1978-79 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Sanders (2-12), Dave Cowens (27-41)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 108.2 (16th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 113.3 (19th of 22)

SRS: -4.78 (21st of 22) Pace: 106.5 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.6 (19th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.4 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.7 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 28-54 (21st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 417,926 (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	1978-10-13		CLE	L	101	115	99.6	113.4	101.4	.459		.568	49.4	55.6	3.9	5.2	.486	21.9	27.0	.392	.526	11.1	69.0	.134
2	2	1978-10-14		HOU	L	108	114	118.0	124.6	91.5	.326		.549	42.9	54.8	8.7	2.4	.488	11.7	39.0	.279	.541	14.9	47.2	.259
3	3	1978-10-18	@	ATL	W	116	99	102.2	87.2	113.5	.500		.580	57.0	52.5	13.2	4.8	.488	22.5	32.4	.439	.476	21.5	78.6	.226
4	4	1978-10-19	@	NOJ	L	115	120	109.0	113.8	105.5	.214		.536	47.2	53.1	11.4	5.6	.500	12.3	26.5	.173	.533	12.8	72.5	.267
5	5	1978-10-21	@	HOU	L	101	118	89.8	104.9	112.5	.306		.524	47.2	53.7	6.2	1.1	.482	23.7	18.2	.224	.538	17.2	71.8	.194
6	6	1978-10-24	@	SAS	L	109	132	91.7	111.1	118.8	.579		.572	55.4	56.8	6.7	2.2	.487	26.8	25.7	.461	.596	16.8	90.0	.292
7	7	1978-10-28	@	NJN	L	109	111	96.0	97.8	113.5	.248		.468	54.7	45.5	9.7	4.3	.419	15.9	38.5	.200	.489	18.6	74.4	.228
8	8	1978-11-01		CHI	W	118	112	108.7	103.1	108.6	.414		.574	50.7	63.8	11.1	2.4	.540	14.9	27.8	.276	.500	18.7	73.0	.333
9	9	1978-11-03		SAS	L	103	110	94.4	100.8	109.2	.182		.482	52.6	56.5	8.2	5.2	.465	17.7	34.0	.111	.464	14.4	72.3	.206
10	10	1978-11-07	@	MIL	L	108	125	94.9	109.9	113.8	.242		.493	46.7	72.1	7.0	4.3	.434	16.1	26.4	.222	.533	15.0	75.7	.293
11	11	1978-11-08		POR	L	109	112	110.1	113.1	99.0	.512		.530	50.6	47.4	5.1	3.4	.452	12.0	37.2	.393	.472	13.2	63.6	.315
12	12	1978-11-10		ATL	L	103	115	102.7	114.7	100.3	.287		.526	51.4	56.1	5.0	5.0	.471	15.5	30.8	.241	.563	16.3	77.4	.313
13	13	1978-11-11	@	NYK	L	98	111	89.5	101.3	109.5	.299		.498	37.5	53.8	11.9	3.5	.448	18.9	22.2	.230	.482	21.7	53.5	.341
14	14	1978-11-12		DET	L	123	128	117.7	122.5	104.5	.415		.634	62.0	57.1	4.8	1.1	.598	21.1	43.3	.305	.574	7.0	75.6	.213
15	15	1978-11-17		DEN	W	120	118	111.7	109.9	107.4	.512		.583	48.1	51.2	9.3	3.2	.512	14.9	31.3	.405	.505	16.1	59.6	.258
16	16	1978-11-18	@	CLE	W	92	90	91.5	89.5	100.6	.474		.501	56.2	51.6	5.0	2.4	.408	18.6	28.6	.395	.405	14.8	80.9	.262
17	17	1978-11-22		WSB	L	103	119	91.2	105.3	113.0	.196		.489	55.6	63.6	9.7	1.1	.454	19.8	34.7	.155	.527	16.8	80.5	.253
