1950-51 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 39-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (39-30)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 85.2 (4th of 11) Opp PTS/G: 85.5 (7th of 11)

SRS: -0.41 (6th of 11) Pace: 95.9 (8th of 11)

Off Rtg: 87.3 (3rd of 11) Def Rtg: 87.6 (10th of 11) Net Rtg: -0.3 (6th of 11)

Expected W-L: 34-35 (6th of 11)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 197,888 (1st of 1)

NBA 1951 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (0-2) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Nov 1, 1950		Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		84	107	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Nov 2, 1950		Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	L		65	79	0	2	L 2	4,200
3	Sat, Nov 4, 1950		Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		68	77	0	3	L 3	5,603
4	Tue, Nov 7, 1950		Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		83	64	1	3	W 1	1,151		at Providence, RI
5	Thu, Nov 9, 1950		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		76	71	2	3	W 2	6,569
6	Sat, Nov 11, 1950		Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		78	77	3	3	W 3	1,975
7	Sun, Nov 12, 1950		Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		78	75	4	3	W 4	5,137
8	Wed, Nov 15, 1950		Box Score	N	Washington Capitols	W		79	74	5	3	W 5	2,402		at Providence, RI
9	Thu, Nov 16, 1950		Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		82	73	6	3	W 6	6,304
10	Sat, Nov 18, 1950		Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		80	76	7	3	W 7	2,400
11	Sun, Nov 19, 1950		Box Score		Washington Capitols	L		75	81	7	4	L 1	5,272
12	Tue, Nov 21, 1950		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		89	83	8	4	W 1	9,500
13	Thu, Nov 23, 1950		Box Score		Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		94	78	9	4	W 2	9,600
14	Sat, Nov 25, 1950		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		82	90	9	5	L 1	2,790
15	Sun, Nov 26, 1950		Box Score		New York Knicks	W	2OT	93	90	10	5	W 1	8,332
16	Tue, Nov 28, 1950		Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		74	76	10	6	L 1	12,500		at New York, NY
17	Thu, Nov 30, 1950		Box Score		Washington Capitols	L		81	85	10	7	L 2	4,819
18	Sat, Dec 2, 1950		Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		83	75	11	7	W 1	1,325
19	Sun, Dec 3, 1950		Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		97	85	12	7	W 2	4,542
20	Sat, Dec 9, 1950		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		85	86	12	8	L 1	5,073
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 12, 1950		Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		87	81	13	8	W 1	13,909
22	Wed, Dec 13, 1950		Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		79	110	13	9	L 1	1,245
23	Sat, Dec 16, 1950		Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		88	119	13	10	L 2	1,910
24	Sun, Dec 17, 1950		Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		88	75	14	10	W 1	5,542
25	Tue, Dec 19, 1950		Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		80	86	14	11	L 1	6,396		at Providence, RI
26	Sat, Dec 23, 1950		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		87	81	15	11	W 1	6,992
27	Mon, Dec 25, 1950		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		77	90	15	12	L 1	2,973
28	Tue, Dec 26, 1950		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		102	100	16	12	W 1	5,264
29	Sat, Dec 30, 1950		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		60	77	16	13	L 1	11,695
30	Sun, Dec 31, 1950		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	90	17	13	W 1	5,456
31	Mon, Jan 1, 1951		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	106	17	14	L 1	6,935
32	Wed, Jan 3, 1951		Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		84	82	18	14	W 1	2,250
33	Fri, Jan 5, 1951		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		54	69	18	15	L 1	5,251
34	Sun, Jan 7, 1951		Box Score		Washington Capitols	W	OT	91	86	19	15	W 1	2,931
35	Sun, Jan 14, 1951	3:00p	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		97	87	20	15	W 2	6,665		at Boston, MA (Boston Arena)
36	Mon, Jan 15, 1951		Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		98	73	21	15	W 3	7,516
37	Thu, Jan 18, 1951		Box Score		Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		105	85	22	15	W 4	3,765
38	Sat, Jan 20, 1951		Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	L		85	91	22	16	L 1	2,000
39	Sun, Jan 21, 1951		Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	112	106	23	16	W 1	3,500
40	Tue, Jan 23, 1951		Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W	OT	83	79	24	16	W 2	4,347
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 25, 1951		Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		99	97	25	16	W 3	5,206
42	Sat, Jan 27, 1951		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		75	76	25	17	L 1	5,200
43	Sun, Jan 28, 1951		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	104	25	18	L 2	6,110
44	Tue, Jan 30, 1951		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		96	87	26	18	W 1	4,819
45	Thu, Feb 1, 1951		Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	2OT	80	82	26	19	L 1	4,268
46	Fri, Feb 2, 1951		Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	96	90	27	19	W 1	10,056
47	Sun, Feb 4, 1951		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		84	98	27	20	L 1	6,879
48	Mon, Feb 5, 1951		Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		70	57	28	20	W 1	2,900		at Cincinnati, OH
49	Thu, Feb 8, 1951		Box Score		Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		85	70	29	20	W 2	3,237
50	Sat, Feb 10, 1951		Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		76	81	29	21	L 1	2,243
51	Sun, Feb 11, 1951		Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		93	77	30	21	W 1	6,000
52	Tue, Feb 13, 1951		Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		98	104	30	22	L 1	3,500
53	Thu, Feb 15, 1951		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		80	94	30	23	L 2	3,704
54	Fri, Feb 16, 1951		Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		81	76	31	23	W 1	2,515
55	Sun, Feb 18, 1951		Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		78	75	32	23	W 2	5,563
56	Wed, Feb 21, 1951		Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	87	85	33	23	W 3	4,529
57	Thu, Feb 22, 1951		Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		72	69	34	23	W 4	13,235		at New York, NY
58	Sat, Feb 24, 1951		Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		75	84	34	24	L 1	1,775
59	Sun, Feb 25, 1951		Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		93	83	35	24	W 1	4,214
60	Thu, Mar 1, 1951		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		78	84	35	25	L 1	13,909
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 3, 1951		Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		95	87	36	25	W 1
62	Sun, Mar 4, 1951		Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		92	86	37	25	W 2	8,274
63	Tue, Mar 6, 1951		Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		73	75	37	26	L 1	3,337
64	Wed, Mar 7, 1951		Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		99	95	38	26	W 1
65	Sun, Mar 11, 1951		Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	2OT	96	98	38	27	L 1	6,211
66	Tue, Mar 13, 1951		Box Score		Rochester Royals	L	2OT	107	111	38	28	L 2	4,351
67	Fri, Mar 16, 1951		Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		90	88	39	28	W 1	2,353
68	Sat, Mar 17, 1951		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		89	114	39	29	L 1	2,566
69	Sun, Mar 18, 1951		Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	97	39	30	L 2	5,236

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 20, 1951		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		69	83	0	1	L 1	5,428
2	Sat, Mar 24, 1951		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		78	92	0	2	L 2	5,014

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