1965-66 Boston Celtics Game-by-Game Results
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-6 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Cincinnati Royals 3-2
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Red Auerbach (54-26)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 246,189, Avg. 7,942 in 31 home dates
1965-66 Boston Celtics StatisticsTeam Record: 54-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-6 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Cincinnati Royals 3-2
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Red Auerbach (54-26)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 246,189, Avg. 7,942 in 31 home dates
1965-66 Boston Celtics Roster
The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1965-66 season with a record of 54 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-6.
The Celtics topped the league with just 8,623 points allowed. Boston tossed in 9,014 points. Sam Jones scored a team-best 1,577 points for the squad, and John Havlicek contributed 18 or more per game, too. Bill Russell accounted for 1,779 boards. K.C. Jones doled out 503 assists for the team.
Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1965-66 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.
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Regular Season Points For: 9014
Regular Season Points Against: 8623
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 16, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals 98 at Boston Celtics 102 | W | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| October 20, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers 96 at Boston Celtics 100 | W | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | ||
| October 23, 1965 | Boston Celtics 110 at St. Louis Hawks 120 | L | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | ||
| October 28, 1965 | Boston Celtics 108 at Cincinnati Royals 113 | L | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | ||
| October 29, 1965 | Boston Celtics 106 at Detroit Pistons 108 | L | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | ||
| October 31, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets 100 at Boston Celtics 105 | W | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-3 | ||
| November 5, 1965 | Boston Celtics 129 at Baltimore Bullets 118 | W | 3-0 | 1-3 | 4-3 | ||
| November 6, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers 91 at Boston Celtics 101 | W | 4-0 | 1-3 | 5-3 | ||
| November 9, 1965 | Boston Celtics 130 at Baltimore Bullets 116 | W | 4-0 | 2-3 | 6-3 | at Providence, RI | |
| November 11, 1965 | St. Louis Hawks 83 at Boston Celtics 87 | W | 5-0 | 2-3 | 7-3 | ||
| November 12, 1965 | Boston Celtics 114 at Philadelphia 76ers 123 | L | 5-0 | 2-4 | 7-4 | ||
| November 13, 1965 | Detroit Pistons 93 at Boston Celtics 122 | W | 6-0 | 2-4 | 8-4 | ||
| November 16, 1965 | Boston Celtics 108 at San Francisco Warriors 105 | W | 6-0 | 3-4 | 9-4 | ||
| November 17, 1965 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 125 | L | 6-0 | 3-5 | 9-5 | ||
| November 19, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals 103 at Boston Celtics 129 | W | 7-0 | 3-5 | 10-5 | ||
| November 20, 1965 | Boston Celtics 122 at New York Knicks 108 | W | 7-0 | 4-5 | 11-5 | ||
| November 24, 1965 | New York Knicks 110 at Boston Celtics 125 | W | 8-0 | 4-5 | 12-5 | ||
| November 26, 1965 | Boston Celtics 134 at Detroit Pistons 114 | W | 8-0 | 5-5 | 13-5 | at Providence, RI | |
| November 27, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers 95 at Boston Celtics 101 | W | 9-0 | 5-5 | 14-5 | ||
| December 3, 1965 | Philadelphia 76ers 119 at Boston Celtics 103 | L | 9-1 | 5-5 | 14-6 | ||
| December 4, 1965 | Boston Celtics 100 at St. Louis Hawks 94 | W | 9-1 | 6-5 | 15-6 | ||
| December 5, 1965 | Boston Celtics 99 at Cincinnati Royals 108 | L | 9-1 | 6-6 | 15-7 | ||
