1961–62 Chicago Packers season
Head coachJim Pollard
General managerHarry Hannin
Owner(s)David Trager
ArenaInternational Amphitheatre
Results
Record18–62 (.225)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
RadioWGN

The 1961–62 NBA season was the Packers' 1st season in the NBA.[1] It would also be their only season for the franchise under that name. They would be renamed the Chicago Zephyrs for the 1962–1963 season.

Roster

1961–62 Chicago Packers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 8 Bellamy, Walt (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1939-07-24 Indiana
PF 33 Salle, George Bon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1935-07-01 Illinois
PG 10 Carl, Howie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1938-06-07 DePaul
SG 25 Davis, Ralph 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1938-09-07 Cincinnati
SG 16 Green, Si 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1933-08-20 Duquesne
SF 12 Johnson, Andy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1932-11-08 Portland
PG 21 Leonard, Slick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1932-07-17 Indiana
PF 33 Piontek, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1934-08-27 Xavier
PF 35 Sauldsberry, Woody 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1934-07-11 Texas Southern
SG 22 Turner, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1939-06-05 Louisville
PF 14 Tyra, Charlie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1935-08-16 Louisville
SF 15 Walker, Horace 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1937-04-17 Michigan State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 28, 1961

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers5426.675–26–518–1310–833–13
x-Cincinnati Royals4337.5381118–1314–1611–829–17
x-Detroit Pistons3743.4631716–148–1713–1224–22
St. Louis Hawks2951.3632519–167–273–816–30
Chicago Packers1862.2253615-233-390–010–30
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1961–62 NBA records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —9–17–15–36–38–48–47–210–2
Chicago 1–9—1–93–72–86–40–104–61–9
Cincinnati 1–79–1—6–65–75–43–59–35–4
Detroit 3–57–36–6—4–85–41–77–54–5
Los Angeles 3–68–27–58–4—6–26–310–26–2
New York 4–84–64–54–52–6—4–84–43–9
Philadelphia 4–810–05–37–13–68–4—6–36–6
St. Louis 2–76–43–95–72–104–43–6—4–4
Syracuse 2–109–14–55–42–69–36–64–4—

