1971-72 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		75	97	0	1	L 1	9,097
2	Tue, Oct 19, 1971	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		134	114	1	1	W 1	4,216
3	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		115	108	2	1	W 2	4,880
4	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		103	98	3	1	W 3	8,413
5	Mon, Oct 25, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		136	116	4	1	W 4	10,311
6	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	106	4	2	L 1	16,856
7	Wed, Oct 27, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		108	97	5	2	W 1	2,967
8	Fri, Oct 29, 1971	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	114	6	2	W 2	12,452
9	Fri, Nov 5, 1971	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	102	7	2	W 3	10,543
10	Sat, Nov 6, 1971	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	109	8	2	W 4	7,196
11	Mon, Nov 8, 1971	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		120	109	9	2	W 5	6,035		at Omaha, NE
12	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		142	103	10	2	W 6	4,260
13	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		119	128	10	3	L 1	9,470
14	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		112	116	10	4	L 2	12,738
15	Sun, Nov 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	128	10	5	L 3	17,505
16	Wed, Nov 17, 1971	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		140	121	11	5	W 1	9,440
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1971	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		106	110	11	6	L 1	9,415
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		106	123	11	7	L 2	12,410
19	Sun, Nov 21, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		128	105	12	7	W 1	4,075
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		108	100	13	7	W 2	3,995
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		89	104	13	8	L 1	15,315
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		120	125	13	9	L 2	5,894		at College Park, MD
23	Sun, Nov 28, 1971	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		130	108	14	9	W 1	6,427
24	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	124	14	10	L 1	8,584
25	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	107	15	10	W 1	5,042
26	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		105	97	16	10	W 2	19,588
27	Wed, Dec 8, 1971	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		126	107	17	10	W 3	3,346
28	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	120	17	11	L 1	10,746
29	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		99	115	17	12	L 2	5,523
30	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		96	83	18	12	W 1	1,885
31	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		116	108	19	12	W 2	9,554
32	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		112	100	20	12	W 3	9,225
33	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	109	21	12	W 4	3,081
34	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		124	91	22	12	W 5	4,775
35	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Bucks	W		104	98	23	12	W 6	9,035		at Madison, WI
36	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		99	94	24	12	W 7	3,321
37	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		99	97	25	12	W 8	13,697
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	116	26	12	W 9	12,717
39	Fri, Dec 31, 1971	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		131	119	27	12	W 10	10,513
40	Sat, Jan 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		104	114	27	13	L 1	8,056
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	122	27	14	L 2	17,505
42	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		113	105	28	14	W 1	5,185
43	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	114	29	14	W 2	6,667
44	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	128	29	15	L 1	11,016		at Oakland, CA
45	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		119	125	29	16	L 2	11,108
46	Wed, Jan 12, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		113	112	30	16	W 1	6,839
47	Fri, Jan 14, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	94	31	16	W 2	8,863
48	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		122	106	32	16	W 3	6,042
49	Fri, Jan 21, 1972	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		110	105	33	16	W 4	7,273
50	Sun, Jan 23, 1972	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		115	105	34	16	W 5	4,508
51	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		106	109	34	17	L 1	19,588
52	Wed, Jan 26, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		108	112	34	18	L 2	3,016
53	Fri, Jan 28, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	122	116	35	18	W 1	15,315
54	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	112	36	18	W 2	5,845
55	Sun, Jan 30, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		130	114	37	18	W 3	9,793
56	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		115	108	38	18	W 4	5,404
57	Wed, Feb 2, 1972	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		124	100	39	18	W 5	5,081
58	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		122	109	40	18	W 6	7,608
59	Sun, Feb 6, 1972	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		128	123	41	18	W 7	7,246
60	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		139	112	42	18	W 8	3,759
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		121	108	43	18	W 9	15,315
62	Sun, Feb 13, 1972	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		109	117	43	19	L 1	15,315
63	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	104	44	19	W 1	6,471
64	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		112	113	44	20	L 1	12,120
65	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		115	126	44	21	L 2	12,005
66	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		111	115	44	22	L 3	10,184		at Oakland, CA
67	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	132	44	23	L 4	17,505
68	Tue, Feb 22, 1972	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		114	103	45	23	W 1	8,106
69	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	111	46	23	W 2	4,437
70	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		117	115	47	23	W 3	8,258
71	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	105	48	23	W 4	5,611
72	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		125	96	49	23	W 5	4,574
73	Sun, Mar 5, 1972	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	L		114	125	49	24	L 1	5,630
74	Mon, Mar 6, 1972	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	127	132	49	25	L 2	10,746
75	Sun, Mar 12, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	109	50	25	W 1	15,315
76	Tue, Mar 14, 1972	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		124	110	51	25	W 2	7,114
77	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	115	52	25	W 3	9,024
78	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	Box Score	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W		127	111	53	25	W 4	8,016		at Hershey, PA
79	Sun, Mar 19, 1972	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		112	125	53	26	L 1	10,226
80	Wed, Mar 22, 1972	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		113	106	54	26	W 1	13,851
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		121	116	55	26	W 2	13,069
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		133	120	56	26	W 3	8,838

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 29, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	126	108	1	0	W 1	12,815
2	Fri, Mar 31, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	104	113	1	1	L 1
3	Sun, Apr 2, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	136	113	2	1	W 1	12,094
4	Tue, Apr 4, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	110	112	2	2	L 1
5	Fri, Apr 7, 1972	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	124	114	3	2	W 1	15,315
6	Sun, Apr 9, 1972	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	127	118	4	2	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Thu, Apr 13, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	94	116	4	3	L 1	14,292
8	Sun, Apr 16, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	105	106	4	4	L 2
9	Wed, Apr 19, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	115	109	5	4	W 1	15,315
10	Fri, Apr 21, 1972	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	98	116	5	5	L 1
11	Sun, Apr 23, 1972	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	103	111	5	6	L 2	15,315

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