1979-80 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 12, 1979	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		114	106	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 13, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		139	117	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Oct 17, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	108	3	0	W 3
4	Fri, Oct 19, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		130	93	4	0	W 4
5	Sat, Oct 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	OT	128	131	4	1	L 1
6	Tue, Oct 23, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		120	129	4	2	L 2
7	Wed, Oct 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		100	99	5	2	W 1
8	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		100	95	6	2	W 2
9	Wed, Oct 31, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		116	79	7	2	W 3
10	Sat, Nov 3, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		118	97	8	2	W 4
11	Wed, Nov 7, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		117	105	9	2	W 5
12	Fri, Nov 9, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		127	119	10	2	W 6
13	Sat, Nov 10, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	95	10	3	L 1
14	Wed, Nov 14, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	111	11	3	W 1
15	Fri, Nov 16, 1979	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	97	12	3	W 2
16	Sat, Nov 17, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		109	113	12	4	L 1
17	Wed, Nov 21, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		111	103	13	4	W 1
18	Fri, Nov 23, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		118	103	14	4	W 2
19	Sat, Nov 24, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		106	101	15	4	W 3
20	Wed, Nov 28, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		119	97	16	4	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	97	17	4	W 5
22	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W	OT	106	102	18	4	W 6
23	Sun, Dec 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		88	94	18	5	L 1
24	Tue, Dec 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	118	114	19	5	W 1
25	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		92	120	19	6	L 1
26	Fri, Dec 7, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		100	92	20	6	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	116	20	7	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 9, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		113	108	21	7	W 1
29	Wed, Dec 12, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		116	102	22	7	W 2
30	Fri, Dec 14, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		97	94	23	7	W 3
31	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		99	96	24	7	W 4
32	Sun, Dec 16, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	OT	115	112	25	7	W 5
33	Wed, Dec 19, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		112	89	26	7	W 6
34	Fri, Dec 21, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		133	114	27	7	W 7
35	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	126	27	8	L 1
36	Thu, Dec 27, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		118	97	28	8	W 1
37	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	123	28	9	L 1
38	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		104	88	29	9	W 1
39	Wed, Jan 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		111	103	30	9	W 2
40	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		111	119	30	10	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 9, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	95	31	10	W 1
42	Fri, Jan 11, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	93	32	10	W 2
43	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	100	32	11	L 1
44	Wed, Jan 16, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	104	33	11	W 1
45	Fri, Jan 18, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	93	34	11	W 2
46	Sun, Jan 20, 1980	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L	2OT	106	108	34	12	L 1
47	Tue, Jan 22, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	106	35	12	W 1
48	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		131	104	36	12	W 2
49	Fri, Jan 25, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		107	118	36	13	L 1
50	Sun, Jan 27, 1980	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		131	108	37	13	W 1
51	Tue, Jan 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		103	99	38	13	W 2
52	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	103	39	13	W 3
53	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		119	103	40	13	W 4
54	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		129	110	41	13	W 5
55	Fri, Feb 8, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		130	108	42	13	W 6
56	Sun, Feb 10, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		128	111	43	13	W 7
57	Wed, Feb 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		134	135	43	14	L 1
58	Fri, Feb 15, 1980	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	91	44	14	W 1
59	Sun, Feb 17, 1980	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		108	109	44	15	L 1
60	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		105	98	45	15	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		124	105	46	15	W 2
62	Tue, Feb 26, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	97	47	15	W 3	at Hartford, CT
63	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		130	125	48	15	W 4
64	Fri, Feb 29, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		110	99	49	15	W 5
65	Sun, Mar 2, 1980	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		118	115	50	15	W 6
66	Tue, Mar 4, 1980	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		137	108	51	15	W 7
67	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	OT	103	99	52	15	W 8
68	Fri, Mar 7, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	92	53	15	W 9
69	Sun, Mar 9, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L	OT	128	133	53	16	L 1
70	Tue, Mar 11, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		108	114	53	17	L 2
71	Wed, Mar 12, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		121	105	54	17	W 1
72	Fri, Mar 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		87	88	54	18	L 1
73	Sat, Mar 15, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	120	55	18	W 1
74	Mon, Mar 17, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		117	92	56	18	W 2
75	Tue, Mar 18, 1980	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		114	102	57	18	W 3	at Hartford, CT
76	Thu, Mar 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	106	58	18	W 4
77	Sat, Mar 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	109	58	19	L 1
78	Sun, Mar 23, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		96	101	58	20	L 2
79	Tue, Mar 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		96	95	59	20	W 1
80	Wed, Mar 26, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	121	60	20	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 28, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		130	122	61	20	W 3
82	Sun, Mar 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		110	116	61	21	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 9, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	119	101	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Apr 11, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	95	75	2	0	W 2
3	Sun, Apr 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	100	81	3	0	W 3
4	Mon, Apr 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	138	121	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Fri, Apr 18, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	93	96	4	1	L 1
6	Sun, Apr 20, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	96	90	5	1	W 1
7	Wed, Apr 23, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	97	99	5	2	L 1
8	Fri, Apr 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	90	102	5	3	L 2
9	Sun, Apr 27, 1980	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	94	105	5	4	L 3

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