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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
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
(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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