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49-31, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 111.9 points per game, Allowed 109.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 45-35)
Coached by Fred Schaus (49-31)
Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 392,004 (1st of 9)
SRS: 1.70 (4th of 9)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets
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 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 20, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 113 | 121 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 21, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 108 | 105 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 23, 1964 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 94 | 92 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 28, 1964 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 112 | 102 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Oct 29, 1964 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 95 | 98 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 1, 1964 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 115 | 116 | 4 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 5, 1964 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 96 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 7, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 130 | 103 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 10, 1964 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 108 | 101 | 7 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 12, 1964 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | OT | 132 | 123 | 8 | 3 | W 4 | |
| 12 | Fri, Nov 13, 1964 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 114 | 112 | 9 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 14, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 115 | 127 | 9 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 15, 1964 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 105 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 18, 1964 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 90 | 92 | 10 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 20, 1964 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 131 | 121 | 11 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 25, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 130 | 117 | 12 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 27, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 117 | 111 | 13 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 28, 1964 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 106 | 109 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 29, 1964 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 126 | 110 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 1, 1964 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 118 | 117 | 15 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 2, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 102 | 105 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 4, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 90 | 104 | 15 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 6, 1964 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 109 | 104 | 16 | 8 | W 1 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| 25 | Tue, Dec 8, 1964 | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 108 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 26 | Thu, Dec 10, 1964 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 91 | 95 | 16 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 13, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 116 | 115 | 17 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 15, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | L | 116 | 131 | 17 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 16, 1964 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 126 | 120 | 18 | 11 | W 1 | |
| 30 | Fri, Dec 18, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 111 | 18 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 19, 1964 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 113 | 140 | 18 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 32 | Mon, Dec 21, 1964 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 125 | 113 | 19 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 23, 1964 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 135 | 117 | 20 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 26, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 129 | 122 | 21 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 35 | Mon, Dec 28, 1964 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 112 | 133 | 21 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Dec 30, 1964 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 115 | 117 | 21 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 2, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 115 | 112 | 22 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 3, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 99 | 92 | 23 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 7, 1965 | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 112 | 23 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 9, 1965 | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 107 | 23 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Mon, Jan 11, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 127 | 128 | 23 | 18 | L 3 | at Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 42 | Thu, Jan 14, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 100 | 24 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 15, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 106 | 124 | 24 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 17, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 105 | 118 | 24 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Jan 20, 1965 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 103 | 25 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 22, 1965 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 117 | 107 | 26 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 24, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 93 | 117 | 26 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Jan 26, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 99 | 27 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Jan 27, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 119 | 112 | 28 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 29, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 2OT | 137 | 133 | 29 | 21 | W 3 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Jan 30, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 109 | 99 | 30 | 21 | W 4 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 31, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 96 | 94 | 31 | 21 | W 5 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 2, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 118 | 121 | 31 | 22 | L 1 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 54 | Wed, Feb 3, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 99 | 130 | 31 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 6, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 112 | 116 | 31 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 7, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 101 | 31 | 25 | L 4 | ||
| 57 | Mon, Feb 8, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 117 | 98 | 32 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 10, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 99 | 110 | 32 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 12, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 114 | 95 | 33 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 13, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 129 | 105 | 34 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 17, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 118 | 98 | 35 | 26 | W 3 | ||
| 62 | Thu, Feb 18, 1965 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 117 | 110 | 36 | 26 | W 4 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 19, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 119 | 111 | 37 | 26 | W 5 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 21, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 129 | 114 | 38 | 26 | W 6 | |||
| 65 | Wed, Feb 24, 1965 | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 97 | 38 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Feb 26, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 106 | 90 | 39 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Feb 28, 1965 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 122 | 118 | 40 | 27 | W 2 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 68 | Tue, Mar 2, 1965 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 126 | 117 | 41 | 27 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 69 | Wed, Mar 3, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 102 | 42 | 27 | W 4 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 5, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 103 | 43 | 27 | W 5 | ||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 6, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 107 | 109 | 43 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 7, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 106 | 104 | 44 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 9, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 123 | 114 | 45 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 11, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | OT | 121 | 116 | 46 | 28 | W 3 | ||
| 75 | Fri, Mar 12, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 115 | 93 | 47 | 28 | W 4 | ||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 13, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 106 | 101 | 48 | 28 | W 5 | |||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 14, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 108 | 115 | 48 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 78 | Tue, Mar 16, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 100 | 99 | 49 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 79 | Wed, Mar 17, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 106 | 117 | 49 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 80 | Sat, Mar 20, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 98 | 112 | 49 | 31 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Apr 3, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 121 | 115 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Mon, Apr 5, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 118 | 115 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Apr 7, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 115 | 122 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 9, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 112 | 114 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Apr 11, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 120 | 112 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Apr 13, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 117 | 115 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 18, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 142 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Mon, Apr 19, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 123 | 129 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Apr 21, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 126 | 105 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Apr 23, 1965 | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 112 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 25, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 96 | 129 | 5 | 6 | L 2 |