1965-66 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 54-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (54-26)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.7 (7th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 107.8 (1st of 9)

SRS: 4.34 (1st of 9) Pace: 122.0 (5th of 9)

Off Rtg: 92.3 (8th of 9) Def Rtg: 88.3 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +4.0 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 52-28 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 246,189 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1966 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Cincinnati Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 16, 1965	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		102	98	1	0	W 1	12,044
2	Wed, Oct 20, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		100	96	2	0	W 2	6,023
3	Sat, Oct 23, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		110	120	2	1	L 1
4	Thu, Oct 28, 1965	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		108	113	2	2	L 2
5	Fri, Oct 29, 1965	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		106	108	2	3	L 3
6	Sun, Oct 31, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		105	100	3	3	W 1	7,915
7	Fri, Nov 5, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		129	118	4	3	W 2
8	Sat, Nov 6, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		101	91	5	3	W 3	13,909
9	Tue, Nov 9, 1965	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		130	116	6	3	W 4	3,463		at Providence, RI
10	Thu, Nov 11, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		87	83	7	3	W 5	10,409
11	Fri, Nov 12, 1965	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	123	7	4	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 13, 1965	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	93	8	4	W 1	10,284
13	Tue, Nov 16, 1965	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		108	105	9	4	W 2
14	Wed, Nov 17, 1965	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	125	9	5	L 1
15	Fri, Nov 19, 1965	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		129	103	10	5	W 1	8,572
16	Sat, Nov 20, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		122	108	11	5	W 2
17	Wed, Nov 24, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		125	110	12	5	W 3	4,358
18	Fri, Nov 26, 1965	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		134	114	13	5	W 4	3,434		at Providence, RI
19	Sat, Nov 27, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		101	95	14	5	W 5	11,046
20	Fri, Dec 3, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		103	119	14	6	L 1	9,567
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 4, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		100	94	15	6	W 1
22	Sun, Dec 5, 1965	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		99	108	15	7	L 1
23	Tue, Dec 7, 1965	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		112	96	16	7	W 1			at New York, NY
24	Wed, Dec 8, 1965	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		108	106	17	7	W 2	5,586
25	Sat, Dec 11, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		143	106	18	7	W 3	7,470
26	Wed, Dec 15, 1965	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		110	117	18	8	L 1	5,097
27	Fri, Dec 17, 1965	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	112	19	8	W 1
28	Wed, Dec 22, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	123	120	20	8	W 2	6,726
29	Sat, Dec 25, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		113	99	21	8	W 3
30	Sun, Dec 26, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		120	99	22	8	W 4	10,268
31	Tue, Dec 28, 1965	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	102	22	9	L 1
32	Wed, Dec 29, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		99	96	23	9	W 1
33	Thu, Dec 30, 1965	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		116	113	24	9	W 2	6,357		at Providence, RI
34	Sat, Jan 1, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		98	100	24	10	L 1
35	Sun, Jan 2, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		124	113	25	10	W 1
36	Wed, Jan 5, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	120	25	11	L 1
37	Fri, Jan 7, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		115	114	26	11	W 1
38	Sat, Jan 8, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		124	96	27	11	W 2
39	Wed, Jan 12, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	102	28	11	W 3	6,197
40	Fri, Jan 14, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	112	28	12	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 16, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		137	122	29	12	W 1	10,087
42	Tue, Jan 18, 1966	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		115	116	29	13	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
43	Wed, Jan 19, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		129	89	30	13	W 1	7,364
44	Fri, Jan 21, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		113	96	31	13	W 2	11,250
45	Sat, Jan 22, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		107	132	31	14	L 1
46	Tue, Jan 25, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		101	113	31	15	L 2
47	Thu, Jan 27, 1966	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		131	112	32	15	W 1			at Fort Wayne, IN
48	Fri, Jan 28, 1966	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		105	108	32	16	L 1	6,295
49	Sat, Jan 29, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		119	107	33	16	W 1
50	Sun, Jan 30, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		118	115	34	16	W 2	8,572
51	Tue, Feb 1, 1966	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		100	81	35	16	W 3			at New York, NY
52	Wed, Feb 2, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		93	99	35	17	L 1
53	Fri, Feb 4, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		117	95	36	17	W 1	4,916
54	Sat, Feb 5, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		94	113	36	18	L 1
55	Sun, Feb 6, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		100	99	37	18	W 1	11,500
56	Mon, Feb 7, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		112	107	38	18	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
57	Wed, Feb 9, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	117	39	18	W 3	2,580
58	Thu, Feb 10, 1966	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	L		117	128	39	19	L 1			at Providence, RI
59	Fri, Feb 11, 1966	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		99	96	40	19	W 1	8,168
60	Sat, Feb 12, 1966	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		85	83	41	19	W 2			at Syracuse, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 13, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		110	120	41	20	L 1	10,679
62	Tue, Feb 15, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		123	136	41	21	L 2
63	Fri, Feb 18, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		106	128	41	22	L 3
64	Sat, Feb 19, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	111	42	22	W 1
65	Mon, Feb 21, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	108	43	22	W 2
66	Tue, Feb 22, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		116	108	44	22	W 3
67	Thu, Feb 24, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		134	106	45	22	W 4	9,402
68	Sat, Feb 26, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		100	95	46	22	W 5
69	Sun, Feb 27, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		92	132	46	23	L 1
70	Tue, Mar 1, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		120	95	47	23	W 1
71	Wed, Mar 2, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		140	104	48	23	W 2	6,793
72	Fri, Mar 4, 1966	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		112	132	48	24	L 1	3,835		at Providence, RI
73	Sat, Mar 5, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		85	102	48	25	L 2
74	Sun, Mar 6, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	113	48	26	L 3	13,909
75	Mon, Mar 7, 1966	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		106	104	49	26	W 1			at Memphis, TN
76	Thu, Mar 10, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	120	50	26	W 2
77	Sun, Mar 13, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		129	98	51	26	W 3	12,038
78	Thu, Mar 17, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		128	103	52	26	W 4
79	Sat, Mar 19, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		126	113	53	26	W 5
80	Sun, Mar 20, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	104	54	26	W 6	13,284

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 23, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		103	107	0	1	L 1	9,510
2	Sat, Mar 26, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		132	125	1	1	W 1	10,027
3	Sun, Mar 27, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		107	113	1	2	L 1	13,531
4	Wed, Mar 30, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		120	103	2	2	W 1	12,107
5	Fri, Apr 1, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		112	103	3	2	W 2	13,909
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Sun, Apr 3, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		115	96	4	2	W 3	6,563
7	Wed, Apr 6, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		114	93	5	2	W 4	13,909
8	Thu, Apr 7, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	111	5	3	L 1	10,454
9	Sun, Apr 10, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	114	108	6	3	W 1	13,909
10	Tue, Apr 12, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	112	7	3	W 2	8,623
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
11	Sun, Apr 17, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	129	133	7	4	L 1	13,909
12	Tue, Apr 19, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		129	109	8	4	W 1	13,909
13	Wed, Apr 20, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	106	9	4	W 2	15,101
14	Fri, Apr 22, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	117	10	4	W 3	15,251
15	Sun, Apr 24, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	121	10	5	L 1	13,909
16	Tue, Apr 26, 1966	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	123	10	6	L 2	15,069
17	Thu, Apr 28, 1966	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		95	93	11	6	W 1	13,909

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