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1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season

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1965–66 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachPaul Seymour
General managerBuddy Jeannette
Owner(s)Abe Pollin
ArenaBaltimore Civic Center
Results
Record38–42 (.475)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Hawks 0–3)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWJZ-TV
RadioWBAL
< 1964–65 1966–67 >

The 1965–66 NBA season was the Bullets' 5th season in the NBA and 3rd season in the city of Baltimore.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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1965–66 NBA records
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

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1965–66 game log
# 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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1966 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–3 (home: 0–2; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 March 24 St. Louis L 111–113 Don Ohl (38) Green, Howell (11) Johnny Egan (9) Baltimore Civic Center
3,587
0–1
2 March 27 St. Louis L 100–105 Jim Barnes (27) Bob Ferry (17) Johnny Egan (8) Baltimore Civic Center
13,104
0–2
3 March 30 @ St. Louis L 112–121 Don Ohl (32) Bailey Howell (12) Johnny Egan (6) Kiel Auditorium
7,135
0–3
1966 schedule

Awards and records

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References

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