1964-65 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Stats

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)

Recent Game Results

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

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

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jerry West	26	PG	74	41.4	11.1	22.4	.497	8.8	10.7	.821	6.0	4.9	3.0	31.0	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
2	Elgin Baylor	30	SF	74	41.3	10.3	25.7	.401	6.5	8.2	.792	12.8	3.8	3.2	27.1	AS,NBA1
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	PF	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	SG	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	C	80	25.3	3.9	8.8	.444	2.5	3.6	.697	8.2	0.6	2.5	10.3
6	Gene Wiley	27	C	80	25.0	2.2	4.7	.465	0.7	1.4	.505	8.6	1.3	2.9	5.1
7	Jim King	23	PG	77	21.7	2.4	6.1	.392	1.5	2.0	.781	2.8	2.3	2.5	6.3
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	C	76	20.0	1.9	4.1	.466	1.2	2.0	.571	6.6	1.1	3.1	5.0
9	Walt Hazzard	22	SG	66	13.9	1.8	4.6	.382	0.7	1.1	.648	1.7	2.1	2.0	4.2
10	Cotton Nash	22	SF	25	6.7	0.6	2.3	.246	1.0	1.3	.781	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.1
11	Don Nelson	24	SF	39	6.1	0.9	2.2	.424	0.5	0.7	.769	1.9	0.6	1.0	2.4
12	Billy McGill	25	C	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
	Team Totals			80	25.4	4.4	10.0	.437	3.0	3.9	.763	6.1	2.1	2.6	11.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	26	PG	11	42.7	14.1	31.9	.442	12.5	14.0	.890	5.7	5.3	3.4	40.6
2	Leroy Ellis	24	C	11	36.8	5.2	13.2	.393	4.0	5.9	.677	12.1	0.6	3.4	14.4
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	PF	11	35.9	5.1	12.5	.409	4.8	6.7	.716	8.1	2.6	4.7	15.0
4	Gene Wiley	27	C	11	34.5	3.0	5.4	.559	1.0	1.7	.579	14.4	2.1	3.7	7.0
5	Dick Barnett	28	SG	10	28.7	7.2	15.0	.480	3.1	3.9	.795	3.0	3.3	2.5	17.5
6	Don Nelson	24	SF	11	19.3	2.2	4.8	.453	1.7	2.3	.760	5.4	1.7	2.8	6.1
7	Walt Hazzard	22	SG	7	16.9	2.7	8.1	.333	2.1	2.9	.750	2.6	4.3	2.6	7.6
8	Jim King	23	PG	11	16.7	2.5	5.7	.444	1.4	1.5	.882	3.3	2.2	2.6	6.5
9	Darrall Imhoff	26	C	11	13.7	1.2	2.2	.542	0.6	1.1	.583	3.9	1.2	2.4	3.0
10	Billy McGill	25	C	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	SF	1	5.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			22	26.4	4.6	10.5	.440	3.3	4.3	.782	6.4	2.4	3.1	12.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jerry West	26	PG	74	3066	9.7	19.4	.497	7.6	9.3	.821	5.2	4.3	2.6	26.9	MVP-3,AS,NBA1
2	Elgin Baylor	30	SF	74	3056	9.0	22.4	.401	5.7	7.2	.792	11.2	3.3	2.8	23.7	AS,NBA1
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	PF	77	2588	5.3	11.5	.461	4.5	5.8	.773	10.1	2.8	3.6	15.1
4	Dick Barnett	28	SG	74	2026	6.7	16.1	.413	4.8	6.0	.799	3.6	2.8	3.7	18.1
5	Leroy Ellis	24	C	80	2026	5.5	12.4	.444	3.5	5.0	.697	11.6	0.9	3.5	14.6
6	Gene Wiley	27	C	80	2002	3.1	6.8	.465	1.0	2.0	.505	12.4	1.9	4.2	7.3
7	Jim King	23	PG	77	1671	4.0	10.1	.392	2.5	3.3	.781	4.6	3.8	4.2	10.5
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	C	76	1521	3.4	7.4	.466	2.1	3.6	.571	11.8	2.1	5.6	8.9
9	Walt Hazzard	22	SG	66	919	4.6	12.0	.382	1.8	2.8	.648	4.3	5.5	5.2	11.0
10	Don Nelson	24	SF	39	238	5.4	12.9	.424	3.0	3.9	.769	11.0	3.6	6.1	13.9
11	Cotton Nash	22	SF	25	167	3.0	12.3	.246	5.4	6.9	.781	7.5	2.2	6.5	11.4
12	Billy McGill	25	C	8	37	6.8	19.5	.350	1.0	1.0	1.000	11.7	2.9	5.8	14.6
13	Jerry Grote	24		11	33	6.5	12.0	.545	2.2	2.2	1.000	4.4	4.4	5.5	15.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jerry West	26	PG	11	470	11.9	26.9	.442	10.5	11.8	.890	4.8	4.4	2.8	34.2
2	Leroy Ellis	24	C	11	405	5.1	12.9	.393	3.9	5.8	.677	11.8	0.6	3.3	14.0
3	Rudy LaRusso	27	PF	11	395	5.1	12.5	.409	4.8	6.7	.716	8.1	2.6	4.7	15.0
4	Gene Wiley	27	C	11	379	3.1	5.6	.559	1.0	1.8	.579	15.0	2.2	3.9	7.3
5	Dick Barnett	28	SG	10	287	9.0	18.8	.480	3.9	4.9	.795	3.8	4.1	3.1	22.0
6	Don Nelson	24	SF	11	212	4.1	9.0	.453	3.2	4.2	.760	10.0	3.2	5.3	11.4
7	Jim King	23	PG	11	184	5.5	12.3	.444	2.9	3.3	.882	7.0	4.7	5.7	13.9
8	Darrall Imhoff	26	C	11	151	3.1	5.7	.542	1.7	2.9	.583	10.3	3.1	6.2	7.9
9	Walt Hazzard	22	SG	7	118	5.8	17.4	.333	4.6	6.1	.750	5.5	9.2	5.5	16.2
10	Billy McGill	25	C	5	34	5.3	9.5	.556	1.1	1.1	1.000	9.5	2.1	9.5	11.6
11	Elgin Baylor	30	SF	1	5	0.0	14.4	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	7.2	0.0	0.0