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1965–66 St. Louis Hawks season

{{short description|NBA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| 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

| television =

| radio =

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

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{1965–66 NBA West standings|team=STL}}

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=10|1965–66 NBA records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#002854;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|CIN

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|DET

!style="background:#004B87;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|LAL

!style="background:#003EA4;color:#FF8C00;width=35"|NYK

!style="background:#C90F2E;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|PHI

!style="background:#FFC62C;color:#012F6B;width=35"|SFW

!style="background:#69B3E6;color:#C70F2E;width=35"|STL

style="text-align:left;" | Baltimore—3–73–75–54–67–35–54–67–3
style="text-align:left;" | Boston7–3—5–56–47–310–04–68–27–3
style="text-align:left;" | Cincinnati7–35–5—8–24–67–34–65–55–5
style="text-align:left;" | Detroit5–54–62–8—2–82–83–72–82–8
style="text-align:left;" | Los Angeles6–43–76–48–2—5–52–87–38–2
style="text-align:left;" | New York3–70–103–78–25–5—2–85–54–6
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia5–56–46–47–38–28–2—8–27–3
style="text-align:left;" | San Francisco6–42–85–58–23–75–52–8—4–6
style="text-align:left;" | St. Louis3–73–75–58–22–86–43–76–4—

=Game log=

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colspan=11 style="background:#00004d; color:#C41E3A;" | 1965–66 Game log
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| #

DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
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| 1

October 15@ Cincinnati111–100Lenny Wilkens (28)1–0
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| 2

October 16Los Angeles106–94Lenny Wilkens (18)1–1
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| 3

October 20@ Baltimore99–119Jim Washington (19)1–2
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| 4

October 23Boston110–120Zelmo Beaty (24)2–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 5

October 30Detroit95–122Zelmo Beaty (22)3–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 6

November 3@ Los Angeles116–120Richie Guerin (30)3–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 7

November 5@ Los Angeles116–118Richie Guerin (25)3–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 8

November 6Los Angeles101–131Zelmo Beaty (23)4–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 9

November 10@ Baltimore117–124Lenny Wilkens (27)4–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 10

November 11@ Boston83–87Zelmo Beaty (19)4–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 11

November 13San Francisco113–138Bridges, Wilkens (20)5–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 12

November 16N Philadelphia98–107Zelmo Beaty (20)5–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 13

November 20Detroit101–110Lenny Wilkens (20)6–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 14

November 22N San Francisco108–112Beaty, Guerin (29)6–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 15

November 24@ Cincinnati108–112Bill Bridges (31)6–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 16

November 25San Francisco113–119Lenny Wilkens (29)7–9
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| 17

November 27Baltimore110–136Zelmo Beaty (30)8–9
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| 18

November 28@ Baltimore102–110Richie Guerin (24)8–10
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| 19

November 30@ New York119–138Chico Vaughn (23)8–11
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| 20

December 1@ Detroit110–101Zelmo Beaty (30)9–11
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| 21

December 4Boston100–94Richie Guerin (23)9–12
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| 22

December 5N San Francisco113–99Richie Guerin (30)10–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 23

December 7N Boston96–112Richie Guerin (22)10–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 24

December 8N New York104–93Beaty, Bridges (24)11–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 25

December 10New York109–106Cliff Hagan (26)11–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 26

December 11@ Los Angeles108–126John Barnhill (17)11–15
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| 27

December 12@ Los Angeles101–123Cliff Hagan (25)11–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 28

December 15N San Francisco113–128Cliff Hagan (28)11–17
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| 29

December 17@ San Francisco103–102Cliff Hagan (32)12–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 30

December 25@ New York131–111Beaty, Guerin (21)13–17
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| 31

December 26Cincinnati117–115Bill Bridges (21)13–18
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 32

December 27N Los Angeles100–108Richie Guerin (25)13–19
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 33

December 28Los Angeles107–100Zelmo Beaty (20)13–20
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| 34

December 30Philadelphia113–130Zelmo Beaty (22)14–20
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| 35

January 1Boston98–100Lenny Wilkens (25)15–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 36

January 3N Cincinnati114–130Cliff Hagan (30)15–21
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 37

January 5@ Baltimore101–114Zelmo Beaty (22)15–22
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 38

January 7@ Detroit97–137Richie Guerin (22)15–23
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 39

January 8Philadelphia105–115Zelmo Beaty (36)16–23
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 40

January 9Philadelphia127–117Zelmo Beaty (30)16–24
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 41

January 13N Cincinnati102–107Lenny Wilkens (22)16–25
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 42

January 14Baltimore121–119Zelmo Beaty (35)16–26
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 43

January 16Baltimore128–136Cliff Hagan (33)17–26
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 44

January 17N New York115–106Zelmo Beaty (26)18–26
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 45

January 18New York107–109Lenny Wilkens (20)19–26
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 46

January 20N Detroit103–92Richie Guerin (25)20–26
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 47

