# 1966–67 St. Louis Hawks season

The 1966–67 NBA season was the Hawks' 18th season in the NBA as well as the 12th and penultimate season in St. Louis.

## Regular season

After the Hawks extended the Western Division champions Los Angeles Lakers to seven games in the 1966 playoffs, they entered the new season with reason for optimism. But on Nov. 8, in the ninth game of the season, All-Star center Zelmo Beaty was injured early in a 135–121 victory against the Knicks in New York and sat out nine weeks as a result. When Beaty returned in mid-January, the team had an 18–21 record and little if any hope to catch the upstart San Francisco Warriors in the division race. The Hawks swept the expansion Chicago Bulls in three games in the first round of the playoffs before they were ousted by the Warriors in six games in the finals.

### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-San Francisco Warriors | 44 | 37 | .543 | – | 18–10 | 11–19 | 15–8 | 24–12 |
| x-St. Louis Hawks | 39 | 42 | .481 | 5 | 18–11 | 12–21 | 9–10 | 21–15 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 36 | 45 | .444 | 8 | 21–18 | 12–20 | 3–7 | 14–22 |
| x-Chicago Bulls | 33 | 48 | .407 | 11 | 17–19 | 9–17 | 7–12 | 17–19 |
| Detroit Pistons | 30 | 51 | .370 | 14 | 12–18 | 9–19 | 9–14 | 14–22 |
    x – clinched playoff spot

### Record vs. opponents

1966-67 NBA Records :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 1–8 | 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
## Playoffs

1967 playoff game log :
Division Semifinals: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 21
Chicago
W 114–100
Lou Hudson (26)
Bridges, Silas (14)
Lenny Wilkens (6)
Kiel Auditorium 4,704
1–0
2
March 23
@ Chicago
W 113–107
Lou Hudson (29)
Bill Bridges (12)
Richie Guerin (6)
International Amphitheatre 3,739
2–0
3
March 25
Chicago
W 119–106
Lenny Wilkens (27)
Bill Bridges (28)
Lenny Wilkens (8)
Kiel Auditorium 7,018
3–0 :
Division Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 30
@ San Francisco
L 115–117
Lou Hudson (36)
Bill Bridges (21)
Lenny Wilkens (6)
Cow Palace 7,813
0–1
2
April 1
@ San Francisco
L 136–143
Bill Bridges (26)
Bill Bridges (22)
Lenny Wilkens (9)
Cow Palace 12,337
0–2
3
April 5
San Francisco
W 115–109
Bill Bridges (25)
Bill Bridges (32)
Lenny Wilkens (7)
Kiel Auditorium 8,042
1–2
4
April 8
San Francisco
W 109–104
Joe Caldwell (24)
Bill Bridges (17)
Lenny Wilkens (11)
Kiel Auditorium 10,016
2–2
5
April 10
@ San Francisco
L 102–123
Richie Guerin (19)
Bill Bridges (17)
Lenny Wilkens (7)
Cow Palace 10,311
2–3
6
April 12
San Francisco
L 107–112
Zelmo Beaty (28)
Zelmo Beaty (16)
Lenny Wilkens (6)
Kiel Auditorium 8,004
2–4 :
1967 schedule :