1971-72 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 56-26, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (56-26)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 115.6 (3rd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 110.8 (9th of 17)

SRS: 4.38 (5th of 17) Pace: 116.1 (2nd of 17)

Off Rtg: 99.3 (5th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.2 (5th of 17) Net Rtg: +4.1 (5th of 17)

Expected W-L: 53-29 (5th of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 346,701 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1972 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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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	1971-10-15		GSW	L	75	97				.131		.331	47.6	47.1			.318	14.4		.065	.460	17.1		.195
2	2	1971-10-19		BAL	W	134	114				.202		.496	51.9	45.6			.460			.161	.360			.306
3	3	1971-10-22	@	ATL	W	115	108				.362		.528	55.9	40.9			.468			.287	.424			.326
4	4	1971-10-23	@	BUF	W	103	98				.465		.497	46.2	51.4			.430			.337	.357	15.3		.286
5	5	1971-10-25		ATL	W	136	116				.277		.541	62.8	66.1			.500			.214	.537			.341
6	6	1971-10-26	@	NYK	L	101	106				.326		.480	49.5	30.0			.435			.228	.457			.213
7	7	1971-10-27		HOU	W	108	97				.151		.478	50.9	63.8			.443			.132	.418			.231
8	8	1971-10-29		MIL	W	125	114				.192		.480	55.9	68.5			.450	12.2		.142	.473	20.1		.308
9	9	1971-11-05		DET	W	103	102				.376		.405	54.4	56.8			.339			.266	.427			.208
10	10	1971-11-06		POR	W	124	109				.333		.530	54.1	63.3			.480	16.4		.255	.410	15.4		.270
11	11	1971-11-08	N	CIN	W	120	109				.292		.554	54.7	47.9			.500			.250	.436			.208
12	12	1971-11-10	@	HOU	W	142	103				.315		.562	49.6	61.4			.514	13.1		.252	.310	13.4		.292
13	13	1971-11-12	@	PHO	L	119	128				.297		.521	47.2	48.9			.465	16.8		.248	.528	18.1		.382
14	14	1971-11-13	@	SEA	L	112	116				.368		.507	46.2	47.7			.463	19.1		.253	.446	22.6		.506
15	15	1971-11-14	@	LAL	L	115	128				.211		.411	51.2	52.2			.359			.180	.476			.291
16	16	1971-11-17		PHO	W	140	121				.290		.580	49.5	58.6			.542	13.6		.224	.433	15.8		.298
17	17	1971-11-19		CIN	L	106	110				.275		.434	51.8	57.1			.385			.202	.417			.313
18	18	1971-11-20	@	CHI	L	106	123				.213		.449	48.2	47.7			.407			.167	.484			.326
19	19	1971-11-21	@	CLE	W	128	105				.214		.597	43.8	70.2			.582			.143	.358			.138
20	20	1971-11-24		BUF	W	108	100				.314		.452	52.7	64.3			.400			.229	.436			.191
								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	1971-11-26		NYK	L	89	104				.230		.404	49.2	57.1			.350			.190	.390			.260
22	22	1971-11-27	N	BAL	L	120	125				.179		.525	52.9	47.2			.500			.132	.505			.204
23	23	1971-11-28		ATL	W	130	108				.288		.489	52.3	57.7			.441			.220	.448			.345
24	24	1971-12-01		LAL	L	111	124				.198		.440	46.7	69.6			.397			.164	.522			.304
25	25	1971-12-04		HOU	W	117	107				.298		.497	54.5	62.2			.433			.260	.390			.238
26	26	1971-12-07	@	NYK	W	105	97				.237		.490	51.0	56.8			.454			.175	.433			.211
27	27	1971-12-08		CLE	W	126	107				.321		.506	51.4	65.3			.450	12.6		.257	.389	17.9		.347
28	28	1971-12-10	@	MIL	L	104	120				.231		.437	44.5	48.8			.398			.167	.511			.255
29	29	1971-12-11		CHI	L	99	115				.297		.481	48.5	65.0			.440			.209	.411			.389
30	30	1971-12-12	@	CIN	W	96	83				.273		.487	59.4	59.0			.443			.205	.304			.293
31	31	1971-12-14	@	CHI	W	116	108				.222		.534	48.6	42.6			.475			.222	.417			.292
32	32	1971-12-15		SEA	W	112	100				.250		.485	53.0	65.3			.471	12.2		.135	.411	22.0		.232
33	33	1971-12-17	@	CLE	W	115	109				.305		.534	51.9	66.7			.474	10.8		.263	.517	17.6		.218
34	34	1971-12-18		BUF	W	124	91				.359		.582	57.8	54.2			.522			.304	.404			.213
35	35	1971-12-22	N	MIL	W	104	98				.250		.468	51.0	53.5			.430	16.5		.180	.404			.234
36	36	1971-12-25	@	CIN	W	99	94				.363		.469	47.2	59.5			.407			.275	.384			.326
37	37	1971-12-27		GSW	W	99	97				.143		.416	52.1	68.9			.402			.080	.429			.209
38	38	1971-12-28	@	PHI	W	120	116				.369		.501	47.4	52.2			.447			.272	.437			.252
