1961-62 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 60-20, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (60-20)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 121.1 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (1st of 9)

SRS: 8.25 (1st of 9) Pace: 130.8 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 92.1 (7th of 9) Def Rtg: 85.1 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +7.0 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 60-20 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 191,855 (1st of 2)

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1961-10-21		DET	W	137	102	55	122	.451				27	37	.730			26				27	38	126	.302				26	41	.634			12				26
2	2	1961-10-28		NYK	W	132	102	56	116	.483				20	32	.625		95	35				16	44	134	.328				14	25	.560		76	14				21
3	3	1961-11-03	@	PHW	W	112	98	46	114	.404				20	35	.571		77	33				20	39	117	.333				20	28	.714		71	21				30
4	4	1961-11-04		SYR	W	127	107	45	117	.385				37	56	.661		104	22				28	43	133	.323				21	30	.700		85	18				34
5	5	1961-11-09	N	DET	L	110	116	45						20	33	.606							26	44						28	39	.718							22
6	6	1961-11-11		PHW	W	128	125	45	118	.381				38	57	.667		73	24				24	50	108	.463				25	37	.676		62	20				36
7	7	1961-11-12	@	CHP	W	112	96	46	109	.422				20	26	.769		48	23				22	37	119	.311				22	29	.759		62	9				18
8	8	1961-11-14	@	STL	W	119	117	49	105	.467				21	41	.512		60					26	41	101	.406				35	46	.761		55					29
9	9	1961-11-16	@	CIN	W	127	121	46	109	.422				35	50	.700		55	30				23	46	99	.465				29	38	.763		61	30				31
10	10	1961-11-17	@	NYK	W	104	100	38						28	35	.800							20	45						10	17	.588							26
11	11	1961-11-18		LAL	L	101	103	44	125	.352				13	17	.765		80	16				22	40	115	.348				23	29	.793		74	12				19
12	12	1961-11-22		STL	W	141	121	49	115	.426				43	50	.860		67	26				28	43	99	.434				35	38	.921		51	26				33
13	13	1961-11-23	@	PHW	W	119	106	46	110	.418				27	41	.659		74	27				27	40	112	.357				26	40	.650		71	21				24
14	14	1961-11-25		NYK	W	116	96	47	98	.480				22	31	.710		65	17				20	37	102	.363				22	26	.846		57	19				23
15	15	1961-11-26	@	DET	W	107	101	43						21	31	.677							23	39						23	31	.742							22
16	16	1961-11-28	N	DET	W	116	108	46						24	35	.686							26	42						24	39	.615							25
17	17	1961-11-30	N	CIN	L	130	133	52	118	.441				26	35	.743		58					26	53	107	.495				27	36	.750		66					25
18	18	1961-12-01		CHP	W	140	121	58	141	.411				24	28	.857		72	29				24	49	114	.430				23	36	.639		76	17				24
19	19	1961-12-03	@	CIN	W	119	96	49	114	.430				21	30	.700		68					20	37	107	.346				22	29	.759		71					22
20	20	1961-12-06	N	CIN	W	103	102	43	111	.387				17	22	.773		64					20	43	114	.377				16	20	.800		77					17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1961-12-08		SYR	W	123	111	49	115	.426				25	39	.641		81	19				25	40	113	.354				31	36	.861		77	15				32
22	22	1961-12-09	@	SYR	W	106	102	35						36	57	.632		79					29	33						36	42	.857		79					38
23	23	1961-12-13		PHW	W	123	113	49	123	.398				25	35	.714		80	25				24	44	112	.393				25	37	.676		56	20				22
