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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.
The Wizards began playing as the Chicago Packers in 1961, as the NBA's first expansion team, an expansion prompted by Abe Saperstein's American Basketball League. Rookie Walt Bellamy was the team's star, averaging 31.6 points per game, 19.0 rebounds per game, and leading the NBA in field goal percentage. During the All-Star Game, Bellamy ...
The 1961 NBA expansion draft was the inaugural expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 26, 1961, so that the newly founded Chicago Packers could acquire players for the upcoming 1961–62 season. The Packers were the second NBA team from Chicago, after the Chicago Stags, which folded in 1950.
The 1962 NBA All-Star Game was played in St. Louis, Missouri, with the West beating the East 150–130. Local favorite Bob Pettit won the game's MVP award. In a game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania , Wilt Chamberlain made history by scoring 100 points in the Philadelphia Warriors 169–147 win over the New York Knicks .
in NBA Seasons in NBA Win–loss record Winning percentage Playoff appearances Reference Anderson Packers: Anderson, Indiana: 1949–1950 1 37–27 57.8% 1 [8] Baltimore Bullets* Baltimore, Maryland: 1947–1954: 8 158–292 35.1% 3 [9] Buffalo: Buffalo, New York: Never played: 0 0–0 N/A 0 [10] Chicago Stags: Chicago, Illinois: 1946–1950 4 ...
Chicago Packers / Zephyrs regular season record (1961–1963) 43 117 .269 Baltimore Bullets regular season record (1963–1973) 401 412 .493 Capital / Washington Bullets regular season record (1973–1997) 934 1,034 .475 Washington Wizards regular season record (1997–present) 937 1,369 .406 All-time regular season record 2,272 2,815.447
In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls, though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship. The 1996 Bulls and the 2016 Warriors are the only teams to win at least 70 games in a single season. [3]
The team was founded on January 16, 1966, and played its first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. [9] The Bulls play their home games at the United Center , an arena on Chicago's West Side. The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s when they played a major part in popularizing the NBA worldwide.