39	39	1971-12-31		PHI	W	131	119				.410		.555	50.0	67.3			.490			.330	.506			.356
40	40	1972-01-01	@	PHO	L	104	114				.441		.468	48.5	59.5			.398	13.3		.323	.455	16.5		.386
								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	1972-01-02	@	LAL	L	113	122				.127		.453	51.8	52.0			.424			.110	.547			.326
42	42	1972-01-05	@	HOU	W	113	105				.276		.514	54.2				.459	15.4		.235	.417	11.5		.184
43	43	1972-01-07	@	POR	W	120	114				.310		.528	47.1	55.3			.470			.260	.465			.222
44	44	1972-01-08	@	GSW	L	106	128				.337		.457	51.6	54.8			.416	16.6		.218	.460	8.0		.212
45	45	1972-01-09	@	SEA	L	119	125				.319		.555	48.4	55.3			.500	17.0		.266	.526	16.3		.263
46	46	1972-01-12		CHI	W	113	112				.204		.529	54.4	58.3			.490	12.3		.173	.457	12.1		.277
47	47	1972-01-14		DET	W	108	94				.308		.444	51.6	71.4			.393			.224	.323			.303
48	48	1972-01-15	@	ATL	W	122	106				.208		.527	49.4	47.1			.481			.189	.478			.222
49	49	1972-01-21		HOU	W	110	105				.250		.476	47.5	72.3			.452			.154	.383			.215
50	50	1972-01-23		POR	W	115	105				.210		.526	51.1	67.3			.490	16.1		.170	.430	20.6		.269
51	51	1972-01-25	@	NYK	L	106	109				.299		.483	55.0	40.0			.412			.268	.489			.261
52	52	1972-01-26		CLE	L	108	112				.164		.458	50.0	52.1			.436	11.9		.109	.427	13.7		.313
53	53	1972-01-28		NYK	W	122	116				.422		.504	50.9	51.2			.422			.353	.443			.309
54	54	1972-01-29	@	DET	W	124	112
55	55	1972-01-30		PHI	W	130	114				.190		.517	51.4	60.7			.483			.155	.454			.268
56	56	1972-02-01	@	BAL	W	115	108				.252		.484	52.5	63.8			.439	12.5		.196	.481	18.1		.370
57	57	1972-02-02		CHI	W	124	100				.393		.594	55.7	76.5			.573	20.5		.247	.389	12.3		.148
58	58	1972-02-04		CIN	W	122	109				.440		.511	58.0	75.6			.450			.320	.457			.245
59	59	1972-02-06		SEA	W	128	123				.295		.596	50.0	59.6			.547	12.3		.253	.531	14.5		.219
60	60	1972-02-09		BUF	W	139	112				.333		.561	55.9	57.4			.500			.287	.448			.171
								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	1972-02-11		LAL	W	121	108				.188		.499	53.1	66.7			.455			.170	.369			.311
62	62	1972-02-13		MIL	L	109	117				.212		.479	42.2	66.0			.452			.144	.540			.264
63	63	1972-02-15	@	POR	W	111	104				.425		.537	59.6	76.2			.483	23.7		.310	.473	16.8		.172
64	64	1972-02-16	@	SEA	L	112	113				.219		.532	44.1	55.3			.490	18.6		.188	.422	13.1		.193
65	65	1972-02-18	@	PHO	L	115	126				.288		.491	50.0	56.8			.423	12.0		.260	.454	13.1		.392
66	66	1972-02-19	@	GSW	L	111	115				.292		.512	51.4	60.5			.448			.260	.438			.219
67	67	1972-02-20	@	LAL	L	113	132				.269		.486	41.0	44.4			.433			.221	.520			.280
68	68	1972-02-22		PHO	W	114	103				.294		.594	54.4	78.3			.541	17.9		.259	.432	18.5		.307
69	69	1972-02-23	@	CLE	W	113	111				.410		.577	43.2	69.8			.518	15.5		.325	.495	18.4		.179
70	70	1972-02-25	@	BUF	W	117	115				.323		.534	54.1	59.6			.490			.240	.505			.200
71	71	1972-03-01		CLE	W	115	105				.375		.514	50.4	55.6			.469	15.2		.260	.409	16.3		.136
72	72	1972-03-03	@	DET	W	125	96								43.1							.382	23.3		.315
73	73	1972-03-05		CIN	L	114	125				.333		.571	56.6	62.2			.517	18.7		.276	.517	16.3		.371
74	74	1972-03-06	@	MIL	L	127	132				.261		.479	45.0	57.7			.437			.193	.500			.294
75	75	1972-03-12		NYK	W	112	109				.472		.521	62.1	56.4			.438			.382	.500			.298
76	76	1972-03-14		GSW	W	124	110				.219		.539	52.2	71.7			.505	9.4		.171	.415	9.9		.208
77	77	1972-03-15	@	PHI	W	120	115				.296		.491	54.6	54.3			.426			.259	.417			.282
78	78	1972-03-17	N	PHI	W	127	111				.361		.507	51.6	44.0			.463			.250	.410			.290
79	79	1972-03-19		BAL	L	112	125				.250		.485	51.0	72.9			.462			.154	.526			.263
80	80	1972-03-22		PHI	W	113	106				.195		.461	57.5	60.9			.407	15.8		.186	.411	18.1		.295
								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
81	81	1972-03-25	@	BUF	W	121	116				.310		.471	57.5	45.7			.407			.257	.484			.280
82	82	1972-03-26		DET	W	133	120				.248		.480	60.8	56.4			.440			.184	.490			.196

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