1964–65 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1964–65 NBA season was the Bullets' 4th season in the NBA and 2nd season in the city of Baltimore.[1]

1964–65 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachBuddy Jeannette
General managerPaul Hoffman
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record37–43 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJZ-TV
RadioWBAL

Roster
1964–65 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 8 Bellamy, Walt (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1939-07-24 Indiana
SF 33 Bradds, Gary 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1942-07-26 Ohio State
PG 20 Butler, Al 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-07-09 Niagara
PF 12 Ferry, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1937-05-31 Saint Louis
PG 11, 21 Green, Si 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1933-08-20 Duquesne
PF 23 Hardnett, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1938-09-13 Grambling State
PF 20 Hightower, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1940-01-14 Kansas
PF 15 Howell, Bailey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1937-01-20 Mississippi State
PF 41n Hunter, Les 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1942-08-16 Loyola Chicago
PF 25 Johnson, Gus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1938-12-13 Idaho
SG 24 Jones, Wali 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1942-02-14 Villanova
SG 22 Loughery, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1940-03-28 St. John's
SG 10 Ohl, Don 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1936-04-18 Illinois
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 3, 1965

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers4931.613–25–1321–163–225–15
x-St. Louis Hawks4535.563426–415–174–428–12
x-Baltimore Bullets3743.4631223–1412–192–1022–18
Detroit Pistons3149.3881813–1711–207–1218–22
San Francisco Warriors1763.2133210–265–312–67–33
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1964–65 NBA records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —3–76–46–44–62–84–67–35–5
Boston 7–3—8–210–07–37–35–59–19–1
Cincinnati 4–62–8—6–46–48–26–48–28–2
Detroit 4–60–104–6—3–75–54–68–23–7
Los Angeles 6–43–74–67–3—10–07–38–24–6
New York 8–23–72–85–50–10—5–57–31–9
Philadelphia 6–45–54–66–43–75–5—6–45–5
San Francisco 3–71–92–82–82–83–74–6—0–10
St. Louis 5–51–92–87–36–49–15–510–0—