| December 7, 1965 | Boston Celtics 112 at St. Louis Hawks 96 | W | 9-1 | 7-6 | 16-7 | at New York, NY | |
| December 8, 1965 | Los Angeles Lakers 106 at Boston Celtics 108 | W | 10-1 | 7-6 | 17-7 | ||
| December 11, 1965 | San Francisco Warriors 106 at Boston Celtics 143 | W | 11-1 | 7-6 | 18-7 | ||
| December 15, 1965 | Cincinnati Royals 117 at Boston Celtics 110 | L | 11-2 | 7-6 | 18-8 | ||
| December 17, 1965 | Boston Celtics 114 at Detroit Pistons 112 | W | 11-2 | 8-6 | 19-8 | ||
| December 22, 1965 | New York Knicks 120 at Boston Celtics 123 | W | 12-2 | 8-6 | 20-8 | OT | |
| December 25, 1965 | Boston Celtics 113 at Baltimore Bullets 99 | W | 12-2 | 9-6 | 21-8 | ||
| December 26, 1965 | Baltimore Bullets 99 at Boston Celtics 120 | W | 13-2 | 9-6 | 22-8 | ||
| December 28, 1965 | Boston Celtics 93 at Philadelphia 76ers 102 | L | 13-2 | 9-7 | 22-9 | ||
| December 29, 1965 | Boston Celtics 99 at New York Knicks 96 | W | 13-2 | 10-7 | 23-9 | ||
| December 30, 1965 | Boston Celtics 116 at San Francisco Warriors 113 | W | 13-2 | 11-7 | 24-9 | at Providence, RI | |
| January 1, 1966 | Boston Celtics 98 at St. Louis Hawks 100 | L | 13-2 | 11-8 | 24-10 | ||
| January 2, 1966 | Boston Celtics 124 at Los Angeles Lakers 113 | W | 13-2 | 12-8 | 25-10 | ||
| January 5, 1966 | Boston Celtics 113 at Los Angeles Lakers 120 | L | 13-2 | 12-9 | 25-11 | ||
| January 7, 1966 | Boston Celtics 115 at San Francisco Warriors 114 | W | 13-2 | 13-9 | 26-11 | ||
| January 8, 1966 | Boston Celtics 124 at San Francisco Warriors 96 | W | 13-2 | 14-9 | 27-11 | ||
| January 12, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers 102 at Boston Celtics 114 | W | 14-2 | 14-9 | 28-11 | ||
| January 14, 1966 | Boston Celtics 100 at Philadelphia 76ers 112 | L | 14-2 | 14-10 | 28-12 | ||
| January 16, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers 122 at Boston Celtics 137 | W | 15-2 | 14-10 | 29-12 | ||
| January 18, 1966 | Detroit Pistons 116 at Boston Celtics 115 | L | 15-3 | 14-10 | 29-13 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| January 19, 1966 | Baltimore Bullets 89 at Boston Celtics 129 | W | 16-3 | 14-10 | 30-13 | ||
| January 21, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals 96 at Boston Celtics 113 | W | 17-3 | 14-10 | 31-13 | ||
| January 22, 1966 | Boston Celtics 107 at Baltimore Bullets 132 | L | 17-3 | 14-11 | 31-14 | ||
| January 25, 1966 | Boston Celtics 101 at Cincinnati Royals 113 | L | 17-3 | 14-12 | 31-15 | ||
| January 27, 1966 | Boston Celtics 131 at Detroit Pistons 112 | W | 17-3 | 15-12 | 32-15 | at Ft Wayne, IN | |
| January 28, 1966 | Detroit Pistons 108 at Boston Celtics 105 | L | 17-4 | 15-12 | 32-16 | ||
| January 29, 1966 | Boston Celtics 119 at New York Knicks 107 | W | 17-4 | 16-12 | 33-16 | ||
| January 30, 1966 | New York Knicks 115 at Boston Celtics 118 | W | 18-4 | 16-12 | 34-16 | ||
| February 1, 1966 | Boston Celtics 100 at Detroit Pistons 81 | W | 18-4 | 17-12 | 35-16 | at New York, NY | |
| February 2, 1966 | Boston Celtics 93 at Detroit Pistons 99 | L | 18-4 | 17-13 | 35-17 | ||
| February 4, 1966 | St. Louis Hawks 95 at Boston Celtics 117 | W | 19-4 | 17-13 | 36-17 | ||
| February 5, 1966 | Boston Celtics 94 at Baltimore Bullets 113 | L | 19-4 | 17-14 | 36-18 | ||
| February 6, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers 99 at Boston Celtics 100 | W | 20-4 | 17-14 | 37-18 | ||
| February 7, 1966 | Boston Celtics 112 at San Francisco Warriors 107 | W | 20-4 | 18-14 | 38-18 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| February 9, 1966 | New York Knicks 117 at Boston Celtics 121 | W | 21-4 | 18-14 | 39-18 | ||
| February 10, 1966 | San Francisco Warriors 128 at Boston Celtics 117 | L | 21-5 | 18-14 | 39-19 | at Providence, RI | |
| February 11, 1966 | San Francisco Warriors 96 at Boston Celtics 99 | W | 22-5 | 18-14 | 40-19 | ||
| February 12, 1966 | Boston Celtics 85 at Philadelphia 76ers 83 | W | 22-5 | 19-14 | 41-19 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| February 13, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers 120 at Boston Celtics 110 | L | 22-6 | 19-14 | 41-20 | ||
