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1965-66 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Statistics

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55-25, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Dolph Schayes (55-25)

Points Per Game: 117.3 (4th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 112.7 (3rd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-29 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Convention Hall ▪ Attendance: 145,372 (7th of 9)

SRS: 4.16 (2nd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Boston Celtics

1965-66 Philadelphia 76ers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Al Bianchi G 6-3 185 March 26, 1932 9 Bowling Green State University
22 Jesse Branson F 6-7 195 January 7, 1942 R Elon University
13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7-1 275 August 21, 1936 6 University of Kansas
32 Billy Cunningham F-C 6-6 210 June 3, 1943 R University of North Carolina
20-30 Dave Gambee F 6-6 215 April 16, 1937 7 Oregon State University
15 Hal Greer G-F 6-2 175 June 26, 1936 7 Marshall University
35 Art Heyman F-G 6-5 205 June 24, 1941 2 Duke University
54 Luke Jackson F-C 6-9 240 October 31, 1941 1 University of Texas-Pan American
23 Wali Jones G 6-2 180 February 14, 1942 1 Villanova University
25 Chet Walker F-G 6-6 212 February 22, 1940 3 Bradley University
12 Gerry Ward G 6-4 195 September 6, 1941 2 Boston College
14 Ben Warley F-G 6-5 200 September 4, 1936 3 Tennessee State University
35 Bob Weiss G 6-2 180 May 7, 1942 R Pennsylvania 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 3650 8189 .446 2087 3141 .664 5652 1905 2094 9387 117.3
Opponent 80 19250 9013 112.7

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 Wilt Chamberlain 29 79 3737 1074 1990 .540 501 976 .513 1943 414 171 2649
2 Hal Greer 29 80 3326 703 1580 .445 413 514 .804 473 384 315 1819
3 Chet Walker 25 80 2603 443 982 .451 335 468 .716 636 201 238 1221
4 Billy Cunningham 22 80 2134 431 1011 .426 281 443 .634 599 207 301 1143
5 Wali Jones 23 80 2196 296 799 .370 128 172 .744 169 273 250 720
6 Luke Jackson 24 79 1966 246 614 .401 158 214 .738 676 132 216 650
7 Dave Gambee 28 72 1068 168 437 .384 159 187 .850 273 71 189 495
8 Al Bianchi 33 78 1312 214 560 .382 66 98 .673 134 134 232 494
9 Gerry Ward 24 66 838 67 189 .354 39 60 .650 89 80 163 173
10 Art Heyman 24 6 20 3 9 .333 4 5 .800 4 4 4 10
11 Bob Weiss 23 7 30 3 9 .333 0 0 7 4 10 6
12 Jesse Branson 24 5 14 1 6 .167 3 4 .750 9 1 4 5
13 Ben Warley 29 1 6 1 3 .333 0 0 2 0 1 2

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 Wilt Chamberlain 29 79 47.3 13.6 25.2 .540 6.3 12.4 .513 24.6 5.2 2.2 33.5
2 Hal Greer 29 80 41.6 8.8 19.8 .445 5.2 6.4 .804 5.9 4.8 3.9 22.7
3 Chet Walker 25 80 32.5 5.5 12.3 .451 4.2 5.9 .716 8.0 2.5 3.0 15.3
4 Billy Cunningham 22 80 26.7 5.4 12.6 .426 3.5 5.5 .634 7.5 2.6 3.8 14.3
5 Wali Jones 23 80 27.5 3.7 10.0 .370 1.6 2.2 .744 2.1 3.4 3.1 9.0
6 Luke Jackson 24 79 24.9 3.1 7.8 .401 2.0 2.7 .738 8.6 1.7 2.7 8.2
7 Dave Gambee 28 72 14.8 2.3 6.1 .384 2.2 2.6 .850 3.8 1.0 2.6 6.9
8 Al Bianchi 33 78 16.8 2.7 7.2 .382 0.8 1.3 .673 1.7 1.7 3.0 6.3
9 Gerry Ward 24 66 12.7 1.0 2.9 .354 0.6 0.9 .650 1.3 1.2 2.5 2.6
10 Ben Warley 29 1 6.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
11 Art Heyman 24 6 3.3 0.5 1.5 .333 0.7 0.8 .800 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.7
12 Jesse Branson 24 5 2.8 0.2 1.2 .167 0.6 0.8 .750 1.8 0.2 0.8 1.0
13 Bob Weiss 23 7 4.3 0.4 1.3 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.9