January 21@ Detroit108–117Lenny Wilkens (23)20–27
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 48

January 22New York111–119Zelmo Beaty (28)21–27
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 49

January 23Philadelphia104–98Zelmo Beaty (33)21–28
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 50

January 24N Philadelphia107–110Zelmo Beaty (27)21–29
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 51

January 25San Francisco107–142Zelmo Beaty (22)22–29
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 52

January 28San Francisco114–104Lenny Wilkens (28)22–30
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 53

January 29@ Cincinnati115–116Zelmo Beaty (29)22–31
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 54

January 30Cincinnati98–115Lenny Wilkens (25)23–31
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 55

February 2N Philadelphia96–89Beaty, Hagan (21)24–31
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| 56

February 3@ Baltimore113–122Zelmo Beaty (29)24–32
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 57

February 4@ Boston95–117Zelmo Beaty (17)24–33
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 58

February 6Los Angeles105–109Joe Caldwell (28)25–33
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| 59

February 7N Baltimore104–111Lenny Wilkens (24)25–34
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| 60

February 13Cincinnati102–104Bill Bridges (28)26–34
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| 61

February 15N Philadelphia109–121Zelmo Beaty (28)26–35
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| 62

February 20Baltimore123–126Joe Caldwell (30)27–35
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 63

February 22@ New York108–113Richie Guerin (32)27–36
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 64

February 24@ Boston106–134Zelmo Beaty (21)27–37
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 65

February 27Detroit114–125Lenny Wilkens (26)28–37
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 66

February 28N Detroit108–103Zelmo Beaty (28)29–37
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 67

March 1Boston120–95Zelmo Beaty (20)29–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 68

March 4N Boston132–112Caldwell, Thorn (28)30–38
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 69

March 6New York106–119Joe Caldwell (26)31–38
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 70

March 7N Boston104–106Zelmo Beaty (39)31–39
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 71

March 8N Philadelphia106–112Zelmo Beaty (26)31–40
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 72

March 9@ Philadelphia115–123Beaty, Wilkens (29)31–41
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 73

March 12@ Cincinnati114–113Zelmo Beaty (28)32–41
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 74

March 13Cincinnati106–115Lenny Wilkens (24)33–41
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 75

March 15N San Francisco110–109Zelmo Beaty (27)34–41
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 76

March 17@ San Francisco112–116Lenny Wilkens (29)34–42
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 77

March 18@ Los Angeles120–132Zelmo Beaty (31)34–43
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 78

March 19Detroit112–115Zelmo Beaty (25)35–43
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 79

March 20@ Detroit121–117Richie Guerin (37)36–43
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 80

March 22@ New York125–126Bill Bridges (20)36–44

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|St. Louis Hawks|end_year=1966|playoffs=yes}}

{{NBA game log section|St. Louis Hawks|Division Semifinals|first=yes|show=no|playoffs=yes

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 0

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| March 24

| @ Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196603240BAL.html W 113–111]

| Joe Caldwell (33)

| Bill Bridges (19)

| Richie Guerin (12)

| Baltimore Civic Center
3,587

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| March 27

| @ Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196603270BAL.html W 105–100]

| Richie Guerin (25)

| Bill Bridges (19)

| Richie Guerin (8)

| Baltimore Civic Center
13,104

| 2–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| March 30

| Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196603300STL.html W 121–112]

| Bill Bridges (32)

| Bill Bridges (20)

| Lenny Wilkens (10)

| Kiel Auditorium
7,135

| 3–0

|-

{{NBA game log section|St. Louis Hawks|Division Finals|show=no|playoffs=yes

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| April 1

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604010LAL.html L 106–129]

| Beaty, Guerin (22)

| Zelmo Beaty (14)

| Richie Guerin (8)

| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
11,509

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 3

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604030LAL.html L 116–125]

| Zelmo Beaty (36)

| Bill Bridges (16)

| Lenny Wilkens (9)

| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,896

| 0–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| April 6

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604060STL.html W 120–113]

| Bill Bridges (27)

| Bill Bridges (17)

| Richie Guerin (8)

| Kiel Auditorium
8,318

| 1–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| April 9

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604090STL.html L 95–107]

| Zelmo Beaty (22)

| Zelmo Beaty (19)

| Richie Guerin (7)

| Kiel Auditorium
9,569

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| April 10

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604100LAL.html W 112–100]

| Lenny Wilkens (29)

| Zelmo Beaty (19)

| Lenny Wilkens (12)

| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,297

| 2–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| April 13

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604130STL.html W 127–131]

| Bill Bridges (29)

| Bridges, Beaty (11)

| Richie Guerin (11)

| Kiel Auditorium
8,614

| 3–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 7

| April 15

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196604150LAL.html L 121–130]

| Cliff Hagan (29)

| Bill Bridges (13)

| Richie Guerin (5)

| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,200

| 3–4

|-

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=STL|end_year=1966|playoffs=yes}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{1965–66 NBA season by team}}

{{Atlanta Hawks seasons}}

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