Complex sentence: In the following 1963--64 NBA season, West for the first time became the Lakers' scoring leader, his 28.7 points per game eclipsing the 25.4 by Baylor, who stated that he suffered from knee problems.
Split into simpler sentences: In the following 1963--64 NBA season, West became the Lakers' scoring leader for the first time. His 28.7 points per game eclipsed the 25.4 by Baylor, who stated that he suffered from knee problems.