1961-62 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards

Champ: Boston Celtics
MVP: Bill Russell
Rookie of the Year: Walt Bellamy

Eastern Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE Boston Celtics 60 20 .750 0 9687 8952 23 5 26 12 .0 .0 .0 Philadelphia Warriors 49 31 .613 11 10035 9816 18 11 18 19 .0 .0 .0 Syracuse Nationals 41 39 .513 19 9658 9472 18 10 11 19 .0 .0 .0 New York Knicks 29 51 .363 31 9187 9576 19 14 2 23 .0 .0 .0

Western Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE Los Angeles Lakers 54 26 .675 0 9482 9600 26 5 18 13 .0 .0 .0 Cincinnati Royals 43 37 .538 11 9845 9704 18 13 14 16 .0 .0 .0 Detroit Pistons 37 43 .463 17 9234 9368 16 14 8 17 .0 .0 .0 St. Louis Hawks 29 51 .363 25 9508 9768 19 16 7 27 .0 .0 .0 Chicago Packers 18 62 .225 36 8874 9552 9 19 3 20 .0 .0 .0

Offense

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Team	OEFF	PPG	Pts	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PACE
PH1	0.0	125.4	10035	3917	8929	.439	2201	3207	.686	0	0	.000	0	5939	74.2	2073	25.9	0	0	0	2013	0.0
CIN	0.0	123.1	9845	3806	8414	.452	2233	2969	.752	0	0	.000	0	5665	70.8	2154	26.9	0	0	0	2081	0.0
BOS	0.0	121.1	9687	3855	9109	.423	1977	2715	.728	0	0	.000	0	6080	76.0	2049	25.6	0	0	0	1909	0.0
SYR	0.0	120.7	9658	3706	8875	.418	2246	2880	.780	0	0	.000	0	5764	72.1	1791	22.4	0	0	0	2344	0.0
STL	0.0	118.9	9508	3641	8461	.430	2226	2939	.757	0	0	.000	0	5557	69.5	1996	25.0	0	0	0	2166	0.0
LAL	0.0	118.5	9482	3552	8315	.427	2378	3240	.734	0	0	.000	0	5600	70.0	1878	23.5	0	0	0	2057	0.0
DET	0.0	115.4	9234	3472	8366	.415	2290	3142	.729	0	0	.000	0	5823	72.8	1723	21.5	0	0	0	2040	0.0
NYK	0.0	114.8	9187	3638	8696	.418	1911	2693	.710	0	0	.000	0	5440	68.0	1765	22.1	0	0	0	2056	0.0
CH3	0.0	110.9	8874	3461	8405	.412	1952	2901	.673	0	0	.000	0	5547	69.3	1802	22.5	0	0	0	1954	0.0

Defense

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Team	DEFF	PPG	Pts	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF
BOS	0.0	111.9	8952	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
DET	0.0	117.1	9368	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
SYR	0.0	118.4	9472	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
CH3	0.0	119.4	9552	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
NYK	0.0	119.7	9576	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
LAL	0.0	120.0	9600	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
CIN	0.0	121.3	9704	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
STL	0.0	122.1	9768	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
PH1	0.0	122.7	9816	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

