1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 45-35
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 7-7 Lost finals
Division Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Finals - Lost to Boston Celtics 4-3
Coach: Fred Schaus (45-35)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 426,467, Avg. 10,935 in 39 home dates

1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers Roster
1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers Results

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ended the 1965-66 season with a record of 45 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.

Los Angeles netted 9,557 points, tops in the circuit. The team gave up 9,309 points. Jerry West scored a team-leading 2,476 points for the Lakers, and Leroy Ellis contributed 735 rebounds. Jerry West dished out 480 assists for the squad.

Fred Schaus coached the team. The 1965-66 Los Angeles Lakers lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	79	3218	1731	818			977	840	562	480	243	2476
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	76	2316	897	410			445	350	660	165	261	1170
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	80	2198	1003	458			257	182	219	393	224	1098
Elgin Baylor	F	65	1975	1034	415			337	249	621	224	157	1079
Leroy Ellis	C-F	80	2219	927	393			256	186	735	74	232	972
Bob Boozer	F	78	1847	754	365			289	225	548	87	196	955
Jim King	G	76	1499	545	238			115	94	204	223	181	570
Gail Goodrich	G	65	1008	503	203			149	103	130	103	103	509
Darrall Imhoff	C	77	1413	337	151			136	77	509	113	234	379
Gene Wiley	C	67	1386	289	123			76	43	490	63	171	289
John Fairchild	F	30	171	89	23			20	14	45	11	33	60
Totals		773	19250	8109	3597	0	0	3057	2363	4723	1936	2035	9557

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	79	40.7	47.3	86.0	7.1	6.1	3.1	31.3
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	76	30.5	45.7	78.7	8.7	2.2	3.4	15.4
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	80	27.5	45.7	70.8	2.7	4.9	2.8	13.7
Elgin Baylor	F	65	30.4	40.1	73.9	9.6	3.4	2.4	16.6
Leroy Ellis	C-F	80	27.7	42.4	72.7	9.2	0.9	2.9	12.2
Bob Boozer	F	78	23.7	48.4	77.9	7.0	1.1	2.5	12.2
Jim King	G	76	19.7	43.7	81.7	2.7	2.9	2.4	7.5
Gail Goodrich	G	65	15.5	40.4	69.1	2.0	1.6	1.6	7.8
Darrall Imhoff	C	77	18.4	44.8	56.6	6.6	1.5	3.0	4.9
Gene Wiley	C	67	20.7	42.6	56.6	7.3	0.9	2.6	4.3
John Fairchild	F	30	5.7	25.8	70.0	1.5	0.4	1.1	2.0
Averages		773	24.9	44.4	77.3	6.1	2.5	2.6	12.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	14	619	357	185			125	109	88	79	40	479
Elgin Baylor	F	14	586	328	145			105	85	197	52	38	375
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	14	397	124	57			67	53	99	26	47	167
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	14	340	142	70			42	26	41	44	40	166
Leroy Ellis	C-F	14	426	138	56			39	25	133	8	52	137
Gail Goodrich	G	11	290	92	43			43	29	42	33	35	115
Jim King	G	13	287	84	35			17	12	33	31	40	82
Bob Boozer	F	10	181	65	26			20	15	50	7	20	67
Darrall Imhoff	C	14	243	40	14			18	13	81	30	42	41
Tom Hoover	C	4	11	3	2			0	0	3	1	3	4
Gene Wiley	C	2	5	1	0			0	0	1	0	1	0
Totals		124	3385	1374	633	0	0	476	367	768	311	358	1633

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jerry West	G-F	14	44.2	51.8	87.2	6.3	5.6	2.9	34.2
Elgin Baylor	F	14	41.9	44.2	81.0	14.1	3.7	2.7	26.8
Rudy LaRusso	F-C	14	28.4	46.0	79.1	7.1	1.9	3.4	11.9
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	G	14	24.3	49.3	61.9	2.9	3.1	2.9	11.9
Leroy Ellis	C-F	14	30.4	40.6	64.1	9.5	0.6	3.7	9.8
Gail Goodrich	G	11	26.4	46.7	67.4	3.8	3.0	3.2	10.5
Jim King	G	13	22.1	41.7	70.6	2.5	2.4	3.1	6.3
Bob Boozer	F	10	18.1	40.0	75.0	5.0	0.7	2.0	6.7
Darrall Imhoff	C	14	17.4	35.0	72.2	5.8	2.1	3.0	2.9
Tom Hoover	C	4	2.8	66.7		0.8	0.3	0.8	1.0
Gene Wiley	C	2	2.5	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		773	27.3	46.1	77.1	6.2	2.5	2.9	13.2