1961-62 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1961-10-21		DET	W	137	102				.303		.495		47.3			.451			.221	.302			.206
2	2	1961-10-28		NYK	W	132	102				.276		.507	55.6	62.5			.483			.172	.328			.104
3	3	1961-11-03	@	PHW	W	112	98				.307		.433	52.0	71.7			.404			.175	.333			.171
4	4	1961-11-04		SYR	W	127	107				.479		.448	55.0	48.9			.385			.316	.323			.158
5	5	1961-11-09	N	DET	L	110	116
6	6	1961-11-11		PHW	W	128	125				.483		.447	54.1	53.3			.381			.322	.463			.231
7	7	1961-11-12	@	CHP	W	112	96				.239		.465	43.6	50.0			.422			.183	.311			.185
8	8	1961-11-14	@	STL	W	119	117				.390		.484	52.2				.467			.200	.406			.347
9	9	1961-11-16	@	CIN	W	127	121				.459		.485	47.4	65.2			.422			.321	.465			.293
10	10	1961-11-17	@	NYK	W	104	100
11	11	1961-11-18		LAL	L	101	103				.136		.381	51.9	36.4			.352			.104	.348			.200
12	12	1961-11-22		STL	W	141	121				.435		.515	56.8	53.1			.426			.374	.434			.354
13	13	1961-11-23	@	PHW	W	119	106				.373		.465	51.0	58.7			.418			.245	.357			.232
14	14	1961-11-25		NYK	W	116	96				.316		.520	53.3	36.2			.480			.224	.363			.216
15	15	1961-11-26	@	DET	W	107	101
16	16	1961-11-28	N	DET	W	116	108
17	17	1961-11-30	N	CIN	L	130	133				.297		.487	46.8				.441			.220	.495			.252
18	18	1961-12-01		CHP	W	140	121				.199		.457	48.6	50.0			.411			.170	.430			.202
19	19	1961-12-03	@	CIN	W	119	96				.263		.468	48.9				.430			.184	.346			.206
20	20	1961-12-06	N	CIN	W	103	102				.198		.427	45.4				.387			.153	.377			.140
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1961-12-08		SYR	W	123	111				.339		.465	51.3	38.8			.426			.217	.354			.274
22	22	1961-12-09	@	SYR	W	106	102							50.0
23	23	1961-12-13		PHW	W	123	113				.285		.444	58.8	51.0			.398			.203	.393			.223
24	24	1961-12-14	N	CHP	W	123	108				.310		.541	51.2	63.8			.470			.290	.368			.188
25	25	1961-12-16		STL	W	130	113				.200		.520	52.6	50.0			.487			.157	.455			.118
26	26	1961-12-17	@	NYK	W	117	109
27	27	1961-12-19	@	LAL	L	101	104				.252		.410	50.0				.378			.153	.463			.341
28	28	1961-12-21	N	NYK	W	122	103
29	29	1961-12-23		NYK	W	122	111				.239		.506	47.9	65.4			.477			.165	.458			.121
30	30	1961-12-25	@	SYR	W	127	122				.287		.490	48.6				.452			.200	.402			.336
31	31	1961-12-26		LAL	W	129	117				.277		.513	57.1	53.8			.464			.223	.402			.343
32	32	1961-12-28	@	STL	W	117	109				.343		.484	48.8				.410			.295	.409			.355
33	33	1961-12-29	@	NYK	L	100	110
34	34	1961-12-30	@	PHW	W	116	111				.374		.465	51.1	38.6			.411			.262	.400			.310
35	35	1962-01-02	N	STL	W	136	99				.187		.511	50.4				.472			.163	.342			.162
36	36	1962-01-03	@	DET	L	103	112
37	37	1962-01-05	@	CIN	W	124	103				.227		.512	46.0	65.4			.473			.182	.381			.219
38	38	1962-01-07	@	LAL	W	118	95				.180		.427	53.0				.406			.109	.326			.380
39	39	1962-01-10	@	CHP	L	90	103				.253		.426	43.1	52.8			.379			.189	.385			.174
40	40	1962-01-12		CIN	W	141	125				.286		.447	62.7	52.7			.393			.221	.383			.275
