1963–64 Philadelphia 76ers season

Season of National Basketball Association team the Philadelphia 76ers August 2023 March 2026 Philadelphia 76ers 1964 34 46 Eastern 3 Dolph Schayes Irv Kosloff Irv Kosloff Municipal Auditorium Division semifinals(lost to Royals 2–3) PHI WFIL-TV WCAU Syracuse Nationals The 1963–64 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 76ers' 15th season in the NBA and 1st season in Philadelphia.1963–64 Philadelphia 76ers The team participated in the 1963 NBA draft as the Syracuse Nationals for the final time, as the draft was held before they relocated to Philadelphia and become the 76ers. They finished the regular season with a 34–46 record, placing third in the East enough to clinch a playoff berth. However, they were eliminated in the division semifinals by the Cincinnati Royals after five games. Roster Philadelphia 76ers 1963–64 24 Al Bianchi G 6 3 185 1932-03-26 Bowling Green 21 Larry Costello G 6 1 186 1931-07-02 Niagara 29 Connie Dierking C 6 9 222 1936-10-02 Cincinnati 20 Dave Gambee F 6 6 215 1937-04-16 Oregon State 22 Jerry Greenspan G 6 5 195 1941-11-22 Maryland 15 Hal Greer G 6 2 175 1936-06-26 Marshall 10 Red Kerr C 6 9 230 1932-07-17 Illinois 5 Paul Neumann basketball G 6 1 175 1938-01-30 Stanford 4 Dolph Schayes F 6 8 220 1928-05-19 NYU 22 Lee Shaffer F 6 7 220 1939-02-23 UNC 25 Chet Walker F 6 6 212 1940-02-22 Bradley 14 Ben Warley F 6 5 200 1936-09-04 Tennessee State 23 Hubie White G 6 4 205 1940-01-26 Villanova Dolph Schayes https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1964.html October 21, 1963 Regular season Season standings PHI x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1963–64 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 16 @ Detroit 117–115 Hal Greer (26) 1–0 2 October 19 Detroit 124–121 Lee Shaffer (31) 1–1 3 October 25 New York 136–112 Hal Greer (20) 1–2 4 October 26 @ New York 101–109 Johnny Kerr (34) 1–3 5 October 30 @ Baltimore 111–108 Hal Greer (39) 2–3 6 November 1 Boston 119–102 Hal Greer (24) 2–4 7 November 2 @ St. Louis 99–128 Chet Walker (27) 2–5 8 November 3 N Cincinnati 93–95 Lee Shaffer (22) 2–6 9 November 6 @ Detroit 101–119 Chet Walker (24) 2–7 10 November 8 St. Louis 106–108 Lee Shaffer (29) 3–7 11 November 9 @ Baltimore 100–116 Lee Shaffer (29) 3–8 12 November 12 San Francisco 102–106 (OT) Lee Shaffer (36) 4–8 13 November 15 Los Angeles 97–99 Hal Greer (33) 5–8 14 November 20 New York 101–118 Lee Shaffer (36) 6–8 15 November 26 Baltimore 113–115 Lee Shaffer (32) 7–8 16 November 28 Cincinnati 125–110 Lee Shaffer (42) 7–9 17 November 29 N Boston 78–112 Lee Shaffer (16) 7–10 18 November 30 @ New York 132–125 Hal Greer (43) 8–10 19 December 1 N Detroit 132–121 Hal Greer (43) 9–10 20 December 5 St. Louis 106–103 Chet Walker (33) 9–11 21 December 7 @ St. Louis 120–129 Ben Warley (31) 9–12 22 December 8 @ Cincinnati 126–116 Johnny Kerr (33) 10–12 23 December 10 N St. Louis 113–103 Johnny Kerr (32) 10–13 24 December 11 New York 103–113 Johnny Kerr (29) 11–13 25 December 13 Boston 111–84 Al Bianchi (15) 11–14 26 December 14 @ New York 123–119 Johnny Kerr (30) 12–14 27 December 18 @ Los Angeles 96–116 Chet Walker (19) 12–15 28 December 20 @ San Francisco 114–112 Hal Greer (34) 13–15 29 December 21 @ Los Angeles 113–126 Hal Greer (17) 13–16 30 December 22 @ San Francisco 104–118 Johnny Kerr (28) 13–17 31 December 26 San Francisco 112–118 Hal Greer (31) 14–17 32 December 27 N Detroit 119–107 Chet Walker (29) 15–17 33 December 28 Los Angeles 100–114 Hal Greer (24) 16–17 34 January 