1966–67 Boston Celtics season

The 1966–67 NBA season was the Celtics' 21st season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season with a 60-21 record, the second best in the league. However, they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference finals 4 games to 1.[1]

1966–67 Boston Celtics season
Head coachBill Russell
General managerRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record60–21 (.741)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division finals
(lost to 76ers 1–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKBG-TV
RadioWHDH

Draft picks
Main article: 1966 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 8 Jim Barnett SF/SG  United States Oregon
2 18 Leon Clark SF/PF  United States Wyoming

Roster
Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 11 Barnett, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1944-07-07 Oregon
C 28 Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1937-03-26 Miami (OH)
SF 17 Havlicek, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1940-04-08 Ohio State
PF 18 Howell, Bailey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1937-01-20 Mississippi State
PG 25 Jones, K. C. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1932-05-25 San Francisco
SG 24 Jones, Sam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1933-06-24 North Carolina Central
PF 26 Kimball, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1942-09-07 Connecticut
SF 19 Nelson, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-05-15 Iowa
C 6 Russell, Bill (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1934-02-12 San Francisco
SF 16 Sanders, Satch 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1938-11-08 NYU
PG 20 Siegfried, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1939-05-22 Ohio State
F 12 Watts, Ron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-05-21 Wake Forest
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers 6813.840–28–226–814–328–8
x-Boston Celtics 6021.741827–425–118–630–6
x-Cincinnati Royals 3942.4812920–1112–247–714–22
x-New York Knicks 3645.4443220–159–247–611–25
Baltimore Bullets 2061.2474812–203–305–117–29

Record vs. opponents
1966-67 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —1–83–63–62–72–72–71–82–74–5
Boston 8–1—8–18–16–35–49–05–46–35–4
Chicago 6–31–8—5–44–56–33–61–83–64–5
Cincinnati 6–31–84–5—7–23–66–31–85–46–3
Detroit 7–23–65–42–7—5–44–50–92–72–7
Los Angeles 7–24–53–66–34–5—4–51–83–64–5
New York 7–20–96–33–65–45–4—1–85–44–5
Philadelphia 8–14–58–18–19–08–18–1—7–28–1
San Francisco 7–23–66–34–57–26–34–52–7—5–4
St. Louis 5–44–55–43–67–25–45–41–84–5—

