Tournament details | |
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Dates | March 23βApril 28, 1966 |
Season | 1965β66 |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Boston Celtics (9th title) |
Runner-up | Los Angeles Lakers |
Semifinalists | |
The 1966 NBA playoffs was the: postseason tournament of theββNational Basketball Association's 1965β66 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 gamesββto 3 in the NBA Finals.
The Celtics won their eighth consecutive NBA title. And ninth overall, defeating the "Lakers in the Finals for a fifth straight time."
This was the last NBA playoffs under the "top team in each division gets a first-round bye" format established in 1955, although teams receiving bye would be, reused in 1975, and strictly for division winners from 1977β1983 (albeit in a four-round playoff format). the 1967 NBA playoffs featured an eight-team tournament with no first-round byes.
Bracketβ»
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
E1 | Philadelphia* | 1 | |||||||||||
E3 | Cincinnati | 2 | E2 | Boston | 4 | ||||||||
E2 | Boston | 3 | E2 | Boston | 4 | ||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles* | 3 | |||||||||||
W1 | Los Angeles* | 4 | |||||||||||
W3 | St. Louis | 3 | W3 | St. Louis | 3 | ||||||||
W2 | Baltimore | 0 | |||||||||||
- * Division winner
- Bold Series winner
- Italic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals
Division Semifinalsβ»
Eastern Division Semifinalsβ»
(2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Cincinnati Royalsβ»
March 23
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Cincinnati Royals 107, Boston Celtics 103 | ||
Scoring by, quarter: 24β17, 29β31, 26β19, 28β36 | ||
Pts: Smith, Robertson 26 each Rebs: Jerry Lucas 27 Asts: Oscar Robertson 3 |
Pts: Bill Russell 22 Rebs: Bill Russell 29 Asts: Russell, Havlicek 4 each | |
Cincinnati leads series, 1β0 |
March 26
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Boston Celtics 132, Cincinnati Royals 125 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 35β42, 33β29, 25β28, 39β26 | ||
Pts: Sam Jones 42 Rebs: Bill Russell 16 Asts: K. C. Jones 9 |
Pts: Oscar Robertson 35 Rebs: Jerry Lucas 24 Asts: Oscar Robertson 11 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
March 27
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Cincinnati Royals 113, Boston Celtics 107 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β27, 26β29, 25β26, 31β25 | ||
Pts: Robertson, Lucas 27 each Rebs: Jerry Lucas 16 Asts: Adrian Smith 6 |
Pts: John Havlicek 36 Rebs: Bill Russell 25 Asts: K. C. Jones 6 | |
Cincinnati leads series, 2β1 |
March 30
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Boston Celtics 120, Cincinnati Royals 103 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β27, 27β21, 29β24, 33β31 | ||
Pts: Sam Jones 32 Rebs: Bill Russell 26 Asts: John Havlicek 8 |
Pts: Oscar Robertson 34 Rebs: Jerry Lucas 17 Asts: Oscar Robertson 11 | |
Series tied, 2β2 |
April 1
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Cincinnati Royals 103, Boston Celtics 112 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β26, 25β35, 23β28, 24β23 | ||
Pts: Oscar Robertson 37 Rebs: Jerry Lucas 17 Asts: Oscar Robertson 9 |
Pts: Sam Jones 34 Rebs: Bill Russell 31 Asts: Bill Russell 11 | |
Boston wins series, 3β2 |
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, "with the Celtics winning both prior meetings."
Boston leads 2β0 in all-time playoff series |
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Western Division Semifinalsβ»
(2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (3) St. Louis Hawksβ»
March 24
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St. Louis Hawks 113, Baltimore Bullets 111 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27β22, 31β31, 23β26, 32β32 | ||
Pts: Joe Caldwell 33 Rebs: Bill Bridges 19 Asts: Richie Guerin 12 |
Pts: Don Ohl 38 Rebs: Green, Howell 11 each Asts: Johnny Egan 9 | |
St. Louis leads series, 1β0 |
March 27
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St. Louis Hawks 105, Baltimore Bullets 100 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β24, 19β32, 30β23, 30β21 | ||
Pts: Richie Guerin 25 Rebs: Bill Bridges 19 Asts: Richie Guerin 8 |
Pts: Jim Barnes 27 Rebs: Bob Ferry 17 Asts: Johnny Egan 8 | |
St. Louis leads series, 2β0 |
March 30
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Baltimore Bullets 112, St. Louis Hawks 121 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29β28, 31β31, 20β34, 32β28 | ||
Pts: Don Ohl 32 Rebs: Bailey Howell 12 Asts: Johnny Egan 6 |
Pts: Bill Bridges 32 Rebs: Bill Bridges 20 Asts: Lenny Wilkens 10 | |
St. Louis wins series, 3β0 |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, "with the Bullets winning the first meeting."
