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Season of National Basketball Association team the Philadelphia 76ers
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1964β65 NBA season was the 76ers 16th season in the
NBA and 2nd season in City
Philadelphia . The team made a major trade to obtain the services of
Wilt Chamberlain during the middle of the season. In the playoffs, they took the Boston Celtics to a 7th and decisive game. With the Sixers down 110-109 & only 5 seconds on the clock, Hal Greer inbounded the ball, and
John Havlicek made a play for the ages when he stole the inbound pass, and the Celtics went on to win the game, and eventually their 7th consecutive championship.
Roster
1964β65 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G
24
Bianchi, Al
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1932-03-26
Bowling Green
C
13
Chamberlain, Wilt
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
1936-08-21
Kansas
G
21
Costello, Larry
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
186 lb (84 kg)
1931-07-02
Niagara
G
23
Courtin, Steve
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
188 lb (85 kg)
1942-09-21
Saint Joseph's
C
26
Dierking, Connie
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
1936-10-02
Cincinnati
F
20
Gambee, Dave
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1937-04-16
Oregon State
G
22
Greenspan, Jerry
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1941-11-22
Maryland
G
15
Greer, Hal
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1936-06-26
Marshall
F
54
Jackson, Lucious
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
1941-10-31
UTRGV
G
12
Jones, Larry
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1942-09-22
Toledo
C
10
Kerr, Red
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1932-07-17
Illinois
G
5
Neumann, Paul
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1938-01-30
Stanford
F
25
Walker, Chet
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
212 lb (96 kg)
1940-02-22
Bradley
F
14
Warley, Ben
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1936-09-04
Tennessee State
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: January 22, 1965
Regular season
Season standings
x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1964-65 NBA Records
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
Game log
1964β65 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 16
Detroit
113β125
Hal Greer (32)
1β0
2
October 22
Baltimore
138β135 (OT)
Hal Greer (29)
1β1
3
October 24
@
St. Louis
86β126
Hal Greer (16)
1β2
4
October 25
@
Cincinnati
107β109
Chet Walker (28)
1β3
5
October 27
N St. Louis
81β100
Costello ,
Dierking (18)
2β3
6
October 30
@
New York
90β94
Johnny Kerr (18)
2β4
7
October 31
New York
105β116
Connie Dierking (21)
3β4
8
November 7
Cincinnati
103β105
Lucious Jackson (22)
4β4
9
November 10
San Francisco
110β99
Chet Walker (18)
4β5
10
November 11
@ Baltimore
123β114
Hal Greer (36)
5β5
11
November 12
N
Boston
110β109
Lucious Jackson (27)
6β5
12
November 14
Boston
113β102
Lucious Jackson (20)
6β6
13
November 17
@ St. Louis
107β114
Hal Greer (23)
6β7
14
November 18
@ Detroit
111β124
Hal Greer (26)
6β8
15
November 20
St. Louis
118β115
Lucious Jackson (20)
6β9
16
November 21
N Boston
108β96
Hal Greer (33)
7β9
17
November 25
N New York
124β93
Hal Greer (23)
8β9
18
November 26
San Francisco
117β128
Hal Greer (26)
9β9
19
November 27
@ Cincinnati
112β133
Paul Neumann (18)
9β10
20
November 28
@ Detroit
101β93
Johnny Kerr (25)
10β10
21
November 29
@ St. Louis
97β94
Lucious Jackson (20)
11β10
22
December 1
Los Angeles
118β117
Larry Costello (23)
11β11
23
December 4
Detroit
106β119
Paul Neumann (25)
12β11
24
December 5
N Baltimore
125β108
Dave Gambee (22)
13β11
25
December 6
N Los Angeles
104β109
Paul Neumann (23)
13β12
26
December 8
N Baltimore
102β97
Hal Greer (26)
14β12
27
December 11
Boston
118β109
Lucious Jackson (23)
14β13
28
December 12
@ New York
106β133
Paul Neumann (24)
14β14
29
