1963–64 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1963–64 NBA season was the Bullets' 3rd season in the NBA and 1st season in the city of Baltimore.[1] This is also the first season where the NBA returned to Baltimore since the early parts of the 1954–55 season, when the original iteration of the Baltimore Bullets (unrelated to this team) folded their team on November 27, 1954.

1963–64 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachSlick Leonard
General managerPaul Hoffman
Owner(s)David Trager
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record31–49 (.388)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJZ-TV
RadioWBAL
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Roster

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1963–64 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
C 8 Bellamy, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1939-07-24 Indiana
SF 35 Cable, Barney 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1935-07-29 Bradley
SG 52 Comley, Larry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1939-08-17 Kansas State
SF 43 Dischinger, Terry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1940-11-21 Purdue
PG 21 Green, Si 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1933-08-20 Duquesne
PF 23 Hardnett, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1938-09-13 Grambling State
C 14 Hogue, Paul 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1940-04-28 Cincinnati
PF 25 Johnson, Gus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1938-12-13 Idaho
SF 22 Kojis, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1939-01-15 Marquette
SG 52 Loughery, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1940-03-28 St. John's
G/F 16 Peterson, Mel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1938-03-23 Wheaton (IL)
PG 12 Shue, Gene 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1931-12-18 Maryland
F 16 Strickland, Roger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1940-09-04 Jacksonville
SG 44 Thorn, Rod 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941-05-23 West Virginia
Head coach

