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1982-83 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Fitch (56-26)

PTS/G: 112.1 (7th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.7 (10th of 23)
SRS: 5.34 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace: 104.0 (6th of 23)
Off Rtg: 106.9 (6th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.8 (7th of 23)
Expected W-L: 55-27 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 621,829 (3rd of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Atlanta Hawks

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 29, 1982 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 93 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 30, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks W 112 97 2 0 W 2
3 Wed, Nov 3, 1982 Indiana Pacers W 111 104 3 0 W 3
4 Fri, Nov 5, 1982 Washington Bullets W 104 97 4 0 W 4
5 Sat, Nov 6, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 2OT 115 119 4 1 L 1
6 Sun, Nov 7, 1982 @ New Jersey Nets W 102 100 5 1 W 1
7 Wed, Nov 10, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks L 101 105 5 2 L 1
8 Fri, Nov 12, 1982 Dallas Mavericks W 118 110 6 2 W 1
9 Sun, Nov 14, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 100 98 7 2 W 2
10 Wed, Nov 17, 1982 Houston Rockets W 112 94 8 2 W 3
11 Fri, Nov 19, 1982 San Antonio Spurs W 119 111 9 2 W 4
12 Sat, Nov 20, 1982 @ New York Knicks W 97 83 10 2 W 5
13 Wed, Nov 24, 1982 Portland Trail Blazers W 104 95 11 2 W 6
14 Fri, Nov 26, 1982 Utah Jazz W 137 103 12 2 W 7
15 Sun, Nov 28, 1982 Milwaukee Bucks W 124 109 13 2 W 8
16 Tue, Nov 30, 1982 Detroit Pistons L 116 123 13 3 L 1 at Hartford, CT
17 Wed, Dec 1, 1982 Atlanta Hawks W 122 97 14 3 W 1
18 Fri, Dec 3, 1982 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 112 115 14 4 L 1
19 Sat, Dec 4, 1982 @ Detroit Pistons W 119 112 15 4 W 1
20 Wed, Dec 8, 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers W 113 93 16 4 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Fri, Dec 10, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers W 123 97 17 4 W 3
22 Sun, Dec 12, 1982 Denver Nuggets W 126 112 18 4 W 4
23 Wed, Dec 15, 1982 @ Detroit Pistons W 108 104 19 4 W 5
24 Thu, Dec 16, 1982 @ New York Knicks L OT 105 113 19 5 L 1
25 Sat, Dec 18, 1982 @ Atlanta Hawks W OT 107 103 20 5 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 19, 1982 Detroit Pistons L 114 131 20 6 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 21, 1982 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 105 122 20 7 L 2
28 Wed, Dec 22, 1982 Chicago Bulls W 140 131 21 7 W 1
29 Tue, Dec 28, 1982 @ Kansas City Kings L 124 129 21 8 L 1
30 Thu, Dec 30, 1982 @ Denver Nuggets W 145 132 22 8 W 1
31 Sat, Jan 1, 1983 @ Utah Jazz W 127 112 23 8 W 2
32 Tue, Jan 4, 1983 @ Houston Rockets W 88 87 24 8 W 3
33 Fri, Jan 7, 1983 @ San Antonio Spurs W 116 113 25 8 W 4
34 Sat, Jan 8, 1983 @ Dallas Mavericks W 114 110 26 8 W 5
35 Wed, Jan 12, 1983 Golden State Warriors W 139 117 27 8 W 6
36 Fri, Jan 14, 1983 New Jersey Nets W 133 108 28 8 W 7
37 Sat, Jan 15, 1983 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 86 90 28 9 L 1
38 Tue, Jan 18, 1983 @ Indiana Pacers W 130 126 29 9 W 1
39 Fri, Jan 21, 1983 @ Chicago Bulls W 117 106 30 9 W 2
40 Sun, Jan 23, 1983 Cleveland Cavaliers W 105 91 31 9 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 24, 1983 @ Washington Bullets L 91 93 31 10 L 1
