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1975-76 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Heinsohn (54-28)

1975-76 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 106.2 (6th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (6th of 18)
SRS: 2.24 (3rd of 18) ▪ Pace: 106.9 (7th of 18)
Off Rtg: 98.9 (6th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 96.7 (3rd of 18)
Expected W-L: 47-35 (4th of 18)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 539,589 (3rd of 18)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Cleveland Cavaliers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves


NBA Champions

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 24, 1975 Houston Rockets W 109 94 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Oct 29, 1975 Golden State Warriors W 115 106 2 0 W 2
3 Fri, Oct 31, 1975 Portland Trail Blazers W 112 94 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Nov 1, 1975 @ Chicago Bulls L 82 84 3 1 L 1
5 Wed, Nov 5, 1975 Buffalo Braves W 105 95 4 1 W 1
6 Fri, Nov 7, 1975 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 101 104 4 2 L 1
7 Sat, Nov 8, 1975 @ Detroit Pistons W 118 104 5 2 W 1
8 Tue, Nov 11, 1975 Atlanta Hawks L 91 100 5 3 L 1 at Hartford, CT
9 Thu, Nov 13, 1975 @ Washington Bullets L 107 110 5 4 L 2
10 Fri, Nov 14, 1975 Philadelphia 76ers L 109 119 5 5 L 3
11 Sat, Nov 15, 1975 @ Buffalo Braves W 112 110 6 5 W 1
12 Fri, Nov 21, 1975 New York Knicks W 110 101 7 5 W 2
13 Sun, Nov 23, 1975 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 90 8 5 W 3
14 Wed, Nov 26, 1975 Seattle SuperSonics L 109 110 8 6 L 1
15 Fri, Nov 28, 1975 Atlanta Hawks W 114 107 9 6 W 1
16 Tue, Dec 2, 1975 @ New York Knicks W 103 100 10 6 W 2
17 Wed, Dec 3, 1975 Chicago Bulls L 106 109 10 7 L 1
18 Fri, Dec 5, 1975 New Orleans Jazz W 104 93 11 7 W 1
19 Sat, Dec 6, 1975 @ Atlanta Hawks W 111 104 12 7 W 2
20 Wed, Dec 10, 1975 Milwaukee Bucks W 111 98 13 7 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 12, 1975 Washington Bullets W 130 108 14 7 W 4
22 Sat, Dec 13, 1975 @ Houston Rockets W 137 120 15 7 W 5
23 Sun, Dec 14, 1975 @ New Orleans Jazz W 102 93 16 7 W 6
24 Wed, Dec 17, 1975 Kansas City Kings W 118 104 17 7 W 7 at Hartford, CT
25 Fri, Dec 19, 1975 New York Knicks W 120 112 18 7 W 8
26 Sat, Dec 20, 1975 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 111 97 19 7 W 9
27 Tue, Dec 23, 1975 @ Buffalo Braves L 92 101 19 8 L 1
28 Fri, Dec 26, 1975 @ Phoenix Suns W 112 106 20 8 W 1
29 Sun, Dec 28, 1975 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 123 113 21 8 W 2
30 Tue, Dec 30, 1975 @ Golden State Warriors L 101 133 21 9 L 1
31 Fri, Jan 2, 1976 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 102 98 22 9 W 1
32 Sat, Jan 3, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 97 125 22 10 L 1
33 Wed, Jan 7, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers W 109 103 23 10 W 1
34 Fri, Jan 9, 1976 Washington Bullets W 118 113 24 10 W 2
35 Sun, Jan 11, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 107 118 24 11 L 1
36 Tue, Jan 13, 1976 Portland Trail Blazers W 106 94 25 11 W 1 at Hartford, CT
37 Wed, Jan 14, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings L 101 106 25 12 L 1
38 Fri, Jan 16, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 118 110 26 12 W 1
39 Sat, Jan 17, 1976 @ Chicago Bulls W 94 92 27 12 W 2
40 Sun, Jan 18, 1976 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 97 94 28 12 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 20, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 85 98 28 13 L 1
42 Wed, Jan 21, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 114 100 29 13 W 1
43 Fri, Jan 23, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 108 91 30 13 W 2
44 Sun, Jan 25, 1976 Buffalo Braves W 135 107 31 13 W 3
45 Wed, Jan 28, 1976 Atlanta Hawks W 110 99 32 13 W 4
46 Sat, Jan 31, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves W 109 100 33 13 W 5
47 Sun, Feb 1, 1976 @ Detroit Pistons W 114 109 34 13 W 6
48 Sat, Feb 7, 1976 @ New York Knicks W 106 98 35 13 W 7
