1963–64 St. Louis Hawks season

The 1963–64 NBA season was the Hawks' 15th season in the NBA and 9th season in Saint Louis.[1]

1963–64 St. Louis Hawks season
Head coachHarry Gallatin
ArenaKiel Auditorium
Results
Record46–34 (.575)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(Eliminated 3–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKPLR-TV
RadioKMOX
< 1962–63 1964–65 >

Regular season

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Season standings

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W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
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

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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

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1963–64 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 16 Cincinnati 112–93 Bob Pettit (39) 0–1
2 October 19 Los Angeles 108–117 Bob Pettit (32) 1–1
3 October 23 San Francisco 99–95 Bob Pettit (24) 1–2
4 October 26 Detroit 103–127 Zelmo Beaty (38) 2–2
5 October 27 @ Baltimore 123–112 Bob Pettit (31) 3–2
6 October 29 @ New York 109–103 (OT) Bob Pettit (21) 4–2
7 October 30 New York 104–121 Cliff Hagan (28) 5–2
8 November 2 Philadelphia 99–128 Bob Pettit (31) 6–2
9 November 6 @ Baltimore 112–110 Bob Pettit (32) 7–2
10 November 8 @ Philadelphia 106–108 Bob Pettit (26) 7–3
11 November 9 Boston 113–91 Bob Pettit (22) 7–4
12 November 11 @ Boston 110–116 Bob Pettit (25) 7–5
13 November 13 @ New York 102–106 Cliff Hagan (24) 7–6
14 November 14 San Francisco 105–117 Cliff Hagan (38) 8–6
15 November 16 Baltimore 112–115 Bob Pettit (52) 9–6
16 November 17 @ Los Angeles 117–112 Bob Pettit (33) 10–6
17 November 19 @ San Francisco 96–129 Bob Pettit (24) 10–7
18 November 21 @ Los Angeles 99–111 Cliff Hagan (26) 10–8
19 November 23 Cincinnati 121–133 Bob Pettit (33) 11–8
20 November 24 @ Cincinnati 113–122 Bob Pettit (28) 11–9
21 November 27 @ Detroit 113–105 Zelmo Beaty (30) 12–9
22 November 28 Detroit 101–118 Bob Pettit (23) 13–9
23 November 30 Los Angeles 97–96 Bob Pettit (26) 13–10
24 December 4 San Francisco 83–105 Cliff Hagan (33) 14–10
25 December 5 @ Philadelphia 106–103 Bob Pettit (31) 15–10
26 December 6 @ Detroit 108–112 (OT) Bob Pettit (24) 15–11
27 December 7 Philadelphia 120–129 Bob Pettit (36) 16–11
28 December 10 N Philadelphia 113–103 Bob Pettit (28) 17–11
29 December 11 @ Boston 95–104 Bob Pettit (27) 17–12
30 December 14 Detroit 92–104 Bob Pettit (30) 18–12
31 December 15 St. Louis 102–95 Bob Pettit (26) 19–12
32 December 17 @ San Francisco 106–110 Bob Pettit (33) 19–13
33 December 18 @ San Francisco 96–104 Bob Pettit (29) 19–14
34 December 21 @ Detroit 100–91 Richie Guerin (22) 20–14
35 December 22 Baltimore 104–116 Bob Pettit (25) 21–14
36 December 25 @ Cincinnati 107–113 Cliff Hagan (33) 21–15
37 December 26 New York 111–107 Cliff Hagan (32) 21–16
38 December 28 Boston 107–100 Cliff Hagan (34) 21–17
39 December 31 @ Los Angeles 119–132 Bob Pettit (26) 21–18
40 January 2 @ San Francisco 111–106 Bob Pettit (28) 22–18
41 January 5 Detroit 99–116 Bob Pettit (31) 23–18
42 January 7 Baltimore 113–123 Bob Pettit (33) 24–18
43 January 9 @ Philadelphia 115–122 Bob Pettit (29) 24–19
44 January 11 @ Detroit 112–107 Bob Pettit (37) 25–19
45 January 12 Baltimore 117–113 Bob Pettit (46) 25–20
46 January 15 Los Angeles 111–109 Cliff Hagan (39) 25–21
47 January 18 @ Cincinnati 121–120 Lenny Wilkens (26) 26–21
48 January 19 Cincinnati 109–114 Bob Pettit (35) 27–21
49 January 21 Boston 114–116 Bob Pettit (29) 28–21
50 January 23 N Boston 104–110 Bob Pettit (35) 28–22
51 January 24 @ Boston 99–119 Bob Pettit (18) 28–23
52 January 25 @ Detroit 107–98 Bob Pettit (32) 29–23
53 January 25 Detroit 104–106 Bob Pettit (25) 30–23
54 January 29 New York 105–104 Zelmo Beaty (26) 30–24
55 February 1 Los Angeles 96–113 Bob Pettit (32) 31–24
56 February 2 Los Angeles 105–107 Guerin, Wilkens (22) 32–24
57 February 4 N Boston 101–113 Bob Pettit (27) 32–25
58 February 5 @ Baltimore 106–113 Bob Pettit (30) 32–26
59 February 8 San Francisco 103–97 Zelmo Beaty (22) 32–27
60 February 9 San Francisco 111–116 Bob Pettit (33) 33–27
61 February 11 New York 103–125 Cliff Hagan (25) 34–27
62 February 15 Philadelphia 110–118 Bob Pettit (27) 35–27
63 February 17 @ Baltimore 115–110 Richie Guerin (24) 36–27
64 February 19 N New York 114–120 Bob Pettit (37) 36–28
65 February 21 @ Baltimore 113–115 (2OT) Bob Pettit (25) 36–29
66 February 22 Boston 88–95 Bob Pettit (19) 37–29
67 February 25 N Philadelphia 115–107 Bob Pettit (31) 38–29
68 February 27 San Francisco 107–97 Bob Pettit (24) 38–30
69 February 29 Los Angeles 114–115 (OT) Bob Pettit (24) 39–30
70 March 1 @ Los Angeles 91–114 Cliff Hagan (25) 39–31
71 March 2 @ San Francisco 111–102 Bob Pettit (33) 40–31
72 March 4 @ Los Angeles 110–105 Richie Guerin (29) 41–31
73 March 5 @ San Francisco 104–102 Bob Pettit (21) 42–31
74 March 8 Baltimore 117–135 Bob Pettit (34) 43–31
75 March 10 @ New York 124–105 Cliff Hagan (34) 44–31
76 March 11 Philadelphia 124–111 Bob Pettit (25) 44–32
77 March 14 Cincinnati 110–118 Bob Pettit (38) 45–32
78 March 15 @ Cincinnati 101–124 Bob Pettit (23) 45–33
79 March 17 Detroit 99–115 Cliff Hagan (24) 46–33
80 March 18 @ Detroit 96–106 Bob Pettit (29) 46–34

