1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers season
Head coachFred Schaus
General managerLouis Mohs
Owner(s)Jack Kent Cooke
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record36–45 (.444)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Warriors 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1966–67 NBA season was the Lakers' 19th season in the NBA and seventh season in Los Angeles.[1] This was the final season that they wore blue and white uniforms with cursive script reading "Los Angeles" on the front of both home and away uniforms, which had been in place since the team moved to Los Angeles in 1960, the following year they would switch to their familiar purple and gold with "Lakers" on the front of both uniforms, where it has remained ever since.

This season is also the final full season the Lakers played at the Sports Arena; they would move to The Forum in late 1967.

Roster

1966–67 Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PF 23 Barnes, Jim 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1941-04-13 UTEP
SF 22 Baylor, Elgin (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1934-09-16 Seattle
PF 34 Block, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1944-04-16 USC
SF 40 Chambers, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1943-07-18 Utah
SG 21 Clark, Archie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1941-07-15 Minnesota
C 31 Counts, Mel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1941-10-16 Oregon State
PF 15 Finkel, Henry 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1942-04-20 Dayton
SG 11 Goodrich, Gail 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1943-04-23 UCLA
SF 33 Hawkins, Tom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1936-12-22 Notre Dame
PG 42 Hazzard, Walt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1942-04-15 UCLA
C 14 Imhoff, Darrall 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1938-10-11 California
PF 35 LaRusso, Rudy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1937-11-11 Dartmouth
PG 44 West, Jerry (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1938-05-28 West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 16, 1967

Regular season

Los Angeles Lakers players (from left to right) Elgin Baylor, Jerry Chambers and Jerry West during the 1966 pre-season.

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-San Francisco Warriors 4437.543–18–1011–1915–824–12
x-St. Louis Hawks 3942.481518–1112–219–1021–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers 3645.444821–1812–203–714–22
x-Chicago Bulls 3348.4071117–199–177–1217–19
Detroit Pistons 3051.3701412–189–199–1414–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1966-67 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —1–83–63–62–72–72–71–82–74–5
Boston 8–1—8–18–16–35–49–05–46–35–4
Chicago 6–31–8—5–44–56–33–61–83–64–5
Cincinnati 6–31–84–5—7–23–66–31–85–46–3
Detroit 7–23–65–42–7—5–44–50–92–72–7
Los Angeles 7–24–53–66–34–5—4–51–83–64–5
New York 7–20–96–33–65–45–4—1–85–44–5
Philadelphia 8–14–58–18–19–08–18–1—7–28–1
San Francisco 7–23–66–34–57–26–34–52–7—5–4
St. Louis 5–44–55–43–67–25–45–41–84–5—

