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1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season

Second NBA championship season, first in Philadelphia

Field	Value
team	Philadelphia 76ers
end_year	1967
DivisionWin	yes
ChampionshipWin	yes
wins	68
losses	13
division	Eastern
division_place	1
coach	Alex Hannum
gm	Jack Ramsay
owner	Irv Kosloff
arena	Philadelphia Arena and Civic Center-Convention Hall
television	WFIL-TV
radio	WCAU
playoffs	[NBA champions](1967-nba-finals)
(Defeated [Warriors](1966-67-san-francisco-warriors-season) 4–2)
bbr_team	PHI

(Defeated Warriors 4–2)

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 (which had originally been set by the 1946–47 Washington Capitols in the NBA's official first season of play when the NBA was originally named the Basketball Association of America (BAA)) 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)		St. Joseph's

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 15 || New York Knicks || 128–112 || 1–0 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 21 || St. Louis Hawks || 119–110 || 2–0 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 22 || @ Baltimore Bullets || 141–112 || 3–0 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 25 || Baltimore Bullets || 130–110 || 4–0 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 29 || Boston Celtics || 138–96 || 5–0 || Won 5 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || November 3 || vs St. Louis Hawks || 120–108 || 6–0 || Won 6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || November 4 || San Francisco Warriors || 134–129 || 7–0 || Won 7 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 8 || November 5 || @ Boston Celtics || 87–105 || 7–1 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || November 8 || vs Detroit Pistons || 118–100 || 8–1 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || November 11 || Chicago Bulls || 126–113 || 9–1 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || November 12 || @ Cincinnati Royals || 112–98 || 10–1 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || November 13 || @ Chicago Bulls || 132–126 || 11–1 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || November 15 || @ New York Knicks || 113–109 || 12–1 || Won 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || November 16 || New York Knicks || 117–108 || 13–1 || Won 6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || November 18 || vs Chicago Bulls || 145–120 || 14–1 || Won 7 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || November 19 || Cincinnati Royals || 134–110 || 15–1 || Won 8 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 17 || November 23 || @ Cincinnati Royals || 106–111 || 15–2 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || November 24 || San Francisco Warriors || 140–123 || 16–2 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || November 25 || @ Baltimore Bullets || 129–115 || 17–2 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || November 26 || Detroit Pistons || 131–123 || 18–2 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || November 29 || St. Louis Hawks || 137–116 || 19–2 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || November 30 || @ Detroit Pistons || 128–119 || 20–2 || Won 5 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || December 2 || Los Angeles Lakers || 138–130 || 21–2 || Won 6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || December 3 || @ Baltimore Bullets || 137–120 || 22–2 || Won 7 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || December 6 || Chicago Bulls || 129–119 || 23–2 || Won 8 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || December 7 || @ Chicago Bulls || 117–103 || 24–2 || Won 9 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || December 9 || New York Knicks || 112–107 || 25–2 || Won 10 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || December 10 || @ St. Louis Hawks || 133–123 || 26–2 || Won 11 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 29 || December 11 || @ Boston Celtics || 103–117 || 26–3 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || December 13 || @ New York Knicks || 127–112 || 27–3 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || December 16 || St. Louis Hawks || 124–113 || 28–3 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || December 17 || vs Detroit Pistons || 120–105 || 29–3 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || December 21 || @ Los Angeles Lakers || 129–123 || 30–3 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || December 22 || @ San Francisco Warriors || 116–114 || 31–3 || Won 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || December 23 || @ Los Angeles Lakers || 118–107 || 32–3 || Won 6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || December 26 || Cincinnati Royals || 134–118 || 33–3 || Won 7 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || December 28 || Boston Celtics || 113–108 || 34–3 || Won 8 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || December 30 || vs Detroit Pistons || 137–113 || 35–3 || Won 9 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || January 3 || @ New York Knicks || 148–142 (OT) || 36–3 || Won 10 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || January 4 || Chicago Bulls || 136–115 || 37–3 || Won 11 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 41 || January 5 || vs New York Knicks || 104–112 || 37–4 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || January 6 || Baltimore Bullets || 121–115 (OT) || 38–4 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || January 8 || @ Chicago Bulls || 117–108 || 39–4 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || January 13 || St. Louis Hawks || 125–107 || 40–4 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || January 15 || @ Boston Celtics || 110–95 || 41–4 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || January 17 || New York Knicks || 119–111 || 42–4 || Won 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || January 18 || @ Detroit Pistons || 113–105 || 43–4 || Won 6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || January 19 || vs Chicago Bulls || 127–102 || 44–4 || Won 7 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || January 20 || Los Angeles Lakers || 119–108 || 45–4 || Won 8 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || January 23 || vs St. Louis Hawks || 112–105 || 46–4 || Won 9 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 51 || January 24 || Boston Celtics || 106–118 || 46–5 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || January 27 || Cincinnati Royals || 110–107 || 47–5 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 53 || January 29 || @ St. Louis Hawks || 108–114 || 47–6 || Lost 1 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 54 || February 1 || @ Los Angeles Lakers || 133–143 || 47–7 || Lost 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 55 || February 2 || vs San Francisco Warriors || 120–137 || 47–8 || Lost 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || February 4 || vs San Francisco Warriors || 140–127 || 48–8 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || February 5 || @ Los Angeles Lakers || 130–123 || 49–8 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || February 7 || vs San Francisco Warriors || 126–123 || 50–8 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || February 8 || @ Cincinnati Royals || 118–106 || 51–8 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || February 10 || Los Angeles Lakers || 148–131 || 52–8 || Won 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 61 || February 11 || @ Baltimore Bullets || 133–139 || 52–9 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 62 || February 12 || @ Boston Celtics || 112–113 || 52–10 || Lost 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || February 13 || Cincinnati Royals || 131–123 || 53–10 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || February 15 || @ Detroit Pistons || 127–121 || 54–10 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || February 17 || vs Cincinnati Royals || 127–118 || 55–10 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || February 19 || @ St. Louis Hawks || 123–122 || 56–10 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || February 24 || vs Baltimore Bullets || 149–118 || 57–10 || Won 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || February 28 || vs Cincinnati Royals || 127–107 || 58–10 || Won 6 |- |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 69 || March 1 || vs Chicago Bulls || 122–129 || 58–11 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || March 2 || San Francisco Warriors || 136–128 || 59–11 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || March 3 || vs Detroit Pistons || 129–103 || 60–11 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || March 5 || Detroit Pistons || 131–106 || 61–11 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || March 6 || vs Los Angeles Lakers || 119–117 || 62–11 || Won 4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || March 8 || @ Boston Celtics || 115–113 (OT) || 63–11 || Won 5 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 75 || March 11 || Boston Celtics || 114–116 || 63–12 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || March 12 || @ New York Knicks || 131–120 || 64–12 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || March 14 || @ San Francisco Warriors || 139–110 || 65–12 || Won 2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || March 15 || @ Los Angeles Lakers || 138–123 || 66–12 || Won 3 |-align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" | 79 || March 16 || @ San Francisco Warriors || 131–145 || 66–13 || Lost 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || March 18 || Baltimore Bullets || 135–119 || 67–13 || Won 1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || March 19 || @ Baltimore Bullets || 132–129 || 68–13 || Won 2

