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1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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49-31, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Fred Schaus (49-31)

PTS/G: 111.8 (5th of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (3rd of 9)
SRS: 1.70 (4th of 9)
Expected W-L: 45-35 (4th of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 392,004 (1st of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman G 6-2 185 April 15, 1942 R University of California, Los Angeles
5 Dick Barnett G-F 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 4 Tennessee State University
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 6 Seattle University
25 Leroy Ellis C-F 6-10 210 March 10, 1940 2 St. John's University
32 Jerry Grote G 6-4 215 December 28, 1940 R Loyola Marymount University
14 Darrall Imhoff C 6-10 220 October 11, 1938 4 University of California
21 Jim King G 6-2 175 February 7, 1941 1 University of Tulsa
35 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 5 Dartmouth College
40 Bill McGill C-F 6-9 225 September 16, 1939 2 University of Utah
33 Cotton Nash F 6-5 215 July 24, 1942 R University of Kentucky
20 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 2 University of Iowa
44 Jerry West G 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 4 West Virginia University
12 Gene Wiley C 6-10 210 November 12, 1937 2 Wichita State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 80 19350 3336 7628 .437 2276 2984 .763 5231 1601 1998 8948 111.9
Lg Rank 3 7 9 3 1 3 1 7 8 8 5 5
Opponent 80 19350 8795 109.9
Lg Rank 3 3 3

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 26 74 3066 822 1655 .497 648 789 .821 447 364 221 2292
2 Elgin Baylor 30 74 3056 763 1903 .401 483 610 .792 950 280 235 2009
3 Rudy LaRusso 27 77 2588 381 827 .461 321 415 .773 725 198 258 1083
4 Dick Barnett 28 74 2026 375 908 .413 270 338 .799 200 159 209 1020
5 Leroy Ellis 24 80 2026 311 700 .444 198 284 .697 652 49 196 820
6 Jim King 23 77 1671 184 469 .392 118 151 .781 214 178 193 486
7 Gene Wiley 27 80 2002 175 376 .465 56 111 .505 690 105 235 406
8 Darrall Imhoff 26 76 1521 145 311 .466 88 154 .571 500 87 238 378
9 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 66 919 117 306 .382 46 71 .648 111 140 132 280
10 Don Nelson 24 39 238 36 85 .424 20 26 .769 73 24 40 92
11 Cotton Nash 22 25 167 14 57 .246 25 32 .781 35 10 30 53
12 Bill McGill 25 8 37 7 20 .350 1 1 1.000 12 3 6 15
13 Jerry Grote 24 11 33 6 11 .545 2 2 1.000 4 4 5 14

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 26 74 41.4 11.1 22.4 .497 8.8 10.7 .821 6.0 4.9 3.0 31.0
2 Elgin Baylor 30 74 41.3 10.3 25.7 .401 6.5 8.2 .792 12.8 3.8 3.2 27.1
3 Rudy LaRusso 27 77 33.6 4.9 10.7 .461 4.2 5.4 .773 9.4 2.6 3.4 14.1
4 Dick Barnett 28 74 27.4 5.1 12.3 .413 3.6 4.6 .799 2.7 2.1 2.8 13.8
5 Leroy Ellis 24 80 25.3 3.9 8.8 .444 2.5 3.6 .697 8.2 0.6 2.5 10.3
6 Jim King 23 77 21.7 2.4 6.1 .392 1.5 2.0 .781 2.8 2.3 2.5 6.3
7 Gene Wiley 27 80 25.0 2.2 4.7 .465 0.7 1.4 .505 8.6 1.3 2.9 5.1
8 Darrall Imhoff 26 76 20.0 1.9 4.1 .466 1.2 2.0 .571 6.6 1.1 3.1 5.0
9 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 66 13.9 1.8 4.6 .382 0.7 1.1 .648 1.7 2.1 2.0 4.2
10 Don Nelson 24 39 6.1 0.9 2.2 .424 0.5 0.7 .769 1.9 0.6 1.0 2.4
11 Cotton Nash 22 25 6.7 0.6 2.3 .246 1.0 1.3 .781 1.4 0.4 1.2 2.1
12 Bill McGill 25 8 4.6 0.9 2.5 .350 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.5 0.4 0.8 1.9
13 Jerry Grote 24 11 3.0 0.5 1.0 .545 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.3

