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1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 49-31, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Fred Schaus (49-31)

Executive: Lou Mohs

PTS/G: 111.8 (5th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (3rd of 9)

SRS: 1.70 (4th of 9) Pace: 113.9 (8th of 9)

Off Rtg: 97.4 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 95.8 (6th of 9) Net Rtg: +1.7 (4th of 9)

Expected W-L: 45-35 (4th of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Attendance: 392,004 (1st of 2)

NBA 1965 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western Div Champs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
5	Dick Barnett	SG	6-4	190	October 2, 1936	us	4	Tennessee State
22	Elgin Baylor	SF	6-5	225	September 16, 1934	us	6	College of Idaho, Seattle University
25	Leroy Ellis	C	6-10	210	March 10, 1940	us	2	St. John's
32	Jerry Grote	G	6-4	215	December 28, 1940		R	Loyola Marymount
42	Walt Hazzard	SG	6-2	185	April 15, 1942	us	R	UCLA
14	Darrall Imhoff	C	6-10	220	October 11, 1938	us	4	California
21	Jim King	PG	6-2	175	February 7, 1941	us	1	Tulsa
35	Rudy LaRusso	PF	6-7	220	November 11, 1937	us	5	Dartmouth College
40	Bill McGill	C	6-9	225	September 16, 1939	us	2	Utah
33	Cotton Nash	SF	6-5	215	July 24, 1942	us	R	Kentucky
20	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us	2	Iowa
44	Jerry West	PG	6-3	175	May 28, 1938	us	4	West Virginia
12	Gene Wiley	C	6-10	210	November 12, 1937		2	Wichita State

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Jerry West	26	74		41.4	11.1	22.4	.497				11.1	22.4	.497	.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				10.3	25.7	.401	.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				4.9	10.7	.461	.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				5.1	12.3	.413	.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				3.9	8.8	.444	.444	2.5	3.6	.697			8.2	0.6				2.5	10.3
6	Gene Wiley	27	80		25.0	2.2	4.7	.465				2.2	4.7	.465	.465	0.7	1.4	.505			8.6	1.3				2.9	5.1
7	Jim King	23	77		21.7	2.4	6.1	.392				2.4	6.1	.392	.392	1.5	2.0	.781			2.8	2.3				2.5	6.3
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	76		20.0	1.9	4.1	.466				1.9	4.1	.466	.466	1.2	2.0	.571			6.6	1.1				3.1	5.0
9	Walt Hazzard	22	66		13.9	1.8	4.6	.382				1.8	4.6	.382	.382	0.7	1.1	.648			1.7	2.1				2.0	4.2
10	Cotton Nash	22	25		6.7	0.6	2.3	.246				0.6	2.3	.246	.246	1.0	1.3	.781			1.4	0.4				1.2	2.1
11	Don Nelson	24	39		6.1	0.9	2.2	.424				0.9	2.2	.424	.424	0.5	0.7	.769			1.9	0.6				1.0	2.4
12	Bill McGill	25	8		4.6	0.9	2.5	.350				0.9	2.5	.350	.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				0.5	1.0	.545	.545	0.2	0.2	1.000			0.4	0.4				0.5	1.3

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Jerry West	26	11		42.7	14.1	31.9	.442				14.1	31.9	.442	.442	12.5	14.0	.890			5.7	5.3				3.4	40.6
2	Leroy Ellis	24	11		36.8	5.2	13.2	.393				5.2	13.2	.393	.393	4.0	5.9	.677			12.1	0.6				3.4	14.4
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	11		35.9	5.1	12.5	.409				5.1	12.5	.409	.409	4.8	6.7	.716			8.1	2.6				4.7	15.0
4	Gene Wiley	27	11		34.5	3.0	5.4	.559				3.0	5.4	.559	.559	1.0	1.7	.579			14.4	2.1				3.7	7.0
5	Dick Barnett	28	10		28.7	7.2	15.0	.480				7.2	15.0	.480	.480	3.1	3.9	.795			3.0	3.3				2.5	17.5
6	Don Nelson	24	11		19.3	2.2	4.8	.453				2.2	4.8	.453	.453	1.7	2.3	.760			5.4	1.7				2.8	6.1
7	Walt Hazzard	22	7		16.9	2.7	8.1	.333				2.7	8.1	.333	.333	2.1	2.9	.750			2.6	4.3				2.6	7.6
8	Jim King	23	11		16.7	2.5	5.7	.444				2.5	5.7	.444	.444	1.4	1.5	.882			3.3	2.2				2.6	6.5
9	Darrall Imhoff	26	11		13.7	1.2	2.2	.542				1.2	2.2	.542	.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				1.0	1.8	.556	.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	2.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0				0.0	1.0				0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	26	74		3066	822	1655	.497				822	1655	.497	.497	648	789	.821			447	364				221	2292
2	Elgin Baylor	30	74		3056	763	1903	.401				763	1903	.401	.401	483	610	.792			950	280				235	2009
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	77		2588	381	827	.461				381	827	.461	.461	321	415	.773			725	198				258	1083
4	Dick Barnett	28	74		2026	375	908	.413				375	908	.413	.413	270	338	.799			200	159				209	1020
5	Leroy Ellis	24	80		2026	311	700	.444				311	700	.444	.444	198	284	.697			652	49				196	820
6	Gene Wiley	27	80		2002	175	376	.465				175	376	.465	.465	56	111	.505			690	105				235	406
7	Jim King	23	77		1671	184	469	.392				184	469	.392	.392	118	151	.781			214	178				193	486
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	76		1521	145	311	.466				145	311	.466	.466	88	154	.571			500	87				238	378
9	Walt Hazzard	22	66		919	117	306	.382				117	306	.382	.382	46	71	.648			111	140				132	280
10	Don Nelson	24	39		238	36	85	.424				36	85	.424	.424	20	26	.769			73	24				40	92
11	Cotton Nash	22	25		167	14	57	.246				14	57	.246	.246	25	32	.781			35	10				30	53
12	Bill McGill	25	8		37	7	20	.350				7	20	.350	.350	1	1	1.000			12	3				6	15
13	Jerry Grote	24	11		33	6	11	.545				6	11	.545	.545	2	2	1.000			4	4				5	14
			80		19350	3336	7628	.437				3336	7628	.437	.437	2276	2984	.763			5231	1601				1998	8948

