| 1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Paul Seymour |
| General manager | Buddy Jeannette |
| Owner(s) | Abe Pollin |
| Arena | Baltimore Civic Center |
| Results | |
| Record | 38–42 (.475) |
| Place | Division: 2nd (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Division semifinals (lost to Hawks 0–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Local media | |
| Television | WJZ-TV |
| Radio | WBAL |
The 1965–66 NBA season was the Bullets' 5th season in the NBA and 3rd season in the city of Baltimore.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 45 | 35 | .563 | – | 28–11 | 13–21 | 4–3 | 29–11 |
| x-Baltimore Bullets | 38 | 42 | .475 | 7 | 29–9 | 4–25 | 5–8 | 20–20 |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 36 | 44 | .450 | 9 | 22–10 | 6–22 | 8–12 | 19–21 |
| San Francisco Warriors | 35 | 45 | .438 | 10 | 12–14 | 8–19 | 15–12 | 21–19 |
| Detroit Pistons | 22 | 58 | .275 | 23 | 13–17 | 4–22 | 5–19 | 11–29 |
Record vs. opponents
| 1965–66 NBA records | |||||||||
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–7 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 7–3 |
| Boston | 7–3 | — | 5–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 10–0 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 7–3 |
| Cincinnati | 7–3 | 5–5 | — | 8–2 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–5 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 4–6 | 2–8 | — | 2–8 | 2–8 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 2–8 |
| Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–4 | 8–2 | — | 5–5 | 2–8 | 7–3 | 8–2 |
| New York | 3–7 | 0–10 | 3–7 | 8–2 | 5–5 | — | 2–8 | 5–5 | 4–6 |
| Philadelphia | 5–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–2 | 8–2 | — | 8–2 | 7–3 |
| San Francisco | 6–4 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 2–8 | — | 4–6 |
| St. Louis | 3–7 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 2–8 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–4 | — |
Game log
| 1965–66 game log | ||||||||||
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| # | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
| 1 | October 16 | Philadelphia | 133–101 | Don Ohl (27) | 0–1 | |||||
| 2 | October 17 | @ Cincinnati | 124–144 | Don Ohl (34) | 0–2 | |||||
| 3 | October 20 | St. Louis | 99–119 | Don Ohl (26) | 1–2 | |||||
| 4 | October 23 | San Francisco | 123–108 | Bailey Howell (29) | 1–3 | |||||
| 5 | October 26 | @ Detroit | 117–98 | Don Ohl (27) | 2–3 | |||||
| 6 | October 27 | Detroit | 108–107 | Walt Bellamy (34) | 2–4 | |||||
| 7 | October 29 | Cincinnati | 131–121 | Bailey Howell (32) | 2–5 | |||||
| 8 | October 31 | @ Boston | 100–105 | Don Ohl (33) | 2–6 | |||||
| 9 | November 3 | New York | 114–129 | Don Ohl (20) | 3–6 | |||||
| 10 | November 4 | @ New York | 107–108 | Don Ohl (23) | 3–7 | |||||
| 11 | November 5 | Boston | 129–118 | Barnes, Ohl (25) | 3–8 | |||||
| 12 | November 7 | Los Angeles | 116–137 | Jim Barnes (30) | 4–8 | |||||
| 13 | November 9 | N Boston | 130–116 | Don Ohl (25) | 4–9 | |||||
| 14 | November 10 | St. Louis | 117–124 | Johnny Green (23) | 5–9 | |||||
| 15 | November 13 | @ Cincinnati | 132–135 | Don Ohl (28) | 5–10 | |||||
| 16 | November 14 | @ Los Angeles | 114–129 | Ben Warley (21) | 5–11 | |||||
| 17 | November 15 | N San Francisco | 123–112 | Bailey Howell (24) | 5–12 | |||||
| 18 | November 18 | New York | 104–120 | Don Ohl (32) | 6–12 | |||||
| 19 | November 19 | @ Philadelphia | 134–124 | Don Ohl (31) | 7–12 | |||||
| 20 | November 20 | Philadelphia | 112–117 | Don Ohl (32) | 8–12 | |||||
| 21 | November 21 | N Cincinnati | 120–114 | Don Ohl (26) | 8–13 | |||||
| 22 | November 25 | @ Detroit | 124–130 | Don Ohl (32) | 8–14 | |||||
| 23 | November 26 | Los Angeles | 107–110 | Kevin Loughery (28) | 9–14 | |||||
| 24 | November 27 | @ St. Louis | 110–136 | Johnny Kerr (30) | 9–15 | |||||
| 25 | November 28 | St. Louis | 102–110 | Don Ohl (27) | 10–15 | |||||
| 26 | November 30 | N Philadelphia | 108–129 | Bailey Howell (40) | 11–15 | |||||
| 27 | December 1 | N New York | 125–139 | Johnny Kerr (26) | 12–15 | |||||
| 28 | December 4 | @ Detroit | 119–130 | Johnny Kerr (36) | 12–16 | |||||
