1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers season

Season of National Basketball Association team the Los Angeles Lakers March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1965 yes 49 31 Western 1 Fred Schaus Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena KTTV KFI NBA Finals(lost to Celtics 1–4) LAL The 1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers season was the Lakers' 17th season in the NBA and fifth season in Los Angeles.1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers The team reached the NBA Finals, only to fall against the Boston Celtics in five games. Roster 1964–65 Los Angeles Lakers #004B87 #FFFFFF #02A9E0 #004B87 5 Dick Barnett SG 6 4 190 1936-10-02 Tennessee State 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 1934-09-16 Seattle University 25 LeRoy Ellis C 6 11 210 1940-03-10 St. John's 42 Walt Hazzard SG 6 2 185 1942-04-15 UCLA 14 Darrall Imhoff C 6 10 220 1938-10-11 California 21 Jim King basketball, born 1941 PG 6 2 175 1941-02-07 Tulsa 35 Rudy LaRusso PF 6 8 220 1937-11-11 Dartmouth College 40 Bill McGill C 6 9 225 1939-09-16 Utah 20 Don Nelson SF 6 6 210 1940-05-15 Iowa 44 Jerry West PG 6 3 175 1938-05-28 West Virginia 12 Gene Wiley C 6 10 210 1937-11-12 Wichita State Fred Schaus https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1965.html January 28, 1965 Regular season Standings LAL x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1964–65 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 17 @ New York 113–109 Jerry West (35) 1–0 2 October 20 @ Cincinnati 113–121 Jerry West (26) 1–1 3 October 21 @ Baltimore 108–105 Jerry West (33) 2–1 4 October 23 @ San Francisco 94–92 Jerry West (28) 3–1 5 October 28 Baltimore 102–112 Jerry West (32) 4–1 6 October 29 Baltimore 98–95 Jerry West (28) 4–2 7 November 1 St. Louis 116–115 Jerry West (35) 4–3 8 November 5 New York 96–106 Jerry West (31) 5–3 9 November 7 San Francisco 103–130 Jerry West (29) 6–3 10 November 10 New York 101–108 Jerry West (27) 7–3 11 November 12 @ New York 132–123 (OT) Elgin Baylor (35) 8–3 12 November 13 @ Boston 114–112 Elgin Baylor (36) 9–3 13 November 14 @ Baltimore 115–127 Dick Barnett (26) 9–4 14 November 15 @ Detroit 111–105 Jerry West (36) 10–4 15 November 18 Cincinnati 92–90 Elgin Baylor (28) 10–5 16 November 20 Cincinnati 121–131 Jerry West (37) 11–5 17 November 25 Detroit 117–130 Jerry West (35) 12–5 18 November 27 Detroit 111–117 Jerry West (33) 13–5 19 November 28 @ San Francisco 106–109 Jerry West (33) 13–6 20 November 29 Baltimore 110–126 Jerry West (30) 14–6 21 December 1 @ Philadelphia 118–117 Jerry West (34) 15–6 22 December 2 @ St. Louis 102–105 Elgin Baylor (35) 15–7 23 December 4 @ Cincinnati 90–104 Dick Barnett (28) 15–8 24 December 6 N Philadelphia 104–109 Jerry West (30) 16–8 25 December 8 Boston 108–98 Jerry West (34) 16–9 26 December 10 St. Louis 95–91 Jerry West (34) 16–10 27 December 13 Detroit 115–116 Elgin Baylor (35) 17–10 28 December 15 Detroit 131–116 Jerry West (34) 17–11 29 December 16 @ Detroit 126–120 (OT) Jerry West (39) 18–11 30 December 18 @ Cincinnati 107–111 Elgin Baylor (39) 18–12 31 December 19 Philadelphia 140–113 LeRoy Ellis (32) 18–13 32 December 21 New York 113–125 Elgin Baylor (40) 19–13 33 December 23 Philadelphia 117–135 Elgin Baylor (43) 20–13 34 December 26 San Francisco 122–129 Jerry West (44) 21–13 35 December 28 @ Boston 112–133 Barnett, Ellis (23) 21–14 36 December 30 @ Philadelphia 115–117 Elgin Baylor (37) 21–15 37 January 2 @ St. Louis 115–112 Elgin Baylor (40) 22–15 38 January 3 @ St. Louis 99–92 Jerry West (34) 23–15 39 January 7 Boston 112–104 Elgin Baylor (32) 23–16 40 January 9 Boston 107–103 Jerry West (33) 23–17 41 January 11 N Detroit 127–128 Jerry West (41) 23–18 42 January 14 @ Detroit 104–100 Elgin Baylor (38) 24–18 43 January 15 @ Cincinnati 106–124 Elgin Baylor (34) 24–19 44 January 17 @ St. Louis 105–118 Elgin Baylor (26) 24–20 45 January 18 New York 103–119 Jerry West (38) 25–20 46 January 22 New York 107–117 Jerry West (29) 26–20 47 January 24 @ Boston 93–117 Elgin Baylor (30) 26–21 48 January 26 @ New York 111–99 Jerry West (47) 27–21 49 January 27 Cincinnati 