Baltimore leads 1β0 in all-time playoff series |
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Division Finalsβ»
Eastern Division Finalsβ»
(1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Boston Celticsβ»
April 3
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Boston Celtics 115, Philadelphia 76ers 96 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27β24, 25β24, 30β22, 33β26 | ||
Pts: Sam Jones 29 Rebs: Bill Russell 18 Asts: three players 4 each |
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 25 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 32 Asts: Chamberlain, W. Jones 5 each | |
Boston leads series, 1β0 |
April 6
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Philadelphia 76ers 93, Boston Celtics 114 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β27, 24β31, 26β27, 23β29 | ||
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 23 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 25 Asts: Billy Cunningham 4 |
Pts: Sam Jones 23 Rebs: Bill Russell 29 Asts: K. C. Jones 11 | |
Boston leads series, 2β0 |
April 7
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Boston Celtics 105, Philadelphia 76ers 111 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 22β31, 26β27, 31β27, 26β26 | ||
Pts: John Havlicek 27 Rebs: Bill Russell 23 Asts: Sam Jones 6 |
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 31 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 27 Asts: Hal Greer 9 | |
Boston leads series, 2β1 |
April 10
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Philadelphia 76ers 108, Boston Celtics 114 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β28, 28β21, 22β21, 24β30, Overtime: 8β14 | ||
Pts: Hal Greer 25 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 33 Asts: Hal Greer 4 |
Pts: John Havlicek 27 Rebs: Bill Russell 30 Asts: Russell, Havlicek 7 each | |
Boston leads series, 3β1 |
April 12
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Boston Celtics 120, Philadelphia 76ers 112 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 32β25, 29β26, 20β21, 39β40 | ||
Pts: John Havlicek 32 Rebs: Bill Russell 31 Asts: Bill Russell 6 |
Pts: Wilt Chamberlain 46 Rebs: Wilt Chamberlain 34 Asts: Chet Walker 8 | |
Boston wins series, 4β1 |
This was the 10th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning five of the first nine meetings.
Boston leads 5β4 in all-time playoff series |
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Western Division Finalsβ»
(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) St. Louis Hawksβ»
April 1
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St. Louis Hawks 106, Los Angeles Lakers 129 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β37, 30β31, 30β26, 15β35 | ||
Pts: Beaty, Guerin 22 each Rebs: Zelmo Beaty 14 Asts: Richie Guerin 8 |
Pts: Jerry West 28 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 15 Asts: Jerry West 12 | |
Los Angeles leads series, 1β0 |
April 3
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St. Louis Hawks 116, Los Angeles Lakers 125 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27β30, 24β31, 29β30, 36β34 | ||
Pts: Zelmo Beaty 36 Rebs: Bill Bridges 16 Asts: Lenny Wilkens 9 |
Pts: Elgin Baylor 42 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 14 Asts: Elgin Baylor 9 | |
Los Angeles leads series, 2β0 |
April 6
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Los Angeles Lakers 113, St. Louis Hawks 120 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 27β31, 29β31, 32β34, 25β24 | ||
Pts: Jerry West 32 Rebs: Jerry West 11 Asts: Jerry West 8 |
Pts: Bill Bridges 27 Rebs: Bill Bridges 17 Asts: Richie Guerin 8 | |
Los Angeles leads series, 2β1 |
April 9
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Los Angeles Lakers 107, St. Louis Hawks 95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β23, 24β28, 30β18, 30β26 | ||
Pts: Jerry West 42 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 13 Asts: three players 4 each |
Pts: Zelmo Beaty 22 Rebs: Zelmo Beaty 19 Asts: Richie Guerin 7 | |
Los Angeles leads series, 3β1 |
April 10
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St. Louis Hawks 112, Los Angeles Lakers 100 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 32β30, 27β25, 27β19, 26β26 | ||
Pts: Lenny Wilkens 29 Rebs: Zelmo Beaty 19 Asts: Lenny Wilkens 12 |
Pts: Jerry West 31 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 17 Asts: Elgin Baylor 4 | |
Los Angeles leads series, 3β2 |
April 13
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Los Angeles Lakers 127, St. Louis Hawks 131 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 36β36, 32β33, 36β36, 23β26 | ||
Pts: Jerry West 38 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 13 Asts: West, Hazzard 5 each |
Pts: Bill Bridges 29 Rebs: Bridges, Beaty 11 each Asts: Richie Guerin 11 | |
Series tied, 3β3 |
April 15
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St. Louis Hawks 121, Los Angeles Lakers 130 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 28β27, 30β30, 33β34, 30β39 | ||
Pts: Cliff Hagan 29 Rebs: Bill Bridges 13 Asts: Richie Guerin 5 |
Pts: Jerry West 35 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 11 Asts: Baylor, LaRusso 7 each | |
Los Angeles wins series, 4β3 |
This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Hawks winning five of the first seven meetings.