24	24	1961-12-14	N	CHP	W	123	108	47	100	.470				29	31	.935		65	30				24	43	117	.368				22	33	.667		62	19				21
25	25	1961-12-16		STL	W	130	113	56	115	.487				18	23	.783		61	28				14	50	110	.455				13	19	.684		55	20				18
26	26	1961-12-17	@	NYK	W	117	109	52						13	20	.650							12	49						11	15	.733							16
27	27	1961-12-19	@	LAL	L	101	104	42	111	.378				17	28	.607		60					24	38	82	.463				28	40	.700		60					19
28	28	1961-12-21	N	NYK	W	122	103	51						20	35	.571							25	43						17	33	.515							26
29	29	1961-12-23		NYK	W	122	111	52	109	.477				18	26	.692		57	34				15	49	107	.458				13	20	.650		62	28				21
30	30	1961-12-25	@	SYR	W	127	122	52	115	.452				23	33	.697		70					28	43	107	.402				36	43	.837		74					26
31	31	1961-12-26		LAL	W	129	117	52	112	.464				25	31	.806		72	28				29	41	102	.402				35	41	.854		54	16				27
32	32	1961-12-28	@	STL	W	117	109	43	105	.410				31	36	.861		62					24	38	93	.409				33	42	.786		65					28
33	33	1961-12-29	@	NYK	L	100	110	41						18	28	.643							21	46						18	27	.667							18
34	34	1961-12-30	@	PHW	W	116	111	44	107	.411				28	40	.700		68	17				31	40	100	.400				31	42	.738		65	23				27
35	35	1962-01-02	N	STL	W	136	99	58	123	.472				20	23	.870		66					14	40	117	.342				19	22	.864		65					18
36	36	1962-01-03	@	DET	L	103	112	44						15	26	.577							19	45						22	28	.786							18
37	37	1962-01-05	@	CIN	W	124	103	52	110	.473				20	25	.800		57	34				25	40	105	.381				23	34	.676		67	29				19
38	38	1962-01-07	@	LAL	W	118	95	52	128	.406				14	23	.609		71					36	30	92	.326				35	49	.714		63					25
39	39	1962-01-10	@	CHP	L	90	103	36	95	.379				18	24	.750		56	19				21	42	109	.385				19	30	.633		74	17				19
40	40	1962-01-12		CIN	W	141	125	55	140	.393				31	40	.775		101	29				31	46	120	.383				33	41	.805		60	21				28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1962-01-13	N	SYR	L	117	127	43						31	41	.756							23	51						25	30	.833							30
42	42	1962-01-14		PHW	W	145	136	58	126	.460				29	33	.879		75	23				25	54	113	.478				28	34	.824		56	33				27
43	43	1962-01-17	@	DET	W	126	116	48						30	40	.750							23	47						22	29	.759							26
44	44	1962-01-19		SYR	W	128	103	52	118	.441				24	33	.727		80	25				22	42	126	.333				19	25	.760		86	13				23
45	45	1962-01-20	@	SYR	W	107	101	38						31	40	.775		58					22	38						25	30	.833							30
46	46	1962-01-21		DET	L	120	124	51	118	.432				18	24	.750		61	21				22	50	95	.526				24	31	.774		63	25				20
47	47	1962-01-23	N	LAL	W	118	103	50						18	26	.692							21	42						19	30	.633							17
48	48	1962-01-24		STL	L	123	135	45	113	.398				33	41	.805		64	26				30	47	102	.461				41	50	.820		54	27				29
49	49	1962-01-26	@	NYK	L	121	129	48						25	30	.833							29	50						29	44	.659							19
50	50	1962-01-27	@	PHW	L	106	131	41	122	.336				24	31	.774		66	20				23	56	105	.533				19	29	.655		67	34				23
51	51	1962-01-28		PHW	L	129	133	48	123	.390				33	45	.733		68	25				34	48	106	.453				37	47	.787		61	25				32
52	52	1962-01-31	@	CHP	W	122	115	43	112	.384				36	41	.878		51	29				21	46	107	.430				23	27	.852		62	34				25
