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40-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 112.5 points per game, Allowed 112.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-40)
Coached by Dolph Schayes (40-40)
Arena: Convention Hall ▪ Attendance: 108,729 (8th of 9)
SRS: -0.13 (5th of 9)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-1) versus Cincinnati Royals
1964-65 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 16, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 125 | 113 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Oct 22, 1964 | Baltimore Bullets | L | OT | 135 | 138 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 24, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 86 | 126 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Oct 25, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 109 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Oct 27, 1964 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 100 | 81 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 6 | Fri, Oct 30, 1964 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 90 | 94 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 31, 1964 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 105 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 7, 1964 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 105 | 103 | 4 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 10, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 99 | 110 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 11, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 123 | 114 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 12, 1964 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 110 | 109 | 6 | 5 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 12 | Sat, Nov 14, 1964 | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 113 | 6 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 17, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 107 | 114 | 6 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 18, 1964 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 111 | 124 | 6 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 20, 1964 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 115 | 118 | 6 | 9 | L 4 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 21, 1964 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 107 | 96 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 17 | Wed, Nov 25, 1964 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 124 | 93 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 18 | Thu, Nov 26, 1964 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 128 | 117 | 9 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 27, 1964 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 112 | 133 | 9 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 28, 1964 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 101 | 93 | 10 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Nov 29, 1964 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 97 | 94 | 11 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 1, 1964 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 118 | 11 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 4, 1964 | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 106 | 12 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 5, 1964 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 125 | 108 | 13 | 11 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 25 | Sun, Dec 6, 1964 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 104 | 109 | 13 | 12 | L 1 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| 26 | Tue, Dec 8, 1964 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 102 | 97 | 14 | 12 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Fri, Dec 11, 1964 | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 118 | 14 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 12, 1964 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 106 | 133 | 14 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 13, 1964 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 121 | 115 | 15 | 14 | W 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 30 | Mon, Dec 14, 1964 | N | San Francisco Warriors | W | 119 | 112 | 16 | 14 | W 2 | at Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 31 | Wed, Dec 16, 1964 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 120 | 140 | 16 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 18, 1964 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 111 | 117 | 16 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 19, 1964 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 140 | 113 | 17 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Dec 20, 1964 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 113 | 111 | 18 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 35 | Wed, Dec 23, 1964 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 135 | 18 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Dec 26, 1964 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 125 | 135 | 18 | 18 | L 2 | |||
| 37 | Wed, Dec 30, 1964 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 117 | 115 | 19 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 6, 1965 | N | San Francisco Warriors | W | 121 | 102 | 20 | 18 | W 2 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 39 | Fri, Jan 8, 1965 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 114 | 20 | 19 | L 1 | at Dayton, OH | |
| 40 | Sat, Jan 9, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 104 | 102 | 21 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Mon, Jan 11, 1965 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 90 | 100 | 21 | 20 | L 1 | at Tulsa, OK | |
| 42 | Thu, Jan 14, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 126 | 138 | 21 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 15, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 104 | 21 | 22 | L 3 | ||
| 44 | Mon, Jan 18, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 109 | 95 | 22 | 22 | W 1 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 45 | Tue, Jan 19, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 103 | 22 | 23 | L 1 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 46 | Thu, Jan 21, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 111 | 102 | 23 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 22, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | OT | 109 | 103 | 24 | 23 | W 2 | at Boston, MA |
| 48 | Sat, Jan 23, 1965 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 100 | 25 | 23 | W 3 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 49 | Tue, Jan 26, 1965 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 105 | 107 | 25 | 24 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 50 | Wed, Jan 27, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 115 | 25 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Jan 29, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 118 | 105 | 26 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Jan 31, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 127 | 122 | 27 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 2, 1965 | N | St. Louis Hawks | W | 119 | 105 | 28 | 25 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 54 | Wed, Feb 3, 1965 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 116 | 95 | 29 | 25 | W 4 | at Boston, MA | |
| 55 | Thu, Feb 4, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 123 | 119 | 30 | 25 | W 5 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 6, 1965 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 127 | 122 | 31 | 25 | W 6 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 57 | Mon, Feb 8, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 98 | 117 | 31 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 9, 1965 | N | San Francisco Warriors | W | 132 | 114 | 32 | 26 | W 1 | at San Jose, CA | |
| 59 | Wed, Feb 10, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 110 | 99 | 33 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 60 | Thu, Feb 11, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 100 | 106 | 33 | 27 | L 1 | at Oakland, CA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 13, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 106 | 108 | 33 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 62 | Thu, Feb 18, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 110 | 117 | 33 | 29 | L 3 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Feb 20, 1965 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 111 | 92 | 34 | 29 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 64 | Sun, Feb 21, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 107 | 106 | 35 | 29 | W 2 | ||
| 65 | Mon, Feb 22, 1965 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 122 | 112 | 36 | 29 | W 3 | at Washington, DC | |
| 66 | Tue, Feb 23, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 104 | 132 | 36 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Wed, Feb 24, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 104 | 106 | 36 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Feb 28, 1965 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 118 | 122 | 36 | 32 | L 3 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 69 | Tue, Mar 2, 1965 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 117 | 126 | 36 | 33 | L 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 70 | Wed, Mar 3, 1965 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 110 | 124 | 36 | 34 | L 5 | ||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 5, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 111 | 109 | 37 | 34 | W 1 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 6, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 103 | 98 | 38 | 34 | W 2 | |||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 7, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 133 | 38 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 9, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | OT | 122 | 124 | 38 | 36 | L 2 | |
| 75 | Wed, Mar 10, 1965 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 123 | 134 | 38 | 37 | L 3 | |||
| 76 | Sat, Mar 13, 1965 | Detroit Pistons | W | 131 | 116 | 39 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Sun, Mar 14, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 126 | 143 | 39 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Tue, Mar 16, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 107 | 115 | 39 | 39 | L 2 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 20, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 122 | 125 | 39 | 40 | L 3 | |||
| 80 | Sun, Mar 21, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 127 | 105 | 40 | 40 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 24, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 119 | 117 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Mar 26, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 120 | 121 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 28, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 108 | 94 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Mar 31, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 119 | 112 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Apr 4, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 108 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Apr 6, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 109 | 103 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Apr 8, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 112 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Apr 9, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | OT | 134 | 131 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Apr 11, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 108 | 114 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Apr 13, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 112 | 106 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, Apr 15, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 110 | 6 | 5 | L 1 |