1962–63 San Francisco Warriors season

1962–63 San Francisco Warriors season
Head coach	Bob Feerick
Arena	Cow Palace
Results
Record	31–49 (.388)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1962-63 NBA season was the Warriors' 17th season in the NBA and 1st in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[1] During the start of their regular season, they began with a 7-3 record (including three straight overtime games from October 26-28) before having an eleven game losing streak from late November to early December that they would never recover from.

Roster

San Francisco Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 16 Attles, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) North Carolina A&T C 13 Chamberlain, Wilt 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Kansas F 17 Fedor, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Florida State F 11 Gunther, Dave 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Iowa F 55 Hightower, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Kansas G/F 12 LaCour, Fred 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) San Francisco G/F 9 Lee, George 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Michigan F 12 Luckenbill, Ted 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Houston F 14 Meschery, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Saint Mary's F 43 Montgomery, Howie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Texas Pan-American F 71 Naulls, Willie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA G 34 Phillips, Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Houston G 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Temple F 17 Sears, Kenny 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Santa Clara G 7 White, Hubie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Villanova	Head coach Bob Feerick (Santa Clara) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers	53	27	.663	–	27–7	20–17	6–3	33–13
x-St. Louis Hawks	48	32	.600	5	30–7	13–18	5–7	29–17
x-Detroit Pistons	34	46	.425	19	14–16	8–19	12–11	19–27
San Francisco Warriors	31	49	.388	22	13–20	11–25	7–4	18–28
Chicago Zephyrs	25	55	.313	28	17–17	3–23	5–15	13–27

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1962-63 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	SFW	STL	SYR
Boston	—	8–2	9–3	8–0	4–5	10–2	8–1	5–3	6–6
Chicago	2–8	—	4–6	3–7	3–7	4–6	4–6	3–7	2–8
Cincinnati	3–9	6–4	—	4–4	3–6	10–2	6–3	3–5	7–5
Detroit	0–8	7–3	4–4	—	1–11	8–1	7–5	4–8	3–6
Los Angeles	5–4	7–3	6–3	11–1	—	5–3	8–4	7–5	4–4
New York	2–10	6–4	2–10	1–8	3–5	—	2–6	3–6	2–10
San Francisco	1–8	6–4	3–6	5–7	4–8	6–2	—	3–9	3–5
St. Louis	3–5	7–3	5–3	8–4	5–7	6–3	9–3	—	5–4
Syracuse	6–6	8–2	5–7	6–3	4–4	10–2	5–3	4–5	—

Awards and records

• Wilt Chamberlain, NBA All-Star Game
• Tom Meschery, NBA All-Star Game
• Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Scoring Champion
• Wilt Chamberlain, All-NBA Second Team

References

1. 1962–63 San Francisco Warriors