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1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers Roster and Statistics

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45-35, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Fred Schaus (45-35)

Points Per Game: 119.5 (1st of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 116.4 (4th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-33 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 426,467 (1st of 9)

SRS: 2.76 (3rd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks

1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman G 6-2 185 April 15, 1942 1 University of California, Los Angeles
22 Elgin Baylor F 6-5 225 September 16, 1934 7 Seattle University
15 Bob Boozer F 6-8 215 April 26, 1937 5 Kansas State University
25 Leroy Ellis C-F 6-10 210 March 10, 1940 3 St. John's University
33 John Fairchild F 6-8 205 April 28, 1943 R Brigham Young University
11 Gail Goodrich G 6-1 170 April 23, 1943 R University of California, Los Angeles
14 Darrall Imhoff C 6-10 220 October 11, 1938 5 University of California
21 Jim King G 6-2 175 February 7, 1941 2 University of Tulsa
35 Rudy LaRusso F-C 6-7 220 November 11, 1937 6 Dartmouth College
44 Jerry West G-F 6-2 175 May 28, 1938 5 West Virginia University
12 Gene Wiley C 6-10 210 November 12, 1937 3 Wichita State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 80 19250 3597 8109 .444 2363 3057 .773 5334 1936 2035 9557 119.5
Opponent 80 19250 9309 116.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 27 79 3218 818 1731 .473 840 977 .860 562 480 243 2476
2 Rudy LaRusso 28 76 2316 410 897 .457 350 445 .787 660 165 261 1170
3 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 23 80 2198 458 1003 .457 182 257 .708 219 393 224 1098
4 Elgin Baylor 31 65 1975 415 1034 .401 249 337 .739 621 224 157 1079
5 Leroy Ellis 25 80 2219 393 927 .424 186 256 .727 735 74 232 972
6 Bob Boozer 28 78 1847 365 754 .484 225 289 .779 548 87 196 955
7 Jim King 24 76 1499 238 545 .437 94 115 .817 204 223 181 570
8 Gail Goodrich 22 65 1008 203 503 .404 103 149 .691 130 103 103 509
9 Darrall Imhoff 27 77 1413 151 337 .448 77 136 .566 509 113 234 379
10 Gene Wiley 28 67 1386 123 289 .426 43 76 .566 490 63 171 289
11 John Fairchild 22 30 171 23 89 .258 14 20 .700 45 11 33 60

