1971-72 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 56-26, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (56-26)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 115.6 (3rd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 110.8 (9th of 17)

SRS: 4.38 (5th of 17) Pace: 116.1 (2nd of 17)

Off Rtg: 99.3 (5th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.2 (5th of 17) Net Rtg: +4.1 (5th of 17)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (5th of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 346,701 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1971-10-15		GSW	L	75	97	34	107	.318				7	14	.500		49	16			19	24	40	87	.460				17	23	.739		54	22			20	20
2	2	1971-10-19		BAL	W	134	114	57	124	.460				20	25	.800		67	26				30	40	111	.360				34	45	.756		62	12				19
3	3	1971-10-22	@	ATL	W	115	108	44	94	.468				27	34	.794		57	18				24	39	92	.424				30	39	.769		45	29				23
4	4	1971-10-23	@	BUF	W	103	98	37						29	40	.725							22	35						28	29	.966							27
5	5	1971-10-25		ATL	W	136	116	56	112	.500				24	31	.774		54	37				25	44	82	.537				28	37	.757		32	17				25
6	6	1971-10-26	@	NYK	L	101	106	40	92	.435				21	30	.700		48	12				29	43	94	.457				20	30	.667		49	23				22
7	7	1971-10-27		HOU	W	108	97	47	106	.443				14	16	.875		56	30				19	38	91	.418				21	28	.750		54	18				16
8	8	1971-10-29		MIL	W	125	114	54	120	.450				17	23	.739		62	37			18	24	43	91	.473				28	37	.757		49	35			27	19
9	9	1971-11-05		DET	W	103	102	37	109	.339				29	41	.707		62	21				19	41	96	.427				20	21	.952		52	20				26
10	10	1971-11-06		POR	W	124	109	49	102	.480				26	34	.765		59	31			23	25	41	100	.410				27	35	.771		50	14			21	30
11	11	1971-11-08	N	CIN	W	120	109	48	96	.500				24	28	.857		58	23				25	44	101	.436				21	29	.724		48	21				19
12	12	1971-11-10	@	HOU	W	142	103	57	111	.514				28	35	.800		63				19	34	35	113	.310				33	52	.635		64				21	24
13	13	1971-11-12	@	PHO	L	119	128	47	101	.465				25	30	.833		42	23			23	30	47	89	.528				34	45	.756		47	30			24	28
14	14	1971-11-13	@	SEA	L	112	116	44	95	.463				24	35	.686		48	21			26	33	37	83	.446				42	53	.792		56	23			31	28
15	15	1971-11-14	@	LAL	L	115	128	46	128	.359				23	27	.852		66	24				24	49	103	.476				30	37	.811		63	29				20
16	16	1971-11-17		PHO	W	140	121	58	107	.542				24	31	.774		48	34			19	31	45	104	.433				31	42	.738		49	21			23	25
17	17	1971-11-19		CIN	L	106	110	42	109	.385				22	30	.733		57	24				34	40	96	.417				30	42	.714		53	22				24
18	18	1971-11-20	@	CHI	L	106	123	44	108	.407				18	23	.783		54	21				28	46	95	.484				31	40	.775		58	24				23
19	19	1971-11-21	@	CLE	W	128	105	57	98	.582				14	21	.667		49	40				18	44	123	.358				17	21	.810		63	32				18
20	20	1971-11-24		BUF	W	108	100	42	105	.400				24	33	.727		58	27				23	41	94	.436				18	29	.621		52	20				28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1971-11-26		NYK	L	89	104	35	100	.350				19	23	.826		61	20				23	39	100	.390				26	39	.667		63	22				18
22	22	1971-11-27	N	BAL	L	120	125	53	106	.500				14	19	.737		55	25				18	52	103	.505				21	28	.750		49	28				17
23	23	1971-11-28		ATL	W	130	108	52	118	.441				26	34	.765		56	30				28	39	87	.448				30	40	.750		51	19				25
24	24	1971-12-01		LAL	L	111	124	46	116	.397				19	23	.826		49	32				24	48	92	.522				28	37	.757		56	22				17
