1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1967 36 45 Western 3 Fred Schaus Louis Mohs Jack Kent Cooke Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Division semifinals(lost to Warriors 0–3) LAL The 1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers season was their 19th season in the NBA and seventh season in Los Angeles.1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers Plagued by health issues and inexperience -- superstars Elgin Baylor and Jerry West sat out 26 games between them -- the Lakers got off to a 3–10 start from which they never recovered. The situation grew contentious in mid-January, when in the midst of a season-long decline, veteran Rudy LaRusso refused to report to the Detroit Pistons as part of a three-team trade. Team management had second thoughts about the transaction, but the commissioner's office declined to cancel it. LaRusso sat out the remainder of the season before the Pistons sold his rights to the San Francisco Warriors. The Lakers were awarded a bonus pick (15th overall) in the 1969 draft as compensation. Head coach Fred Schaus and his team hoped to atone for their dismal regular season in the playoffs, but it never came to be. They were swept by the upstart San Francisco Warriors in three games in the Western Division semifinals, which saw West play only the first minute of the final game before he was lost for the series. The otherwise disappointing campaign had this positive development: Jerry Chambers and Archie Clark made regular contributions in their pro debuts. Clark finished third in the Rookie of the Year vote. This season was the last for the familiar blue-and white-uniforms with cursive script that read "Los Angeles" on the fronts of the home and away versions. They had been in place since the team moved to the West Coast in 1960. One year later, the color combination was changed to purple and gold with "Lakers" on the front of each model. It has remained there ever since. The campaign also marked the farewell of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena as the Lakers home. The facility was replaced by The Forum early in the 1967-68 season. Roster 1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers #004B87 #FFFFFF #02A9E0 #004B87 23 Jim Barnes Jim "Bad News" Barnes PF 6 8 210 1941-04-13 Texas-El Paso 22 Elgin Baylor SF 6 5 225 1934-09-16 Seattle University 34 John Block basketball PF 6 9 207 1944-04-16 USC 40 Jerry Chambers SF 6 5 185 1943-07-18 Utah 21 Archie Clark basketball SG 6 2 175 1941-07-15 Minnesota 31 Mel Counts C 7 0 230 1941-10-16 Oregon State 15 Henry Finkel C 7 0 240 1942-04-20 Dayton 11 Gail Goodrich SG 6 1 170 1943-04-23 UCLA 33 Tom Hawkins basketball SF 6 5 210 1936-12-22 Notre Dame 42 Walt Hazzard PG 6 2 185 1942-04-15 UCLA 14 Darrall Imhoff C 6 10 220 1938-10-11 California 35 Rudy LaRusso PF 6 8 220 1937-11-11 Dartmouth College 44 Jerry West PG 6 3 175 1938-05-28 West Virginia Fred Schaus https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1967.html January 16, 1967 Regular season thumb|Los Angeles Lakers players (from left to right) Elgin Baylor, Jerry Chambers and Jerry West during the 1966 pre-season. Season standings LAL x – clinched playoff spot 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 Los Angeles Lakers 1967 yes #0000FF #FFFFFF Los Angeles Lakers Division semifinals yes yes no #7CA3DC #FFFFFF 0 1 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 21 | @ San Francisco | L 108–124 | Archie Clark (26) | Elgin Baylor (12) | Clark, Imhoff (4) | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena11,106 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 23 | San Francisco | L 102–113 | Archie Clark (24) | Darrall Imhoff (10) | three players tied (5) | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena11,335 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 26 | @ San Francisco | L 115–122 | Elgin Baylor (37) | Elgin Baylor (18) | Walt Hazzard (8) | Cow Palace5,845 | 0–3 |- LAL 1967 yes Awards and records Elgin Baylor, All-NBA First Team Jerry West, All-NBA First Team Elgin Baylor, NBA All-Star Game Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game Darrall Imhoff, NBA All-Star Game References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Los Angeles Lakers Los Angle Los Angle