42 Wed, Jan 26, 1983 Washington Bullets W 125 99 32 10 W 1
43 Fri, Jan 28, 1983 Phoenix Suns W 111 104 33 10 W 2
44 Sun, Jan 30, 1983 Los Angeles Lakers W 110 95 34 10 W 3
45 Mon, Jan 31, 1983 Chicago Bulls W 110 104 35 10 W 4 at Hartford, CT
46 Wed, Feb 2, 1983 San Diego Clippers W 120 110 36 10 W 5
47 Fri, Feb 4, 1983 @ Indiana Pacers W 102 93 37 10 W 6
48 Sun, Feb 6, 1983 Atlanta Hawks L 111 116 37 11 L 1
49 Tue, Feb 8, 1983 @ Washington Bullets L OT 101 104 37 12 L 2
50 Wed, Feb 9, 1983 New York Knicks W 106 96 38 12 W 1
51 Wed, Feb 16, 1983 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 108 100 39 12 W 2
52 Thu, Feb 17, 1983 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 114 121 39 13 L 1
53 Sat, Feb 19, 1983 @ Golden State Warriors L 109 115 39 14 L 2
54 Wed, Feb 23, 1983 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 113 104 40 14 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 24, 1983 @ San Diego Clippers L 107 122 40 15 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 26, 1983 @ Phoenix Suns W 103 101 41 15 W 1
57 Tue, Mar 1, 1983 Kansas City Kings W 129 111 42 15 W 2
58 Fri, Mar 4, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers W 115 110 43 15 W 3
59 Sat, Mar 5, 1983 @ New York Knicks L 98 105 43 16 L 1
60 Mon, Mar 7, 1983 New Jersey Nets W 121 114 44 16 W 1 at Hartford, CT
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 9, 1983 Seattle SuperSonics L 106 112 44 17 L 1
62 Fri, Mar 11, 1983 @ New Jersey Nets L 93 98 44 18 L 2
63 Sun, Mar 13, 1983 New York Knicks L 110 122 44 19 L 3
64 Wed, Mar 16, 1983 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 100 105 44 20 L 4
65 Fri, Mar 18, 1983 New Jersey Nets W 116 103 45 20 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 20, 1983 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 90 79 46 20 W 2
67 Tue, Mar 22, 1983 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 108 116 46 21 L 1
68 Wed, Mar 23, 1983 Atlanta Hawks W 114 102 47 21 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 25, 1983 Cleveland Cavaliers W 124 102 48 21 W 2
70 Sat, Mar 26, 1983 @ Chicago Bulls L 108 118 48 22 L 1
71 Tue, Mar 29, 1983 @ Indiana Pacers L 101 130 48 23 L 2
72 Wed, Mar 30, 1983 Indiana Pacers W 142 116 49 23 W 1
73 Fri, Apr 1, 1983 Milwaukee Bucks W 97 83 50 23 W 2
74 Sat, Apr 2, 1983 @ Washington Bullets W OT 120 117 51 23 W 3
75 Tue, Apr 5, 1983 @ Atlanta Hawks W 117 95 52 23 W 4
76 Wed, Apr 6, 1983 New York Knicks W 102 98 53 23 W 5
77 Fri, Apr 8, 1983 Washington Bullets L 99 107 53 24 L 1
78 Sun, Apr 10, 1983 Detroit Pistons W 115 113 54 24 W 1
79 Tue, Apr 12, 1983 @ New Jersey Nets W 99 93 55 24 W 2
80 Wed, Apr 13, 1983 @ Detroit Pistons L 101 113 55 25 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 15, 1983 Chicago Bulls L 117 120 55 26 L 2
82 Sun, Apr 17, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers W 114 101 56 26 W 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 19, 1983 Atlanta Hawks W 103 95 1 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 22, 1983 @ Atlanta Hawks L 93 95 1 1 L 1
3 Sun, Apr 24, 1983 Atlanta Hawks W 98 79 2 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Wed, Apr 27, 1983 Milwaukee Bucks L 95 116 2 2 L 1
5 Fri, Apr 29, 1983 Milwaukee Bucks L 91 95 2 3 L 2
6 Sun, May 1, 1983 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 99 107 2 4 L 3
7 Mon, May 2, 1983 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 107 2 5 L 4