1965–66 Philadelphia 76ers season

Season of National Basketball Association team the Philadelphia 76ers August 2023 March 2026 Philadelphia 76ers 1966 yes 55 25 Eastern 1 Dolph Schayes Irv Kosloff Irv Kosloff Municipal Auditorium Division finals(lost to Celtics 1–4) PHI WFIL-TV WCAU The 1965–66 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 76ers 17th season in the NBA and 3rd season in City of Philadelphia. The Sixers would capture the regular season division championship by a game over the Boston Celtics. However, in the Eastern Conference finals, they would lose to the Celtics in five games. After this series, Dolph Schayes was fired as coach and Alex Hannum would take over as the new coach. Roster Philadelphia 76ers 1965–66 24 Al Bianchi G 6 3 185 1932-03-26 Bowling Green 13 Wilt Chamberlain C 7 1 275 1936-08-21 Kansas 32 Billy Cunningham F 6 6 210 1943-06-03 UNC 20, 30 Dave Gambee F 6 6 215 1937-04-16 Oregon State 15 Hal Greer G 6 2 175 1936-06-26 Marshall 35 Art Heyman GF 6 5 205 1941-06-24 Duke 54 Lucious Jackson F 6 9 240 1941-10-31 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 23 Wali Jones G 6 2 180 1942-02-14 Villanova 25 Chet Walker F 6 6 212 1940-02-22 Bradley 12 Gerry Ward basketball G 6 4 195 1941-09-06 Boston College 14 Ben Warley F 6 5 200 1936-09-04 Tennessee State 35 Bob Weiss G 6 2 180 1942-05-07 Penn State Dolph Schayes https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1966.html December 2, 1965 Regular season PHI x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1965–66 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 16 @ Baltimore 133–101 Wilt Chamberlain (33) 1–0 2 October 23 Detroit 103–120 Wilt Chamberlain (53) 2–0 3 October 30 Cincinnati 114–134 Wilt Chamberlain (39) 3–0 4 November 3 @ Detroit 100–110 Wilt Chamberlain (32) 3–1 5 November 4 N San Francisco 121–119 Hal Greer (35) 3–2 6 November 5 San Francisco 115–133 Hal Greer (33) 4–2 7 November 6 @ Boston 91–101 Wilt Chamberlain (30) 4–3 8 November 9 Los Angeles 110–118 Wilt Chamberlain (39) 5–3 9 November 11 N San Francisco 101–109 Wilt Chamberlain (26) 6–3 10 November 12 Boston 114–123 Hal Greer (28) 7–3 11 November 13 @ New York 127–119 Hal Greer (38) 8–3 12 November 16 N St. Louis 98–107 Wilt Chamberlain (30) 9–3 13 November 17 @ Cincinnati 115–131 Wilt Chamberlain (46) 9–4 14 November 19 Baltimore 134–124 Wilt Chamberlain (36) 9–5 15 November 20 @ Baltimore 112–117 Chamberlain, Greer (21) 9–6 16 November 21 @ Los Angeles 110–104 Wilt Chamberlain (32) 10–6 17 November 24 @ Los Angeles 124–127 Wilt Chamberlain (42) 10–7 18 November 26 @ San Francisco 132–120 Chamberlain, Greer (25) 11–7 19 November 27 @ San Francisco 124–117 Wilt Chamberlain (38) 12–7 20 November 30 N Baltimore 108–129 Wilt Chamberlain (41) 12–8 21 December 3 @ Boston 119–103 Wilt Chamberlain (28) 13–8 22 December 6 N Los Angeles 116–107 Wilt Chamberlain (29) 14–8 23 December 8 @ Baltimore 127–129 Wilt Chamberlain (46) 14–9 24 December 10 Detroit 116–114 Wilt Chamberlain (40) 14–10 25 December 11 N Cincinnati 135–132 (OT) Wilt Chamberlain (38) 15–10 26 December 14 @ Cincinnati 109–112 Wilt Chamberlain (32) 15–11 27 December 15 @ Los Angeles 122–108 Hal Greer (33) 16–11 28 December 17 @ Los Angeles 127–117 Wilt Chamberlain (38) 17–11 29 December 18 @ San Francisco 120–116 (OT) Chamberlain, Walker (23) 18–11 30 December 20 @ San Francisco 118–124 Wilt Chamberlain (45) 18–12 31 December 26 San Francisco 107–121 Wilt Chamberlain (33) 19–12 32 December 28 Boston 93–102 Wilt Chamberlain (31) 20–12 33 December 29 @ Detroit 113–112 Wilt Chamberlain (34) 21–12 34 December 30 @ St. Louis 113–130 Chamberlain, Cunningham (23) 21–13 35 January 2 New York 122–133 Wilt Chamberlain (50) 22–13 36 January 4 @ New York 129–127 Hal Greer (36) 23–13 37 January 6 N Baltimore 133–127 Wilt Chamberlain (41) 24–13 38 January 7 Los Angeles 126–120 Wilt