1965β66 Los Angeles Lakers season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Fred Schaus |
Arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Results | |
Record | 45–35 (.563) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 3β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTTV |
Radio | KNX |
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 35 | .563 | β | 28β11 | 13β21 | 4β3 | 29β11 |
x- Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 42 | .475 | 7 | 29β9 | 4β25 | 5β8 | 20β20 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 36 | 44 | .450 | 9 | 22β10 | 6β22 | 8β12 | 19β21 |
San Francisco Warriors | 35 | 45 | .438 | 10 | 12β14 | 8β19 | 15β12 | 21β19 |
Detroit Pistons | 22 | 58 | .275 | 23 | 13β17 | 4β22 | 5β19 | 11β29 |
1965-66 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | β | 3β7 | 3β7 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 7β3 |
Boston | 7β3 | β | 5β5 | 6β4 | 7β3 | 10β0 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 7β3 |
Cincinnati | 7β3 | 5β5 | β | 8β2 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 4β6 | 5β5 | 5β5 |
Detroit | 5β5 | 4β6 | 2β8 | β | 2β8 | 2β8 | 3β7 | 2β8 | 2β8 |
Los Angeles | 6β4 | 3β7 | 6β4 | 8β2 | β | 5β5 | 2β8 | 7β3 | 8β2 |
New York | 3β7 | 0β10 | 3β7 | 8β2 | 5β5 | β | 2β8 | 5β5 | 4β6 |
Philadelphia | 5β5 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | β | 8β2 | 7β3 |
San Francisco | 6β4 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 3β7 | 5β5 | 2β8 | β | 4β6 |
St. Louis | 3β7 | 3β7 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β4 | 3β7 | 6β4 | β |
1965β66 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 15 | @ San Francisco | 122β115 | Jerry West (36) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 16 | @ St. Louis | 106β94 | Jerry West (27) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 20 | @ Boston | 96β100 | Jerry West (24) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | October 23 | @ New York | 101β106 | Jerry West (31) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | October 26 | New York | 102β104 | Jerry West (31) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | October 28 | New York | 116β140 | Jerry West (25) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | October 30 | San Francisco | 124β122 | Jerry West (44) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 3 | St. Louis | 116β120 | Jerry West (38) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 5 | St. Louis | 116β118 | Jerry West (26) | 6β3 | |||||
10 | November 6 | @ St. Louis | 101β131 | Jerry West (21) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 7 | @ Baltimore | 116β137 | Jerry West (26) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | 110β118 | Jerry West (32) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 10 | Detroit | 125β133 | Jerry West (40) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | November 12 | N New York | 106β107 | Jerry West (29) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | November 14 | Baltimore | 114β129 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 9β6 | |||||
16 | November 17 | Boston | 115β125 | Jerry West (46) | 10β6 | |||||
17 | November 19 | San Francisco | 124β135 | Jerry West (35) | 11β6 | |||||
18 | November 20 | N San Francisco | 117β133 | Jerry West (34) | 12β6 | |||||
19 | November 21 | Philadelphia | 110β104 | Jerry West (29) | 12β7 | |||||
20 | November 24 | Philadelphia | 124β127 | Jerry West (33) | 13β7 | |||||
21 | November 26 | @ Baltimore | 107β110 | Jerry West (39) | 13β8 | |||||
22 | November 27 | @ Boston | 95β101 | LaRusso, West (21) | 13β9 | |||||
23 | November 28 | @ Detroit | 128β110 | Jerry West (28) | 14β9 | |||||
24 | November 30 | @ Cincinnati | 120β126 | Jerry West (28) | 14β10 | |||||
25 | December 1 | Cincinnati | 105β121 | Jerry West (41) | 15β10 | |||||
26 | December 3 | Cincinnati | 122β118 | Jerry West (51) | 15β11 | |||||
27 | December 6 | N Philadelphia | 116β107 | Jerry West (34) | 15β12 | |||||
28 | December 7 | @ New York | 127β131 | Jerry West (46) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 8 | @ Boston | 106β108 | Boozer, Hazzard (23) | 15β14 | |||||
30 | December 10 | @ Cincinnati | 129β110 | Jerry West (51) | 16β14 | |||||
31 | December 11 | St. Louis | 108β126 | Jerry West (32) | 17β14 | |||||
