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1961-62 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 21, 1961	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		137	102	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 28, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		132	102	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Nov 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		112	98	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Nov 4, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		127	107	4	0	W 4
5	Thu, Nov 9, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	L		110	116	4	1	L 1	at Philadelphia, PA
6	Sat, Nov 11, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		128	125	5	1	W 1
7	Sun, Nov 12, 1961	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		112	96	6	1	W 2
8	Tue, Nov 14, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		119	117	7	1	W 3
9	Thu, Nov 16, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		127	121	8	1	W 4
10	Fri, Nov 17, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		104	100	9	1	W 5
11	Sat, Nov 18, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	103	9	2	L 1
12	Wed, Nov 22, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		141	121	10	2	W 1
13	Thu, Nov 23, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	106	11	2	W 2
14	Sat, Nov 25, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	96	12	2	W 3
15	Sun, Nov 26, 1961	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		107	101	13	2	W 4
16	Tue, Nov 28, 1961	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		116	108	14	2	W 5	at New York, NY
17	Thu, Nov 30, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		130	133	14	3	L 1	at Providence, RI
18	Fri, Dec 1, 1961	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		140	121	15	3	W 1
19	Sun, Dec 3, 1961	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		119	96	16	3	W 2
20	Wed, Dec 6, 1961	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		103	102	17	3	W 3	at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 8, 1961	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		123	111	18	3	W 4
22	Sat, Dec 9, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		106	102	19	3	W 5
23	Wed, Dec 13, 1961	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		123	113	20	3	W 6
24	Thu, Dec 14, 1961	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		123	108	21	3	W 7	at Philadelphia, PA
25	Sat, Dec 16, 1961	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		130	113	22	3	W 8
26	Sun, Dec 17, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		117	109	23	3	W 9
27	Tue, Dec 19, 1961	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	104	23	4	L 1
28	Thu, Dec 21, 1961	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		122	103	24	4	W 1	at Providence, RI
29	Sat, Dec 23, 1961	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	111	25	4	W 2
30	Mon, Dec 25, 1961	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		127	122	26	4	W 3
31	Tue, Dec 26, 1961	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		129	117	27	4	W 4
32	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		117	109	28	4	W 5
33	Fri, Dec 29, 1961	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	110	28	5	L 1
34	Sat, Dec 30, 1961	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	116	111	29	5	W 1
35	Tue, Jan 2, 1962	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		136	99	30	5	W 2	at New York, NY
36	Wed, Jan 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	112	30	6	L 1
37	Fri, Jan 5, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	103	31	6	W 1
38	Sun, Jan 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	95	32	6	W 2
39	Wed, Jan 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	L		90	103	32	7	L 1
40	Fri, Jan 12, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		141	125	33	7	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 13, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		117	127	33	8	L 1	at Rochester, NY
42	Sun, Jan 14, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		145	136	34	8	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 17, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		126	116	35	8	W 2
44	Fri, Jan 19, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		128	103	36	8	W 3
45	Sat, Jan 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		107	101	37	8	W 4
46	Sun, Jan 21, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		120	124	37	9	L 1
47	Tue, Jan 23, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		118	103	38	9	W 1	at New York, NY
48	Wed, Jan 24, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		123	135	38	10	L 1
49	Fri, Jan 26, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		121	129	38	11	L 2
50	Sat, Jan 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	131	38	12	L 3
51	Sun, Jan 28, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	129	133	38	13	L 4
52	Wed, Jan 31, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		122	115	39	13	W 1
53	Thu, Feb 1, 1962	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		130	115	40	13	W 2	at College Park, MD
54	Fri, Feb 2, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		143	124	41	13	W 3
55	Sun, Feb 4, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		130	114	42	13	W 4
56	Mon, Feb 5, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		127	111	43	13	W 5
57	Tue, Feb 6, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		129	114	44	13	W 6
58	Thu, Feb 8, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		110	122	44	14	L 1
59	Fri, Feb 9, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		124	126	44	15	L 2
60	Sat, Feb 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	107	44	16	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 11, 1962	Box Score		Chicago Packers	W		148	115	45	16	W 1
62	Tue, Feb 13, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		138	117	46	16	W 2	at Providence, RI
63	Wed, Feb 14, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		112	125	46	17	L 1
64	Fri, Feb 16, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		127	104	47	17	W 1	at Philadelphia, PA
65	Sun, Feb 18, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		99	125	47	18	L 1
66	Tue, Feb 20, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	96	48	18	W 1
67	Thu, Feb 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		134	106	49	18	W 2	at Providence, RI
68	Fri, Feb 23, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		121	107	50	18	W 3
69	Sat, Feb 24, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		109	86	51	18	W 4
70	Sun, Feb 25, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		110	106	52	18	W 5
71	Tue, Feb 27, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Packers	W		115	100	53	18	W 6	at St. Louis, MO
72	Wed, Feb 28, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	129	123	54	18	W 7
73	Fri, Mar 2, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		120	138	54	19	L 1
74	Sun, Mar 4, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		123	120	55	19	W 1
75	Tue, Mar 6, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		106	113	55	20	L 1
76	Wed, Mar 7, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		153	102	56	20	W 1
77	Thu, Mar 8, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Packers	W		108	102	57	20	W 2
78	Fri, Mar 9, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		130	111	58	20	W 3
79	Sun, Mar 11, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	105	59	20	W 4
80	Tue, Mar 13, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		142	110	60	20	W 5

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Mar 24, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		117	89	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Mar 27, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	113	1	1	L 1
3	Wed, Mar 28, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	114	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Mar 31, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		106	110	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Apr 1, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	104	3	2	W 1
6	Tue, Apr 3, 1962	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		99	109	3	3	L 1
7	Thu, Apr 5, 1962	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		109	107	4	3	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
8	Sat, Apr 7, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		122	108	5	3	W 2
9	Sun, Apr 8, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		122	129	5	4	L 1
10	Tue, Apr 10, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	117	5	5	L 2
11	Wed, Apr 11, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		115	103	6	5	W 1
12	Sat, Apr 14, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		121	126	6	6	L 1
13	Mon, Apr 16, 1962	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	105	7	6	W 1
14	Wed, Apr 18, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	110	107	8	6	W 2

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