25	25	1971-12-04		HOU	W	117	107	45	104	.433				27	31	.871		61	28				25	41	105	.390				25	31	.806		51	20				23
26	26	1971-12-07	@	NYK	W	105	97	44	97	.454				17	23	.739		50	25				24	39	90	.433				19	24	.792		48	17				19
27	27	1971-12-08		CLE	W	126	107	49	109	.450				28	35	.800		54	32			18	29	37	95	.389				33	44	.750		51	22			25	23
28	28	1971-12-10	@	MIL	L	104	120	43	108	.398				18	25	.720		49	21				22	48	94	.511				24	31	.774		61	25				19
29	29	1971-12-11		CHI	L	99	115	40	91	.440				19	27	.704		47	26				24	39	95	.411				37	39	.949		50	23				20
30	30	1971-12-12	@	CIN	W	96	83	39	88	.443				18	24	.750		63	23				26	28	92	.304				27	36	.750		43	11				20
31	31	1971-12-14	@	CHI	W	116	108	47	99	.475				22	22	1.000		54	20				26	40	96	.417				28	37	.757		57	20				19
32	32	1971-12-15		SEA	W	112	100	49	104	.471				14	26	.538		53	32				24	39	95	.411				22	26	.846		47	18				20
33	33	1971-12-17	@	CLE	W	115	109	45	95	.474				25	29	.862		42	30			13	20	45	87	.517				19	26	.731		39	33			21	21
34	34	1971-12-18		BUF	W	124	91	48	92	.522				28	33	.848		52	26				22	36	89	.404				19	22	.864		38	17				27
35	35	1971-12-22	N	MIL	W	104	98	43	100	.430				18	25	.720		52	23			22	23	38	94	.404				22	29	.759		50	23				22
36	36	1971-12-25	@	CIN	W	99	94	37	91	.407				25	33	.758		51	22				27	33	86	.384				28	35	.800		57	16				25
37	37	1971-12-27		GSW	W	99	97	45	112	.402				9	16	.563		61	31				20	39	91	.429				19	28	.679		56	16				18
38	38	1971-12-28	@	PHI	W	120	116	46	103	.447				28	38	.737		55	24				29	45	103	.437				26	40	.650		61	22				28
39	39	1971-12-31		PHI	W	131	119	49	100	.490				33	41	.805		42	33				30	44	87	.506				31	40	.775		42	24				29
40	40	1972-01-01	@	PHO	L	104	114	37	93	.398				30	41	.732		49	22			17	34	40	88	.455				34	42	.810		52	21			21	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1972-01-02	@	LAL	L	113	122	50	118	.424				13	15	.867		57	26				23	47	86	.547				28	37	.757		53	21				13
42	42	1972-01-05	@	HOU	W	113	105	45	98	.459				23	27	.852		58				20	22	43	103	.417				19	27	.704		49				15	23
43	43	1972-01-07	@	POR	W	120	114	47	100	.470				26	31	.839		49	26				24	46	99	.465				22	27	.815		55	33				23
44	44	1972-01-08	@	GSW	L	106	128	42	101	.416				22	34	.647		66	23			23	23	52	113	.460				24	32	.750		62	28			11	24
45	45	1972-01-09	@	SEA	L	119	125	47	94	.500				25	30	.833		46	26			22	20	50	95	.526				25	29	.862		49	33			21	18
46	46	1972-01-12		CHI	W	113	112	48	98	.490				17	20	.850		49	28				22	43	94	.457				26	33	.788		41	25				21
47	47	1972-01-14		DET	W	108	94	42	107	.393				24	33	.727		63	30				27	32	99	.323				30	41	.732		59	15				25
48	48	1972-01-15	@	ATL	W	122	106	51	106	.481				20	22	.909		44	24				21	43	90	.478				20	31	.645		45	13				20
49	49	1972-01-21		HOU	W	110	105	47	104	.452				16	26	.615		58	34				25	41	107	.383				23	32	.719		64	20				22
50	50	1972-01-23		POR	W	115	105	49	100	.490				17	21	.810		48	33			21	28	40	93	.430				25	42	.595		46	23			29	21
51	51	1972-01-25	@	NYK	L	106	109	40	97	.412				26	29	.897		55	16				23	43	88	.489				23	32	.719		45	20				22
52	52	1972-01-26		CLE	L	108	112	48	110	.436				12	18	.667		57	25			16	26	41	96	.427				30	39	.769		57	20			18	16
53	53	1972-01-28		NYK	W	122	116	43	102	.422				36	43	.837		56	22				28	43	97	.443				30	39	.769		54	25				28
54	54	1972-01-29	@	DET	W	124	112	52						20	22	.909							21	47						18	28	.643							22
