1963–64 San Francisco Warriors season

The 1963–64 NBA season was the Warriors' 18th season in the NBA and second in San Francisco.[1]

1963–64 San Francisco Warriors season
Division champions
Head coachAlex Hannum
ArenaCow Palace
Results
Record48–32 (.600)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKRON-TV
RadioKSFO

The Warriors were led by superstar center Wilt Chamberlain and renowned playmaker Guy Rodgers, both of whom were named to their second-consecutive all-star games during the season.[2] The Warriors were also aided by rookie draft pick Nate Thurmond as well as veterans Tom Meschery and Al Attles, and were coached by newcomer Alex Hannum. The Warriors won 48 games in the regular season, and beat the St. Louis Hawks in a tough seven-game series during the conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals, in only their second season as a San Francisco team. They were ousted in five games by the Boston Celtics in the NBA Championship.

Roster
1963–64 San Francisco Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 16 Attles, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1936–11–07 North Carolina A&T
C 13 Chamberlain, Wilt 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1936–08–21 Kansas
F 55 Hightower, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1940–01–14 Kansas
G 12 Hill, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941–10–07 Oklahoma City
G/F 9 Lee, George 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1936–11–23 Michigan
F 14 Meschery, Tom 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1938–10–26 Saint Mary's
G 7 Phillips, Gary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1939–12–07 Houston
G 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1935–09–01 Temple
F 17 Sears, Kenny 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1933–08–17 Santa Clara
F/C 42 Thurmond, Nate 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1941–07–25 Bowling Green
F 15 Windsor, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1940–04–03 Stanford
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-San Francisco Warriors4832.600–25–1421–152–329–17
x-St. Louis Hawks4634.575227–1217–192–330–16
x-Los Angeles Lakers4238.525624–1215–213–524–22
Baltimore Bullets3149.3881720–198–213–916–24
Detroit Pistons2357.288259–216–258–1113–33
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1963–64 NBA records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore –1–92–87–33–77–35–53–73–7
Boston 9–1–5–77–16–310–210–25–37–2
Cincinnati 8–27–5–7–24–411–19–35–44–4
Detroit 3–71–72–7–5–74–53–53–92–10
Los Angeles 7–33–64–47–5–6–25–45–75–7
New York 3–72–101–115–42–6–4–81–84–4
Philadelphia 5–52–103–95–34–58–4–4–43–6
San Francisco 7–33–54–59–37–58–14–4–6–6
St. Louis 7–32–74–410–27–54–46–36–6—

