Game day: October 20, 1962

Best by category

• Points

  1. ★11 Bob Pettit STL vs DET 27
  2. Ray Scott DET @ STL 26
  3. Sam Jones BOS vs NYK 25
  4. Bailey Howell DET @ STL 23
  5. Richie Guerin NYK @ BOS 20
  6. Gene Shue NYK @ BOS 20

• Rebounds

  1. ★11 Bob Pettit STL vs DET 22
  2. Bill Russell BOS vs NYK 17
  3. Bailey Howell DET @ STL 14
  4. Johnny Green NYK @ BOS 12
  5. Bob Ferry DET @ STL 12
  6. Clyde Lovellette BOS vs NYK 12

• Assists

  1. ★13 ×6 Bob Cousy BOS vs NYK 11
  2. Cliff Hagan STL vs DET 6
  3. Bill Russell BOS vs NYK 5
  4. Ken Sears NYK @ BOS 5
  5. John Havlicek BOS vs NYK 4
  6. Tom Heinsohn BOS vs NYK 4

• Efficiency

  1. ★12 ×11 Bill Russell BOS vs NYK 36
  2. Bob Pettit STL vs DET 30
  3. Bailey Howell DET @ STL 30
  4. Cliff Hagan STL vs DET 28
  5. Sam Jones BOS vs NYK 27
  6. Johnny Green NYK @ BOS 25

• Field goals

  1. ★5 ×10 Sam Jones BOS vs NYK 12/13 92.3%
  2. Bill Russell BOS vs NYK 9/12 75.0%
  3. Cliff Hagan STL vs DET 6/9 66.7%
  4. John Barnhill STL vs DET 5/8 62.5%
  5. Thomas Sanders BOS vs NYK 6/10 60.0%
  6. Johnny Green NYK @ BOS 7/12 58.3%

• Free throws

  1. ★9 Lenny Wilkens STL vs DET 6/6 100.0%
  2. Bob Pettit STL vs DET 11/12 91.7%
  3. Bailey Howell DET @ STL 9/10 90.0%
  4. Cliff Hagan STL vs DET 8/9 88.9%
  5. Richie Guerin NYK @ BOS 6/7 85.7%
  6. Willie Jones DET @ STL 6/7 85.7%

• Minutes

  1. Ray Scott DET @ STL 41:00
  2. Bob Pettit STL vs DET 36:00
  3. Don Ohl DET @ STL 36:00
  4. Willie Naulls NYK @ BOS 34:00
  5. Johnny Green NYK @ BOS 34:00
  6. Richie Guerin NYK @ BOS 33:00