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1965-66 NBA West standings
The Los Angeles Lakers won the 1965-66 NBA West division race at 45-35, 7 games ahead of the Baltimore Bullets.
🏆The 1965-66 playoffs, series by series
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West standings, 1965-66
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers (LAL) x | 45 | 35 | .563 | - | 7-3 | W1 |
| Baltimore Bullets (BLT) x | 38 | 42 | .475 | 7 | 5-5 | L1 |
| St. Louis Hawks (STL) x | 36 | 44 | .450 | 9 | 5-5 | L1 |
| San Francisco Warriors (SFW) | 35 | 45 | .438 | 10 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Detroit Pistons (DET) | 22 | 58 | .275 | 23 | 3-7 | L5 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 6 times.
- The Los Angeles Lakers trailed by as many as 1.5 games on November 9, 1965.
- The Los Angeles Lakers took first place for good on November 16, 1965.
- The San Francisco Warriors led by 1.5 games as late as November 9, 1965.
- The Los Angeles Lakers went 12-8 from November 9, 1965 to December 12, 1965, turning a deficit of 1.5 games into a lead of 3.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 29 of the 140 days played.
- Three teams held first place.
- The Los Angeles Lakers spent 143 of the season's 159 charted days in first place.