32 | December 12 | St. Louis | 101β123 | Jerry West (33) | 18β14 | |||||
33 | December 15 | Philadelphia | 122β108 | Jerry West (27) | 18β15 | |||||
34 | December 17 | Philadelphia | 127β117 | Jerry West (39) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | December 19 | San Francisco | 120β132 | Jerry West (39) | 19β16 | |||||
36 | December 23 | Detroit | 112β122 | Goodrich, West (25) | 20β16 | |||||
37 | December 25 | Detroit | 106β115 | Jerry West (44) | 21β16 | |||||
38 | December 27 | N St. Louis | 100β108 | Jerry West (24) | 22β16 | |||||
39 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 107β100 | Jerry West (37) | 23β16 | |||||
40 | December 29 | @ Cincinnati | 109β111 | Jerry West (42) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | December 30 | N Detroit | 114β117 | Jerry West (34) | 23β18 | |||||
42 | January 2 | Boston | 124β113 | Jerry West (29) | 23β19 | |||||
43 | January 5 | Boston | 113β120 | Jerry West (29) | 24β19 | |||||
44 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | 126β120 | Jerry West (37) | 25β19 | |||||
45 | January 8 | @ New York | 127β133 | Jerry West (36) | 25β20 | |||||
46 | January 9 | @ Detroit | 111β98 | Jerry West (30) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | January 12 | @ Boston | 102β114 | Baylor, Hazzard (21) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | January 14 | @ San Francisco | 118β110 | Jerry West (33) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | January 15 | New York | 123β152 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 28β21 | |||||
50 | January 18 | @ Cincinnati | 108β119 | Jerry West (22) | 28β22 | |||||
51 | January 20 | @ Baltimore | 121β123 | Jerry West (37) | 28β23 | |||||
52 | January 21 | San Francisco | 120β109 | Jerry West (38) | 28β24 | |||||
53 | January 25 | N Philadelphia | 110β106 | Jerry West (26) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | January 26 | @ Detroit | 126β110 | Jerry West (35) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | January 28 | Baltimore | 123β138 | Walt Hazzard (27) | 30β25 | |||||
56 | January 30 | Baltimore | 122β136 | Walt Hazzard (28) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 2 | Cincinnati | 118β119 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 4 | Cincinnati | 125β132 | Jerry West (36) | 33β25 | |||||
59 | February 6 | @ St. Louis | 105β109 | Elgin Baylor (20) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | February 7 | @ Philadelphia | 125β132 | Jerry West (22) | 33β27 | |||||
61 | February 9 | @ Baltimore | 123β116 (OT) | Jerry West (39) | 34β27 | |||||
62 | February 12 | @ New York | 127β140 | Rudy LaRusso (31) | 34β28 | |||||
63 | February 13 | @ Boston | 120β110 | Rudy LaRusso (26) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | February 15 | New York | 124β132 | Jerry West (29) | 36β28 | |||||
65 | February 17 | Philadelphia | 136β121 | Jerry West (23) | 36β29 | |||||
66 | February 19 | Boston | 115β111 | LaRusso, West (23) | 36β30 | |||||
67 | February 21 | Boston | 115β108 | Baylor, Ellis (23) | 36β31 | |||||
68 | February 23 | Cincinnati | 133β140 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 37β31 | |||||
69 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 131β118 | Jerry West (44) | 38β31 | |||||
70 | March 2 | @ Baltimore | 113β119 | Jerry West (33) | 38β32 | |||||
71 | March 4 | Baltimore | 106β123 | Jerry West (38) | 39β32 | |||||
72 | March 5 | @ San Francisco | 125β123 | Walt Hazzard (30) | 40β32 | |||||
73 | March 6 | Baltimore | 105β126 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 41β32 | |||||
74 | March 8 | @ New York | 132β133 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (46) | 41β33 | |||||
75 | March 9 | N Cincinnati | 119β116 | Jerry West (31) | 42β33 | |||||
76 | March 11 | Detroit | 116β114 | Jerry West (27) | 42β34 | |||||
77 | March 15 | Detroit | 108β135 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 43β34 | |||||
78 | March 18 | St. Louis | 120β132 | Jerry West (28) | 44β34 | |||||
79 | March 19 | @ San Francisco | 119β125 | Jerry West (29) | 44β35 | |||||
80 | March 20 | San Francisco | 112β124 | Jerry West (35) | 45β35 |
1965β66 Los Angeles Lakers roster, statistics, and box scores
1965-66 Season - All Things Lakers[
dead link]
1965β66 Los Angeles Lakers season | |
