1972-73 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 68-14, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (68-14)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.7 (2nd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (6th of 17)

SRS: 7.35 (3rd of 17) Pace: 114.5 (3rd of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.1 (8th of 17) Def Rtg: 91.0 (1st of 17) Net Rtg: +7.1 (3rd of 17)

Expected W-L: 61-21 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 423,234 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1972-10-11	@	DET	W	121	108	56	117	.479				9	14	.643		66	33				19	45	102	.441				18	22	.818		44	10				18
2	2	1972-10-13		LAL	W	112	104	49	110	.445				14	19	.737		57	25				22	44	103	.427				16	25	.640		54	22				18
3	3	1972-10-14	@	CHI	W	96	88	41	77	.532				14	17	.824		48	25				20	39	98	.398				10	13	.769		39	16				21
4	4	1972-10-17	@	ATL	W	119	115	41	92	.446				37	43	.860		53	21			23	23	50	109	.459				15	23	.652		47	28			19	31
5	5	1972-10-20		BUF	W	126	118	51	111	.459				24	33	.727		71	31				27	50	105	.476				18	29	.621		43	30				27
6	6	1972-10-21	@	BAL	W	104	101	39	98	.398				26	38	.684		64					26	39	96	.406				23	28	.821		53					28
7	7	1972-10-23		PHI	W	105	85	45	98	.459				15	19	.789		57	34				18	36	93	.387				13	20	.650		49	20				18
8	8	1972-10-24	@	BUF	W	105	97	42	97	.433				21	24	.875		58	37				26	40	102	.392				17	25	.680		53	35				21
9	9	1972-10-27		CLE	W	123	97	45	105	.429				33	43	.767		69	30				27	36	99	.364				25	33	.758		43	18			26	29
10	10	1972-11-03		BAL	W	109	96	42	104	.404				25	32	.781		65	25				18	41	101	.406				14	20	.700		53	26				23
11	11	1972-11-04		KCO	L	107	118	44	93	.473				19	24	.792		39	28				18	52	91	.571				14	15	.933		40	33				23
12	12	1972-11-08		GSW	W	128	111	50	110	.455				28	34	.824		63	24			16	24	47	113	.416				17	18	.944		48	27			17	22
13	13	1972-11-10	@	BUF	W	106	104	39	95	.411				28	33	.848		63	32				20	42	103	.408				20	23	.870		49	31				25
14	14	1972-11-11		DET	W	121	118	49	98	.500				23	32	.719		51	27				18	51	97	.526				16	22	.727		43	31				25
15	15	1972-11-15		PHO	W	113	94	45	111	.405				23	32	.719		74	29			27	25	33	99	.333				28	34	.824		50	19			26	30
16	16	1972-11-17		MIL	L	88	95	38	91	.418				12	15	.800		46	25				21	43	106	.406				9	14	.643		55	27				18
17	17	1972-11-21	@	MIL	W	116	102	49	113	.434				18	20	.900		51	33				20	41	93	.441				20	24	.833		49	20				22
18	18	1972-11-22		POR	W	126	107	51	101	.505				24	36	.667		66	38				23	43	108	.398				21	34	.618		50	28				26
19	19	1972-11-24		NYK	W	114	97	46	94	.489				22	26	.846		51	29				29	35	92	.380				27	34	.794		47	22				26
20	20	1972-11-25	@	NYK	L	94	97	34	100	.340				26	29	.897		62	20				27	37	95	.389				23	31	.742		56	19				24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1972-11-29		SEA	W	120	98	50	107	.467				20	26	.769		57	32			22	14	41	92	.446				16	19	.842		40	24			30	22
22	22	1972-12-01	@	PHI	W	105	99	42	104	.404				21	28	.750		66	24				21	42	110	.382				15	19	.789		59	21				22
23	23	1972-12-02		PHI	W	131	120	55	109	.505				21	29	.724		60	36				25	44	93	.473				32	41	.780		37	26				23
24	24	1972-12-08	@	CLE	W	96	87	39	100	.390				18	21	.857		56	23			22	22	36	97	.371				15	24	.625		51	30			21	23
