1980-81 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (62-20)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 109.9 (8th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.0 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 6.05 (3rd of 23) Pace: 100.8 (16th of 23)

Off Rtg: 108.4 (5th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.6 (4th of 23) Net Rtg: +5.8 (3rd of 23)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 595,454 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
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	1980-10-10		CLE	W	130	103	125.3	99.3	103.8	.620	.051	.646	45.6	53.3	9.6	7.4	.576	15.2	30.6	.494	.383	15.2	55.6	.330
2	2	1980-10-14	@	ATL	L	116	122	115.3	121.2	100.6	.512	.048	.564	40.5	57.5	10.9	9.9	.482	17.6	43.5	.417	.512	18.8	36.8	.463
3	3	1980-10-16	@	MIL	W	110	103	108.0	101.1	101.9	.337	.022	.538	52.3	56.8	10.8	6.6	.500	15.0	40.4	.236	.457	17.0	66.7	.194
4	4	1980-10-18	@	IND	L	99	103	98.6	102.6	100.4	.411	.068	.574	41.0	63.9	10.0	4.8	.507	23.2	21.6	.342	.488	19.2	56.5	.235
5	5	1980-10-22	@	NJN	W	108	104	101.7	98.0	106.1	.402	.054	.499	50.0	52.5	11.3	11.6	.440	12.9	31.3	.293	.425	18.4	68.8	.345
6	6	1980-10-23		NYK	L	107	109	94.3	96.1	102.7	.149	.020	.497	51.9	80.9	5.3	10.0	.470	21.2	35.3	.119	.423	11.2	67.3	.202
7	7	1980-10-25	@	WSB	W	103	87	106.5	89.9	96.8	.353	.012	.524	53.8	81.0	7.2	8.2	.494	11.7	29.5	.224	.417	11.6	75.5	.133
8	8	1980-10-29	@	DET	W	103	85	99.3	82.0	103.7	.214	.000	.560	54.1	59.1	12.5	11.1	.524	22.7	36.8	.179	.407	21.0	68.1	.121
9	9	1980-10-31		KCK	W	115	110	115.2	110.2	99.8	.365	.042	.516	53.1	63.8	15.0	7.9	.490	11.9	44.9	.219	.506	13.0	65.6	.225
10	10	1980-11-01	@	PHI	L	113	117	98.0	101.5	104.4	.267	.067	.482	54.1	60.0	7.8	3.8	.438	16.4	36.4	.200	.475	17.3	76.7	.513
11	11	1980-11-05		ATL	W	104	87	106.4	89.0	97.8	.329	.053	.598	58.6	65.9	8.2	16.4	.553	23.7	40.0	.263	.392	19.6	72.5	.392
12	12	1980-11-07		MIL	L	101	102	97.7	98.6	103.4	.487	.051	.533	57.8	52.6	7.7	13.7	.487	18.8	36.8	.321	.443	13.0	75.6	.165
13	13	1980-11-09		CHI	W	111	105	114.2	108.1	97.2	.261	.011	.541	46.2	61.7	8.2	7.1	.511	12.8	38.3	.185	.467	14.9	54.5	.233
14	14	1980-11-12		WSB	W	93	86	93.1	86.1	99.8	.212	.082	.500	43.2	64.9	13.0	7.5	.447	14.7	22.0	.200	.425	24.8	65.0	.225
15	15	1980-11-14		NJN	W	126	102	111.7	90.4	112.8	.419	.043	.572	47.6	59.2	5.3	10.3	.532	14.7	23.3	.290	.448	18.5	73.2	.276
16	16	1980-11-18	@	CHI	W	113	112	118.3	117.2	95.5	.207	.061	.631	48.1	62.0	6.3	11.8	.616	19.0	37.5	.146	.453	11.0	55.3	.395
