Celtics' 21st season in the NBA
NBA professional basketball team 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 the Philadelphia 76ers, thus ending their 8-year streak.[1]
Draft picks [ edit ] This table only displays picks through the second round.
Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From 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
Regular season [ edit ] Season standings [ edit ] Record vs. opponents [ edit ] 1966-67 NBA Records Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL Baltimore — 1–8 3–6 3–6 2–7 2–7 2–7 1–8 2–7 4–5 Boston 8–1 — 8–1 8–1 6–3 5–4 9–0 5–4 6–3 5–4 Chicago 6–3 1–8 — 5–4 4–5 6–3 3–6 1–8 3–6 4–5 Cincinnati 6–3 1–8 4–5 — 7–2 3–6 6–3 1–8 5–4 6–3 Detroit 7–2 3–6 5–4 2–7 — 5–4 4–5 0–9 2–7 2–7 Los Angeles 7–2 4–5 3–6 6–3 4–5 — 4–5 1–8 3–6 4–5 New York 7–2 0–9 6–3 3–6 5–4 5–4 — 1–8 5–4 4–5 Philadelphia 8–1 4–5 8–1 8–1 9–0 8–1 8–1 — 7–2 8–1 San Francisco 7–2 3–6 6–3 4–5 7–2 6–3 4–5 2–7 — 5–4 St. Louis 5–4 4–5 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–4 5–4 1–8 4–5 —
Game log [ edit ] 1966–67 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 15 San Francisco 113–121 Sam Jones (29) 1–0 2 October 21 Baltimore 91–111 John Havlicek (28) 2–0 3 October 22 @ New York 126–97 Sam Jones (27) 3–0 4 October 27 N Chicago 100–123 Bailey Howell (28) 4–0 5 October 29 @ Philadelphia 96–138 Larry Siegfried (24) 4–1 6 November 2 Los Angeles 108–133 John Havlicek (27) 5–1 7 November 3 N Chicago 108–137 Bailey Howell (21) 6–1 8 November 5 Philadelphia 87–105 Havlicek, S. Jones (29) 7–1 9 November 8 @ Chicago 112–101 Bailey Howell (25) 8–1 10 November 10 @ Cincinnati 113–112 (OT) Bailey Howell (27) 9–1 11 November 11 New York 106–111 Bill Russell (21) 10–1 12 November 12 @ St. Louis 92–115 Havlicek, Howell (14) 10–2 13 November 18 Baltimore 119–143 Sam Jones (27) 11–2 14 November 19 @ Baltimore 147–125 John Havlicek (32) 12–2 15 November 23 St. Louis 103–123 John Havlicek (34) 13–2 16 November 24 @ St. Louis 101–78 Larry Siegfried (24) 14–2 17 November 25 @ Detroit 105–107 Bailey Howell (29) 14–3 18 November 26 Cincinnati 87–118 Don Nelson (24) 15–3 19 November 29 N Detroit 104–100 Bailey Howell (23) 15–4 20 December 2 Detroit 119–116 John Havlicek (32) 15–5 21 December 3 @ New York 120–109 Sam Jones (31) 16–5 22 December 6 N Detroit 111–130 Bailey Howell (26) 17–5 23 December 7 Cincinnati 91–119 John Havlicek (32) 18–5 24 December 9 @ Cincinnati 117–99 Sam Jones (31) 19–5 25 December 10 Chicago 110–125 Sam Jones (25) 20–5 26 December 11 Philadelphia 103–117 John Havlicek (34) 21–5 27 December 15 N St. Louis 116–114 Howell, Russell (22) 21–6 28 December 17 @ San Francisco 118–110 Havlicek, S. Jones (30) 22–6 29 December 18 @ Los Angeles 125–127 John Havlicek (27) 22–7 30 December 20 N Detroit 113–116 (OT) John Havlicek (32) 23–7 31 December 23 St. Louis 103–114 Sam Jones (32) 24–7 32 December 26 Los Angeles 106–121 John Havlicek (25) 25–7 33 December 28 @ Philadelphia 108–113 Sam Jones (22) 25–8 34 December 29 @ St. Louis 112–110 