1964β65 Los Angeles Lakers season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Fred Schaus |
Arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Results | |
Record | 49–31 (.613) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 1β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTTV |
Radio | KFI |
The 1964β65 NBA season was the Lakers' 17th season in the NBA and fifth season in Los Angeles. [1]
The team reached the NBA Finals, only to fall against the Boston Celtics in five games.
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Los Angeles Lakers | 49 | 31 | .613 | β | 25β13 | 21β16 | 3β2 | 25β15 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 45 | 35 | .563 | 4 | 26β4 | 15β17 | 4β4 | 28β12 |
x- Baltimore Bullets | 37 | 43 | .463 | 12 | 23β14 | 12β19 | 2β10 | 22β18 |
Detroit Pistons | 31 | 49 | .388 | 18 | 13β17 | 11β20 | 7β12 | 18β22 |
San Francisco Warriors | 17 | 63 | .213 | 32 | 10β26 | 5β31 | 2β6 | 7β33 |
1964β65 NBA records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | β | 3β7 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 2β8 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 5β5 |
Boston | 7β3 | β | 8β2 | 10β0 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 5β5 | 9β1 | 9β1 |
Cincinnati | 4β6 | 2β8 | β | 6β4 | 6β4 | 8β2 | 6β4 | 8β2 | 8β2 |
Detroit | 4β6 | 0β10 | 4β6 | β | 3β7 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 3β7 |
Los Angeles | 6β4 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 7β3 | β | 10β0 | 7β3 | 8β2 | 4β6 |
New York | 8β2 | 3β7 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 0β10 | β | 5β5 | 7β3 | 1β9 |
Philadelphia | 6β4 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 6β4 | 3β7 | 5β5 | β | 6β4 | 5β5 |
San Francisco | 3β7 | 1β9 | 2β8 | 2β8 | 2β8 | 3β7 | 4β6 | β | 0β10 |
St. Louis | 5β5 | 1β9 | 2β8 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 5β5 | 10β0 | β |
1964β65 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 17 | @ New York | 113β109 | Jerry West (35) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 20 | @ Cincinnati | 113β121 | Jerry West (26) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | October 21 | @ Baltimore | 108β105 | Jerry West (33) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | October 23 | @ San Francisco | 94β92 | Jerry West (28) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | October 28 | Baltimore | 102β112 | Jerry West (32) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | October 29 | Baltimore | 98β95 | Jerry West (28) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | November 1 | St. Louis | 116β115 | Jerry West (35) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 5 | New York | 96β106 | Jerry West (31) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 7 | San Francisco | 103β130 | Jerry West (29) | 6β3 | |||||
10 | November 10 | New York | 101β108 | Jerry West (27) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 12 | @ New York | 132β123 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (35) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 13 | @ Boston | 114β112 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 9β3 | |||||
13 | November 14 | @ Baltimore | 115β127 | Dick Barnett (26) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | November 15 | @ Detroit | 111β105 | Jerry West (36) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | November 18 | Cincinnati | 92β90 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 10β5 | |||||
16 | November 20 | Cincinnati | 121β131 | Jerry West (37) | 11β5 | |||||
17 | November 25 | Detroit | 117β130 | Jerry West (35) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | November 27 | Detroit | 111β117 | Jerry West (33) | 13β5 | |||||
19 | November 28 | @ San Francisco | 106β109 | Jerry West (33) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | November 29 | Baltimore | 110β126 | Jerry West (30) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia | 118β117 | Jerry West (34) | 15β6 | |||||
22 | December 2 | @ St. Louis | 102β105 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 4 | @ Cincinnati | 90β104 | Dick Barnett (28) | 15β8 | |||||
24 | December 6 | N Philadelphia | 104β109 | Jerry West (30) | 16β8 | |||||
25 | December 8 | Boston | 108β98 | Jerry West (34) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | December 10 | St. Louis | 95β91 | Jerry West (34) | 16β10 | |||||
27 | December 13 | Detroit | 115β116 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 17β10 | |||||
28 | December 15 | Detroit | 131β116 | Jerry West (34) | 17β11 | |||||
29 | December 16 | @ Detroit | 126β120 (OT) | Jerry West (39) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | December 18 | @ Cincinnati | 107β111 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 18β12 | |||||
31 | December 19 | Philadelphia | 140β113 | LeRoy Ellis (32) | 18β13 | |||||
