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36-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 111.4 points per game, Allowed 112.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 39-41)
Coached by Richie Guerin (36-44)
Arena: Kiel Auditorium / Attendance: 267,008 (3rd of 9 available)
SRS: -0.50 (5th of 9)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (3-0) versus Baltimore Bullets
1965-66 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 15, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 111 | 100 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 16, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 94 | 106 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 20, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 99 | 119 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 23, 1965 | Boston Celtics | W | 120 | 110 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 30, 1965 | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 95 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 3, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 116 | 120 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 5, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 116 | 118 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 6, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 131 | 101 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 10, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 117 | 124 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 11, 1965 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 87 | 4 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 13, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 138 | 113 | 5 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 16, 1965 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 107 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 13 | Sat, Nov 20, 1965 | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 101 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Mon, Nov 22, 1965 | N | San Francisco Warriors | L | 108 | 112 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 15 | Wed, Nov 24, 1965 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 108 | 112 | 6 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Nov 25, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 119 | 113 | 7 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 27, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 136 | 110 | 8 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 28, 1965 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 102 | 110 | 8 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 30, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 119 | 138 | 8 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 1, 1965 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 110 | 101 | 9 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 4, 1965 | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 100 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Sun, Dec 5, 1965 | N | San Francisco Warriors | W | 113 | 99 | 10 | 12 | W 1 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 23 | Tue, Dec 7, 1965 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 96 | 112 | 10 | 13 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 24 | Wed, Dec 8, 1965 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 104 | 93 | 11 | 13 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 25 | Fri, Dec 10, 1965 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 106 | 109 | 11 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 11, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 108 | 126 | 11 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 12, 1965 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 101 | 123 | 11 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 15, 1965 | N | San Francisco Warriors | L | 113 | 128 | 11 | 17 | L 4 | at Oakland, CA | |
| 29 | Fri, Dec 17, 1965 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | W | 103 | 102 | 12 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 25, 1965 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 131 | 111 | 13 | 17 | W 2 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 26, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 115 | 117 | 13 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Mon, Dec 27, 1965 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 108 | 13 | 19 | L 2 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 33 | Tue, Dec 28, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 100 | 107 | 13 | 20 | L 3 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 30, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 130 | 113 | 14 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 1, 1966 | Boston Celtics | W | 100 | 98 | 15 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 36 | Mon, Jan 3, 1966 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 114 | 130 | 15 | 21 | L 1 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 37 | Wed, Jan 5, 1966 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 101 | 114 | 15 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 7, 1966 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 137 | 15 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 39 | Sat, Jan 8, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 115 | 105 | 16 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 9, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 117 | 127 | 16 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 13, 1966 | N | Cincinnati Royals | L | 102 | 107 | 16 | 25 | L 2 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 42 | Fri, Jan 14, 1966 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 119 | 121 | 16 | 26 | L 3 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 16, 1966 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 136 | 128 | 17 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Mon, Jan 17, 1966 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 106 | 18 | 26 | W 2 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 45 | Tue, Jan 18, 1966 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 107 | 19 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 20, 1966 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 103 | 92 | 20 | 26 | W 4 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 47 | Fri, Jan 21, 1966 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 108 | 117 | 20 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 22, 1966 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 111 | 21 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 23, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 98 | 104 | 21 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 50 | Mon, Jan 24, 1966 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 107 | 110 | 21 | 29 | L 2 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 51 | Tue, Jan 25, 1966 | San Francisco Warriors | W | 142 | 107 | 22 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Jan 28, 1966 | San Francisco Warriors | L | 104 | 114 | 22 | 30 | L 1 | |||
| 53 | Sat, Jan 29, 1966 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 115 | 116 | 22 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Jan 30, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 115 | 98 | 23 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 2, 1966 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 96 | 89 | 24 | 31 | W 2 | at Greensboro, NC | |
| 56 | Thu, Feb 3, 1966 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 113 | 122 | 24 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 4, 1966 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 117 | 24 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 6, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 109 | 105 | 25 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Mon, Feb 7, 1966 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 104 | 111 | 25 | 34 | L 1 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 60 | Sun, Feb 13, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 104 | 102 | 26 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 15, 1966 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 109 | 121 | 26 | 35 | L 1 | at Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 62 | Sun, Feb 20, 1966 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 126 | 123 | 27 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 22, 1966 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 108 | 113 | 27 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Thu, Feb 24, 1966 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 134 | 27 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 65 | Sun, Feb 27, 1966 | Detroit Pistons | W | 125 | 114 | 28 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Mon, Feb 28, 1966 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 103 | 29 | 37 | W 2 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 67 | Tue, Mar 1, 1966 | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 120 | 29 | 38 | L 1 | |||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 4, 1966 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 132 | 112 | 30 | 38 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 69 | Sun, Mar 6, 1966 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 106 | 31 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| 70 | Mon, Mar 7, 1966 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 106 | 31 | 39 | L 1 | at Memphis, TN | |
| 71 | Tue, Mar 8, 1966 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 112 | 31 | 40 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 72 | Wed, Mar 9, 1966 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 115 | 123 | 31 | 41 | L 3 | ||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 12, 1966 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 114 | 113 | 32 | 41 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 13, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 115 | 106 | 33 | 41 | W 2 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Mar 15, 1966 | N | San Francisco Warriors | W | 110 | 109 | 34 | 41 | W 3 | at San Jose, CA | |
| 76 | Thu, Mar 17, 1966 | @ | San Francisco Warriors | L | 112 | 116 | 34 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Mar 18, 1966 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 120 | 132 | 34 | 43 | L 2 | ||
| 78 | Sat, Mar 19, 1966 | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 112 | 35 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Sun, Mar 20, 1966 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 117 | 36 | 43 | W 2 | ||
| 80 | Tue, Mar 22, 1966 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 125 | 126 | 36 | 44 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Mar 24, 1966 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 113 | 111 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Mar 27, 1966 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 105 | 100 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Mar 30, 1966 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 121 | 112 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 1, 1966 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 106 | 129 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Apr 3, 1966 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 116 | 125 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Apr 6, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 120 | 113 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Apr 9, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 95 | 107 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Sun, Apr 10, 1966 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 100 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Apr 13, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 131 | 127 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Apr 15, 1966 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 121 | 130 | 6 | 4 | L 1 |