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Season of National Basketball Association team the Philadelphia 76ers
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1965β66 NBA season was the 76ers 17th season in the
NBA and 3rd season in City
Philadelphia . The Sixers would capture the regular season division championship by a game over the Boston Celtics. However, in the Eastern Conference finals, they would lose to the Celtics in five games. After this series, Dolph Schayes was fired as coach and Alex Hannum would take over as the new coach.
Roster
1965β66 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G
24
Bianchi, Al
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1932-03-26
Bowling Green
C
13
Chamberlain, Wilt
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
1936-08-21
Kansas
F
32
Cunningham, Billy
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1943-06-03
North Carolina
F
20, 30
Gambee, Dave
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1937-04-16
Oregon State
G
15
Greer, Hal
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1936-06-26
Marshall
G/F
35
Heyman, Art
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1941-06-24
Duke
F
54
Jackson, Lucious
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
1941-10-31
UTRGV
G
23
Jones, Wali
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1942-02-14
Villanova
F
25
Walker, Chet
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
212 lb (96 kg)
1940-02-22
Bradley
G
12
Ward, Gerry
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1941-09-06
Boston College
F
14
Warley, Ben
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1936-09-04
Tennessee State
G
35
Weiss, Bob
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1942-05-07
Penn State
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster Last transaction: December 2, 1965
Regular season
x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1965-66 NBA Records
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
Game log
1965β66 game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 16
@
Baltimore
133β101
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
1β0
2
October 23
Detroit
103β120
Wilt Chamberlain (53)
2β0
3
October 30
Cincinnati
114β134
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
3β0
4
November 3
@ Detroit
100β110
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
3β1
5
November 4
N
San Francisco
121β119
Hal Greer (35)
3β2
6
November 5
San Francisco
115β133
Hal Greer (33)
4β2
7
November 6
@
Boston
91β101
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
4β3
8
November 9
Los Angeles
110β118
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
5β3
9
November 11
N San Francisco
101β109
Wilt Chamberlain (26)
6β3
10
November 12
Boston
114β123
Hal Greer (28)
7β3
11
November 13
@
New York
127β119
Hal Greer (38)
8β3
12
November 16
N
St. Louis
98β107
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
9β3
13
November 17
@ Cincinnati
115β131
Wilt Chamberlain (46)
9β4
14
November 19
Baltimore
134β124
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
9β5
15
November 20
@ Baltimore
112β117
Chamberlain, Greer (21)
9β6
16
November 21
@ Los Angeles
110β104
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
10β6
17
November 24
@ Los Angeles
124β127
Wilt Chamberlain (42)
10β7
18
November 26
@ San Francisco
132β120
Chamberlain, Greer (25)
11β7
19
November 27
@ San Francisco
124β117
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
12β7
20
November 30
N Baltimore
108β129
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
12β8
21
December 3
@ Boston
119β103
Wilt Chamberlain (28)
13β8
22
December 6
N Los Angeles
116β107
Wilt Chamberlain (29)
14β8
23
December 8
@ Baltimore
127β129
Wilt Chamberlain (46)
14β9
24
December 10
Detroit
116β114
Wilt Chamberlain (40)
14β10
25
December 11
N Cincinnati
135β132 (OT)
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
15β10
26
December 14
@ Cincinnati
109β112
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
15β11
27
December 15
@ Los Angeles
122β108
Hal Greer (33)
16β11
28
December 17
@ Los Angeles
127β117
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
17β11
29
December 18
@ San Francisco
120β116 (OT)
Chamberlain,
Walker (23)
18β11
30
December 20
@ San Francisco
118β124
Wilt Chamberlain (45)
18β12
31
December 26
San Francisco
107β121
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
19β12
32
December 28
Boston
93β102
Wilt Chamberlain (31)
20β12
33
December 29
@ Detroit
113β112
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
21β12
34
December 30
@ St. Louis
113β130
Chamberlain,
Cunningham (23)
21β13
35
January 2
New York
122β133
Wilt Chamberlain (50)
22β13
36
January 4
@ New York
129β127
Hal Greer (36)
23β13
37
January 6
N Baltimore
133β127
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
24β13
38
January 7
Los Angeles
126β120
Wilt Chamberlain (49)
24β14
39
January 8
@ St. Louis
105β115
Wilt Chamberlain (29)
24β15
40
January 9
@ St. Louis
127β117
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
25β15
41
January 12
@ Detroit
111β129
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
25β16
42
January 14
Boston
100β112
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
26β16
43
January 16
@ Boston
122β137
Billy Cunningham (28)
26β17
44
January 18
Baltimore
117β128
Wilt Chamberlain (44)
27β17
45
January 19
N Detroit
110β93
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
28β17
46
January 21
New York
98β109
Chamberlain, Walker (27)
29β17
47
January 23
@ St. Louis
104β98
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
30β17
48
January 24
N St. Louis
107β110
Billy Cunningham (29)
31β17
49
January 25
N Los Angeles
110β106
Wilt Chamberlain (53)
32β17
50
January 28
Cincinnati
103β125
Wilt Chamberlain (43)
33β17
51
January 30
Detroit
98β117
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
34β17
52
February 2
N St. Louis
96β89
Wilt Chamberlain (21)
34β18
53
February 5
@ New York
113β120
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
34β19
54
February 6
@ Boston
99β100
Chet Walker (23)
34β20
55
February 7
Los Angeles
125β132
Wilt Chamberlain (65)
35β20
56
February 8
@ New York
123β136
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
35β21
57
February 9
@ Detroit
108β91
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
36β21
58
February 11
Cincinnati
94β113
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
37β21
59
February 12
N Boston
83β85
Chamberlain, Greer (29)
37β22
60
February 14
N Detroit
149β123
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
38β22
61
February 15
N St. Louis
109β121
Wilt Chamberlain (34)
39β22
62
February 17
@ Los Angeles
136β121
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
40β22
63
February 19
@ San Francisco
123β119
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
41β22
64
February 21
N Cincinnati
107β113
Wilt Chamberlain (24)
41β23
65
February 22
N Detroit
117β112
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
42β23
66
February 23
@ Baltimore
115β119
Hal Greer (37)
42β24
67
February 25
New York
124β130
Wilt Chamberlain (35)
43β24
68
February 26
N Baltimore
114β98
Billy Cunningham (23)
44β24
69
March 1
@ Cincinnati
100β102
Wilt Chamberlain (22)
44β25
70
March 3
San Francisco
125β135
Wilt Chamberlain (62)
45β25
71
March 4
@ Cincinnati
107β103
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
46β25
72
March 5
Boston
85β102
Chamberlain, Greer (27)
47β25
73
March 6
@ Boston
113β110
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
48β25
74
March 8
N St. Louis
106β112
Chamberlain, Greer (23)
49β25
75
March 9
St. Louis
115β123
Chamberlain, Greer (31)
50β25
76
March 12
New York
126β134
Hal Greer (24)
51β25
77
March 13
@ New York
115β113
Chet Walker (29)
52β25
78
March 17
New York
106β115
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
53β25
79
March 19
Cincinnati
121β127
Wilt Chamberlain (39)
54β25
80
March 20
@ Baltimore
108β104
Chamberlain, Greer (24)
55β25
Playoffs
1966 playoff game log
Division finals: 1β4 (home: 1β2; road: 0β2)
1966 schedule
Awards and records
References
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