32 | December 21 | New York | 113β125 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 19β13 | |||||
33 | December 23 | Philadelphia | 117β135 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 20β13 | |||||
34 | December 26 | San Francisco | 122β129 | Jerry West (44) | 21β13 | |||||
35 | December 28 | @ Boston | 112β133 | Barnett, Ellis (23) | 21β14 | |||||
36 | December 30 | @ Philadelphia | 115β117 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 21β15 | |||||
37 | January 2 | @ St. Louis | 115β112 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 22β15 | |||||
38 | January 3 | @ St. Louis | 99β92 | Jerry West (34) | 23β15 | |||||
39 | January 7 | Boston | 112β104 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 23β16 | |||||
40 | January 9 | Boston | 107β103 | Jerry West (33) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | January 11 | N Detroit | 127β128 | Jerry West (41) | 23β18 | |||||
42 | January 14 | @ Detroit | 104β100 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 24β18 | |||||
43 | January 15 | @ Cincinnati | 106β124 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 24β19 | |||||
44 | January 17 | @ St. Louis | 105β118 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 24β20 | |||||
45 | January 18 | New York | 103β119 | Jerry West (38) | 25β20 | |||||
46 | January 22 | New York | 107β117 | Jerry West (29) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | January 24 | @ Boston | 93β117 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | January 26 | @ New York | 111β99 | Jerry West (47) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | January 27 | Cincinnati | 112β119 | Jerry West (42) | 28β21 | |||||
50 | January 29 | Cincinnati | 133β137 (2OT) | Jerry West (53) | 29β21 | |||||
51 | January 30 | @ San Francisco | 109β99 | Jerry West (33) | 30β21 | |||||
52 | January 31 | San Francisco | 94β96 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 31β21 | |||||
53 | February 2 | N Detroit | 118β121 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (47) | 31β22 | |||||
54 | February 3 | @ Cincinnati | 99β130 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 31β23 | |||||
55 | February 6 | @ Baltimore | 112β116 | Jerry West (39) | 31β24 | |||||
56 | February 7 | @ Boston | 97β101 | Jerry West (36) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 8 | Philadelphia | 98β117 | Jerry West (29) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 10 | Philadelphia | 110β99 | Jerry West (29) | 32β26 | |||||
59 | February 12 | San Francisco | 95β114 | Jerry West (29) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | February 13 | @ San Francisco | 129β105 | Jerry West (30) | 34β26 | |||||
61 | February 17 | @ New York | 118β98 | Barnett, Baylor (23) | 35β26 | |||||
62 | February 18 | @ Philadelphia | 117β110 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 36β26 | |||||
63 | February 19 | @ Baltimore | 119β111 | Jerry West (36) | 37β26 | |||||
64 | February 21 | Boston | 114β129 | Jerry West (47) | 38β26 | |||||
65 | February 24 | Boston | 97β95 | Jerry West (29) | 38β27 | |||||
66 | February 26 | St. Louis | 90β106 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 39β27 | |||||
67 | February 28 | N Philadelphia | 118β122 | Jerry West (44) | 40β27 | |||||
68 | March 2 | N Philadelphia | 117β126 | Jerry West (34) | 41β27 | |||||
69 | March 3 | @ Boston | 104β102 | Jerry West (30) | 42β27 | |||||
70 | March 5 | @ New York | 105β103 | Jerry West (33) | 43β27 | |||||
71 | March 6 | @ St. Louis | 107β109 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 43β28 | |||||
72 | March 7 | Cincinnati | 104β106 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 44β28 | |||||
73 | March 9 | Baltimore | 114β123 | Baylor, West (37) | 45β28 | |||||
74 | March 11 | Baltimore | 116β121 (OT) | Jerry West (38) | 46β28 | |||||
75 | March 12 | @ San Francisco | 115β93 | Jerry West (33) | 47β28 | |||||
76 | March 13 | St. Louis | 101β106 | Jerry West (37) | 48β28 | |||||
77 | March 14 | St. Louis | 115β108 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 48β29 | |||||
78 | March 16 | @ Detroit | 100β99 | Rudy LaRusso (31) | 49β29 | |||||
79 | March 17 | @ Baltimore | 106β117 | Dick Barnett (34) | 49β30 | |||||
80 | March 20 | San Francisco | 112β98 | Jerry West (24) | 49β31 |
1964β65 Los Angeles Lakers season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Fred Schaus |
Arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Results | |
Record | 49–31 (.613) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 1β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTTV |
Radio | KFI |
The 1964β65 NBA season was the Lakers' 17th season in the NBA and fifth season in Los Angeles. [1]
The team reached the NBA Finals, only to fall against the Boston Celtics in five games.
