Season of National Basketball Association team the Philadelphia 76ers
The 1966–67 season of the Philadelphia 76ers was their 14th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and their 4th since moving from Syracuse (as well as their final season at the Philadelphia Civic Center , before moving to the Spectrum in South Philadelphia the next season ).
This season set a record in winning percentage and they won the NBA Finals for the franchise's second championship and first in Philadelphia. This team was later chosen as the greatest individual team in 1980 for the NBA 35th Anniversary Team .
During the off-season, the 76ers dismissed head coach & former 76ers (Syracuse Nationals) player Dolph Schayes of fame. Alex Hannum , (a former 1950s power forward , who was the last man to coach a winner past the Boston Celtics) was the new coach. The 43-year-old Hannum looked like he could still play, and often ran with the club in practice.[citation needed ]
Wilt Chamberlain 's 8 assists per game set a record for centers and made him 3rd in the NBA overall while scoring 24 points per game and once again leading the NBA in rebounds and blocked shots (though not yet officially recorded).
Shooting less, he made a league-record 68% of his shots; his 875 free throw attempts, another league record, offset his terrible percentage from the foul line.
The 76ers also had three other players around the 20-point-per-game mark that season in Hal Greer with 22 points & Chet Walker & Billy Cunningham with 19 points each. The four players combined (as well as the rest of the roster) won a then-league-record 68 games together under Hannum's watch. The team averaged a record 125 points per game , leading all teams in shooting accuracy.
The 76ers started the season at 46–4, which remains the best 50-game start in the NBA history (though tied in the Warriors 2015-16 season) . They finished the season at 68–13, the best record in league history at the time. In the 1st round of the playoffs, they swept the Cincinnati Royals, then in the Eastern Conference Finals, defeated the Boston Celtics (a team that had won 8 consecutive titles & 9 out of the last 10) 4 games to 1. In the Finals, they defeated the San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2.[1]
In 1996, the 1966-67 76ers were named as one of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History . They averaged over 125 points per game in 81 regular season contests, still the third highest scoring team in league history for the regular season, and first among NBA Champions.
Offseason [ ]
NBA Draft [ ]
Roster [ ]
Roster listing
1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players
Coaches
C
13
Chamberlain, Wilt
7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
1936-08-21
Kansas
PG
21
Costello, Larry
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
186 lb (84 kg)
1931-07-02
Niagara University
F
32
Cunningham, Billy
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1943-06-03
North Carolina
F
20
Gambee, Dave
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1937-04-16
Oregon State
G
15
Greer, Hal
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1936-06-26
Marshall
SG
14
Guokas, Matt
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1944-02-25
Saint Joseph's
F
54
Jackson, Luke
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
1941-10-31
Texas–Pan American
G
24
Jones, Wali
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1942-02-14
Villanova
PG
28
Melchionni, Bill
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1944-10-19
Villanova
F
25
Walker, Chet
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
212 lb (96 kg)
1940-02-22
Bradley
G
12
Weiss, Bob
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1942-05-07
Penn State
Head coach
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Regular season [ ]
Season standings [ ]
Record vs. opponents [ ]
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 [ ]