17	17	1980-11-19	@	IND	W	103	91	106.8	94.3	96.5	.338	.065	.582	52.9	65.9	11.4	6.9	.539	19.9	35.3	.260	.425	16.2	64.7	.195
18	18	1980-11-21		GSW	W	108	106	107.0	105.0	101.0	.382	.056	.519	52.1	60.0	5.0	10.0	.455	15.5	42.2	.303	.451	14.4	61.2	.250
19	19	1980-11-22	@	CLE	L	98	113	98.6	113.7	99.4	.247	.059	.520	46.2	57.5	6.0	7.4	.476	18.9	28.9	.200	.485	10.1	62.5	.196
20	20	1980-11-26		POR	W	126	101	113.2	90.8	111.3	.287	.021	.595	54.8	66.0	10.8	8.2	.564	17.2	40.0	.213	.369	11.3	64.1	.171
								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	1980-11-28		NYK	W	120	106	112.2	99.1	107.0	.221	.021	.576	64.4	62.0	6.5	10.4	.532	19.3	45.7	.200	.412	10.6	76.9	.268
22	22	1980-11-30	@	MIL	L	105	107	106.3	108.3	98.8	.429	.012	.526	49.3	75.0	9.1	9.9	.476	15.3	39.0	.298	.549	23.0	65.4	.408
23	23	1980-12-02	@	DET	W	94	85	92.6	83.8	101.5	.287	.000	.480	51.1	50.0	10.8	14.6	.460	21.0	34.1	.161	.410	19.0	66.7	.205
24	24	1980-12-03		ATL	W	106	101	110.8	105.5	95.7	.470	.048	.529	53.1	61.1	3.1	7.4	.434	14.5	39.1	.410	.524	15.7	71.4	.183
25	25	1980-12-05		DAL	W	97	87	100.7	90.3	96.4	.118	.032	.496	56.4	63.6	5.2	11.4	.478	19.0	41.7	.086	.418	16.3	69.0	.266
26	26	1980-12-07		WSB	L	103	113	100.1	109.8	102.9	.095	.063	.520	54.8	56.3	2.9	6.2	.505	16.8	33.3	.074	.510	8.5	75.0	.133
27	27	1980-12-09		MIL	W	112	89	114.6	91.1	97.7	.312	.011	.530	49.0	68.9	12.3	12.2	.484	12.4	38.6	.237	.359	16.2	57.7	.250
28	28	1980-12-10	@	WSB	W	101	99	111.3	109.1	90.7	.232	.024	.559	55.3	67.4	7.7	8.5	.530	15.8	38.5	.171	.500	11.6	73.0	.207
29	29	1980-12-12		NJN	W	119	104	115.7	101.1	102.9	.239	.011	.612	54.3	72.0	9.7	12.6	.574	18.5	37.8	.205	.437	17.2	65.5	.322
30	30	1980-12-13	@	CHI	W	106	95	111.8	100.2	94.8	.289	.060	.566	56.6	53.5	7.4	2.7	.524	17.6	38.5	.229	.456	11.1	72.7	.275
31	31	1980-12-17		CHI	W	115	98	120.0	102.3	95.8	.148	.028	.500	54.9	58.0	10.4	6.5	.468	6.5	45.1	.130	.519	20.0	71.0	.203
32	32	1980-12-19		HOU	W	133	119	131.9	118.0	100.8	.382	.022	.640	49.3	55.6	8.9	8.1	.618	11.1	36.7	.258	.523	15.0	58.5	.307
33	33	1980-12-20	@	CLE	W	107	102	112.5	107.2	95.1	.396	.055	.501	58.8	43.9	6.3	7.4	.456	13.0	50.0	.264	.444	8.6	66.7	.153
34	34	1980-12-23		DEN	W	136	128	119.3	112.2	114.0	.432	.011	.649	50.0	63.0	9.6	11.7	.614	19.3	35.5	.318	.453	13.5	58.2	.290
35	35	1980-12-25	@	NYK	W	117	108	114.9	106.0	101.8	.325	.036	.617	51.3	61.7	3.9	2.2	.578	15.9	26.7	.253	.462	12.4	67.4	.237
36	36	1980-12-27	@	ATL	W	112	107	111.2	106.2	100.8	.214	.020	.522	55.8	42.6	8.9	5.0	.480	14.4	37.8	.184	.476	13.4	72.0	.354
37	37	1980-12-30	@	PHO	W	116	97	117.9	98.6	98.4	.444	.083	.674	48.1	73.8	9.1	13.3	.618	19.6	25.0	.375	.395	14.3	58.2	.232