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Los Angeles Lakers | 49 | 31 | .613 | β | 25β13 | 21β16 | 3β2 | 25β15 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 45 | 35 | .563 | 4 | 26β4 | 15β17 | 4β4 | 28β12 |
x- Baltimore Bullets | 37 | 43 | .463 | 12 | 23β14 | 12β19 | 2β10 | 22β18 |
Detroit Pistons | 31 | 49 | .388 | 18 | 13β17 | 11β20 | 7β12 | 18β22 |
San Francisco Warriors | 17 | 63 | .213 | 32 | 10β26 | 5β31 | 2β6 | 7β33 |
1964β65 NBA records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | β | 3β7 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 2β8 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 5β5 |
Boston | 7β3 | β | 8β2 | 10β0 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 5β5 | 9β1 | 9β1 |
Cincinnati | 4β6 | 2β8 | β | 6β4 | 6β4 | 8β2 | 6β4 | 8β2 | 8β2 |
Detroit | 4β6 | 0β10 | 4β6 | β | 3β7 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 3β7 |
Los Angeles | 6β4 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 7β3 | β | 10β0 | 7β3 | 8β2 | 4β6 |
New York | 8β2 | 3β7 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 0β10 | β | 5β5 | 7β3 | 1β9 |
Philadelphia | 6β4 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 6β4 | 3β7 | 5β5 | β | 6β4 | 5β5 |
San Francisco | 3β7 | 1β9 | 2β8 | 2β8 | 2β8 | 3β7 | 4β6 | β | 0β10 |
St. Louis | 5β5 | 1β9 | 2β8 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 5β5 | 10β0 | β |
1964β65 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 17 | @ New York | 113β109 | Jerry West (35) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 20 | @ Cincinnati | 113β121 | Jerry West (26) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | October 21 | @ Baltimore | 108β105 | Jerry West (33) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | October 23 | @ San Francisco | 94β92 | Jerry West (28) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | October 28 | Baltimore | 102β112 | Jerry West (32) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | October 29 | Baltimore | 98β95 | Jerry West (28) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | November 1 | St. Louis | 116β115 | Jerry West (35) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 5 | New York | 96β106 | Jerry West (31) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 7 | San Francisco | 103β130 | Jerry West (29) | 6β3 | |||||
10 | November 10 | New York | 101β108 | Jerry West (27) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 12 | @ New York | 132β123 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (35) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 13 | @ Boston | 114β112 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 9β3 | |||||
13 | November 14 | @ Baltimore | 115β127 | Dick Barnett (26) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | November 15 | @ Detroit | 111β105 | Jerry West (36) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | November 18 | Cincinnati | 92β90 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 10β5 | |||||
16 | November 20 | Cincinnati | 121β131 | Jerry West (37) | 11β5 | |||||
17 | November 25 | Detroit | 117β130 | Jerry West (35) | 12β5 | |||||
18 | November 27 | Detroit | 111β117 | Jerry West (33) | 13β5 | |||||
19 | November 28 | @ San Francisco | 106β109 | Jerry West (33) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | November 29 | Baltimore | 110β126 | Jerry West (30) | 14β6 | |||||
21 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia | 118β117 | Jerry West (34) | 15β6 | |||||
22 | December 2 | @ St. Louis | 102β105 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 4 | @ Cincinnati | 90β104 | Dick Barnett (28) | 15β8 | |||||
24 | December 6 | N Philadelphia | 104β109 | Jerry West (30) | 16β8 | |||||
25 | December 8 | Boston | 108β98 | Jerry West (34) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | December 10 | St. Louis | 95β91 | Jerry West (34) | 16β10 | |||||
27 | December 13 | Detroit | 115β116 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 17β10 | |||||
28 | December 15 | Detroit | 131β116 | Jerry West (34) | 17β11 | |||||
29 | December 16 | @ Detroit | 126β120 (OT) | Jerry West (39) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | December 18 | @ Cincinnati | 107β111 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 18β12 | |||||
31 | December 19 | Philadelphia | 140β113 | LeRoy Ellis (32) | 18β13 | |||||
32 | December 21 | New York | 113β125 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 19β13 | |||||