Game log
1966–67 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 15San Francisco113–121Sam Jones (29)1–0
2October 21Baltimore91–111John Havlicek (28)2–0
3October 22@ New York126–97Sam Jones (27)3–0
4October 27N Chicago100–123Bailey Howell (28)4–0
5October 29@ Philadelphia96–138Larry Siegfried (24)4–1
6November 2Los Angeles108–133John Havlicek (27)5–1
7November 3N Chicago108–137Bailey Howell (21)6–1
8November 5Philadelphia87–105Havlicek, S. Jones (29)7–1
9November 8@ Chicago112–101Bailey Howell (25)8–1
10November 10@ Cincinnati113–112 (OT)Bailey Howell (27)9–1
11November 11New York106–111Bill Russell (21)10–1
12November 12@ St. Louis92–115Havlicek, Howell (14)10–2
13November 18Baltimore119–143Sam Jones (27)11–2
14November 19@ Baltimore147–125John Havlicek (32)12–2
15November 23St. Louis103–123John Havlicek (34)13–2
16November 24@ St. Louis101–78Larry Siegfried (24)14–2
17November 25@ Detroit105–107Bailey Howell (29)14–3
18November 26Cincinnati87–118Don Nelson (24)15–3
19November 29N Detroit104–100Bailey Howell (23)15–4
20December 2Detroit119–116John Havlicek (32)15–5
21December 3@ New York120–109Sam Jones (31)16–5
22December 6N Detroit111–130Bailey Howell (26)17–5
23December 7Cincinnati91–119John Havlicek (32)18–5
24December 9@ Cincinnati117–99Sam Jones (31)19–5
25December 10Chicago110–125Sam Jones (25)20–5
26December 11Philadelphia103–117John Havlicek (34)21–5
27December 15N St. Louis116–114Howell, Russell (22)21–6
28December 17@ San Francisco118–110Havlicek, S. Jones (30)22–6
29December 18@ Los Angeles125–127John Havlicek (27)22–7
30December 20N Detroit113–116 (OT)John Havlicek (32)23–7
31December 23St. Louis103–114Sam Jones (32)24–7
32December 26Los Angeles106–121John Havlicek (25)25–7
33December 28@ Philadelphia108–113Sam Jones (22)25–8
34December 29@ St. Louis112–110John Havlicek (21)26–8
35December 30@ Chicago110–106Sam Jones (33)27–8
36January 1@ Los Angeles110–111Sam Jones (28)27–9
37January 3@ San Francisco126–121 (OT)Sam Jones (31)28–9
38January 6@ Los Angeles99–102Sam Jones (22)28–10
39January 7@ San Francisco108–110Bailey Howell (24)28–11
40January 13Chicago102–122Larry Siegfried (24)29–11
41January 14@ Baltimore115–106Larry Siegfried (25)30–11
42January 15Philadelphia110–95Havlicek, S. Jones (21)30–12
43January 17@ Chicago109–101Bailey Howell (30)31–12
44January 18@ Cincinnati119–106John Havlicek (20)32–12
45January 20Baltimore117–129John Havlicek (33)33–12
46January 22Los Angeles120–121 (OT)Sam Jones (31)34–12
47January 24@ Philadelphia118–106Sam Jones (38)35–12
48January 25@ Detroit112–105Sam Jones (30)36–12
49January 27Detroit106–112Sam Jones (26)37–12
50January 28@ New York114–112Bailey Howell (25)38–12
51January 29New York106–141Bailey Howell (32)39–12
52January 30N San Francisco108–121Sam Jones (32)40–12
53February 1@ Baltimore111–107Sam Jones (29)41–12
54February 3St. Louis131–113John Havlicek (27)41–13
55February 5Cincinnati121–137Sam Jones (26)42–13
56February 7N Cincinnati123–138Bailey Howell (28)43–13
57February 9N Baltimore124–128Bailey Howell (26)43–14
58February 10San Francisco136–137 (2OT)John Havlicek (28)44–14
59February 12Philadelphia112–113John Havlicek (33)45–14
60February 14N San Francisco128–122John Havlicek (32)45–15
61February 15@ Los Angeles114–124John Havlicek (24)45–16
62February 17@ Los Angeles120–119Larry Siegfried (32)46–16
63February 18N San Francisco130–124John Havlicek (29)46–17
64February 21@ New York143–114Sam Jones (27)47–17
65February 22@ Baltimore135–120Sam Jones (42)48–17
66February 23New York117–122Howell, Siegfried (28)49–17
67February 26@ St. Louis130–119Sam Jones (39)50–17
68March 1San Francisco125–137John Havlicek (36)51–17
69March 2N Chicago108–114Sam Jones (33)52–17
70March 3Cincinnati104–111Larry Siegfried (29)53–17
71March 5Los Angeles105–130Sam Jones (22)54–17
72March 6N Detroit103–127Bailey Howell (38)55–17
73March 7@ Chicago114–117Larry Siegfried (24)55–18
74March 8Philadelphia115–113 (OT)Sam Jones (20)55–19
75March 11@ Philadelphia116–114Sam Jones (26)56–19
76March 12Baltimore118–123Bailey Howell (30)57–19
77March 13N St. Louis123–122Bailey Howell (24)57–20
78March 15@ Cincinnati108–112John Havlicek (30)57–21
79March 16@ Detroit132–109Bailey Howell (37)58–21
80March 18@ New York140–123Bailey Howell (34)59–21
81March 19New York113–124Sam Jones (29)60–21

Playoffs
1967 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 21 New York W 140–110 Sam Jones (38) Bill Russell (23) Bill Russell (8) Boston Garden
8,632		 1–0
2 March 25 @ New York W 115–108 Sam Jones (26) Bill Russell (18) Larry Siegfried (8) Madison Square Garden III
10,009		 2–0
3 March 26 New York L 112–123 John Havlicek (29) Bill Russell (24) K. C. Jones (5) Boston Garden
10,738		 2–1
4 March 28 @ New York W 118–109 Sam Jones (51) Bill Russell (16) K. C. Jones (7) Madison Square Garden III
17,173		 3–1
Division finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 @ Philadelphia L 113–127 Sam Jones (24) Bill Russell (15) Sam Jones (12) Philadelphia Convention Hall
9,239		 0–1
2 April 2 Philadelphia L 102–107 John Havlicek (26) Bill Russell (24) K. C. Jones (7) Boston Garden
13,909		 0–2
3 April 5 @ Philadelphia L 104–115 John Havlicek (33) Bill Russell (29) Bill Russell (9) Philadelphia Convention Hall
13,007		 0–3
4 April 9 Philadelphia W 121–117 Sam Jones (32) Bill Russell (28) Larry Siegfried (11) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–3
5 April 11 @ Philadelphia L 116–140 John Havlicek (38) Bill Russell (21) Larry Siegfried (8) Philadelphia Convention Hall
13,007		 1–4
1967 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1966–67 Boston Celtics
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