Season of National Basketball Association team the: Los Angeles Lakers
NBA professional basketball team season
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 (lostββto Celtics 1β4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | KTTV | ||
Radio | KFI | ||
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The 1964β65 NBA season was theββLakers' 17th season in the NBA and fifth season in Los Angeles.
The team reached the NBA Finals, onlyββto fall against the Boston Celtics in five games.
Rosterβ»
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Roster |
Regular seasonβ»
Standingsβ»
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 |
- x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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 |
Game logβ»
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 |
Playoffsβ»
Awards and recordsβ»
- Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team
- Jerry West, All-NBA First Team
- Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game
- Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game