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NBA1961-62 Regular Season

WarriorsVERSUSLakers

1961-62 Regular Season · Dec 8, 1961

Philadelphia and Los Angeles played a triple-overtime scoring duel between two of the era's defining stars.

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Game lineups

Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Philadelphia Warriors
StarterAAAlvin Attles
StarterECEd Conlin
StarterGRGuy Rodgers
StarterPAPaul Arizin

Before the game

Spoiler-free context

Wilt Chamberlain was in the opening months of a season that would redefine scoring, while Elgin Baylor was balancing basketball with active Army Reserve duty. Their meeting placed the league's two most explosive scorers in the same small-market neutral-site setting.

  • Baylor held the NBA single-game scoring record with 71 points entering the matchup.
  • Chamberlain was already averaging more than 50 points and remained on pace for the most prolific scoring season in league history.

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Epic Score

91.6

Fan Rating

★ 4.62

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Starter
TGTom Gola
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterBSBob Sims
StarterEBElgin Baylor
StarterFSFrank Selvy
StarterHJHowie Jolliff
StarterJWJerry West

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.