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1964–65 Baltimore Bullets season
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The 1964–65 Baltimore Bullets season was the Bullets' 4th season in the NBA and 2nd season in the city of Baltimore.1964–65 Baltimore Bullets
Roster
1964–65 Baltimore Bullets #002854 white #E45206 white
8 Walt Bellamy C 6 11 225 1939-07-24 Indiana
33 Gary Bradds SF 6 8 210 1942-07-26 Ohio State
20 Al Butler PG 6 2 175 1938-07-09 Niagara
12 Bob Ferry PF 6 8 230 1937-05-31 Saint Louis
11, 21 Si Green PG 6 2 185 1933-08-20 Duquesne
23 Charles Hardnett PF 6 8 225 1938-09-13 Grambling State
20 Wayne Hightower PF 6 8 192 1940-01-14 Kansas
15 Bailey Howell PF 6 7 210 1937-01-20 Mississippi State
41n Les Hunter basketball PF 6 7 210 1942-08-16 Loyola Chicago
25 Gus Johnson basketball PF 6 6 230 1938-12-13 Idaho
24 Wali Jones SG 6 2 180 1942-02-14 Villanova
22 Kevin Loughery SG 6 3 190 1940-03-28 St. John's
10 Don Ohl SG 6 3 190 1936-04-18 Illinois
Buddy Jeannette https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1965.html February 3, 1965
Regular season
Season standings
BAL
x – clinched playoff spot
Game log
1964–65 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 17 San Francisco 101–121 Walt Bellamy (30) 1–0 2 October 21 Los Angeles 108–105 Bailey Howell (29) 1–1 3 October 22 @ Philadelphia 138–135 (OT) Johnson, Ohl (37) 2–1 4 October 24 @ Boston 103–131 Gus Johnson (23) 2–2 5 October 25 Boston 112–100 Bailey Howell (22) 2–3 6 October 27 @ San Francisco 90–101 Howell, Ohl (21) 2–4 7 October 28 @ Los Angeles 102–112 Walt Bellamy (24) 2–5 8 October 29 @ Los Angeles 98–95 Gus Johnson (28) 3–5 9 October 31 @ San Francisco 102–98 Bailey Howell (30) 4–5 10 November 4 @ Detroit 121–108 Bailey Howell (30) 5–5 11 November 6 @ Cincinnati 111–106 Walt Bellamy (30) 6–5 12 November 7 @ St. Louis 99–134 Walt Bellamy (20) 6–6 13 November 10 N Detroit 119–117 Walt Bellamy (33) 6–7 14 November 11 Philadelphia 123–114 Walt Bellamy (28) 6–8 15 November 14 Los Angeles 115–127 Gus Johnson (41) 7–8 16 November 17 Boston 99–102 Walt Bellamy (32) 8–8 17 November 20 Detroit 106–105 Walt Bellamy (29) 8–9 18 November 21 @ New York 94–103 Walt Bellamy (26) 8–10 19 November 24 @ St. Louis 109–108 Walt Bellamy (31) 9–10 20 November 25 Cincinnati 116–125 Gus Johnson (40) 10–10 21 November 29 @ Los Angeles 110–126 Walt Bellamy (32) 10–11 22 December 1 @ San Francisco 136–137 (2OT) Don Ohl (42) 10–12 23 December 2 N San Francisco 114–120 Walt Bellamy (31) 11–12 24 December 4 St. Louis 106–108 Walt Bellamy (37) 12–12 25 December 5 N Philadelphia 125–108 Walt Bellamy (26) 12–13 26 December 6 N Cincinnati 124–113 Walt Bellamy (25) 12–14 27 December 8 N Philadelphia 102–97 Gus Johnson (28) 12–15 28 December 9 New York 111–90 Walt Bellamy (25) 12–16 29 December 12 @ Boston 99–112 Bailey Howell (26) 12–17 30 December 16 Philadelphia 120–140 Walt Bellamy (37) 13–17 31 December 19 Detroit 99–104 Walt Bellamy (33) 14–17 32 December 25 @ New York 114–108 Walt Bellamy (31) 15–17 33 December 26 New York 118–116 Walt Bellamy (30) 15–18 34 December 27 Cincinnati 119–126 Bellamy, Johnson (32) 16–18 35 December 30 Boston 121–114 Walt Bellamy (29) 16–19 36 January 1 N Cincinnati 140–124 Walt Bellamy (37) 16–20 37 January 2 San Francisco 103–129 Walt Bellamy (25) 17–20 38 January 3 San Francisco 132–142 Bailey Howell (37) 18–20 39 January 6 @ Detroit 129–121 Bailey Howell (28) 19–20 40 January 7 Detroit 105–110 Kevin Loughery (31) 20–20 41 January 9 Cincinnati 128–119 Kevin Loughery (25) 20–21 42 January 10 New York 122–120 (OT) Don Ohl (36) 20–22 43 January 14 @ Philadelphia 138–126 Walt Bellamy (35) 21–22 44 January 16 N St. Louis 107–87 Walt Bellamy (25) 21–23 45 January 20 Boston 131–105 Walt Bellamy (32) 21–24 46 January 22 @ St. Louis 117–110 Don Ohl (30) 22–24 47 January 23 St. Louis 97–106 Walt Bellamy (31) 23–24 48 January 24 St. Louis 106–114 Don Ohl (31) 24–24 49 January 25 N Boston 142–104 Walt Bellamy (22) 24–25 50 January 27 @ Detroit 108–122 Walt Bellamy (30) 