1970-71 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (44-38)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 117.2 (2nd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 115.1 (13th of 17)

SRS: 2.30 (6th of 17) Pace: 120.2 (2nd of 17)

Off Rtg: 97.0 (10th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.3 (3rd of 17) Net Rtg: +1.7 (5th of 17)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (5th of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 313,768 (2nd of 2)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Oct 13, 1970	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	114	0	1	L 1	18,398
2	Thu, Oct 15, 1970	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		100	119	0	2	L 2	7,523
3	Sat, Oct 17, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		114	126	0	3	L 3	11,617
4	Sun, Oct 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		133	115	1	3	W 1	6,301
5	Wed, Oct 21, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		118	121	1	4	L 1	9,606
6	Fri, Oct 23, 1970	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		131	126	2	4	W 1	4,910
7	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		113	109	3	4	W 2	5,800
8	Wed, Oct 28, 1970	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		89	126	3	5	L 1	8,762
9	Fri, Oct 30, 1970	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		127	112	4	5	W 1	5,392
10	Sat, Oct 31, 1970	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		133	102	5	5	W 2	5,210
11	Wed, Nov 4, 1970	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		115	113	6	5	W 3	5,212
12	Fri, Nov 6, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	94	7	5	W 4	5,852
13	Sat, Nov 7, 1970	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		140	122	8	5	W 5	3,538
14	Wed, Nov 11, 1970	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	123	8	6	L 1	15,203
15	Fri, Nov 13, 1970	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		114	116	8	7	L 2	12,005
16	Sat, Nov 14, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		101	122	8	8	L 3	8,759
17	Wed, Nov 18, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		89	90	8	9	L 4	3,853
18	Fri, Nov 20, 1970	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	112	9	9	W 1	6,491
19	Sat, Nov 21, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		107	110	9	10	L 1	9,178
20	Wed, Nov 25, 1970	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		122	115	10	10	W 1	7,573
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 27, 1970	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		153	107	11	10	W 2	10,736
22	Sat, Nov 28, 1970	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		121	98	12	10	W 3	9,787
23	Mon, Nov 30, 1970	Box Score	N	Buffalo Braves	W		109	106	13	10	W 4	7,092		at Philadelphia, PA
24	Tue, Dec 1, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W	OT	117	116	14	10	W 5	2,611
25	Wed, Dec 2, 1970	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	111	15	10	W 6	6,514
26	Fri, Dec 4, 1970	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		118	107	16	10	W 7	3,221
27	Sat, Dec 5, 1970	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		101	97	17	10	W 8	9,047
28	Tue, Dec 8, 1970	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		122	102	18	10	W 9	3,176
29	Wed, Dec 9, 1970	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		136	121	19	10	W 10	4,608
30	Fri, Dec 11, 1970	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	118	121	19	11	L 1	11,088
31	Thu, Dec 17, 1970	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		102	93	20	11	W 1	8,418
32	Fri, Dec 18, 1970	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		114	124	20	12	L 1	10,746
33	Sat, Dec 19, 1970	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		128	134	20	13	L 2	12,289
34	Tue, Dec 22, 1970	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		138	108	21	13	W 1	7,199
35	Fri, Dec 25, 1970	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	123	21	14	L 1	13,344
36	Sat, Dec 26, 1970	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		117	124	21	15	L 2	10,806
37	Sun, Dec 27, 1970	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		123	135	21	16	L 3	7,657
38	Tue, Dec 29, 1970	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	W		110	108	22	16	W 1	10,138
39	Thu, Dec 31, 1970	Box Score		San Francisco Warriors	L		106	144	22	17	L 1	9,610
40	Sat, Jan 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		125	120	23	17	W 1	11,820
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		140	128	24	17	W 2	4,669
42	Tue, Jan 5, 1971	Box Score	N	Portland Trail Blazers	L		120	124	24	18	L 1	5,364		at Philadelphia, PA
43	Wed, Jan 6, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		137	112	25	18	W 1	4,152
44	Fri, Jan 8, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		122	114	26	18	W 2	7,124
45	Sun, Jan 10, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	115	26	19	L 1	8,146
46	Fri, Jan 15, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		134	123	27	19	W 1	10,048
47	Sat, Jan 16, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		118	121	27	20	L 1	7,288
48	Sun, Jan 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	120	27	21	L 2	10,746
49	Wed, Jan 20, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		142	112	28	21	W 1	5,313
50	Fri, Jan 22, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		117	136	28	22	L 1	8,403
51	Sat, Jan 23, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	128	28	23	L 2	19,500
52	Sun, Jan 24, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	110	29	23	W 1	3,563
53	Mon, Jan 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		116	117	29	24	L 1	3,323
54	Wed, Jan 27, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		129	132	29	25	L 2	8,097
55	Fri, Jan 29, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		111	118	29	26	L 3	15,203
56	Sun, Jan 31, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		132	126	30	26	W 1	7,392
57	Tue, Feb 2, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	108	30	27	L 1	8,935
58	Wed, Feb 3, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	134	30	28	L 2	2,456
59	Fri, Feb 5, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		114	110	31	28	W 1	4,012
60	Sun, Feb 7, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		104	96	32	28	W 2	6,088
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 9, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		90	88	33	28	W 3	10,633
62	Wed, Feb 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		102	114	33	29	L 1	5,724
63	Fri, Feb 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	113	109	34	29	W 1	7,079
64	Sun, Feb 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		110	108	35	29	W 2	8,211
65	Tue, Feb 16, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		116	119	35	30	L 1	6,091
66	Wed, Feb 17, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		129	99	36	30	W 1	4,240		at Oakland, CA
67	Fri, Feb 19, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		112	116	36	31	L 1	12,281
68	Sat, Feb 20, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		118	128	36	32	L 2	7,971
69	Sun, Feb 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	124	36	33	L 3	16,839
70	Wed, Feb 24, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	96	37	33	W 1	12,662
71	Fri, Feb 26, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	136	129	38	33	W 2	11,757
72	Sun, Feb 28, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	111	38	34	L 1	10,880
73	Wed, Mar 3, 1971	Box Score		San Diego Rockets	W		128	113	39	34	W 1	5,755
74	Sat, Mar 6, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	112	39	35	L 1	19,500
75	Sun, Mar 7, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		110	116	39	36	L 2	12,084
76	Tue, Mar 9, 1971	Box Score	@	San Francisco Warriors	W		134	112	40	36	W 1	3,622		at Oakland, CA
77	Thu, Mar 11, 1971	Box Score	@	San Diego Rockets	L		91	115	40	37	L 1	4,397
78	Fri, Mar 12, 1971	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		108	124	40	38	L 2	6,158		at Omaha, NE
79	Sun, Mar 14, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		117	104	41	38	W 1	5,084
80	Wed, Mar 17, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	104	42	38	W 2	13,450
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 19, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		125	117	43	38	W 3	6,081
82	Sun, Mar 21, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		135	110	44	38	W 4	6,550

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