Celtics' 21st season in the: NBA
NBA professional basketball team season
1966β67 Boston Celtics season | |||
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Head coach | Bill Russell | ||
General manager | Red Auerbach | ||
Arena | Boston Garden | ||
Results | |||
Record | 60–21 (.741) | ||
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | East Division finals (lostββto 76ers 1β4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | WKBG-TV | ||
Radio | WHDH | ||
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The 1966β67 NBA season was theββCeltics' 21st season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the "season with a 60-21 record," the second best in the league. However, they lostββto the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference finals 4 games to the Philadelphia 76ers, "thus ending their 8-year streak."
This marked the first of three seasons Bill Russell coached the club -- while still a player -- stepping in for Red Auerbach who would focus on his expanded role as general manager (he was already the de facto GM by, that point).
Draft picksβ»
Main article: 1966 NBA draft
This table only displays picks through the second round.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 8 | Jim Barnett | SF/SG | ![]() |
Oregon |
2 | 18 | Leon Clark | SF/PF | ![]() |
Wyoming |
Rosterβ»
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Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Philadelphia 76ers | 68 | 13 | .840 | β | 28β2 | 26β8 | 14β3 | 28β8 |
x-Boston Celtics | 60 | 21 | .741 | 8 | 27β4 | 25β11 | 8β6 | 30β6 |
x-Cincinnati Royals | 39 | 42 | .481 | 29 | 20β11 | 12β24 | 7β7 | 14β22 |
x-New York Knicks | 36 | 45 | .444 | 32 | 20β15 | 9β24 | 7β6 | 11β25 |
Baltimore Bullets | 20 | 61 | .247 | 48 | 12β20 | 3β30 | 5β11 | 7β29 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1966-67 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
Baltimore | β | 1β8 | 3β6 | 3β6 | 2β7 | 2β7 | 2β7 | 1β8 | 2β7 | 4β5 |
Boston | 8β1 | β | 8β1 | 8β1 | 6β3 | 5β4 | 9β0 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 5β4 |
Chicago | 6β3 | 1β8 | β | 5β4 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β6 | 1β8 | 3β6 | 4β5 |
Cincinnati | 6β3 | 1β8 | 4β5 | β | 7β2 | 3β6 | 6β3 | 1β8 | 5β4 | 6β3 |
Detroit | 7β2 | 3β6 | 5β4 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 | 4β5 | 0β9 | 2β7 | 2β7 |
Los Angeles | 7β2 | 4β5 | 3β6 | 6β3 | 4β5 | β | 4β5 | 1β8 | 3β6 | 4β5 |
New York | 7β2 | 0β9 | 6β3 | 3β6 | 5β4 | 5β4 | β | 1β8 | 5β4 | 4β5 |
Philadelphia | 8β1 | 4β5 | 8β1 | 8β1 | 9β0 | 8β1 | 8β1 | β | 7β2 | 8β1 |
San Francisco | 7β2 | 3β6 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 |
St. Louis | 5β4 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 3β6 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 1β8 | 4β5 | β |
Game logβ»
1966β67 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 15 | San Francisco | 113β121 | Sam Jones (29) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 21 | Baltimore | 91β111 | John Havlicek (28) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 22 | @ New York | 126β97 | Sam Jones (27) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | October 27 | N Chicago | 100β123 | Bailey Howell (28) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | October 29 | @ Philadelphia | 96β138 | Larry Siegfried (24) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 2 | Los Angeles | 108β133 | John Havlicek (27) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 3 | N Chicago | 108β137 | Bailey Howell (21) | 6β1 | |||||
8 | November 5 | Philadelphia | 87β105 | Havlicek, S. Jones (29) | 7β1 | |||||
9 | November 8 | @ Chicago | 112β101 | Bailey Howell (25) | 8β1 | |||||
10 | November 10 | @ Cincinnati | 113β112 (OT) | Bailey Howell (27) | 9β1 | |||||
11 | November 11 | New York | 106β111 | Bill Russell (21) | 10β1 | |||||
12 | November 12 | @ St. Louis | 92β115 | Havlicek, Howell (14) | 10β2 | |||||
13 | November 18 | Baltimore | 119β143 | Sam Jones (27) | 11β2 | |||||
14 | November 19 | @ Baltimore | 147β125 | John Havlicek (32) | 12β2 | |||||
15 | November 23 | St. Louis | 103β123 | John Havlicek (34) | 13β2 | |||||
16 | November 24 | @ St. Louis | 101β78 | Larry Siegfried (24) | 14β2 | |||||
17 | November 25 | @ Detroit | 105β107 | Bailey Howell (29) | 14β3 | |||||
18 | November 26 | Cincinnati | 87β118 | Don Nelson (24) | 15β3 | |||||
19 | November 29 | N Detroit | 104β100 | Bailey Howell (23) | 15β4 | |||||
20 | December 2 | Detroit | 119β116 | John Havlicek (32) | 15β5 | |||||
21 | December 3 | @ New York | 120β109 | Sam Jones (31) | 16β5 | |||||
