1979-80 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 61-21, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (61-21)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 113.5 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 105.7 (6th of 22)

SRS: 7.37 (1st of 22) Pace: 102.6 (12th of 22)

Off Rtg: 109.4 (2nd of 22) Def Rtg: 101.9 (4th of 22) Net Rtg: +7.5 (1st of 22)

Expected W-L: 60-22 (1st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 596,349 (1st of 2)

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (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	1979-10-12		HOU	W	114	106	45	96	.469	1	3	.333	23	25	.920	17	45	26	8	2	15	26	39	81	.481	1	10	.100	27	36	.750	11	36	19	6	3	22	27
2	2	1979-10-13	@	CLE	W	139	117	50	80	.625	0	2	.000	39	48	.813	8	42	30	6	3	22	30	46	96	.479	1	3	.333	24	30	.800	10	29	18	6	2	20	36
3	3	1979-10-17		CLE	W	127	108	49	90	.544	0	1	.000	29	43	.674	17	54	24	13	5	18	21	44	102	.431	0	3	.000	20	24	.833	17	42	22	6	1	21	25
4	4	1979-10-19		WSB	W	130	93	51	97	.526	1	4	.250	27	33	.818	17	60	32	11	6	15	23	32	88	.364	3	4	.750	26	32	.813	12	41	13	5	2	19	23
5	5	1979-10-20	@	IND	L	128	131	47	86	.547	0	5	.000	34	42	.810	12	33	31	11	2	24	35	48	94	.511	1	5	.200	34	40	.850	22	47	25	10	4	24	32
6	6	1979-10-23	@	SAS	L	120	129	52	98	.531	2	6	.333	14	21	.667	7	42	35	8	4	10	25	55	118	.466	0	3	.000	19	25	.760	16	50	34	10	7	12	20
7	7	1979-10-24	@	HOU	W	100	99	41	82	.500	1	1	1.000	17	29	.586	11	47	30	9	4	27	26	40	94	.426	0	2	.000	19	27	.704	17	42	22	14	2	18	23
8	8	1979-10-27	@	ATL	W	100	95	40	88	.455	1	1	1.000	19	28	.679	22	55	22	8	2	18	21	39	88	.443	0	1	.000	17	22	.773	17	45	21	7	5	15	25
9	9	1979-10-31	@	NJN	W	116	79	48	100	.480	0	3	.000	20	25	.800	17	57	38	17	3	26	27	29	88	.330	0	1	.000	21	32	.656	19	53	16	15	5	37	33
10	10	1979-11-03	@	WSB	W	118	97	50	93	.538	0	2	.000	18	20	.900	12	46	40	9	3	12	25	34	87	.391	4	4	1.000	25	37	.676	15	38	22	7	8	17	22
11	11	1979-11-07		SAS	W	117	105	49	92	.533	0	3	.000	19	26	.731	12	46	34	5	6	22	29	36	86	.419	1	6	.167	32	39	.821	13	38	16	8	4	19	29
12	12	1979-11-09		KCK	W	127	119	45	84	.536	0	1	.000	37	48	.771	9	42	23	7	6	23	32	44	97	.454	0	2	.000	31	38	.816	17	43	20	9	0	17	37
13	13	1979-11-10	@	PHI	L	94	95	39	91	.429	1	1	1.000	15	23	.652	16	55	25	8	4	15	25	37	95	.389	0	1	.000	21	24	.875	16	52	23	8	10	16	20
14	14	1979-11-14		DET	W	115	111	46	106	.434	1	6	.167	22	31	.710	25	60	31	15	3	23	19	47	96	.490	1	6	.167	16	23	.696	14	44	25	12	5	26	28
15	15	1979-11-16		UTA	W	113	97	42	83	.506	0	1	.000	29	38	.763	15	53	29	13	4	18	19	41	89	.461	0	0		15	17	.882	9	34	22	8	1	19	23
16	16	1979-11-17	@	NYK	L	109	113	41	78	.526	2	3	.667	25	32	.781	8	34	25	14	2	32	31	48	83	.578	0	1	.000	17	33	.515	12	33	32	14	4	25	25
17	17	1979-11-21		NJN	W	111	103	37	95	.389	1	5	.200	36	42	.857	18	44	21			21	23	39	91	.429	1	5	.200	24	29	.828	11	38	18			22	33
18	18	1979-11-23		IND	W	118	103	45	91	.495	1	7	.143	27	34	.794		55	25	10	5	23	27	39	90	.433	1	4	.250	24	32	.750		36	21	8	6	21	26