| February 15, 1966 | Boston Celtics 123 at Cincinnati Royals 136 | L | 22-6 | 19-15 | 41-21 | ||
| February 18, 1966 | Boston Celtics 106 at San Francisco Warriors 128 | L | 22-6 | 19-16 | 41-22 | ||
| February 19, 1966 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 111 | W | 22-6 | 20-16 | 42-22 | ||
| February 21, 1966 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 108 | W | 22-6 | 21-16 | 43-22 | ||
| February 22, 1966 | Boston Celtics 116 at San Francisco Warriors 108 | W | 22-6 | 22-16 | 44-22 | ||
| February 24, 1966 | St. Louis Hawks 106 at Boston Celtics 134 | W | 23-6 | 22-16 | 45-22 | ||
| February 26, 1966 | Boston Celtics 100 at New York Knicks 95 | W | 23-6 | 23-16 | 46-22 | ||
| February 27, 1966 | Boston Celtics 92 at Baltimore Bullets 132 | L | 23-6 | 23-17 | 46-23 | ||
| March 1, 1966 | Boston Celtics 120 at St. Louis Hawks 95 | W | 23-6 | 24-17 | 47-23 | ||
| March 2, 1966 | New York Knicks 104 at Boston Celtics 140 | W | 24-6 | 24-17 | 48-23 | ||
| March 4, 1966 | St. Louis Hawks 132 at Boston Celtics 112 | L | 24-7 | 24-17 | 48-24 | at Providence, RI | |
| March 5, 1966 | Boston Celtics 85 at Philadelphia 76ers 102 | L | 24-7 | 24-18 | 48-25 | ||
| March 6, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers 113 at Boston Celtics 110 | L | 24-8 | 24-18 | 48-26 | ||
| March 7, 1966 | Boston Celtics 106 at St. Louis Hawks 104 | W | 24-8 | 25-18 | 49-26 | at Memphis, TN | |
| March 10, 1966 | Boston Celtics 124 at Cincinnati Royals 120 | W | 24-8 | 26-18 | 50-26 | ||
| March 13, 1966 | Baltimore Bullets 98 at Boston Celtics 129 | W | 25-8 | 26-18 | 51-26 | ||
| March 17, 1966 | Boston Celtics 128 at Detroit Pistons 103 | W | 25-8 | 27-18 | 52-26 | ||
| March 19, 1966 | Boston Celtics 126 at New York Knicks 113 | W | 25-8 | 28-18 | 53-26 | ||
| March 20, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals 104 at Boston Celtics 121 | W | 26-8 | 28-18 | 54-26 | ||
| March 23, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals 107 at Boston Celtics 103 | L | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | ||
| March 26, 1966 | Boston Celtics 132 at Cincinnati Royals 125 | W | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | ||
| March 27, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals 113 at Boston Celtics 107 | L | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | ||
| March 30, 1966 | Boston Celtics 120 at Cincinnati Royals 103 | W | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | ||
| April 1, 1966 | Cincinnati Royals 103 at Boston Celtics 112 | W | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-2 | ||
| April 3, 1966 | Boston Celtics 115 at Philadelphia 76ers 96 | W | 1-2 | 3-0 | 4-2 | ||
| April 6, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers 93 at Boston Celtics 114 | W | 2-2 | 3-0 | 5-2 | ||
| April 7, 1966 | Boston Celtics 105 at Philadelphia 76ers 111 | L | 2-2 | 3-1 | 5-3 | ||
| April 10, 1966 | Philadelphia 76ers 108 at Boston Celtics 114 | W | 3-2 | 3-1 | 6-3 | OT | |
| April 12, 1966 | Boston Celtics 120 at Philadelphia 76ers 112 | W | 3-2 | 4-1 | 7-3 | ||
| April 17, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers 133 at Boston Celtics 129 | L | 3-3 | 4-1 | 7-4 | OT | |
| April 19, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers 109 at Boston Celtics 129 | W | 4-3 | 4-1 | 8-4 | ||
| April 20, 1966 | Boston Celtics 120 at Los Angeles Lakers 106 | W | 4-3 | 5-1 | 9-4 | ||
| April 22, 1966 | Boston Celtics 122 at Los Angeles Lakers 117 | W | 4-3 | 6-1 | 10-4 | ||
| April 24, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers 121 at Boston Celtics 117 | L | 4-4 | 6-1 | 10-5 | ||
| April 26, 1966 | Boston Celtics 115 at Los Angeles Lakers 123 | L | 4-4 | 6-2 | 10-6 | ||
| April 28, 1966 | Los Angeles Lakers 93 at Boston Celtics 95 | W | 5-4 | 6-2 | 11-6 |
