1975-76 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (54-28)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 106.2 (6th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (6th of 18)

SRS: 2.25 (3rd of 18) Pace: 106.9 (7th of 18)

Off Rtg: 98.9 (6th of 18) Def Rtg: 96.7 (3rd of 18) Net Rtg: +2.2 (4th of 18)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (4th of 18)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 539,589 (1st of 2)

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
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 24, 1975	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		109	94	1	0	W 1	13,082
2	Wed, Oct 29, 1975	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		115	106	2	0	W 2	10,060
3	Fri, Oct 31, 1975	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		112	94	3	0	W 3	15,320
4	Sat, Nov 1, 1975	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		82	84	3	1	L 1	14,855
5	Wed, Nov 5, 1975	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		105	95	4	1	W 1	14,167
6	Fri, Nov 7, 1975	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	104	4	2	L 1	10,831
7	Sat, Nov 8, 1975	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		118	104	5	2	W 1	11,120
8	Tue, Nov 11, 1975	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		91	100	5	3	L 1	10,599		at Hartford, CT
9	Thu, Nov 13, 1975	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		107	110	5	4	L 2	13,605
10	Fri, Nov 14, 1975	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	119	5	5	L 3	15,320
11	Sat, Nov 15, 1975	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		112	110	6	5	W 1	12,102
12	Fri, Nov 21, 1975	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		110	101	7	5	W 2	15,320
13	Sun, Nov 23, 1975	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	90	8	5	W 3	10,263
14	Wed, Nov 26, 1975	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		109	110	8	6	L 1	12,189
15	Fri, Nov 28, 1975	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	107	9	6	W 1	15,320
16	Tue, Dec 2, 1975	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		103	100	10	6	W 2	19,694
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1975	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		106	109	10	7	L 1	8,326
18	Fri, Dec 5, 1975	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		104	93	11	7	W 1	15,320
19	Sat, Dec 6, 1975	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		111	104	12	7	W 2	13,874
20	Wed, Dec 10, 1975	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	98	13	7	W 3	9,831
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 12, 1975	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		130	108	14	7	W 4	14,504
22	Sat, Dec 13, 1975	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		137	120	15	7	W 5	8,647
23	Sun, Dec 14, 1975	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		102	93	16	7	W 6	13,042
24	Wed, Dec 17, 1975	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		118	104	17	7	W 7	11,243		at Hartford, CT
25	Fri, Dec 19, 1975	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	112	18	7	W 8	15,320
26	Sat, Dec 20, 1975	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	97	19	7	W 9	18,020
27	Tue, Dec 23, 1975	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		92	101	19	8	L 1	12,353
28	Fri, Dec 26, 1975	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		112	106	20	8	W 1	11,842
29	Sun, Dec 28, 1975	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		123	113	21	8	W 2	17,305
30	Tue, Dec 30, 1975	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		101	133	21	9	L 1	12,787
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		102	98	22	9	W 1	14,096
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		97	125	22	10	L 1	12,204
33	Wed, Jan 7, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		109	103	23	10	W 1	14,839
34	Fri, Jan 9, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		118	113	24	10	W 2	15,320
35	Sun, Jan 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	118	24	11	L 1	11,640
36	Tue, Jan 13, 1976	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	94	25	11	W 1	11,243		at Hartford, CT
37	Wed, Jan 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		101	106	25	12	L 1	7,199
38	Fri, Jan 16, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	110	26	12	W 1	15,320
39	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		94	92	27	12	W 2	11,079
40	Sun, Jan 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		97	94	28	12	W 3	10,579
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 20, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		85	98	28	13	L 1	13,654
42	Wed, Jan 21, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		114	100	29	13	W 1	11,562
43	Fri, Jan 23, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		108	91	30	13	W 2	14,028
44	Sun, Jan 25, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		135	107	31	13	W 3	15,320
45	Wed, Jan 28, 1976	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		110	99	32	13	W 4	12,572
46	Sat, Jan 31, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		109	100	33	13	W 5	19,226
47	Sun, Feb 1, 1976	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		114	109	34	13	W 6	4,630
48	Sat, Feb 7, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		106	98	35	13	W 7	19,694
49	Sun, Feb 8, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		89	97	35	14	L 1	15,320
50	Wed, Feb 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		103	115	35	15	L 2	9,443
51	Fri, Feb 13, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		109	108	36	15	W 1	8,130
52	Sun, Feb 15, 1976	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		105	109	36	16	L 1	11,528
53	Wed, Feb 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	124	36	17	L 2	14,096
54	Fri, Feb 20, 1976	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		125	113	37	17	W 1	14,934
55	Sat, Feb 21, 1976	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		94	100	37	18	L 1	17,787
56	Wed, Feb 25, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		103	102	38	18	W 1	9,593
57	Fri, Feb 27, 1976	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		122	118	39	18	W 2	15,320
58	Sun, Feb 29, 1976	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		119	101	40	18	W 3	15,320
59	Wed, Mar 3, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	123	40	19	L 1	15,042
60	Thu, Mar 4, 1976	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	103	40	20	L 2	7,223
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 5, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		98	93	41	20	W 1	19,274
62	Sun, Mar 7, 1976	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		88	87	42	20	W 2	14,012
63	Tue, Mar 9, 1976	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	L		99	117	42	21	L 1	11,230		at Hartford, CT
64	Wed, Mar 10, 1976	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		92	89	43	21	W 1	12,823
65	Sun, Mar 14, 1976	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		89	102	43	22	L 1	12,213
66	Fri, Mar 19, 1976	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W	OT	120	117	44	22	W 1	15,320
67	Sat, Mar 20, 1976	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	103	96	45	22	W 2	18,516
68	Sun, Mar 21, 1976	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		108	100	46	22	W 3	13,779
69	Tue, Mar 23, 1976	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W	OT	101	97	47	22	W 4	16,132
70	Wed, Mar 24, 1976	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		94	87	48	22	W 5	10,005
71	Fri, Mar 26, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		95	93	49	22	W 6	15,320
72	Sat, Mar 27, 1976	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		103	105	49	23	L 1	19,694
73	Sun, Mar 28, 1976	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	94	50	23	W 1	14,257
74	Tue, Mar 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		83	93	50	24	L 1	13,175
75	Wed, Mar 31, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		122	102	51	24	W 1	8,200
76	Thu, Apr 1, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		95	88	52	24	W 2	19,342
77	Fri, Apr 2, 1976	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		119	115	53	24	W 3	10,247
78	Sun, Apr 4, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	L		114	117	53	25	L 1	13,950
79	Tue, Apr 6, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		92	101	53	26	L 2	11,243		at Hartford, CT
80	Thu, Apr 8, 1976	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		104	131	53	27	L 3	8,002
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 9, 1976	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	106	53	28	L 4	15,320
82	Sun, Apr 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		103	99	54	28	W 1	15,760