John Havlicek (21) 26–8 35 December 30 @ Chicago 110–106 Sam Jones (33) 27–8 36 January 1 @ Los Angeles 110–111 Sam Jones (28) 27–9 37 January 3 @ San Francisco 126–121 (OT) Sam Jones (31) 28–9 38 January 6 @ Los Angeles 99–102 Sam Jones (22) 28–10 39 January 7 @ San Francisco 108–110 Bailey Howell (24) 28–11 40 January 13 Chicago 102–122 Larry Siegfried (24) 29–11 41 January 14 @ Baltimore 115–106 Larry Siegfried (25) 30–11 42 January 15 Philadelphia 110–95 Havlicek, S. Jones (21) 30–12 43 January 17 @ Chicago 109–101 Bailey Howell (30) 31–12 44 January 18 @ Cincinnati 119–106 John Havlicek (20) 32–12 45 January 20 Baltimore 117–129 John Havlicek (33) 33–12 46 January 22 Los Angeles 120–121 (OT) Sam Jones (31) 34–12 47 January 24 @ Philadelphia 118–106 Sam Jones (38) 35–12 48 January 25 @ Detroit 112–105 Sam Jones (30) 36–12 49 January 27 Detroit 106–112 Sam Jones (26) 37–12 50 January 28 @ New York 114–112 Bailey Howell (25) 38–12 51 January 29 New York 106–141 Bailey Howell (32) 39–12 52 January 30 N San Francisco 108–121 Sam Jones (32) 40–12 53 February 1 @ Baltimore 111–107 Sam Jones (29) 41–12 54 February 3 St. Louis 131–113 John Havlicek (27) 41–13 55 February 5 Cincinnati 121–137 Sam Jones (26) 42–13 56 February 7 N Cincinnati 123–138 Bailey Howell (28) 43–13 57 February 9 N Baltimore 124–128 Bailey Howell (26) 43–14 58 February 10 San Francisco 136–137 (2OT) John Havlicek (28) 44–14 59 February 12 Philadelphia 112–113 John Havlicek (33) 45–14 60 February 14 N San Francisco 128–122 John Havlicek (32) 45–15 61 February 15 @ Los Angeles 114–124 John Havlicek (24) 45–16 62 February 17 @ Los Angeles 120–119 Larry Siegfried (32) 46–16 63 February 18 N San Francisco 130–124 John Havlicek (29) 46–17 64 February 21 @ New York 143–114 Sam Jones (27) 47–17 65 February 22 @ Baltimore 135–120 Sam Jones (42) 48–17 66 February 23 New York 117–122 Howell, Siegfried (28) 49–17 67 February 26 @ St. Louis 130–119 Sam Jones (39) 50–17 68 March 1 San Francisco 125–137 John Havlicek (36) 51–17 69 March 2 N Chicago 108–114 Sam Jones (33) 52–17 70 March 3 Cincinnati 104–111 Larry Siegfried (29) 53–17 71 March 5 Los Angeles 105–130 Sam Jones (22) 54–17 72 March 6 N Detroit 103–127 Bailey Howell (38) 55–17 73 March 7 @ Chicago 114–117 Larry Siegfried (24) 55–18 74 March 8 Philadelphia 115–113 (OT) Sam Jones (20) 55–19 75 March 11 @ Philadelphia 116–114 Sam Jones (26) 56–19 76 March 12 Baltimore 118–123 Bailey Howell (30) 57–19 77 March 13 N St. Louis 123–122 Bailey Howell (24) 57–20 78 March 15 @ Cincinnati 108–112 John Havlicek (30) 57–21 79 March 16 @ Detroit 132–109 Bailey Howell (37) 58–21 80 March 18 @ New York 140–123 Bailey Howell (34) 59–21 81 March 19 New York 113–124 Sam Jones (29) 60–21
Playoffs [ edit ] 1967 playoff game log Division semifinals: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)
Division finals: 1–4 (home: 1–1; road: 0–3)
1967 schedule
Awards and records [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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