The 1964–65 NBA season was the Lakers' 17th season in the NBA and fifth season in Los Angeles.[1]
1964–65 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 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTTV |
Radio | KFI |
The team reached the NBA Finals, only to fall against the Boston Celtics in five games.
Roster
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Roster |
Regular season
Standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Los Angeles Lakers | 49 | 31 | .613 | – | 25–13 | 21–16 | 3–2 | 25–15 |
x-St. Louis Hawks | 45 | 35 | .563 | 4 | 26–4 | 15–17 | 4–4 | 28–12 |
x-Baltimore Bullets | 37 | 43 | .463 | 12 | 23–14 | 12–19 | 2–10 | 22–18 |
Detroit Pistons | 31 | 49 | .388 | 18 | 13–17 | 11–20 | 7–12 | 18–22 |
San Francisco Warriors | 17 | 63 | .213 | 32 | 10–26 | 5–31 | 2–6 | 7–33 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1964–65 NBA records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | — | 3–7 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 |
Boston | 7–3 | — | 8–2 | 10–0 | 7–3 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 9–1 | 9–1 |
Cincinnati | 4–6 | 2–8 | — | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–2 | 8–2 |
Detroit | 4–6 | 0–10 | 4–6 | — | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 3–7 |
Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 7–3 | — | 10–0 | 7–3 | 8–2 | 4–6 |
New York | 8–2 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 0–10 | — | 5–5 | 7–3 | 1–9 |
Philadelphia | 6–4 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 5–5 | — | 6–4 | 5–5 |
San Francisco | 3–7 | 1–9 | 2–8 | 2–8 | 2–8 | 3–7 | 4–6 | — | 0–10 |
St. Louis | 5–5 | 1–9 | 2–8 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 10–0 | — |
Game log
1964–65 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 17 | @ New York | 113–109 | Jerry West (35) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 20 | @ Cincinnati | 113–121 | Jerry West (26) | 1–1 | |||||
3 | October 21 | @ Baltimore | 108–105 | Jerry West (33) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | October 23 | @ San Francisco | 94–92 | Jerry West (28) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 28 | Baltimore | 102–112 | Jerry West (32) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | October 29 | Baltimore | 98–95 | Jerry West (28) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | November 1 | St. Louis | 116–115 | Jerry West (35) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | November 5 | New York | 96–106 | Jerry West (31) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | November 7 | San Francisco | 103–130 | Jerry West (29) | 6–3 | |||||
10 | November 10 | New York | 101–108 | Jerry West (27) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 12 | @ New York | 132–123 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (35) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | November 13 | @ Boston | 114–112 | Elgin Baylor (36) | 9–3 | |||||
13 | November 14 | @ Baltimore | 115–127 | Dick Barnett (26) | 9–4 | |||||
14 | November 15 | @ Detroit | 111–105 | Jerry West (36) | 10–4 | |||||
15 | November 18 | Cincinnati | 92–90 | Elgin Baylor (28) | 10–5 | |||||
16 | November 20 | Cincinnati | 121–131 | Jerry West (37) | 11–5 | |||||
17 | November 25 | Detroit | 117–130 | Jerry West (35) | 12–5 | |||||
18 | November 27 | Detroit | 111–117 | Jerry West (33) | 13–5 | |||||
19 | November 28 | @ San Francisco | 106–109 | Jerry West (33) | 13–6 | |||||
20 | November 29 | Baltimore | 110–126 | Jerry West (30) | 14–6 | |||||
21 | December 1 | @ Philadelphia | 118–117 | Jerry West (34) | 15–6 | |||||
22 | December 2 | @ St. Louis | 102–105 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 15–7 | |||||
23 | December 4 | @ Cincinnati | 90–104 | Dick Barnett (28) | 15–8 | |||||
24 | December 6 | N Philadelphia | 104–109 | Jerry West (30) | 16–8 | |||||
25 | December 8 | Boston | 108–98 | Jerry West (34) | 16–9 | |||||
26 | December 10 | St. Louis | 95–91 | Jerry West (34) | 16–10 | |||||
27 | December 13 | Detroit | 115–116 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 17–10 | |||||
28 | December 15 | Detroit | 131–116 | Jerry West (34) | 17–11 | |||||
29 | December 16 | @ Detroit | 126–120 (OT) | Jerry West (39) | 18–11 | |||||