33 | December 23 | Philadelphia | 117β135 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 20β13 | |||||
34 | December 26 | San Francisco | 122β129 | Jerry West (44) | 21β13 | |||||
35 | December 28 | @ Boston | 112β133 | Barnett, Ellis (23) | 21β14 | |||||
36 | December 30 | @ Philadelphia | 115β117 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 21β15 | |||||
37 | January 2 | @ St. Louis | 115β112 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 22β15 | |||||
38 | January 3 | @ St. Louis | 99β92 | Jerry West (34) | 23β15 | |||||
39 | January 7 | Boston | 112β104 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 23β16 | |||||
40 | January 9 | Boston | 107β103 | Jerry West (33) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | January 11 | N Detroit | 127β128 | Jerry West (41) | 23β18 | |||||
42 | January 14 | @ Detroit | 104β100 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 24β18 | |||||
43 | January 15 | @ Cincinnati | 106β124 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 24β19 | |||||
44 | January 17 | @ St. Louis | 105β118 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 24β20 | |||||
45 | January 18 | New York | 103β119 | Jerry West (38) | 25β20 | |||||
46 | January 22 | New York | 107β117 | Jerry West (29) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | January 24 | @ Boston | 93β117 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | January 26 | @ New York | 111β99 | Jerry West (47) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | January 27 | Cincinnati | 112β119 | Jerry West (42) | 28β21 | |||||
50 | January 29 | Cincinnati | 133β137 (2OT) | Jerry West (53) | 29β21 | |||||
51 | January 30 | @ San Francisco | 109β99 | Jerry West (33) | 30β21 | |||||
52 | January 31 | San Francisco | 94β96 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 31β21 | |||||
53 | February 2 | N Detroit | 118β121 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (47) | 31β22 | |||||
54 | February 3 | @ Cincinnati | 99β130 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 31β23 | |||||
55 | February 6 | @ Baltimore | 112β116 | Jerry West (39) | 31β24 | |||||
56 | February 7 | @ Boston | 97β101 | Jerry West (36) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 8 | Philadelphia | 98β117 | Jerry West (29) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 10 | Philadelphia | 110β99 | Jerry West (29) | 32β26 | |||||
59 | February 12 | San Francisco | 95β114 | Jerry West (29) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | February 13 | @ San Francisco | 129β105 | Jerry West (30) | 34β26 | |||||
61 | February 17 | @ New York | 118β98 | Barnett, Baylor (23) | 35β26 | |||||
62 | February 18 | @ Philadelphia | 117β110 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 36β26 | |||||
63 | February 19 | @ Baltimore | 119β111 | Jerry West (36) | 37β26 | |||||
64 | February 21 | Boston | 114β129 | Jerry West (47) | 38β26 | |||||
65 | February 24 | Boston | 97β95 | Jerry West (29) | 38β27 | |||||
66 | February 26 | St. Louis | 90β106 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 39β27 | |||||
67 | February 28 | N Philadelphia | 118β122 | Jerry West (44) | 40β27 | |||||
68 | March 2 | N Philadelphia | 117β126 | Jerry West (34) | 41β27 | |||||
69 | March 3 | @ Boston | 104β102 | Jerry West (30) | 42β27 | |||||
70 | March 5 | @ New York | 105β103 | Jerry West (33) | 43β27 | |||||
71 | March 6 | @ St. Louis | 107β109 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 43β28 | |||||
72 | March 7 | Cincinnati | 104β106 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 44β28 | |||||
73 | March 9 | Baltimore | 114β123 | Baylor, West (37) | 45β28 | |||||
74 | March 11 | Baltimore | 116β121 (OT) | Jerry West (38) | 46β28 | |||||
75 | March 12 | @ San Francisco | 115β93 | Jerry West (33) | 47β28 | |||||
76 | March 13 | St. Louis | 101β106 | Jerry West (37) | 48β28 | |||||
77 | March 14 | St. Louis | 115β108 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 48β29 | |||||
78 | March 16 | @ Detroit | 100β99 | Rudy LaRusso (31) | 49β29 | |||||
79 | March 17 | @ Baltimore | 106β117 | Dick Barnett (34) | 49β30 | |||||
80 | March 20 | San Francisco | 112β98 | Jerry West (24) | 49β31 |
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Division finals: 4β2 (home: 3β0; road: 1β2)
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NBA Finals: 1β4 (home: 1β1; road: 0β3)
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1965 schedule |