25	25	1972-12-09		CLE	W	123	88	46	94	.489				31	41	.756		78	28			28	25	36	102	.353				16	26	.615		33	19			20	26
26	26	1972-12-13	@	PHO	W	105	100	45	109	.413				15	21	.714		57	27			15	27	35	91	.385				30	35	.857		55	19			25	24
27	27	1972-12-15	@	LAL	W	102	98	46	108	.426				10	13	.769		58	28				26	39	93	.419				20	31	.645		58	20				17
28	28	1972-12-16	@	POR	W	123	116	52	94	.553				19	25	.760		54	34				25	51	100	.510				14	26	.538		38	27				21
29	29	1972-12-17	@	SEA	W	123	98	55	109	.505				13	20	.650		63	35			22	18	40	99	.404				18	25	.720		44	28			20	17
30	30	1972-12-19	@	GSW	L	112	115	46	102	.451				20	30	.667		64	26			26	23	47	99	.475				21	35	.600		54	18			22	21
31	31	1972-12-22	@	KCO	W	118	90	50	109	.459				18	23	.783		62	23				20	35	91	.385				20	28	.714		43	22				22
32	32	1972-12-23	@	MIL	L	98	104	43	118	.364				12	13	.923		52	22				10	47	93	.505				10	12	.833		60	26				19
33	33	1972-12-26		NYK	W	115	106	50	112	.446				15	16	.938		61	30				20	44	98	.449				18	20	.900		44	26				18
34	34	1972-12-29		CHI	L	99	106	41	89	.461				17	18	.944		45	27				22	45	102	.441				16	24	.667		46	29				16
35	35	1972-12-30	N	PHI	W	117	107	48	107	.449				21	28	.750		61	21				19	44	99	.444				19	23	.826		41	9				24
36	36	1973-01-02	@	HOU	W	130	110	54	95	.568				22	29	.759		65	35				20	46	112	.411				18	22	.818		40	30				26
37	37	1973-01-03	@	HOU	L	112	123	45	103	.437				22	30	.733		55	26				27	48	94	.511				27	32	.844		45	25				23
38	38	1973-01-05	@	ATL	W	126	108	50	112	.446				26	26	1.000		61	27				24	44	108	.407				20	30	.667		52	15				25
39	39	1973-01-07	N	BAL	W	116	98	50	122	.410				16	23	.696		72	25				19	43	103	.417				12	17	.706		55	25				22
40	40	1973-01-10		HOU	W	128	107	52	96	.542				24	33	.727		66	35			32	23	42	111	.378				23	33	.697		45	28			16	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1973-01-12		ATL	W	133	109	55	127	.433				23	27	.852		72	39				28	41	99	.414				27	34	.794		49	27				25
42	42	1973-01-13	@	PHI	W	111	95	42	88	.477				27	35	.771		61	22				22	40	115	.348				15	19	.789		56	11				23
43	43	1973-01-16	@	BUF	W	106	102	47	98	.480				12	16	.750		61	31				16	47	106	.443				8	14	.571		53	31				21
44	44	1973-01-17		POR	W	117	99	52	101	.515				13	17	.765		60	31				22	39	92	.424				21	30	.700		38	24				18
45	45	1973-01-19		SEA	W	124	104	57	129	.442				10	21	.476		63	25			18	26	44	94	.468				16	22	.727		52	12			30	22
46	46	1973-01-21		BUF	W	104	97	43	89	.483				18	22	.818		49	26				15	45	98	.459				7	13	.538		43	33				20
47	47	1973-01-26		HOU	W	139	126	50	106	.472				39	49	.796		67	34				30	47	110	.427				32	38	.842		43	29				33
48	48	1973-01-27	@	NYK	L	108	111	42	91	.462				24	35	.686		46	25				23	45	87	.517				21	29	.724		48	25				25
49	49	1973-01-28		NYK	L	93	96	33	98	.337				27	31	.871		50	18				28	34	82	.415				28	37	.757		56	22				24
50	50	1973-01-31		CLE	W	94	89	37	94	.394				20	28	.714		49	24			25	20	36	89	.404				17	18	.944		44	21			30	25
51	51	1973-02-02		ATL	L	99	100	43	109	.394				13	19	.684		59	31				23	38	86	.442				24	34	.706		48	21				14
52	52	1973-02-03	@	PHI	W	104	100	40	114	.351				24	32	.750		75	22				22	41	111	.369				18	21	.857		63	20				26
53	53	1973-02-04		PHI	W	123	115	51	113	.451				21	33	.636		61	28				22	45	85	.529				25	31	.806		34	24				26
54	54	1973-02-06	@	CLE	L	105	110	44	102	.431				17	22	.773		55	28			22	26	43	98	.439				24	32	.750		45	31			21	22