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1962-01-13	N	SYR	L	117	127
42	42	1962-01-14		PHW	W	145	136				.262		.516	57.3	39.7			.460			.230	.478			.248
43	43	1962-01-17	@	DET	W	126	116
44	44	1962-01-19		SYR	W	128	103				.280		.483	48.2	48.1			.441			.203	.333			.151
45	45	1962-01-20	@	SYR	W	107	101
46	46	1962-01-21		DET	L	120	124				.203		.467	49.2	41.2			.432			.153	.526			.253
47	47	1962-01-23	N	LAL	W	118	103
48	48	1962-01-24		STL	L	123	135				.363		.469	54.2	57.8			.398			.292	.461			.402
49	49	1962-01-26	@	NYK	L	121	129
50	50	1962-01-27	@	PHW	L	106	131				.254		.391	49.6	48.8			.336			.197	.533			.181
51	51	1962-01-28		PHW	L	129	133				.366		.452	52.7	52.1			.390			.268	.453			.349
52	52	1962-01-31	@	CHP	W	122	115				.366		.469	45.1	67.4			.384			.321	.430			.215
53	53	1962-02-01	N	LAL	W	130	115
54	54	1962-02-02		CIN	W	143	124				.225		.458	51.4	45.2			.437			.134	.429			.250
55	55	1962-02-04		NYK	W	130	114				.287		.473	52.9	45.3			.434			.197	.409			.174
56	56	1962-02-05	@	CHP	W	127	111				.310		.559	43.6	59.6			.520			.230	.402			.145
57	57	1962-02-06	@	STL	W	129	114				.426		.472	42.6				.417			.287	.366			.286
58	58	1962-02-08	@	SYR	L	110	122				.257		.437	44.9				.363			.248	.422			.207
59	59	1962-02-09		PHW	L	124	126				.310		.483	51.1	55.3			.416			.265	.404			.298
60	60	1962-02-10	@	PHW	L	106	107				.297		.464	46.5	56.1			.406			.238	.424			.232
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1962-02-11		CHP	W	148	115				.333		.538	49.2	39.7			.483			.267	.398			.269
62	62	1962-02-13	N	CHP	W	138	117				.258		.516	48.1	49.2			.492			.167	.409			.200
63	63	1962-02-14	@	NYK	L	112	125
64	64	1962-02-16	N	NYK	W	127	104
65	65	1962-02-18	@	LAL	L	99	125				.308		.363	41.1				.342			.142	.476			.262
66	66	1962-02-20	@	LAL	W	115	96				.357		.432	52.6				.365			.270	.434			.289
67	67	1962-02-22	N	SYR	W	134	106
68	68	1962-02-23		SYR	W	121	107				.396		.537	51.2	60.9			.479			.302	.422			.206
69	69	1962-02-24	@	PHW	W	109	86				.212		.422	55.1	52.3			.373			.178	.350			.160
70	70	1962-02-25	@	SYR	W	110	106
71	71	1962-02-27	N	CHP	W	115	100				.206		.493	50.9	51.0			.458			.159	.415			.234
72	72	1962-02-28	@	CIN	W	129	123				.245		.529	43.3	72.2			.491			.191	.473			.173
73	73	1962-03-02	@	STL	L	120	138				.342		.446	45.5				.376			.274	.529			.294
74	74	1962-03-04		STL	W	123	120				.286		.459	52.0	58.5			.445			.143	.422			.333
75	75	1962-03-06	@	NYK	L	106	113
76	76	1962-03-07		PHW	W	153	102				.355		.547	58.5	42.4			.488			.289	.352			.131
77	77	1962-03-08	@	CHP	W	108	102				.330		.421	50.4	56.1			.366			.232	.418			.204
78	78	1962-03-09	@	DET	W	130	111
79	79	1962-03-11		LAL	W	119	105				.148		.436	53.4	43.1			.398			.133	.391			.173
80	80	1962-03-13		SYR	W	142	110				.331		.512	55.6	44.4			.446			.281	.347			.194

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