# 1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season

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. 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.
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. 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 eight consecutive titles and 9 out of the previous 10) 4 games to 1. In the Finals, they defeated the San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2.
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. Despite that, HoopsHype listed this 76ers squad as a team with the 23rd easiest NBA Finals championship route in 2024 due to the records of the first round opponent in the Cincinnati Royals and championship round opponent in the San Francisco Warriors respectively, with their Eastern Conference Finals opponent in the Boston Celtics saving this squad from an even easier route by comparison.

## Offseason
### NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 9 | Matt Guokas | (G/F) | United States | St. Joseph's |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Eastern Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 68 | 13 | .840 | – | 28–2 | 26–8 | 14–3 | 28–8 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 60 | 21 | .741 | 8 | 27–4 | 25–11 | 8–6 | 30–6 |
| x-Cincinnati Royals | 39 | 42 | .481 | 29 | 20–11 | 12–24 | 7–7 | 14–22 |
| x-New York Knicks | 36 | 45 | .444 | 32 | 20–15 | 9–24 | 7–6 | 11–25 |
| Baltimore Bullets | 20 | 61 | .247 | 48 | 12–20 | 3–30 | 5–11 | 7–29 |

### 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 :
October: 5–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
1October 15New York Knicks128–1121–0Won 1
2October 21St. Louis Hawks119–1102–0Won 2
3October 22@ Baltimore Bullets141–1123–0Won 3
4October 25Baltimore Bullets130–1104–0Won 4
5October 29Boston Celtics138–965–0Won 5 :
November: 15–2 (Home: 7–0; Road: 5–2; Neutral: 3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
6November 3vs St. Louis Hawks120–1086–0Won 6
7November 4San Francisco Warriors134–1297–0Won 7
8November 5@ Boston Celtics87–1057–1Lost 1
9November 8vs Detroit Pistons118–1008–1Won 1
10November 11Chicago Bulls126–1139–1Won 2
11November 12@ Cincinnati Royals112–9810–1Won 3
12November 13@ Chicago Bulls132–12611–1Won 4
13November 15@ New York Knicks113–10912–1Won 5
14November 16New York Knicks117–10813–1Won 6
15November 18vs Chicago Bulls145–12014–1Won 7
16November 19Cincinnati Royals134–11015–1Won 8
17November 23@ Cincinnati Royals106–11115–2Lost 1
18November 24San Francisco Warriors140–12316–2Won 1
19November 25@ Baltimore Bullets129–11517–2Won 2
20November 26Detroit Pistons131–12318–2Won 3
21November 29St. Louis Hawks137–11619–2Won 4
22November 30@ Detroit Pistons128–11920–2Won 5 :
December: 15–1 (Home: 6–0; Road: 7–1; Neutral: 2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
23December 2Los Angeles Lakers138–13021–2Won 6
24December 3@ Baltimore Bullets137–12022–2Won 7
25December 6Chicago Bulls129–11923–2Won 8
26December 7@ Chicago Bulls117–10324–2Won 9
27December 9New York Knicks112–10725–2Won 10
28December 10@ St. Louis Hawks133–12326–2Won 11
29December 11@ Boston Celtics103–11726–3Lost 1
30December 13@ New York Knicks127–11227–3Won 1
31December 16St. Louis Hawks124–11328–3Won 2
32December 17vs Detroit Pistons120–10529–3Won 3
33December 21@ Los Angeles Lakers129–12330–3Won 4
34December 22@ San Francisco Warriors116–11431–3Won 5
35December 23@ Los Angeles Lakers118–10732–3Won 6
36December 26Cincinnati Royals134–11833–3Won 7
37December 28Boston Celtics113–10834–3Won 8
38December 30vs Detroit Pistons137–11335–3Won 9 :
January: 12–3 (Home: 6–1; Road: 4–1; Neutral: 2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
39January 3@ New York Knicks148–142 (OT)36–3Won 10
40January 4Chicago Bulls136–11537–3Won 11
41January 5vs New York Knicks104–11237–4Lost 1
42January 6Baltimore Bullets121–115 (OT)38–4Won 1
43January 8@ Chicago Bulls117–10839–4Won 2
44January 13St. Louis Hawks125–10740–4Won 3
45January 15@ Boston Celtics110–9541–4Won 4
46January 17New York Knicks119–11142–4Won 5
47January 18@ Detroit Pistons113–10543–4Won 6
48January 19vs Chicago Bulls127–10244–4Won 7
49January 20Los Angeles Lakers119–10845–4Won 8
50January 23vs St. Louis Hawks112–10546–4Won 9
51January 24Boston Celtics106–11846–5Lost 1
52January 27Cincinnati Royals110–10747–5Won 1
53January 29@ St. Louis Hawks108–11447–6Lost 1 :
February: 11–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–3; Neutral: 5–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
54February 1@ Los Angeles Lakers133–14347–7Lost 2
55February 2vs San Francisco Warriors120–13747–8Lost 3
56February 4vs San Francisco Warriors140–12748–8Won 1
57February 5@ Los Angeles Lakers130–12349–8Won 2
58February 7vs San Francisco Warriors126–12350–8Won 3
59February 8@ Cincinnati Royals118–10651–8Won 4
60February 10Los Angeles Lakers148–13152–8Won 5
61February 11@ Baltimore Bullets133–13952–9Lost 1
62February 12@ Boston Celtics112–11352–10Lost 2
63February 13Cincinnati Royals131–12353–10Won 1
64February 15@ Detroit Pistons127–12154–10Won 2
65February 17vs Cincinnati Royals127–11855–10Won 3
66February 19@ St. Louis Hawks123–12256–10Won 4
67February 24vs Baltimore Bullets149–11857–10Won 5
68February 28vs Cincinnati Royals127–10758–10Won 6 :
March: 10–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–1; Neutral: 2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordStreak
69March 1vs Chicago Bulls122–12958–11Lost 1
70March 2San Francisco Warriors136–12859–11Won 1
71March 3vs Detroit Pistons129–10360–11Won 2
72March 5Detroit Pistons131–10661–11Won 3
73March 6vs Los Angeles Lakers119–11762–11Won 4
74March 8@ Boston Celtics115–113 (OT)63–11Won 5
75March 11Boston Celtics114–11663–12Lost 1
76March 12@ New York Knicks131–12064–12Won 1
77March 14@ San Francisco Warriors139–11065–12Won 2
78March 15@ Los Angeles Lakers138–12366–12Won 3
79March 16@ San Francisco Warriors131–14566–13Lost 1
80March 18Baltimore Bullets135–11967–13Won 1
81March 19@ Baltimore Bullets132–12968–13Won 2 :
Season schedule :

## Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; PTS= Points; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; BLK= Blocks; STL= Steals;
| Player | GP | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | STL |

## Playoffs

1967 playoff game log :
Division Semifinals: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
Division Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
March 31
Boston
W 127–113
Hal Greer (39)
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (13)
Palestra 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 :
NBA Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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