3 Cincinnati 110–132 Hal Greer (33) 17–17 35 January 4 @ Baltimore 123–113 Hal Greer (37) 18–17 36 January 5 New York 142–118 Ben Warley (21) 18–18 37 January 7 N Cincinnati 110–130 Hal Greer (22) 18–19 38 January 8 N Cincinnati 110–126 Johnny Kerr (25) 18–20 39 January 9 St. Louis 115–122 Johnny Kerr (34) 19–20 40 January 11 Boston 108–115 Hal Greer (26) 20–20 41 January 12 @ Boston 112–123 Chet Walker (26) 20–21 42 January 17 San Francisco 112–91 Hal Greer (18) 20–22 43 January 18 N Los Angeles 111–115 Chet Walker (27) 20–23 44 January 21 N Baltimore 121–124 Hal Greer (36) 20–24 45 January 22 @ Baltimore 116–124 Chet Walker (22) 20–25 46 January 24 Cincinnati 111–134 Chet Walker (27) 21–25 47 January 25 @ New York 131–129 Hal Greer (26) 22–25 48 January 26 Baltimore 131–120 Johnny Kerr (22) 22–26 49 January 28 San Francisco 139–117 Hal Greer (41) 22–27 50 January 29 N Los Angeles 102–97 Hal Greer (26) 23–27 51 January 31 @ Boston 97–114 Hal Greer (25) 23–28 52 February 1 Boston 119–111 Chet Walker (30) 23–29 53 February 6 New York 117–128 Hal Greer (33) 24–29 54 February 7 @ Cincinnati 114–126 Hal Greer (25) 24–30 55 February 8 Los Angeles 101–109 Hal Greer (21) 25–30 56 February 9 @ Boston 109–120 Hal Greer (26) 25–31 57 February 12 @ Baltimore 115–121 Greer, Kerr (22) 25–32 58 February 14 Detroit 123–130 Hal Greer (29) 26–32 59 February 15 @ St. Louis 110–118 Kerr, Neumann (22) 26–33 60 February 16 @ Cincinnati 97–114 Hal Greer (30) 26–34 61 February 18 N Boston 93–103 Hal Greer (26) 26–35 62 February 19 Baltimore 122–130 Chet Walker (29) 27–35 63 February 21 Boston 119–144 Hal Greer (50) 28–35 64 February 23 @ New York 114–105 Hal Greer (28) 29–35 65 February 25 N St. Louis 115–107 Hal Greer (29) 29–36 66 February 26 @ Detroit 130–122 Johnny Kerr (36) 30–36 67 February 28 N Cincinnati 132–134 Johnny Kerr (36) 30–37 68 February 29 Cincinnati 117–114 Hal Greer (28) 30–38 69 March 1 @ Boston 93–108 Chet Walker (25) 30–39 70 March 3 N Boston 94–108 Hal Greer (29) 30–40 71 March 7 New York 115–130 Johnny Kerr (23) 31–40 72 March 8 @ New York 108–140 Hal Greer (27) 31–41 73 March 11 @ St. Louis 124–111 Hal Greer (42) 32–41 74 March 12 @ Cincinnati 111–128 Paul Neumann (28) 32–42 75 March 13 N Detroit 122–133 Johnny Kerr (24) 32–43 76 March 14 N Baltimore 128–122 Paul Neumann (26) 33–43 77 March 15 @ Los Angeles 95–120 Paul Neumann (13) 33–44 78 March 16 @ San Francisco 111–110 Hal Greer (34) 34–44 79 March 17 @ Los Angeles 97–121 Paul Neumann (22) 34–45 80 March 18 @ San Francisco 85–89 Hal Greer (26) 34–46 Playoffs Philadelphia 76ers 1964 #0067B1 white yes Philadelphia 76ers Division semifinals yes #ED174C white yes no 2 0 0 3 |- | 1 | March 22 | @ Cincinnati | L 102–127 | Greer, Kerr (21) | Red Kerr (15) | Paul Neumann (8) | Cincinnati Gardens6,238 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 24 | Cincinnati | W 122–114 | Hal Greer (29) | Red Kerr (15) | Hal Greer (7) | Municipal Auditorium4,510 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 25 | @ Cincinnati | L 89–101 | Chet Walker (21) | Red Kerr (19) | Hal Greer (5) | Cincinnati Gardens7,171 | 1–2 |- | 4 | March 28 | Cincinnati | W 129–120 | Hal Greer (22) | Ben Warley (15) | Hal Greer (8) | Municipal Auditorium4,255 | 2–2 |- | 5 | March 29 | @ Cincinnati | L 124–130 | Red Kerr (31) | Red Kerr (11) | Hal Greer (6) | Cincinnati Gardens7,913 | 2–3 |- PHI 1964 yes Awards and records Hal Greer, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Philadelphia Philadel Philadel Category:1960s in Philadelphia