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 21, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		107	98	1	0	W 1	13,919
2	Fri, Apr 23, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		101	96	2	0	W 2	15,320
3	Sun, Apr 25, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		93	98	2	1	L 1	12,079
4	Wed, Apr 28, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		122	124	2	2	L 2	16,193
5	Fri, Apr 30, 1976	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		99	88	3	2	W 1	15,320
6	Sun, May 2, 1976	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	W		104	100	4	2	W 2	16,261
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Thu, May 6, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	99	5	2	W 3	14,264
8	Sun, May 9, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		94	89	6	2	W 4	12,098
9	Tue, May 11, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		78	83	6	3	L 1	21,564
10	Fri, May 14, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		87	106	6	4	L 2	21,564
11	Sun, May 16, 1976	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		99	94	7	4	W 1	12,951
12	Tue, May 18, 1976	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		94	87	8	4	W 2	21,564
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
13	Sun, May 23, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		98	87	9	4	W 3	15,320
14	Thu, May 27, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		105	90	10	4	W 4	15,320
15	Sun, May 30, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		98	105	10	5	L 1	12,884
16	Wed, Jun 2, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		107	109	10	6	L 2	13,306
17	Fri, Jun 4, 1976	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	3OT	128	126	11	6	W 1	15,320	3:08	The Greatest Game Ever Played
18	Sun, Jun 6, 1976	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		87	80	12	6	W 2	13,306

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