1961–62 NBA season
The 1961–62 NBA season was the 16th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 4th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
Notable occurrences
- The Chicago Packers entered the league, bringing the number of teams to nine.
- The NBA schedule was expanded for the third consecutive season. This time it went from 79 games per team, to 80.
- The Philadelphia Warriors played their final season before their trans-continental relocation to San Francisco for the following season. The NBA would return to Philadelphia in 1963.
- The 1962 NBA All-Star Game was played in St. Louis, Missouri, with the West beating the East 150-130. Local favorite Bob Pettit wins the game's MVP award.
- In a game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain made history by scoring 100 points in the Philadelphia Warriors 169-147 win over the New York Knicks. It still stands as one of the greatest individual feats in sports history. Chamberlain would go on to average 50.4 points per game that season, another record.[1]
- This year witnessed the only occurrence of a player averaging a triple-double throughout a entire season when Oscar Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 11.4 assists, and 12.5 rebounds per game.[1]
- This was the last season of the first incarnation of the NBA on NBC, however it would return in 1990.
Final standings
Eastern Division
Western Division
x - clinched playoff spot
Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969-70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.
NBA awards
References
See also
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1961–62 NBA season by team
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Chicago • Cincinnati • Detroit • Los Angeles • St. Louis |
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