55	55	1973-02-07		LAL	W	113	112	52	120	.433				9	12	.750		59	35			28	26	45	92	.489				22	27	.815		49	25			34	22
56	56	1973-02-09		DET	L	95	104	40	97	.412				15	22	.682		49	26				23	41	90	.456				22	27	.815		54	22				23
57	57	1973-02-11		MIL	W	120	96	53	111	.477				14	18	.778		54	31				17	43	103	.417				10	15	.667		51	26				20
58	58	1973-02-13	@	CHI	W	105	101	41	86	.477				23	25	.920		53	26				18	45	107	.421				11	16	.688		57	21				23
59	59	1973-02-14	@	KCO	W	104	101	45	93	.484				14	16	.875		52	21				24	41	94	.436				19	25	.760		41	17				19
60	60	1973-02-16	@	POR	W	112	105	40	99	.404				32	36	.889		56	25				16	46	95	.484				13	14	.929		50	28				26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1973-02-17	@	GSW	W	110	106	46	95	.484				18	25	.720		59	28			18	21	42	102	.412				22	35	.629		59	22			16	23
62	62	1973-02-18	@	SEA	W	106	105	46	114	.404				14	19	.737		49	32			16	11	49	94	.521				7	9	.778		55	22			29	14
63	63	1973-02-20		PHO	W	107	97	49	105	.467				9	13	.692		60	31			26	27	39	105	.371				19	23	.826		45	22			20	18
64	64	1973-02-25	@	CLE	W	105	92	46	114	.404				13	20	.650		62	30			17	20	40	91	.440				12	16	.750		47	30			26	21
65	65	1973-02-27	@	NYK	L	91	123	38	105	.362				15	23	.652		46	20				27	51	90	.567				21	27	.778		52	33				19
66	66	1973-02-28		GSW	W	118	111	46	107	.430				26	31	.839		63	32			17	23	46	100	.460				19	21	.905		40	26			11	22
67	67	1973-03-02	@	DET	W	115	101	48	103	.466				19	27	.704		51	26			17	18	42	98	.429				17	22	.773		53	26			23	18
68	68	1973-03-04		BUF	W	125	113	50	112	.446				25	38	.658		57	30				27	44	85	.518				25	36	.694		45	27				32
69	69	1973-03-06	@	BUF	W	127	112	51	99	.515				25	28	.893		51	34				22	46	95	.484				20	28	.714		47	30				21
70	70	1973-03-08	@	PHO	W	141	134	54	114	.474				33	36	.917		70	37			23	25	56	120	.467				22	26	.846		47	29			14	28
71	71	1973-03-09	@	LAL	W	119	111	55	109	.505				9	10	.900		52	35				21	44	94	.468				23	25	.920		44	24				12
72	72	1973-03-11		NYK	W	122	107	46	110	.418				30	34	.882		65	24				28	43	97	.443				21	30	.700		44	17				29
73	73	1973-03-14		BAL	W	111	107	47	108	.435				17	20	.850		68	29				17	46	104	.442				15	21	.714		52	26				20
74	74	1973-03-16	@	BAL	L	97	103	39	94	.415				19	25	.760		53	20				22	41	89	.461				21	25	.840		52	19				22
75	75	1973-03-18		KCO	W	109	105	47	108	.435				15	19	.789		58	29				17	42	89	.472				21	25	.840		43	24				20
76	76	1973-03-20	N	HOU	W	94	89	42	104	.404				10	20	.500		69	28				18	39	100	.390				11	14	.786		48	18				18
77	77	1973-03-21		CHI	W	106	105	42	83	.506				22	26	.846		51	29				22	42	104	.404				21	27	.778		42	23				19
78	78	1973-03-23		ATL	W	124	108	46	97	.474				32	35	.914		50	26				22	45	113	.398				18	23	.783		59	26				27
79	79	1973-03-24	@	NYK	W	108	103	47	108	.435				14	16	.875		52	23				23	41	91	.451				21	26	.808		48	25				21
80	80	1973-03-25	@	HOU	W	125	121	58	109	.532				9	10	.900		63	30			18	25	50	103	.485				21	23	.913		44	26			14	15
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1973-03-27	@	ATL	W	117	110	52						13	17	.765							30	43						24	38	.632							20
82	82	1973-03-28		BAL	W	120	101	54	109	.495				12	17	.706		62	31				14	43	104	.413				15	18	.833		48	26				17

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