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 Wilt Chamberlain 29 79 3737 10.3 19.2 .540 4.8 9.4 .513 18.7 4.0 1.6 25.5
2 Hal Greer 29 80 3326 7.6 17.1 .445 4.5 5.6 .804 5.1 4.2 3.4 19.7
3 Billy Cunningham 22 80 2134 7.3 17.1 .426 4.7 7.5 .634 10.1 3.5 5.1 19.3
4 Art Heyman 24 6 20 5.4 16.2 .333 7.2 9.0 .800 7.2 7.2 7.2 18.0
5 Chet Walker 25 80 2603 6.1 13.6 .451 4.6 6.5 .716 8.8 2.8 3.3 16.9
6 Dave Gambee 28 72 1068 5.7 14.7 .384 5.4 6.3 .850 9.2 2.4 6.4 16.7
7 Al Bianchi 33 78 1312 5.9 15.4 .382 1.8 2.7 .673 3.7 3.7 6.4 13.6
8 Jesse Branson 24 5 14 2.6 15.4 .167 7.7 10.3 .750 23.1 2.6 10.3 12.9
9 Ben Warley 29 1 6 6.0 18.0 .333 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 6.0 12.0
10 Luke Jackson 24 79 1966 4.5 11.2 .401 2.9 3.9 .738 12.4 2.4 4.0 11.9
11 Wali Jones 23 80 2196 4.9 13.1 .370 2.1 2.8 .744 2.8 4.5 4.1 11.8
12 Gerry Ward 24 66 838 2.9 8.1 .354 1.7 2.6 .650 3.8 3.4 7.0 7.4
13 Bob Weiss 23 7 30 3.6 10.8 .333 0.0 0.0 8.4 4.8 12.0 7.2

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 Wilt Chamberlain 29 79 3737 28.3 .547 .540 16.8 12.9 8.5 21.4
2 Hal Greer 29 80 3326 15.9 .504 .445 15.7 5.5 4.0 9.5
3 Chet Walker 25 80 2603 15.3 .514 .451 9.9 4.2 3.5 7.8
4 Billy Cunningham 22 80 2134 15.7 .474 .426 13.0 1.7 3.3 5.0
5 Luke Jackson 24 79 1966 12.3 .459 .401 8.2 0.4 3.2 3.6
6 Dave Gambee 28 72 1068 12.6 .477 .384 8.4 0.8 1.4 2.2
7 Wali Jones 23 80 2196 7.8 .412 .370 15.3 -1.5 2.3 0.8
8 Gerry Ward 24 66 838 4.1 .402 .354 11.0 -0.5 0.9 0.4
9 Al Bianchi 33 78 1312 7.1 .410 .382 13.0 -1.2 1.4 0.2
10 Jesse Branson 24 5 14 10.3 .322 .167 8.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0
11 Art Heyman 24 6 20 14.7 .446 .333 25.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Ben Warley 29 1 6 5.2 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Bob Weiss 23 7 30 3.5 .333 .333 15.7 -0.1 0.0 0.0

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 Wilt Chamberlain 29 5 240 56 110 28 68 151 15 10 140 .509 .412 48.0 28.0 30.2 3.0
2 Hal Greer 29 5 226 32 91 18 23 36 21 21 82 .352 .783 45.2 16.4 7.2 4.2
3 Chet Walker 25 5 181 24 64 25 31 37 15 18 73 .375 .806 36.2 14.6 7.4 3.0
4 Wali Jones 23 5 156 25 77 15 22 15 18 18 65 .325 .682 31.2 13.0 3.0 3.6
5 Luke Jackson 24 5 163 21 49 18 22 44 8 21 60 .429 .818 32.6 12.0 8.8 1.6
6 Al Bianchi 33 5 64 18 43 9 12 10 4 19 45 .419 .750 12.8 9.0 2.0 0.8
7 Dave Gambee 28 5 82 11 29 8 11 14 4 14 30 .379 .727 16.4 6.0 2.8 0.8
8 Billy Cunningham 22 4 69 5 31 11 13 18 10 11 21 .161 .846 17.3 5.3 4.5 2.5
9 Gerry Ward 24 5 44 2 8 0 1 5 1 11 4 .250 .000 8.8 0.8 1.0 0.2

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 Wilt Chamberlain 29 5 240 26.0 .500 .509 11.2 0.3 0.6 1.0
2 Luke Jackson 24 5 163 12.8 .511 .429 7.4 0.2 0.2 0.4
3 Chet Walker 25 5 181 12.9 .470 .375 12.6 0.1 0.3 0.3
4 Dave Gambee 28 5 82 8.3 .443 .379 7.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
5 Al Bianchi 33 5 64 13.6 .466 .419 12.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Hal Greer 29 5 226 9.7 .405 .352 14.3 -0.3 0.3 0.0
7 Gerry Ward 24 5 44 -3.0 .237 .250 3.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Wali Jones 23 5 156 8.2 .375 .325 18.3 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
9 Billy Cunningham 22 4 69 6.1 .286 .161 20.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.2