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1947-48 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-28, Finished 3rd in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Russell (20-28)

PTS/G: 68.8 (8th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 72.7 (6th of 8)
SRS: -3.75 (7th of 8)
Expected W-L: 15-33 (7th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 90,264 (3rd of 3)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Quarterfinals (2-1) versus Chicago Stags

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Nov 13, 1947 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets L 74 85 0 1 L 1
2 Fri, Nov 14, 1947 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors L 74 79 0 2 L 2
3 Sat, Nov 15, 1947 Box Score Washington Capitols W 73 69 1 2 W 1
4 Tue, Nov 18, 1947 Box Score St. Louis Bombers L 50 65 1 3 L 1
5 Thu, Nov 20, 1947 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors W 67 57 2 3 W 1
6 Fri, Nov 21, 1947 Box Score Baltimore Bullets L 73 89 2 4 L 1
7 Sat, Nov 22, 1947 Box Score Providence Steam Rollers W 65 62 3 4 W 1
8 Tue, Nov 25, 1947 Box Score New York Knicks L 75 91 3 5 L 1
9 Wed, Nov 26, 1947 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 65 63 4 5 W 1
10 Fri, Nov 28, 1947 Box Score Washington Capitols W 92 83 5 5 W 2
11 Tue, Dec 2, 1947 Box Score Baltimore Bullets L OT 69 77 5 6 L 1
12 Fri, Dec 5, 1947 Box Score Providence Steam Rollers W 73 69 6 6 W 1
13 Wed, Dec 10, 1947 Box Score New York Knicks L 75 79 6 7 L 1
14 Fri, Dec 12, 1947 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 69 67 7 7 W 1
15 Wed, Dec 17, 1947 Box Score Providence Steam Rollers W 67 66 8 7 W 2
16 Fri, Dec 19, 1947 Box Score St. Louis Bombers W 78 70 9 7 W 3
17 Sat, Dec 20, 1947 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 58 70 9 8 L 1
18 Tue, Dec 23, 1947 Box Score Chicago Stags L 75 83 9 9 L 2
19 Sat, Dec 27, 1947 Box Score Providence Steam Rollers W 74 63 10 9 W 1
20 Tue, Dec 30, 1947 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 70 64 11 9 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Thu, Jan 1, 1948 Box Score @ St. Louis Bombers L 48 58 11 10 L 1
22 Sat, Jan 3, 1948 Box Score @ Washington Capitols L 60 95 11 11 L 2
23 Sat, Jan 10, 1948 Box Score @ Providence Steam Rollers L 57 70 11 12 L 3
24 Sun, Jan 11, 1948 Box Score Washington Capitols W 84 56 12 12 W 1
25 Fri, Jan 16, 1948 Box Score Chicago Stags W 75 61 13 12 W 2
26 Sun, Jan 18, 1948 Box Score @ Chicago Stags L 48 72 13 13 L 1
27 Thu, Jan 22, 1948 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors W 61 54 14 13 W 1
28 Fri, Jan 23, 1948 Box Score New York Knicks L 58 74 14 14 L 1
29 Sun, Jan 25, 1948 Box Score @ St. Louis Bombers L 54 72 14 15 L 2
30 Tue, Jan 27, 1948 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors L 68 77 14 16 L 3
31 Fri, Jan 30, 1948 Box Score Providence Steam Rollers L 69 79 14 17 L 4
32 Sat, Jan 31, 1948 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 64 66 14 18 L 5
33 Fri, Feb 6, 1948 Box Score New York Knicks L 57 68 14 19 L 6
34 Sun, Feb 8, 1948 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 68 80 14 20 L 7
35 Thu, Feb 12, 1948 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 60 69 14 21 L 8
36 Fri, Feb 13, 1948 Box Score Providence Steam Rollers W 79 73 15 21 W 1
37 Sat, Feb 14, 1948 Box Score @ Washington Capitols L 58 72 15 22 L 1
38 Thu, Feb 19, 1948 Box Score Baltimore Bullets L OT 76 79 15 23 L 2
39 Sun, Feb 22, 1948 Box Score Chicago Stags L 77 97 15 24 L 3
40 Thu, Feb 26, 1948 Box Score @ St. Louis Bombers L 2OT 92 94 15 25 L 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Fri, Feb 27, 1948 Box Score @ Chicago Stags W 83 69 16 25 W 1
42 Sun, Feb 29, 1948 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 65 62 17 25 W 2
43 Thu, Mar 4, 1948 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 62 82 17 26 L 1
44 Fri, Mar 5, 1948 Box Score St. Louis Bombers W 71 68 18 26 W 1
45 Sat, Mar 6, 1948 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets L 68 81 18 27 L 1
46 Sat, Mar 13, 1948 Box Score @ Providence Steam Rollers W 86 64 19 27 W 1
47 Tue, Mar 16, 1948 Box Score Washington Capitols L 62 76 19 28 L 1
48 Thu, Mar 18, 1948 Box Score @ Chicago Stags W 77 72 20 28 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Mar 28, 1948 Box Score Chicago Stags L 72 79 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Mar 31, 1948 Box Score Chicago Stags W 81 77 1 1 W 1
3 Fri, Apr 2, 1948 Box Score Chicago Stags L 74 81 1 2 L 1