1979-80 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 61-21, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (61-21)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 113.5 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 105.7 (6th of 22)

SRS: 7.37 (1st of 22) Pace: 102.6 (12th of 22)

Off Rtg: 109.4 (2nd of 22) Def Rtg: 101.9 (4th of 22) Net Rtg: +7.5 (1st of 22)

Expected W-L: 60-22 (1st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 596,349 (1st of 2)

NBA 1980 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

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	1979-10-12		HOU	W	114	106	112.0	104.1	101.8	.260	.031	.533	55.6	57.8	7.9	2.8	.474	12.3	40.5	.240	.488	18.5	71.8	.333
2	2	1979-10-13	@	CLE	W	139	117	122.2	102.8	113.8	.600	.025	.687	59.2	60.0	5.3	3.2	.625	17.9	29.6	.488	.484	15.5	77.3	.250
3	3	1979-10-17		CLE	W	127	108	115.2	98.0	110.3	.478	.011	.583	56.3	49.0	11.8	5.1	.544	14.2	40.5	.322	.431	15.7	68.5	.196
4	4	1979-10-19		WSB	W	130	93	121.6	87.0	106.9	.340	.041	.583	59.4	62.7	10.3	7.1	.531	11.9	37.0	.278	.381	15.7	78.2	.295
5	5	1979-10-20	@	IND	L	128	131	115.3	118.0	100.6	.488	.058	.613	41.3	66.0	9.9	2.2	.547	18.7	32.4	.395	.516	17.7	48.8	.362
6	6	1979-10-23	@	SAS	L	120	129	105.8	113.7	113.4	.214	.061	.559	45.7	67.3	7.1	3.5	.541	8.5	17.1	.143	.466	8.5	68.6	.161
7	7	1979-10-24	@	HOU	W	100	99	94.6	93.6	105.7	.354	.012	.528	52.8	73.2	8.5	4.3	.506	22.2	30.6	.207	.426	14.5	67.9	.202
8	8	1979-10-27	@	ATL	W	100	95	106.1	100.8	94.3	.318	.011	.498	55.0	55.0	8.5	2.3	.460	15.2	44.0	.216	.443	13.3	66.0	.193
9	9	1979-10-31	@	NJN	W	116	79	98.8	67.3	117.5	.250	.030	.523	51.8	79.2	14.5	3.4	.480	19.0	33.3	.200	.330	26.6	67.8	.239
10	10	1979-11-03	@	WSB	W	118	97	118.8	97.7	99.3	.215	.022	.580	54.8	80.0	9.1	3.6	.538	10.5	34.3	.194	.414	14.1	69.4	.287
11	11	1979-11-07		SAS	W	117	105	108.7	97.5	107.6	.283	.033	.566	54.8	69.4	4.6	7.5	.533	17.5	32.4	.207	.424	15.6	72.3	.372
12	12	1979-11-09		KCK	W	127	119	112.7	105.6	112.7	.571	.012	.604	49.4	51.1	6.2	6.3	.536	18.0	25.7	.440	.454	13.0	66.0	.320
13	13	1979-11-10	@	PHI	L	94	95	93.7	94.7	100.3	.253	.011	.465	51.4	64.1	8.0	4.3	.434	12.9	30.8	.165	.389	13.2	70.9	.221
14	14	1979-11-14		DET	W	115	111	100.7	97.2	114.2	.292	.057	.481	57.7	67.4	13.1	3.3	.439	16.1	45.5	.208	.495	19.7	71.4	.167
15	15	1979-11-16		UTA	W	113	97	110.4	94.8	102.4	.458	.012	.567	60.9	69.0	12.7	4.5	.506	15.3	37.5	.349	.461	16.5	80.9	.169
16	16	1979-11-17	@	NYK	L	109	113	98.5	102.1	110.6	.410	.038	.592	50.7	61.0	12.7	2.4	.538	25.8	27.6	.321	.578	20.4	68.4	.205
17	17	1979-11-21		NJN	W	111	103	102.8	95.4	108.0	.442	.053	.489	53.7	56.8	11.1	2.3	.395	15.6	40.0	.379	.434	17.5	70.3	.264
