Dave Cowens Playoffs Advanced Game Log

Pronunciation: \COW-ens\

David William Cowens

(Big Red, Dave the Rave)

Position: Center and Power Forward ▪ Shoots: Left

6-9, 230lb (206cm, 104kg)

Born: October 25, 1948 in Newport, Kentucky us

College: Florida State

High School: Central Catholic in Newport, Kentucky

Draft: Boston Celtics, 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall), 1970 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 13, 1970

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1991 (Full List)

Career Length: 11 years

Hall of Fame
8x All Star
2x NBA Champ
3x All-NBA
1970-71 All-Rookie
1970-71 ROY
1972-73 AS MVP
1972-73 MVP
3x All-Defensive
NBA 75th Anniv. Team
1974-75 MBWA NBA MVP
1970-71 MBWA NBA ROY

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SUMMARY

Career

766

PTS

17.6

TRB

13.6

AST

3.8

FG%

46.0

FG3%

7.1

FT%

78.3

eFG%

46.0

PER

17.0

86.3

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Playoffs

Playoffs Table
Rk	G	1972 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
1	1	1972-03-29	ECS	BOS		ATL	1	W (+18)	1	40:00	.505	.476
2	2	1972-03-31	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	2	L (-9)	1	44:00	.473	.333
3	3	1972-04-02	ECS	BOS		ATL	3	W (+23)	1	27:00	.761	.714
4	4	1972-04-04	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	4	L (-2)	1	46:00	.661	.667
5	5	1972-04-07	ECS	BOS		ATL	5	W (+10)	1	29:00	.338	.250
6	6	1972-04-09	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	6	W (+9)	1	46:00	.662	.647

7	7	1972-04-13	ECF	BOS		NYK	1	L (-22)	1	41:00	.276	.300
8	8	1972-04-16	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	2	L (-1)	1	48:00	.439	.357
9	9	1972-04-19	ECF	BOS		NYK	3	W (+6)	1	48:00	.534	.556
10	10	1972-04-21	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	4	L (-18)	1	32:00	.368	.400
11	11	1972-04-23	ECF	BOS		NYK	5	L (-8)	1	46:00	.304	.278
Rk	G	1973 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
12	1	1973-04-01	ECS	BOS		ATL	1	W (+25)	1	42:00	.500	.500
13	2	1973-04-04	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	2	W (+13)	1	40:00	.506	.500
14	3	1973-04-06	ECS	BOS		ATL	3	L (-13)	1	48:00	.448	.435
15	4	1973-04-08	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	4	L (-3)	1	48:00	.381	.381
16	5	1973-04-11	ECS	BOS		ATL	5	W (+7)	1	44:00	.304	.304
17	6	1973-04-13	ECS	BOS	@	ATL	6	W (+18)	1	47:00	.620	.600

18	7	1973-04-15	ECF	BOS		NYK	1	W (+26)	1	44:00	.628	.692
19	8	1973-04-18	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	2	L (-33)	1	38:00	.346	.333
20	9	1973-04-20	ECF	BOS		NYK	3	L (-7)	1	47:00	.608	.550
21	10	1973-04-22	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	4	L (-7)	1	55:00	.514	.483
22	11	1973-04-25	ECF	BOS		NYK	5	W (+1)	1	48:00	.490	.467
23	12	1973-04-27	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	6	W (+10)	1	48:00	.568	.545
24	13	1973-04-29	ECF	BOS		NYK	7	L (-16)	1	48:00	.460	.435
Rk	G	1974 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
25	1	1974-03-30	ECS	BOS		BUF	1	W (+10)	1	42:00	.464	.452
26	2	1974-04-02	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	2	L (-10)	1	47:00	.467	.467
27	3	1974-04-03	ECS	BOS		BUF	3	W (+13)	1	45:00	.446	.417
28	4	1974-04-06	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	4	L (-2)	1	48:00	.304	.304
29	5	1974-04-09	ECS	BOS		BUF	5	W (+3)	1	48:00	.407	.364
30	6	1974-04-12	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	6	W (+2)	1	48:00	.558	.538

31	7	1974-04-14	ECF	BOS		NYK	1	W (+25)	1	28:00	.576	.538
32	8	1974-04-16	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	2	W (+12)	1	46:00	.369	.368
33	9	1974-04-19	ECF	BOS		NYK	3	L (-3)	1	47:00	.455	.414
34	10	1974-04-21	ECF	BOS	@	NYK	4	W (+7)	1	30:00	.594	.538
35	11	1974-04-24	ECF	BOS		NYK	5	W (+11)	1	38:00	.654	.545

36	12	1974-04-28	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	1	W (+15)	1	45:00	.361	.320
37	13	1974-04-30	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	2	L (-9)	1	50:00	.372	.364
38	14	1974-05-03	FIN	BOS		MIL	3	W (+12)	1	32:00	.727	.722
39	15	1974-05-05	FIN	BOS		MIL	4	L (-8)	1	42:00	.485	.435
40	16	1974-05-07	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	5	W (+9)	1	46:00	.499	.480
41	17	1974-05-10	FIN	BOS		MIL	6	L (-1)	1	43:00	.313	.263
42	18	1974-05-12	FIN	BOS	@	MIL	7	W (+15)	1	47:00	.541	.520
Rk	G	1975 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
43	1	1975-04-14	ECS	BOS		HOU	1	W (+17)	1	44:00	.487	.471
44	2	1975-04-16	ECS	BOS		HOU	2	W (+12)	1	47:00	.643	.600
45	3	1975-04-19	ECS	BOS	@	HOU	3	L (-15)	1	33:00	.308	.308
46	4	1975-04-22	ECS	BOS	@	HOU	4	W (+5)	1	48:00	.563	.500
47	5	1975-04-24	ECS	BOS		HOU	5	W (+13)	1	43:00	.500	.500

