1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors Game-by-Game Results
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-31
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 6-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Frank McGuire (49-31)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 161,795, Avg. 5,579 in 29 home dates
1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors StatisticsTeam Record: 49-31
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 6-6 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 3-2
Division Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Frank McGuire (49-31)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 161,795, Avg. 5,579 in 29 home dates
1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors Roster
The Philadelphia Warriors of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 49 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-6.
The Warriors paced the league with 10,035 points. Philadelphia surrendered 9,813 points, most in the circuit. Wilt Chamberlain netted a team-best 4,029 points for the squad, and Paul Arizin scored 20 or more per game, too. Wilt Chamberlain racked up 2,052 rebounds. Guy Rodgers dished out 643 assists for the team.
Frank McGuire coached the team. The 1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors lost in the division finals.
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Regular Season Points For: 10035
Regular Season Points Against: 9813
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 118 at Philadelphia Warriors 113 | L | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | at New York, NY | |
| October 20, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 115 at Philadelphia Warriors 122 | W | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | ||
| October 21, 1961 | New York Knicks 95 at Philadelphia Warriors 132 | W | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | ||
| October 27, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 126 at Philadelphia Warriors 122 | L | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | ||
| October 28, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 119 at Syracuse Nationals 115 | W | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | ||
| November 3, 1961 | Boston Celtics 112 at Philadelphia Warriors 98 | L | 2-3 | 1-0 | 3-3 | ||
| November 4, 1961 | Detroit Pistons 132 at Philadelphia Warriors 135 | W | 3-3 | 1-0 | 4-3 | ||
| November 8, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 132 at Detroit Pistons 128 | W | 3-3 | 2-0 | 5-3 | ||
| November 9, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 108 at Philadelphia Warriors 151 | W | 4-3 | 2-0 | 6-3 | ||
| November 11, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 125 at Boston Celtics 128 | L | 4-3 | 2-1 | 6-4 | ||
| November 14, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 122 at New York Knicks 124 | L | 4-3 | 2-2 | 6-5 | ||
| November 15, 1961 | Cincinnati Royals 133 at Philadelphia Warriors 145 | W | 5-3 | 2-2 | 7-5 | ||
| November 17, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 125 at Philadelphia Warriors 121 | L | 5-4 | 2-2 | 7-6 | ||
| November 18, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 130 at Syracuse Nationals 148 | L | 5-4 | 2-3 | 7-7 | ||
| November 19, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 122 at Chicago Packers 114 | W | 5-4 | 3-3 | 8-7 | ||
| November 21, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 125 at Cincinnati Royals 118 | W | 5-4 | 4-3 | 9-7 | ||
| November 23, 1961 | Boston Celtics 119 at Philadelphia Warriors 106 | L | 5-5 | 4-3 | 9-8 | ||
| November 25, 1961 | Chicago Packers 102 at Philadelphia Warriors 134 | W | 6-5 | 4-3 | 10-8 | ||
| November 28, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 121 at St. Louis Hawks 111 | W | 6-5 | 5-3 | 11-8 | ||
| December 1, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 138 at Los Angeles Lakers 117 | W | 6-5 | 6-3 | 12-8 | ||
| December 2, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 119 at Los Angeles Lakers 129 | L | 6-5 | 6-4 | 12-9 | ||
| December 5, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 122 at New York Knicks 105 | W | 6-5 | 7-4 | 13-9 | ||
| December 6, 1961 | St. Louis Hawks 137 at Philadelphia Warriors 132 | L | 6-6 | 7-4 | 13-10 | ||