December 13
N New York
121β115
Hal Greer (34)
15β14
30
December 14
N San Francisco
112β119
Hal Greer (31)
16β14
31
December 16
@ Baltimore
120β140
Paul Neumann (21)
16β15
32
December 18
@ San Francisco
111β117
Gambee, Neumann (17)
16β16
33
December 19
@ Los Angeles
140β113
Chet Walker (20)
17β16
34
December 20
@ San Francisco
113β111
Hal Greer (30)
18β16
35
December 23
@ Los Angeles
117β135
Lucious Jackson (21)
18β17
36
December 26
Cincinnati
135β125
Paul Neumann (22)
18β18
37
December 30
Los Angeles
115β117
Gambee, Jackson (24)
19β18
38
January 6
N San Francisco
102β121
Larry Costello (25)
20β18
39
January 8
N Cincinnati
107β114
Lucious Jackson (22)
20β19
40
January 9
@ St. Louis
104β102
Hal Greer (25)
21β19
41
January 11
N St. Louis
100β90
Lucious Jackson (21)
21β20
42
January 14
Baltimore
138β126
Hal Greer (24)
21β21
43
January 15
@ Boston
95β104
Chet Walker (30)
21β22
44
January 18
N Detroit
109β95
Hal Greer (28)
22β22
45
January 19
N Detroit
97β103
Hal Greer (22)
22β23
46
January 21
San Francisco
102β111
Hal Greer (28)
23β23
47
January 22
N Detroit
109β103 (OT)
Hal Greer (24)
24β23
48
January 23
N Boston
104β100
Lucious Jackson (26)
25β23
49
January 26
N Detroit
105β107
Hal Greer (26)
25β24
50
January 27
@ Boston
98β115
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
25β25
51
January 29
Boston
105β118
Hal Greer (31)
26β25
52
January 31
Cincinnati
122β127
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
27β25
53
February 2
N St. Louis
105β119
Chamberlain, Greer (24)
28β25
54
February 3
N New York
116β95
Wilt Chamberlain (29)
29β25
55
February 4
St. Louis
119β123
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
30β25
56
February 6
N Cincinnati
127β122
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
31β25
57
February 8
@ Los Angeles
98β117
Jackson, Walker (18)
31β26
58
February 9
N San Francisco
114β132
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
32β26
59
February 10
@ Los Angeles
110β99
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
33β26
60
February 11
@ San Francisco
100β106
Wilt Chamberlain (24)
33β27
61
February 13
@ Cincinnati
106β108
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
33β28
62
February 18
Los Angeles
117β110
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
33β29
63
February 20
N New York
111β92
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
34β29
64
February 21
@ Baltimore
107β106
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
35β29
65
February 22
N Baltimore
122β112
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
36β29
66
February 23
@ New York
104β132
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
36β30
67
February 24
@ Detroit
104β106
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
36β31
68
February 28
N Los Angeles
118β122
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
36β32
69
March 2
N Los Angeles
117β126
Hal Greer (24)
36β33
70
March 3
@ St. Louis
110β124
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
36β34
71
March 5
@ Cincinnati
110β109
Wilt Chamberlain (48)
37β34
72
March 6
Boston
98β103
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
38β34
73
March 7
@ Boston
111β133
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
38β35
74
March 9
@ New York
122β124 (OT)
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
38β36
75
March 10
New York
134β123
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
38β37
76
March 13
Detroit
116β131
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
39β37
77
March 14
@ Baltimore
126β143
Wilt Chamberlain (51)
39β38
78
March 16
San Francisco
115β107
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
39β39
79
March 20
Cincinnati
125β122
Hal Greer (31)
39β40
80
March 21
Baltimore
105β127
Hal Greer (26)
40β40
Playoffs
1965 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3β1 (home: 1β1; road: 2β0)
Division finals: 3β4 (home: 3β0; road: 0β4)
1965 schedule
Awards and records
References
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