| 29 | December 8 | Philadelphia | 127–129 | Bailey Howell (31) | 13–16 | |||||
| 30 | December 10 | San Francisco | 127–145 | Don Ohl (30) | 14–16 | |||||
| 31 | December 11 | @ New York | 127–150 | Kevin Loughery (24) | 14–17 | |||||
| 32 | December 14 | N Detroit | 129–142 | Kevin Loughery (35) | 15–17 | |||||
| 33 | December 15 | New York | 108–111 | Don Ohl (24) | 16–17 | |||||
| 34 | December 18 | Detroit | 114–143 | Kevin Loughery (28) | 17–17 | |||||
| 35 | December 22 | Cincinnati | 127–129 (OT) | Kevin Loughery (34) | 18–17 | |||||
| 36 | December 25 | Boston | 113–99 | Bailey Howell (23) | 18–18 | |||||
| 37 | December 26 | @ Boston | 99–120 | Green, Howell (18) | 18–19 | |||||
| 38 | December 29 | San Francisco | 111–144 | Don Ohl (28) | 19–19 | |||||
| 39 | January 1 | Detroit | 112–116 | Don Ohl (30) | 20–19 | |||||
| 40 | January 2 | @ Cincinnati | 107–138 | Gus Johnson (28) | 20–20 | |||||
| 41 | January 4 | N San Francisco | 122–111 | Gus Johnson (32) | 20–21 | |||||
| 42 | January 5 | St. Louis | 101–114 | Bailey Howell (21) | 21–21 | |||||
| 43 | January 6 | N Philadelphia | 133–127 | Gus Johnson (25) | 21–22 | |||||
| 44 | January 8 | Cincinnati | 126–115 | Bailey Howell (25) | 21–23 | |||||
| 45 | January 9 | New York | 124–130 | Jim Barnes (28) | 22–23 | |||||
| 46 | January 14 | @ St. Louis | 121–119 | Kevin Loughery (30) | 23–23 | |||||
| 47 | January 15 | @ Detroit | 117–122 | Jim Barnes (25) | 23–24 | |||||
| 48 | January 16 | @ St. Louis | 128–136 | Kevin Loughery (23) | 23–25 | |||||
| 49 | January 18 | @ Philadelphia | 117–128 | Don Ohl (32) | 23–26 | |||||
| 50 | January 19 | @ Boston | 89–129 | Johnny Green (21) | 23–27 | |||||
| 51 | January 20 | Los Angeles | 121–123 | Johnson, Kerr (26) | 24–27 | |||||
| 52 | January 22 | Boston | 107–132 | Kevin Loughery (36) | 25–27 | |||||
| 53 | January 28 | @ Los Angeles | 123–138 | Johnson, Loughery (21) | 25–28 | |||||
| 54 | January 29 | @ San Francisco | 95–108 | Don Ohl (25) | 25–29 | |||||
| 55 | January 30 | @ Los Angeles | 122–136 | Kevin Loughery (34) | 25–30 | |||||
| 56 | January 31 | @ San Francisco | 118–131 | Kevin Loughery (31) | 25–31 | |||||
| 57 | February 1 | @ New York | 109–112 | Kevin Loughery (31) | 25–32 | |||||
| 58 | February 3 | St. Louis | 113–122 | Egan, Loughery (25) | 26–32 | |||||
| 59 | February 5 | Boston | 94–113 | Gus Johnson (26) | 27–32 | |||||
| 60 | February 7 | N St. Louis | 104–111 | Kevin Loughery (26) | 28–32 | |||||
| 61 | February 8 | @ Cincinnati | 113–128 | Howell, Johnson (27) | 28–33 | |||||
| 62 | February 9 | Los Angeles | 123–116 (OT) | Gus Johnson (21) | 28–34 | |||||
| 63 | February 12 | San Francisco | 127–136 | Johnny Egan (30) | 29–34 | |||||
| 64 | February 15 | Detroit | 105–114 | Don Ohl (24) | 30–34 | |||||
| 65 | February 18 | Cincinnati | 114–118 | Don Ohl (24) | 31–34 | |||||
| 66 | February 20 | @ St. Louis | 123–126 | Loughery, Ohl (22) | 31–35 | |||||
| 67 | February 23 | Philadelphia | 115–119 | Don Ohl (23) | 32–35 | |||||
| 68 | February 26 | N Philadelphia | 114–98 | Kevin Loughery (25) | 32–36 | |||||
| 69 | February 27 | Boston | 92–132 | Johnny Green (24) | 33–36 | |||||
| 70 | March 1 | N Detroit | 122–118 | Kevin Loughery (21) | 33–37 | |||||
| 71 | March 2 | Los Angeles | 113–119 | Gus Johnson (28) | 34–37 | |||||
| 72 | March 4 | @ Los Angeles | 106–123 | Bailey Howell (24) | 34–38 | |||||
| 73 | March 6 | @ Los Angeles | 105–126 | Johnny Egan (21) | 34–39 | |||||
| 74 | March 8 | N San Francisco | 109–130 | Johnny Green (25) | 35–39 | |||||
| 75 | March 9 | N San Francisco | 125–115 | Bailey Howell (26) | 35–40 | |||||
| 76 | March 11 | @ New York | 126–123 | Kevin Loughery (28) | 36–40 | |||||
| 77 | March 13 | @ Boston | 98–129 | Johnny Green (28) | 36–41 | |||||
| 78 | March 16 | New York | 113–118 | Don Ohl (39) | 37–41 | |||||
| 79 | March 18 | Cincinnati | 105–125 | Bailey Howell (31) | 38–41 | |||||
| 80 | March 20 | Philadelphia | 108–104 | Don Ohl (33) | 38–42 | |||||
Playoffs
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Division semifinals: 0–3 (home: 0–2; road: 0–1)
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Awards and records
References
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