| December 8, 1961 | Los Angeles Lakers 151 at Philadelphia Warriors 147 | L | 6-7 | 7-4 | 13-11 | 3OT | |
| December 9, 1961 | Chicago Packers 113 at Philadelphia Warriors 135 | W | 7-7 | 7-4 | 14-11 | ||
| December 10, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 118 at Chicago Packers 109 | W | 7-7 | 8-4 | 15-11 | at E. Chicago, IN | |
| December 12, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 132 at Detroit Pistons 109 | W | 7-7 | 9-4 | 16-11 | at New York, NY | |
| December 13, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 113 at Boston Celtics 123 | L | 7-7 | 9-5 | 16-12 | ||
| December 14, 1961 | Syracuse Nationals 125 at Philadelphia Warriors 136 | W | 8-7 | 9-5 | 17-12 | ||
| December 16, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 112 at Chicago Packers 110 | W | 8-7 | 10-5 | 18-12 | ||
| December 19, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 117 at Cincinnati Royals 110 | W | 8-7 | 11-5 | 19-12 | ||
| December 20, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 117 at Detroit Pistons 102 | W | 8-7 | 12-5 | 20-12 | ||
| December 25, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 135 at New York Knicks 136 | L | 8-7 | 12-6 | 20-13 | 2OT | |
| December 26, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 118 at Syracuse Nationals 111 | W | 8-7 | 13-6 | 21-13 | at Boston, MA | |
| December 27, 1961 | New York Knicks 119 at Philadelphia Warriors 131 | W | 9-7 | 13-6 | 22-13 | ||
| December 29, 1961 | Philadelphia Warriors 123 at Los Angeles Lakers 118 | W | 9-7 | 14-6 | 23-13 | at Hershey, PA | |
| December 30, 1961 | Boston Celtics 116 at Philadelphia Warriors 111 | L | 9-8 | 14-6 | 23-14 | OT | |
| January 1, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 111 at Los Angeles Lakers 114 | L | 9-8 | 14-7 | 23-15 | ||
| January 3, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 123 at Los Angeles Lakers 124 | L | 9-8 | 14-8 | 23-16 | ||
| January 5, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks 116 at Philadelphia Warriors 134 | W | 10-8 | 14-8 | 24-16 | ||
| January 7, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 112 at St. Louis Hawks 137 | L | 10-8 | 14-9 | 24-17 | ||
| January 9, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals 129 at Philadelphia Warriors 120 | L | 10-9 | 14-9 | 24-18 | ||
| January 10, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 113 at Detroit Pistons 110 | W | 10-9 | 15-9 | 25-18 | ||
| January 11, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 128 at Cincinnati Royals 145 | L | 10-9 | 15-10 | 25-19 | ||
| January 13, 1962 | Chicago Packers 117 at Philadelphia Warriors 135 | W | 11-9 | 15-10 | 26-19 | ||
| January 14, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 136 at Boston Celtics 145 | L | 11-9 | 15-11 | 26-20 | ||
| January 17, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 136 at St. Louis Hawks 130 | W | 11-9 | 16-11 | 27-20 | OT | at Detroit, MI |
| January 18, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 151 at Philadelphia Warriors 133 | L | 11-10 | 16-11 | 27-21 | ||
| January 19, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 136 at Detroit Pistons 125 | W | 11-10 | 17-11 | 28-21 | at Boston, MA | |
| January 20, 1962 | Detroit Pistons 107 at Philadelphia Warriors 123 | W | 12-10 | 17-11 | 29-21 | ||
| January 21, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 139 at Syracuse Nationals 132 | W | 12-10 | 18-11 | 30-21 | OT | at Utica, NY |
| January 24, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 122 at Chicago Packers 108 | W | 12-10 | 19-11 | 31-21 | at Boston, MA | |
| January 26, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 136 at St. Louis Hawks 110 | W | 12-10 | 20-11 | 32-21 | at Hershey, PA | |
| January 27, 1962 | Boston Celtics 106 at Philadelphia Warriors 131 | W | 13-10 | 20-11 | 33-21 | ||
| January 28, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 133 at Boston Celtics 129 | W | 13-10 | 21-11 | 34-21 | OT | |
| January 30, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 110 at New York Knicks 116 | L | 13-10 | 21-12 | 34-22 | ||
| February 1, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 109 at Philadelphia Warriors 130 | W | 14-10 | 21-12 | 35-22 | ||
| February 2, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 129 at New York Knicks 116 | W | 14-10 | 22-12 | 36-22 | at Boston, MA | |