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	26	11		470	155	351	.442				155	351	.442	.442	137	154	.890			63	58				37	447
2	Leroy Ellis	24	11		405	57	145	.393				57	145	.393	.393	44	65	.677			133	7				37	158
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	11		395	56	137	.409				56	137	.409	.409	53	74	.716			89	29				52	165
4	Gene Wiley	27	11		379	33	59	.559				33	59	.559	.559	11	19	.579			158	23				41	77
5	Dick Barnett	28	10		287	72	150	.480				72	150	.480	.480	31	39	.795			30	33				25	175
6	Don Nelson	24	11		212	24	53	.453				24	53	.453	.453	19	25	.760			59	19				31	67
7	Jim King	23	11		184	28	63	.444				28	63	.444	.444	15	17	.882			36	24				29	71
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	11		151	13	24	.542				13	24	.542	.542	7	12	.583			43	13				26	33
9	Walt Hazzard	22	7		118	19	57	.333				19	57	.333	.333	15	20	.750			18	30				18	53
10	Bill McGill	25	5		34	5	9	.556				5	9	.556	.556	1	1	1.000			9	2				9	11
11	Elgin Baylor	30	1		5	0	2	.000				0	2	.000	.000	0	0				0	1				0	0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Jerry West	26	74	3066	25.0	.572		.477				20.0						14.8	1.9	16.7	.261
2	Elgin Baylor	30	74	3056	20.5	.463		.321				15.0						2.5	2.4	4.9	.078
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	77	2588	16.2	.536		.502				10.7						5.5	1.8	7.3	.136
4	Dick Barnett	28	74	2026	13.3	.483		.372				11.6						2.5	0.9	3.4	.081
5	Leroy Ellis	24	80	2026	14.2	.497		.406				3.4						2.5	1.3	3.8	.090
6	Gene Wiley	27	80	2002	10.3	.478		.295				6.8						0.9	1.5	2.4	.058
7	Jim King	23	77	1671	9.3	.454		.322				14.2						0.5	0.9	1.5	.043
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	76	1521	10.7	.499		.495				7.5						1.3	1.1	2.4	.076
9	Walt Hazzard	22	66	919	9.3	.415		.232				20.7						-0.3	0.6	0.2	.013
10	Don Nelson	24	39	238	14.0	.477		.306				14.2						0.2	0.2	0.4	.080
11	Cotton Nash	22	25	167	6.5	.373		.561				7.7						-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.049
12	Bill McGill	25	8	37	10.3	.367		.050				12.1						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.073
13	Jerry Grote	24	11	33	14.9	.589		.182				17.8						0.1	0.0	0.1	.175

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Jerry West	26	11	470	26.7	.534		.439				22.6						1.9	0.0	1.9	.189
2	Leroy Ellis	24	11	405	11.9	.455		.448				2.4						0.0	0.0	0.0	.000
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	11	395	12.3	.487		.540				10.0						0.3	0.0	0.3	.039
4	Gene Wiley	27	11	379	12.3	.572		.322				7.7						0.5	0.0	0.4	.053
5	Dick Barnett	28	10	287	17.4	.523		.260				18.4						0.7	0.0	0.6	.109
6	Don Nelson	24	11	212	12.1	.523		.472				11.8						0.3	0.0	0.2	.056
7	Jim King	23	11	184	12.8	.504		.270				18.0						0.2	0.0	0.2	.054
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	11	151	9.9	.564		.500				10.9						0.2	0.0	0.2	.056
9	Walt Hazzard	22	7	118	13.6	.403		.351				35.6						-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.059
10	Bill McGill	25	5	34	10.0	.583		.111				8.1						0.1	0.0	0.1	.091
11	Elgin Baylor	30	1	5	-6.2	.000		.000				22.9						0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.451

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