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56-26, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1973-74 NBA Champions

Scored 109.0 points per game, Allowed 105.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 51-31)
Coached by Tom Heinsohn (56-26)

Arena: Boston Garden / Attendance: 355,261 (7th of 17 available)

SRS: 3.42 (3rd of 17) / Pace Factor: 110.0 (5th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 98.6 (5th of 17) / Defensive Rating: 95.1 (6th of 17)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves

1973-74 Statistics / Schedule

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 12, 1973 Buffalo Braves W 118 112 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1973 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 111 106 2 0 W 2
3 Fri, Oct 19, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 133 102 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 @ Capital Bullets L 87 96 3 1 L 1
5 Wed, Oct 24, 1973 Houston Rockets L 117 132 3 2 L 2
6 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 New York Knickerbockers W 113 101 4 2 W 1
7 Sun, Oct 28, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 99 102 4 3 L 1
8 Wed, Oct 31, 1973 Cleveland Cavaliers W 128 110 5 3 W 1
9 Fri, Nov 2, 1973 Golden State Warriors W 108 105 6 3 W 2
10 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 @ Atlanta Hawks W 122 109 7 3 W 3
11 Thu, Nov 8, 1973 @ New York Knickerbockers W 94 84 8 3 W 4
12 Fri, Nov 9, 1973 Phoenix Suns W 122 107 9 3 W 5
13 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 N Detroit Pistons W 102 97 10 3 W 6 at Providence, RI
14 Wed, Nov 14, 1973 Seattle Supersonics W 110 104 11 3 W 7
15 Fri, Nov 16, 1973 Milwaukee Bucks W 105 90 12 3 W 8
16 Sat, Nov 17, 1973 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 123 110 13 3 W 9
17 Fri, Nov 23, 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 119 102 14 3 W 10
18 Sun, Nov 25, 1973 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 107 101 15 3 W 11
19 Wed, Nov 28, 1973 Capital Bullets W 111 104 16 3 W 12
20 Fri, Nov 30, 1973 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 117 16 4 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 1, 1973 Chicago Bulls W 120 98 17 4 W 1
22 Wed, Dec 5, 1973 New York Knickerbockers W 119 97 18 4 W 2
23 Fri, Dec 7, 1973 Atlanta Hawks W 116 112 19 4 W 3
24 Sat, Dec 8, 1973 @ Chicago Bulls L 95 112 19 5 L 1
25 Sun, Dec 9, 1973 N Buffalo Braves W 118 114 20 5 W 1 at Toronto, Canada
26 Wed, Dec 12, 1973 N Buffalo Braves W 126 119 21 5 W 2 at Providence, RI
27 Fri, Dec 14, 1973 @ Houston Rockets W 114 106 22 5 W 3
28 Sat, Dec 15, 1973 @ Phoenix Suns L 120 121 22 6 L 1
29 Sun, Dec 16, 1973 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 115 110 23 6 W 1
30 Tue, Dec 18, 1973 @ Golden State Warriors W 125 106 24 6 W 2
31 Fri, Dec 21, 1973 @ Portland Trail Blazers W OT 124 120 25 6 W 3
32 Sun, Dec 23, 1973 @ Seattle Supersonics W 96 95 26 6 W 4
33 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 @ Buffalo Braves W 125 123 27 6 W 5
34 Sat, Dec 29, 1973 N Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 92 28 6 W 6 at Providence, RI
35 Mon, Dec 31, 1973 Philadelphia 76ers W 106 97 29 6 W 7
36 Wed, Jan 2, 1974 @ Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 97 109 29 7 L 1
37 Fri, Jan 4, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons L 101 106 29 8 L 2
38 Sat, Jan 5, 1974 N Philadelphia 76ers W OT 108 102 30 8 W 1 at Providence, RI
39 Wed, Jan 9, 1974 Chicago Bulls W 106 89 31 8 W 2
40 Fri, Jan 11, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers L 103 111 31 9 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 13, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks W 128 105 32 9 W 1
42 Fri, Jan 18, 1974 Atlanta Hawks W 98 94 33 9 W 2
43 Sun, Jan 20, 1974 Golden State Warriors L 102 123 33 10 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 23, 1974 Seattle Supersonics L 97 98 33 11 L 2
45 Fri, Jan 25, 1974 Philadelphia 76ers W 112 97 34 11 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 27, 1974 Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 119 98 35 11 W 2
47 Tue, Jan 29, 1974 @ New York Knickerbockers L 83 104 35 12 L 1
