NBA 1961-62Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers141–127Cincinnati Royals

Los Angeles Lakers at Cincinnati Royals

Date: Monday 25 December 1961
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1961-62Regular season
Meeting: 159th meetingof 494 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elgin Baylor	15–27	10–12	7	3	5	40
Jerry West	10–17	11–15	4	4	3	31
Tom Hawkins	8–13	2–2	6	2	3	18
Rudy LaRusso	6–12	2–3	7	3	4	14
Frank Selvy	4–9	3–3	8	5	5	11
Ray Felix	4–9	3–4	7	1	0	11
Hot Rod Hundley	2–8	4–4	4	4	3	8
Jim Krebs	4–8	0–0	6	1	2	8
Wayne Yates	0–0	0–0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	53–103	35–43	50	23	25	141

Cincinnati Royals

Cincinnati Royals box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Oscar Robertson	13–25	14–16	12	17	3	40
Wayne Embry	15–26	5–5	16	1	5	35
Jack Twyman	11–19	6–8	9	5	5	28
Bob Boozer	2–7	3–3	7	2	3	7
Joe Buckhalter	3–10	0–0	4	2	2	6
Bucky Bockhorn	2–10	0–0	4	1	3	4
Bevo Nordmann	1–3	0–0	1	0	0	2
Bob Wiesenhahn	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	2
Dave Zeller	1–3	0–0	1	1	2	2
Adrian Smith	0–4	1–1	1	0	1	1
Hub Reed	0–2	0–0	1	4	2	0
Team totals	49–110	29–33	57	33	27	127

This season

Sacramento Kings 5, Los Angeles Lakers 7 in NBA 1961-62.

24 Oct 1961Los Angeles Lakers 124–122 Cincinnati Royals
1 Nov 1961Cincinnati Royals 115–120 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Nov 1961Cincinnati Royals 132–114 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Nov 1961Los Angeles Lakers 102–117 Cincinnati Royals
25 Dec 1961141–127 this game
20 Jan 1962Los Angeles Lakers 124–125 Cincinnati Royals
24 Jan 1962Cincinnati Royals 123–136 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Jan 1962Cincinnati Royals 112–116 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Feb 1962Los Angeles Lakers 134–128 Cincinnati Royals
8 Feb 1962Los Angeles Lakers 109–113 Cincinnati Royals
24 Feb 1962Los Angeles Lakers 114–118 Cincinnati Royals
13 Mar 1962Cincinnati Royals 111–120 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 27–9
Cincinnati Royals: 18–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 180, Los Angeles Lakers 314.

26 Nov 1961Los Angeles Lakers 102–117 Cincinnati Royals
20 Jan 1962Los Angeles Lakers 124–125 Cincinnati Royals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.