1977-78 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 32-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (11-23), Tom Sanders (21-27)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 105.7 (16th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 107.7 (8th of 22)

SRS: -1.86 (18th of 22) Pace: 105.9 (15th of 22)

Off Rtg: 99.1 (20th of 22) Def Rtg: 100.9 (12th of 22) Net Rtg: -1.8 (18th of 22)

Expected W-L: 36-46 (18th of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 437,937 (2nd of 2)

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Regular Season

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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	1977-10-19	@	SAS	L	109	114	48	99	.485				13	17	.765		63	28	8	4	27	24	47	102	.461				20	26	.769		44	30	14	9	15	15
2	2	1977-10-22	@	HOU	L	98	110	37	95	.389				24	34	.706		54	20		4	24	25	43	87	.494				24	28	.857		45	22	15	4	21	24
3	3	1977-10-24	@	DET	L	85	100	34	93	.366				17	23	.739		52	12			22	20	43	88	.489				14	19	.737		56	20			21	19
4	4	1977-10-25		ATL	W	110	103	38	88	.432				34	43	.791		54	26			27	29	41	85	.482				21	29	.724		37	21			21	31
5	5	1977-10-28	@	NJN	L	109	116	46	95	.484				17	25	.680		46	30			24	26	44	86	.512				28	36	.778		47	23			26	24
6	6	1977-10-29	@	CLE	L	98	103	38	94	.404				22	25	.880	13	45	18	5	5	10	29	36	83	.434				31	36	.861	9	45	21	4	3	15	21
7	7	1977-11-02		CLE	L	101	104	40	97	.412				21	27	.778		58	20		3	22	30	42	93	.452				20	33	.606		39	25		5	16	26
8	8	1977-11-04		DEN	L	107	109	44	103	.427				19	33	.576	18	53	24	14	5	21	29	43	88	.489				23	30	.767	7	45	21	7	4	26	27
9	9	1977-11-09		SAS	L	114	129	46	98	.469				22	27	.815		48	23	14	1	26	26	50	82	.610				29	31	.935		30	34	10	2	22	23
10	10	1977-11-11		BUF	W	109	103	46	88	.523				17	25	.680		42	29			17	30	36	78	.462				31	35	.886		31	20			21	26
11	11	1977-11-13	@	MIL	W	127	119	56	108	.519				15	18	.833		53	32		5	21	15	51	102	.500				17	21	.810		44	28	7	4	21	20
12	12	1977-11-16		ATL	W	131	105	53	89	.596				25	34	.735		51	32			25	30	41	93	.441				23	30	.767		35	21			25	28
13	13	1977-11-18		PHI	L	112	121	46	104	.442				20	32	.625		48	24			13	30	45	86	.523				31	38	.816		46	22			18	25
14	14	1977-11-19	@	BUF	L	98	102	40	93	.430				18	21	.857		37	24			17	26	38	79	.481				26	28	.929		42	27			21	19
15	15	1977-11-23		HOU	W	109	100	44	88	.500				21	28	.750		49	26	4		15	21	42	104	.404				16	18	.889		43	24	8		16	25
16	16	1977-11-25		NYK	W	121	119	43	100	.430				35	44	.795		54	26			14	24	50	97	.515				19	21	.905		42	26			16	27
17	17	1977-11-26	@	KCK	L	108	110	44	85	.518				20	24	.833		35	16				24	49	89	.551				12	16	.750		44	27				19
18	18	1977-11-29	@	ATL	L	101	108	38	68	.559				25	32	.781		38	23			29	34	39	90	.433				30	37	.811		48	22			16	33
19	19	1977-11-30		CHI	W	98	92	38	84	.452				22	26	.846	12	51	24	6	5	26	28	36	95	.379				20	25	.800	19	49	21	8	4	20	25
20	20	1977-12-02		SEA	L	89	111	36	90	.400				17	20	.850	16	53	17	9	0	22	22	46	98	.469				19	21	.905	17	54	29	12		18	19
								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	1977-12-03	@	WSB	L	93	103	38	94	.404				17	28	.607		48	20				25	43	99	.434				17	23	.739		45	29				22
22	22	1977-12-06	@	NYK	L	119	122	40	83	.482				39	49	.796		40	21			27	24	52	98	.531				18	24	.750		49	33			26	30
23	23	1977-12-07		KCK	W	113	109	44	96	.458				25	29	.862		45	29	3	2	14	26	42	90	.467				25	31	.806		39	25	5	1	15	29
24	24	1977-12-09		POR	L	87	118	36	103	.350				15	19	.789	13	45	17	4	2	16	22	48	92	.522				22	28	.786	13	62	31	9	8	16	16
