1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-31
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 5-6 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated Baltimore Bullets 4-2
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-1
Coach: Fred Schaus (49-31)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 392,004, Avg. 10,316 in 38 home dates

1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1964-65 season with a record of 49 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Lakers netted 8,948 points and yielded 8,795. Jerry West scored a team-leading 2,292 points for Los Angeles, while Elgin Baylor averaged 18 or more per game, too. Elgin Baylor contributed 950 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 364 assists for the squad.

Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	74	3066	1655	822			789	648	447	364	221	2292
Elgin Baylor	F	74	3056	1903	763			610	483	950	280	235	2009
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	77	2588	827	381			415	321	725	198	258	1083
Dick Barnett	G-F	74	2026	908	375			338	270	200	159	209	1020
Leroy Ellis	C-F	80	2026	700	311			284	198	652	49	196	820
Jim King	G	77	1671	469	184			151	118	214	178	193	486
Gene Wiley	C	80	2002	376	175			111	56	690	105	235	406
Darrall Imhoff	C	76	1521	311	145			154	88	500	87	238	378
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	66	919	306	117			71	46	111	140	132	280
Don Nelson	F	39	238	85	36			26	20	73	24	40	92
Cotton Nash	F	25	167	57	14			32	25	35	10	30	53
Bill McGill	C-F	8	37	20	7			1	1	12	3	6	15
Jerry Grote	G	11	33	11	6			2	2	4	4	5	14
Totals		761	19350	7628	3336	0	0	2984	2276	4613	1601	1998	8948

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	74	41.4	49.7	82.1	6.0	4.9	3.0	31.0
Elgin Baylor	F	74	41.3	40.1	79.2	12.8	3.8	3.2	27.1
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	77	33.6	46.1	77.3	9.4	2.6	3.4	14.1
Dick Barnett	G-F	74	27.4	41.3	79.9	2.7	2.1	2.8	13.8
Leroy Ellis	C-F	80	25.3	44.4	69.7	8.2	0.6	2.5	10.3
Jim King	G	77	21.7	39.2	78.1	2.8	2.3	2.5	6.3
Gene Wiley	C	80	25.0	46.5	50.5	8.6	1.3	2.9	5.1
Darrall Imhoff	C	76	20.0	46.6	57.1	6.6	1.1	3.1	5.0
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	66	13.9	38.2	64.8	1.7	2.1	2.0	4.2
Don Nelson	F	39	6.1	42.4	76.9	1.9	0.6	1.0	2.4
Cotton Nash	F	25	6.7	24.6	78.1	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.1
Bill McGill	C-F	8	4.6	35.0	100.0	1.5	0.4	0.8	1.9
Jerry Grote	G	11	3.0	54.5	100.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3
Averages		761	25.4	43.7	76.3	6.1	2.1	2.6	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	11	470	351	155			154	137	63	58	37	447
Dick Barnett	G-F	10	287	150	72			39	31	30	33	25	175
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	11	395	137	56			74	53	89	29	52	165
Leroy Ellis	C-F	11	405	145	57			65	44	133	7	37	158
Gene Wiley	C	11	379	59	33			19	11	158	23	41	77
Jim King	G	11	184	63	28			17	15	36	24	29	71
Don Nelson	F	11	212	53	24			25	19	59	19	31	67
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	7	118	57	19			20	15	18	30	18	53
Darrall Imhoff	C	11	151	24	13			12	7	43	13	26	33
Bill McGill	C-F	5	34	9	5			1	1	9	2	9	11
Elgin Baylor	F	1	5	2	0			0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		100	2640	1050	462	0	0	426	333	638	239	305	1257

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	11	42.7	44.2	89.0	5.7	5.3	3.4	40.6
Dick Barnett	G-F	10	28.7	48.0	79.5	3.0	3.3	2.5	17.5
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	11	35.9	40.9	71.6	8.1	2.6	4.7	15.0
Leroy Ellis	C-F	11	36.8	39.3	67.7	12.1	0.6	3.4	14.4
Gene Wiley	C	11	34.5	55.9	57.9	14.4	2.1	3.7	7.0
Jim King	G	11	16.7	44.4	88.2	3.3	2.2	2.6	6.5
Don Nelson	F	11	19.3	45.3	76.0	5.4	1.7	2.8	6.1
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	7	16.9	33.3	75.0	2.6	4.3	2.6	7.6
Darrall Imhoff	C	11	13.7	54.2	58.3	3.9	1.2	2.4	3.0
Bill McGill	C-F	5	6.8	55.6	100.0	1.8	0.4	1.8	2.2
Elgin Baylor	F	1	5.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		761	26.4	44.0	78.2	6.4	2.4	3.1	12.6