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1966–67  Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coach Fred Schaus
General managerLouis Mohs
Owner(s) Jack Kent Cooke
Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record36–45 (.444)
PlaceDivision: 3rd ( Western)
Playoff finish Division semifinals
(lost to Warriors 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1965–66 1967–68 >

The 1966–67 NBA season was the Lakers' 19th season in the NBA and seventh season in Los Angeles. [1] This was the final season that they wore blue and white uniforms with cursive script reading "Los Angeles" on the front of both home and away uniforms, which had been in place since the team moved to Los Angeles in 1960, the following year they would switch to their familiar purple and gold with "Lakers" on the front of both uniforms, where it has remained ever since.

This season is also the final full season the Lakers played at the Sports Arena; they would move to The Forum in late 1967.

Roster

1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
PF 23 Barnes, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1941-04-13 UTEP
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
PF 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944-04-16 USC
SF 40 Chambers, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1943-07-18 Utah
SG 21 Clark, Archie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1941-07-15 Minnesota
C 31 Counts, Mel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1941-10-16 Oregon State
PF 15 Finkel, Henry 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1942-04-20 Dayton
SG 11 Goodrich, Gail 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1943-04-23 UCLA
SF 33 Hawkins, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1936-12-22 Notre Dame
PG 42 Hazzard, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1942-04-15 UCLA
C 14 Imhoff, Darrall 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1938-10-11 California
PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth
PG 44 West, Jerry (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 16, 1967

Regular season

Los Angeles Lakers players (from left to right) Elgin Baylor, Jerry Chambers and Jerry West during the 1966 pre-season.

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x- San Francisco Warriors 44 37 .543 – 18–10 11–19 15–8 24–12
x- St. Louis Hawks 39 42 .481 5 18–11 12–21 9–10 21–15
x- Los Angeles Lakers 36 45 .444 8 21–18 12–20 3–7 14–22
x- Chicago Bulls 33 48 .407 11 17–19 9–17 7–12 17–19
Detroit Pistons 30 51 .370 14 12–18 9–19 9–14 14–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1966-67 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore — 1–8 3–6 3–6 2–7 2–7 2–7 1–8 2–7 4–5
Boston 8–1 — 8–1 8–1 6–3 5–4 9–0 5–4 6–3 5–4
Chicago 6–3 1–8 — 5–4 4–5 6–3 3–6 1–8 3–6 4–5
Cincinnati 6–3 1–8 4–5 — 7–2 3–6 6–3 1–8 5–4 6–3
Detroit 7–2 3–6 5–4 2–7 — 5–4 4–5 0–9 2–7 2–7
Los Angeles 7–2 4–5 3–6 6–3 4–5 — 4–5 1–8 3–6 4–5
New York 7–2 0–9 6–3 3–6 5–4 5–4 — 1–8 5–4 4–5
Philadelphia 8–1 4–5 8–1 8–1 9–0 8–1 8–1 — 7–2 8–1
San Francisco 7–2 3–6 6–3 4–5 7–2 6–3 4–5 2–7 — 5–4
St. Louis 5–4 4–5 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–4 5–4 1–8 4–5 —