112–119 Jerry West (42) 28–21 50 January 29 Cincinnati 133–137 (2OT) Jerry West (53) 29–21 51 January 30 @ San Francisco 109–99 Jerry West (33) 30–21 52 January 31 San Francisco 94–96 Elgin Baylor (27) 31–21 53 February 2 N Detroit 118–121 (OT) Elgin Baylor (47) 31–22 54 February 3 @ Cincinnati 99–130 Elgin Baylor (27) 31–23 55 February 6 @ Baltimore 112–116 Jerry West (39) 31–24 56 February 7 @ Boston 97–101 Jerry West (36) 31–25 57 February 8 Philadelphia 98–117 Jerry West (29) 32–25 58 February 10 Philadelphia 110–99 Jerry West (29) 32–26 59 February 12 San Francisco 95–114 Jerry West (29) 33–26 60 February 13 @ San Francisco 129–105 Jerry West (30) 34–26 61 February 17 @ New York 118–98 Barnett, Baylor (23) 35–26 62 February 18 @ Philadelphia 117–110 Elgin Baylor (34) 36–26 63 February 19 @ Baltimore 119–111 Jerry West (36) 37–26 64 February 21 Boston 114–129 Jerry West (47) 38–26 65 February 24 Boston 97–95 Jerry West (29) 38–27 66 February 26 St. Louis 90–106 Elgin Baylor (34) 39–27 67 February 28 N Philadelphia 118–122 Jerry West (44) 40–27 68 March 2 N Philadelphia 117–126 Jerry West (34) 41–27 69 March 3 @ Boston 104–102 Jerry West (30) 42–27 70 March 5 @ New York 105–103 Jerry West (33) 43–27 71 March 6 @ St. Louis 107–109 Elgin Baylor (31) 43–28 72 March 7 Cincinnati 104–106 Elgin Baylor (38) 44–28 73 March 9 Baltimore 114–123 Baylor, West (37) 45–28 74 March 11 Baltimore 116–121 (OT) Jerry West (38) 46–28 75 March 12 @ San Francisco 115–93 Jerry West (33) 47–28 76 March 13 St. Louis 101–106 Jerry West (37) 48–28 77 March 14 St. Louis 115–108 Rudy LaRusso (27) 48–29 78 March 16 @ Detroit 100–99 Rudy LaRusso (31) 49–29 79 March 17 @ Baltimore 106–117 Dick Barnett (34) 49–30 80 March 20 San Francisco 112–98 Jerry West (24) 49–31 Playoffs Los Angeles Lakers 1965 yes #0000FF #FFFFFF Los Angeles Lakers Division finals yes yes no #7CA3DC #FFFFFF 3 0 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 3 | Baltimore | W 121–115 | Jerry West (49) | LeRoy Ellis (15) | Jerry West (8) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena14,579 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 5 | Baltimore | W 118–115 | Jerry West (52) | Gene Wiley (12) | Jerry West (9) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena10,594 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 7 | @ Baltimore | L 115–122 | Jerry West (44) | Gene Wiley (13) | Jerry West (4) | Baltimore Civic Center7,247 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 9 | @ Baltimore | L 112–114 | Jerry West (48) | Rudy LaRusso (14) | Jerry West (5) | Baltimore Civic Center10,642 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | April 11 | Baltimore | W 120–112 | Jerry West (43) | LeRoy Ellis (18) | Jerry West (7) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena15,013 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | April 13 | @ Baltimore | W 117–115 | Jerry West (42) | LeRoy Ellis (10) | Jerry West (8) | Baltimore Civic Center8,590 | 4–2 |- Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals yes no #7CA3DC #FFFFFF 1 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 18 | @ Boston | L 110–142 | Jerry West (26) | Gene Wiley (14) | Walt Hazzard (5) | Boston Garden13,909 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 19 | @ Boston | L 123–129 | Jerry West (45) | Gene Wiley (15) | Jerry West (5) | Boston Garden13,909 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 21 | Boston | W 126–105 | Jerry West (43) | Gene Wiley (28) | Jerry West (7) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena14,243 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 23 | Boston | L 99–112 | LeRoy Ellis (24) | Gene Wiley (19) | Wiley, Hazzard (5) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena15,217 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 25 | @ Boston | L 96–129 | Jerry West (33) | Gene Wiley (13) | Walt Hazzard (10) | Boston Garden13,909 | 1–4 |-– LAL 1965 yes Awards and records Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team Jerry West, All-NBA First Team Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Los Angeles Lakers Los Angle Los Angle