Game log

1966–67 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 15@ Baltimore126–115Elgin Baylor (36)1–0
2October 18@ New York119–122Elgin Baylor (31)1–1
3October 19@ Chicago124–134Elgin Baylor (45)1–2
4October 21Chicago108–101Elgin Baylor (29)1–3
5October 26New York133–122Elgin Baylor (31)1–4
6October 28New York114–124Hazzard, LaRusso (24)2–4
7October 29@ St. Louis109–110Rudy LaRusso (26)2–5
8October 30N Detroit121–124Walt Hazzard (33)2–6
9November 2@ Boston108–133Jerry Chambers (24)2–7
10November 4Baltimore98–131Goodrich, LaRusso (21)3–7
11November 8Baltimore104–102Gail Goodrich (21)3–8
12November 10Detroit133–132 (OT)Jerry West (36)3–9
13November 11@ San Francisco93–132Jerry Chambers (15)3–10
14November 12Detroit88–144Jerry West (35)4–10
15November 16N Cincinnati124–112LaRusso, West (36)5–10
16November 18@ Detroit118–121Jerry West (37)5–11
17November 19San Francisco144–109Elgin Baylor (30)5–12
18November 23Chicago130–154Jerry West (37)6–12
19November 25Chicago121–117Elgin Baylor (32)6–13
20November 26@ St. Louis133–126Jerry West (36)7–13
21November 29@ New York114–118Elgin Baylor (33)7–14
22November 30@ Baltimore126–111Jerry West (38)8–14
23December 2@ Philadelphia130–138Elgin Baylor (37)8–15
24December 3@ Cincinnati130–118Jerry West (36)9–15
25December 4St. Louis123–118Jerry West (39)9–16
26December 7St. Louis128–130 (OT)Elgin Baylor (46)10–16
27December 9San Francisco119–118Jerry West (39)10–17
28December 11Cincinnati118–119Jerry West (37)11–17
29December 14Cincinnati126–124Elgin Baylor (28)11–18
30December 18Boston125–127Jerry West (35)12–18
31December 20@ San Francisco107–130Elgin Baylor (21)12–19
32December 21Philadelphia129–123Jerry West (40)12–20
33December 23Philadelphia118–107Elgin Baylor (30)12–21
34December 26@ Boston106–121Baylor, West (24)12–22
35December 28@ New York115–121Jerry West (31)12–23
36December 29@ Cincinnati125–114Elgin Baylor (40)13–23
37January 1Boston110–111Jerry West (35)14–23
38January 4St. Louis101–122Jerry West (35)15–23
39January 5N San Francisco122–91Jerry West (21)15–24
40January 6Boston99–102Jerry West (22)16–24
41January 8N New York121–118Jerry West (31)16–25
42January 11San Francisco126–141Jerry West (44)17–25
43January 13N Cincinnati115–125Jerry West (33)17–26
44January 14@ Chicago121–122Elgin Baylor (34)17–27
45January 15@ Detroit127–116Jerry West (39)18–27
46January 18St. Louis123–121 (OT)Elgin Baylor (29)18–28
47January 20@ Philadelphia108–119Elgin Baylor (34)18–29
48January 21@ Baltimore119–126Jerry West (35)18–30
49January 22@ Boston120–121 (OT)Baylor, West (25)18–31
50January 25Baltimore115–128Jerry West (45)19–31
51January 28Baltimore118–133Elgin Baylor (31)20–31
52January 29@ Chicago142–122Jerry West (28)21–31
53January 30N St. Louis106–99Jerry West (33)21–32
54February 1Philadelphia133–143Elgin Baylor (44)22–32
55February 3San Francisco80–129Elgin Baylor (25)23–32
56February 5Philadelphia130–123Jerry West (26)23–33
57February 7@ New York122–117Elgin Baylor (34)24–33
58February 8N Baltimore121–108Jerry West (40)25–33
59February 10@ Philadelphia131–148Gail Goodrich (21)25–34
60February 12Chicago121–129Jerry West (33)26–34
61February 15Boston114–124Elgin Baylor (39)27–34
62February 17Boston120–119Elgin Baylor (29)27–35
63February 19Chicago133–119Baylor, West (27)27–36
64February 21N San Francisco136–133Jerry West (36)27–37
65February 22Cincinnati102–103Jerry West (32)28–37
66February 24@ Detroit101–102Elgin Baylor (35)28–38
67February 25@ St. Louis134–133 (OT)Jerry West (42)29–38
68February 26Cincinnati127–141Jerry West (34)30–38
69February 28N Detroit119–117Jerry West (34)31–38
70March 1@ Cincinnati116–122Elgin Baylor (30)31–39
71March 3New York132–138Jerry West (34)32–39
72March 5@ Boston105–130Elgin Baylor (18)32–40
73March 6N Philadelphia119–117Jerry West (23)32–41
74March 7@ New York131–119Jerry West (33)33–41
75March 8St. Louis106–104Jerry West (34)33–42
76March 10Detroit103–118Gail Goodrich (24)34–42
77March 11@ San Francisco125–120Elgin Baylor (34)35–42
78March 12Detroit120–104Baylor, Clark (23)35–43
79March 15Philadelphia138–123Gail Goodrich (26)35–44
80March 17@ Baltimore135–133Elgin Baylor (25)36–44
81March 19@ Chicago109–122Counts, Goodrich (16)36–45

Playoffs

1967 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 21 @ San Francisco L 108–124 Archie Clark (26) Elgin Baylor (12) Clark, Imhoff (4) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
11,106		 0–1
2 March 23 San Francisco L 102–113 Archie Clark (24) Darrall Imhoff (10) three players tied (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,335		 0–2
3 March 26 @ San Francisco L 115–122 Elgin Baylor (37) Elgin Baylor (18) Walt Hazzard (8) Cow Palace
5,845		 0–3
1967 schedule

Awards and records

References

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