# 1965–66 Los Angeles Lakers season
## Regular season
### Season standings

| Western Divisionvte | 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

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
## Playoffs

1966 playoff game log :
Division finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 1
St. Louis
W 129–106
Jerry West (28)
Elgin Baylor (15)
Jerry West (12)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 11,509
1–0
2
April 3
St. Louis
W 125–116
Elgin Baylor (42)
Elgin Baylor (14)
Elgin Baylor (9)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,896
2–0
3
April 6
@ St. Louis
L 113–120
Jerry West (32)
Jerry West (11)
Jerry West (8)
Kiel Auditorium 8,318
2–1
4
April 9
@ St. Louis
W 107–95
Jerry West (42)
Elgin Baylor (13)
three players tied (4)
Kiel Auditorium 9,569
3–1
5
April 10
St. Louis
L 100–112
Jerry West (31)
Elgin Baylor (17)
Elgin Baylor (4)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14,297
3–2
6
April 13
@ St. Louis
L 131–127
Jerry West (38)
Elgin Baylor (13)
West, Hazzard (5)
Kiel Auditorium 8,614
3–3
7
April 15
St. Louis
W 130–121
Jerry West (35)
Elgin Baylor (11)
Baylor, LaRusso (7)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,200
4–3 :
NBA Finals: 3–4 (home: 1–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 17
@ Boston
W 133–129 (OT)
Jerry West (41)
Elgin Baylor (20)
Gail Goodrich (5)
Boston Garden 13,909
1–0
2
April 19
@ Boston
L 109–129
Jerry West (18)
Elgin Baylor (14)
Walt Hazzard (5)
Boston Garden 13,909
1–1
3
April 20
Boston
L 106–120
Jerry West (34)
Elgin Baylor (15)
Jim King (6)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,101
1–2
4
April 22
Boston
L 117–122
Jerry West (45)
Elgin Baylor (12)
Jerry West (10)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,251
1–3
5
April 24
@ Boston
W 121–117
Elgin Baylor (41)
Elgin Baylor (16)
Jerry West (5)
Boston Garden 13,909
2–3
6
April 26
Boston
W 123–115
Jerry West (32)
Elgin Baylor (14)
Jerry West (7)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 15,069
3–3
7
April 28
@ Boston
L 93–95
Jerry West (36)
Elgin Baylor (14)
West, Hazzard (3)
Boston Garden 13,909
3–4 :
1966 schedule :

## Awards and records
### Awards

* Jerry West, All-NBA First Team
* Jerry West, NBA All-Star Game
* Rudy LaRusso, NBA All-Star Game