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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

3–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
March 31
Boston
W 127–113
Hal Greer (39)
Wilt Chamberlain (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (13)
Palestra
9,239
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
April 2
@ Boston
W 107–102
Chet Walker (23)
Wilt Chamberlain (29)
Chamberlain, Greer (5)
Boston Garden
13,909
2–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
April 5
Boston
W 115–104
Hal Greer (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (41)
Wilt Chamberlain (9)
Philadelphia Convention Hall
13,007
3–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
April 9
@ Boston
L 117–121
Luke Jackson (29)
Wilt Chamberlain (22)
Wilt Chamberlain (10)
Boston Garden
13,909
3–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
5
April 11
Boston
W 140–116
Hal Greer (32)
Wilt Chamberlain (36)
Wilt Chamberlain (13)
Philadelphia Convention Hall
13,007
4–1
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
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
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
April 16
San Francisco
W 126–95
Hal Greer (30)
Wilt Chamberlain (38)
Wilt Chamberlain (10)
Philadelphia Convention Hall
9,426
2–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
April 18
@ San Francisco
L 124–130
Wilt Chamberlain (26)
Wilt Chamberlain (26)
Wali Jones (7)
Cow Palace
14,773
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
April 20
@ San Francisco
W 122–108
Hal Greer (38)
Wilt Chamberlain (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (8)
Cow Palace
15,117
3–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
April 23
San Francisco
L 109–117
Chet Walker (25)
Wilt Chamberlain (24)
Hal Greer (7)
Philadelphia Convention Hall
10,229
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
6
April 24
@ San Francisco
W 125–122
Wali Jones (27)
Wilt Chamberlain (23)
Hal Greer (7)
Cow Palace
15,612
4–2
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Awards and records

Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
Wilt Chamberlain, All-NBA First Team
Hal Greer, All-NBA Second Team

References

Sachare, Alex. (2008). "NBA Encyclopedia Playoff Edition: The Best Team Ever".
(June 18, 2024). "Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever".

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