30 | December 18 | @ Cincinnati | 107–111 | Elgin Baylor (39) | 18–12 | |||||
31 | December 19 | Philadelphia | 140–113 | LeRoy Ellis (32) | 18–13 | |||||
32 | December 21 | New York | 113–125 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 19–13 | |||||
33 | December 23 | Philadelphia | 117–135 | Elgin Baylor (43) | 20–13 | |||||
34 | December 26 | San Francisco | 122–129 | Jerry West (44) | 21–13 | |||||
35 | December 28 | @ Boston | 112–133 | Barnett, Ellis (23) | 21–14 | |||||
36 | December 30 | @ Philadelphia | 115–117 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 21–15 | |||||
37 | January 2 | @ St. Louis | 115–112 | Elgin Baylor (40) | 22–15 | |||||
38 | January 3 | @ St. Louis | 99–92 | Jerry West (34) | 23–15 | |||||
39 | January 7 | Boston | 112–104 | Elgin Baylor (32) | 23–16 | |||||
40 | January 9 | Boston | 107–103 | Jerry West (33) | 23–17 | |||||
41 | January 11 | N Detroit | 127–128 | Jerry West (41) | 23–18 | |||||
42 | January 14 | @ Detroit | 104–100 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 24–18 | |||||
43 | January 15 | @ Cincinnati | 106–124 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 24–19 | |||||
44 | January 17 | @ St. Louis | 105–118 | Elgin Baylor (26) | 24–20 | |||||
45 | January 18 | New York | 103–119 | Jerry West (38) | 25–20 | |||||
46 | January 22 | New York | 107–117 | Jerry West (29) | 26–20 | |||||
47 | January 24 | @ Boston | 93–117 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 26–21 | |||||
48 | January 26 | @ New York | 111–99 | Jerry West (47) | 27–21 | |||||
49 | January 27 | Cincinnati | 112–119 | Jerry West (42) | 28–21 | |||||
50 | January 29 | Cincinnati | 133–137 (2OT) | Jerry West (53) | 29–21 | |||||
51 | January 30 | @ San Francisco | 109–99 | Jerry West (33) | 30–21 | |||||
52 | January 31 | San Francisco | 94–96 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 31–21 | |||||
53 | February 2 | N Detroit | 118–121 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (47) | 31–22 | |||||
54 | February 3 | @ Cincinnati | 99–130 | Elgin Baylor (27) | 31–23 | |||||
55 | February 6 | @ Baltimore | 112–116 | Jerry West (39) | 31–24 | |||||
56 | February 7 | @ Boston | 97–101 | Jerry West (36) | 31–25 | |||||
57 | February 8 | Philadelphia | 98–117 | Jerry West (29) | 32–25 | |||||
58 | February 10 | Philadelphia | 110–99 | Jerry West (29) | 32–26 | |||||
59 | February 12 | San Francisco | 95–114 | Jerry West (29) | 33–26 | |||||
60 | February 13 | @ San Francisco | 129–105 | Jerry West (30) | 34–26 | |||||
61 | February 17 | @ New York | 118–98 | Barnett, Baylor (23) | 35–26 | |||||
62 | February 18 | @ Philadelphia | 117–110 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 36–26 | |||||
63 | February 19 | @ Baltimore | 119–111 | Jerry West (36) | 37–26 | |||||
64 | February 21 | Boston | 114–129 | Jerry West (47) | 38–26 | |||||
65 | February 24 | Boston | 97–95 | Jerry West (29) | 38–27 | |||||
66 | February 26 | St. Louis | 90–106 | Elgin Baylor (34) | 39–27 | |||||
67 | February 28 | N Philadelphia | 118–122 | Jerry West (44) | 40–27 | |||||
68 | March 2 | N Philadelphia | 117–126 | Jerry West (34) | 41–27 | |||||
69 | March 3 | @ Boston | 104–102 | Jerry West (30) | 42–27 | |||||
70 | March 5 | @ New York | 105–103 | Jerry West (33) | 43–27 | |||||
71 | March 6 | @ St. Louis | 107–109 | Elgin Baylor (31) | 43–28 | |||||
72 | March 7 | Cincinnati | 104–106 | Elgin Baylor (38) | 44–28 | |||||
73 | March 9 | Baltimore | 114–123 | Baylor, West (37) | 45–28 | |||||
74 | March 11 | Baltimore | 116–121 (OT) | Jerry West (38) | 46–28 | |||||
75 | March 12 | @ San Francisco | 115–93 | Jerry West (33) | 47–28 | |||||
76 | March 13 | St. Louis | 101–106 | Jerry West (37) | 48–28 | |||||
77 | March 14 | St. Louis | 115–108 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 48–29 | |||||
78 | March 16 | @ Detroit | 100–99 | Rudy LaRusso (31) | 49–29 | |||||
79 | March 17 | @ Baltimore | 106–117 | Dick Barnett (34) | 49–30 | |||||
80 | March 20 | San Francisco | 112–98 | Jerry West (24) | 49–31 |
Playoffs
Awards and records
- Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
- Jerry West, All-NBA First Team
- Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
- Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game
References
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