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62-18, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
1964-65 NBA Champions
Scored 112.8 points per game, Allowed 104.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 60-20)
Coached by Red Auerbach (62-18)
Arena: Boston Garden / Attendance: 246,529 (4th of 9 available)
SRS: 7.48 (1st of 9)
Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers
1964-65 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 17, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 81 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Oct 22, 1964 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 102 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 3 | Sat, Oct 24, 1964 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 131 | 103 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Oct 25, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 112 | 100 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 27, 1964 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 131 | 103 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 28, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 119 | 117 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Oct 30, 1964 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 90 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 31, 1964 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 122 | 93 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 7, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 130 | 113 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 8, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 106 | 103 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 11, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 110 | 84 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | |||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 12, 1964 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 109 | 110 | 11 | 1 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 13 | Fri, Nov 13, 1964 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 112 | 114 | 11 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 14, 1964 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 113 | 102 | 12 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 17, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 99 | 102 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 18, 1964 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 100 | 97 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 20, 1964 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 127 | 120 | 14 | 3 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 18 | Sat, Nov 21, 1964 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 96 | 107 | 14 | 4 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 19 | Wed, Nov 25, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 122 | 118 | 15 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Thu, Nov 26, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 98 | 110 | 15 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Nov 28, 1964 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 129 | 98 | 16 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 1, 1964 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 117 | 113 | 17 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 2, 1964 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 91 | 18 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 4, 1964 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 85 | 112 | 18 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 5, 1964 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 105 | 81 | 19 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 8, 1964 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 108 | 98 | 20 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 10, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 116 | 101 | 21 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 11, 1964 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 118 | 109 | 22 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 12, 1964 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 112 | 99 | 23 | 6 | W 5 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 15, 1964 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 124 | 109 | 24 | 6 | W 6 | at New York, NY | |
| 31 | Wed, Dec 16, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 107 | 106 | 25 | 6 | W 7 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Dec 17, 1964 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 112 | 113 | 25 | 7 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 33 | Sat, Dec 19, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 115 | 105 | 26 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 25, 1964 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 118 | 106 | 27 | 7 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 35 | Sat, Dec 26, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 97 | 84 | 28 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Dec 27, 1964 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 106 | 29 | 7 | W 4 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 37 | Mon, Dec 28, 1964 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 133 | 112 | 30 | 7 | W 5 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Dec 30, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 121 | 114 | 31 | 7 | W 6 | ||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 2, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 101 | 89 | 32 | 7 | W 7 | ||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 3, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 89 | 85 | 33 | 7 | W 8 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 6, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 138 | 106 | 34 | 7 | W 9 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Jan 7, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 104 | 35 | 7 | W 10 | ||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 8, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 94 | 91 | 36 | 7 | W 11 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 9, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 107 | 103 | 37 | 7 | W 12 | ||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 15, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 95 | 38 | 7 | W 13 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 17, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 101 | 98 | 39 | 7 | W 14 | |||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 20, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 131 | 105 | 40 | 7 | W 15 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 22, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 104 | 94 | 41 | 7 | W 16 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Jan 23, 1965 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 100 | 104 | 41 | 8 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 50 | Sun, Jan 24, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 93 | 42 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Mon, Jan 25, 1965 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 142 | 104 | 43 | 8 | W 2 | at Providence, RI | |
| 52 | Wed, Jan 27, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 115 | 98 | 44 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Jan 29, 1965 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 105 | 118 | 44 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Sat, Jan 30, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 97 | 90 | 45 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Jan 31, 1965 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 123 | 95 | 46 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 3, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 114 | 122 | 46 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 5, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 114 | 113 | 47 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 7, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 101 | 97 | 48 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 9, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 121 | 134 | 48 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 10, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 117 | 106 | 49 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 12, 1965 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 94 | 92 | 50 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Sat, Feb 13, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 113 | 123 | 50 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Feb 14, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 126 | 111 | 51 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Wed, Feb 17, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 121 | 114 | 52 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 65 | Thu, Feb 18, 1965 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 119 | 109 | 53 | 12 | W 3 | at Providence, RI | |
| 66 | Sat, Feb 20, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 114 | 108 | 54 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 21, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 114 | 129 | 54 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Feb 24, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 97 | 95 | 55 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Feb 26, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 130 | 112 | 56 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Feb 28, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 108 | 102 | 57 | 13 | W 3 | ||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 3, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 102 | 104 | 57 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 5, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 124 | 128 | 57 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 6, 1965 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 103 | 57 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 7, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 133 | 111 | 58 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 10, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 106 | 59 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 76 | Thu, Mar 11, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 100 | 60 | 16 | W 3 | at Providence, RI | |
| 77 | Fri, Mar 12, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 108 | 118 | 60 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Sun, Mar 14, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 106 | 98 | 61 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 17, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 114 | 119 | 61 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Mar 21, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 116 | 99 | 62 | 18 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 4, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 108 | 98 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Apr 6, 1965 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 103 | 109 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Apr 8, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 112 | 94 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 9, 1965 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 131 | 134 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sun, Apr 11, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 114 | 108 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Apr 13, 1965 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 112 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Apr 15, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 110 | 109 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Apr 18, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 142 | 110 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Mon, Apr 19, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 129 | 123 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Apr 21, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 126 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Apr 23, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 99 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Apr 25, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 129 | 96 | 8 | 4 | W 2 |