1966–67 Game log
show
October: 5–0 (Home: 4–0 ; Road: 1–0)
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
Record
Streak
1
October 15
New York Knicks
128–112
1–0
Won 1
2
October 21
St. Louis Hawks
119–110
2–0
Won 2
3
October 22
@ Baltimore Bullets
141–112
3–0
Won 3
4
October 25
Baltimore Bullets
130–110
4–0
Won 4
5
October 29
Boston Celtics
138–96
5–0
Won 5
show
November: 15–2 (Home: 7–0 ; Road: 5–2 ; Neutral: 3–0)
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
Record
Streak
6
November 3
vs St. Louis Hawks
120–108
6–0
Won 6
7
November 4
San Francisco Warriors
134–129
7–0
Won 7
8
November 5
@ Boston Celtics
87–105
7–1
Lost 1
9
November 8
vs Detroit Pistons
118–100
8–1
Won 1
10
November 11
Chicago Bulls
126–113
9–1
Won 2
11
November 12
@ Cincinnati Royals
112–98
10–1
Won 3
12
November 13
@ Chicago Bulls
132–126
11–1
Won 4
13
November 15
@ New York Knicks
113–109
12–1
Won 5
14
November 16
New York Knicks
117–108
13–1
Won 6
15
November 18
vs Chicago Bulls
145–120
14–1
Won 7
16
November 19
Cincinnati Royals
134–110
15–1
Won 8
17
November 23
@ Cincinnati Royals
106–111
15–2
Lost 1
18
November 24
San Francisco Warriors
140–123
16–2
Won 1
19
November 25
@ Baltimore Bullets
129–115
17–2
Won 2
20
November 26
Detroit Pistons
131–123
18–2
Won 3
21
November 29
St. Louis Hawks
137–116
19–2
Won 4
22
November 30
@ Detroit Pistons
128–119
20–2
Won 5
show
December: 15–1 (Home: 6–0 ; Road: 7–1 ; Neutral: 2–0)
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
Record
Streak
23
December 2
Los Angeles Lakers
138–130
21–2
Won 6
24
December 3
@ Baltimore Bullets
137–120
22–2
Won 7
25
December 6
Chicago Bulls
129–119
23–2
Won 8
26
December 7
@ Chicago Bulls
117–103
24–2
Won 9
27
December 9
New York Knicks
112–107
25–2
Won 10
28
December 10
@ St. Louis Hawks
133–123
26–2
Won 11
29
December 11
@ Boston Celtics
103–117
26–3
Lost 1
30
December 13
@ New York Knicks
127–112
27–3
Won 1
31
December 16
St. Louis Hawks
124–113
28–3
Won 2
32
December 17
vs Detroit Pistons
120–105
29–3
Won 3
33
December 21
@ Los Angeles Lakers
129–123
30–3
Won 4
34
December 22
@ San Francisco Warriors
116–114
31–3
Won 5
35
December 23
@ Los Angeles Lakers
118–107
32–3
Won 6
36
December 26
Cincinnati Royals
134–118
33–3
Won 7
37
December 28
Boston Celtics
113–108
34–3
Won 8
38
December 30
vs Detroit Pistons
137–113
35–3
Won 9
show
January: 12–3 (Home: 6–1 ; Road: 4–1 ; Neutral: 2–1)
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
Record
Streak
39
January 3
@ New York Knicks
148–142 (OT)
36–3
Won 10
40
January 4
Chicago Bulls
136–115
37–3
Won 11
41
January 5
vs New York Knicks
104–112
37–4
Lost 1
42
January 6
Baltimore Bullets
121–115 (OT)
38–4
Won 1
43
January 8
@ Chicago Bulls
117–108
39–4
Won 2
44
January 13
St. Louis Hawks
125–107
40–4
Won 3
45
January 15
@ Boston Celtics
110–95
41–4
Won 4
46
January 17
New York Knicks
119–111
42–4
Won 5
47
January 18
@ Detroit Pistons
113–105
43–4
Won 6
48
January 19
vs Chicago Bulls
127–102
44–4
Won 7
49
January 20
Los Angeles Lakers
119–108
45–4
Won 8
50
January 23
vs St. Louis Hawks
112–105
46–4
Won 9
51
January 24
Boston Celtics
106–118
46–5
Lost 1
52
January 27
Cincinnati Royals
110–107
47–5
Won 1
53
January 29
@ St. Louis Hawks
108–114
47–6
Lost 1
show
February: 11–4 (Home: 2–0 ; Road: 4–3 ; Neutral: 5–1)
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
Record
Streak
54
February 1
@ Los Angeles Lakers
133–143
47–7
Lost 2
55
February 2
vs San Francisco Warriors
120–137
47–8
Lost 3
56
February 4
vs San Francisco Warriors
140–127
48–8
Won 1
57
February 5
@ Los Angeles Lakers
130–123
49–8
Won 2
58
February 7
vs San Francisco Warriors
126–123
50–8
Won 3
59
February 8
@ Cincinnati Royals
118–106
51–8
Won 4
60
February 10
Los Angeles Lakers
148–131
52–8
Won 5
61
February 11
@ Baltimore Bullets
133–139
52–9
Lost 1
62
February 12
@ Boston Celtics
112–113
52–10
Lost 2
63
February 13
Cincinnati Royals
131–123
53–10
Won 1
64
February 15
@ Detroit Pistons
