1972-73 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 68-14, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (68-14)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.7 (2nd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (6th of 17)

SRS: 7.35 (3rd of 17) Pace: 114.5 (3rd of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.1 (8th of 17) Def Rtg: 91.0 (1st of 17) Net Rtg: +7.1 (3rd of 17)

Expected W-L: 61-21 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 423,234 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Oct 11, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	108	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Oct 13, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	104	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Oct 14, 1972	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		96	88	3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Oct 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		119	115	4	0	W 4
5	Fri, Oct 20, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		126	118	5	0	W 5
6	Sat, Oct 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		104	101	6	0	W 6
7	Mon, Oct 23, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		105	85	7	0	W 7
8	Tue, Oct 24, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		105	97	8	0	W 8
9	Fri, Oct 27, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	97	9	0	W 9
10	Fri, Nov 3, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		109	96	10	0	W 10
11	Sat, Nov 4, 1972	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	L		107	118	10	1	L 1
12	Wed, Nov 8, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		128	111	11	1	W 1
13	Fri, Nov 10, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		106	104	12	1	W 2
14	Sat, Nov 11, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	118	13	1	W 3
15	Wed, Nov 15, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		113	94	14	1	W 4
16	Fri, Nov 17, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	95	14	2	L 1
17	Tue, Nov 21, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	102	15	2	W 1
18	Wed, Nov 22, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	107	16	2	W 2
19	Fri, Nov 24, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	97	17	2	W 3
20	Sat, Nov 25, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		94	97	17	3	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 29, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		120	98	18	3	W 1
22	Fri, Dec 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		105	99	19	3	W 2
23	Sat, Dec 2, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	120	20	3	W 3
24	Fri, Dec 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		96	87	21	3	W 4
25	Sat, Dec 9, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	88	22	3	W 5
26	Wed, Dec 13, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		105	100	23	3	W 6
27	Fri, Dec 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		102	98	24	3	W 7
28	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		123	116	25	3	W 8
29	Sun, Dec 17, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		123	98	26	3	W 9
30	Tue, Dec 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		112	115	26	4	L 1
31	Fri, Dec 22, 1972	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		118	90	27	4	W 1
32	Sat, Dec 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		98	104	27	5	L 1
33	Tue, Dec 26, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	106	28	5	W 1
34	Fri, Dec 29, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		99	106	28	6	L 1
35	Sat, Dec 30, 1972	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	107	29	6	W 1	at Providence, RI
36	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		130	110	30	6	W 2
37	Wed, Jan 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		112	123	30	7	L 1
38	Fri, Jan 5, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		126	108	31	7	W 1
39	Sun, Jan 7, 1973	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		116	98	32	7	W 2	at College Park, MD
40	Wed, Jan 10, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		128	107	33	7	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 12, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		133	109	34	7	W 4
42	Sat, Jan 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	95	35	7	W 5
43	Tue, Jan 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		106	102	36	7	W 6
44	Wed, Jan 17, 1973	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		117	99	37	7	W 7
45	Fri, Jan 19, 1973	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		124	104	38	7	W 8
46	Sun, Jan 21, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		104	97	39	7	W 9
47	Fri, Jan 26, 1973	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		139	126	40	7	W 10
48	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	111	40	8	L 1
49	Sun, Jan 28, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		93	96	40	9	L 2
50	Wed, Jan 31, 1973	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		94	89	41	9	W 1
51	Fri, Feb 2, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		99	100	41	10	L 1
52	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	100	42	10	W 1
53	Sun, Feb 4, 1973	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	115	43	10	W 2
54	Tue, Feb 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	110	43	11	L 1
55	Wed, Feb 7, 1973	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	113	112	44	11	W 1
56	Fri, Feb 9, 1973	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		95	104	44	12	L 1
57	Sun, Feb 11, 1973	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		120	96	45	12	W 1
58	Tue, Feb 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		105	101	46	12	W 2
59	Wed, Feb 14, 1973	Box Score	@	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		104	101	47	12	W 3	at Omaha, NE
60	Fri, Feb 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	105	48	12	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 17, 1973	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		110	106	49	12	W 5
62	Sun, Feb 18, 1973	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	105	50	12	W 6
63	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		107	97	51	12	W 7
64	Sun, Feb 25, 1973	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	92	52	12	W 8
65	Tue, Feb 27, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	123	52	13	L 1
66	Wed, Feb 28, 1973	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		118	111	53	13	W 1
67	Fri, Mar 2, 1973	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		115	101	54	13	W 2
68	Sun, Mar 4, 1973	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		125	113	55	13	W 3
69	Tue, Mar 6, 1973	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		127	112	56	13	W 4
70	Thu, Mar 8, 1973	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	OT	141	134	57	13	W 5
71	Fri, Mar 9, 1973	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	111	58	13	W 6
72	Sun, Mar 11, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	107	59	13	W 7
73	Wed, Mar 14, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		111	107	60	13	W 8
74	Fri, Mar 16, 1973	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		97	103	60	14	L 1
75	Sun, Mar 18, 1973	Box Score		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	W		109	105	61	14	W 1
76	Tue, Mar 20, 1973	Box Score	N	Houston Rockets	W		94	89	62	14	W 2	at Providence, RI
77	Wed, Mar 21, 1973	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		106	105	63	14	W 3
78	Fri, Mar 23, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		124	108	64	14	W 4
79	Sat, Mar 24, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		108	103	65	14	W 5
80	Sun, Mar 25, 1973	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		125	121	66	14	W 6
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Tue, Mar 27, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		117	110	67	14	W 7
82	Wed, Mar 28, 1973	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		120	101	68	14	W 8

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sun, Apr 1, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		134	109	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Apr 4, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		126	113	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Apr 6, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		105	118	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Apr 8, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	97	2	2	L 2
5	Wed, Apr 11, 1973	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	101	3	2	W 1
6	Fri, Apr 13, 1973	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		121	103	4	2	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
7	Sun, Apr 15, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		134	108	5	2	W 3
8	Wed, Apr 18, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		96	129	5	3	L 1
9	Fri, Apr 20, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		91	98	5	4	L 2
10	Sun, Apr 22, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	2OT	110	117	5	5	L 3
11	Wed, Apr 25, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		98	97	6	5	W 1
12	Fri, Apr 27, 1973	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	100	7	5	W 2
13	Sun, Apr 29, 1973	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		78	94	7	6	L 1

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