22 | December 6 | N Detroit | 111β130 | Bailey Howell (26) | 17β5 | |||||
23 | December 7 | Cincinnati | 91β119 | John Havlicek (32) | 18β5 | |||||
24 | December 9 | @ Cincinnati | 117β99 | Sam Jones (31) | 19β5 | |||||
25 | December 10 | Chicago | 110β125 | Sam Jones (25) | 20β5 | |||||
26 | December 11 | Philadelphia | 103β117 | John Havlicek (34) | 21β5 | |||||
27 | December 15 | N St. Louis | 116β114 | Howell, Russell (22) | 21β6 | |||||
28 | December 17 | @ San Francisco | 118β110 | Havlicek, S. Jones (30) | 22β6 | |||||
29 | December 18 | @ Los Angeles | 125β127 | John Havlicek (27) | 22β7 | |||||
30 | December 20 | N Detroit | 113β116 (OT) | John Havlicek (32) | 23β7 | |||||
31 | December 23 | St. Louis | 103β114 | Sam Jones (32) | 24β7 | |||||
32 | December 26 | Los Angeles | 106β121 | John Havlicek (25) | 25β7 | |||||
33 | December 28 | @ Philadelphia | 108β113 | Sam Jones (22) | 25β8 | |||||
34 | December 29 | @ St. Louis | 112β110 | John Havlicek (21) | 26β8 | |||||
35 | December 30 | @ Chicago | 110β106 | Sam Jones (33) | 27β8 | |||||
36 | January 1 | @ Los Angeles | 110β111 | Sam Jones (28) | 27β9 | |||||
37 | January 3 | @ San Francisco | 126β121 (OT) | Sam Jones (31) | 28β9 | |||||
38 | January 6 | @ Los Angeles | 99β102 | Sam Jones (22) | 28β10 | |||||
39 | January 7 | @ San Francisco | 108β110 | Bailey Howell (24) | 28β11 | |||||
40 | January 13 | Chicago | 102β122 | Larry Siegfried (24) | 29β11 | |||||
41 | January 14 | @ Baltimore | 115β106 | Larry Siegfried (25) | 30β11 | |||||
42 | January 15 | Philadelphia | 110β95 | Havlicek, S. Jones (21) | 30β12 | |||||
43 | January 17 | @ Chicago | 109β101 | Bailey Howell (30) | 31β12 | |||||
44 | January 18 | @ Cincinnati | 119β106 | John Havlicek (20) | 32β12 | |||||
45 | January 20 | Baltimore | 117β129 | John Havlicek (33) | 33β12 | |||||
46 | January 22 | Los Angeles | 120β121 (OT) | Sam Jones (31) | 34β12 | |||||
47 | January 24 | @ Philadelphia | 118β106 | Sam Jones (38) | 35β12 | |||||
48 | January 25 | @ Detroit | 112β105 | Sam Jones (30) | 36β12 | |||||
49 | January 27 | Detroit | 106β112 | Sam Jones (26) | 37β12 | |||||
50 | January 28 | @ New York | 114β112 | Bailey Howell (25) | 38β12 | |||||
51 | January 29 | New York | 106β141 | Bailey Howell (32) | 39β12 | |||||
52 | January 30 | N San Francisco | 108β121 | Sam Jones (32) | 40β12 | |||||
53 | February 1 | @ Baltimore | 111β107 | Sam Jones (29) | 41β12 | |||||
54 | February 3 | St. Louis | 131β113 | John Havlicek (27) | 41β13 | |||||
55 | February 5 | Cincinnati | 121β137 | Sam Jones (26) | 42β13 | |||||
56 | February 7 | N Cincinnati | 123β138 | Bailey Howell (28) | 43β13 | |||||
57 | February 9 | N Baltimore | 124β128 | Bailey Howell (26) | 43β14 | |||||
58 | February 10 | San Francisco | 136β137 (2OT) | John Havlicek (28) | 44β14 | |||||
59 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 112β113 | John Havlicek (33) | 45β14 | |||||
60 | February 14 | N San Francisco | 128β122 | John Havlicek (32) | 45β15 | |||||
61 | February 15 | @ Los Angeles | 114β124 | John Havlicek (24) | 45β16 | |||||
62 | February 17 | @ Los Angeles | 120β119 | Larry Siegfried (32) | 46β16 | |||||
63 | February 18 | N San Francisco | 130β124 | John Havlicek (29) | 46β17 | |||||
64 | February 21 | @ New York | 143β114 | Sam Jones (27) | 47β17 | |||||
65 | February 22 | @ Baltimore | 135β120 | Sam Jones (42) | 48β17 | |||||
66 | February 23 | New York | 117β122 | Howell, Siegfried (28) | 49β17 | |||||
67 | February 26 | @ St. Louis | 130β119 | Sam Jones (39) | 50β17 | |||||
68 | March 1 | San Francisco | 125β137 | John Havlicek (36) | 51β17 | |||||
69 | March 2 | N Chicago | 108β114 | Sam Jones (33) | 52β17 | |||||
70 | March 3 | Cincinnati | 104β111 | Larry Siegfried (29) | 53β17 | |||||
71 | March 5 | Los Angeles | 105β130 | Sam Jones (22) | 54β17 | |||||
72 | March 6 | N Detroit | 103β127 | Bailey Howell (38) | 55β17 | |||||
73 | March 7 | @ Chicago | 114β117 | Larry Siegfried (24) | 55β18 | |||||
74 | March 8 | Philadelphia | 115β113 (OT) | Sam Jones (20) | 55β19 | |||||
75 | March 11 | @ Philadelphia | 116β114 | Sam Jones (26) | 56β19 | |||||
76 | March 12 | Baltimore | 118β123 | Bailey Howell (30) | 57β19 | |||||
77 | March 13 | N St. Louis | 123β122 | Bailey Howell (24) | 57β20 | |||||
78 | March 15 | @ Cincinnati | 108β112 | John Havlicek (30) | 57β21 | |||||
79 | March 16 | @ Detroit | 132β109 | Bailey Howell (37) | 58β21 | |||||
80 | March 18 | @ New York | 140β123 | Bailey Howell (34) | 59β21 | |||||
81 | March 19 | New York | 113β124 | Sam Jones (29) | 60β21 |