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 29, 1963

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 Boston 109–95 Walt Bellamy (32) 0–1
2 October 17 @ New York 115–113 Terry Dischinger (25) 1–1
3 October 19 San Francisco 103–102 Walt Bellamy (36) 1–2
4 October 23 New York 106–115 Walt Bellamy (45) 2–2
5 October 26 @ Boston 108–123 Terry Dischinger (30) 2–3
6 October 27 St. Louis 123–112 Gus Johnson (34) 2–4
7 October 30 Philadelphia 111–108 Terry Dischinger (29) 2–5
8 November 2 @ New York 105–123 Terry Dischinger (28) 2–6
9 November 6 St. Louis 112–110 Terry Dischinger (26) 2–7
10 November 9 Philadelphia 100–116 Terry Dischinger (24) 3–7
11 November 14 Los Angeles 123–115 Terry Dischinger (36) 3–8
12 November 16 @ St. Louis 112–115 Walt Bellamy (46) 3–9
13 November 17 @ Cincinnati 109–110 Walt Bellamy (27) 3–10
14 November 26 @ Philadelphia 113–115 Walt Bellamy (42) 3–11
15 November 27 Cincinnati 122–119 Terry Dischinger (29) 3–12
16 November 29 San Francisco 99–100 Sihugo Green (25) 4–12
17 November 30 N Detroit 101–120 Walt Bellamy (36) 5–12
18 December 4 Los Angeles 98–118 Walt Bellamy (48) 6–12
19 December 6 N New York 102–116 Walt Bellamy (36) 7–12
20 December 7 Boston 114–97 Terry Dischinger (29) 7–13
21 December 9 N Los Angeles 134–120 Terry Dischinger (37) 7–14
22 December 10 @ San Francisco 108–117 Walt Bellamy (36) 7–15
23 December 12 @ Los Angeles 105–120 Walt Bellamy (23) 7–16
24 December 13 @ San Francisco 116–114 (OT) Rod Thorn (26) 8–16
25 December 14 @ Los Angeles 108–113 Rod Thorn (29) 8–17
26 December 15 @ San Francisco 97–122 Don Kojis (23) 8–18
27 December 17 N Boston 131–114 Walt Bellamy (45) 8–19
28 December 18 @ Detroit 124–107 Gus Johnson (38) 9–19
29 December 20 @ Cincinnati 96–103 Walt Bellamy (32) 9–20
30 December 21 Cincinnati 106–108 Terry Dischinger (26) 10–20
31 December 22 @ St. Louis 104–116 Walt Bellamy (38) 10–21
32 December 26 Detroit 108–110 Walt Bellamy (26) 11–21
33 December 28 San Francisco 106–104 Bellamy, Thorn (23) 11–22
34 January 2 New York 109–124 Terry Dischinger (36) 12–22
35 January 3 N New York 120–118 Terry Dischinger (24) 12–23
36 January 4 Philadelphia 123–113 Gus Johnson (34) 12–24
37 January 5 @ Cincinnati 106–111 Terry Dischinger (26) 12–25
38 January 7 @ St. Louis 113–123 Walt Bellamy (37) 12–26
39 January 8 @ Detroit 106–99 Walt Bellamy (26) 13–26
40 January 9 N Detroit 125–115 Walt Bellamy (33) 13–27
41 January 12 @ St. Louis 117–113 Johnson, Thorn (28) 14–27
42 January 15 Boston 113–108 Dischinger, Thorn (23) 14–28
43 January 18 San Francisco 86–93 Kevin Loughery (20) 15–28
44 January 19 New York 109–107 Bellamy, Johnson (21) 15–29
45 January 21 N Philadelphia 121–124 Walt Bellamy (37) 16–29
46 January 22 Philadelphia 116–124 Walt Bellamy (31) 17–29
47 January 23 New York 114–130 Walt Bellamy (31) 18–29
48 January 25 Cincinnati 99–115 Walt Bellamy (25) 19–29
49 January 26 @ Philadelphia 131–120 Walt Bellamy (42) 20–29
50 January 30 Los Angeles 89–107 Walt Bellamy (29) 21–29
51 January 31 N Cincinnati 118–106 Dischinger, Green (17) 21–30
52 February 1 Detroit 112–111 Rod Thorn (30) 21–31
53 February 2 San Francisco 120–118 (OT) Rod Thorn (26) 21–32
54 February 4 @ New York 137–134 (OT) Gus Johnson (40) 22–32
55 February 5 St. Louis 106–113 Walt Bellamy (31) 23–32
56 February 6 N Boston 94–92 Walt Bellamy (29) 23–33
57 February 8 Cincinnati 109–105 Walt Bellamy (35) 23–34
58 February 9 Los Angeles 110–119 Walt Bellamy (33) 24–34
59 February 12 Philadelphia 115–121 Gus Johnson (30) 25–34
60 February 15 Detroit 122–124 Walt Bellamy (36) 26–34
61 February 16 @ Detroit 111–99 Walt Bellamy (29) 27–34
62 February 17 St. Louis 115–110 Walt Bellamy (37) 27–35
63 February 19 @ Philadelphia 122–130 Terry Dischinger (24) 27–36
64 February 20 N Boston 129–113 Walt Bellamy (29) 27–37
65 February 21 St. Louis 113–115 (2OT) Terry Dischinger (30) 28–37
66 February 23 Detroit 104–129 Walt Bellamy (32) 29–37
67 February 26 Boston 100–87 Walt Bellamy (22) 29–38
68 February 28 Los Angeles 115–112 Walt Bellamy (28) 29–39
69 March 1 Cincinnati 122–111 Walt Bellamy (23) 29–40
70 March 4 New York 108–115 Walt Bellamy (32) 30–40
71 March 5 N Detroit 125–120 Terry Dischinger (30) 30–41
72 March 7 @ Cincinnati 101–104 Sihugo Green (29) 30–42
73 March 8 @ St. Louis 117–135 Walt Bellamy (37) 30–43
74 March 9 @ Los Angeles 112–122 Walt Bellamy (33) 30–44
75 March 10 @ San Francisco 111–129 Walt Bellamy (31) 30–45
76 March 11 @ Los Angeles 109–115 Walt Bellamy (31) 30–46
77 March 12 @ San Francisco 102–125 Terry Dischinger (29) 30–47
78 March 14 N Philadelphia 128–122 Walt Bellamy (31) 30–48
79 March 15 @ Boston 105–129 Don Kojis (24) 30–49
80 March 18 Boston 95–108 Gus Johnson (28) 31–49

Awards and records

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References

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