1977-78 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								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	1977-10-19	@	SAS	L	109	114				.172		.512	58.9	58.3		3.9	.485	20.2		.131	.461	11.7		.196
2	2	1977-10-22	@	HOU	L	98	110				.358		.446	54.5	54.1		4.6	.389	17.9		.253	.494	17.5		.276
3	3	1977-10-24	@	DET	L	85	100				.247		.412	48.1	35.3			.366	17.6		.183	.489	17.9		.159
4	4	1977-10-25		ATL	W	110	103				.489		.514	59.3	68.4			.432	20.2		.386	.482	17.7		.247
5	5	1977-10-28	@	NJN	L	109	116				.263		.514	49.5	65.2			.484	18.5		.179	.512	20.3		.326
6	6	1977-10-29	@	CLE	L	98	103	98.3	103.3	99.7	.266		.467	50.0	47.4	5.0	6.0	.404	8.7	26.5	.234	.434	13.2	78.0	.373
7	7	1977-11-02		CLE	L	101	104				.278		.464	59.8	50.0		3.2	.412	16.8		.216	.452	13.0		.215
8	8	1977-11-04		DEN	L	107	109	91.1	92.8	117.4	.320		.455	54.1	54.5	11.9	5.7	.427	15.2	32.1	.184	.489	20.4	83.3	.261
9	9	1977-11-09		SAS	L	114	129				.276		.519	61.5	50.0		1.2	.469	19.1		.224	.610	18.7		.354
10	10	1977-11-11		BUF	W	109	103				.284		.551	57.5	63.0			.523	14.7		.193	.462	18.4		.397
11	11	1977-11-13	@	MIL	W	127	119				.167		.548	54.6	57.1		4.9	.519	15.3		.139	.500	15.9		.167
12	12	1977-11-16		ATL	W	131	105				.382		.630	59.3	60.4			.596	19.4		.281	.441	19.1		.247
13	13	1977-11-18		PHI	L	112	121				.308		.474	51.1	52.2			.442	9.9		.192	.523	14.9		.360
14	14	1977-11-19	@	BUF	L	98	102				.226		.479	46.8	60.0			.430	14.3		.194	.481	18.7		.329
15	15	1977-11-23		HOU	W	109	100				.318		.543	53.3	59.1			.500	13.0		.239	.404	12.5		.154
16	16	1977-11-25		NYK	W	121	119				.440		.507	56.3	60.5			.430	10.5		.350	.515	13.1		.196
17	17	1977-11-26	@	KCK	L	108	110				.282		.565	44.3	36.4			.518			.235	.551			.135
18	18	1977-11-29	@	ATL	L	101	108				.471		.615	44.2	60.5			.559	26.1		.368	.433	13.1		.333
19	19	1977-11-30		CHI	W	98	92	93.0	87.3	105.3	.310		.513	51.0	63.2	5.7	5.3	.452	21.4	28.6	.262	.379	15.9	67.2	.211
20	20	1977-12-02		SEA	L	89	111	85.0	106.0	104.7	.222		.450	49.5	47.2	8.6	0.0	.400	18.2	30.2	.189	.469	14.4	68.5	.194
								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	1977-12-03	@	WSB	L	93	103				.298		.437	51.6	52.6			.404			.181	.434			.172
22	22	1977-12-06	@	NYK	L	119	122				.590		.569	44.9	52.5			.482	20.5		.470	.531	19.3		.184
23	23	1977-12-07		KCK	W	113	109				.302		.519	53.6	65.9		2.2	.458	11.4		.260	.467	12.6		.278
24	24	1977-12-09		POR	L	87	118	80.1	108.7	108.6	.184		.391	42.1	47.2	3.7	2.2	.350	12.6	21.0	.146	.522	13.3	71.1	.239
25	25	1977-12-13		NJN	W	122	108				.390		.521	54.5	50.0			.440	12.7		.340	.410	13.2		.103
26	26	1977-12-16		GSW	W	118	113	113.8	109.0	103.7	.162		.556	55.4	69.2	4.8	4.8	.525	14.5	37.5	.141	.471	7.4	69.2	.144
27	27	1977-12-18	@	LAL	L	97	104	98.0	105.0	99.0	.294		.505	48.1	60.5	8.1	3.7	.447	16.5	31.1	.247	.413	8.7	61.0	.128
28	28	1977-12-20	@	POR	L	99	104	91.3	95.9	108.5	.283		.479	50.5	63.2	9.2	2.1	.413	17.5	31.4	.250	.415	16.9	69.2	.277