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 27 79 40.7 10.4 21.9 .473 10.6 12.4 .860 7.1 6.1 3.1 31.3
2 Elgin Baylor 31 65 30.4 6.4 15.9 .401 3.8 5.2 .739 9.6 3.4 2.4 16.6
3 Rudy LaRusso 28 76 30.5 5.4 11.8 .457 4.6 5.9 .787 8.7 2.2 3.4 15.4
4 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 23 80 27.5 5.7 12.5 .457 2.3 3.2 .708 2.7 4.9 2.8 13.7
5 Bob Boozer 28 78 23.7 4.7 9.7 .484 2.9 3.7 .779 7.0 1.1 2.5 12.2
6 Leroy Ellis 25 80 27.7 4.9 11.6 .424 2.3 3.2 .727 9.2 0.9 2.9 12.2
7 Gail Goodrich 22 65 15.5 3.1 7.7 .404 1.6 2.3 .691 2.0 1.6 1.6 7.8
8 Jim King 24 76 19.7 3.1 7.2 .437 1.2 1.5 .817 2.7 2.9 2.4 7.5
9 Darrall Imhoff 27 77 18.4 2.0 4.4 .448 1.0 1.8 .566 6.6 1.5 3.0 4.9
10 Gene Wiley 28 67 20.7 1.8 4.3 .426 0.6 1.1 .566 7.3 0.9 2.6 4.3
11 John Fairchild 22 30 5.7 0.8 3.0 .258 0.5 0.7 .700 1.5 0.4 1.1 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Jerry West 27 79 3218 9.2 19.4 .473 9.4 10.9 .860 6.3 5.4 2.7 27.7
2 Elgin Baylor 31 65 1975 7.6 18.8 .401 4.5 6.1 .739 11.3 4.1 2.9 19.7
3 Bob Boozer 28 78 1847 7.1 14.7 .484 4.4 5.6 .779 10.7 1.7 3.8 18.6
4 Gail Goodrich 22 65 1008 7.2 18.0 .404 3.7 5.3 .691 4.6 3.7 3.7 18.2
5 Rudy LaRusso 28 76 2316 6.4 13.9 .457 5.4 6.9 .787 10.3 2.6 4.1 18.2
6 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 23 80 2198 7.5 16.4 .457 3.0 4.2 .708 3.6 6.4 3.7 18.0
7 Leroy Ellis 25 80 2219 6.4 15.0 .424 3.0 4.2 .727 11.9 1.2 3.8 15.8
8 Jim King 24 76 1499 5.7 13.1 .437 2.3 2.8 .817 4.9 5.4 4.3 13.7
9 John Fairchild 22 30 171 4.8 18.7 .258 2.9 4.2 .700 9.5 2.3 6.9 12.6
10 Darrall Imhoff 27 77 1413 3.8 8.6 .448 2.0 3.5 .566 13.0 2.9 6.0 9.7
11 Gene Wiley 28 67 1386 3.2 7.5 .426 1.1 2.0 .566 12.7 1.6 4.4 7.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jerry West 27 79 3218 24.6 .573 .473 21.9 14.4 2.7 17.1
2 Rudy LaRusso 28 76 2316 16.4 .535 .457 9.4 5.0 2.0 7.0
3 Bob Boozer 28 78 1847 16.4 .542 .484 6.4 4.3 1.6 5.8
4 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 23 80 2198 14.9 .492 .457 24.6 2.8 1.7 4.5
5 Leroy Ellis 25 80 2219 13.0 .467 .424 4.4 0.9 1.9 2.8
6 Elgin Baylor 31 65 1975 16.9 .456 .401 15.7 0.5 2.0 2.6
7 Jim King 24 76 1499 11.8 .479 .437 19.2 1.1 1.2 2.3
8 Darrall Imhoff 27 77 1413 10.8 .478 .448 9.7 0.7 1.5 2.1
9 Gene Wiley 28 67 1386 8.9 .448 .426 5.4 0.0 1.3 1.3
10 Gail Goodrich 22 65 1008 11.9 .448 .404 13.9 0.0 0.7 0.7
11 John Fairchild 22 30 171 3.9 .307 .258 8.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.6

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Jerry West 27 14 619 185 357 109 125 88 79 40 479 .518 .872 44.2 34.2 6.3 5.6
2 Elgin Baylor 31 14 586 145 328 85 105 197 52 38 375 .442 .810 41.9 26.8 14.1 3.7
3 Rudy LaRusso 28 14 397 57 124 53 67 99 26 47 167 .460 .791 28.4 11.9 7.1 1.9
4 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 23 14 340 70 142 26 42 41 44 40 166 .493 .619 24.3 11.9 2.9 3.1
5 Leroy Ellis 25 14 426 56 138 25 39 133 8 52 137 .406 .641 30.4 9.8 9.5 0.6
6 Gail Goodrich 22 11 290 43 92 29 43 42 33 35 115 .467 .674 26.4 10.5 3.8 3.0
7 Jim King 24 13 287 35 84 12 17 33 31 40 82 .417 .706 22.1 6.3 2.5 2.4
8 Bob Boozer 28 10 181 26 65 15 20 50 7 20 67 .400 .750 18.1 6.7 5.0 0.7
9 Darrall Imhoff 27 14 243 14 40 13 18 81 30 42 41 .350 .722 17.4 2.9 5.8 2.1
10 Tom Hoover 25 4 11 2 3 0 0 3 1 3 4 .667 2.8 1.0 0.8 0.3
11 Gene Wiley 28 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Jerry West 27 14 619 24.7 .581 .518 20.1 2.7 0.4 3.1
2 Elgin Baylor 31 14 586 21.0 .501 .442 12.9 0.8 0.5 1.3
3 Rudy LaRusso 28 14 397 14.2 .544 .460 8.3 0.7 0.3 1.0
4 Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 23 14 340 14.5 .517 .493 17.7 0.5 0.2 0.7
5 Gail Goodrich 22 11 290 12.5 .518 .467 14.5 0.4 0.2 0.5
6 Darrall Imhoff 27 14 243 9.1 .428 .350 14.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2
7 Jim King 24 13 287 7.7 .448 .417 13.3 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Bob Boozer 28 10 181 10.8 .454 .400 4.9 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Leroy Ellis 25 14 426 9.5 .441 .406 2.3 -0.2 0.3 0.1
10 Tom Hoover 25 4 11 13.0 .667 .667 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Gene Wiley 28 2 5 -5.9 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0