18	18	1979-11-23		IND	W	118	103	112.3	98.1	105.0	.374	.077	.557	60.4	55.6	9.5	5.8	.500	17.8	50.0	.297	.439	16.8	69.4	.267
19	19	1979-11-24	@	ATL	W	106	101	111.2	106.0	95.3	.250	.036	.568	52.4	45.5	7.3	3.5	.542	21.8	45.0	.179	.471	13.3	59.1	.218
20	20	1979-11-28		DEN	W	119	97	109.1	89.0	109.0	.147	.126	.588	53.5	66.7	13.8	5.4	.568	15.8	28.1	.116	.398	19.7	68.5	.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
21	21	1979-11-30		NYK	W	100	97	93.6	90.8	106.9	.273	.034	.507	57.5	54.8	10.3	2.3	.483	18.2	29.3	.170	.460	17.3	87.2	.195
22	22	1979-12-01	@	IND	W	106	102	97.8	94.1	98.1	.247	.032	.514	56.2	59.1	9.2	1.1	.478	21.4	40.0	.183	.458	16.0	70.9	.146
23	23	1979-12-02	@	KCK	L	88	94	85.3	91.1	103.2	.514	.086	.513	48.0	51.7	12.6	3.3	.436	24.6	23.3	.386	.398	16.0	67.3	.215
24	24	1979-12-04	@	DET	W	118	114	101.9	98.5	104.8	.314	.088	.508	49.0	62.2	9.5	1.0	.461	18.3	37.0	.235	.500	19.4	62.0	.188
25	25	1979-12-05		ATL	L	92	120	97.0	126.5	94.8	.359	.090	.509	46.7	66.7	8.4	7.4	.436	19.6	37.5	.308	.536	14.7	57.1	.373
26	26	1979-12-07		PHO	W	100	92	105.5	97.1	94.8	.239	.068	.514	53.2	59.5	11.6	3.7	.483	14.9	35.7	.170	.488	16.9	73.0	.133
27	27	1979-12-08	@	CLE	L	100	116	98.7	114.5	101.3	.301	.060	.532	54.7	65.9	7.9	7.9	.506	21.0	42.9	.193	.511	13.4	70.3	.253
28	28	1979-12-09	@	MIL	W	113	108	116.6	111.5	96.9	.284	.045	.571	49.4	68.2	10.3	3.1	.511	13.2	36.6	.261	.475	10.8	60.4	.141
29	29	1979-12-12		NJN	W	116	102	114.5	100.7	101.3	.280	.097	.555	51.5	54.5	5.9	9.0	.495	14.7	40.4	.258	.392	10.8	60.7	.216
30	30	1979-12-14		MIL	W	97	94	94.9	92.0	102.2	.349	.108	.506	51.2	64.7	9.8	2.5	.428	18.7	29.5	.313	.476	20.7	75.0	.195
31	31	1979-12-15	@	NYK	W	99	96	104.1	101.0	95.1	.227	.068	.511	44.4	63.4	10.5	2.4	.483	11.8	26.1	.159	.471	16.0	63.6	.188
32	32	1979-12-16	@	NJN	W	115	112	101.5	98.9	102.6	.489	.076	.514	46.9	67.5	9.7	4.2	.457	17.1	37.3	.337	.439	21.3	57.4	.253
33	33	1979-12-19		PHI	W	112	89	106.5	84.6	105.1	.261	.080	.571	48.1	66.7	17.1	3.8	.528	16.9	23.7	.216	.432	24.3	70.7	.235
34	34	1979-12-21		SAS	W	133	114	109.8	94.1	121.2	.366	.075	.616	52.3	60.0	12.4	8.9	.565	17.6	23.8	.301	.489	21.4	79.5	.234
35	35	1979-12-22	@	PHI	L	113	126	110.3	123.0	102.4	.256	.078	.564	50.7	61.7	12.7	1.3	.539	17.3	37.5	.178	.654	16.9	69.0	.247
36	36	1979-12-27	@	SDC	W	118	97	115.4	94.9	102.3	.152	.051	.559	50.0	60.4	16.6	7.9	.545	13.2	36.4	.101	.451	20.9	64.3	.280
37	37	1979-12-28	@	LAL	L	105	123	97.9	114.6	107.3	.276	.071	.478	44.3	69.0	12.1	2.3	.439	13.4	32.7	.194	.552	19.1	61.1	.310
38	38	1979-12-29	@	GSW	W	104	88	104.7	88.6	99.4	.333	.044	.504	46.8	59.0	9.1	4.1	.444	12.7	28.8	.267	.455	23.2	69.0	.234
39	39	1980-01-02	@	HOU	W	111	103	118.2	109.7	93.9	.500	.075	.569	52.3	67.6	14.9	7.4	.488	14.1	40.9	.413	.523	16.1	63.6	.138
