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2001-02 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jim O'Brien (49-33)

Points Per Game: 96.4 (12th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.1 (9th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (9th of 29)

Arena: FleetCenter ▪ Attendance: 659,751 (18th of 29)

SRS: 1.75 (9th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.5 (5th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 103.4 (18th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.0 (5th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus New Jersey Nets
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers

2001-02 Boston Celtics:

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Oct 30, 2001 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 89 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Oct 31, 2001 New Jersey Nets L 92 95 1 1 L 1
3 Fri, Nov 2, 2001 Chicago Bulls W 96 82 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Nov 3, 2001 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 99 105 2 2 L 1
5 Wed, Nov 7, 2001 Washington Wizards W 104 95 3 2 W 1
6 Fri, Nov 9, 2001 Seattle Supersonics W 104 94 4 2 W 2
7 Wed, Nov 14, 2001 Indiana Pacers W 101 93 5 2 W 3
8 Sat, Nov 17, 2001 @ Atlanta Hawks L 103 112 5 3 L 1
9 Wed, Nov 21, 2001 Atlanta Hawks L 85 92 5 4 L 2
10 Fri, Nov 23, 2001 Toronto Raptors L 89 91 5 5 L 3
11 Sat, Nov 24, 2001 @ Washington Wizards L OT 84 88 5 6 L 4
12 Tue, Nov 27, 2001 @ Miami Heat W 84 83 6 6 W 1
13 Thu, Nov 29, 2001 @ Orlando Magic W 99 89 7 6 W 2
14 Sat, Dec 1, 2001 @ New Jersey Nets W OT 105 98 8 6 W 3
15 Sun, Dec 2, 2001 @ Toronto Raptors W 85 69 9 6 W 4
16 Wed, Dec 5, 2001 Denver Nuggets W 95 80 10 6 W 5
17 Fri, Dec 7, 2001 Phoenix Suns W OT 109 102 11 6 W 6
18 Sat, Dec 8, 2001 @ Chicago Bulls L 84 87 11 7 L 1
19 Tue, Dec 11, 2001 @ New York Knickerbockers W OT 102 93 12 7 W 1
20 Fri, Dec 14, 2001 Chicago Bulls W 107 101 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 15, 2001 @ Charlotte Hornets W 106 97 14 7 W 3
22 Mon, Dec 17, 2001 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 83 99 14 8 L 1
23 Wed, Dec 19, 2001 Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 98 15 8 W 1
24 Fri, Dec 21, 2001 Utah Jazz W 98 92 16 8 W 2
25 Sun, Dec 23, 2001 Memphis Grizzlies W 85 80 17 8 W 3
26 Wed, Dec 26, 2001 @ Utah Jazz L 86 99 17 9 L 1
27 Thu, Dec 27, 2001 @ Phoenix Suns L 82 84 17 10 L 2
28 Sat, Dec 29, 2001 @ Los Angeles Clippers W OT 105 103 18 10 W 1
29 Sun, Dec 30, 2001 @ Sacramento Kings L 94 109 18 11 L 1
30 Wed, Jan 2, 2002 Orlando Magic W 110 94 19 11 W 1
31 Fri, Jan 4, 2002 Miami Heat L 66 89 19 12 L 1
32 Sat, Jan 5, 2002 @ New York Knickerbockers W 90 81 20 12 W 1
33 Mon, Jan 7, 2002 @ Orlando Magic L 87 98 20 13 L 1
34 Wed, Jan 9, 2002 San Antonio Spurs L 90 93 20 14 L 2
35 Fri, Jan 11, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 104 90 21 14 W 1
36 Sat, Jan 12, 2002 @ Atlanta Hawks W 115 91 22 14 W 2
37 Wed, Jan 16, 2002 New York Knickerbockers W 101 100 23 14 W 3
38 Fri, Jan 18, 2002 Houston Rockets L 101 104 23 15 L 1
39 Sat, Jan 19, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons L 91 94 23 16 L 2
40 Mon, Jan 21, 2002 Toronto Raptors W 106 97 24 16 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 23, 2002 Indiana Pacers W 98 94 25 16 W 2
42 Fri, Jan 25, 2002 Philadelphia 76ers L 90 106 25 17 L 1
43 Sat, Jan 26, 2002 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 101 26 17 W 1
44 Tue, Jan 29, 2002 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 90 109 26 18 L 1
45 Thu, Jan 31, 2002 @ Toronto Raptors L 92 97 26 19 L 2
46 Fri, Feb 1, 2002 Minnesota Timberwolves L OT 95 98 26 20 L 3
