1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season

1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coach	Fred Schaus
Arena	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record	42–38 (.525)
Place	Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Division semifinals (lost to Hawks 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KHJ-TV
Radio	KHJ

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

Roster

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 Fred Schaus Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: October 1, 1963

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

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

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

• Elgin Baylor: All-NBA First Team, NBA All-Star Game
• Jerry West: All-NBA First Team, NBA All-Star Game