1965–66 St. Louis Hawks season

1965–66 St. Louis Hawks season
1965–66 St. Louis Hawks season
Head coach	Richie Guerin
Arena	Kiel Auditorium
Results
Record	36–44 (.450)
Place	Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Finals; (Eliminated 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1965–66 NBA season was the Hawks' 17th season in the NBA and 11th season in St. Louis.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	35	.563	–	28–11	13–21	4–3	29–11
x-Baltimore Bullets	38	42	.475	7	29–9	4–25	5–8	20–20
x-St. Louis Hawks	36	44	.450	9	22–10	6–22	8–12	19–21
San Francisco Warriors	35	45	.438	10	12–14	8–19	15–12	21–19
Detroit Pistons	22	58	.275	23	13–17	4–22	5–19	11–29

Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NBA records
Team	BAL	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SFW	STL
Baltimore	—	3–7	3–7	5–5	4–6	7–3	5–5	4–6	7–3
Boston	7–3	—	5–5	6–4	7–3	10–0	4–6	8–2	7–3
Cincinnati	7–3	5–5	—	8–2	4–6	7–3	4–6	5–5	5–5
Detroit	5–5	4–6	2–8	—	2–8	2–8	3–7	2–8	2–8
Los Angeles	6–4	3–7	6–4	8–2	—	5–5	2–8	7–3	8–2
New York	3–7	0–10	3–7	8–2	5–5	—	2–8	5–5	4–6
Philadelphia	5–5	6–4	6–4	7–3	8–2	8–2	—	8–2	7–3
San Francisco	6–4	2–8	5–5	8–2	3–7	5–5	2–8	—	4–6
St. Louis	3–7	3–7	5–5	8–2	2–8	6–4	3–7	6–4	—

Game log

1965–66 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 15	@ Cincinnati	111–100	Lenny Wilkens (28)	1–0
2	October 16	Los Angeles	106–94	Lenny Wilkens (18)	1–1
3	October 20	@ Baltimore	99–119	Jim Washington (19)	1–2
4	October 23	Boston	110–120	Zelmo Beaty (24)	2–2
5	October 30	Detroit	95–122	Zelmo Beaty (22)	3–2
6	November 3	@ Los Angeles	116–120	Richie Guerin (30)	3–3
7	November 5	@ Los Angeles	116–118	Richie Guerin (25)	3–4
8	November 6	Los Angeles	101–131	Zelmo Beaty (23)	4–4
9	November 10	@ Baltimore	117–124	Lenny Wilkens (27)	4–5
10	November 11	@ Boston	83–87	Zelmo Beaty (19)	4–6
11	November 13	San Francisco	113–138	Bridges, Wilkens (20)	5–6
12	November 16	N Philadelphia	98–107	Zelmo Beaty (20)	5–7
13	November 20	Detroit	101–110	Lenny Wilkens (20)	6–7
14	November 22	N San Francisco	108–112	Beaty, Guerin (29)	6–8
15	November 24	@ Cincinnati	108–112	Bill Bridges (31)	6–9
16	November 25	San Francisco	113–119	Lenny Wilkens (29)	7–9
17	November 27	Baltimore	110–136	Zelmo Beaty (30)	8–9
18	November 28	@ Baltimore	102–110	Richie Guerin (24)	8–10
19	November 30	@ New York	119–138	Chico Vaughn (23)	8–11
20	December 1	@ Detroit	110–101	Zelmo Beaty (30)	9–11
21	December 4	Boston	100–94	Richie Guerin (23)	9–12
22	December 5	N San Francisco	113–99	Richie Guerin (30)	10–12
23	December 7	N Boston	96–112	Richie Guerin (22)	10–13
24	December 8	N New York	104–93	Beaty, Bridges (24)	11–13
25	December 10	New York	109–106	Cliff Hagan (26)	11–14
26	December 11	@ Los Angeles	108–126	John Barnhill (17)	11–15
27	December 12	@ Los Angeles	101–123	Cliff Hagan (25)	11–16
28	December 15	N San Francisco	113–128	Cliff Hagan (28)	11–17
29	December 17	@ San Francisco	103–102	Cliff Hagan (32)	12–17
30	December 25	@ New York	131–111	Beaty, Guerin (21)	13–17
31	December 26	Cincinnati	117–115	Bill Bridges (21)	13–18
32	December 27	N Los Angeles	100–108	Richie Guerin (25)	13–19
33	December 28	Los Angeles	107–100	Zelmo Beaty (20)	13–20
34	December 30	Philadelphia	113–130	Zelmo Beaty (22)	14–20
35	January 1	Boston	98–100	Lenny Wilkens (25)	15–20
36	January 3	N Cincinnati	114–130	Cliff Hagan (30)	15–21
37	January 5	@ Baltimore	101–114	Zelmo Beaty (22)	15–22
38	January 7	@ Detroit	97–137	Richie Guerin (22)	15–23
39	January 8	Philadelphia	105–115	Zelmo Beaty (36)	16–23
40	January 9	Philadelphia	127–117	Zelmo Beaty (30)	16–24
41	January 13	N Cincinnati	102–107	Lenny Wilkens (22)	16–25
42	January 14	Baltimore	121–119	Zelmo Beaty (35)	16–26
43	January 16	Baltimore	128–136	Cliff Hagan (33)	17–26
44	January 17	N New York	115–106	Zelmo Beaty (26)	18–26
45	January 18	New York	107–109	Lenny Wilkens (20)	19–26
46	January 20	N Detroit	103–92	Richie Guerin (25)	20–26
47	January 21	@ Detroit	108–117	Lenny Wilkens (23)	20–27
48	January 22	New York	111–119	Zelmo Beaty (28)	21–27
49	January 23	Philadelphia	104–98	Zelmo Beaty (33)	21–28
50	January 24	N Philadelphia	107–110	Zelmo Beaty (27)	21–29
51	January 25	San Francisco	107–142	Zelmo Beaty (22)	22–29
52	January 28	San Francisco	114–104	Lenny Wilkens (28)	22–30
53	January 29	@ Cincinnati	115–116	Zelmo Beaty (29)	22–31
54	January 30	Cincinnati	98–115	Lenny Wilkens (25)	23–31
55	February 2	N Philadelphia	96–89	Beaty, Hagan (21)	24–31
56	February 3	@ Baltimore	113–122	Zelmo Beaty (29)	24–32
57	February 4	@ Boston	95–117	Zelmo Beaty (17)	24–33
58	February 6	Los Angeles	105–109	Joe Caldwell (28)	25–33
59	February 7	N Baltimore	104–111	Lenny Wilkens (24)	25–34
60	February 13	Cincinnati	102–104	Bill Bridges (28)	26–34
61	February 15	N Philadelphia	109–121	Zelmo Beaty (28)	26–35
62	February 20	Baltimore	123–126	Joe Caldwell (30)	27–35
63	February 22	@ New York	108–113	Richie Guerin (32)	27–36
64	February 24	@ Boston	106–134	Zelmo Beaty (21)	27–37
65	February 27	Detroit	114–125	Lenny Wilkens (26)	28–37
66	February 28	N Detroit	108–103	Zelmo Beaty (28)	29–37
67	March 1	Boston	120–95	Zelmo Beaty (20)	29–38
68	March 4	N Boston	132–112	Caldwell, Thorn (28)	30–38
69	March 6	New York	106–119	Joe Caldwell (26)	31–38
70	March 7	N Boston	104–106	Zelmo Beaty (39)	31–39
71	March 8	N Philadelphia	106–112	Zelmo Beaty (26)	31–40
72	March 9	@ Philadelphia	115–123	Beaty, Wilkens (29)	31–41
73	March 12	@ Cincinnati	114–113	Zelmo Beaty (28)	32–41
74	March 13	Cincinnati	106–115	Lenny Wilkens (24)	33–41
75	March 15	N San Francisco	110–109	Zelmo Beaty (27)	34–41
76	March 17	@ San Francisco	112–116	Lenny Wilkens (29)	34–42
77	March 18	@ Los Angeles	120–132	Zelmo Beaty (31)	34–43
78	March 19	Detroit	112–115	Zelmo Beaty (25)	35–43
79	March 20	@ Detroit	121–117	Richie Guerin (37)	36–43
80	March 22	@ New York	125–126	Bill Bridges (20)	36–44

