1965–66 St. Louis Hawks season explained

Team:	St. Louis Hawks
Team Link:	Atlanta Hawks
End Year:	1966
Wins:	36
Losses:	44
Division:	Western
Division Place:	3
Coach:	Richie Guerin
Arena:	Kiel Auditorium
Playoffs:	West Division Finals (Eliminated 3–4)
Bbr Team:	STL

The 1965–66 NBA season was the Hawks' 17th season in the NBA and 11th season in St. Louis.^[1]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1965–66 NBA records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	CIN	DET	LAL	NYK	PHI	SFW	STL
	—	3–7	3–7	5–5	4–6	7–3	5–5	4–6	7–3
	7–3	—	5–5	6–4	7–3	10–0	4–6	8–2	7–3
	7–3	5–5	—	8–2	4–6	7–3	4–6	5–5	5–5
	5–5	4–6	2–8	—	2–8	2–8	3–7	2–8	2–8
	6–4	3–7	6–4	8–2	—	5–5	2–8	7–3	8–2
	3–7	0–10	3–7	8–2	5–5	—	2–8	5–5	4–6
	5–5	6–4	6–4	7–3	8–2	8–2	—	8–2	7–3
	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
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 15		111–100	Lenny Wilkens (28)	1–0
2	October 16		106–94	Lenny Wilkens (18)	1–1
3	October 20		99–119	Jim Washington (19)	1–2
4	October 23		110–120	Zelmo Beaty (24)	2–2
5	October 30		95–122	Zelmo Beaty (22)	3–2
6	November 3	@ Los Angeles	116–120	Richie Guerin (30)	3–3
7	November 5	@ Los Angeles	116–118	Richie Guerin (25)	3–4
8	November 6	Los Angeles	101–131	Zelmo Beaty (23)	4–4
9	November 10	@ Baltimore	117–124	Lenny Wilkens (27)	4–5
10	November 11	@ Boston	83–87	Zelmo Beaty (19)	4–6
11	November 13		113–138	Bridges, Wilkens (20)	5–6
12	November 16		98–107	Zelmo Beaty (20)	5–7
13	November 20	Detroit	101–110	Lenny Wilkens (20)	6–7
14	November 22	N San Francisco	108–112	Beaty, Guerin (29)	6–8
15	November 24	@ Cincinnati	108–112	Bill Bridges (31)	6–9
16	November 25	San Francisco	113–119	Lenny Wilkens (29)	7–9
17	November 27	Baltimore	110–136	Zelmo Beaty (30)	8–9
18	November 28	@ Baltimore	102–110	Richie Guerin (24)	8–10
19	November 30		119–138	Chico Vaughn (23)	8–11
20	December 1	@ Detroit	110–101	Zelmo Beaty (30)	9–11
21	December 4	Boston	100–94	Richie Guerin (23)	9–12
22	December 5	N San Francisco	113–99	Richie Guerin (30)	10–12
23	December 7	N Boston	96–112	Richie Guerin (22)	10–13
24	December 8	N New York	104–93	Beaty, Bridges (24)	11–13
25	December 10	New York	109–106	Cliff Hagan (26)	11–14
26	December 11	@ Los Angeles	108–126	John Barnhill (17)	11–15
27	December 12	@ Los Angeles	101–123	Cliff Hagan (25)	11–16
28	December 15	N San Francisco	113–128	Cliff Hagan (28)	11–17
29	December 17	@ San Francisco	103–102	Cliff Hagan (32)	12–17
30	December 25	@ New York	131–111	Beaty, Guerin (21)	13–17
31	December 26	Cincinnati	117–115	Bill Bridges (21)	13–18
32	December 27	N Los Angeles	100–108	Richie Guerin (25)	13–19
33	December 28	Los Angeles	107–100	Zelmo Beaty (20)	13–20
34	December 30	Philadelphia	113–130	Zelmo Beaty (22)	14–20
