1966 NBA Playoffs
The 1966 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1965-66 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
The Celtics won their eighth consecutive NBA title and ninth overall, defeating the Lakers in the Finals for a fifth straight time.
This was the last NBA playoffs under the "top team in each division gets a first-round bye" format established in the 1955 NBA Playoffs; the 1967 NBA Playoffs featured an eight-team tournament with no first-round byes.
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | |||||||||||
| Western Division | |||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Baltimore | 0 | |||||||||||
| W1 | L.A. Lakers | 3 | |||||||||||
| E2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 1 | |||||||||||
| Eastern Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||
Western Division
Champion: Los Angeles Lakers
Division Semifinals
(1) Los Angeles Lakers have division semifinals byes.
(2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (3) St. Louis Hawks: Hawks win series 3-0
- Game 1 @ Baltimore (March 24): St. Louis 113, Baltimore 111
- Game 2 @ Baltimore (March 27): St. Louis 105, Baltimore 100
- Game 3 @ St. Louis (March 30): St. Louis 121, Baltimore 112
Division Finals
(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) St. Louis Hawks: Lakers win series 4-3
- Game 1 @ Los Angeles (April 1): Los Angeles 129, St. Louis 106
- Game 2 @ Los Angeles (April 3): Los Angeles 125, St. Louis 116
- Game 3 @ St. Louis (April 6): St. Louis 120, Los Angeles 113
- Game 4 @ St. Louis (April 9): Los Angeles 107, St. Louis 95
- Game 5 @ Los Angeles (April 10): St. Louis 112, Los Angeles 100
- Game 6 @ St. Louis (April 13): St. Louis 131, Los Angeles 127
- Game 7 @ Los Angeles (April 15): Los Angeles 130, St. Louis 121
Eastern Division
Champion: Boston Celtics
Division Semifinals
(1) Philadelphia 76ers have division semifinals byes.
(2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Cincinnati Royals: Celtics win series 3-2
- Game 1 @ Boston (March 23): Cincinnati 107, Boston 103
- Game 2 @ Cincinnati (March 26): Boston 132, Cincinnati 125
- Game 3 @ Boston (March 27): Cincinnati 113, Boston 107
- Game 4 @ Cincinnati (March 30): Boston 120, Cincinnati 103
- Game 5 @ Boston (April 1): Boston 112, Cincinnati 103
Division Finals
(1) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Boston Celtics: Celtics win series 4-1
- Game 1 @ Philadelphia (April 3): Boston 115, Philadelphia 96
- Game 2 @ Boston (April 6): Boston 114, Philadelphia 93
- Game 3 @ Philadelphia (April 7): Philadelphia 111, Boston 105
- Game 4 @ Boston (April 10): Boston 114, Philadelphia 108 (OT)
- Game 5 @ Philadelphia (April 12): Boston 120, Philadelphia 112
NBA Finals
(2) Boston Celtics vs. (1) Los Angeles Lakers: Celtics win series 4-3
- Game 1 @ Boston (April 17): Los Angeles 133, Boston 129 (OT)
- Game 2 @ Boston (April 19): Boston 129, Los Angeles 109
- Game 3 @ Los Angeles (April 20): Boston 120, Los Angeles 106
- Game 4 @ Los Angeles (April 22): Boston 122, Los Angeles 117
- Game 5 @ Boston (April 24): Los Angeles 121, Boston 117
- Game 6 @ Los Angeles (April 26): Los Angeles 123, Boston 115
- Game 7 @ Boston (April 28): Boston 95, Los Angeles 93
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