1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 45-35, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: Fred Schaus (45-35)

Executive: Lou Mohs

PTS/G: 119.5 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 116.4 (4th of 9)

SRS: 2.76 (3rd of 9) Pace: 121.2 (6th of 9)

Off Rtg: 98.3 (1st of 9) Def Rtg: 95.7 (5th of 9) Net Rtg: +2.6 (3rd of 9)

Expected W-L: 47-33 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Attendance: 426,467 (1st of 2)

NBA 1966 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Western 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	Fri, Oct 15, 1965	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		122	115	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 16, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		106	94	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Oct 20, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	100	2	1	L 1	6,023
4	Sat, Oct 23, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	106	2	2	L 2
5	Tue, Oct 26, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	102	3	2	W 1
6	Thu, Oct 28, 1965	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		140	116	4	2	W 2
7	Sat, Oct 30, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		122	124	4	3	L 1
8	Wed, Nov 3, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		120	116	5	3	W 1
9	Fri, Nov 5, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		118	116	6	3	W 2
10	Sat, Nov 6, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		101	131	6	4	L 1
11	Sun, Nov 7, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		116	137	6	5	L 2
12	Tue, Nov 9, 1965	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	118	6	6	L 3
13	Wed, Nov 10, 1965	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		133	125	7	6	W 1
14	Fri, Nov 12, 1965	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		107	106	8	6	W 2			at Minneapolis, MN
15	Sun, Nov 14, 1965	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		129	114	9	6	W 3
16	Wed, Nov 17, 1965	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		125	115	10	6	W 4	12,774
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		135	124	11	6	W 5
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1965	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		133	117	12	6	W 6			at Las Vegas, NV
19	Sun, Nov 21, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	110	12	7	L 1
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		127	124	13	7	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1965	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		107	110	13	8	L 1
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	101	13	9	L 2	11,046
23	Sun, Nov 28, 1965	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		128	110	14	9	W 1
24	Tue, Nov 30, 1965	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		120	126	14	10	L 1
25	Wed, Dec 1, 1965	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		121	105	15	10	W 1
26	Fri, Dec 3, 1965	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		118	122	15	11	L 1
27	Mon, Dec 6, 1965	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	116	15	12	L 2			at Charleston, WV
28	Tue, Dec 7, 1965	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		127	131	15	13	L 3
29	Wed, Dec 8, 1965	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	108	15	14	L 4	5,586
30	Fri, Dec 10, 1965	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		129	110	16	14	W 1
31	Sat, Dec 11, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		126	108	17	14	W 2
32	Sun, Dec 12, 1965	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		123	101	18	14	W 3
33	Wed, Dec 15, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	122	18	15	L 1
34	Fri, Dec 17, 1965	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		117	127	18	16	L 2
35	Sun, Dec 19, 1965	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		132	120	19	16	W 1
36	Thu, Dec 23, 1965	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	112	20	16	W 2
37	Sat, Dec 25, 1965	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	106	21	16	W 3
38	Mon, Dec 27, 1965	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		108	100	22	16	W 4			at Memphis, TN
39	Tue, Dec 28, 1965	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		107	100	23	16	W 5
40	Wed, Dec 29, 1965	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		109	111	23	17	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Dec 30, 1965	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		114	117	23	18	L 2			at Fort Wayne, IN
42	Sun, Jan 2, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		113	124	23	19	L 3	12,279
43	Wed, Jan 5, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	113	24	19	W 1	12,967
44	Fri, Jan 7, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	120	25	19	W 2
45	Sat, Jan 8, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		127	133	25	20	L 1
46	Sun, Jan 9, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		111	98	26	20	W 1
47	Wed, Jan 12, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	114	26	21	L 1	6,197
48	Fri, Jan 14, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		118	110	27	21	W 1
49	Sat, Jan 15, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		152	123	28	21	W 2
50	Tue, Jan 18, 1966	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		108	119	28	22	L 1
51	Thu, Jan 20, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		121	123	28	23	L 2
52	Fri, Jan 21, 1966	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		109	120	28	24	L 3
53	Tue, Jan 25, 1966	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	L		106	110	28	25	L 4			at New York, NY
54	Wed, Jan 26, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		126	110	29	25	W 1
55	Fri, Jan 28, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		138	123	30	25	W 2
56	Sun, Jan 30, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		136	122	31	25	W 3
57	Wed, Feb 2, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		119	118	32	25	W 4
58	Fri, Feb 4, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		132	125	33	25	W 5
59	Sun, Feb 6, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	109	33	26	L 1
60	Mon, Feb 7, 1966	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		125	132	33	27	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Feb 9, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	123	116	34	27	W 1
62	Sat, Feb 12, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		127	140	34	28	L 1
63	Sun, Feb 13, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		120	110	35	28	W 1	10,679
64	Tue, Feb 15, 1966	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	124	36	28	W 2
65	Thu, Feb 17, 1966	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		121	136	36	29	L 1
66	Sat, Feb 19, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		111	115	36	30	L 2	14,409
67	Mon, Feb 21, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		108	115	36	31	L 3	14,648
68	Wed, Feb 23, 1966	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		140	133	37	31	W 1
69	Sat, Feb 26, 1966	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		131	118	38	31	W 2
70	Wed, Mar 2, 1966	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		113	119	38	32	L 1
71	Fri, Mar 4, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		123	106	39	32	W 1
72	Sat, Mar 5, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		125	123	40	32	W 2
73	Sun, Mar 6, 1966	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		126	105	41	32	W 3
74	Tue, Mar 8, 1966	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	132	133	41	33	L 1
75	Wed, Mar 9, 1966	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		119	116	42	33	W 1			at Indianapolis, IN
76	Fri, Mar 11, 1966	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		114	116	42	34	L 1
77	Tue, Mar 15, 1966	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		135	108	43	34	W 1
78	Fri, Mar 18, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		132	120	44	34	W 2
79	Sat, Mar 19, 1966	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		119	125	44	35	L 1
80	Sun, Mar 20, 1966	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		124	112	45	35	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 1, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		129	106	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Apr 3, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		125	116	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Apr 6, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	120	2	1	L 1
4	Sat, Apr 9, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		107	95	3	1	W 1
5	Sun, Apr 10, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		100	112	3	2	L 1
6	Wed, Apr 13, 1966	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		127	131	3	3	L 2
7	Fri, Apr 15, 1966	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		130	121	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sun, Apr 17, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	OT	133	129	5	3	W 2	13,909
9	Tue, Apr 19, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		109	129	5	4	L 1	13,909
10	Wed, Apr 20, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	120	5	5	L 2	15,101
11	Fri, Apr 22, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		117	122	5	6	L 3	15,251
12	Sun, Apr 24, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		121	117	6	6	W 1	13,909
13	Tue, Apr 26, 1966	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		123	115	7	6	W 2	15,069
14	Thu, Apr 28, 1966	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		93	95	7	7	L 1	13,909

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