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1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

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Record: 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

Western Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman SG 6-2 185 April 15, 1942 R University of California, Los Angeles
5 Dick Barnett SG 6-4 190 October 2, 1936 4 Tennessee State University
22 Elgin Baylor SF 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 6 Seattle University
25 Leroy Ellis C 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 PG 6-2 175 February 7, 1941 1 University of Tulsa
35 Rudy LaRusso PF 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 5 Dartmouth College
40 Bill McGill C 6-9 225 September 16, 1939 2 University of Utah
33 Cotton Nash SF 6-5 215 July 24, 1942 R University of Kentucky
20 Don Nelson SF 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 2 University of Iowa
44 Jerry West PG 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 Stats

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

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 45 35 1.91 -0.21 1.70 .437 .298 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 392,004
Lg Rank 4 4 4 6 4 3 1 1

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 Leroy Ellis 24 80 2026 5.5 12.4 .444 3.5 5.0 .697 11.6 0.9 3.5 14.6
7 Bill McGill 25 8 37 6.8 19.5 .350 1.0 1.0 1.000 11.7 2.9 5.8 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 Gene Wiley 27 80 2002 10.3 .478 .465 6.8 0.9 1.5 2.4 .058
7 Darrall Imhoff 26 76 1521 10.7 .499 .466 7.5 1.3 1.1 2.4 .076
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

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 11 470 155 351 .442 137 154 .890 63 58 37 447
2 Dick Barnett 28 10 287 72 150 .480 31 39 .795 30 33 25 175
3 Rudy LaRusso 27 11 395 56 137 .409 53 74 .716 89 29 52 165
4 Leroy Ellis 24 11 405 57 145 .393 44 65 .677 133 7 37 158
5 Gene Wiley 27 11 379 33 59 .559 11 19 .579 158 23 41 77
6 Jim King 23 11 184 28 63 .444 15 17 .882 36 24 29 71
7 Don Nelson 24 11 212 24 53 .453 19 25 .760 59 19 31 67
8 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 7 118 19 57 .333 15 20 .750 18 30 18 53
9 Darrall Imhoff 26 11 151 13 24 .542 7 12 .583 43 13 26 33
10 Bill McGill 25 5 34 5 9 .556 1 1 1.000 9 2 9 11
11 Elgin Baylor 30 1 5 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Playoffs 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 11 42.7 14.1 31.9 .442 12.5 14.0 .890 5.7 5.3 3.4 40.6
2 Dick Barnett 28 10 28.7 7.2 15.0 .480 3.1 3.9 .795 3.0 3.3 2.5 17.5
3 Rudy LaRusso 27 11 35.9 5.1 12.5 .409 4.8 6.7 .716 8.1 2.6 4.7 15.0
4 Leroy Ellis 24 11 36.8 5.2 13.2 .393 4.0 5.9 .677 12.1 0.6 3.4 14.4
5 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 7 16.9 2.7 8.1 .333 2.1 2.9 .750 2.6 4.3 2.6 7.6
6 Gene Wiley 27 11 34.5 3.0 5.4 .559 1.0 1.7 .579 14.4 2.1 3.7 7.0
7 Jim King 23 11 16.7 2.5 5.7 .444 1.4 1.5 .882 3.3 2.2 2.6 6.5
8 Don Nelson 24 11 19.3 2.2 4.8 .453 1.7 2.3 .760 5.4 1.7 2.8 6.1
9 Darrall Imhoff 26 11 13.7 1.2 2.2 .542 0.6 1.1 .583 3.9 1.2 2.4 3.0
10 Bill McGill 25 5 6.8 1.0 1.8 .556 0.2 0.2 1.000 1.8 0.4 1.8 2.2
11 Elgin Baylor 30 1 5.0 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 11 470 11.9 26.9 .442 10.5 11.8 .890 4.8 4.4 2.8 34.2
2 Dick Barnett 28 10 287 9.0 18.8 .480 3.9 4.9 .795 3.8 4.1 3.1 22.0
3 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 7 118 5.8 17.4 .333 4.6 6.1 .750 5.5 9.2 5.5 16.2
4 Rudy LaRusso 27 11 395 5.1 12.5 .409 4.8 6.7 .716 8.1 2.6 4.7 15.0
5 Leroy Ellis 24 11 405 5.1 12.9 .393 3.9 5.8 .677 11.8 0.6 3.3 14.0
6 Jim King 23 11 184 5.5 12.3 .444 2.9 3.3 .882 7.0 4.7 5.7 13.9
7 Bill McGill 25 5 34 5.3 9.5 .556 1.1 1.1 1.000 9.5 2.1 9.5 11.6
8 Don Nelson 24 11 212 4.1 9.0 .453 3.2 4.2 .760 10.0 3.2 5.3 11.4
9 Darrall Imhoff 26 11 151 3.1 5.7 .542 1.7 2.9 .583 10.3 3.1 6.2 7.9
10 Gene Wiley 27 11 379 3.1 5.6 .559 1.0 1.8 .579 15.0 2.2 3.9 7.3
11 Elgin Baylor 30 1 5 0.0 14.4 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 0.0

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 Darrall Imhoff 26 11 151 9.9 .564 .542 10.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 .056
6 Don Nelson 24 11 212 12.1 .523 .453 11.8 0.3 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 Leroy Ellis 24 11 405 11.9 .455 .393 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000
10 Elgin Baylor 30 1 5 -6.2 .000 .000 22.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.451
11 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 22 7 118 13.6 .403 .333 35.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.059