1965–66 Philadelphia 76ers season
Division champions
Head coachDolph Schayes
General managerIrv Kosloff
Owner(s)Irv Kosloff
ArenaMunicipal Auditorium
Results
Record55–25 (.688)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Celtics 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWFIL-TV
RadioWCAU

The 1965–66 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

1965–66 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 24 Bianchi, Al 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1932-03-26 Bowling Green
C 13 Chamberlain, Wilt (C) 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 (C) 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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 2, 1965

Regular season

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers5525.688–22–320–1713–520–10
x-Boston Celtics5426.675126–519–189–319–11
x-Cincinnati Royals4535.5631025–611–239–616–14
New York Knicks3050.3752520–144–306–65–25
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1965-66 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —3–73–75–54–67–35–54–67–3
Boston 7–3—5–56–47–310–04–68–27–3
Cincinnati 7–35–5—8–24–67–34–65–55–5
Detroit 5–54–62–8—2–82–83–72–82–8
Los Angeles 6–43–76–48–2—5–52–87–38–2
New York 3–70–103–78–25–5—2–85–54–6
Philadelphia 5–56–46–47–38–28–2—8–27–3
San Francisco 6–42–85–58–23–75–52–8—4–6
St. Louis 3–73–75–58–22–86–43–76–4—