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 26 74 3066 9.7 19.4 .497 7.6 9.3 .821 5.2 4.3 2.6 26.9
2 Elgin Baylor 30 74 3056 9.0 22.4 .401 5.7 7.2 .792 11.2 3.3 2.8 23.7
3 Dick Barnett 28 74 2026 6.7 16.1 .413 4.8 6.0 .799 3.6 2.8 3.7 18.1
4 Jerry Grote 24 11 33 6.5 12.0 .545 2.2 2.2 1.000 4.4 4.4 5.5 15.3
5 Rudy LaRusso 27 77 2588 5.3 11.5 .461 4.5 5.8 .773 10.1 2.8 3.6 15.1
6 Bill McGill 25 8 37 6.8 19.5 .350 1.0 1.0 1.000 11.7 2.9 5.8 14.6
7 Leroy Ellis 24 80 2026 5.5 12.4 .444 3.5 5.0 .697 11.6 0.9 3.5 14.6
8 Don Nelson 24 39 238 5.4 12.9 .424 3.0 3.9 .769 11.0 3.6 6.1 13.9
9 Cotton Nash 22 25 167 3.0 12.3 .246 5.4 6.9 .781 7.5 2.2 6.5 11.4
10 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 66 919 4.6 12.0 .382 1.8 2.8 .648 4.3 5.5 5.2 11.0
11 Jim King 23 77 1671 4.0 10.1 .392 2.5 3.3 .781 4.6 3.8 4.2 10.5
12 Darrall Imhoff 26 76 1521 3.4 7.4 .466 2.1 3.6 .571 11.8 2.1 5.6 8.9
13 Gene Wiley 27 80 2002 3.1 6.8 .465 1.0 2.0 .505 12.4 1.9 4.2 7.3

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Jerry West 26 74 3066 25.0 .572 .497 20.0 14.8 1.9 16.7 .261
2 Rudy LaRusso 27 77 2588 16.2 .536 .461 10.7 5.5 1.8 7.3 .136
3 Elgin Baylor 30 74 3056 20.5 .463 .401 15.0 2.5 2.4 4.9 .078
4 Leroy Ellis 24 80 2026 14.2 .497 .444 3.4 2.5 1.3 3.8 .090
5 Dick Barnett 28 74 2026 13.3 .483 .413 11.6 2.5 0.9 3.4 .081
6 Darrall Imhoff 26 76 1521 10.7 .499 .466 7.5 1.3 1.1 2.4 .076
7 Gene Wiley 27 80 2002 10.3 .478 .465 6.8 0.9 1.5 2.4 .058
8 Jim King 23 77 1671 9.3 .454 .392 14.2 0.5 0.9 1.5 .043
9 Don Nelson 24 39 238 14.0 .477 .424 14.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 .080
10 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 66 919 9.3 .415 .382 20.7 -0.3 0.6 0.2 .013
11 Jerry Grote 24 11 33 14.9 .589 .545 17.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 .175
12 Bill McGill 25 8 37 10.3 .367 .350 12.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.073
13 Cotton Nash 22 25 167 6.5 .373 .246 7.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.049

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Jerry West 26 11 470 155 351 137 154 63 58 37 447 .442 .890 42.7 40.6 5.7 5.3
2 Dick Barnett 28 10 287 72 150 31 39 30 33 25 175 .480 .795 28.7 17.5 3.0 3.3
3 Rudy LaRusso 27 11 395 56 137 53 74 89 29 52 165 .409 .716 35.9 15.0 8.1 2.6
4 Leroy Ellis 24 11 405 57 145 44 65 133 7 37 158 .393 .677 36.8 14.4 12.1 0.6
5 Gene Wiley 27 11 379 33 59 11 19 158 23 41 77 .559 .579 34.5 7.0 14.4 2.1
6 Jim King 23 11 184 28 63 15 17 36 24 29 71 .444 .882 16.7 6.5 3.3 2.2
7 Don Nelson 24 11 212 24 53 19 25 59 19 31 67 .453 .760 19.3 6.1 5.4 1.7
8 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 7 118 19 57 15 20 18 30 18 53 .333 .750 16.9 7.6 2.6 4.3
9 Darrall Imhoff 26 11 151 13 24 7 12 43 13 26 33 .542 .583 13.7 3.0 3.9 1.2
10 Bill McGill 25 5 34 5 9 1 1 9 2 9 11 .556 1.000 6.8 2.2 1.8 0.4
11 Elgin Baylor 30 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Jerry West 26 11 470 26.7 .534 .442 22.6 1.9 0.0 1.9 .189
2 Dick Barnett 28 10 287 17.4 .523 .480 18.4 0.7 0.0 0.6 .109
3 Gene Wiley 27 11 379 12.3 .572 .559 7.7 0.5 0.0 0.4 .053
4 Rudy LaRusso 27 11 395 12.3 .487 .409 10.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 .039
5 Don Nelson 24 11 212 12.1 .523 .453 11.8 0.3 0.0 0.2 .056
6 Darrall Imhoff 26 11 151 9.9 .564 .542 10.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 .056
7 Jim King 23 11 184 12.8 .504 .444 18.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 .054
8 Bill McGill 25 5 34 10.0 .583 .556 8.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 .091
9 Elgin Baylor 30 1 5 -6.2 .000 .000 22.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.451
10 Leroy Ellis 24 11 405 11.9 .455 .393 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000
11 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 7 118 13.6 .403 .333 35.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.059