---|---|
Division champions | |
Head coach | Fred Schaus |
Arena | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena |
Results | |
Record | 45–35 (.563) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Celtics 3β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | KTTV |
Radio | KNX |
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roster |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 35 | .563 | β | 28β11 | 13β21 | 4β3 | 29β11 |
x- Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 42 | .475 | 7 | 29β9 | 4β25 | 5β8 | 20β20 |
x- St. Louis Hawks | 36 | 44 | .450 | 9 | 22β10 | 6β22 | 8β12 | 19β21 |
San Francisco Warriors | 35 | 45 | .438 | 10 | 12β14 | 8β19 | 15β12 | 21β19 |
Detroit Pistons | 22 | 58 | .275 | 23 | 13β17 | 4β22 | 5β19 | 11β29 |
1965-66 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | β | 3β7 | 3β7 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 7β3 |
Boston | 7β3 | β | 5β5 | 6β4 | 7β3 | 10β0 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 7β3 |
Cincinnati | 7β3 | 5β5 | β | 8β2 | 4β6 | 7β3 | 4β6 | 5β5 | 5β5 |
Detroit | 5β5 | 4β6 | 2β8 | β | 2β8 | 2β8 | 3β7 | 2β8 | 2β8 |
Los Angeles | 6β4 | 3β7 | 6β4 | 8β2 | β | 5β5 | 2β8 | 7β3 | 8β2 |
New York | 3β7 | 0β10 | 3β7 | 8β2 | 5β5 | β | 2β8 | 5β5 | 4β6 |
Philadelphia | 5β5 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | β | 8β2 | 7β3 |
San Francisco | 6β4 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 3β7 | 5β5 | 2β8 | β | 4β6 |
St. Louis | 3β7 | 3β7 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β4 | 3β7 | 6β4 | β |
1965β66 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 15 | @ San Francisco | 122β115 | Jerry West (36) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 16 | @ St. Louis | 106β94 | Jerry West (27) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 20 | @ Boston | 96β100 | Jerry West (24) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | October 23 | @ New York | 101β106 | Jerry West (31) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | October 26 | New York | 102β104 | Jerry West (31) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | October 28 | New York | 116β140 | Jerry West (25) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | October 30 | San Francisco | 124β122 | Jerry West (44) | 4β3 | |||||
8 | November 3 | St. Louis | 116β120 | Jerry West (38) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 5 | St. Louis | 116β118 | Jerry West (26) | 6β3 | |||||
10 | November 6 | @ St. Louis | 101β131 | Jerry West (21) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 7 | @ Baltimore | 116β137 | Jerry West (26) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | 110β118 | Jerry West (32) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 10 | Detroit | 125β133 | Jerry West (40) | 7β6 | |||||
14 | November 12 | N New York | 106β107 | Jerry West (29) | 8β6 | |||||
15 | November 14 | Baltimore | 114β129 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 9β6 | |||||
16 | November 17 | Boston | 115β125 | Jerry West (46) | 10β6 | |||||
17 | November 19 | San Francisco | 124β135 | Jerry West (35) | 11β6 | |||||
18 | November 20 | N San Francisco | 117β133 | Jerry West (34) | 12β6 | |||||
19 | November 21 | Philadelphia | 110β104 | Jerry West (29) | 12β7 | |||||
20 | November 24 | Philadelphia | 124β127 | Jerry West (33) | 13β7 | |||||
21 | November 26 | @ Baltimore | 107β110 | Jerry West (39) | 13β8 | |||||
22 | November 27 | @ Boston | 95β101 | LaRusso, West (21) | 13β9 | |||||
23 | November 28 | @ Detroit | 128β110 | Jerry West (28) | 14β9 | |||||
24 | November 30 | @ Cincinnati | 120β126 | Jerry West (28) | 14β10 | |||||
25 | December 1 | Cincinnati | 105β121 | Jerry West (41) | 15β10 | |||||
26 | December 3 | Cincinnati | 122β118 | Jerry West (51) | 15β11 | |||||
27 | December 6 | N Philadelphia | 116β107 | Jerry West (34) | 15β12 | |||||
28 | December 7 | @ New York | 127β131 | Jerry West (46) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 8 | @ Boston | 106β108 | Boozer, Hazzard (23) | 15β14 | |||||
30 | December 10 | @ Cincinnati | 129β110 | Jerry West (51) | 16β14 | |||||
31 | December 11 | St. Louis | 108β126 | Jerry West (32) | 17β14 | |||||
32 | December 12 | St. Louis | 101β123 | Jerry West (33) | 18β14 | |||||
33 | December 15 | Philadelphia | 122β108 | Jerry West (27) | 18β15 | |||||
