# 1962–63 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1962–63 NBA season was the Lakers' 15th season in the NBA and third season in Los Angeles.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 27 | .663 | – | 27–7 | 20–17 | 6–3 | 33–13 |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 48 | 32 | .600 | 5 | 30–7 | 13–18 | 5–7 | 29–17 |
| x-Detroit Pistons | 34 | 46 | .425 | 19 | 14–16 | 8–19 | 12–11 | 19–27 |
| San Francisco Warriors | 31 | 49 | .388 | 22 | 13–20 | 11–25 | 7–4 | 18–28 |
| Chicago Zephyrs | 25 | 55 | .313 | 28 | 17–17 | 3–23 | 5–15 | 13–27 |
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1962-63 NBA Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | SFW | STL | SYR |
| Boston | — | 8–2 | 9–3 | 8–0 | 4–5 | 10–2 | 8–1 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 2–8 | — | 4–6 | 3–7 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 2–8 |
| Cincinnati | 3–9 | 6–4 | — | 4–4 | 3–6 | 10–2 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 7–5 |
| Detroit | 0–8 | 7–3 | 4–4 | — | 1–11 | 8–1 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 3–6 |
| Los Angeles | 5–4 | 7–3 | 6–3 | 11–1 | — | 5–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 4–4 |
| New York | 2–10 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 1–8 | 3–5 | — | 2–6 | 3–6 | 2–10 |
| San Francisco | 1–8 | 6–4 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–2 | — | 3–9 | 3–5 |
| St. Louis | 3–5 | 7–3 | 5–3 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 9–3 | — | 5–4 |
| Syracuse | 6–6 | 8–2 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 10–2 | 5–3 | 4–5 | — |

### Game log
## Playoffs

1963 playoff game log :
Division finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 31
St. Louis
W 112–104
Jerry West (27)
Elgin Baylor (12)
Elgin Baylor (8)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10,086
1–0
2
April 2
St. Louis
W 101–99
Elgin Baylor (29)
three players tied (14)
Baylor, Selvy (6)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 11,225
2–0
3
April 4
@ St. Louis
L 112–125
Elgin Baylor (34)
Elgin Baylor (12)
three players tied (2)
Kiel Auditorium 7,396
2–1
4
April 6
@ St. Louis
L 114–124
Jerry West (33)
Baylor, Ellis (13)
three players tied (2)
Kiel Auditorium 10,614
2–2
5
April 7
St. Louis
W 123–96
Elgin Baylor (37)
Baylor, Wiley (13)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,212
3–2
6
April 9
@ St. Louis
L 113–121
Elgin Baylor (39)
Rudy LaRusso (11)
Jerry West (4)
Kiel Auditorium 8,110
3–3
7
April 11
St. Louis
W 115–100
Elgin Baylor (35)
Elgin Baylor (15)
Baylor, West (7)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,864
4–3 :
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 14
@ Boston
L 114–117
Elgin Baylor (33)
Rudy LaRusso (14)
three players tied (5)
Boston Garden 13,909
0–1
2
April 16
@ Boston
L 106–113
Elgin Baylor (30)
Rudy LaRusso (12)
Elgin Baylor (4)
Boston Garden 13,909
0–2
3
April 17
Boston
W 119–99
Jerry West (42)
Elgin Baylor (23)
Elgin Baylor (8)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,493
1–2
4
April 19
Boston
L 105–108
Elgin Baylor (31)
Elgin Baylor (19)
Jerry West (5)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 16,382
1–3
5
April 21
@ Boston
W 126–119
Elgin Baylor (43)
Elgin Baylor (20)
Jerry West (6)
Boston Garden 13,909
2–3
6
April 24
Boston
L 109–112
Jerry West (32)
Gene Wiley (14)
Jerry West (9)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,652
2–4 :
1963 schedule :

## Awards and records

* Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
* Jerry West, All-NBA First Team
* Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
* Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game
* Rudy LaRusso, NBA All-Star Game