| February 3, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 112 at Syracuse Nationals 134 | L | 14-10 | 22-13 | 36-23 | ||
| February 4, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals 117 at Philadelphia Warriors 128 | W | 15-10 | 22-13 | 37-23 | ||
| February 8, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 136 at New York Knicks 120 | W | 15-10 | 23-13 | 38-23 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| February 9, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 126 at Boston Celtics 124 | W | 15-10 | 24-13 | 39-23 | ||
| February 10, 1962 | Boston Celtics 106 at Philadelphia Warriors 107 | W | 16-10 | 24-13 | 40-23 | ||
| February 11, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 121 at New York Knicks 111 | W | 16-10 | 25-13 | 41-23 | ||
| February 13, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 132 at Cincinnati Royals 152 | L | 16-10 | 25-14 | 41-24 | ||
| February 14, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 110 at Detroit Pistons 119 | L | 16-10 | 25-15 | 41-25 | ||
| February 16, 1962 | Cincinnati Royals 132 at Philadelphia Warriors 136 | W | 17-10 | 25-15 | 42-25 | ||
| February 17, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 121 at St. Louis Hawks 128 | L | 17-10 | 25-16 | 42-26 | ||
| February 20, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 112 at Chicago Packers 107 | W | 17-10 | 26-16 | 43-26 | at New York, NY | |
| February 21, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 109 at Syracuse Nationals 150 | L | 17-10 | 26-17 | 43-27 | ||
| February 22, 1962 | St. Louis Hawks 121 at Philadelphia Warriors 139 | W | 18-10 | 26-17 | 44-27 | ||
| February 24, 1962 | Boston Celtics 109 at Philadelphia Warriors 86 | L | 18-11 | 26-17 | 44-28 | ||
| February 25, 1962 | New York Knicks 149 at Philadelphia Warriors 135 | L | 18-12 | 26-17 | 44-29 | ||
| February 27, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 147 at St. Louis Hawks 137 | W | 18-12 | 27-17 | 45-29 | ||
| February 28, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 128 at Chicago Packers 119 | W | 18-12 | 28-17 | 46-29 | ||
| March 2, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 169 at New York Knicks 147 | W | 18-12 | 29-17 | 47-29 | at Hershey, PA | |
| March 4, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 129 at New York Knicks 128 | W | 18-12 | 30-17 | 48-29 | ||
| March 7, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 102 at Boston Celtics 153 | L | 18-12 | 30-18 | 48-30 | ||
| March 11, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 130 at Syracuse Nationals 148 | L | 18-12 | 30-19 | 48-31 | ||
| March 14, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 119 at Chicago Packers 115 | W | 18-12 | 31-19 | 49-31 | OT | |
| March 16, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals 103 at Philadelphia Warriors 110 | W | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| March 18, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 97 at Syracuse Nationals 82 | W | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | ||
| March 19, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals 101 at Philadelphia Warriors 100 | L | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | ||
| March 20, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 99 at Syracuse Nationals 106 | L | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | ||
| March 22, 1962 | Syracuse Nationals 104 at Philadelphia Warriors 121 | W | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | ||
| March 24, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 89 at Boston Celtics 117 | L | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-3 | ||
| March 27, 1962 | Boston Celtics 106 at Philadelphia Warriors 113 | W | 3-1 | 1-2 | 4-3 | ||
| March 28, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 114 at Boston Celtics 129 | L | 3-1 | 1-3 | 4-4 | ||
| March 31, 1962 | Boston Celtics 106 at Philadelphia Warriors 110 | W | 4-1 | 1-3 | 5-4 | ||
| April 1, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 104 at Boston Celtics 119 | L | 4-1 | 1-4 | 5-5 | ||
| April 3, 1962 | Boston Celtics 99 at Philadelphia Warriors 109 | W | 5-1 | 1-4 | 6-5 | ||
| April 5, 1962 | Philadelphia Warriors 107 at Boston Celtics 109 | L | 5-1 | 1-5 | 6-6 |
