 | |||||
9 | November 6 | N Syracuse | 113–119 | Hot Rod Hundley (29) | 4–5 | |||||
10 | November 9 | N Philadelphia | 125–118 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 4–6 | |||||
11 | November 12 | N Boston | 124–131 | Elgin Baylor (45) | 4–7 | |||||
12 | November 15 | @ New York | 123–108 | Elgin Baylor (71) | 5–7 | |||||
13 | November 19 | Detroit | 122–130 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 6–7 | |||||
14 | November 20 | N Detroit | 135–131 | Elgin Baylor (52) | 7–7 | |||||
15 | November 22 | N Cincinnati | 133–118 | Elgin Baylor (41) | 8–7 | |||||
16 | November 23 | @ Cincinnati | 118–122 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 8–8 | |||||
17 | November 24 | N Cincinnati | 108–100 | Elgin Baylor (33) | 9–8 | |||||
18 | November 25 | @ Detroit | 141–128 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (51) | 10–8 | |||||
19 | November 26 | @ St. Louis | 113–126 | Hot Rod Hundley (22) | 10–9 | |||||
20 | November 27 | Philadelphia | 113–106 | Jim Krebs (25) | 10–10 | |||||
21 | November 28 | Philadelphia | 112–137 | Elgin Baylor (42) | 11–10 | |||||
22 | November 29 | N Philadelphia | 122–121 | Hot Rod Hundley (30) | 11–11 | |||||
23 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia | 114–117 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 11–12 | |||||
24 | December 2 | @ Boston | 120–117 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 12–12 | |||||
25 | December 4 | Boston | 113–103 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 12–13 | |||||
26 | December 5 | Boston | 123–101 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 12–14 | |||||
27 | December 7 | @ Cincinnati | 112–114 | Elgin Baylor (25) | 12–15 | |||||
28 | December 10 | @ St. Louis | 108–111 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 12–16 | |||||
29 | December 12 | St. Louis | 114–103 | Jerry West (26) | 12–17 | |||||
30 | December 14 | St. Louis | 113–124 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 13–17 | |||||
31 | December 16 | @ Cincinnati | 116–130 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 13–18 | |||||
32 | December 17 | @ Boston | 112–140 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 13–19 | |||||
33 | December 19 | N Detroit | 107–103 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 14–19 | |||||
34 | December 20 | N Detroit | 94–97 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 14–20 | |||||
35 | December 26 | @ New York | 112–119 | Elgin Baylor (44) | 14–21 | |||||
36 | December 28 | @ Syracuse | 113–115 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 14–22 | |||||
37 | December 29 | N New York | 95–111 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 15–22 | |||||
38 | December 30 | @ St. Louis | 99–107 | Elgin Baylor (23) | 15–23 | |||||
39 | January 1 | @ Detroit | 105–116 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 15–24 | |||||
40 | January 2 | N Detroit | 123–113 | Elgin Baylor (46) | 16–24 | |||||
41 | January 3 | Boston | 102–96 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 16–25 | |||||
42 | January 5 | St. Louis | 96–110 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 17–25 | |||||
43 | January 6 | St. Louis | 108–104 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 17–26 | |||||
44 | January 10 | New York | 104–117 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 18–26 | |||||
45 | January 11 | New York | 109–104 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 18–27 | |||||
46 | January 14 | Cincinnati | 114–123 | Elgin Baylor (45) | 19–27 | |||||
47 | January 15 | Cincinnati | 109–105 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 19–28 | |||||
48 | January 19 | N Boston | 103–106 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 19–29 | |||||
49 | January 21 | @ Philadelphia | 111–136 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 19–30 | |||||
50 | January 22 | N Syracuse | 112–109 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 19–31 | |||||
51 | January 24 | Syracuse | 107–116 | Elgin Baylor (56) | 20–31 | |||||
52 | January 25 | Syracuse | 112–117 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 21–31 | |||||
53 | January 29 | Detroit | 113–137 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 22–31 | |||||
54 | January 30 | Detroit | 116–117 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 23–31 | |||||
55 | January 31 | N Detroit | 112–121 | Elgin Baylor (47) | 23–32 | |||||
56 | February 2 | N St. Louis | 115–116 | Rudy LaRusso (35) | 24–32 | |||||
57 | February 5 | @ Detroit | 125–120 | Elgin Baylor (45) | 25–32 | |||||
58 | February 6 | N Cincinnati | 110–101 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 26–32 | |||||
59 | February 7 | N Boston | 95–96 | Jerry West (29) | 26–33 | |||||
60 | February 8 | St. Louis | 103–120 | Tom Hawkins (32) | 27–33 | |||||
61 | February 9 | St. Louis | 123–113 | Elgin Baylor (45) | 27–34 | |||||
62 | February 12 | St. Louis | 105–95 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 28–34 | |||||
63 | February 13 | N Cincinnati | 100–104 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 28–35 | |||||
64 | February 14 | N Boston | 93–113 | Jerry West (21) | 28–36 | |||||
65 | February 16 | @ Detroit | 129–106 | Elgin Baylor (57) | 29–36 | |||||
66 | February 18 | @ New York | 121–106 | Baylor, Selvy (28) | 30–36 | |||||
67 | February 19 | @ Cincinnati | 106–112 | Rudy LaRusso (29) | 30–37 | |||||
68 | February 20 | N Syracuse | 126–121 | Elgin Baylor (45) | 30–38 | |||||
69 | February 22 | Boston | 93–105 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 31–38 | |||||
70 | February 26 | Philadelphia | 116–121 | Jerry West (38) | 32–38 | |||||
71 | February 27 | Philadelphia | 113–88 | Rudy LaRusso (26) | 32–39 | |||||
72 | February 28 | @ Philadelphia | 108–123 | Hot Rod Hundley (33) | 32–40 | |||||
73 | March 1 | N New York | 107–144 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 33–40 | |||||
74 | March 2 | N Syracuse | 110–114 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 34–40 | |||||
75 | March 5 | @ Syracuse | 125–114 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 35–40 | |||||
76 | March 7 | @ St. Louis | 136–137 (2OT) | Elgin Baylor (39) | 35–41 | |||||
77 | March 8 | @ Detroit | 103–120 | Baylor, West (20) | 35–42 | |||||
78 | March 11 | Cincinnati | 108–105 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 35–43 | |||||
79 | March 12 | Cincinnati | 122–123 | Elgin Baylor (49) | 36–43 |
Playoffs
Awards and records
- All-NBA First Team
- Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
- Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game
- Rod Hundley, NBA All-Star Game