19	19	1979-11-24	@	ATL	W	106	101	44	84	.524	3	3	1.000	15	21	.714		45	20			27	26	41	87	.471	0	2	.000	19	24	.792		40	28			15	22
20	20	1979-11-28		DEN	W	119	97	51	95	.537	6	12	.500	11	14	.786	9	46	34	15	5	19	22	37	93	.398	0	1	.000	23	29	.793	17	40	20	7	4	26	15
								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	1979-11-30		NYK	W	100	97	42	88	.477	1	3	.333	15	24	.625	12	46	23	11	2	22	21	40	87	.460	0	1	.000	17	20	.850	5	34	18	7	8	20	18
22	22	1979-12-01	@	IND	W	106	102	44	93	.473	1	3	.333	17	23	.739		59	26	10	1	28	26	43	96	.448	2	4	.500	14	20	.700		46	29	15	9	20	26
23	23	1979-12-02	@	KCK	L	88	94	29	70	.414	3	6	.500	27	36	.750		47	15	10	3	30	17	37	93	.398	0	1	.000	20	27	.741		51	19	15	4	23	25
24	24	1979-12-04	@	DET	W	118	114	45	102	.441	4	5	.800	24	32	.750		51	28				26	48	96	.500	0	0		18	26	.692		53	26				26
25	25	1979-12-05		ATL	L	92	120	33	78	.423	2	7	.286	24	28	.857		35	22		6		27	44	83	.530	1	2	.500	31	36	.861		40	25		7		27
26	26	1979-12-07		PHO	W	100	92	42	88	.477	1	6	.167	15	21	.714	15	42	25	11	3	17	20	40	83	.482	1	2	.500	11	13	.846	10	37	23	4	3	18	22
27	27	1979-12-08	@	CLE	L	100	116	41	83	.494	2	5	.400	16	25	.640	21	47	27	8	7	25	25	46	91	.505	1	2	.500	23	28	.821	11	39	23	13	6	16	23
28	28	1979-12-09	@	MIL	W	113	108	44	88	.500	2	4	.500	23	25	.920		44	30	10	3	15	24	47	99	.475	0	2	.000	14	20	.700		45	28	8	5	13	21
29	29	1979-12-12		NJN	W	116	102	44	93	.473	4	9	.444	24	26	.923		53	24			18	23	40	102	.392	0	2	.000	22	31	.710		50	19			14	27
30	30	1979-12-14		MIL	W	97	94	34	83	.410	3	9	.333	26	29	.897	13	43	22	10	2	22	21	39	82	.476	0	1	.000	16	22	.727	10	41	18	9	4	24	22
31	31	1979-12-15	@	NYK	W	99	96	41	88	.466	3	6	.500	14	20	.700		40	26			13	20	40	85	.471	0	2	.000	16	22	.727		50	20			18	24
32	32	1979-12-16	@	NJN	W	115	112	40	92	.435	4	7	.571	31	45	.689	19	46	27	11	4	23	27	43	99	.434	1	4	.250	25	27	.926	20	52	27	5	11	30	33
33	33	1979-12-19		PHI	W	112	89	45	88	.511	3	7	.429	19	23	.826	9	38	30	18	3	20	22	35	81	.432	0	2	.000	19	21	.905	12	41	20	10	4	29	21
34	34	1979-12-21		SAS	W	133	114	50	93	.538	5	7	.714	28	34	.824		45	30	15	8	23	28	46	94	.489	0	4	.000	22	28	.786		38	23	12	1	28	25
35	35	1979-12-22	@	PHI	L	113	126	47	90	.522	3	7	.429	16	23	.696	15	35	29	13	1	21	25	53	81	.654	0	1	.000	20	28	.714	9	34	36	8	7	19	16
36	36	1979-12-27	@	SDC	W	118	97	53	99	.535	2	5	.400	10	15	.667	16	43	32	17	6	16	23	37	82	.451	0	6	.000	23	29	.793	15	43	11	9	5	25	16
37	37	1979-12-28	@	LAL	L	105	123	42	98	.429	2	7	.286	19	27	.704	17	39	29	13	2	17	29	48	87	.552	0	0		27	34	.794	14	49	33	11	7	24	25
38	38	1979-12-29	@	GSW	W	104	88	39	90	.433	2	4	.500	24	30	.800	15	44	23	9	3	15	20	35	77	.455	0	3	.000	18	21	.857	13	50	18	9	8	26	27
39	39	1980-01-02	@	HOU	W	111	103	37	80	.463	4			33	40	.825		46	25	14	6	16	15	44	87	.506	3			12	16	.750		42	29	10	4	18	25
