1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers season

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
Division champions
Head coachFred Schaus
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record49–31 (.613)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTTV
RadioKFI

The team reached the NBA Finals, only to fall against the Boston Celtics in five games.

Roster
1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 5 Barnett, Dick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1936-10-02 Tennessee State
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
C 25 Ellis, LeRoy 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-03-10 St. John's
SG 42 Hazzard, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1942-04-15 UCLA
C 14 Imhoff, Darrall 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1938-10-11 California
PG 21 King, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1941-02-07 Tulsa
PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth
C 40 McGill, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1939-09-16 Utah
SF 20 Nelson, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-05-15 Iowa
PG 44 West, Jerry (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
C 12 Wiley, Gene 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1937-11-12 Wichita State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 28, 1965

Regular 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 17@ New York113–109Jerry West (35)1–0
2October 20@ Cincinnati113–121Jerry West (26)1–1
3October 21@ Baltimore108–105Jerry West (33)2–1
4October 23@ San Francisco94–92Jerry West (28)3–1
5October 28Baltimore102–112Jerry West (32)4–1
6October 29Baltimore98–95Jerry West (28)4–2
7November 1St. Louis116–115Jerry West (35)4–3
8November 5New York96–106Jerry West (31)5–3
9November 7San Francisco103–130Jerry West (29)6–3
10November 10New York101–108Jerry West (27)7–3
11November 12@ New York132–123 (OT)Elgin Baylor (35)8–3
12November 13@ Boston114–112Elgin Baylor (36)9–3
13November 14@ Baltimore115–127Dick Barnett (26)9–4
14November 15@ Detroit111–105Jerry West (36)10–4
15November 18Cincinnati92–90Elgin Baylor (28)10–5
16November 20Cincinnati121–131Jerry West (37)11–5
17November 25Detroit117–130Jerry West (35)12–5
18November 27Detroit111–117Jerry West (33)13–5
19November 28@ San Francisco106–109Jerry West (33)13–6
20November 29Baltimore110–126Jerry West (30)14–6
21December 1@ Philadelphia118–117Jerry West (34)15–6
22December 2@ St. Louis102–105Elgin Baylor (35)15–7
23December 4@ Cincinnati90–104Dick Barnett (28)15–8
24December 6N Philadelphia104–109Jerry West (30)16–8
25December 8Boston108–98Jerry West (34)16–9
26December 10St. Louis95–91Jerry West (34)16–10
27December 13Detroit115–116Elgin Baylor (35)17–10
28December 15Detroit131–116Jerry West (34)17–11
29December 16@ Detroit126–120 (OT)Jerry West (39)18–11
30December 18@ Cincinnati107–111Elgin Baylor (39)18–12
31December 19Philadelphia140–113LeRoy Ellis (32)18–13
32December 21New York113–125Elgin Baylor (40)19–13
33December 23Philadelphia117–135Elgin Baylor (43)20–13
34December 26San Francisco122–129Jerry West (44)21–13
35December 28@ Boston112–133Barnett, Ellis (23)21–14
36December 30@ Philadelphia115–117Elgin Baylor (37)21–15
37January 2@ St. Louis115–112Elgin Baylor (40)22–15
38January 3@ St. Louis99–92Jerry West (34)23–15
39January 7Boston112–104Elgin Baylor (32)23–16
40January 9Boston107–103Jerry West (33)23–17
41January 11N Detroit127–128Jerry West (41)23–18
42January 14@ Detroit104–100Elgin Baylor (38)24–18
43January 15@ Cincinnati106–124Elgin Baylor (34)24–19
44January 17@ St. Louis105–118Elgin Baylor (26)24–20
45January 18New York103–119Jerry West (38)25–20
46January 22New York107–117Jerry West (29)26–20
47January 24@ Boston93–117Elgin Baylor (30)26–21
48January 26@ New York111–99Jerry West (47)27–21
49January 27Cincinnati112–119Jerry West (42)28–21
50January 29Cincinnati133–137 (2OT)Jerry West (53)29–21
51January 30@ San Francisco109–99Jerry West (33)30–21
52January 31San Francisco94–96Elgin Baylor (27)31–21
53February 2N Detroit118–121 (OT)Elgin Baylor (47)31–22
54February 3@ Cincinnati99–130Elgin Baylor (27)31–23
55February 6@ Baltimore112–116Jerry West (39)31–24
56February 7@ Boston97–101Jerry West (36)31–25
57February 8Philadelphia98–117Jerry West (29)32–25
58February 10Philadelphia110–99Jerry West (29)32–26
59February 12San Francisco95–114Jerry West (29)33–26
60February 13@ San Francisco129–105Jerry West (30)34–26
61February 17@ New York118–98Barnett, Baylor (23)35–26
62February 18@ Philadelphia117–110Elgin Baylor (34)36–26
63February 19@ Baltimore119–111Jerry West (36)37–26
64February 21Boston114–129Jerry West (47)38–26
65February 24Boston97–95Jerry West (29)38–27
66February 26St. Louis90–106Elgin Baylor (34)39–27
67February 28N Philadelphia118–122Jerry West (44)40–27
68March 2N Philadelphia117–126Jerry West (34)41–27
69March 3@ Boston104–102Jerry West (30)42–27
70March 5@ New York105–103Jerry West (33)43–27
71March 6@ St. Louis107–109Elgin Baylor (31)43–28
72March 7Cincinnati104–106Elgin Baylor (38)44–28
73March 9Baltimore114–123Baylor, West (37)45–28
74March 11Baltimore116–121 (OT)Jerry West (38)46–28
75March 12@ San Francisco115–93Jerry West (33)47–28
76March 13St. Louis101–106Jerry West (37)48–28
77March 14St. Louis115–108Rudy LaRusso (27)48–29
78March 16@ Detroit100–99Rudy LaRusso (31)49–29
79March 17@ Baltimore106–117Dick Barnett (34)49–30
80March 20San Francisco112–98Jerry West (24)49–31

Playoffs
1965 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 3 Baltimore W 121–115 Jerry West (49) LeRoy Ellis (15) Jerry West (8) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,579		 1–0
2 April 5 Baltimore W 118–115 Jerry West (52) Gene Wiley (12) Jerry West (9) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
10,594		 2–0
3 April 7 @ Baltimore L 115–122 Jerry West (44) Gene Wiley (13) Jerry West (4) Baltimore Civic Center
7,247		 2–1
4 April 9 @ Baltimore L 112–114 Jerry West (48) Rudy LaRusso (14) Jerry West (5) Baltimore Civic Center
10,642		 2–2
5 April 11 Baltimore W 120–112 Jerry West (43) LeRoy Ellis (18) Jerry West (7) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,013		 3–2
6 April 13 @ Baltimore W 117–115 Jerry West (42) LeRoy Ellis (10) Jerry West (8) Baltimore Civic Center
8,590		 4–2
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 @ Boston L 110–142 Jerry West (26) Gene Wiley (14) Walt Hazzard (5) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–1
2 April 19 @ Boston L 123–129 Jerry West (45) Gene Wiley (15) Jerry West (5) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–2
3 April 21 Boston W 126–105 Jerry West (43) Gene Wiley (28) Jerry West (7) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,243		 1–2
4 April 23 Boston L 99–112 LeRoy Ellis (24) Gene Wiley (19) Wiley, Hazzard (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,217		 1–3
5 April 25 @ Boston L 96–129 Jerry West (33) Gene Wiley (13) Walt Hazzard (10) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–4
1965 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers
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