35	January 1	Boston	98–100	Lenny Wilkens (25)	15–20
36	January 3	N Cincinnati	114–130	Cliff Hagan (30)	15–21
37	January 5	@ Baltimore	101–114	Zelmo Beaty (22)	15–22
38	January 7	@ Detroit	97–137	Richie Guerin (22)	15–23
39	January 8	Philadelphia	105–115	Zelmo Beaty (36)	16–23
40	January 9	Philadelphia	127–117	Zelmo Beaty (30)	16–24
41	January 13	N Cincinnati	102–107	Lenny Wilkens (22)	16–25
42	January 14	Baltimore	121–119	Zelmo Beaty (35)	16–26
43	January 16	Baltimore	128–136	Cliff Hagan (33)	17–26
44	January 17	N New York	115–106	Zelmo Beaty (26)	18–26
45	January 18	New York	107–109	Lenny Wilkens (20)	19–26
46	January 20	N Detroit	103–92	Richie Guerin (25)	20–26
47	January 21	@ Detroit	108–117	Lenny Wilkens (23)	20–27
48	January 22	New York	111–119	Zelmo Beaty (28)	21–27
49	January 23	Philadelphia	104–98	Zelmo Beaty (33)	21–28
50	January 24	N Philadelphia	107–110	Zelmo Beaty (27)	21–29
51	January 25	San Francisco	107–142	Zelmo Beaty (22)	22–29
52	January 28	San Francisco	114–104	Lenny Wilkens (28)	22–30
53	January 29	@ Cincinnati	115–116	Zelmo Beaty (29)	22–31
54	January 30	Cincinnati	98–115	Lenny Wilkens (25)	23–31
55	February 2	N Philadelphia	96–89	Beaty, Hagan (21)	24–31
56	February 3	@ Baltimore	113–122	Zelmo Beaty (29)	24–32
57	February 4	@ Boston	95–117	Zelmo Beaty (17)	24–33
58	February 6	Los Angeles	105–109	Joe Caldwell (28)	25–33
59	February 7	N Baltimore	104–111	Lenny Wilkens (24)	25–34
60	February 13	Cincinnati	102–104	Bill Bridges (28)	26–34
61	February 15	N Philadelphia	109–121	Zelmo Beaty (28)	26–35
62	February 20	Baltimore	123–126	Joe Caldwell (30)	27–35
63	February 22	@ New York	108–113	Richie Guerin (32)	27–36
64	February 24	@ Boston	106–134	Zelmo Beaty (21)	27–37
65	February 27	Detroit	114–125	Lenny Wilkens (26)	28–37
66	February 28	N Detroit	108–103	Zelmo Beaty (28)	29–37
67	March 1	Boston	120–95	Zelmo Beaty (20)	29–38
68	March 4	N Boston	132–112	Caldwell, Thorn (28)	30–38
69	March 6	New York	106–119	Joe Caldwell (26)	31–38
70	March 7	N Boston	104–106	Zelmo Beaty (39)	31–39
71	March 8	N Philadelphia	106–112	Zelmo Beaty (26)	31–40
72	March 9	@ Philadelphia	115–123	Beaty, Wilkens (29)	31–41
73	March 12	@ Cincinnati	114–113	Zelmo Beaty (28)	32–41
74	March 13	Cincinnati	106–115	Lenny Wilkens (24)	33–41
75	March 15	N San Francisco	110–109	Zelmo Beaty (27)	34–41
76	March 17	@ San Francisco	112–116	Lenny Wilkens (29)	34–42
77	March 18	@ Los Angeles	120–132	Zelmo Beaty (31)	34–43
78	March 19	Detroit	112–115	Zelmo Beaty (25)	35–43
79	March 20	@ Detroit	121–117	Richie Guerin (37)	36–43
80	March 22	@ New York	125–126	Bill Bridges (20)	36–44

Playoffs

Notes and References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/STL/1966.html 1965–66 St. Louis Hawks