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1963–64 San Francisco Warriors season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Alex Hannum |
Arena | Cow Palace |
Results | |
Record | 48–32 (.600) |
Place | Division: 1st (Western) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 1–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KRON-TV |
Radio | KSFO |
The 1963–64 NBA season was the Warriors' 18th season in the NBA and second in San Francisco.[1]
The Warriors were led by superstar center Wilt Chamberlain and renowned playmaker Guy Rodgers, both of whom were named to their second-consecutive all-star games during the season.[2] The Warriors were also aided by rookie draft pick Nate Thurmond as well as veterans Tom Meschery and Al Attles, and were coached by newcomer Alex Hannum. The Warriors won 48 games in the regular season, and beat the St. Louis Hawks in a tough seven-game series during the conference finals to advance to the NBA Finals, in only their second season as a San Francisco team. They were ousted in five games by the Boston Celtics in the NBA Championship.
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-San Francisco Warriors | 48 | 32 | .600 | – | 25–14 | 21–15 | 2–3 | 29–17 |
x-St. Louis Hawks | 46 | 34 | .575 | 2 | 27–12 | 17–19 | 2–3 | 30–16 |
x-Los Angeles Lakers | 42 | 38 | .525 | 6 | 24–12 | 15–21 | 3–5 | 24–22 |
Baltimore Bullets | 31 | 49 | .388 | 17 | 20–19 | 8–21 | 3–9 | 16–24 |
Detroit Pistons | 23 | 57 | .288 | 25 | 9–21 | 6–25 | 8–11 | 13–33 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1963–64 NBA records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | – | 1–9 | 2–8 | 7–3 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 3–7 |
Boston | 9–1 | – | 5–7 | 7–1 | 6–3 | 10–2 | 10–2 | 5–3 | 7–2 |
Cincinnati | 8–2 | 7–5 | – | 7–2 | 4–4 | 11–1 | 9–3 | 5–4 | 4–4 |
Detroit | 3–7 | 1–7 | 2–7 | – | 5–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 3–9 | 2–10 |
Los Angeles | 7–3 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 7–5 | – | 6–2 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 5–7 |
New York | 3–7 | 2–10 | 1–11 | 5–4 | 2–6 | – | 4–8 | 1–8 | 4–4 |
Philadelphia | 5–5 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 8–4 | – | 4–4 | 3–6 |
San Francisco | 7–3 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–1 | 4–4 | – | 6–6 |
St. Louis | 7–3 | 2–7 | 4–4 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 6–6 | — |
Game log
1963–64 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Attendance | Record | ||||
1 | October 19 | @ Baltimore | 103–102 | Wilt Chamberlain (23) | — | 1–0 | ||||
2 | October 22 | @ Cincinnati | 97–103 | Wilt Chamberlain (36) | — | 1–1 | ||||
3 | October 23 | @ St. Louis | 99–95 | Wilt Chamberlain (22) | — | 2–1 | ||||
4 | October 26 | Cincinnati | 99–102 | Wilt Chamberlain (21) | — | 3–1 | ||||
5 | October 29 | Cincinnati | 108–101 | Wilt Chamberlain (32) | — | 3–2 | ||||
6 | November 2 | Los Angeles | 99–118 | Wilt Chamberlain (55) | — | 4–2 | ||||
7 | November 7 | New York | 88–110 | Wilt Chamberlain (23) | — | 5–2 | ||||
8 | November 8 | @ Los Angeles | 90–93 | Wilt Chamberlain (33) | — | 5–3 | ||||
9 | November 9 | New York | 89–84 | Wilt Chamberlain (30) | 3,141[3] | 5–4 | ||||
10 | November 12 | @ Philadelphia | 102–106 (OT) | Wilt Chamberlain (31) | — | 5–5 | ||||
11 | November 13 | @ Cincinnati | 98–92 | Wilt Chamberlain (49) | — | 6–5 | ||||
12 | November 14 | @ St. Louis | 105–117 | Wilt Chamberlain (34) | — | 6–6 | ||||
13 | November 15 | Detroit | 101–98 | Wilt Chamberlain (23) | — | 6–7 | ||||
14 | November 17 | Detroit | 96–120 | Wilt Chamberlain (37) | — | 7–7 | ||||
15 | November 19 | St. Louis | 96–129 | Wilt Chamberlain (40) | — | 8–7 | ||||
16 | November 26 | Cincinnati | 112–123 | Wilt Chamberlain (23) | 14,585[4] | 8–8 | ||||
17 | November 27 | New York | 118–89 | Wilt Chamberlain (38) | 3,909[5] | 9–8 | ||||
18 | November 29 | @ Baltimore | 99–100 | Wilt Chamberlain (38) | — | 9–9 | ||||
19 | November 30 | @ Boston | 96–109 | Guy Rodgers (24) | — | 9–10 | ||||
20 | December 3 | @ New York | 116–108 | Wayne Hightower (23) | — | 10–10 | ||||
21 | December 4 | @ St. Louis | 83–105 | Wilt Chamberlain (21) | — | 10–11 | ||||
22 | December 6 | Los Angeles | 110–103 | Wilt Chamberlain (59) | — | 10–12 | ||||
23 | December 8 | @ Los Angeles | 114–112 | Wilt Chamberlain (31) | — | 11–12 | ||||
24 | December 10 | Baltimore | 108–117 | Wilt Chamberlain (49) | 1,504[6] | 12–12 | ||||
25 | December 13 | Baltimore | 116–114 (OT) | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | — | 12–13 | ||||
26 | December 15 | Baltimore | 97–122 | Wilt Chamberlain (44) | — | 13–13 | ||||
27 | December 17 | St. Louis | 106–110 | Wilt Chamberlain (34) | — | 14–13 | ||||
28 | December 18 | St. Louis | 96–104 | Wilt Chamberlain (27) | 2,872[7] | 15–13 | ||||
29 | December 20 | Philadelphia | 114–112 | Wilt Chamberlain (41) | — | 15–14 | ||||
30 | December 22 | Philadelphia | 104–118 | Wilt Chamberlain (40) | — | 16–14 | ||||
31 | December 26 | @ Philadelphia | 112–118 | Wilt Chamberlain (49) | — | 16–15 | ||||
32 | December 28 | @ Baltimore | 106–104 | Chamberlain, Hightower (26) | — | 17–15 | ||||
33 | December 30 | Detroit | 112–114 (OT) | Wilt Chamberlain (47) | 3,364[8] | 17–16 | ||||
34 | December 31 | @ New York | 101–79 | Wilt Chamberlain (42) | — | 18–16 | ||||
35 | January 2 | St. Louis | 111–106 | Wilt Chamberlain (42) | 4,281[9] | 18–17 | ||||
36 | January 3 | Boston | 111–101 | Wilt Chamberlain (24) | — | 18–18 | ||||
37 | January 7 | Boston | 89–92 | Wilt Chamberlain (35) | — | 19–18 | ||||
38 | January 9 | New York | 97–112 | Wilt Chamberlain (43) | 1,609[10] | 20–18 | ||||