1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season

1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coachFred Schaus
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record42–38 (.525)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Hawks 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHJ-TV
RadioKHJ
< 1962–63 1964–65 >

The 1963–64 NBA season was the Lakers' 16th season in the NBA and fourth season in Los Angeles.[1]

Roster

[edit]
1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SG 5 Barnett, Dick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1936-10-02 Tennessee State
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin 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
PG 21 King, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1941-02-07 Tulsa
C 32 Krebs, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1935-09-08 SMU
PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth
SF 20 Nelson, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-05-15 Iowa
C 14 Reed, Hub 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1936-10-04 Oklahoma City
SG 11 Selvy, Frank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1932-11-09 Furman
PG 44 West, Jerry 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
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 1, 1963

Regular season

[edit]

Season standings

[edit]
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-San Francisco Warriors 48 32 .600 – 25–14 21–15 2–3 29–17
x-St. Louis Hawks 46 34 .575 2 27–12 17–19 2–3 30–16
x-Los Angeles Lakers 42 38 .525 6 24–12 15–21 3–5 24–22
Baltimore Bullets 31 49 .388 17 20–19 8–21 3–9 16–24
Detroit Pistons 23 57 .288 25 9–21 6–25 8–11 13–33
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

[edit]
1963–64 NBA records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore — 1–9 2–8 7–3 3–7 7–3 5–5 3–7 3–7
Boston 9–1 — 5–7 7–1 6–3 10–2 10–2 5–3 7–2
Cincinnati 8–2 7–5 — 7–2 4–4 11–1 9–3 5–4 4–4
Detroit 3–7 1–7 2–7 — 5–7 4–5 3–5 3–9 2–10
Los Angeles 7–3 3–6 4–4 7–5 — 6–2 5–4 5–7 5–7
New York 3–7 2–10 1–11 5–4 2–6 — 4–8 1–8 4–4
Philadelphia 5–5 2–10 3–9 5–3 4–5 8–4 — 4–4 3–6
San Francisco 7–3 3–5 4–5 9–3 7–5 8–1 4–4 — 6–6
St. Louis 7–3 2–7 4–4 10–2 7–5 4–4 6–3 6–6 —