47 Sun, Feb 3, 2002 Los Angeles Clippers W 104 91 27 20 W 1
48 Tue, Feb 5, 2002 @ Charlotte Hornets W 82 79 28 20 W 2
49 Wed, Feb 6, 2002 Sacramento Kings L 85 102 28 21 L 1
50 Tue, Feb 12, 2002 @ Denver Nuggets W 110 93 29 21 W 1
51 Wed, Feb 13, 2002 @ Golden State Warriors L 75 92 29 22 L 1
52 Fri, Feb 15, 2002 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 107 104 30 22 W 1
53 Sat, Feb 16, 2002 @ Seattle Supersonics L 79 99 30 23 L 1
54 Tue, Feb 19, 2002 @ Los Angeles Lakers W 109 108 31 23 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 21, 2002 @ Dallas Mavericks L 92 98 31 24 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 23, 2002 @ Houston Rockets L 89 99 31 25 L 2
57 Wed, Feb 27, 2002 Milwaukee Bucks L 92 95 31 26 L 3
58 Fri, Mar 1, 2002 Charlotte Hornets L 87 100 31 27 L 4
59 Mon, Mar 4, 2002 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 100 94 32 27 W 1
60 Wed, Mar 6, 2002 Orlando Magic W 130 110 33 27 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Mar 8, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 117 92 34 27 W 3
62 Sun, Mar 10, 2002 Washington Wizards W 98 91 35 27 W 4
63 Mon, Mar 11, 2002 @ Washington Wizards W 104 99 36 27 W 5
64 Wed, Mar 13, 2002 New Jersey Nets W 97 89 37 27 W 6
65 Fri, Mar 15, 2002 @ Memphis Grizzlies W 103 97 38 27 W 7
66 Sat, Mar 16, 2002 @ San Antonio Spurs L 104 111 38 28 L 1
67 Mon, Mar 18, 2002 Portland Trail Blazers L 91 100 38 29 L 2
68 Wed, Mar 20, 2002 Cleveland Cavaliers W 96 70 39 29 W 1
69 Fri, Mar 22, 2002 Philadelphia 76ers L 91 96 39 30 L 1
70 Sun, Mar 24, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons L 101 109 39 31 L 2
71 Mon, Mar 25, 2002 @ Miami Heat W 87 82 40 31 W 1
72 Wed, Mar 27, 2002 Golden State Warriors W 102 99 41 31 W 2
73 Fri, Mar 29, 2002 Dallas Mavericks L 82 108 41 32 L 1
74 Sun, Mar 31, 2002 Milwaukee Bucks W 110 80 42 32 W 1
75 Tue, Apr 2, 2002 @ Indiana Pacers W 105 94 43 32 W 2
76 Fri, Apr 5, 2002 Los Angeles Lakers W 99 81 44 32 W 3
77 Sun, Apr 7, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets W 102 90 45 32 W 4
78 Mon, Apr 8, 2002 @ Chicago Bulls L 100 105 45 33 L 1
79 Wed, Apr 10, 2002 Miami Heat W 70 65 46 33 W 1
80 Fri, Apr 12, 2002 New York Knickerbockers W 107 92 47 33 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Mon, Apr 15, 2002 @ Minnesota Timberwolves W 93 90 48 33 W 3
82 Wed, Apr 17, 2002 Atlanta Hawks W 89 81 49 33 W 4

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 21, 2002 Philadelphia 76ers W 92 82 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 25, 2002 Philadelphia 76ers W 93 85 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 28, 2002 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 103 108 2 1 L 1
4 Wed, May 1, 2002 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 81 83 2 2 L 2
5 Fri, May 3, 2002 Philadelphia 76ers W 120 87 3 2 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
6 Sun, May 5, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons L 84 96 3 3 L 1
7 Wed, May 8, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons W 85 77 4 3 W 1
8 Fri, May 10, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 66 64 5 3 W 2
9 Sun, May 12, 2002 Detroit Pistons W 90 79 6 3 W 3
10 Tue, May 14, 2002 @ Detroit Pistons W 90 81 7 3 W 4
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
11 Sun, May 19, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets L 97 104 7 4 L 1
12 Tue, May 21, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets W 93 86 8 4 W 1
13 Sat, May 25, 2002 New Jersey Nets W 94 90 9 4 W 2
14 Mon, May 27, 2002 New Jersey Nets L 92 94 9 5 L 1
15 Wed, May 29, 2002 @ New Jersey Nets L 92 103 9 6 L 2
16 Fri, May 31, 2002 New Jersey Nets L 88 96 9 7 L 3