48 Wed, Jan 30, 1974 Cleveland Cavaliers W 120 108 36 12 W 1
49 Fri, Feb 1, 1974 N Philadelphia 76ers W 106 105 37 12 W 2 at Hershey, PA
50 Sun, Feb 3, 1974 Capital Bullets L 99 112 37 13 L 1
51 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 @ Chicago Bulls L 98 100 37 14 L 2
52 Wed, Feb 6, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 105 104 38 14 W 1
53 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 New York Knickerbockers W 125 97 39 14 W 2
54 Sun, Feb 10, 1974 N Milwaukee Bucks L 86 95 39 15 L 1 at Providence, RI
55 Tue, Feb 12, 1974 @ Golden State Warriors W 107 102 40 15 W 1
56 Wed, Feb 13, 1974 @ Seattle Supersonics L 100 118 40 16 L 1
57 Fri, Feb 15, 1974 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 106 104 41 16 W 1
58 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 95 99 41 17 L 1
59 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 Detroit Pistons W 107 97 42 17 W 1
60 Fri, Feb 22, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves W 116 109 43 17 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 24, 1974 N Atlanta Hawks W 111 96 44 17 W 3 at Providence, RI
62 Tue, Feb 26, 1974 @ Detroit Pistons W 86 83 45 17 W 4
63 Wed, Feb 27, 1974 N Buffalo Braves L 104 122 45 18 L 1 at Providence, RI
64 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 94 110 45 19 L 2
65 Sat, Mar 2, 1974 @ New York Knickerbockers W 104 88 46 19 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 3, 1974 New York Knickerbockers L 102 108 46 20 L 1
67 Wed, Mar 6, 1974 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 111 116 46 21 L 2
68 Thu, Mar 7, 1974 @ Phoenix Suns W 99 97 47 21 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 8, 1974 @ Houston Rockets L 106 113 47 22 L 1
70 Sun, Mar 10, 1974 Los Angeles Lakers W 94 82 48 22 W 1
71 Tue, Mar 12, 1974 N Portland Trail Blazers W 110 93 49 22 W 2 at Providence, RI
72 Wed, Mar 13, 1974 Phoenix Suns W 104 97 50 22 W 3
73 Fri, Mar 15, 1974 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 103 104 50 23 L 1
74 Sat, Mar 16, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 146 127 51 23 W 1
75 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 Capital Bullets W 129 103 52 23 W 2
76 Tue, Mar 19, 1974 @ Houston Rockets W 110 107 53 23 W 3
77 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 @ Atlanta Hawks L 89 99 53 24 L 1
78 Fri, Mar 22, 1974 Portland Trail Blazers W 126 118 54 24 W 1
79 Sat, Mar 23, 1974 N Houston Rockets W 108 105 55 24 W 2 at Providence, RI
80 Sun, Mar 24, 1974 Houston Rockets W OT 109 106 56 24 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Tue, Mar 26, 1974 @ Capital Bullets L 108 126 56 25 L 1
82 Wed, Mar 27, 1974 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 117 56 26 L 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Mar 30, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 107 97 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Apr 2, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 105 115 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Apr 3, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 120 107 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Apr 6, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves L 102 104 2 2 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 9, 1974 Buffalo Braves W 100 97 3 2 W 1
6 Fri, Apr 12, 1974 @ Buffalo Braves W 106 104 4 2 W 2
7 Sun, Apr 14, 1974 New York Knickerbockers W 113 88 5 2 W 3
8 Tue, Apr 16, 1974 @ New York Knickerbockers W 111 99 6 2 W 4
9 Fri, Apr 19, 1974 New York Knickerbockers L 100 103 6 3 L 1
10 Sun, Apr 21, 1974 @ New York Knickerbockers W 98 91 7 3 W 1
11 Wed, Apr 24, 1974 New York Knickerbockers W 105 94 8 3 W 2
12 Sun, Apr 28, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 98 83 9 3 W 3
13 Tue, Apr 30, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 96 105 9 4 L 1
14 Fri, May 3, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks W 95 83 10 4 W 1
15 Sun, May 5, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 89 97 10 5 L 1
16 Tue, May 7, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 96 87 11 5 W 1
17 Fri, May 10, 1974 Milwaukee Bucks L 2OT 101 102 11 6 L 1
18 Sun, May 12, 1974 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 102 87 12 6 W 1