40	40	1980-01-05	@	SAS	L	111	119	44	84	.524	5	9	.556	18	24	.750	9	33	30	9	2	16	27	42	87	.483	0	0		35	43	.814	15	43	22	13	5	12	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
41	41	1980-01-09		NYK	W	112	95	44	94	.468	1	4	.250	23	31	.742	21	47	19	16	5	13	25	36	86	.419	2	8	.250	21	26	.808	17	49	15	10	2	24	24
42	42	1980-01-11		ATL	W	108	93	37	85	.435	1	3	.333	33	39	.846		49	18		5	16	28	33	69	.478	0	1	.000	27	35	.771		34	18		4	17	34
43	43	1980-01-13		LAL	L	98	100	42	90	.467	1	4	.250	13	23	.565	11	44	25	8	5	15	22	41	87	.471	0	0		18	22	.818	10	41	22	10	9	18	20
44	44	1980-01-16		CHI	W	114	104	33	83	.398	2	7	.286	46	56	.821	11	35	22	13	8	13	31	37	72	.514	1	3	.333	29	35	.829	5	40	15	6	3	26	39
45	45	1980-01-18		POR	W	111	93	44	85	.518	2	4	.500	21	29	.724	8	45	27	12	1	22	22	38	90	.422	0	1	.000	17	25	.680	13	44	22	7	4	23	22
46	46	1980-01-20		SEA	L	106	108	47	104	.452	5	10	.500	7	13	.538	10	49	25		4	18	28	45	108	.417	1	2	.500	17	24	.708	20	63	19	9	3	21	24
47	47	1980-01-22		HOU	W	112	106	40	75	.533	4	8	.500	28	36	.778		30	28	12	2	15	19	44	76	.579	4	8	.500	14	22	.636		30	26	5	3	19	26
48	48	1980-01-23	@	DET	W	131	104	53	106	.500	3	6	.500	22	29	.759		49	28				16	46	98	.469	0	4	.000	12	16	.750		45	23				27
49	49	1980-01-25		WSB	L	107	118	41	97	.423	2	5	.400	23	31	.742		34	23			15	25	49	90	.544	1	3	.333	19	26	.731		55	27			25	23
50	50	1980-01-27		SDC	W	131	108	52	100	.520	5	7	.714	22	24	.917	25	55	26	7	5	19	25	36	91	.396	5	12	.417	31	37	.838	19	38	12	5	1	15	21
51	51	1980-01-29	@	CHI	W	103	99	40	78	.513	2	9	.222	21	30	.700	12	37	24	12	1	19	24	40	83	.482	3	6	.500	16	24	.667	17	44	26	8	2	22	27
52	52	1980-01-30		CLE	W	110	103	39	95	.411	1	7	.143	31	35	.886	18	43	23	12	2	12	25	43	87	.494	0	1	.000	17	23	.739	11	41	22	5	3	17	27
53	53	1980-01-31	@	WSB	W	119	103	48	93	.516	4	9	.444	19	26	.731	15	47	32	6	6	15	25	40	90	.444	4	7	.571	19	21	.905	12	38	15	8	5	14	25
54	54	1980-02-06		PHI	W	129	110	48	94	.511	2	3	.667	31	34	.912	16	41	31	15	3	15	24	44	79	.557	0	1	.000	22	31	.710	12	38	23	5	8	26	25
55	55	1980-02-08		IND	W	130	108	49	98	.500	3	7	.429	29	39	.744	17	44	33	12	5	13	25	42	91	.462	0	2	.000	24	28	.857	14	39	20	2	6	20	29
56	56	1980-02-10		DET	W	128	111	47	80	.588	4	6	.667	30	40	.750	6	34	29	12	2	25	19	50	96	.521	0	1	.000	11	17	.647	14	40	21	14	5	27	26
57	57	1980-02-13	@	PHO	L	134	135	54	103	.524	4	10	.400	22	30	.733	20	47	26	8	2	17	28	50	83	.602	4	6	.667	31	40	.775	15	37	30	11	4	15	25
58	58	1980-02-15	@	POR	W	106	91	46	92	.500	1	3	.333	13	17	.765	11	40	31	8	2	15	17	40	93	.430	0	0		11	15	.733	16	45	28	6	1	18	16
59	59	1980-02-17	@	SEA	L	108	109	40	84	.476	1	6	.167	27	37	.730	15	42	24	7	4	16	24	44	107	.411	1	3	.333	20	28	.714	32	61	23	8	3	13	23
60	60	1980-02-20	@	UTA	W	105	98	42	83	.506	1	6	.167	20	23	.870	14	43	18	6	3	14	18	41	90	.456	1	4	.250	15	20	.750	18	41	23	5	5	14	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
61	61	1980-02-23	@	DEN	W	124	105	50	95	.526	3	6	.500	21	29	.724	25	58	34	9	4	21	26	42	89	.472	3	5	.600	18	32	.563	16	35	29	11	10	19	22