40	40	1980-01-05	@	SAS	L	111	119	112.8	120.9	98.4	.286	.107	.587	43.4	68.2	9.1	2.3	.554	14.5	24.3	.214	.483	10.2	61.5	.402
								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	1980-01-09		NYK	W	112	95	113.4	96.2	98.7	.330	.043	.520	49.0	43.2	16.2	6.4	.473	10.8	39.6	.245	.430	19.8	60.5	.244
42	42	1980-01-11		ATL	W	108	93	120.6	103.9	89.5	.459	.035	.529	59.0	48.6	6.7	7.4	.441	13.5	51.0	.388	.478	16.8	70.6	.391
43	43	1980-01-13		LAL	L	98	100	96.5	98.5	101.6	.256	.044	.489	51.8	59.5	7.9	5.7	.472	13.0	26.2	.144	.471	15.7	76.7	.207
44	44	1980-01-16		CHI	W	114	104	108.0	98.5	105.6	.675	.084	.530	46.7	66.7	12.3	11.6	.410	10.8	23.9	.554	.521	22.9	82.8	.403
45	45	1980-01-18		POR	W	111	93	101.8	85.3	109.1	.341	.047	.568	50.6	61.4	11.0	1.1	.529	18.4	20.5	.247	.422	18.5	74.0	.189
46	46	1980-01-20		SEA	L	106	108	91.6	93.3	95.8	.125	.096	.483	43.8	53.2	6.9	3.8	.476	14.1	18.9	.067	.421	15.0	66.1	.157
47	47	1980-01-22		HOU	W	112	106	120.7	114.2	92.8	.480	.107	.616	50.0	70.0	12.9	2.9	.560	14.2	33.3	.373	.605	18.2	70.4	.184
48	48	1980-01-23	@	DET	W	131	104	117.3	93.1	111.7	.274	.057	.552	52.1	52.8	11.6	6.4	.514	12.5	38.3	.208	.469	19.2	66.0	.122
49	49	1980-01-25		WSB	L	107	118	99.8	110.0	107.2	.320	.052	.484	38.9	56.1	11.2	2.3	.433	11.9	26.0	.237	.550	19.8	55.0	.211
50	50	1980-01-27		SDC	W	131	108	132.7	109.4	98.7	.240	.070	.592	59.1	50.0	7.1	6.3	.545	14.7	56.8	.220	.423	12.3	61.2	.341
51	51	1980-01-29	@	CHI	W	103	99	107.0	102.9	96.2	.385	.115	.565	45.7	60.0	12.5	1.3	.526	17.2	30.8	.269	.500	19.0	59.5	.193
52	52	1980-01-30		CLE	W	110	103	111.5	104.4	98.7	.368	.074	.498	51.2	59.0	12.2	2.3	.416	9.8	37.5	.326	.494	14.9	69.4	.195
53	53	1980-01-31	@	WSB	W	119	103	119.8	103.7	99.3	.280	.097	.570	55.3	66.7	6.0	7.2	.538	12.6	36.6	.204	.467	12.4	72.7	.211
54	54	1980-02-06		PHI	W	129	110	123.4	105.2	104.6	.362	.032	.592	51.9	64.6	14.3	3.8	.521	12.1	38.1	.330	.557	21.9	67.6	.278
55	55	1980-02-08		IND	W	130	108	124.0	103.0	104.8	.398	.071	.564	53.0	67.3	11.4	5.6	.515	10.1	40.5	.296	.462	16.2	65.9	.264
56	56	1980-02-10		DET	W	128	111	112.4	97.5	113.9	.500	.075	.656	45.9	61.7	10.5	2.1	.613	20.4	18.8	.375	.521	20.7	66.7	.115
57	57	1980-02-13	@	PHO	L	134	135	128.6	129.5	104.2	.291	.097	.577	56.0	48.1	7.7	2.6	.544	12.8	47.6	.214	.627	13.0	64.3	.373
58	58	1980-02-15	@	POR	W	106	91	107.6	92.3	98.6	.185	.033	.533	47.1	67.4	8.1	2.2	.505	13.1	27.5	.141	.430	15.3	64.4	.118
59	59	1980-02-17	@	SEA	L	108	109	111.7	112.7	96.7	.440	.071	.538	40.8	60.0	7.2	3.8	.482	13.8	34.1	.321	.416	9.8	45.8	.187
60	60	1980-02-20	@	UTA	W	105	98	115.7	108.0	90.8	.277	.072	.564	51.2	42.9	6.6	3.5	.512	13.1	37.8	.241	.461	12.4	61.7	.167
								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	1980-02-23	@	DEN	W	124	105	121.2	102.6	102.3	.305	.063	.575	62.4	68.0	8.8	4.8	.542	16.3	56.8	.221	.489	15.6	67.3	.202