48	6	1975-04-27	ECF	BOS		WSB	1	L (-5)	1	47:00	.323	.296
49	7	1975-04-30	ECF	BOS	@	WSB	2	L (-25)	1	45:00	.409	.409
50	8	1975-05-03	ECF	BOS		WSB	3	W (+11)	1	47:00	.505	.455
51	9	1975-05-07	ECF	BOS	@	WSB	4	L (-11)	1	41:00	.279	.269
52	10	1975-05-09	ECF	BOS		WSB	5	W (+4)	1	38:00	.477	.444
53	11	1975-05-11	ECF	BOS	@	WSB	6	L (-6)	1	46:00	.503	.500
Rk	G	1976 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
54	1	1976-04-21	ECS	BOS		BUF	1	W (+9)	1	47:00	.461	.414
55	2	1976-04-23	ECS	BOS		BUF	2	W (+5)	1	48:00	.596	.550
56	3	1976-04-25	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	3	L (-5)	1	48:00	.480	.476
57	4	1976-04-28	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	4	L (-2)	1	48:00	.553	.500
58	5	1976-04-30	ECS	BOS		BUF	5	W (+11)	1	47:00	.464	.452
59	6	1976-05-02	ECS	BOS	@	BUF	6	W (+4)	1	44:00	.417	.417

60	7	1976-05-06	ECF	BOS		CLE	1	W (+12)	1	43:00	.457	.429
61	8	1976-05-09	ECF	BOS		CLE	2	W (+5)	1	38:00	.447	.400
62	9	1976-05-11	ECF	BOS	@	CLE	3	L (-5)	1	46:00	.470	.444
63	10	1976-05-14	ECF	BOS	@	CLE	4	L (-19)	1	46:00	.299	.250
64	11	1976-05-16	ECF	BOS		CLE	5	W (+5)	1	48:00	.490	.391
65	12	1976-05-18	ECF	BOS	@	CLE	6	W (+7)	1	41:00	.498	.444

66	13	1976-05-23	FIN	BOS		PHO	1	W (+11)	1	48:00	.574	.550
67	14	1976-05-27	FIN	BOS		PHO	2	W (+15)	1	40:00	.388	.389
68	15	1976-05-30	FIN	BOS	@	PHO	3	L (-7)	1	35:00	.674	.571
69	16	1976-06-02	FIN	BOS	@	PHO	4	L (-2)	1	32:00	.799	.750
70	17	1976-06-04	FIN	BOS		PHO	5	W (+2)	1	55:00	.467	.391
71	18	1976-06-06	FIN	BOS	@	PHO	6	W (+7)	1	44:00	.639	.625
Rk	G	1977 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
72	1	1977-04-12	EC1	BOS		SAS	1	W (+10)	1	37:00	.432	.385
73	2	1977-04-15	EC1	BOS	@	SAS	2	W (+4)	1	44:00	.440	.375

74	3	1977-04-17	ECS	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+2)	1	46:00	.492	.450
75	4	1977-04-20	ECS	BOS	@	PHI	2	L (-12)	1	43:00	.528	.526
76	5	1977-04-22	ECS	BOS		PHI	3	L (-9)	1	32:00	.429	.429
77	6	1977-04-24	ECS	BOS		PHI	4	W (+5)	1	48:00	.694	.667
78	7	1977-04-27	ECS	BOS	@	PHI	5	L (-19)	1	40:00	.286	.286
79	8	1977-04-29	ECS	BOS		PHI	6	W (+5)	1	43:00	.427	.417
80	9	1977-05-01	ECS	BOS	@	PHI	7	L (-6)	1	46:00	.326	.313
Rk	G	1980 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc
81	1	1980-04-09	ECS	BOS		HOU	1	W (+18)	1	26:00	.612	.615											18.7
82	2	1980-04-11	ECS	BOS		HOU	2	W (+20)	1	35:00	.442	.417											9.5
83	3	1980-04-13	ECS	BOS	@	HOU	3	W (+19)	1	24:00	.500	.500											4.5
84	4	1980-04-14	ECS	BOS	@	HOU	4	W (+17)	1	15:00	.667	.667											7.8

85	5	1980-04-18	ECF	BOS		PHI	1	L (-3)	1	37:00	.543	.500											10.8
86	6	1980-04-20	ECF	BOS		PHI	2	W (+6)	1	46:00	.429	.429											8.7
87	7	1980-04-23	ECF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-2)	1	41:00	.450	.375											10.2
88	8	1980-04-25	ECF	BOS	@	PHI	4	L (-12)	1	36:00	.421	.364											4.6
89	9	1980-04-27	ECF	BOS		PHI	5	L (-11)	1	41:00	.503	.476											13.1

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