18	18	1978-11-24		NYK	W	109	98	103.7	93.3	105.1	.250		.534	44.4	60.0	6.7	2.4	.489	9.7	12.2	.207	.506	19.1	77.5	.141
19	19	1978-11-26	@	SDC	L	103	105	99.6	101.5	103.4	.200		.498	46.1	37.8	9.7	2.3	.474	15.5	34.8	.137	.534	20.3	58.1	.125
20	20	1978-11-28	@	POR	L	97	102	98.9	104.0	98.1	.184		.516	43.9	71.4	11.2	8.2	.483	16.1	25.0	.149	.494	18.2	61.9	.212
								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	1978-11-30	@	KCK	L	94	108	90.7	104.3	103.6	.333		.471	46.9	33.3	8.7	1.0	.414	18.1	34.0	.253	.526	17.6	60.4	.062
22	22	1978-12-01		SEA	W	87	80	81.6	75.0	106.6	.296		.475	47.3	54.3	11.3	3.2	.432	21.4	17.5	.210	.358	19.7	69.8	.126
23	23	1978-12-02	@	IND	W	117	110	107.3	100.9	109.1	.433		.546	51.5	69.0	10.1	4.2	.467	15.7	32.7	.367	.453	14.8	68.5	.253
24	24	1978-12-05	@	DET	W	114	112	103.4	101.6	110.2	.488		.572	60.9	59.5	7.3	7.1	.512	23.7	45.9	.366	.459	13.3	72.0	.224
25	25	1978-12-06		SDC	W	117	111	107.0	101.5	109.3	.372		.585	45.1	60.9	8.2	0.0	.535	16.7	27.8	.291	.445	16.3	56.4	.118
26	26	1978-12-08		PHO	L	104	124	99.0	118.0	105.1	.299		.528	44.4	62.8	5.7	0.0	.494	18.3	27.3	.207	.559	13.3	64.9	.215
27	27	1978-12-12	@	HOU	L	105	112	99.7	106.4	105.3	.395		.552	49.4	64.1	9.5	3.5	.481	18.8	28.6	.333	.477	16.9	68.1	.349
28	28	1978-12-13		NOJ	W	102	96	101.5	95.6	100.5	.407		.503	55.3	60.0	6.0	2.5	.465	16.5	40.4	.256	.420	17.1	70.2	.346
29	29	1978-12-15		KCK	L	101	105	94.3	98.0	107.1	.468		.544	53.8	55.9	5.6	3.7	.442	23.2	29.7	.429	.500	19.9	75.6	.280
30	30	1978-12-16	@	WSB	L	117	125	101.9	108.9	114.8	.279		.501	47.3	58.7	10.5	2.3	.442	12.1	25.5	.240	.506	17.0	70.5	.425
31	31	1978-12-20		IND	W	121	105	107.9	93.7	112.1	.330		.528	56.9	54.2	10.7	5.9	.480	15.5	39.6	.250	.441	14.6	72.2	.147
32	32	1978-12-22		ATL	W	124	105	121.5	102.9	102.0	.444		.640	53.9	56.5	9.8	5.5	.568	17.8	41.9	.395	.473	18.6	62.2	.209
33	33	1978-12-27	@	KCK	W	112	103	106.6	98.1	105.0	.273		.649	48.8	54.2	10.5	5.9	.623	24.5	24.2	.208	.455	14.4	65.3	.109
34	34	1978-12-30	@	PHO	L	109	112	107.6	110.6	101.3	.264		.537	52.1	50.0	4.9	8.5	.484	19.8	47.6	.231	.453	10.8	55.8	.151
35	35	1979-01-03	@	SEA	L	116	123	105.5	111.9	109.9	.315		.554	49.4	43.5	10.0	5.3	.500	16.7	32.6	.261	.537	17.2	66.7	.221
36	36	1979-01-05	@	GSW	L	98	113	86.4	99.6	113.5	.287		.500	35.2	59.0	12.3	3.4	.448	19.0	12.2	.230	.506	23.4	61.9	.258
37	37	1979-01-06	@	DEN	L	98	127	97.7	126.5	100.4	.282		.513	44.7	61.0	4.0	2.2	.482	16.6	27.1	.188	.581	10.5	67.6	.204
38	38	1979-01-10		LAL	L	89	99	91.2	101.4	97.6	.163		.483	49.4	72.5	10.2	6.5	.465	15.6	26.2	.105	.495	14.9	72.1	.075
39	39	1979-01-12		POR	W	128	125	120.4	117.6	106.3	.489		.599	46.2	57.8	8.5	2.1	.511	15.8	39.5	.432	.511	16.1	52.5	.309