Playoffs

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1964 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 3–2 (home: 3–0; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 March 21 Los Angeles W 115–104 Cliff Hagan (27) Bob Pettit (22) Hagan, Wilkens (7) Kiel Auditorium
7,214
1–0
2 March 22 Los Angeles W 106–90 Richie Guerin (22) Bob Pettit (18) Cliff Hagan (6) Kiel Auditorium
7,014
2–0
3 March 25 @ Los Angeles L 105–107 Bob Pettit (23) Bob Pettit (10) Cliff Hagan (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,728
2–1
4 March 28 @ Los Angeles L 88–97 Bob Pettit (23) Bob Pettit (12) Lenny Wilkens (7) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
13,862
2–2
5 March 30 Los Angeles W 121–108 Lenny Wilkens (30) Bob Pettit (20) Hagan, Guerin (6) Kiel Auditorium
9,574
3–2
Division Finals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 April 1 @ San Francisco W 116–111 Richie Guerin (32) Bill Bridges (12) Richie Guerin (7) Cow Palace
5,231
1–0
2 April 3 @ San Francisco L 85–120 Richie Guerin (23) Bob Pettit (15) Bridges, Wilkens (5) Cow Palace
9,063
1–1
3 April 5 San Francisco W 113–109 Bob Pettit (26) Bob Pettit (16) Bridges, Wilkens (5) Kiel Auditorium
10,163
2–1
4 April 8 San Francisco L 109–111 Bob Pettit (29) Bob Pettit (15) Lenny Wilkens (14) Kiel Auditorium
10,118
2–2
5 April 10 @ San Francisco L 97–121 Bob Pettit (19) Bob Pettit (11) Bridges, Guerin, Hagan, Vaughn (3) Cow Palace
10,628
2–3
6 April 12 San Francisco W 123–95 Bob Pettit (21) Bob Pettit (13) Cliff Hagan (9) Kiel Auditorium
8,967
3–3
7 April 16 @ San Francisco L 95–105 Bob Pettit (24) Bob Pettit (14) Cliff Hagan (5) Cow Palace
8,923
3–4
1964 schedule

Awards and records

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References

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