1963–64 San Francisco Warriors season NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
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
1963–64 San Francisco Warriors roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G
16
Attles, Al
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1936–11–07
North Carolina A&T
C
13
Chamberlain, Wilt
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
1936–08–21
Kansas
F
55
Hightower, Wayne
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
192 lb (87 kg)
1940–01–14
Kansas
G
12
Hill, Gary
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1941–10–07
Oklahoma City
G/F
9
Lee, George
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1936–11–23
Michigan
F
14
Meschery, Tom
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1938–10–26
Saint Mary's
G
7
Phillips, Gary
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
189 lb (86 kg)
1939–12–07
Houston
G
5
Rodgers, Guy
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1935–09–01
Temple
F
17
Sears, Kenny
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
198 lb (90 kg)
1933–08–17
Santa Clara
F/C
42
Thurmond, Nate
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1941–07–25
Bowling Green
F
15
Windsor, John
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1940–04–03
Stanford
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1963–64 NBA records
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
#
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[a]
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[b]
112–123
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
14,585[ 4]
8–8
17
November 27
New York[c]
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[a]
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[d]
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[e]
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[a]
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[f]
97–112
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
1,609[ 10]
20–18
39
January 10
Los Angeles
89–114
Wilt Chamberlain (50)
—
21–18
40
January 12
New York[a]
105–112
Wilt Chamberlain (47)
2,161[ 11]
22–18
41
January 15
@ Detroit
89–79
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
—
23–18
42
January 17
@ Philadelphia
112–91
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
—
24–18
43
January 18
@ Baltimore
86–93
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
—
24–19
44
January 19
@ Boston
105–108
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
—
24–20
45
January 21
Detroit
88–100
Wilt Chamberlain (24)
—
25–20
46
January 23
Detroit
93–125
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
—
26–20
47
January 24
@ Los Angeles
100–118
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
—
26–21
48
January 25
Los Angeles
95–120
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
—
27–21
49
January 26
@ Los Angeles
96–108
Wilt Chamberlain (49)
—
27–22
50
January 28
@ Philadelphia
139–117
Wilt Chamberlain (59)
—
28–22
51
January 29
@ Boston
100–92
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
—
29–22
52
January 30
@ Detroit
100–109
Wilt Chamberlain (42)
—
29–23
53
February 1
@ New York
125–106
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
—
30–23
54
February 2
@ Baltimore
120–118 (OT)
Wayne Hightower (33)
—
31–23
55
February 4
Detroit
79–118
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
—
32–23
56
February 6
Detroit[g]
97–104
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
2,906[ 12]
33–23
57
February 8
@ St. Louis
103–97
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
—
34–23
58
February 9
@ St. Louis
111–116
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
—
34–24
59
February 11
@ Detroit
128–118 (OT)
Wilt Chamberlain (59)
—
35–24
60
February 13
Boston
95–106
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
—
36–24
61
February 15
Boston
96–87
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
—
36–25
62
February 17
Cincinnati[h]
113–129
Wilt Chamberlain (52)
11,595[ 13]
36–26
63
February 18
Detroit[i]
108–98
Wilt Chamberlain (52)
3,875[ 14]
37–26
64
February 19
@ Cincinnati
108–101
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
—
38–26
65
February 21
Cincinnati
101–93
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
—
38–27
66
February 23
Los Angeles
108–109
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
—
39–27
67
February 25
Cincinnati
108–117
Wilt Chamberlain (52)
—
40–27
68
February 27
@ St. Louis
107–97
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
—
41–27
69
February 28
@ Boston
92–107
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
—
41–28
70
February 29
@ New York
136–110
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
—
42–28
71
March 1
@ Detroit
100–86
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
—
43–28
72
March 2
St. Louis
111–102
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
—
43–29
73
March 5
St. Louis
104–102
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
—
43–30
74
March 7
@ Los Angeles
120–118
Wilt Chamberlain (47)
—
44–30
75
March 10
Baltimore
111–129
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
—
45–30
76
March 12
Baltimore
102–125
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
—
46–30
77
March 13
Los Angeles
112–109
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
—
46–31
78
March 14
@ Los Angeles
111–95
Wilt Chamberlain (55)
—
47–31
79
March 16
Philadelphia
111–110
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
—
47–32
80
March 18
Philadelphia
85–89
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
—
48–32
Footnotes
Playoffs
1964 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
1964 schedule
Awards and records
References
^ 1963–64 San Francisco Warriors
^ "Golden State Warriors All-Star Game Selections" . Basketball Reference . Retrieved March 1, 2022 .
^ a b Jupiter, Harry (November 10, 1963). "Warriors Cool Off -- Not Knicks" . The San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco, California. pp. 65, 68. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ "Warriors walloped by Royals" . The Peninsula Times Tribune . Palo Alto, California. Associated Press. November 27, 1963. p. 17. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b "Non Shooting Wilt Sinks 18 Straight; SF Wallops Knicks" . The Sacramento Bee . Sacramento, California. Associated Press. November 28, 1963. p. 80. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Simmonds, John (December 11, 1963). "S.F. Wins as Wilt Gets 49" . Oakland Tribune . Oakland, California. pp. 39, 41. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Smolich, Marco (December 19, 1963). "Warriors Clip Hawks for 3rd in Row" . The Sacramento Bee . Sacramento, California. p. 65. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b "New Year Looks Better for Pistons" . Dayton Daily News . Dayton, Ohio. United Press International. December 31, 1963. p. 9. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Connolly, Will (January 3, 1964). "Hawks Beat Warriors, 111-106" . The San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco, California. p. 45. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Selby, Don (January 10, 1964). "Warriors Win 112-97; SF Quint Zips Past New Yorkers" . The San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco, California. p. 53. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Simmonds, John (January 13, 1964). "Winning Warriors Head East; Chamberlain's 21 Points Paces 4th Period Splurge" . Oakland Tribune . Oakland, California. pp. 35, 36. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b "Wilt leads Warriors past Pistons" . The Peninsula Times Tribune . Palo Alto, California. February 7, 1964. p. 26. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Closwer, Jack (February 18, 1964). "Royals Dazzle Cleveland Fans; Robertson, Lucas Embry Outstanding" . The Cincinnati Post . Cincinnati, Ohio. Scripps-Howard. p. 17. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ a b Hoerner, Bob (February 19, 1964). "Lansing Fans, Pistons Discover Why Warriors Top NBA Team" . Lansing State Journal . Lansing, Michigan. p. 37. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ "Warriors to Meet Royals in New York" . Stockton Evening and Sunday Record . Stockton, California. United Press International. November 26, 1963. p. 22. Retrieved November 4, 2022 .
^ Killion, Ann (April 16, 2022). "S.F.'s last NBA playoff game was historic: Wilt's Warriors vs. 5 Hall of Famers" . Sfchronicle.com. Retrieved May 28, 2022 .
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