127–121
54–10
Won 2
65
February 17
vs Cincinnati Royals
127–118
55–10
Won 3
66
February 19
@ St. Louis Hawks
123–122
56–10
Won 4
67
February 24
vs Baltimore Bullets
149–118
57–10
Won 5
68
February 28
vs Cincinnati Royals
127–107
58–10
Won 6
show
March: 10–3 (Home: 3–1 ; Road: 5–1 ; Neutral: 2–1)
Game
Date
Opponent
Score
Record
Streak
69
March 1
vs Chicago Bulls
122–129
58–11
Lost 1
70
March 2
San Francisco Warriors
136–128
59–11
Won 1
71
March 3
vs Detroit Pistons
129–103
60–11
Won 2
72
March 5
Detroit Pistons
131–106
61–11
Won 3
73
March 6
vs Los Angeles Lakers
119–117
62–11
Won 4
74
March 8
@ Boston Celtics
115–113 (OT)
63–11
Won 5
75
March 11
Boston Celtics
114–116
63–12
Lost 1
76
March 12
@ New York Knicks
131–120
64–12
Won 1
77
March 14
@ San Francisco Warriors
139–110
65–12
Won 2
78
March 15
@ Los Angeles Lakers
138–123
66–12
Won 3
79
March 16
@ San Francisco Warriors
131–145
66–13
Lost 1
80
March 18
Baltimore Bullets
135–119
67–13
Won 1
81
March 19
@ Baltimore Bullets
132–129
68–13
Won 2
Season schedule
Player stats [ ]
Note: GP= Games played; PTS= Points; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; BLK= Blocks; STL= Steals;
Playoffs [ ]
1967 playoff game log
show
Division Semifinals: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Series
1
March 21
Cincinnati
L 116–120
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
Wilt Chamberlain (22)
Chamberlain , Greer (5)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 5,097
0–1
2
March 22
@ Cincinnati
W 123–102
Wilt Chamberlain (37)
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (11)
Cincinnati Gardens 5,276
1–1
3
March 24
Cincinnati
W 121–106
Hal Greer (33)
Wilt Chamberlain (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (19)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 8,987
2–1
4
March 25
@ Cincinnati
W 112–94
Hal Greer (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (9)
Cincinnati Gardens 2,624
3–1
show
Division Finals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Series
1
March 31
Boston
W 127–113
Hal Greer (39)
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (13)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 9,239
1–0
2
April 2
@ Boston
W 107–102
Chet Walker (23)
Wilt Chamberlain (29)
Chamberlain , Greer (5)
Boston Garden 13,909
2–0
3
April 5
Boston
W 115–104
Hal Greer (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
Wilt Chamberlain (9)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 13,007
3–0
4
April 9
@ Boston
L 117–121
Luke Jackson (29)
Wilt Chamberlain (22)
Wilt Chamberlain (10)
Boston Garden 13,909
3–1
5
April 11
Boston
W 140–116
Hal Greer (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
Wilt Chamberlain (13)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 13,007
4–1
show
NBA Finals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Series
1
April 14
San Francisco
W 141–135 (OT)
Hal Greer (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (33)
Wilt Chamberlain (10)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 9,283
1–0
2
April 16
San Francisco
W 126–95
Hal Greer (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
Wilt Chamberlain (10)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 9,426
2–0
3
April 18
@ San Francisco
L 124–130
Wilt Chamberlain (26)
Wilt Chamberlain (26)
Wali Jones (7)
Cow Palace 14,773
2–1
4
April 20
@ San Francisco
W 122–108
Hal Greer (38)
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (8)
Cow Palace 15,117
3–1
5
April 23
San Francisco
L 109–117
Chet Walker (25)
Wilt Chamberlain (24)
Hal Greer (7)
Philadelphia Convention Hall 10,229
3–2
6
April 24
@ San Francisco
W 125–122
Wali Jones (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
Hal Greer (7)
Cow Palace 15,612
4–2
1967 schedule
Awards and Records [ ]
Wilt Chamberlain , NBA Most Valuable Player Award
Wilt Chamberlain, All-NBA First Team
Hal Greer , All-NBA Second Team
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