1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 36-43
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 6-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Coach: Fred Schaus (36-43)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 151,344, Avg. 5,045 in 30 home dates

1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1960-61 season with a record of 36 wins and 43 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.

The Lakers allowed 9,010 points, least in the league. Los Angeles racked up 9,006 points. Elgin Baylor scored a team-leading 2,538 points for the squad and contributed 1,447 rebounds. Elgin Baylor dished out 371 assists for the team.

Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1960-61 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	73	3133	2166	931			863	676	1447	371	279	2538
Jerry West	G-F	79	2797	1264	529			497	331	611	333	213	1389
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	79	2593	992	416			409	323	781	135	280	1155
Rod Hundley	G	79	2179	921	323			296	223	289	350	144	869
Frank Selvy	G-F	77	2153	767	311			279	210	299	246	219	832
Tom Hawkins	F	78	1846	719	310			235	140	479	88	209	760
Jim Krebs	C-F	75	1655	692	271			93	75	456	68	223	617
Ray Felix	C	78	1510	508	189			193	135	539	37	302	513
Slick Leonard	G	55	600	207	61			100	71	70	81	70	193
Howie Jolliff	F-C	46	352	141	46			23	11	141	16	53	103
Gary Alcorn	C	20	174	40	12			8	7	50	2	47	31
Ron Johnson	F	8	43	13	2			3	2	15	1	4	6
Totals		747	19035	8430	3401	0	0	2999	2204	5177	1728	2043	9006

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	73	42.9	43.0	78.3	19.8	5.1	3.8	34.8
Jerry West	G-F	79	35.4	41.9	66.6	7.7	4.2	2.7	17.6
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	79	32.8	41.9	79.0	9.9	1.7	3.5	14.6
Rod Hundley	G	79	27.6	35.1	75.3	3.7	4.4	1.8	11.0
Frank Selvy	G-F	77	28.0	40.5	75.3	3.9	3.2	2.8	10.8
Tom Hawkins	F	78	23.7	43.1	59.6	6.1	1.1	2.7	9.7
Jim Krebs	C-F	75	22.1	39.2	80.6	6.1	0.9	3.0	8.2
Ray Felix	C	78	19.4	37.2	69.9	6.9	0.5	3.9	6.6
Slick Leonard	G	55	10.9	29.5	71.0	1.3	1.5	1.3	3.5
Howie Jolliff	F-C	46	7.7	32.6	47.8	3.1	0.3	1.2	2.2
Gary Alcorn	C	20	8.7	30.0	87.5	2.5	0.1	2.4	1.6
Ron Johnson	F	8	5.4	15.4	66.7	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.8
Averages		747	25.5	40.3	73.5	6.9	2.3	2.7	12.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	12	540	352	170			142	117	183	55	44	457
Jerry West	G-F	12	461	202	99			106	77	104	66	39	275
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	12	360	144	57			48	32	96	24	43	146
Tom Hawkins	F	12	283	116	54			47	31	76	13	43	139
Frank Selvy	G-F	12	371	111	43			48	37	44	50	42	123
Ray Felix	C	12	339	109	46			39	30	125	10	52	122
Rod Hundley	G	12	287	101	30			29	20	41	45	19	80
Jim Krebs	C-F	12	183	47	16			18	14	60	9	37	46
Howie Jolliff	F-C	4	35	13	6			0	0	25	8	4	12
Slick Leonard	G	7	46	24	5			4	1	12	6	7	11
Totals		107	2905	1219	526	0	0	481	359	766	286	330	1411

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Elgin Baylor	F	12	45.0	48.3	82.4	15.3	4.6	3.7	38.1
Jerry West	G-F	12	38.4	49.0	72.6	8.7	5.5	3.3	22.9
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	12	30.0	39.6	66.7	8.0	2.0	3.6	12.2
Tom Hawkins	F	12	23.6	46.6	66.0	6.3	1.1	3.6	11.6
Frank Selvy	G-F	12	30.9	38.7	77.1	3.7	4.2	3.5	10.3
Ray Felix	C	12	28.3	42.2	76.9	10.4	0.8	4.3	10.2
Rod Hundley	G	12	23.9	29.7	69.0	3.4	3.8	1.6	6.7
Jim Krebs	C-F	12	15.3	34.0	77.8	5.0	0.8	3.1	3.8
Howie Jolliff	F-C	4	8.8	46.2		6.3	2.0	1.0	3.0
Slick Leonard	G	7	6.6	20.8	25.0	1.7	0.9	1.0	1.6
Averages		747	27.1	43.2	74.6	7.2	2.7	3.1	13.2