49 Sun, Feb 8, 1976 New York Knicks L 89 97 35 14 L 1
50 Wed, Feb 11, 1976 @ Houston Rockets L 103 115 35 15 L 2
51 Fri, Feb 13, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns W 109 108 36 15 W 1
52 Sun, Feb 15, 1976 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 105 109 36 16 L 1
53 Wed, Feb 18, 1976 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 99 124 36 17 L 2
54 Fri, Feb 20, 1976 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 125 113 37 17 W 1
55 Sat, Feb 21, 1976 @ Golden State Warriors L 94 100 37 18 L 1
56 Wed, Feb 25, 1976 Houston Rockets W 103 102 38 18 W 1
57 Fri, Feb 27, 1976 Seattle SuperSonics W 122 118 39 18 W 2
58 Sun, Feb 29, 1976 Golden State Warriors W 119 101 40 18 W 3
59 Wed, Mar 3, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 110 123 40 19 L 1
60 Thu, Mar 4, 1976 @ Atlanta Hawks L 98 103 40 20 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Mar 5, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz W 98 93 41 20 W 1
62 Sun, Mar 7, 1976 Detroit Pistons W 88 87 42 20 W 2
63 Tue, Mar 9, 1976 New Orleans Jazz L 99 117 42 21 L 1 at Hartford, CT
64 Wed, Mar 10, 1976 Los Angeles Lakers W 92 89 43 21 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 14, 1976 Washington Bullets L 89 102 43 22 L 1
66 Fri, Mar 19, 1976 Kansas City Kings W OT 120 117 44 22 W 1
67 Sat, Mar 20, 1976 @ Philadelphia 76ers W OT 103 96 45 22 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 21, 1976 Philadelphia 76ers W 108 100 46 22 W 3
69 Tue, Mar 23, 1976 @ New Orleans Jazz W OT 101 97 47 22 W 4
70 Wed, Mar 24, 1976 Chicago Bulls W 94 87 48 22 W 5
71 Fri, Mar 26, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W 95 93 49 22 W 6
72 Sat, Mar 27, 1976 @ New York Knicks L 103 105 49 23 L 1
73 Sun, Mar 28, 1976 New York Knicks W 100 94 50 23 W 1
74 Tue, Mar 30, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves L 83 93 50 24 L 1
75 Wed, Mar 31, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 122 102 51 24 W 1
76 Thu, Apr 1, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 95 88 52 24 W 2
77 Fri, Apr 2, 1976 Houston Rockets W 119 115 53 24 W 3
78 Sun, Apr 4, 1976 Buffalo Braves L 114 117 53 25 L 1
79 Tue, Apr 6, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers L 92 101 53 26 L 2 at Hartford, CT
80 Thu, Apr 8, 1976 @ Kansas City Kings L 104 131 53 27 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 9, 1976 Milwaukee Bucks L 100 106 53 28 L 4
82 Sun, Apr 11, 1976 @ Washington Bullets W 103 99 54 28 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 21, 1976 Buffalo Braves W 107 98 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 23, 1976 Buffalo Braves W 101 96 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 25, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves L 93 98 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, Apr 28, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves L 122 124 2 2 L 2
5 Fri, Apr 30, 1976 Buffalo Braves W 99 88 3 2 W 1
6 Sun, May 2, 1976 @ Buffalo Braves W 104 100 4 2 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
7 Thu, May 6, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 99 5 2 W 3
8 Sun, May 9, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 89 6 2 W 4
9 Tue, May 11, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 78 83 6 3 L 1
10 Fri, May 14, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 87 106 6 4 L 2
11 Sun, May 16, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers W 99 94 7 4 W 1
12 Tue, May 18, 1976 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 87 8 4 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
13 Sun, May 23, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 98 87 9 4 W 3
14 Thu, May 27, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 105 90 10 4 W 4
15 Sun, May 30, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 98 105 10 5 L 1
16 Wed, Jun 2, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns L 107 109 10 6 L 2
17 Fri, Jun 4, 1976 Phoenix Suns W 3OT 128 126 11 6 W 1
18 Sun, Jun 6, 1976 @ Phoenix Suns W 87 80 12 6 W 2