Game log
1963–64 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsAttendanceRecord
1October 19@ Baltimore103–102Wilt Chamberlain (23)—1–0
2October 22@ Cincinnati97–103Wilt Chamberlain (36)—1–1
3October 23@ St. Louis99–95Wilt Chamberlain (22)—2–1
4October 26Cincinnati99–102Wilt Chamberlain (21)—3–1
5October 29Cincinnati108–101Wilt Chamberlain (32)—3–2
6November 2Los Angeles99–118Wilt Chamberlain (55)—4–2
7November 7New York88–110Wilt Chamberlain (23)—5–2
8November 8@ Los Angeles90–93Wilt Chamberlain (33)—5–3
9November 9New York[a]89–84Wilt Chamberlain (30)3,141[3]5–4
10November 12@ Philadelphia102–106 (OT)Wilt Chamberlain (31)—5–5
11November 13@ Cincinnati98–92Wilt Chamberlain (49)—6–5
12November 14@ St. Louis105–117Wilt Chamberlain (34)—6–6
13November 15Detroit101–98Wilt Chamberlain (23)—6–7
14November 17Detroit96–120Wilt Chamberlain (37)—7–7
15November 19St. Louis96–129Wilt Chamberlain (40)—8–7
16November 26Cincinnati[b]112–123Wilt Chamberlain (23)14,585[4]8–8
17November 27New York[c]118–89Wilt Chamberlain (38)3,909[5]9–8
18November 29@ Baltimore99–100Wilt Chamberlain (38)—9–9
19November 30@ Boston96–109Guy Rodgers (24)—9–10
20December 3@ New York116–108Wayne Hightower (23)—10–10
21December 4@ St. Louis83–105Wilt Chamberlain (21)—10–11
22December 6Los Angeles110–103Wilt Chamberlain (59)—10–12
23December 8@ Los Angeles114–112Wilt Chamberlain (31)—11–12
24December 10Baltimore[a]108–117Wilt Chamberlain (49)1,504[6]12–12
25December 13Baltimore116–114 (OT)Wilt Chamberlain (43)—12–13
26December 15Baltimore97–122Wilt Chamberlain (44)—13–13
27December 17St. Louis106–110Wilt Chamberlain (34)—14–13
28December 18St. Louis[d]96–104Wilt Chamberlain (27)2,872[7]15–13
29December 20Philadelphia114–112Wilt Chamberlain (41)—15–14
30December 22Philadelphia104–118Wilt Chamberlain (40)—16–14
31December 26@ Philadelphia112–118Wilt Chamberlain (49)—16–15
32December 28@ Baltimore106–104Chamberlain, Hightower (26)—17–15
33December 30Detroit[e]112–114 (OT)Wilt Chamberlain (47)3,364[8]17–16
34December 31@ New York101–79Wilt Chamberlain (42)—18–16
35January 2St. Louis[a]111–106Wilt Chamberlain (42)4,281[9]18–17
36January 3Boston111–101Wilt Chamberlain (24)—18–18
37January 7Boston89–92Wilt Chamberlain (35)—19–18
38January 9New York[f]97–112Wilt Chamberlain (43)1,609[10]20–18
39January 10Los Angeles89–114Wilt Chamberlain (50)—21–18
40January 12New York[a]105–112Wilt Chamberlain (47)2,161[11]22–18
41January 15@ Detroit89–79Wilt Chamberlain (32)—23–18
42January 17@ Philadelphia112–91Wilt Chamberlain (36)—24–18
43January 18@ Baltimore86–93Wilt Chamberlain (28)—24–19
44January 19@ Boston105–108Wilt Chamberlain (31)—24–20
45January 21Detroit88–100Wilt Chamberlain (24)—25–20
46January 23Detroit93–125Wilt Chamberlain (28)—26–20
47January 24@ Los Angeles100–118Wilt Chamberlain (41)—26–21
48January 25Los Angeles95–120Wilt Chamberlain (40)—27–21
49January 26@ Los Angeles96–108Wilt Chamberlain (49)—27–22
50January 28@ Philadelphia139–117Wilt Chamberlain (59)—28–22
51January 29@ Boston100–92Wilt Chamberlain (28)—29–22
52January 30@ Detroit100–109Wilt Chamberlain (42)—29–23
53February 1@ New York125–106Wilt Chamberlain (40)—30–23
54February 2@ Baltimore120–118 (OT)Wayne Hightower (33)—31–23
55February 4Detroit79–118Wilt Chamberlain (38)—32–23
56February 6Detroit[g]97–104Wilt Chamberlain (40)2,906[12]33–23
57February 8@ St. Louis103–97Wilt Chamberlain (30)—34–23
58February 9@ St. Louis111–116Wilt Chamberlain (32)—34–24
59February 11@ Detroit128–118 (OT)Wilt Chamberlain (59)—35–24
60February 13Boston95–106Wilt Chamberlain (30)—36–24
61February 15Boston96–87Wilt Chamberlain (32)—36–25
62February 17Cincinnati[h]113–129Wilt Chamberlain (52)11,595[13]36–26
63February 18Detroit[i]108–98Wilt Chamberlain (52)3,875[14]37–26
64February 19@ Cincinnati108–101Wilt Chamberlain (32)—38–26
65February 21Cincinnati101–93Wilt Chamberlain (40)—38–27
66February 23Los Angeles108–109Wilt Chamberlain (37)—39–27
67February 25Cincinnati108–117Wilt Chamberlain (52)—40–27
68February 27@ St. Louis107–97Wilt Chamberlain (40)—41–27
69February 28@ Boston92–107Wilt Chamberlain (30)—41–28
70February 29@ New York136–110Wilt Chamberlain (37)—42–28
71March 1@ Detroit100–86Wilt Chamberlain (38)—43–28
72March 2St. Louis111–102Wilt Chamberlain (27)—43–29
73March 5St. Louis104–102Wilt Chamberlain (44)—43–30
74March 7@ Los Angeles120–118Wilt Chamberlain (47)—44–30
75March 10Baltimore111–129Wilt Chamberlain (32)—45–30
76March 12Baltimore102–125Wilt Chamberlain (35)—46–30
77March 13Los Angeles112–109Wilt Chamberlain (35)—46–31
78March 14@ Los Angeles111–95Wilt Chamberlain (55)—47–31
79March 16Philadelphia111–110Wilt Chamberlain (30)—47–32
80March 18Philadelphia85–89Wilt Chamberlain (36)—48–32
Footnotes

Playoffs
1964 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 1 St. Louis L 111–116 Wilt Chamberlain (37) Wilt Chamberlain (22) Guy Rodgers (11) War Memorial Gymnasium[16]
5,231		 0–1
2 April 3 St. Louis W 120–85 Wilt Chamberlain (28) Wilt Chamberlain (27) Guy Rodgers (8) Cow Palace
9,063		 1–1
3 April 5 @ St. Louis L 109–113 Wilt Chamberlain (46) Wilt Chamberlain (23) Phillips, Rodgers (4) Kiel Auditorium
10,163		 1–2
4 April 8 @ St. Louis W 111–109 Wilt Chamberlain (36) Wilt Chamberlain (23) Guy Rodgers (8) Kiel Auditorium
10,118		 2–2
5 April 10 St. Louis W 121–97 Wilt Chamberlain (50) Chamberlain, Thurmond (15) Guy Rodgers (12) Cow Palace
10,628		 3–2
6 April 12 @ St. Louis L 95–123 Wilt Chamberlain (34) Wilt Chamberlain (24) Guy Rodgers (7) Kiel Auditorium
8,967		 3–3
7 April 16 St. Louis W 105–95 Wilt Chamberlain (39) Wilt Chamberlain (30) Guy Rodgers (8) Cow Palace
8,923		 4–3
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 @ Boston L 96–108 Wilt Chamberlain (22) Wilt Chamberlain (23) Guy Rodgers (8) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–1
2 April 20 @ Boston L 101–124 Wilt Chamberlain (32) Wilt Chamberlain (25) Phillips, Rodgers (4) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–2
3 April 22 Boston W 115–91 Wilt Chamberlain (35) Wilt Chamberlain (25) Guy Rodgers (7) Cow Palace
10,981		 1–2
4 April 24 Boston L 95–98 Wilt Chamberlain (27) Wilt Chamberlain (38) Guy Rodgers (6) Cow Palace
14,862		 1–3
5 April 26 @ Boston L 99–105 Wilt Chamberlain (30) Wilt Chamberlain (27) Guy Rodgers (7) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–4
1964 schedule

Awards and records

References
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