34 | December 17 | Philadelphia | 127β117 | Jerry West (39) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | December 19 | San Francisco | 120β132 | Jerry West (39) | 19β16 | |||||
36 | December 23 | Detroit | 112β122 | Goodrich, West (25) | 20β16 | |||||
37 | December 25 | Detroit | 106β115 | Jerry West (44) | 21β16 | |||||
38 | December 27 | N St. Louis | 100β108 | Jerry West (24) | 22β16 | |||||
39 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 107β100 | Jerry West (37) | 23β16 | |||||
40 | December 29 | @ Cincinnati | 109β111 | Jerry West (42) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | December 30 | N Detroit | 114β117 | Jerry West (34) | 23β18 | |||||
42 | January 2 | Boston | 124β113 | Jerry West (29) | 23β19 | |||||
43 | January 5 | Boston | 113β120 | Jerry West (29) | 24β19 | |||||
44 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | 126β120 | Jerry West (37) | 25β19 | |||||
45 | January 8 | @ New York | 127β133 | Jerry West (36) | 25β20 | |||||
46 | January 9 | @ Detroit | 111β98 | Jerry West (30) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | January 12 | @ Boston | 102β114 | Baylor, Hazzard (21) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | January 14 | @ San Francisco | 118β110 | Jerry West (33) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | January 15 | New York | 123β152 | Rudy LaRusso (27) | 28β21 | |||||
50 | January 18 | @ Cincinnati | 108β119 | Jerry West (22) | 28β22 | |||||
51 | January 20 | @ Baltimore | 121β123 | Jerry West (37) | 28β23 | |||||
52 | January 21 | San Francisco | 120β109 | Jerry West (38) | 28β24 | |||||
53 | January 25 | N Philadelphia | 110β106 | Jerry West (26) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | January 26 | @ Detroit | 126β110 | Jerry West (35) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | January 28 | Baltimore | 123β138 | Walt Hazzard (27) | 30β25 | |||||
56 | January 30 | Baltimore | 122β136 | Walt Hazzard (28) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 2 | Cincinnati | 118β119 | Elgin Baylor (29) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 4 | Cincinnati | 125β132 | Jerry West (36) | 33β25 | |||||
59 | February 6 | @ St. Louis | 105β109 | Elgin Baylor (20) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | February 7 | @ Philadelphia | 125β132 | Jerry West (22) | 33β27 | |||||
61 | February 9 | @ Baltimore | 123β116 (OT) | Jerry West (39) | 34β27 | |||||
62 | February 12 | @ New York | 127β140 | Rudy LaRusso (31) | 34β28 | |||||
63 | February 13 | @ Boston | 120β110 | Rudy LaRusso (26) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | February 15 | New York | 124β132 | Jerry West (29) | 36β28 | |||||
65 | February 17 | Philadelphia | 136β121 | Jerry West (23) | 36β29 | |||||
66 | February 19 | Boston | 115β111 | LaRusso, West (23) | 36β30 | |||||
67 | February 21 | Boston | 115β108 | Baylor, Ellis (23) | 36β31 | |||||
68 | February 23 | Cincinnati | 133β140 | Elgin Baylor (35) | 37β31 | |||||
69 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 131β118 | Jerry West (44) | 38β31 | |||||
70 | March 2 | @ Baltimore | 113β119 | Jerry West (33) | 38β32 | |||||
71 | March 4 | Baltimore | 106β123 | Jerry West (38) | 39β32 | |||||
72 | March 5 | @ San Francisco | 125β123 | Walt Hazzard (30) | 40β32 | |||||
73 | March 6 | Baltimore | 105β126 | Elgin Baylor (37) | 41β32 | |||||
74 | March 8 | @ New York | 132β133 (OT) | Elgin Baylor (46) | 41β33 | |||||
75 | March 9 | N Cincinnati | 119β116 | Jerry West (31) | 42β33 | |||||
76 | March 11 | Detroit | 116β114 | Jerry West (27) | 42β34 | |||||
77 | March 15 | Detroit | 108β135 | Elgin Baylor (30) | 43β34 | |||||
78 | March 18 | St. Louis | 120β132 | Jerry West (28) | 44β34 | |||||
79 | March 19 | @ San Francisco | 119β125 | Jerry West (29) | 44β35 | |||||
80 | March 20 | San Francisco | 112β124 | Jerry West (35) | 45β35 |
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Division finals: 4β3 (home: 3β1; road: 1β2)
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NBA Finals: 3β4 (home: 1β2; road: 2β2)
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1966 schedule |
1965β66 Los Angeles Lakers roster, statistics, and box scores
1965-66 Season - All Things Lakers[
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