29	29	1977-12-21	@	GSW	L	106	111	101.4	106.2	104.5	.446		.534	51.1	63.9	5.7	2.2	.434	16.8	27.7	.410	.511	13.5	74.5	.211
30	30	1977-12-22	@	SEA	L	99	132	84.7	112.9	116.9	.266		.471	40.2	51.3			.415	19.2	20.4	.223	.470	12.3	56.9	.188
31	31	1977-12-23	@	PHO	L	110	129	97.2	114.0	113.1	.250		.539	55.2	57.4	7.1	0.9	.511	25.5	50.0	.174	.519	13.6	56.8	.157
32	32	1977-12-26	@	DET	L	100	122				.184		.449	47.1	52.4			.408	16.5		.155	.480	9.4		.235
33	33	1977-12-29	@	MIL	W	124	115				.226		.606	52.9	73.1		4.8	.559	17.7		.215	.467	10.8		.162
34	34	1977-12-30	@	CHI	L	97	102	99.7	104.8	97.3	.209		.516	35.6	66.7	6.2	2.5	.488	15.3	18.2	.151	.430	15.4	53.5	.430
35	35	1978-01-05		PHO	L	111	121	108.3	118.0	102.5	.389		.527	49.4	42.9	6.8	2.1	.467	9.5	27.9	.300	.505	10.8	70.5	.263
36	36	1978-01-08	@	PHI	L	91	94				.159		.519	51.1	67.5		3.5	.488	22.9		.134	.442	18.6		.209
37	37	1978-01-11		HOU	W	91	88				.198		.487	54.3	48.7		5.7	.453	20.4		.151	.375	14.0		.250
38	38	1978-01-13		NJN	W	114	111				.340		.468	47.0	46.5			.406	9.6		.264	.438	13.6		.181
39	39	1978-01-15		POR	L	103	107	100.4	104.3	92.9	.217		.511	41.3	62.8	9.7	1.0	.467	13.7	24.4	.185	.402	12.8	54.9	.245
40	40	1978-01-18		MIL	W	130	116				.248		.580	55.1	53.7		1.9	.535	15.8		.218	.443	12.1		.208
								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	1978-01-22		SEA	L	92	103	90.8	101.7	101.3	.278		.422	50.9	50.0	6.9	1.1	.351	12.1	33.9	.247	.400	8.2	70.6	.284
42	42	1978-01-24	@	NOJ	L	91	96				.183		.453	47.4	51.3			.419	15.9		.140	.374	9.1		.222
43	43	1978-01-25	@	SAS	L	103	113				.141		.490	57.4	42.2		2.1	.455	19.2		.131	.500	12.0		.202
44	44	1978-01-29		GSW	L	88	99	90.0	101.2	97.8	.288		.488	61.8	50.0	6.1	4.3	.425	20.3	38.6	.250	.462	9.9	84.4	.140
45	45	1978-01-31		IND	W	104	94				.488		.522	51.0	54.1		5.7	.451	21.9		.366	.349	10.7		.189
46	46	1978-02-01		LAL	W	103	100	100.0	97.1	93.3	.119		.449	54.9	57.4	9.7	4.4	.431	8.7	35.7	.083	.467	13.7	78.3	.178
47	47	1978-02-03		WSB	W	116	94				.291		.499	62.3	58.7			.447	10.8		.233	.390	11.8		.160
48	48	1978-02-07	@	IND	W	92	89				.380		.428	47.5	53.1		5.2	.348	13.0		.304	.371	14.8		.175
49	49	1978-02-08	@	KCK	L	100	104				.266		.476	51.1	47.5		1.3	.426	18.0		.213	.450	17.6		.400
50	50	1978-02-14	@	GSW	W	98	75	91.3	69.9	107.3	.500		.515	62.8	55.6	11.2	6.2	.462	24.6	38.1	.333	.333	21.1	82.7	.259
51	51	1978-02-16	@	PHO	W	98	95	90.8	88.0	107.9	.370		.458	63.2	48.6	7.4	4.7	.380	20.2	40.8	.304	.442	15.5	87.0	.221
52	52	1978-02-17	@	LAL	L	106	114	103.8	111.6	102.2	.222		.536	51.9	63.6	6.9	5.3	.489	13.9	28.9	.200	.516	12.7	74.4	.168
53	53	1978-02-19	@	DEN	L	115	118	107.1	109.9	107.3	.208		.522	50.0	58.0	14.0	6.4	.495	12.7	33.3	.149	.543	16.3	69.2	.170
54	54	1978-02-21	@	HOU	L	96	111				.247		.465	49.5	65.0		4.0	.430	15.6		.172	.495	16.2		.109
55	55	1978-02-24	@	BUF	W	106	99				.258		.535	51.0	71.1			.506	15.4		.180	.384	13.3		.384