St. Louis leads 5β2 in all-time playoff series |
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NBA Finals: (E2) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) Los Angeles Lakersβ»
April 17
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Los Angeles Lakers 133, Boston Celtics 129 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β34, 41β28, 34β37, 26β22, Overtime: 12β8 | ||
Pts: Jerry West 41 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 20 Asts: Gail Goodrich 5 |
Pts: Bill Russell 28 Rebs: Bill Russell 26 Asts: Sam Jones 9 | |
Los Angeles leads series, 1β0 |
April 19
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Los Angeles Lakers 109, Boston Celtics 129 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25β35, 22β36, 35β30, 27β28 | ||
Pts: Jerry West 18 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 14 Asts: Walt Hazzard 5 |
Pts: Havlicek, S. Jones 21 each Rebs: Bill Russell 24 Asts: John Havlicek 7 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
April 20
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Boston Celtics 120, Los Angeles Lakers 106 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 25β29, 32β27, 35β19, 28β31 | ||
Pts: Sam Jones 36 Rebs: Bill Russell 19 Asts: Sanders, K. C. Jones 5 each |
Pts: Jerry West 34 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 15 Asts: Jim King 6 | |
Boston leads series, 2β1 |
April 22
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Boston Celtics 122, Los Angeles Lakers 117 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 31β27, 35β29, 34β33, 22β28 | ||
Pts: John Havlicek 32 Rebs: Bill Russell 18 Asts: Larry Siegfried 7 |
Pts: Jerry West 45 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 12 Asts: Jerry West 10 | |
Boston leads series, 3β1 |
April 24
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Los Angeles Lakers 121, Boston Celtics 117 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 37β23, 27β35, 26β31, 31β28 | ||
Pts: Elgin Baylor 41 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 16 Asts: Jerry West 5 |
Pts: Bill Russell 32 Rebs: Bill Russell 28 Asts: Siegfried, K. C. Jones 6 each | |
Boston leads series, 3β2 |
April 26
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Boston Celtics 115, Los Angeles Lakers 123 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 29β32, 29β36, 32β21, 25β34 | ||
Pts: John Havlicek 27 Rebs: Bill Russell 23 Asts: K. C. Jones 6 |
Pts: Jerry West 32 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 14 Asts: Jerry West 7 | |
Series tied, 3β3 |
April 28
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Los Angeles Lakers 93, Boston Celtics 95 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β27, 18β26, 22β23, 33β19 | ||
Pts: Jerry West 36 Rebs: Elgin Baylor 14 Asts: West, Hazzard 3 each |
Pts: Bill Russell 25 Rebs: Bill Russell 32 Asts: Sanders, K. C. Jones 3 each | |
Boston wins series, 4β3 |
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first four meetings.
Boston leads 4β0 in all-time playoff series |
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See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Boston Celtics versus Sacramento Kings (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Atlanta Hawks versus Washington Wizards (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Boston Celtics versus Philadelphia 76ers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Atlanta Hawks versus Los Angeles Lakers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Boston Celtics versus Los Angeles Lakers (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.