25	25	1977-12-13		NJN	W	122	108	44	100	.440				34	39	.872		61	22			17	22	48	117	.410				12	18	.667		51	23			19	29
26	26	1977-12-16		GSW	W	118	113	52	99	.525				14	16	.875	15	51	36	5	5	18	23	49	104	.471				15	20	.750	16	41	26	8	2	9	15
27	27	1977-12-18	@	LAL	L	97	104	38	85	.447				21	25	.840	14	50	23	8	4	19	20	45	109	.413				14	16	.875	23	54	26	12	6	11	16
28	28	1977-12-20	@	POR	L	99	104	38	92	.413				23	26	.885	16	52	24	10	2	22	26	39	94	.415				26	32	.813	16	51	19	11	5	22	25
29	29	1977-12-21	@	GSW	L	106	111	36	83	.434				34	37	.919	13	48	23	6	2	20	24	46	90	.511				19	28	.679	12	46	27	13	4	16	29
30	30	1977-12-22	@	SEA	L	99	132	39	94	.415				21	25	.840	10	43	20			25	23	55	117	.470				22	26	.846	25	64	38			18	22
31	31	1977-12-23	@	PHO	L	110	129	47	92	.511				16	23	.696	11	53	27	8	1	35	26	56	108	.519				17	28	.607	32	43	42	22	5	19	20
32	32	1977-12-26	@	DET	L	100	122	42	103	.408				16	19	.842	17	49	22			22	22	49	102	.480				24	30	.800		55	25			12	17
33	33	1977-12-29	@	MIL	W	124	115	52	93	.559				20	21	.952		45	38	11	5	22	22	49	105	.467				17	23	.739		40	33	14	6	14	15
34	34	1977-12-30	@	CHI	L	97	102	42	86	.488				13	18	.722	8	31	28	6	2	17	34	34	79	.430				34	46	.739	20	56	21	9	1	18	24
35	35	1978-01-05		PHO	L	111	121	42	90	.467				27	35	.771	12	43	18	7	2	11	27	48	95	.505				25	28	.893	13	44	27	5	3	13	23
36	36	1978-01-08	@	PHI	L	91	94	40	82	.488				11	13	.846		48	27	13	3	26	33	38	86	.442				18	33	.545		46	27	9	4	23	21
37	37	1978-01-11		HOU	W	91	88	39	86	.453				13	17	.765		50	19	2	5	24	22	33	88	.375				22	24	.917		42	16	8	4	16	19
38	38	1978-01-13		NJN	W	114	111	43	106	.406				28	36	.778		54	20			13	25	46	105	.438				19	22	.864		61	25			18	31
39	39	1978-01-15		POR	L	103	107	43	92	.467				17	20	.850	10	38	27	10	1	16	30	41	102	.402				25	31	.806	23	54	23	5	0	17	27
40	40	1978-01-18		MIL	W	130	116	54	101	.535				22	25	.880		49	29	6	2	21	23	47	106	.443				22	23	.957		40	25	7	6	16	20
								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	1978-01-22		SEA	L	92	103	34	97	.351				24	27	.889	20	56	17	7	1	15	25	38	95	.400				27	39	.692	15	54	13	9	4	10	20
42	42	1978-01-24	@	NOJ	L	91	96	39	93	.419				13	17	.765		54	20			19	23	37	99	.374				22	26	.846		60	30			11	18
43	43	1978-01-25	@	SAS	L	103	113	45	99	.455				13	14	.929		54	19	10	2	25	25	47	94	.500				19	20	.950		40	18	7	8	14	17
44	44	1978-01-29		GSW	L	88	99	34	80	.425				20	23	.870	17	55	17	6	4	23	20	43	93	.462				13	17	.765	7	34	23	10	1	11	20
45	45	1978-01-31		IND	W	104	94	37	82	.451				30	40	.750		49	20	6	6	28		37	106	.349				20	26	.769		47	14	10	3	14
46	46	1978-02-01		LAL	W	103	100	47	109	.431				9	13	.692	20	56	27	10	4	11	20	42	90	.467				16	24	.667	10	46	23	6	2	16	20
47	47	1978-02-03		WSB	W	116	94	46	103	.447				24	30	.800		66	27			14	23	39	100	.390				16	28	.571		40	19			15	26
48	48	1978-02-07	@	IND	W	92	89	32	92	.348				28	35	.800		56	17	10	5	16	19	36	97	.371				17	29	.586		62	15	7	7	19	26
49	49	1978-02-08	@	KCK	L	100	104	40	94	.426				20	25	.800		48	19	8	1	23	30	36	80	.450				32	41	.780		46	20	12	6	21	26
50	50	1978-02-14	@	GSW	W	98	75	36	78	.462				26	39	.667	16	59	20	12	5	31	29	27	81	.333				21	28	.750	9	35	14	15	9	25	30
51	51	1978-02-16	@	PHO	W	98	95	35	92	.380				28	34	.824	20	60	17	8	4	27	27	38	86	.442				19	27	.704	6	35	21	12	4	18	27
52	52	1978-02-17	@	LAL	L	106	114	44	90	.489				18	20	.900	11	40	28	7	5	16	18	49	95	.516				16	18	.889	10	37	31	10	4	15	24
53	53	1978-02-19	@	DEN	L	115	118	50	101	.495				15	21	.714	15	42	29	15	6	16	22	51	94	.543				16	19	.842	12	42	35	6	7	20	17