Game log

[edit]
1963–64 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 19 @ St. Louis 108–117 Jerry West (30) 0–1
2 October 22 @ New York 130–117 Jerry West (26) 1–1
3 October 23 @ Detroit 124–116 Jerry West (31) 2–1
4 October 25 @ Cincinnati 122–109 Jerry West (27) 3–1
5 October 30 Cincinnati 115–107 Jerry West (37) 3–2
6 November 1 Cincinnati 112–122 Barnett, West (29) 4–2
7 November 2 @ San Francisco 99–118 Jerry West (33) 4–3
8 November 6 New York 109–111 Jerry West (35) 5–3
9 November 8 San Francisco 90–93 Jerry West (30) 6–3
10 November 10 New York 79–104 Elgin Baylor (21) 7–3
11 November 11 N Detroit 109–116 Elgin Baylor (28) 7–4
12 November 13 N Boston 110–114 Jerry West (35) 7–5
13 November 14 @ Baltimore 123–115 Barnett, West (31) 8–5
14 November 15 @ Philadelphia 97–99 Elgin Baylor (30) 8–6
15 November 16 Detroit 95–115 Jerry West (24) 9–6
16 November 17 St. Louis 117–112 Elgin Baylor (30) 9–7
17 November 21 St. Louis 99–111 Jerry West (35) 10–7
18 November 26 @ New York 119–112 Jerry West (33) 11–7
19 November 27 @ Boston 78–114 Ellis, West (16) 11–8
20 November 29 @ Detroit 127–111 Elgin Baylor (37) 12–8
21 November 30 @ St. Louis 97–96 Jerry West (26) 13–8
22 December 1 @ Cincinnati 114–109 Jerry West (37) 14–8
23 December 4 @ Baltimore 98–118 Jerry West (29) 14–9
24 December 6 @ San Francisco 110–103 Jerry West (27) 15–9
25 December 8 San Francisco 114–112 Elgin Baylor (32) 15–10
26 December 9 N Baltimore 134–120 Dick Barnett (38) 16–10
27 December 12 Baltimore 105–120 Jerry West (37) 17–10
28 December 14 Baltimore 108–113 Jerry West (38) 18–10
29 December 15 St. Louis 102–95 Dick Barnett (21) 18–11
30 December 18 Philadelphia 96–116 Jerry West (30) 19–11
31 December 21 Philadelphia 113–126 Elgin Baylor (31) 20–11
32 December 25 @ New York 134–126 Jerry West (47) 21–11
33 December 26 @ Boston 110–126 Jerry West (22) 21–12
34 December 28 @ Philadelphia 100–114 Jerry West (29) 21–13
35 December 29 N Detroit 140–128 Jerry West (39) 22–13
36 December 31 St. Louis 119–132 Jerry West (39) 23–13
37 January 4 Boston 118–125 (OT) Jerry West (36) 24–13
38 January 5 Boston 95–97 Jerry West (29) 25–13
39 January 8 New York 118–136 Jerry West (39) 26–13
40 January 10 @ San Francisco 89–114 Baylor, West (21) 26–14
41 January 11 N New York 118–108 Elgin Baylor (30) 26–15
42 January 15 @ St. Louis 111–109 Jerry West (36) 27–15
43 January 16 @ Cincinnati 95–108 Dick Barnett (21) 27–16
44 January 17 @ Boston 79–99 Elgin Baylor (22) 27–17
45 January 18 N Philadelphia 111–115 Jerry West (41) 28–17
46 January 20 Detroit 118–107 Baylor, West (26) 28–18
47 January 22 Detroit 101–110 Jerry West (42) 29–18
48 January 24 San Francisco 100–118 Jerry West (34) 30–18
49 January 25 @ San Francisco 95–120 Dick Barnett (23) 30–19
50 January 26 San Francisco 96–108 Jerry West (31) 31–19
51 January 28 @ Detroit 92–93 Elgin Baylor (25) 31–20
52 January 29 N Philadelphia 102–97 Elgin Baylor (34) 31–21
53 January 30 @ Baltimore 89–107 Rudy LaRusso (24) 31–22
54 February 1 @ St. Louis 96–113 Elgin Baylor (27) 31–23
55 February 2 @ St. Louis 105–107 Elgin Baylor (27) 31–24
56 February 4 @ Cincinnati 100–118 Rudy LaRusso (27) 31–25
57 February 5 Detroit 85–111 Elgin Baylor (37) 32–25
58 February 7 Detroit 111–103 Elgin Baylor (40) 32–26
59 February 8 @ Philadelphia 101–109 Elgin Baylor (24) 32–27
60 February 9 @ Baltimore 110–119 Elgin Baylor (22) 32–28
61 February 11 @ Boston 113–109 Jerry West (40) 33–28
62 February 12 Boston 104–97 (OT) Jerry West (31) 33–29
63 February 16 Boston 92–90 Elgin Baylor (33) 33–30
64 February 18 @ New York 117–118 Jerry West (41) 33–31
65 February 19 N Detroit 115–116 Elgin Baylor (34) 33–32
66 February 20 @ Detroit 106–101 Elgin Baylor (26) 34–32
67 February 22 Cincinnati 107–105 Jerry West (43) 34–33
68 February 23 @ San Francisco 108–109 Elgin Baylor (29) 34–34
69 February 26 Cincinnati 97–103 Elgin Baylor (35) 35–34
70 February 28 @ Baltimore 115–112 Jerry West (33) 36–34
71 February 29 @ St. Louis 114–115 (OT) Elgin Baylor (30) 36–35
72 March 1 St. Louis 91–114 Jerry West (37) 37–35
73 March 4 St. Louis 110–105 Elgin Baylor (31) 37–36
74 March 7 San Francisco 120–118 Elgin Baylor (35) 37–37
75 March 9 Baltimore 112–122 Jerry West (37) 38–37
76 March 11 Baltimore 109–115 Elgin Baylor (25) 39–37
77 March 13 @ San Francisco 112–109 Jerry West (38) 40–37
78 March 14 San Francisco 111–95 Elgin Baylor (28) 40–38
79 March 15 Philadelphia 95–120 Elgin Baylor (34) 41–38
80 March 17 Philadelphia 97–121 Jerry West (31) 42–38

Playoffs

[edit]
1964 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 21 @ St. Louis L 104–115 Jerry West (35) Elgin Baylor (15) Dick Barnett (5) Kiel Auditorium
7,214 		0–1
2 March 22 @ St. Louis L 90–106 Elgin Baylor (20) LeRoy Ellis (8) Jim King (4) Kiel Auditorium
7,014 		0–2
3 March 25 St. Louis W 107–105 Jerry West (39) Elgin Baylor (16) Elgin Baylor (11) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,728 		1–2
4 March 28 St. Louis W 97–88 Jerry West (39) LeRoy Ellis (11) Elgin Baylor (10) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
13,862 		2–2
5 March 30 @ St. Louis L 108–121 Elgin Baylor (28) Elgin Baylor (11) Dick Barnett (4) Kiel Auditorium
9,574 		2–3
1964 schedule

Awards and records

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1963–64_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season&oldid=1222316102"