# 1963–64 San Francisco Warriors season

The 1963–64 NBA season was the Warriors' 18th season in the NBA and second in San Francisco.
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. 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | 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
#### Footnotes

* $^a$ The game was held at the Oakland Civic Auditorium in Oakland, California.
* $^b$ The game was held at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.
* $^c$ The game was held at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
* $^d$ The game was held at Sacramento High School in Sacramento, California.
* $^e$ The game was held at The Field House in Toledo, Ohio.
* $^f$ The game was held at Richmond Memorial Auditorium in Richmond, California.
* $^g$ The game was held at San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California.
* $^h$ The game was held at Cleveland Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio.
* $^i$ The game was held at Lansing Civic Center in Lansing, Michigan.

## Playoffs

1964 playoff game log :
Division finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 1
St. Louis
L 111–116
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
Wilt Chamberlain (22)
Guy Rodgers (11)
War Memorial Gymnasium 5,231
0–1
2
April 3
St. Louis
W 120–85
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Guy Rodgers (8)
Cow Palace 9,063
1–1
3
April 5
@ St. Louis
L 109–113
Wilt Chamberlain (46)
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
Phillips, Rodgers (4)
Kiel Auditorium 10,163
1–2
4
April 8
@ St. Louis
W 111–109
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
Guy Rodgers (8)
Kiel Auditorium 10,118
2–2
5
April 10
St. Louis
W 121–97
Wilt Chamberlain (50)
Chamberlain, Thurmond (15)
Guy Rodgers (12)
Cow Palace 10,628
3–2
6
April 12
@ St. Louis
L 95–123
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
Wilt Chamberlain (24)
Guy Rodgers (7)
Kiel Auditorium 8,967
3–3
7
April 16
St. Louis
W 105–95
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
Guy Rodgers (8)
Cow Palace 8,923
4–3 :
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 18
@ Boston
L 96–108
Wilt Chamberlain (22)
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
Guy Rodgers (8)
Boston Garden 13,909
0–1
2
April 20
@ Boston
L 101–124
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (25)
Phillips, Rodgers (4)
Boston Garden 13,909
0–2
3
April 22
Boston
W 115–91
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
Wilt Chamberlain (25)
Guy Rodgers (7)
Cow Palace 10,981
1–2
4
April 24
Boston
L 95–98
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
Guy Rodgers (6)
Cow Palace 14,862
1–3
5
April 26
@ Boston
L 99–105
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Guy Rodgers (7)
Boston Garden 13,909
1–4 :
1964 schedule :

## Awards and records

* Wilt Chamberlain: NBA All-Star Game, NBA scoring champion, All-NBA First Team
* Alex Hannum: NBA Coach of the Year Award
* Nate Thurmond, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team