24–26 51 January 29 @ St. Louis 119–124 Walt Bellamy (27) 24–27 52 February 3 @ Boston 122–114 Don Ohl (30) 25–27 53 February 5 N San Francisco 120–112 Bailey Howell (23) 25–28 54 February 6 Los Angeles 112–116 Walt Bellamy (30) 26–28 55 February 7 @ Detroit 112–119 Don Ohl (32) 26–29 56 February 11 St. Louis 124–94 Walt Bellamy (21) 26–30 57 February 12 @ St. Louis 100–144 Bailey Howell (26) 26–31 58 February 13 Detroit 117–123 Walt Bellamy (30) 27–31 59 February 14 @ Boston 111–126 Walt Bellamy (24) 27–32 60 February 16 N New York 106–102 Don Ohl (25) 27–33 61 February 17 Cincinnati 114–125 Gus Johnson (29) 28–33 62 February 19 Los Angeles 119–111 Bailey Howell (35) 28–34 63 February 21 Philadelphia 107–106 Gus Johnson (30) 28–35 64 February 22 N Philadelphia 122–112 Walt Bellamy (32) 28–36 65 February 23 N Cincinnati 127–131 Bailey Howell (29) 29–36 66 February 24 New York 100–111 Gus Johnson (26) 30–36 67 February 27 @ New York 99–102 Gus Johnson (22) 30–37 68 February 28 San Francisco 116–129 (OT) Don Ohl (33) 31–37 69 March 3 Cincinnati 108–151 Walt Bellamy (32) 32–37 70 March 5 Boston 124–128 (OT) Walt Bellamy (41) 33–37 71 March 7 Detroit 105–111 Johnson, Loughery (21) 34–37 72 March 8 @ San Francisco 111–102 Bailey Howell (29) 35–37 73 March 9 @ Los Angeles 114–123 Walt Bellamy (24) 35–38 74 March 11 @ Los Angeles 116–121 (OT) Walt Bellamy (28) 35–39 75 March 13 New York 114–102 Walt Bellamy (21) 35–40 76 March 14 Philadelphia 126–143 Walt Bellamy (33) 36–40 77 March 17 Los Angeles 106–117 Walt Bellamy (36) 37–40 78 March 18 @ Cincinnati 110–113 Walt Bellamy (32) 37–41 79 March 20 @ New York 114–118 Gus Johnson (25) 37–42 80 March 21 @ Philadelphia 105–127 Walt Bellamy (23) 37–43
Playoffs
Baltimore Bullets 1965 yes #F15110 white
Baltimore Bullets Division semifinals yes yes no #0344AD white 2 0 1 1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1
| March 24
| @ St. Louis
| W 108–105
| Bailey Howell (25)
| Walt Bellamy (20)
| three players tied (4)
| Kiel Auditorium5,320
| 1–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| March 26
| @ St. Louis
| L 105–129
| Don Ohl (23)
| Walt Bellamy (12)
| Gus Johnson (7)
| Kiel Auditorium7,628
| 1–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3
| March 27
| St. Louis
| W 131–99
| Bellamy, Ohl (23)
| Walt Bellamy (18)
| Johnson, Green (3)
| Baltimore Civic Center6,358
| 2–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| March 30
| St. Louis
| W 109–103
| Kevin Loughery (31)
| Walt Bellamy (10)
| Kevin Loughery (6)
| Baltimore Civic Center6,423
| 3–1
|-
Baltimore Bullets Division finals yes no #0344AD white 2 1 0 3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| April 3
| @ Los Angeles
| L 115–121
| Don Ohl (29)
| Bailey Howell (20)
| Walt Bellamy (5)
| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena14,579
| 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2
| April 5
| @ Los Angeles
| L 115–118
| Don Ohl (30)
| Walt Bellamy (20)
| Johnson, Bellamy (5)
| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena10,594
| 0–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3
| April 7
| Los Angeles
| W 122–115
| Bailey Howell (29)
| Bailey Howell (17)
| Johnson, Loughery (4)
| Baltimore Civic Center7,247
| 1–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4
| April 9
| Los Angeles
| W 114–112
| Don Ohl (28)
| Walt Bellamy (16)
| four players tied (3)
| Baltimore Civic Center10,642
| 2–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 5
| April 11
| @ Los Angeles
| L 112–120
| Walt Bellamy (29)
| Gus Johnson (16)
| Bellamy, Howell (5)
| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena15,013
| 2–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 6
| April 13
| Los Angeles
| L 115–117
| Don Ohl (34)
| Walt Bellamy (15)
| Walt Bellamy (5)
| Baltimore Civic Center8,590
| 2–4
|-
BAL 1965 yes
Awards and records
Gus Johnson, All-NBA Second Team
Wali Jones, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
References
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