1972-73 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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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 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	1972-10-11	@	DET	W	121	108				.120		.491	60.0	58.9			.479			.077	.441			.176
2	2	1972-10-13		LAL	W	112	104				.173		.473	51.4	51.0			.445			.127	.427			.155
3	3	1972-10-14	@	CHI	W	96	88				.221		.568	55.2	61.0			.532			.182	.398			.102
4	4	1972-10-17	@	ATL	W	119	115				.467		.536	53.0	51.2			.446	17.2		.402	.459	13.8		.138
5	5	1972-10-20		BUF	W	126	118				.297		.502	62.3	60.8			.459			.216	.476			.171
6	6	1972-10-21	@	BAL	W	104	101				.388		.453	54.7				.398			.265	.406			.240
7	7	1972-10-23		PHI	W	105	85				.194		.494	53.8	75.6			.459			.153	.387			.140
8	8	1972-10-24	@	BUF	W	105	97				.247		.488	52.3	88.1			.433			.216	.392			.167
9	9	1972-10-27		CLE	W	123	97				.410		.496	61.6	66.7			.429			.314	.364	18.6		.253
10	10	1972-11-03		BAL	W	109	96				.308		.462	55.1	59.5			.404			.240	.406			.139
11	11	1972-11-04		KCO	L	107	118				.258		.517	49.4	63.6			.473			.204	.571			.154
12	12	1972-11-08		GSW	W	128	111				.309		.512	56.8	48.0			.455	11.4		.255	.416	12.3		.150
13	13	1972-11-10	@	BUF	W	106	104				.347		.484	56.3	82.1			.411			.295	.408			.194
14	14	1972-11-11		DET	W	121	118				.327		.540	54.3	55.1			.500			.235	.526			.165
15	15	1972-11-15		PHO	W	113	94				.288		.452	59.7	64.4			.405	17.8		.207	.333	18.6		.283
16	16	1972-11-17		MIL	L	88	95				.165		.451	45.5	65.8			.418			.132	.406			.085
17	17	1972-11-21	@	MIL	W	116	102				.177		.476	51.0	67.3			.434			.159	.441			.215
18	18	1972-11-22		POR	W	126	107				.356		.539	56.9	74.5			.505			.238	.398			.194
19	19	1972-11-24		NYK	W	114	97				.277		.541	52.0	63.0			.489			.234	.380			.293
20	20	1972-11-25	@	NYK	L	94	97				.290		.417	52.5	58.8			.340			.260	.389			.242
								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	1972-11-29		SEA	W	120	98				.243		.507	58.8	64.0			.467	15.7		.187	.446	23.0		.174
22	22	1972-12-01	@	PHI	W	105	99				.269		.451	52.8	57.1			.404			.202	.382			.136
23	23	1972-12-02		PHI	W	131	120				.266		.538	61.9	65.5			.505			.193	.473			.344
24	24	1972-12-08	@	CLE	W	96	87				.210		.439	52.3	59.0			.390	16.8		.180	.371	16.3		.155
25	25	1972-12-09		CLE	W	123	88				.436		.549	70.3	60.9			.489	20.0		.330	.353	15.0		.157
26	26	1972-12-13	@	PHO	W	105	100				.193		.444	50.9	60.0			.413	11.3		.138	.385	19.0		.330
27	27	1972-12-15	@	LAL	W	102	98				.120		.448	50.0	60.9			.426			.093	.419			.215
28	28	1972-12-16	@	POR	W	123	116				.266		.586	58.7	65.4			.553			.202	.510			.140
29	29	1972-12-17	@	SEA	W	123	98				.183		.522	58.9	63.6			.505	15.7		.119	.404	15.4		.182
30	30	1972-12-19	@	GSW	L	112	115				.294		.486	54.2	56.5			.451	18.4		.196	.475	16.1		.212
31	31	1972-12-22	@	KCO	W	118	90				.211		.495	59.0	46.0			.459			.165	.385			.220
32	32	1972-12-23	@	MIL	L	98	104				.110		.396	46.4	51.2			.364			.102	.505			.108
33	33	1972-12-26		NYK	W	115	106				.143		.483	58.1	60.0			.446			.134	.449			.184
34	34	1972-12-29		CHI	L	99	106				.202		.511	49.5	65.9			.461			.191	.441			.157
35	35	1972-12-30	N	PHI	W	117	107				.262		.490	59.8	43.8			.449			.196	.444			.192
36	36	1973-01-02	@	HOU	W	130	110				.305		.603	61.9	64.8			.568			.232	.411			.161
37	37	1973-01-03	@	HOU	L	112	123				.291		.482	55.0	57.8			.437			.214	.511			.287
38	38	1973-01-05	@	ATL	W	126	108				.232		.510	54.0	54.0			.446			.232	.407			.185
39	39	1973-01-07	N	BAL	W	116	98				.189		.439	56.7	50.0			.410			.131	.417			.117
40	40	1973-01-10		HOU	W	128	107				.344		.579	59.5	67.3			.542	22.5		.250	.378	11.3		.207