Playoffs

1966 playoff game log

Division Semifinals: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 24	@ Baltimore	W 113–111	Joe Caldwell (33)	Bill Bridges (19)	Richie Guerin (12)	Baltimore Civic Center 3,587	1–0
2	March 27	@ Baltimore	W 105–100	Richie Guerin (25)	Bill Bridges (19)	Richie Guerin (8)	Baltimore Civic Center 13,104	2–0
3	March 30	Baltimore	W 121–112	Bill Bridges (32)	Bill Bridges (20)	Lenny Wilkens (10)	Kiel Auditorium 7,135	3–0

Division Finals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 1	@ Los Angeles	L 106–129	Beaty, Guerin (22)	Zelmo Beaty (14)	Richie Guerin (8)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 11,509	0–1
2	April 3	@ Los Angeles	L 116–125	Zelmo Beaty (36)	Bill Bridges (16)	Lenny Wilkens (9)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,896	0–2
3	April 6	Los Angeles	W 120–113	Bill Bridges (27)	Bill Bridges (17)	Richie Guerin (8)	Kiel Auditorium 8,318	1–2
4	April 9	Los Angeles	L 95–107	Zelmo Beaty (22)	Zelmo Beaty (19)	Richie Guerin (7)	Kiel Auditorium 9,569	1–3
5	April 10	@ Los Angeles	W 112–100	Lenny Wilkens (29)	Zelmo Beaty (19)	Lenny Wilkens (12)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,297	2–3
6	April 13	Los Angeles	W 127–131	Bill Bridges (29)	Bridges, Beaty (11)	Richie Guerin (11)	Kiel Auditorium 8,614	3–3
7	April 15	@ Los Angeles	L 121–130	Cliff Hagan (29)	Bill Bridges (13)	Richie Guerin (5)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,200	3–4

1966 schedule

References

1965–66 St. Louis Hawks

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1965–66 NBA season by team
1965 NBA draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Transactions
Eastern	Boston Cincinnati New York Philadelphia
Western	Baltimore Detroit Los Angeles San Francisco St. Louis