Game log

1966–67 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 15 @ Baltimore 126–115 Elgin Baylor (36) 1–0
2 October 18 @ New York 119–122 Elgin Baylor (31) 1–1
3 October 19 @ Chicago 124–134 Elgin Baylor (45) 1–2
4 October 21 Chicago 108–101 Elgin Baylor (29) 1–3
5 October 26 New York 133–122 Elgin Baylor (31) 1–4
6 October 28 New York 114–124 Hazzard, LaRusso (24) 2–4
7 October 29 @ St. Louis 109–110 Rudy LaRusso (26) 2–5
8 October 30 N Detroit 121–124 Walt Hazzard (33) 2–6
9 November 2 @ Boston 108–133 Jerry Chambers (24) 2–7
10 November 4 Baltimore 98–131 Goodrich, LaRusso (21) 3–7
11 November 8 Baltimore 104–102 Gail Goodrich (21) 3–8
12 November 10 Detroit 133–132 (OT) Jerry West (36) 3–9
13 November 11 @ San Francisco 93–132 Jerry Chambers (15) 3–10
14 November 12 Detroit 88–144 Jerry West (35) 4–10
15 November 16 N Cincinnati 124–112 LaRusso, West (36) 5–10
16 November 18 @ Detroit 118–121 Jerry West (37) 5–11
17 November 19 San Francisco 144–109 Elgin Baylor (30) 5–12
18 November 23 Chicago 130–154 Jerry West (37) 6–12
19 November 25 Chicago 121–117 Elgin Baylor (32) 6–13
20 November 26 @ St. Louis 133–126 Jerry West (36) 7–13
21 November 29 @ New York 114–118 Elgin Baylor (33) 7–14
22 November 30 @ Baltimore 126–111 Jerry West (38) 8–14
23 December 2 @ Philadelphia 130–138 Elgin Baylor (37) 8–15
24 December 3 @ Cincinnati 130–118 Jerry West (36) 9–15
25 December 4 St. Louis 123–118 Jerry West (39) 9–16
26 December 7 St. Louis 128–130 (OT) Elgin Baylor (46) 10–16
27 December 9 San Francisco 119–118 Jerry West (39) 10–17
28 December 11 Cincinnati 118–119 Jerry West (37) 11–17
29 December 14 Cincinnati 126–124 Elgin Baylor (28) 11–18
30 December 18 Boston 125–127 Jerry West (35) 12–18
31 December 20 @ San Francisco 107–130 Elgin Baylor (21) 12–19
32 December 21 Philadelphia 129–123 Jerry West (40) 12–20
33 December 23 Philadelphia 118–107 Elgin Baylor (30) 12–21
34 December 26 @ Boston 106–121 Baylor, West (24) 12–22
35 December 28 @ New York 115–121 Jerry West (31) 12–23
36 December 29 @ Cincinnati 125–114 Elgin Baylor (40) 13–23
37 January 1 Boston 110–111 Jerry West (35) 14–23
38 January 4 St. Louis 101–122 Jerry West (35) 15–23
39 January 5 N San Francisco 122–91 Jerry West (21) 15–24
40 January 6 Boston 99–102 Jerry West (22) 16–24
41 January 8 N New York 121–118 Jerry West (31) 16–25
42 January 11 San Francisco 126–141 Jerry West (44) 17–25
43 January 13 N Cincinnati 115–125 Jerry West (33) 17–26
44 January 14 @ Chicago 121–122 Elgin Baylor (34) 17–27
45 January 15 @ Detroit 127–116 Jerry West (39) 18–27
46 January 18 St. Louis 123–121 (OT) Elgin Baylor (29) 18–28
47 January 20 @ Philadelphia 108–119 Elgin Baylor (34) 18–29
48 January 21 @ Baltimore 119–126 Jerry West (35) 18–30
49 January 22 @ Boston 120–121 (OT) Baylor, West (25) 18–31
50 January 25 Baltimore 115–128 Jerry West (45) 19–31
51 January 28 Baltimore 118–133 Elgin Baylor (31) 20–31
52 January 29 @ Chicago 142–122 Jerry West (28) 21–31
53 January 30 N St. Louis 106–99 Jerry West (33) 21–32
54 February 1 Philadelphia 133–143 Elgin Baylor (44) 22–32
55 February 3 San Francisco 80–129 Elgin Baylor (25) 23–32
56 February 5 Philadelphia 130–123 Jerry West (26) 23–33
57 February 7 @ New York 122–117 Elgin Baylor (34) 24–33
58 February 8 N Baltimore 121–108 Jerry West (40) 25–33
59 February 10 @ Philadelphia 131–148 Gail Goodrich (21) 25–34
60 February 12 Chicago 121–129 Jerry West (33) 26–34
61 February 15 Boston 114–124 Elgin Baylor (39) 27–34
62 February 17 Boston 120–119 Elgin Baylor (29) 27–35
63 February 19 Chicago 133–119 Baylor, West (27) 27–36
64 February 21 N San Francisco 136–133 Jerry West (36) 27–37
65 February 22 Cincinnati 102–103 Jerry West (32) 28–37
66 February 24 @ Detroit 101–102 Elgin Baylor (35) 28–38
67 February 25 @ St. Louis 134–133 (OT) Jerry West (42) 29–38
68 February 26 Cincinnati 127–141 Jerry West (34) 30–38
69 February 28 N Detroit 119–117 Jerry West (34) 31–38
70 March 1 @ Cincinnati 116–122 Elgin Baylor (30) 31–39
71 March 3 New York 132–138 Jerry West (34) 32–39
72 March 5 @ Boston 105–130 Elgin Baylor (18) 32–40
73 March 6 N Philadelphia 119–117 Jerry West (23) 32–41
74 March 7 @ New York 131–119 Jerry West (33) 33–41
75 March 8 St. Louis 106–104 Jerry West (34) 33–42
76 March 10 Detroit 103–118 Gail Goodrich (24) 34–42
77 March 11 @ San Francisco 125–120 Elgin Baylor (34) 35–42
78 March 12 Detroit 120–104 Baylor, Clark (23) 35–43
79 March 15 Philadelphia 138–123 Gail Goodrich (26) 35–44
80 March 17 @ Baltimore 135–133 Elgin Baylor (25) 36–44
81 March 19 @ Chicago 109–122 Counts, Goodrich (16) 36–45

Playoffs

1967 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 21 @ San Francisco L 108–124 Archie Clark (26) Elgin Baylor (12) Clark, Imhoff (4) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
11,106 		0–1
2 March 23 San Francisco L 102–113 Archie Clark (24) Darrall Imhoff (10) three players tied (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,335 		0–2
3 March 26 @ San Francisco L 115–122 Elgin Baylor (37) Elgin Baylor (18) Walt Hazzard (8) Cow Palace
5,845 		0–3
1967 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers
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