55	55	1972-01-30		PHI	W	130	114	56	116	.483				18	22	.818		55	34				26	44	97	.454				26	37	.703		52	20				19
56	56	1972-02-01	@	BAL	W	115	108	47	107	.439				21	27	.778		53	30			17	30	39	81	.481				30	42	.714		48	20			22	23
57	57	1972-02-02		CHI	W	124	100	51	89	.573				22	35	.629		59	39				24	42	108	.389				16	29	.552		47	25				20
58	58	1972-02-04		CIN	W	122	109	45	100	.450				32	44	.727		58	34				24	43	94	.457				23	27	.852		42	22				33
59	59	1972-02-06		SEA	W	128	123	52	95	.547				24	28	.857		43	31			15	19	51	96	.531				21	24	.875		43	25			18	20
60	60	1972-02-09		BUF	W	139	112	54	108	.500				31	36	.861		62	31				18	47	105	.448				18	22	.818		49	28				25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1972-02-11		LAL	W	121	108	51	112	.455				19	21	.905		60	34				31	38	103	.369				32	40	.800		53	21				17
62	62	1972-02-13		MIL	L	109	117	47	104	.452				15	22	.682		38	31				22	47	87	.540				23	28	.821		52	37				23
63	63	1972-02-15	@	POR	W	111	104	42	87	.483				27	37	.730		62	32			32	21	44	93	.473				16	25	.640		42	24			21	25
64	64	1972-02-16	@	SEA	L	112	113	47	96	.490				18	21	.857		49	26			24	22	46	109	.422				21	24	.875		62	24			18	19
65	65	1972-02-18	@	PHO	L	115	126	44	104	.423				27	30	.900		54	25			16	30	44	97	.454				38	50	.760		54	21			18	26
66	66	1972-02-19	@	GSW	L	111	115	43	96	.448				25	28	.893		55	26				24	46	105	.438				23	28	.821		52	22				20
67	67	1972-02-20	@	LAL	L	113	132	45	104	.433				23	28	.821		41	20				22	52	100	.520				28	35	.800		59	24				22
68	68	1972-02-22		PHO	W	114	103	46	85	.541				22	25	.880		49	36			21	24	38	88	.432				27	31	.871		41	21			23	23
69	69	1972-02-23	@	CLE	W	113	111	43	83	.518				27	34	.794		35	30			18	19	47	95	.495				17	26	.654		46	28			24	24
70	70	1972-02-25	@	BUF	W	117	115	47	96	.490				23	31	.742		53	28				21	48	95	.505				19	30	.633		45	24				25
71	71	1972-03-01		CLE	W	115	105	45	96	.469				25	36	.694		58	25			20	21	45	110	.409				15	19	.789		57	21			23	26
72	72	1972-03-03	@	DET	W	125	96	51						23	31	.742							24	34						28	37	.757							23
73	73	1972-03-05		CIN	L	114	125	45	87	.517				24	29	.828		47	28			23	30	46	89	.517				33	43	.767		36	15			21	23
74	74	1972-03-06	@	MIL	L	127	132	52	119	.437				23	31	.742		50	30				28	51	102	.500				30	40	.750		61	25				27
75	75	1972-03-12		NYK	W	112	109	39	89	.438				34	42	.810		54	22				24	42	84	.500				25	32	.781		33	28				23
76	76	1972-03-14		GSW	W	124	110	53	105	.505				18	23	.783		60	38			12	19	44	106	.415				22	28	.786		55	21			13	18
77	77	1972-03-15	@	PHI	W	120	115	46	108	.426				28	32	.875		65	25				24	43	103	.417				29	38	.763		54	21				24
78	78	1972-03-17	N	PHI	W	127	111	50	108	.463				27	39	.692		63	22				27	41	100	.410				29	41	.707		59	20				27
79	79	1972-03-19		BAL	L	112	125	48	104	.462				16	26	.615		50	35				23	50	95	.526				25	32	.781		48	27				22
80	80	1972-03-22		PHI	W	113	106	46	113	.407				21	22	.955		65	28			23	24	39	95	.411				28	41	.683		48	21			25	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1972-03-25	@	BUF	W	121	116	46	113	.407				29	35	.829		65	21				31	45	93	.484				26	36	.722		48	23				26
82	82	1972-03-26		DET	W	133	120	55	125	.440				23	31	.742		73	31				23	50	102	.490				20	28	.714		47	23				21

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