54	54	1978-02-21	@	HOU	L	96	111	40	93	.430				16	23	.696		49	26	8	4	19	18	50	101	.495				11	18	.611		50	28	13	6	21	20
55	55	1978-02-24	@	BUF	W	106	99	45	89	.506				16	23	.696		52	32			18	26	33	86	.384				33	41	.805		50	22			16	21
56	56	1978-02-26	@	NJN	W	94	92	38	78	.487				18	26	.692		48	24			23	22	36	98	.367				20	25	.800		47	21			15	21
57	57	1978-02-28	@	ATL	L	85	117	29	75	.387				27	34	.794		44	14			20	22	50	96	.521				17	24	.708		55	32			9	24
58	58	1978-03-01	@	NOJ	L	100	101	39	88	.443				22	27	.815		53	21			19	30	36	84	.429				29	36	.806		43	26			17	24
59	59	1978-03-03		NOJ	W	116	113	45	84	.536				26	30	.867		36	20			16	27	44	83	.530				25	33	.758		28	25			16	23
60	60	1978-03-04	@	NYK	L	91	99	40	105	.381				11	16	.688		59	29			15	23	39	76	.513				21	27	.778	1	39	26			17	16
								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	1978-03-05		NYK	W	112	94	46	93	.495				20	24	.833		59	27			29	20	40	115	.348				14	20	.700		43	16			16	21
62	62	1978-03-10	@	PHI	L	109	120	46	100	.460				17	21	.810		44	32				25	45	85	.529				30	37	.811		45	33				23
63	63	1978-03-12		PHI	L	103	105	41	82	.500				21	30	.700		43	25	6	4	19	26	45	98	.459				15	22	.682		40	22	4	2	14	27
64	64	1978-03-14		DET	W	105	98	47	97	.485				11	14	.786		57	27			22	27	40	94	.426				18	26	.692		37	20			17	20
65	65	1978-03-16	@	CLE	L	102	112	46	101	.455				10	13	.769	15	47	25	7	5	16	17	50	97	.515				12	17	.706	12	50	19	11	7	15	11
66	66	1978-03-17		PHO	W	115	108	45	100	.450				25	29	.862	17	51	26	8	5	14	21	48	95	.505				12	17	.706	12	41	27	8	8	16	23
67	67	1978-03-18		KCK	W	117	110	42	79	.532				33	43	.767		46	14			18	27	45	107	.421				20	26	.769		47	13			14	31
68	68	1978-03-19		DEN	W	122	95	49	99	.495				24	37	.649	14	53	33	8	2	12	28	31	89	.348				33	41	.805	16	46	16	3	5	16	26
69	69	1978-03-21	@	WSB	L	107	119	47	92	.511				13	17	.765		42	32			23	26	44	88	.500				31	41	.756		44	30			17	21
70	70	1978-03-22		CLE	W	105	99	43	105	.410				19	23	.826	27	59	20	3	5	15	23	38	90	.422				23	26	.885	14	39	15	7	3	14	24
71	71	1978-03-24		CHI	L	96	97	42	84	.500				12	15	.800	13	40	23	6	2	18	16	42	89	.472				13	16	.813	14	38	24	6	2	20	19
72	72	1978-03-26	@	SEA	L	101	112	48	111	.432				5	9	.556	19	56	26	8	1	21	25	44	98	.449				24	32	.750	12	46	27	10	8	15	14
73	73	1978-03-28	@	POR	W	104	92	40	79	.506				24	27	.889	13	47	18	8	6	21	25	39	96	.406				14	20	.700	24	48	17	9	6	15	29
74	74	1978-03-29	@	DEN	L	106	109	43	84	.512				20	36	.556	16	52	29	8	3	19	25	42	93	.452				25	29	.862	12	43	24	10	6	15	24
75	75	1978-03-31		SAS	L	117	120	47	92	.511				23	27	.852		51	25	4	4	25	25	49	104	.471				22	26	.846		42	23	13	5	14	22
76	76	1978-04-01		NOJ	W	119	108	45	101	.446				29	36	.806		58	24			17	27	43	107	.402				22	32	.688		57	19			19	29
77	77	1978-04-02		IND	L	120	123	52	103	.505				16	25	.640		48	32	7		19	29	47	99	.475				29	44	.659		49	24	11		11	26
78	78	1978-04-04	@	CHI	L	104	116	42	93	.452				20	25	.800	14	34	23	9	5	15	23	46	80	.575				24	27	.889	12	49	41	8	3	21	24
79	79	1978-04-06		WSB	L	103	112	44	107	.411				15	22	.682		56	23			16	24	45	93	.484				22	34	.647		55	21			13	20
80	80	1978-04-07		DET	L	109	111	49	102	.480				11	15	.733		59	31			24	31	46	94	.489				19	37	.514		42	19			19	12
								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	1978-04-08		MIL	L	111	123	44	92	.478				23	32	.719		53	21	5	4	22	26	50	96	.521				23	36	.639		38	32	12	2	9	28
82	82	1978-04-09		BUF	W	131	114	47	91	.516				37	43	.860		58	27			21	25	42	113	.372				30	34	.882		40	22			9	27

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