Game log
1964–65 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 17San Francisco101–121Walt Bellamy (30)1–0
2October 21Los Angeles108–105Bailey Howell (29)1–1
3October 22@ Philadelphia138–135 (OT)Johnson, Ohl (37)2–1
4October 24@ Boston103–131Gus Johnson (23)2–2
5October 25Boston112–100Bailey Howell (22)2–3
6October 27@ San Francisco90–101Howell, Ohl (21)2–4
7October 28@ Los Angeles102–112Walt Bellamy (24)2–5
8October 29@ Los Angeles98–95Gus Johnson (28)3–5
9October 31@ San Francisco102–98Bailey Howell (30)4–5
10November 4@ Detroit121–108Bailey Howell (30)5–5
11November 6@ Cincinnati111–106Walt Bellamy (30)6–5
12November 7@ St. Louis99–134Walt Bellamy (20)6–6
13November 10N Detroit119–117Walt Bellamy (33)6–7
14November 11Philadelphia123–114Walt Bellamy (28)6–8
15November 14Los Angeles115–127Gus Johnson (41)7–8
16November 17Boston99–102Walt Bellamy (32)8–8
17November 20Detroit106–105Walt Bellamy (29)8–9
18November 21@ New York94–103Walt Bellamy (26)8–10
19November 24@ St. Louis109–108Walt Bellamy (31)9–10
20November 25Cincinnati116–125Gus Johnson (40)10–10
21November 29@ Los Angeles110–126Walt Bellamy (32)10–11
22December 1@ San Francisco136–137 (2OT)Don Ohl (42)10–12
23December 2N San Francisco114–120Walt Bellamy (31)11–12
24December 4St. Louis106–108Walt Bellamy (37)12–12
25December 5N Philadelphia125–108Walt Bellamy (26)12–13
26December 6N Cincinnati124–113Walt Bellamy (25)12–14
27December 8N Philadelphia102–97Gus Johnson (28)12–15
28December 9New York111–90Walt Bellamy (25)12–16
29December 12@ Boston99–112Bailey Howell (26)12–17
30December 16Philadelphia120–140Walt Bellamy (37)13–17
31December 19Detroit99–104Walt Bellamy (33)14–17
32December 25@ New York114–108Walt Bellamy (31)15–17
33December 26New York118–116Walt Bellamy (30)15–18
34December 27Cincinnati119–126Bellamy, Johnson (32)16–18
35December 30Boston121–114Walt Bellamy (29)16–19
36January 1N Cincinnati140–124Walt Bellamy (37)16–20
37January 2San Francisco103–129Walt Bellamy (25)17–20
38January 3San Francisco132–142Bailey Howell (37)18–20
39January 6@ Detroit129–121Bailey Howell (28)19–20
40January 7Detroit105–110Kevin Loughery (31)20–20
41January 9Cincinnati128–119Kevin Loughery (25)20–21
42January 10New York122–120 (OT)Don Ohl (36)20–22
43January 14@ Philadelphia138–126Walt Bellamy (35)21–22
44January 16N St. Louis107–87Walt Bellamy (25)21–23
45January 20Boston131–105Walt Bellamy (32)21–24
46January 22@ St. Louis117–110Don Ohl (30)22–24
47January 23St. Louis97–106Walt Bellamy (31)23–24
48January 24St. Louis106–114Don Ohl (31)24–24
49January 25N Boston142–104Walt Bellamy (22)24–25
50January 27@ Detroit108–122Walt Bellamy (30)24–26
51January 29@ St. Louis119–124Walt Bellamy (27)24–27
52February 3@ Boston122–114Don Ohl (30)25–27
53February 5N San Francisco120–112Bailey Howell (23)25–28
54February 6Los Angeles112–116Walt Bellamy (30)26–28
55February 7@ Detroit112–119Don Ohl (32)26–29
56February 11St. Louis124–94Walt Bellamy (21)26–30
57February 12@ St. Louis100–144Bailey Howell (26)26–31
58February 13Detroit117–123Walt Bellamy (30)27–31
59February 14@ Boston111–126Walt Bellamy (24)27–32
60February 16N New York106–102Don Ohl (25)27–33
61February 17Cincinnati114–125Gus Johnson (29)28–33
62February 19Los Angeles119–111Bailey Howell (35)28–34
63February 21Philadelphia107–106Gus Johnson (30)28–35
64February 22N Philadelphia122–112Walt Bellamy (32)28–36
65February 23N Cincinnati127–131Bailey Howell (29)29–36
66February 24New York100–111Gus Johnson (26)30–36
67February 27@ New York99–102Gus Johnson (22)30–37
68February 28San Francisco116–129 (OT)Don Ohl (33)31–37
69March 3Cincinnati108–151Walt Bellamy (32)32–37
70March 5Boston124–128 (OT)Walt Bellamy (41)33–37
71March 7Detroit105–111Johnson, Loughery (21)34–37
72March 8@ San Francisco111–102Bailey Howell (29)35–37
73March 9@ Los Angeles114–123Walt Bellamy (24)35–38
74March 11@ Los Angeles116–121 (OT)Walt Bellamy (28)35–39
75March 13New York114–102Walt Bellamy (21)35–40
76March 14Philadelphia126–143Walt Bellamy (33)36–40
77March 17Los Angeles106–117Walt Bellamy (36)37–40
78March 18@ Cincinnati110–113Walt Bellamy (32)37–41
79March 20@ New York114–118Gus Johnson (25)37–42
80March 21@ Philadelphia105–127Walt Bellamy (23)37–43

Playoffs
1965 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 @ St. Louis W 108–105 Bailey Howell (25) Walt Bellamy (20) three players tied (4) Kiel Auditorium
5,320		 1–0
2 March 26 @ St. Louis L 105–129 Don Ohl (23) Walt Bellamy (12) Gus Johnson (7) Kiel Auditorium
7,628		 1–1
3 March 27 St. Louis W 131–99 Bellamy, Ohl (23) Walt Bellamy (18) Johnson, Green (3) Baltimore Civic Center
6,358		 2–1
4 March 30 St. Louis W 109–103 Kevin Loughery (31) Walt Bellamy (10) Kevin Loughery (6) Baltimore Civic Center
6,423		 3–1
Division finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 3 @ Los Angeles L 115–121 Don Ohl (29) Bailey Howell (20) Walt Bellamy (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,579		 0–1
2 April 5 @ Los Angeles L 115–118 Don Ohl (30) Walt Bellamy (20) Johnson, Bellamy (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
10,594		 0–2
3 April 7 Los Angeles W 122–115 Bailey Howell (29) Bailey Howell (17) Johnson, Loughery (4) Baltimore Civic Center
7,247		 1–2
4 April 9 Los Angeles W 114–112 Don Ohl (28) Walt Bellamy (16) four players tied (3) Baltimore Civic Center
10,642		 2–2
5 April 11 @ Los Angeles L 112–120 Walt Bellamy (29) Gus Johnson (16) Bellamy, Howell (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,013		 2–3
6 April 13 Los Angeles L 115–117 Don Ohl (34) Walt Bellamy (15) Walt Bellamy (5) Baltimore Civic Center
8,590		 2–4
1965 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1964–65 Baltimore Bullets
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