56	56	1978-02-26	@	NJN	W	94	92				.333		.525	50.5	63.2			.487	20.5		.231	.367	12.1		.204
57	57	1978-02-28	@	ATL	L	85	117				.453		.472	44.4	48.3			.387	18.2		.360	.521	7.8		.177
58	58	1978-03-01	@	NOJ	L	100	101				.307		.501	55.2	53.8			.443	16.0		.250	.429	14.5		.345
59	59	1978-03-03		NOJ	W	116	113				.357		.597	56.3	44.4			.536	14.1		.310	.530	14.1		.301
60	60	1978-03-04	@	NYK	L	91	99				.152		.406	60.2	72.5			.381	11.8		.105	.513	16.2		.276
								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	1978-03-05		NYK	W	112	94				.258		.541	57.8	58.7			.495	21.9		.215	.348	11.4		.122
62	62	1978-03-10	@	PHI	L	109	120				.210		.499	49.4	69.6			.460			.170	.529			.353
63	63	1978-03-12		PHI	L	103	105				.366		.541	51.8	61.0		4.1	.500	16.6		.256	.459	11.5		.153
64	64	1978-03-14		DET	W	105	98				.144		.509	60.6	57.4			.485	17.6		.113	.426	13.9		.191
65	65	1978-03-16	@	CLE	L	102	112	96.9	106.3	105.3	.129		.478	48.5	54.3	6.6	5.2	.455	13.0	28.3	.099	.515	12.6	72.7	.124
66	66	1978-03-17		PHO	W	115	108	110.3	103.6	104.3	.290		.510	55.4	57.8	7.7	5.3	.450	11.0	37.0	.250	.505	13.5	73.9	.126
67	67	1978-03-18		KCK	W	117	110				.544		.597	49.5	33.3			.532	15.5		.418	.421	10.6		.187
68	68	1978-03-19		DEN	W	122	95	115.0	89.6	106.1	.374		.529	53.5	67.3	7.5	2.2	.495	9.4	31.8	.242	.348	13.0	70.9	.371
69	69	1978-03-21	@	WSB	L	107	119				.185		.538	48.8	68.1			.511	18.8		.141	.500	13.8		.352
70	70	1978-03-22		CLE	W	105	99	109.2	103.0	96.1	.219		.456	60.2	46.5	3.1	5.6	.410	11.5	51.9	.181	.422	12.1	69.6	.256
71	71	1978-03-24		CHI	L	96	97	100.8	101.9	95.2	.179		.530	51.3	54.8	6.3	2.2	.500	16.6	35.1	.143	.472	17.2	65.9	.146
72	72	1978-03-26	@	SEA	L	101	112	90.5	100.4	111.5	.081		.439	54.9	54.2	7.2	1.0	.432	15.4	35.8	.045	.449	11.8	75.5	.245
73	73	1978-03-28	@	POR	W	104	92	109.5	96.9	95.0	.342		.572	49.5	45.0	8.4	6.3	.506	18.8	35.1	.304	.406	12.5	58.6	.146
74	74	1978-03-29	@	DEN	L	106	109	101.7	104.6	104.2	.429		.531	54.7	67.4	7.7	3.2	.512	16.0	34.0	.238	.452	12.4	75.0	.269
75	75	1978-03-31		SAS	L	117	120				.293		.563	54.8	53.2		3.8	.511	19.4		.250	.471	10.8		.212
76	76	1978-04-01		NOJ	W	119	108				.356		.509	50.4	53.3			.446	12.7		.287	.402	13.6		.206
77	77	1978-04-02		IND	L	120	123				.243		.526	49.5	61.5			.505	14.3		.155	.475	8.5		.293
78	78	1978-04-04	@	CHI	L	104	116	103.4	115.3	100.6	.269		.500	41.0	54.8	8.9	6.3	.452	12.6	27.5	.215	.575	18.6	62.5	.300
79	79	1978-04-06		WSB	L	103	112				.206		.441	50.5	52.3			.411	12.1		.140	.484	10.7		.237
80	80	1978-04-07		DET	L	109	111				.147		.502	58.4	63.3			.480	18.1		.108	.489	14.7		.202
								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	1978-04-08		MIL	L	111	123				.348		.523	58.2	47.7		4.2	.478	17.2		.250	.521	7.4		.240
82	82	1978-04-09		BUF	W	131	114				.473		.596	59.2	57.4			.516	16.0		.407	.372	6.6		.265

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