1962-63 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 58-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (58-22)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 118.8 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (2nd of 9)

SRS: 6.38 (1st of 9) Pace: 127.3 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 93.0 (9th of 9) Def Rtg: 87.4 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +5.6 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 56-24 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 262,581 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1963 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Cincinnati Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers (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 20, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		149	116	1	0	W 1	10,705
2	Fri, Oct 26, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		133	108	2	0	W 2	8,973
3	Sat, Oct 27, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		118	98	3	0	W 3	8,098		Dolph Schayes of Syracuse scored a field goal for Boston
4	Tue, Oct 30, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		97	98	3	1	L 1	7,158
5	Wed, Oct 31, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		115	100	4	1	W 1	8,388
6	Fri, Nov 2, 1962	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		107	97	5	1	W 2	6,984
7	Sat, Nov 3, 1962	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		125	114	6	1	W 3	5,885
8	Wed, Nov 7, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		106	105	7	1	W 4	5,210
9	Fri, Nov 9, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		120	133	7	2	L 1	10,713
10	Sun, Nov 11, 1962	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		117	98	8	2	W 1	7,118		at St. Louis, MO
11	Mon, Nov 12, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		137	126	9	2	W 2	6,446
12	Tue, Nov 13, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		116	102	10	2	W 3	8,249
13	Fri, Nov 16, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		105	113	10	3	L 1	7,887
14	Sat, Nov 17, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		127	109	11	3	W 1	13,413
15	Tue, Nov 20, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		113	106	12	3	W 2	9,074		at New York, NY
16	Wed, Nov 21, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		115	106	13	3	W 3	7,511
17	Thu, Nov 22, 1962	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		120	130	13	4	L 1	4,490		at Philadelphia, PA
18	Fri, Nov 23, 1962	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		116	104	14	4	W 1	4,327		at Providence, RI
19	Sat, Nov 24, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		95	97	14	5	L 1	10,612
20	Tue, Nov 27, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		125	115	15	5	W 1	8,793		at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 1, 1962	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		129	110	16	5	W 2	10,010
22	Sun, Dec 2, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	128	127	17	5	W 3	8,719
23	Wed, Dec 5, 1962	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		106	93	18	5	W 4	4,871
24	Fri, Dec 7, 1962	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		126	112	19	5	W 5	8,717
25	Sat, Dec 8, 1962	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		97	102	19	6	L 1	6,583
26	Tue, Dec 11, 1962	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		87	95	19	7	L 2	15,237
27	Wed, Dec 12, 1962	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		111	98	20	7	W 1	4,894
28	Thu, Dec 13, 1962	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		103	93	21	7	W 2	4,284		at Providence, RI
29	Sat, Dec 15, 1962	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		120	124	21	8	L 1	5,066
30	Sat, Dec 22, 1962	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		106	120	21	9	L 2	6,748
31	Wed, Dec 26, 1962	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		116	113	22	9	W 1	13,302
32	Thu, Dec 27, 1962	Box Score	N	San Francisco Warriors	W		108	102	23	9	W 2	8,693		at Syracuse, NY
33	Fri, Dec 28, 1962	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		121	113	24	9	W 3	9,337
34	Sat, Dec 29, 1962	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		100	102	24	10	L 1	10,017
35	Wed, Jan 2, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W	OT	135	120	25	10	W 1	12,067
36	Fri, Jan 4, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		123	125	25	11	L 1	9,470
37	Sat, Jan 5, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		104	106	25	12	L 2	14,986
38	Tue, Jan 8, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		118	112	26	12	W 1	8,623
39	Wed, Jan 9, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		123	131	26	13	L 1	5,712
40	Thu, Jan 10, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		121	130	26	14	L 2	3,802
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 11, 1963	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		134	117	27	14	W 1	6,427
42	Sun, Jan 13, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		143	99	28	14	W 2	3,076
