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1947-48 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

Record: 20-28, Finished 3rd in BAA Eastern Division

Coach: John Russell (20-28)

PTS/G: 68.8 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 72.7 (6th of 8)

SRS: -3.76 (7th of 8) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 15-33 (7th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 90,264 (1st of 1)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Nov 13, 1947	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		74	85	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Nov 14, 1947	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	74	79	0	2	L 2	4,665
3	Sat, Nov 15, 1947	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		73	69	1	2	W 1	1,500
4	Tue, Nov 18, 1947	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	L		50	65	1	3	L 1	3,530
5	Thu, Nov 20, 1947	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		67	57	2	3	W 1	4,204
6	Fri, Nov 21, 1947	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		73	89	2	4	L 1	4,134
7	Sat, Nov 22, 1947	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		65	62	3	4	W 1	3,082
8	Tue, Nov 25, 1947	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		75	91	3	5	L 1	2,976
9	Wed, Nov 26, 1947	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		65	63	4	5	W 1	5,034
10	Fri, Nov 28, 1947	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		92	83	5	5	W 2	4,006
11	Tue, Dec 2, 1947	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	69	77	5	6	L 1	3,006
12	Fri, Dec 5, 1947	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		73	69	6	6	W 1
13	Wed, Dec 10, 1947	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		75	79	6	7	L 1
14	Fri, Dec 12, 1947	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		69	67	7	7	W 1	3,877
15	Wed, Dec 17, 1947	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		67	66	8	7	W 2	3,307
16	Fri, Dec 19, 1947	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		78	70	9	7	W 3	4,293
17	Sat, Dec 20, 1947	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		58	70	9	8	L 1	14,451
18	Tue, Dec 23, 1947	Box Score		Chicago Stags	L		75	83	9	9	L 2	3,972
19	Sat, Dec 27, 1947	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		74	63	10	9	W 1	2,180
20	Tue, Dec 30, 1947	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		70	64	11	9	W 2	5,167
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Jan 1, 1948	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L		48	58	11	10	L 1	2,300
22	Sat, Jan 3, 1948	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		60	95	11	11	L 2	3,839
23	Sat, Jan 10, 1948	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	L		57	70	11	12	L 3	2,752
24	Sun, Jan 11, 1948	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		84	56	12	12	W 1	4,294
25	Fri, Jan 16, 1948	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		75	61	13	12	W 2	4,343
26	Sun, Jan 18, 1948	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	L		48	72	13	13	L 1
27	Thu, Jan 22, 1948	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		61	54	14	13	W 1	4,243
28	Fri, Jan 23, 1948	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		58	74	14	14	L 1	5,561
29	Sun, Jan 25, 1948	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L		54	72	14	15	L 2	4,300
30	Tue, Jan 27, 1948	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		68	77	14	16	L 3	4,411
31	Fri, Jan 30, 1948	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	L		69	79	14	17	L 4	4,085
32	Sat, Jan 31, 1948	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		64	66	14	18	L 5	5,381
33	Fri, Feb 6, 1948	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		57	68	14	19	L 6	4,033
34	Sun, Feb 8, 1948	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		68	80	14	20	L 7	15,134
35	Thu, Feb 12, 1948	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		60	69	14	21	L 8	3,731
36	Fri, Feb 13, 1948	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		79	73	15	21	W 1	3,769
37	Sat, Feb 14, 1948	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		58	72	15	22	L 1	3,604
38	Thu, Feb 19, 1948	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	76	79	15	23	L 2
39	Sun, Feb 22, 1948	Box Score		Chicago Stags	L		77	97	15	24	L 3	3,980
40	Thu, Feb 26, 1948	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L	2OT	92	94	15	25	L 4	3,100
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Feb 27, 1948	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W		83	69	16	25	W 1
42	Sun, Feb 29, 1948	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		65	62	17	25	W 2	2,298
43	Thu, Mar 4, 1948	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		62	82	17	26	L 1	8,025
44	Fri, Mar 5, 1948	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		71	68	18	26	W 1	5,764
45	Sat, Mar 6, 1948	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		68	81	18	27	L 1
46	Sat, Mar 13, 1948	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		86	64	19	27	W 1	1,100
47	Tue, Mar 16, 1948	Box Score		Washington Capitols	L		62	76	19	28	L 1	3,114
48	Thu, Mar 18, 1948	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W		77	72	20	28	W 1	2,972

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date		Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Sun, Mar 28, 1948	Box Score	Chicago Stags	L	72	79	0	1	L 1	2,842
2	Wed, Mar 31, 1948	Box Score	Chicago Stags	W	81	77	1	1	W 1	2,477
3	Fri, Apr 2, 1948	Box Score	Chicago Stags	L	74	81	1	2	L 1	3,674

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