62	62	1980-02-26		ATL	W	108	97	40	83	.482	2	3	.667	26	32	.813	17	51	22	2	6	11	22	36	86	.419	0	3	.000	25	33	.758	13	40	16	6	3	6	25
63	63	1980-02-27		SAS	W	130	125	56	107	.523	3	7	.429	15	19	.789	15	47	28	9	7	22	28	49	98	.500	1	6	.167	26	33	.788	14	49	24	6	1	20	26
64	64	1980-02-29		GSW	W	110	99	41	83	.494	1	4	.250	27	31	.871	12	39	29	11	1	21	13	45	86	.523	1	3	.333	8	10	.800	13	39	28	12	8	22	24
65	65	1980-03-02		DET	W	118	115	45	85	.529	4	9	.444	24	34	.706	16	32	27	9	3	19	20	47	77	.610	1	3	.333	20	23	.870	8	30	19	7	5	23	29
66	66	1980-03-04	@	SAS	W	137	108	50	92	.543	3	9	.333	34	42	.810	13	45	33	11	3	17	25	41	95	.432	0	3	.000	26	29	.897	13	42	28	8	2	20	31
67	67	1980-03-05	@	HOU	W	103	99	42	85	.494	1	6	.167	18	23	.783	12	40	28	6	4	17	25	40	96	.417	0	5	.000	19	21	.905	21	47	27	7	7	13	21
68	68	1980-03-07		PHI	W	111	92	45	96	.469	1	7	.143	20	24	.833	18	45	23	15	6	15	20	39	92	.424	1	2	.500	13	15	.867	16	42	17	7	9	26	19
69	69	1980-03-09		WSB	L	128	133	44	99	.444	2	7	.286	38	47	.809	15	48	26	6	6	14	27	51	104	.490	0	1	.000	31	38	.816	16	52	23	7	5	11	34
70	70	1980-03-11	@	IND	L	108	114	42	89	.472	2	7	.286	22	27	.815	16	41	25	7	2	15	23	45	85	.529	3	4	.750	21	33	.636	15	43	34	7	4	15	24
71	71	1980-03-12		HOU	W	121	105	46	77	.597	2	4	.500	27	29	.931	13	37	26	12	3	19	29	43	83	.518	1	8	.125	18	26	.692	15	30	23	8	4	23	23
72	72	1980-03-14	@	ATL	L	87	88	32	80	.400	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	19	52	12	5	8	20	21	35	86	.407	0	2	.000	18	21	.857	16	52	24	13	13	15	27
73	73	1980-03-15	@	NYK	W	123	120	47	82	.573	0	0		29	35	.829	8	33	26	5	3	13	33	44	89	.494	1	2	.500	31	40	.775	14	39	29	4	4	14	30
74	74	1980-03-17	@	NJN	W	117	92	47	98	.480	0	0		23	26	.885	14	51	28	10	3	14	22	36	82	.439	1	3	.333	19	27	.704	8	37	17	7	11	25	26
75	75	1980-03-18		IND	W	114	102	40	78	.513	1	3	.333	33	44	.750	11	43	24	8	3	21	26	39	98	.398	0	6	.000	24	31	.774	23	53	17	9	6	18	31
76	76	1980-03-20	@	DET	W	124	106	46	91	.505	1	2	.500	31	36	.861	15	53	29	10	5	19	27	41	87	.471	2	3	.667	22	33	.667	9	37	23	11	7	21	28
77	77	1980-03-22	@	CLE	L	105	109	47	93	.505	1	3	.333	10	14	.714	14	52	26	4	2	23	22	46	95	.484	0	0		17	21	.810	9	39	27	8	2	13	16
78	78	1980-03-23		NJN	L	96	101	37	100	.370	2	5	.400	20	26	.769	25	49	18	8	6	10	28	33	68	.485	1	3	.333	34	44	.773	9	41	15	5	7	17	22
79	79	1980-03-25	@	WSB	W	96	95	43	88	.489	1	2	.500	9	12	.750	13	43	33	7	7	13	19	41	87	.471	3	6	.500	10	16	.625	10	37	35	10	8	11	17
80	80	1980-03-26		NYK	W	129	121	47	90	.522	2	4	.500	33	38	.868	13	43	28	6	2	12	25	46	86	.535	3	6	.500	26	31	.839	8	33	19	5	2	16	31
								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	1980-03-28		CLE	W	130	122	49	89	.551	2	6	.333	30	39	.769	14	43	30	4	1	14	17	53	100	.530	2	2	1.000	14	16	.875	11	34	27	1	1	10	27
82	82	1980-03-30	@	PHI	L	110	116	47	107	.439	2	7	.286	14	17	.824	20	47	29	6	2	10	27	46	83	.554	0	0		24	31	.774	11	45	33	5	8	15	23

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