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.

1963–64 St. Louis Hawks season
Head coach	Harry Gallatin
Arena	Kiel Auditorium
Results
Record	46–34 (.575)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Finals (Eliminated 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KPLR-TV
Radio	KMOX

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	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

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	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

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

• Bob Pettit: All-NBA First Team