								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	1973-01-12		ATL	W	133	109				.213		.479	59.5	70.9			.433			.181	.414			.273
42	42	1973-01-13	@	PHI	W	111	95				.398		.537	52.1	52.4			.477			.307	.348			.130
43	43	1973-01-16	@	BUF	W	106	102				.163		.505	53.5	66.0			.480			.122	.443			.075
44	44	1973-01-17		POR	W	117	99				.168		.539	61.2	59.6			.515			.129	.424			.228
45	45	1973-01-19		SEA	W	124	104				.163		.448	54.8	43.9			.442	11.5		.078	.468	22.4		.170
46	46	1973-01-21		BUF	W	104	97				.247		.527	53.3	60.5			.483			.202	.459			.071
47	47	1973-01-26		HOU	W	139	126				.462		.545	60.9	68.0			.472			.368	.427			.291
48	48	1973-01-27	@	NYK	L	108	111				.385		.508	48.9	59.5			.462			.264	.517			.241
49	49	1973-01-28		NYK	L	93	96				.316		.417	47.2	54.5			.337			.276	.415			.341
50	50	1973-01-31		CLE	W	94	89				.298		.442	52.7	64.9			.394	19.0		.213	.404	23.6		.191
51	51	1973-02-02		ATL	L	99	100				.174		.422	55.1	72.1			.394			.119	.442			.279
52	52	1973-02-03	@	PHI	W	104	100				.281		.406	54.3	55.0			.351			.211	.369			.162
53	53	1973-02-04		PHI	W	123	115				.292		.482	64.2	54.9			.451			.186	.529			.294
54	54	1973-02-06	@	CLE	L	105	110				.216		.470	55.0	63.6			.431	16.5		.167	.439	15.8		.245
55	55	1973-02-07		LAL	W	113	112				.100		.451	54.6	67.3			.433	18.3		.075	.489	24.7		.239
56	56	1973-02-09		DET	L	95	104				.227		.445	47.6	65.0			.412			.155	.456			.244
57	57	1973-02-11		MIL	W	120	96				.162		.505	51.4	58.5			.477			.126	.417			.097
58	58	1973-02-13	@	CHI	W	105	101				.291		.541	48.2	63.4			.477			.267	.421			.103
59	59	1973-02-14	@	KCO	W	104	101				.172		.520	55.9	46.7			.484			.151	.436			.202
60	60	1973-02-16	@	POR	W	112	105				.364		.488	52.8	62.5			.404			.323	.484			.137
								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	1973-02-17	@	GSW	W	110	106				.263		.519	50.0	60.9			.484	14.5		.189	.412	12.0		.216
62	62	1973-02-18	@	SEA	W	106	105				.167		.433	47.1	69.6			.404	11.6		.123	.521	22.8		.074
63	63	1973-02-20		PHO	W	107	97				.124		.483	57.1	63.3			.467	19.0		.086	.371	14.8		.181
64	64	1973-02-25	@	CLE	W	105	92				.175		.428	56.9	65.2			.404	12.2		.114	.440	21.0		.132
65	65	1973-02-27	@	NYK	L	91	123				.219		.395	46.9	52.6			.362			.143	.567			.233
66	66	1973-02-28		GSW	W	118	111				.290		.489	61.2	69.6			.430	12.4		.243	.460	9.1		.190
67	67	1973-03-02	@	DET	W	115	101				.262		.501	49.0	54.2			.466	12.9		.184	.429	17.6		.173
68	68	1973-03-04		BUF	W	125	113				.339		.486	55.9	60.0			.446			.223	.518			.294
69	69	1973-03-06	@	BUF	W	127	112				.283		.570	52.0	66.7			.515			.253	.484			.211
70	70	1973-03-08	@	PHO	W	141	134				.316		.543	59.8	68.5			.474	15.0		.289	.467	9.6		.183
71	71	1973-03-09	@	LAL	W	119	111				.092		.525	54.2	63.6			.505			.083	.468			.245
72	72	1973-03-11		NYK	W	122	107				.309		.488	59.6	52.2			.418			.273	.443			.216
73	73	1973-03-14		BAL	W	111	107				.185		.475	56.7	61.7			.435			.157	.442			.144
74	74	1973-03-16	@	BAL	L	97	103				.266		.462	50.5	51.3			.415			.202	.461			.236
75	75	1973-03-18		KCO	W	109	105				.176		.468	57.4	61.7			.435			.139	.472			.236
76	76	1973-03-20	N	HOU	W	94	89				.192		.417	59.0	66.7			.404			.096	.390			.110
77	77	1973-03-21		CHI	W	106	105				.313		.561	54.8	69.0			.506			.265	.404			.202
78	78	1973-03-23		ATL	W	124	108				.361		.552	45.9	56.5			.474			.330	.398			.159
79	79	1973-03-24	@	NYK	W	108	103				.148		.469	52.0	48.9			.435			.130	.451			.231
80	80	1973-03-25	@	HOU	W	125	121				.092		.551	58.9	51.7			.532	13.7		.083	.485	11.0		.204
								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	1973-03-27	@	ATL	W	117	110
82	82	1973-03-28		BAL	W	120	101				.156		.515	56.4	57.4			.495			.110	.413			.144

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