Chamberlain (49) 24–14 39 January 8 @ St. Louis 105–115 Wilt Chamberlain (29) 24–15 40 January 9 @ St. Louis 127–117 Wilt Chamberlain (41) 25–15 41 January 12 @ Detroit 111–129 Wilt Chamberlain (41) 25–16 42 January 14 Boston 100–112 Wilt Chamberlain (37) 26–16 43 January 16 @ Boston 122–137 Billy Cunningham (28) 26–17 44 January 18 Baltimore 117–128 Wilt Chamberlain (44) 27–17 45 January 19 N Detroit 110–93 Wilt Chamberlain (33) 28–17 46 January 21 New York 98–109 Chamberlain, Walker (27) 29–17 47 January 23 @ St. Louis 104–98 Wilt Chamberlain (36) 30–17 48 January 24 N St. Louis 107–110 Billy Cunningham (29) 31–17 49 January 25 N Los Angeles 110–106 Wilt Chamberlain (53) 32–17 50 January 28 Cincinnati 103–125 Wilt Chamberlain (43) 33–17 51 January 30 Detroit 98–117 Wilt Chamberlain (38) 34–17 52 February 2 N St. Louis 96–89 Wilt Chamberlain (21) 34–18 53 February 5 @ New York 113–120 Wilt Chamberlain (34) 34–19 54 February 6 @ Boston 99–100 Chet Walker (23) 34–20 55 February 7 Los Angeles 125–132 Wilt Chamberlain (65) 35–20 56 February 8 @ New York 123–136 Wilt Chamberlain (38) 35–21 57 February 9 @ Detroit 108–91 Wilt Chamberlain (30) 36–21 58 February 11 Cincinnati 94–113 Wilt Chamberlain (32) 37–21 59 February 12 N Boston 83–85 Chamberlain, Greer (29) 37–22 60 February 14 N Detroit 149–123 Wilt Chamberlain (41) 38–22 61 February 15 N St. Louis 109–121 Wilt Chamberlain (34) 39–22 62 February 17 @ Los Angeles 136–121 Wilt Chamberlain (30) 40–22 63 February 19 @ San Francisco 123–119 Wilt Chamberlain (30) 41–22 64 February 21 N Cincinnati 107–113 Wilt Chamberlain (24) 41–23 65 February 22 N Detroit 117–112 Wilt Chamberlain (32) 42–23 66 February 23 @ Baltimore 115–119 Hal Greer (37) 42–24 67 February 25 New York 124–130 Wilt Chamberlain (35) 43–24 68 February 26 N Baltimore 114–98 Billy Cunningham (23) 44–24 69 March 1 @ Cincinnati 100–102 Wilt Chamberlain (22) 44–25 70 March 3 San Francisco 125–135 Wilt Chamberlain (62) 45–25 71 March 4 @ Cincinnati 107–103 Wilt Chamberlain (36) 46–25 72 March 5 Boston 85–102 Chamberlain, Greer (27) 47–25 73 March 6 @ Boston 113–110 Wilt Chamberlain (32) 48–25 74 March 8 N St. Louis 106–112 Chamberlain, Greer (23) 49–25 75 March 9 St. Louis 115–123 Chamberlain, Greer (31) 50–25 76 March 12 New York 126–134 Hal Greer (24) 51–25 77 March 13 @ New York 115–113 Chet Walker (29) 52–25 78 March 17 New York 106–115 Wilt Chamberlain (37) 53–25 79 March 19 Cincinnati 121–127 Wilt Chamberlain (39) 54–25 80 March 20 @ Baltimore 108–104 Chamberlain, Greer (24) 55–25 Playoffs Philadelphia 76ers 1966 #0067B1 white yes Philadelphia 76ers Division finals yes #ED174C white yes no 1 2 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 3 | Boston | L 96–115 | Wilt Chamberlain (25) | Wilt Chamberlain (32) | Chamberlain, W. Jones (5) | Municipal Auditorium6,563 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 6 | @ Boston | L 93–114 | Wilt Chamberlain (23) | Wilt Chamberlain (25) | Billy Cunningham (4) | Boston Garden13,909 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 7 | Boston | W 111–105 | Wilt Chamberlain (31) | Wilt Chamberlain (27) | Hal Greer (9) | Municipal Auditorium10,454 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 10 | @ Boston | L 108–114 (OT) | Hal Greer (25) | Wilt Chamberlain (33) | Hal Greer (4) | Boston Garden13,909 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 12 | Boston | L 112–120 | Wilt Chamberlain (46) | Wilt Chamberlain (34) | Chet Walker (8) | Municipal Auditorium8,623 | 1–4 |- PHI 1966 yes Awards and records Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Dolph Schayes, NBA Coach of the Year Award Wilt Chamberlain, All-NBA First Team Hal Greer, All-NBA Second Team Billy Cunningham, NBA All-Rookie Team (1st) References Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Philadelphia Philadel Philadel Category:1960s in Philadelphia