1963-64 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 2-3 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to St. Louis Hawks 3-2
Coach: Fred Schaus (42-38)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 322,331, Avg. 8,954 in 36 home dates

1963-64 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1963-64 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1963-64 season with a record of 42 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Lakers tossed in 8,774 points and allowed 8,692. Jerry West scored a team-leading 2,064 points for Los Angeles, while Dick Barnett and Elgin Baylor netted 18 or more per game as well. Elgin Baylor contributed 936 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 403 assists for the squad.

Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1963-64 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	72	2906	1529	740			702	584	433	403	200	2064
Elgin Baylor	F	78	3164	1778	756			586	471	936	347	235	1983
Dick Barnett	G-F	78	2620	1197	541			454	351	250	238	233	1433
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	79	2746	776	337			397	298	800	190	268	972
Leroy Ellis	C-F	78	1459	473	200			170	112	498	41	192	512
Don Nelson	F	80	1406	323	135			201	149	323	76	181	419
Frank Selvy	G-F	73	1286	423	160			122	78	139	149	115	398
Gene Wiley	C	78	1510	273	146			75	45	510	44	225	337
Jim Krebs	C-F	68	975	357	134			85	65	283	49	166	333
Jim King	G	60	762	198	84			101	66	113	110	99	234
Hub Reed	C-F	46	386	91	33			15	10	107	23	73	76
Mel Gibson	G	9	53	20	6			2	1	4	6	10	13
Totals		799	19273	7438	3272	0	0	2910	2230	4396	1676	1997	8774

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	72	40.4	48.4	83.2	6.0	5.6	2.8	28.7
Elgin Baylor	F	78	40.6	42.5	80.4	12.0	4.4	3.0	25.4
Dick Barnett	G-F	78	33.6	45.2	77.3	3.2	3.1	3.0	18.4
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	79	34.8	43.4	75.1	10.1	2.4	3.4	12.3
Leroy Ellis	C-F	78	18.7	42.3	65.9	6.4	0.5	2.5	6.6
Don Nelson	F	80	17.6	41.8	74.1	4.0	1.0	2.3	5.2
Frank Selvy	G-F	73	17.6	37.8	63.9	1.9	2.0	1.6	5.5
Gene Wiley	C	78	19.4	53.5	60.0	6.5	0.6	2.9	4.3
Jim Krebs	C-F	68	14.3	37.5	76.5	4.2	0.7	2.4	4.9
Jim King	G	60	12.7	42.4	65.3	1.9	1.8	1.7	3.9
Hub Reed	C-F	46	8.4	36.3	66.7	2.3	0.5	1.6	1.7
Mel Gibson	G	9	5.9	30.0	50.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.4
Averages		799	24.1	44.0	76.6	5.5	2.1	2.5	11.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	5	206	115	57			53	42	36	17	20	156
Elgin Baylor	F	5	221	119	45			40	31	58	28	17	121
Dick Barnett	G-F	5	154	52	21			32	27	8	17	16	69
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	5	189	33	13			22	19	30	11	23	45
Frank Selvy	G-F	3	69	27	13			2	2	5	6	8	28
Leroy Ellis	C-F	5	144	27	8			15	11	50	4	11	27
Don Nelson	F	5	56	13	7			3	3	13	2	11	17
Jim Krebs	C-F	4	50	9	6			4	2	22	6	8	14
Gene Wiley	C	5	48	8	5			3	3	16	0	9	13
Jim King	G	4	51	10	4			4	4	4	6	2	12
Hub Reed	C-F	1	12	4	2			2	0	2	0	2	4
Totals		47	1200	417	181	0	0	180	144	244	97	127	506

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	5	41.2	49.6	79.2	7.2	3.4	4.0	31.2
Elgin Baylor	F	5	44.2	37.8	77.5	11.6	5.6	3.4	24.2
Dick Barnett	G-F	5	30.8	40.4	84.4	1.6	3.4	3.2	13.8
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	5	37.8	39.4	86.4	6.0	2.2	4.6	9.0
Frank Selvy	G-F	3	23.0	48.1	100.0	1.7	2.0	2.7	9.3
Leroy Ellis	C-F	5	28.8	29.6	73.3	10.0	0.8	2.2	5.4
Don Nelson	F	5	11.2	53.8	100.0	2.6	0.4	2.2	3.4
Jim Krebs	C-F	4	12.5	66.7	50.0	5.5	1.5	2.0	3.5
Gene Wiley	C	5	9.6	62.5	100.0	3.2	0.0	1.8	2.6
Jim King	G	4	12.8	40.0	100.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	3.0
Hub Reed	C-F	1	12.0	50.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	4.0
Averages		799	25.5	43.4	80.0	5.2	2.1	2.7	10.8