43	Thu, Jan 17, 1963	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		110	93	29	14	W 3	7,752		at Baltimore, MD
44	Fri, Jan 18, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		122	114	30	14	W 4	5,192
45	Sat, Jan 19, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	148	149	30	15	L 1	6,835
46	Sun, Jan 20, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		133	121	31	15	W 1	13,909
47	Tue, Jan 22, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		124	100	32	15	W 2	15,034
48	Wed, Jan 23, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		133	138	32	16	L 1	2,411
49	Thu, Jan 24, 1963	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		111	109	33	16	W 1	7,238		at Providence, RI
50	Fri, Jan 25, 1963	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		113	98	34	16	W 2	7,814
51	Sun, Jan 27, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	110	35	16	W 3	4,090
52	Tue, Jan 29, 1963	Box Score	N	Chicago Zephyrs	W		100	99	36	16	W 4	15,237		at New York, NY
53	Wed, Jan 30, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		125	111	37	16	W 5	10,666
54	Thu, Jan 31, 1963	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		128	125	38	16	W 6	13,210		at College Park, MD
55	Fri, Feb 1, 1963	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		111	125	38	17	L 1	12,413
56	Sun, Feb 3, 1963	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		137	128	39	17	W 1	7,423
57	Tue, Feb 5, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		106	96	40	17	W 2	6,112
58	Wed, Feb 6, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		109	126	40	18	L 1	4,146
59	Fri, Feb 8, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		129	97	41	18	W 1	8,043
60	Sat, Feb 9, 1963	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	W		118	112	42	18	W 2	13,432
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 10, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	123	43	18	W 3	6,071
62	Tue, Feb 12, 1963	Box Score	N	Los Angeles Lakers	W		120	93	44	18	W 4	11,028		at Detroit, MI
63	Wed, Feb 13, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		128	134	44	19	L 1	12,686
64	Fri, Feb 15, 1963	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		123	114	45	19	W 1	5,595		at Providence, RI
65	Sat, Feb 16, 1963	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		114	94	46	19	W 2	11,006
66	Sun, Feb 17, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	W		110	107	47	19	W 3	2,043
67	Tue, Feb 19, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		129	126	48	19	W 4	12,800
68	Wed, Feb 20, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		117	113	49	19	W 5	3,201
69	Thu, Feb 21, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		135	118	50	19	W 6	9,132
70	Fri, Feb 22, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	113	50	20	L 1	15,196
71	Sun, Feb 24, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	109	51	20	W 1	14,828
72	Tue, Feb 26, 1963	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	L		112	128	51	21	L 1	6,491
73	Sat, Mar 2, 1963	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	117	52	21	W 1	7,252
74	Sun, Mar 3, 1963	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		102	95	53	21	W 2	14,195
75	Thu, Mar 7, 1963	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		115	104	54	21	W 3	4,348
76	Fri, Mar 8, 1963	Box Score	@	Chicago Zephyrs	L		109	110	54	22	L 1	7,084
77	Sun, Mar 10, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		149	117	55	22	W 1	10,069
78	Wed, Mar 13, 1963	Box Score		Chicago Zephyrs	W		121	108	56	22	W 2	3,784
79	Sat, Mar 16, 1963	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		125	121	57	22	W 3	7,152
80	Sun, Mar 17, 1963	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		125	116	58	22	W 4	13,909

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Mar 28, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	132	135	0	1	L 1	13,798
2	Fri, Mar 29, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	125	102	1	1	W 1	11,102
3	Sun, Mar 31, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L	116	121	1	2	L 1	13,909
4	Wed, Apr 3, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	128	110	2	2	W 1	3,498
5	Sat, Apr 6, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W	125	120	3	2	W 2	13,909
6	Sun, Apr 7, 1963	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L	99	109	3	3	L 1	7,745
7	Wed, Apr 10, 1963	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W	142	131	4	3	W 1	13,909
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sun, Apr 14, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	117	114	5	3	W 2	13,909
9	Tue, Apr 16, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	113	106	6	3	W 3	13,909
10	Wed, Apr 17, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	99	119	6	4	L 1	15,493
11	Fri, Apr 19, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	108	105	7	4	W 1	15,382
12	Sun, Apr 21, 1963	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	119	126	7	5	L 1	13,909
13	Wed, Apr 24, 1963	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	112	109	8	5	W 1	15,521

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