40	40	1979-01-14		NJN	L	100	110	89.7	98.6	111.5	.458		.501	55.7	55.9	8.1	5.6	.410	21.9	27.0	.386	.522	15.7	81.0	.178
								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	1979-01-17		KCK	L	99	120	97.0	117.6	102.1	.427		.508	45.9	51.4	8.8	5.4	.427	19.1	28.3	.354	.554	10.4	66.7	.196
42	42	1979-01-19		MIL	W	103	102	105.4	104.4	97.7	.267		.536	58.8	43.9	7.2	5.9	.477	18.6	46.7	.244	.436	9.1	68.4	.139
43	43	1979-01-20	@	PHI	W	108	102	102.3	96.6	105.6	.274		.507	48.5	63.6	6.6	5.1	.463	13.1	27.1	.211	.469	14.7	69.4	.102
44	44	1979-01-21		PHI	L	87	91	89.2	93.3	97.6	.242		.414	52.0	47.2	4.1	5.8	.379	12.5	33.3	.158	.430	13.6	75.6	.198
45	45	1979-01-23	@	CHI	L	90	100	90.3	100.4	99.6	.329		.517	46.8	50.0	8.0	4.9	.474	24.3	27.5	.237	.537	18.9	66.7	.146
46	46	1979-01-24		WSB	L	106	128	97.1	117.3	109.2	.147		.524	44.7	48.9	3.7	3.7	.495	16.5	22.2	.126	.505	10.0	65.3	.187
47	47	1979-01-26	@	IND	L	106	119	103.8	116.6	102.1	.330		.509	46.2	59.5	3.9	0.0	.462	11.1	22.0	.242	.539	9.9	75.6	.258
48	48	1979-01-28		GSW	W	103	102	99.7	98.7	103.3	.262		.550	55.8	64.4	1.9	2.2	.536	19.0	30.8	.155	.500	13.1	81.6	.109
49	49	1979-01-31		HOU	W	119	102	119.1	102.1	99.9	.326		.585	53.4	52.1	6.0	4.1	.539	13.6	40.5	.258	.480	15.0	65.2	.082
50	50	1979-02-02		CLE	W	112	98	113.9	99.7	98.3	.265		.604	51.4	63.0	6.1	3.4	.554	18.5	32.1	.241	.460	16.4	63.6	.207
51	51	1979-02-06	@	ATL	L	101	104	102.9	106.0	98.2	.310		.511	49.5	78.0	9.2	7.1	.471	14.7	30.4	.218	.529	14.5	68.9	.165
52	52	1979-02-07		SEA	W	107	100	102.8	96.0	104.1	.434		.541	50.0	47.4	5.8	1.2	.458	14.7	22.2	.373	.523	17.7	82.1	.116
53	53	1979-02-09		IND	W	112	101	105.6	95.2	106.1	.356		.538	62.0	58.1	6.6	6.8	.478	18.1	45.7	.289	.466	17.3	78.3	.216
54	54	1979-02-10	@	NYK	W	106	102	105.6	101.7	100.3	.420		.508	53.0	54.1	5.0	3.4	.420	12.6	27.3	.364	.494	10.3	82.1	.157
55	55	1979-02-11		NYK	W	107	102	106.4	101.5	100.5	.360		.537	62.7	56.1	6.0	4.1	.477	19.4	48.8	.291	.514	20.8	81.3	.351
56	56	1979-02-14	@	SAS	L	119	149	105.8	132.4	112.5	.427		.563	41.9	66.7	10.7	1.9	.506	15.2	23.7	.326	.638	11.6	61.1	.143
57	57	1979-02-18	@	POR	L	104	111	95.1	101.5	109.4	.356		.517	40.0	59.0	11.0	7.4	.448	17.3	18.6	.299	.468	17.4	57.7	.245
58	58	1979-02-21	@	GSW	W	101	97	108.1	103.8	93.4	.368		.639	47.4	57.5	6.4	3.5	.588	18.6	22.2	.309	.512	17.0	69.0	.105
59	59	1979-02-23	@	LAL	L	104	113	103.8	112.8	100.2	.180		.541	59.0	59.6	7.0	3.4	.528	16.5	36.6	.112	.591	13.7	83.8	.102
60	60	1979-02-25	@	SDC	L	116	131	104.3	117.8	111.2	.282		.501	45.7	29.8	10.8	2.9	.456	14.1	37.3	.214	.563	16.6	56.1	.146
