1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers season

Season of NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1961 36 43 Western 2 Fred Schaus Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena KHJ(Bill Brundige, 3 December games) KNX (AM)(Chick Hearn, playoffs) Division finals(lost to Hawks 3–4) LAL Minneapolis Lakers 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.1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers 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 1960–61 Los Angeles Lakers #004B87 #FFFFFF #02A9E0 #004B87 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 1934-09-16 Seattle University 14 Ray Felix C 6 11 220 1930-12-10 Long Island University 20 Tom Hawkins basketball SF 6 5 210 1936-12-22 Notre Dame 33 Hot Rod Hundley SG 6 4 185 1934-10-26 West Virginia 54 Howie Jolliff PF 6 7 218 1938-07-20 Ohio University 32 Jim Krebs C 6 8 230 1935-09-08 SMU 35 Rudy LaRusso PF 6 7 220 1937-11-11 Dartmouth College 21 Slick Leonard PG 6 3 185 1932-07-17 Indiana 11 Frank Selvy SG 6 3 180 1932-11-09 Furman University 44 Jerry West PG 6 3 175 1938-05-28 West Virginia Fred Schaus https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1961.html December 15, 1960 Regular season Season standings LAL x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1960–61 game log # 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 Los Angeles Lakers 1961 yes #0000FF #FFFFFF Los Angeles Lakers Division semifinals yes yes no #7CA3DC #FFFFFF 3 0 0 2 yes |- | 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 Arena4,253 | 2–0 |- | 3 | March 17 | @ Detroit | L 113–124 | Elgin Baylor (26) | — | Detroit Olympia3,422 | 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) | Shrine Auditorium3,705 | 3–2 |- Los Angeles Lakers Division finals yes no #7CA3DC #FFFFFF 1 2 2 2 yes |- | 1 | March 21 | @ St. Louis | W 122–118 | Elgin Baylor (44) | Elgin Baylor (14) | Kiel Auditorium8,147 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 22 | @ St. Louis | L 106–121 | Elgin Baylor (35) | Elgin Baylor (9) | Kiel Auditorium8,472 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 24 | St. Louis | W 118–112 | Elgin Baylor (25) | Elgin Baylor (18) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena5,006 | 2–1 |- | 4 | March 25 | St. Louis | L 117–118 | Jerry West (33) | Elgin Baylor (15) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena4,923 | 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 Arena14,840 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 1 | @ St. Louis | L 103–105 | Elgin Baylor (39) | Baylor, West (12) | Kiel Auditorium– | 3–4 |- LAL 1961 yes Awards and records Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game Rod 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