1960-61 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 57-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (57-22)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 119.7 (3rd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 114.1 (2nd of 8)

SRS: 4.94 (1st of 8) Pace: 134.4 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.7 (8th of 8) Def Rtg: 84.5 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: +4.2 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 52-27 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 201,569 (1st of 2)

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 22, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		118	116	1	0	W 1	8,660
2	Fri, Oct 28, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		110	101	2	0	W 2	10,142
3	Sat, Oct 29, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		103	131	2	1	L 1	9,850
4	Sat, Nov 5, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		104	113	2	2	L 2	13,258
5	Tue, Nov 8, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		136	120	3	2	W 1	9,202
6	Fri, Nov 11, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		128	110	4	2	W 2	18,499		at New York, NY
7	Sat, Nov 12, 1960	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		131	124	5	2	W 3	4,500		at Providence, RI
8	Tue, Nov 15, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	114	115	5	3	L 1	10,132		at New York, NY
9	Wed, Nov 16, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		124	106	6	3	W 1	4,318
10	Sat, Nov 19, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		114	94	7	3	W 2	4,308
11	Sun, Nov 20, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		120	103	8	3	W 3	8,897
12	Wed, Nov 23, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	105	9	3	W 4	3,847
13	Thu, Nov 24, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		132	129	10	3	W 5	11,003
14	Fri, Nov 25, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		111	110	11	3	W 6	10,164
15	Sat, Nov 26, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		129	110	12	3	W 7	2,190
16	Tue, Nov 29, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		119	109	13	3	W 8	9,228
17	Wed, Nov 30, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		125	110	14	3	W 9	5,723
18	Thu, Dec 1, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		111	116	14	4	L 1	5,504		at Philadelphia, PA
19	Fri, Dec 2, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	120	14	5	L 2	5,626
20	Sun, Dec 4, 1960	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	103	15	5	W 1	9,224
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Mon, Dec 5, 1960	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	101	16	5	W 2	8,576
22	Wed, Dec 7, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		134	142	16	6	L 1	2,887
23	Thu, Dec 8, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	118	16	7	L 2	5,210		at Philadelphia, PA
24	Fri, Dec 9, 1960	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		146	123	17	7	W 1	6,172
25	Sat, Dec 10, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		97	102	17	8	L 1	7,832
26	Tue, Dec 13, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		115	117	17	9	L 2	8,122
27	Thu, Dec 15, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		115	105	18	9	W 1	2,000		at Providence, RI
28	Sat, Dec 17, 1960	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		140	112	19	9	W 2	3,654
29	Tue, Dec 20, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		115	112	20	9	W 3	10,137		at New York, NY
30	Wed, Dec 21, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		120	108	21	9	W 4	6,613
31	Sat, Dec 24, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		150	106	22	9	W 5	2,046
32	Mon, Dec 26, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	115	23	9	W 6	12,061
33	Tue, Dec 27, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	116	23	10	L 1	7,303
34	Wed, Dec 28, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		99	105	23	11	L 2	10,428
35	Fri, Dec 30, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	106	24	11	W 1	7,640
36	Sun, Jan 1, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		113	96	25	11	W 2	2,649
37	Tue, Jan 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		102	96	26	11	W 3	6,519
38	Thu, Jan 5, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		125	107	27	11	W 4	9,461
39	Fri, Jan 6, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		108	102	28	11	W 5	5,021
40	Sun, Jan 8, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		104	133	28	12	L 1	9,128
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 10, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		118	98	29	12	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
42	Thu, Jan 12, 1961	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	124	118	30	12	W 2	8,421		at Philadelphia, PA
43	Fri, Jan 13, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	123	121	31	12	W 3	13,909
44	Sat, Jan 14, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		113	116	31	13	L 1	10,762
45	Sun, Jan 15, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		142	124	32	13	W 1	3,320
46	Wed, Jan 18, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		114	125	32	14	L 1	10,166
47	Thu, Jan 19, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		106	103	33	14	W 1	4,733		at Philadelphia, PA
48	Sat, Jan 21, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		124	127	33	15	L 1	4,039
49	Tue, Jan 24, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		125	112	34	15	W 1	12,104
50	Thu, Jan 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	121	35	15	W 2	4,957
51	Fri, Jan 27, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		140	111	36	15	W 3	3,878
52	Sun, Jan 29, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		128	115	37	15	W 4	12,232
53	Mon, Jan 30, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		88	116	37	16	L 1	6,630
54	Tue, Jan 31, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		109	103	38	16	W 1	9,336
55	Wed, Feb 1, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		124	120	39	16	W 2			at Providence, RI
56	Fri, Feb 3, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	109	40	16	W 3	9,200
57	Sun, Feb 5, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		123	121	41	16	W 4	4,088
58	Tue, Feb 7, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		96	95	42	16	W 5	9,000		at New York, NY
59	Wed, Feb 8, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	130	42	17	L 1	2,718
60	Fri, Feb 10, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		134	137	42	18	L 2	4,363
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 11, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		107	129	42	19	L 3	6,157
62	Sun, Feb 12, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		136	125	43	19	W 1	8,059
63	Tue, Feb 14, 1961	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		113	93	44	19	W 2	7,115		at St. Louis, MO
64	Thu, Feb 16, 1961	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	121	44	20	L 1	7,587		at Syracuse, NY
65	Fri, Feb 17, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		133	128	45	20	W 1	10,626
66	Sun, Feb 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		116	106	46	20	W 2	3,865
67	Wed, Feb 22, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		93	105	46	21	L 1	13,401
68	Fri, Feb 24, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		144	128	47	21	W 1	12,238
69	Sat, Feb 25, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		122	109	48	21	W 2	10,416
70	Sun, Feb 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		113	99	49	21	W 3	8,170
71	Tue, Feb 28, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		142	116	50	21	W 4	13,563
72	Wed, Mar 1, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		97	110	50	22	L 1	7,712
73	Sat, Mar 4, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		113	110	51	22	W 1	3,443
74	Sun, Mar 5, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		146	129	52	22	W 2	7,815
75	Tue, Mar 7, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	121	53	22	W 3	4,430		at Providence, RI
76	Wed, Mar 8, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		136	127	54	22	W 4	2,441
77	Thu, Mar 9, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		119	118	55	22	W 5	2,784		at Syracuse, NY
78	Sat, Mar 11, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		126	116	56	22	W 6	3,277
79	Sun, Mar 12, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	136	134	57	22	W 7	3,214

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 19, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	128	115	1	0	W 1	7,728
2	Tue, Mar 21, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	98	115	1	1	L 1	6,657
3	Thu, Mar 23, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	133	110	2	1	W 1	11,754
4	Sat, Mar 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	120	107	3	1	W 2	6,760
5	Sun, Mar 26, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	123	101	4	1	W 3	12,292
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Sun, Apr 2, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	129	95	5	1	W 4	11,531
7	Wed, Apr 5, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	116	108	6	1	W 5	13,909
8	Sat, Apr 8, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	120	124	6	2	L 1	8,468
9	Sun, Apr 9, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	119	104	7	2	W 1	10,442
10	Tue, Apr 11, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	121	112	8	2	W 2	13,909

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