62	62	1980-02-26		ATL	W	108	97	120.4	108.1	89.7	.386	.036	.556	56.0	55.0	2.2	7.2	.494	10.2	38.6	.313	.419	5.6	72.3	.291
63	63	1980-02-27		SAS	W	130	125	110.4	106.2	117.7	.178	.065	.563	49.0	50.0	7.6	7.6	.537	16.0	30.0	.140	.505	15.1	69.6	.265
64	64	1980-02-29		GSW	W	110	99	110.0	99.0	100.0	.373	.048	.569	50.0	70.7	11.0	1.2	.500	17.9	31.6	.325	.529	19.6	67.5	.093
65	65	1980-03-02		DET	W	118	115	119.1	116.1	99.0	.400	.106	.590	51.6	60.0	9.1	4.1	.553	16.0	42.1	.282	.617	20.9	66.7	.260
66	66	1980-03-04	@	SAS	W	137	108	123.5	97.4	110.9	.457	.098	.620	51.7	66.0	9.9	3.3	.560	13.3	31.0	.370	.432	15.7	71.1	.274
67	67	1980-03-05	@	HOU	W	103	99	109.3	105.1	85.3	.271	.071	.541	46.0	66.7	6.4	4.4	.500	15.2	31.6	.212	.417	11.0	57.1	.198
68	68	1980-03-07		PHI	W	111	92	110.4	91.5	100.6	.250	.073	.521	51.7	51.1	14.9	6.7	.474	12.3	40.9	.208	.429	20.9	62.8	.141
69	69	1980-03-09		WSB	L	128	133	113.2	117.6	102.4	.475	.071	.535	48.0	59.1	5.3	5.8	.455	10.5	29.4	.384	.490	8.4	67.3	.298
70	70	1980-03-11	@	IND	L	108	114	111.5	117.7	96.8	.303	.079	.535	48.8	59.5	7.2	2.5	.483	12.9	36.4	.247	.547	13.1	62.5	.247
71	71	1980-03-12		HOU	W	121	105	126.0	109.3	96.1	.377	.052	.674	55.2	56.5	12.5	4.0	.610	17.5	46.4	.351	.524	19.6	61.5	.217
72	72	1980-03-14	@	ATL	L	87	88	93.2	94.3	93.3	.400	.013	.462	50.0	37.5	5.4	9.5	.400	17.5	34.5	.288	.407	13.6	67.3	.209
73	73	1980-03-15	@	NYK	W	123	120	122.0	119.0	100.8	.427	.000	.631	45.8	55.3	5.0	3.4	.573	11.8	24.2	.354	.500	11.6	64.1	.348
74	74	1980-03-17	@	NJN	W	117	92	109.5	86.1	106.8	.265	.000	.535	58.0	59.6	9.4	3.8	.480	11.3	32.6	.235	.445	21.0	82.2	.232
75	75	1980-03-18		IND	W	114	102	109.8	98.2	103.8	.564	.038	.585	44.8	60.0	7.7	3.3	.519	17.7	26.8	.423	.398	13.9	58.2	.245
76	76	1980-03-20	@	DET	W	124	106	113.0	96.6	109.7	.396	.022	.580	58.9	63.0	9.1	6.0	.511	15.1	34.9	.341	.483	17.1	80.9	.253
77	77	1980-03-22	@	CLE	L	105	109	98.9	102.7	106.1	.151	.032	.529	57.1	55.3	3.8	2.1	.511	18.8	31.8	.108	.484	11.1	80.9	.179
78	78	1980-03-23		NJN	L	96	101	104.8	110.2	91.6	.260	.050	.431	54.4	48.6	8.7	9.2	.380	8.2	43.9	.200	.493	16.3	72.7	.500
79	79	1980-03-25	@	WSB	W	96	95	105.4	104.3	91.1	.136	.023	.515	53.8	76.7	7.7	8.6	.494	12.2	32.5	.102	.489	10.5	75.0	.115
80	80	1980-03-26		NYK	W	129	121	124.7	117.0	103.4	.422	.044	.604	56.6	59.6	5.8	2.5	.533	10.1	34.2	.367	.552	13.8	78.9	.302
								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	1980-03-28		CLE	W	130	122	126.8	119.0	102.5	.438	.067	.612	55.8	61.2	3.9	1.0	.562	11.7	37.8	.337	.540	8.5	72.5	.140
82	82	1980-03-30	@	PHI	L	110	116	110.6	116.6	99.5	.159	.065	.480	51.1	61.7	6.0	2.4	.449	8.0	37.0	.131	.554	13.4	71.1	.289

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