Game log

1965–66 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ Baltimore133–101Wilt Chamberlain (33)1–0
2October 23Detroit103–120Wilt Chamberlain (53)2–0
3October 30Cincinnati114–134Wilt Chamberlain (39)3–0
4November 3@ Detroit100–110Wilt Chamberlain (32)3–1
5November 4N San Francisco121–119Hal Greer (35)3–2
6November 5San Francisco115–133Hal Greer (33)4–2
7November 6@ Boston91–101Wilt Chamberlain (30)4–3
8November 9Los Angeles110–118Wilt Chamberlain (39)5–3
9November 11N San Francisco101–109Wilt Chamberlain (26)6–3
10November 12Boston114–123Hal Greer (28)7–3
11November 13@ New York127–119Hal Greer (38)8–3
12November 16N St. Louis98–107Wilt Chamberlain (30)9–3
13November 17@ Cincinnati115–131Wilt Chamberlain (46)9–4
14November 19Baltimore134–124Wilt Chamberlain (36)9–5
15November 20@ Baltimore112–117Chamberlain, Greer (21)9–6
16November 21@ Los Angeles110–104Wilt Chamberlain (32)10–6
17November 24@ Los Angeles124–127Wilt Chamberlain (42)10–7
18November 26@ San Francisco132–120Chamberlain, Greer (25)11–7
19November 27@ San Francisco124–117Wilt Chamberlain (38)12–7
20November 30N Baltimore108–129Wilt Chamberlain (41)12–8
21December 3@ Boston119–103Wilt Chamberlain (28)13–8
22December 6N Los Angeles116–107Wilt Chamberlain (29)14–8
23December 8@ Baltimore127–129Wilt Chamberlain (46)14–9
24December 10Detroit116–114Wilt Chamberlain (40)14–10
25December 11N Cincinnati135–132 (OT)Wilt Chamberlain (38)15–10
26December 14@ Cincinnati109–112Wilt Chamberlain (32)15–11
27December 15@ Los Angeles122–108Hal Greer (33)16–11
28December 17@ Los Angeles127–117Wilt Chamberlain (38)17–11
29December 18@ San Francisco120–116 (OT)Chamberlain, Walker (23)18–11
30December 20@ San Francisco118–124Wilt Chamberlain (45)18–12
31December 26San Francisco107–121Wilt Chamberlain (33)19–12
32December 28Boston93–102Wilt Chamberlain (31)20–12
33December 29@ Detroit113–112Wilt Chamberlain (34)21–12
34December 30@ St. Louis113–130Chamberlain, Cunningham (23)21–13
35January 2New York122–133Wilt Chamberlain (50)22–13
36January 4@ New York129–127Hal Greer (36)23–13
37January 6N Baltimore133–127Wilt Chamberlain (41)24–13
38January 7Los Angeles126–120Wilt Chamberlain (49)24–14
39January 8@ St. Louis105–115Wilt Chamberlain (29)24–15
40January 9@ St. Louis127–117Wilt Chamberlain (41)25–15
41January 12@ Detroit111–129Wilt Chamberlain (41)25–16
42January 14Boston100–112Wilt Chamberlain (37)26–16
43January 16@ Boston122–137Billy Cunningham (28)26–17
44January 18Baltimore117–128Wilt Chamberlain (44)27–17
45January 19N Detroit110–93Wilt Chamberlain (33)28–17
46January 21New York98–109Chamberlain, Walker (27)29–17
47January 23@ St. Louis104–98Wilt Chamberlain (36)30–17
48January 24N St. Louis107–110Billy Cunningham (29)31–17
49January 25N Los Angeles110–106Wilt Chamberlain (53)32–17
50January 28Cincinnati103–125Wilt Chamberlain (43)33–17
51January 30Detroit98–117Wilt Chamberlain (38)34–17
52February 2N St. Louis96–89Wilt Chamberlain (21)34–18
53February 5@ New York113–120Wilt Chamberlain (34)34–19
54February 6@ Boston99–100Chet Walker (23)34–20
55February 7Los Angeles125–132Wilt Chamberlain (65)35–20
56February 8@ New York123–136Wilt Chamberlain (38)35–21
57February 9@ Detroit108–91Wilt Chamberlain (30)36–21
58February 11Cincinnati94–113Wilt Chamberlain (32)37–21
59February 12N Boston83–85Chamberlain, Greer (29)37–22
60February 14N Detroit149–123Wilt Chamberlain (41)38–22
61February 15N St. Louis109–121Wilt Chamberlain (34)39–22
62February 17@ Los Angeles136–121Wilt Chamberlain (30)40–22
63February 19@ San Francisco123–119Wilt Chamberlain (30)41–22
64February 21N Cincinnati107–113Wilt Chamberlain (24)41–23
65February 22N Detroit117–112Wilt Chamberlain (32)42–23
66February 23@ Baltimore115–119Hal Greer (37)42–24
67February 25New York124–130Wilt Chamberlain (35)43–24
68February 26N Baltimore114–98Billy Cunningham (23)44–24
69March 1@ Cincinnati100–102Wilt Chamberlain (22)44–25
70March 3San Francisco125–135Wilt Chamberlain (62)45–25
71March 4@ Cincinnati107–103Wilt Chamberlain (36)46–25
72March 5Boston85–102Chamberlain, Greer (27)47–25
73March 6@ Boston113–110Wilt Chamberlain (32)48–25
74March 8N St. Louis106–112Chamberlain, Greer (23)49–25
75March 9St. Louis115–123Chamberlain, Greer (31)50–25
76March 12New York126–134Hal Greer (24)51–25
77March 13@ New York115–113Chet Walker (29)52–25
78March 17New York106–115Wilt Chamberlain (37)53–25
79March 19Cincinnati121–127Wilt Chamberlain (39)54–25
80March 20@ Baltimore108–104Chamberlain, Greer (24)55–25

Playoffs

1966 playoff game log
Division finals: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 3 Boston L 96–115 Wilt Chamberlain (25) Wilt Chamberlain (32) Chamberlain, W. Jones (5) Municipal Auditorium
6,563		 0–1
2 April 6 @ Boston L 93–114 Wilt Chamberlain (23) Wilt Chamberlain (25) Billy Cunningham (4) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–2
3 April 7 Boston W 111–105 Wilt Chamberlain (31) Wilt Chamberlain (27) Hal Greer (9) Municipal Auditorium
10,454		 1–2
4 April 10 @ Boston L 108–114 (OT) Hal Greer (25) Wilt Chamberlain (33) Hal Greer (4) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–3
5 April 12 Boston L 112–120 Wilt Chamberlain (46) Wilt Chamberlain (34) Chet Walker (8) Municipal Auditorium
8,623		 1–4
1966 schedule

Awards and records

References

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