								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	1979-02-28		NOJ	W	122	112	116.6	107.0	104.6	.359		.573	56.6	64.6	4.8	1.1	.522	13.8	39.1	.283	.484	11.9	78.4	.237
62	62	1979-03-02		SDC	L	99	106	101.5	108.6	97.6	.234		.477	45.7	45.0	5.1	5.1	.426	14.8	37.5	.202	.455	12.2	54.3	.162
63	63	1979-03-04		MIL	L	122	135	111.0	122.8	109.9	.296		.551	57.0	47.1	3.6	5.2	.520	14.6	38.6	.204	.583	11.7	80.0	.240
64	64	1979-03-07	@	PHI	L	107	114	101.0	107.6	106.0	.400		.505	39.4	64.9	16.0	3.4	.411	15.2	30.8	.367	.506	23.0	50.0	.299
65	65	1979-03-09	@	DET	L	117	160	104.0	142.3	112.4	.234		.478	44.1	46.9	3.6	2.8	.441	9.6	38.7	.171	.639	10.2	52.5	.204
66	66	1979-03-11		LAL	W	108	106	108.3	106.3	99.7	.204		.506	50.0	68.1	11.0	5.0	.480	10.9	34.0	.143	.475	15.9	71.1	.375
67	67	1979-03-14		PHO	L	117	126	111.8	120.4	104.6	.247		.567	51.4	68.0	6.7	2.3	.538	12.7	30.8	.183	.580	14.5	75.8	.273
68	68	1979-03-16		DET	W	99	98	103.2	102.1	95.9	.126		.539	51.3	45.7	5.2	4.8	.529	17.9	31.4	.080	.470	15.4	67.4	.241
69	69	1979-03-18	@	LAL	L	111	122	97.2	106.9	114.2	.318		.443	48.7	50.0	11.4	3.2	.400	10.0	34.3	.209	.526	17.6	69.6	.232
70	70	1979-03-21	@	PHO	L	113	134	93.6	111.0	120.7	.333		.547	48.1	64.4	11.6	4.7	.500	21.3	24.4	.256	.538	15.9	72.5	.189
71	71	1979-03-22	@	SEA	L	110	112	109.9	111.9	100.1	.322		.554	41.0	61.4	9.0	3.6	.506	10.8	27.5	.253	.429	11.6	50.0	.143
72	72	1979-03-23	@	DEN	L	113	137	101.0	122.4	111.9	.186		.539	44.0	60.8	3.6	6.0	.526	15.3	20.0	.113	.560	10.2	67.4	.250
73	73	1979-03-25		PHI	W	103	94	95.7	87.3	107.7	.476		.519	46.3	62.2	13.0	3.1	.451	20.8	28.9	.354	.412	19.3	62.0	.144
74	74	1979-03-27	@	CLE	L	109	111	109.1	111.1	100.0	.368		.617	53.5	52.3	6.0	4.5	.579	19.9	27.6	.276	.506	11.3	71.4	.236
75	75	1979-03-28	@	MIL	L	117	135	104.8	120.9	111.6	.426		.524	52.3	67.4	7.2	1.9	.457	16.5	38.3	.330	.562	10.9	68.3	.162
76	76	1979-03-30		CHI	L	105	121	100.5	115.9	104.4	.184		.496	51.1	53.3	7.7	1.1	.459	15.2	38.5	.153	.570	15.7	67.5	.161
77	77	1979-04-01		SAS	L	110	112	98.4	100.2	111.8	.287		.519	45.0	58.7	8.0	3.3	.489	15.2	21.4	.191	.505	18.3	71.1	.220
78	78	1979-04-03	@	NOJ	L	125	141				.124		.490	48.5	51.8			.463			.107	.644			.067
79	79	1979-04-04	@	WSB	L	119	145				.340		.503	45.3	51.1			.456			.243	.564			.191
80	80	1979-04-06		DEN	L	101	107	92.6	98.1	109.0	.151		.509	52.5	47.7	14.7	0.0	.473	20.8	33.3	.140	.506	21.8	73.7	.247
								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	1979-04-07	@	NJN	L	112	126				.202		.495	40.4	72.3			.452			.173	.521			.271
82	82	1979-04-08		NJN	W	127	101	114.0	90.7	111.4	.309		.595	55.3	63.5	9.9	3.3	.553	17.1	38.9	.245	.418	20.4	67.3	.275

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