League Leaders

Minutes 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 3882 2. Oscar Robertson - CIN 3503 3. Bill Russell - BOS 3433 4. Richie Guerin - NYK 3348 5. Walt Bellamy - CH2 3344 6. Bob Pettit - STL 3282 7. Gene Shue - DET 3143 8. Jerry West - LAL 3087 9. Arlen Bockhorn - CIN 3062 10. Jack Twyman - CIN 2991	Total Points 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 4029 2. Walt Bellamy - CH2 2495 3. Oscar Robertson - CIN 2432 4. Bob Pettit - STL 2429 5. Jerry West - LAL 2310 6. Richie Guerin - NYK 2303 7. Willie Naulls - NYK 1877 8. Elgin Baylor - LAL 1836 9. Jack Twyman - CIN 1831 10. Cliff Hagan - STL 1764	Points per Game 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 50.4 2. Walt Bellamy - CH2 31.6 3. Bob Pettit - STL 31.1 4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 30.8 Jerry West - LAL 30.8 6. Richie Guerin - NYK 29.5 7. Willie Naulls - NYK 25.0 8. Cliff Hagan - STL 22.9 Jack Twyman - CIN 22.9 10. Hal Greer - SYR 22.8	Field Goals 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 1597 2. Walt Bellamy - CH2 973 3. Bob Pettit - STL 867 4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 866 5. Richie Guerin - NYK 839 6. Jerry West - LAL 799 7. Willie Naulls - NYK 747 8. Jack Twyman - CIN 739 9. Cliff Hagan - STL 701 10. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 692	Field Goal Attempts 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 3159 2. Bob Pettit - STL 1928 3. Richie Guerin - NYK 1897 4. Walt Bellamy - CH2 1875 5. Oscar Robertson - CIN 1810 6. Willie Naulls - NYK 1798 7. Jerry West - LAL 1795 8. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 1613 9. Elgin Baylor - LAL 1588 10. Jack Twyman - CIN 1542
Field Goal Percentage 1. Walt Bellamy - CH2 0.519 2. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 0.506 3. Jack Twyman - CIN 0.479 4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 0.478 5. Alvin Attles - PH1 0.474 6. Larry Foust - STL 0.471 Clyde Lovellette - STL 0.471 8. Cliff Hagan - STL 0.470 9. Wayne Embry - CIN 0.466 Rudy Larusso - LAL 0.466	Free Throws 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 835 2. Jerry West - LAL 712 3. Oscar Robertson - CIN 700 4. Bob Pettit - STL 695 5. Richie Guerin - NYK 625 6. Walt Bellamy - CH2 549 7. Paul Arizin - PH1 484 8. Elgin Baylor - LAL 476 9. Bailey Howell - DET 470 10. Dave Gambee - SYR 384	Free Throw Attempts 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 1363 2. Jerry West - LAL 926 3. Bob Pettit - STL 901 4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 872 5. Walt Bellamy - CH2 853 6. Richie Guerin - NYK 762 7. Elgin Baylor - LAL 631 8. Bailey Howell - DET 612 9. Paul Arizin - PH1 601 10. Wayne Embry - CIN 516	Free Throw Percentage 1. Dolph Schayes - SYR 0.897 2. Willie Naulls - NYK 0.842 3. Larry Costello - SYR 0.837 4. Cliff Hagan - STL 0.825 Frank Ramsey - BOS 0.825 6. Tom Meschery - PH1 0.824 7. Richie Guerin - NYK 0.820 8. Hal Greer - SYR 0.819 Tom Heinsohn - BOS 0.819 10. Sam Jones - BOS 0.818	Total Rebounds 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 2052 2. Bill Russell - BOS 1790 3. Walt Bellamy - CH2 1500 4. Bob Pettit - STL 1459 5. Johnny Kerr - SYR 1176 6. Johnny Green - NYK 1066 7. Bailey Howell - DET 996 8. Oscar Robertson - CIN 985 9. Wayne Embry - CIN 977 10. Elgin Baylor - LAL 892
Rebounds per Game 1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 25.7 2. Bill Russell - BOS 23.6 3. Walt Bellamy - CH2 19.0 4. Bob Pettit - STL 18.7 5. Johnny Kerr - SYR 14.7 6. Johnny Green - NYK 13.3 7. Wayne Embry - CIN 13.0 8. Bailey Howell - DET 12.6 9. Oscar Robertson - CIN 12.5 10. Willie Naulls - NYK 11.6	Assists 1. Oscar Robertson - CIN 899 2. Guy Rodgers - PH1 643 3. Bob Cousy - BOS 584 4. Richie Guerin - NYK 539 5. Gene Shue - DET 465 6. Jerry West - LAL 402 7. Frank Selvy - LAL 381 8. Bob Leonard - CH2 378 9. Cliff Hagan - STL 370 10. Arlen Bockhorn - CIN 366	Assists per Game 1. Oscar Robertson - CIN 11.4 2. Guy Rodgers - PH1 8.0 3. Bob Cousy - BOS 7.8 4. Richie Guerin - NYK 6.9 5. Gene Shue - DET 5.8 6. Bob Leonard - CH2 5.4 Jerry West - LAL 5.4 8. Cliff Hagan - STL 4.8 Frank Selvy - LAL 4.8 10. Arlen Bockhorn - CIN 4.6	Personal Fouls 1. Tom Meschery - PH1 330 2. Walter Dukes - DET 327 3. Jack Twyman - CIN 323 4. Bailey Howell - DET 317 5. Guy Rodgers - PH1 312 6. Paul Arizin - PH1 307 7. Richie Guerin - NYK 299 8. Bob Pettit - STL 296 9. Jim Krebs - LAL 290 10. Wayne Embry - CIN 286

All-Stars

East	West
Paul Arizin Wilt Chamberlain Larry Costello Bob Cousy Tom Gola John Green Hal Greer Richie Guerin Tom Heinsohn Sam Jones Willie Naulls Bill Russell Dolph Schayes	Elgin Baylor Walt Bellamy Wayne Embry Cliff Hagan Bailey Howell Rudy LaRusso Bob Pettit Oscar Robertson Frank Selvy Gene Shue Jack Twyman Jerry West

All-NBA Team

1st Team

Elgin Baylor - LAL
Wilt Chamberlain - PH1
Bob Pettit - STL
Oscar Robertson - CIN
Jerry West - LAL

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