Game log

1961–62 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 19@ New York103–120Walt Bellamy (29)0–1
2October 21@ Syracuse103–123Walt Bellamy (29)0–2
3October 27St. Louis106–117Walt Bellamy (35)1–2
4October 28@ St. Louis95–122Bobby Leonard (22)1–3
5November 3New York118–129Walt Bellamy (35)2–3
6November 4Los Angeles125–112Walt Bellamy (28)2–4
7November 8N New York130–108Walt Bellamy (23)2–5
8November 10@ Cincinnati117–122Walt Bellamy (37)2–6
9November 11Cincinnati117–107Walt Bellamy (45)2–7
10November 12Boston112–96Archie Dees (18)2–8
11November 13@ Los Angeles113–127Walt Bellamy (30)2–9
12November 15@ Los Angeles118–133Walt Bellamy (28)2–10
13November 18@ Detroit112–119Bobby Leonard (27)2–11
14November 19Philadelphia122–114Vernon Hatton (25)2–12
15November 21@ New York109–107Walt Bellamy (20)3–12
16November 25@ Philadelphia102–134Walt Bellamy (27)3–13
17December 1@ Boston121–140Walt Bellamy (33)3–14
18December 2@ Syracuse118–132Andy Johnson (33)3–15
19December 5N St. Louis99–101Horace Walker (26)4–15
20December 8N Detroit133–107Walt Bellamy (23)4–16
21December 9@ Philadelphia113–135Walt Bellamy (39)4–17
22December 10N Philadelphia118–109Walt Bellamy (33)4–18
23December 11N Cincinnati133–117Bobby Leonard (31)4–19
24December 13N New York112–113Walt Bellamy (33)5–19
25December 14N Boston108–123Walt Bellamy (41)5–20
26December 15Los Angeles94–97Walt Bellamy (32)6–20
27December 16Philadelphia112–110Walt Bellamy (45)6–21
28December 20N Los Angeles102–98Walt Bellamy (36)6–22
29December 25N Detroit97–118Walt Bellamy (35)7–22
30December 26N Detroit101–108Walt Bellamy (30)8–22
31December 27@ Detroit93–121Walt Bellamy (16)8–23
32December 29St. Louis120–103Walt Bellamy (33)8–24
33December 30@ St. Louis92–101Walt Bellamy (31)8–25
34January 2Syracuse127–102Walt Bellamy (31)8–26
35January 6@ Syracuse102–120Walt Bellamy (36)8–27
36January 7N Cincinnati123–113Walt Bellamy (44)8–28
37January 9N Cincinnati113–106Walt Bellamy (28)8–29
38January 10Boston90–103Walt Bellamy (35)9–29
39January 12Detroit102–99Walt Bellamy (27)9–30
40January 13@ Philadelphia117–135Walt Bellamy (35)9–31
41January 18N Syracuse118–111Walt Bellamy (27)9–32
42January 19St. Louis114–113Walt Bellamy (35)9–33
43January 20@ St. Louis112–116Walt Bellamy (31)9–34
44January 21Los Angeles112–111 (OT)Walt Bellamy (48)9–35
45January 22N New York131–94Walt Bellamy (21)9–36
46January 23@ New York109–103Bobby Leonard (39)10–36
47January 24N Philadelphia122–108Walt Bellamy (47)10–37
48January 25New York117–102Walt Bellamy (36)10–38
49January 27Syracuse107–102Walt Bellamy (45)10–39
50January 28@ Los Angeles109–124Walt Bellamy (45)10–40
51January 30@ Los Angeles92–107Walt Bellamy (32)10–41
52January 31Boston122–115Walt Bellamy (47)10–42
53February 2Detroit96–112Walt Bellamy (35)11–42
54February 3N Detroit116–109Walt Bellamy (30)11–43
55February 4Los Angeles105–113Walt Bellamy (33)12–43
56February 5Boston127–111Walt Bellamy (34)12–44
57February 6N Syracuse127–123Walt Bellamy (38)12–45
58February 10N New York111–126Walt Bellamy (44)13–45
59February 11@ Boston115–148Walt Bellamy (28)13–46
60February 13N Boston117–138Walt Bellamy (36)13–47
61February 14N Cincinnati121–125Walt Bellamy (38)14–47
62February 15Syracuse121–126Walt Bellamy (31)15–47
63February 16N Syracuse132–106Woody Sauldsberry (23)15–48
64February 17N Syracuse136–127Walt Bellamy (33)15–49
65February 18N Cincinnati138–121Walt Bellamy (30)15–50
66February 20N Philadelphia112–107Walt Bellamy (44)15–51
67February 21Cincinnati153–125Andy Johnson (29)15–52
68February 23N Los Angeles124–117 (OT)Walt Bellamy (42)15–53
69February 24St. Louis119–129Walt Bellamy (38)16–53
70February 25@ Cincinnati105–108Bellamy, Sauldsberry (26)16–54
71February 27N Boston100–115Andy Johnson (32)16–55
72February 28Philadelphia128–119Andy Johnson (29)16–56
73March 3Cincinnati126–119Walt Bellamy (23)16–57
74March 4N Detroit133–116Andy Johnson (21)16–58
75March 8Boston108–102Walt Bellamy (31)16–59
76March 9N St. Louis124–120Walt Bellamy (30)16–60
77March 10New York116–128Walt Bellamy (33)17–60
78March 12N Detroit121–116Walt Bellamy (31)17–61
79March 13@ St. Louis124–118Bellamy, Sauldsberry (29)18–61
80March 14Philadelphia119–115 (OT)Walt Bellamy (38)18–62

Awards and records

References

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