53	53	1962-02-01	N	LAL	W	130	115	53						24	26	.923							24	46						23	34	.676							20
54	54	1962-02-02		CIN	W	143	124	62	142	.437				19	32	.594		75	28				25	48	112	.429				28	36	.778		71	16				22
55	55	1962-02-04		NYK	W	130	114	53	122	.434				24	35	.686		81	24				17	47	115	.409				20	24	.833		72	20				23
56	56	1962-02-05	@	CHP	W	127	111	52	100	.520				23	31	.742		51	31				21	47	117	.402				17	32	.531		66	29				22
57	57	1962-02-06	@	STL	W	129	114	48	115	.417				33	49	.673		55					25	41	112	.366				32	38	.842		74					30
58	58	1962-02-08	@	SYR	L	110	122	41	113	.363				28	29	.966		62					21	49	116	.422				24	28	.857		76					22
59	59	1962-02-09		PHW	L	124	126	47	113	.416				30	35	.857		68	26				31	46	114	.404				34	45	.756		65	18				21
60	60	1962-02-10	@	PHW	L	106	107	41	101	.406				24	30	.800		59	23				30	42	99	.424				23	37	.622		68	27				25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1962-02-11		CHP	W	148	115	58	120	.483				32	40	.800		59	23				26	43	108	.398				29	42	.690		61	23				25
62	62	1962-02-13	N	CHP	W	138	117	59	120	.492				20	31	.645		65	29				23	47	115	.409				23	35	.657		70	19				24
63	63	1962-02-14	@	NYK	L	112	125	43						26	31	.839							20	55						15	24	.625							20
64	64	1962-02-16	N	NYK	W	127	104	53						21	28	.750							22	41						22	28	.786							19
65	65	1962-02-18	@	LAL	L	99	125	41	120	.342				17	37	.459		60					26	49	103	.476				27	43	.628		86					24
66	66	1962-02-20	@	LAL	W	115	96	42	115	.365				31	41	.756		61					24	36	83	.434				24	32	.750		55					27
67	67	1962-02-22	N	SYR	W	134	106	53						28	41	.683							19	44						18	24	.750							29
68	68	1962-02-23		SYR	W	121	107	46	96	.479				29	38	.763		64	28				23	43	102	.422				21	28	.750		61	17				26
69	69	1962-02-24	@	PHW	W	109	86	44	118	.373				21	25	.840		75	23				22	35	100	.350				16	30	.533		61	17				17
70	70	1962-02-25	@	SYR	W	110	106	42						26	41	.634							31	34						38	49	.776							27
71	71	1962-02-27	N	CHP	W	115	100	49	107	.458				17	22	.773		59	25				22	39	94	.415				22	30	.733		57	15				19
72	72	1962-02-28	@	CIN	W	129	123	54	110	.491				21	27	.778		52	39				22	52	110	.473				19	25	.760		68	35				22
73	73	1962-03-02	@	STL	L	120	138	44	117	.376				32	40	.800		56					32	54	102	.529				30	49	.612		67					27
74	74	1962-03-04		STL	W	123	120	53	119	.445				17	34	.500		66	31				24	43	102	.422				34	37	.919		61	22				25
75	75	1962-03-06	@	NYK	L	106	113	45						16	26	.615							27	41						31	43	.721							18
76	76	1962-03-07		PHW	W	153	102	59	121	.488				35	43	.814		83	25				19	43	122	.352				16	30	.533		59	22				26
77	77	1962-03-08	@	CHP	W	108	102	41	112	.366				26	37	.703		64	23				21	41	98	.418				20	26	.769		63	25				22
78	78	1962-03-09	@	DET	W	130	111	52						26	33	.788							28	44						23	33	.697							25
79	79	1962-03-11		LAL	W	119	105	51	128	.398				17	19	.895		86	22				27	43	110	.391				19	34	.559		75	19				13
80	80	1962-03-13		SYR	W	142	110	54	121	.446				34	40	.850		85	24				25	43	124	.347				24	28	.857		68					27

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