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68-14, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Heinsohn (68-14)
Points Per Game: 112.7 (2nd of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.5 (6th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 61-21 (3rd of 17)
Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 423,234 (4th of 17)
SRS: 7.34 (3rd of 17)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 11, 1972 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 108 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 13, 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 112 | 104 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 14, 1972 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 96 | 88 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 17, 1972 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 119 | 115 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 20, 1972 | Buffalo Braves | W | 126 | 118 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Oct 21, 1972 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 104 | 101 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Mon, Oct 23, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 85 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Oct 24, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 105 | 97 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Oct 27, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 123 | 97 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 3, 1972 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 109 | 96 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 4, 1972 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | L | 107 | 118 | 10 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 8, 1972 | Golden State Warriors | W | 128 | 111 | 11 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 10, 1972 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 106 | 104 | 12 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 11, 1972 | Detroit Pistons | W | 121 | 118 | 13 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 15, 1972 | Phoenix Suns | W | 113 | 94 | 14 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 17, 1972 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 88 | 95 | 14 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 21, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 116 | 102 | 15 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 22, 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 126 | 107 | 16 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 24, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 97 | 17 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Nov 25, 1972 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 97 | 17 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Nov 29, 1972 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 120 | 98 | 18 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 1, 1972 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 105 | 99 | 19 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 2, 1972 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 131 | 120 | 20 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 8, 1972 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 96 | 87 | 21 | 3 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 9, 1972 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 123 | 88 | 22 | 3 | W 5 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 13, 1972 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 105 | 100 | 23 | 3 | W 6 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 15, 1972 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 102 | 98 | 24 | 3 | W 7 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 16, 1972 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 123 | 116 | 25 | 3 | W 8 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 17, 1972 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 123 | 98 | 26 | 3 | W 9 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 19, 1972 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 112 | 115 | 26 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 22, 1972 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 118 | 90 | 27 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 23, 1972 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 98 | 104 | 27 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 26, 1972 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 106 | 28 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 29, 1972 | Chicago Bulls | L | 99 | 106 | 28 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 30, 1972 | N | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 117 | 107 | 29 | 6 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 36 | Tue, Jan 2, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 130 | 110 | 30 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Jan 3, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 112 | 123 | 30 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 5, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 126 | 108 | 31 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 7, 1973 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 116 | 98 | 32 | 7 | W 2 | at College Park, MD | |
| 40 | Wed, Jan 10, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 128 | 107 | 33 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 12, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 133 | 109 | 34 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 13, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 111 | 95 | 35 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 16, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 106 | 102 | 36 | 7 | W 6 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 17, 1973 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 117 | 99 | 37 | 7 | W 7 | |||
| 45 | Fri, Jan 19, 1973 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 124 | 104 | 38 | 7 | W 8 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Jan 21, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 104 | 97 | 39 | 7 | W 9 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 26, 1973 | Houston Rockets | W | 139 | 126 | 40 | 7 | W 10 | |||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 27, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 108 | 111 | 40 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Jan 28, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 96 | 40 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 50 | Wed, Jan 31, 1973 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 94 | 89 | 41 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 2, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 99 | 100 | 41 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 52 | Sat, Feb 3, 1973 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 100 | 42 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 4, 1973 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 123 | 115 | 43 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 6, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 105 | 110 | 43 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 7, 1973 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | OT | 113 | 112 | 44 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 9, 1973 | Detroit Pistons | L | 95 | 104 | 44 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 11, 1973 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 120 | 96 | 45 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 13, 1973 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 105 | 101 | 46 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 14, 1973 | @ | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 104 | 101 | 47 | 12 | W 3 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 60 | Fri, Feb 16, 1973 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 112 | 105 | 48 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 17, 1973 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 110 | 106 | 49 | 12 | W 5 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 18, 1973 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 106 | 105 | 50 | 12 | W 6 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Feb 20, 1973 | Phoenix Suns | W | 107 | 97 | 51 | 12 | W 7 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 25, 1973 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 105 | 92 | 52 | 12 | W 8 | ||
| 65 | Tue, Feb 27, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 123 | 52 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Wed, Feb 28, 1973 | Golden State Warriors | W | 118 | 111 | 53 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 2, 1973 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 115 | 101 | 54 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 4, 1973 | Buffalo Braves | W | 125 | 113 | 55 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 6, 1973 | @ | Buffalo Braves | W | 127 | 112 | 56 | 13 | W 4 | ||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 8, 1973 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | OT | 141 | 134 | 57 | 13 | W 5 | |
| 71 | Fri, Mar 9, 1973 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 119 | 111 | 58 | 13 | W 6 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 11, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 122 | 107 | 59 | 13 | W 7 | |||
| 73 | Wed, Mar 14, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 111 | 107 | 60 | 13 | W 8 | |||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 16, 1973 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 97 | 103 | 60 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Sun, Mar 18, 1973 | Kansas City-Omaha Kings | W | 109 | 105 | 61 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Mar 20, 1973 | N | Houston Rockets | W | 94 | 89 | 62 | 14 | W 2 | at Providence, RI | |
| 77 | Wed, Mar 21, 1973 | Chicago Bulls | W | 106 | 105 | 63 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 78 | Fri, Mar 23, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 124 | 108 | 64 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Mar 24, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 108 | 103 | 65 | 14 | W 5 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Mar 25, 1973 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 125 | 121 | 66 | 14 | W 6 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Tue, Mar 27, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 117 | 110 | 67 | 14 | W 7 | ||
| 82 | Wed, Mar 28, 1973 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 120 | 101 | 68 | 14 | W 8 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Apr 1, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 134 | 109 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Apr 4, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 126 | 113 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 6, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 105 | 118 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 8, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 94 | 97 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Apr 11, 1973 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 108 | 101 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Apr 13, 1973 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 103 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 15, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 134 | 108 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Apr 18, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 96 | 129 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Apr 20, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 98 | 5 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 10 | Sun, Apr 22, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 2OT | 110 | 117 | 5 | 5 | L 3 | |
| 11 | Wed, Apr 25, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 98 | 97 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Apr 27, 1973 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 110 | 100 | 7 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Apr 29, 1973 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 78 | 94 | 7 | 6 | L 1 |