38	38	1981-01-01	@	SDC	W	88	85	90.3	87.2	97.4	.451	.042	.517	44.7	60.6	8.2	10.2	.472	20.5	20.0	.296	.391	16.6	62.0	.141
39	39	1981-01-02	@	GSW	L	106	121	108.3	123.7	97.8	.466	.023	.500	45.2	59.5	7.2	7.7	.426	11.7	39.6	.352	.478	11.1	51.1	.359
40	40	1981-01-04	@	POR	W	120	111	122.0	112.9	98.3	.212	.024	.646	47.4	62.7	8.1	5.5	.606	15.5	32.4	.200	.474	11.4	59.1	.184
								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	1981-01-07		PHO	W	108	90	102.4	85.3	105.5	.398	.043	.494	48.4	59.5	15.2	7.1	.462	15.5	35.4	.237	.429	22.8	62.8	.214
42	42	1981-01-09		CHI	W	117	111	113.4	107.5	93.5	.388	.047	.588	48.6	70.2	9.7	8.2	.553	15.3	28.9	.271	.529	17.2	69.4	.218
43	43	1981-01-10	@	NJN	W	117	115	108.0	106.1	108.3	.477	.012	.562	51.9	68.9	2.8	12.1	.529	16.1	25.0	.302	.516	12.9	78.0	.231
44	44	1981-01-13	@	NYK	W	93	89	98.7	94.5	94.2	.123	.012	.544	49.4	66.7	10.6	4.7	.525	16.6	27.3	.099	.430	17.0	64.6	.174
45	45	1981-01-14		CLE	W	120	113	120.4	113.4	99.6	.613	.040	.630	55.7	61.5	10.0	12.6	.527	18.1	39.4	.547	.539	14.0	70.3	.191
46	46	1981-01-16		SAS	W	94	85	95.6	86.4	98.4	.223	.021	.455	50.0	59.0	9.1	7.8	.415	11.2	28.8	.170	.366	12.8	72.0	.183
47	47	1981-01-18		LAL	W	98	96	101.3	99.2	96.8	.346	.038	.545	49.3	61.5	21.7	4.9	.506	20.4	37.8	.244	.537	23.0	62.5	.098
48	48	1981-01-19		DET	W	92	90	99.8	97.7	92.1	.270	.041	.556	56.3	68.4	5.4	8.7	.520	21.7	34.3	.203	.536	21.2	82.8	.232
49	49	1981-01-21		UTA	W	117	87	126.2	93.8	92.7	.337	.034	.572	53.9	63.8	6.5	9.9	.534	8.9	40.5	.247	.458	21.3	66.7	.292
50	50	1981-01-23		IND	W	104	103	109.7	108.7	94.8	.253	.024	.564	53.4	66.7	9.5	10.3	.512	18.5	41.2	.229	.513	16.1	64.1	.278
51	51	1981-01-25		SEA	W	115	106	112.8	103.9	102.0	.470	.048	.574	46.9	59.5	8.8	8.1	.512	13.8	26.2	.361	.506	15.5	69.2	.207
52	52	1981-01-28		PHI	W	104	101	105.3	102.2	98.8	.314	.047	.531	54.8	65.0	11.1	4.6	.471	14.0	32.5	.267	.517	15.1	75.0	.126
53	53	1981-01-29	@	CHI	L	85	108	86.1	109.4	98.7	.395	.053	.476	44.0	67.7	6.1	4.4	.408	21.9	22.7	.303	.473	11.3	63.8	.242
54	54	1981-02-04	@	PHI	L	104	107				.603	.038	.527	49.5	56.8		7.9	.481	18.9		.372	.416	10.8		.371
55	55	1981-02-05	@	MIL	L	103	113	101.0	110.8	102.0	.430	.075	.466	43.7	59.5	6.9	0.0	.398	11.9	32.1	.312	.494	14.3	61.8	.310
56	56	1981-02-06		IND	W	111	98	117.5	103.8	94.5	.394	.070	.666	57.8	65.1	5.3	12.4	.620	21.6	37.0	.324	.478	11.0	73.0	.133
57	57	1981-02-08		SDC	W	123	107	121.1	105.3	101.6	.480	.027	.677	50.0	61.7	8.9	7.7	.627	19.5	31.3	.387	.432	12.2	64.3	.250
58	58	1981-02-10	@	SEA	L	107	108	101.8	102.7	95.2	.161	.045	.446	52.9	51.1	8.6	2.1	.429	9.8	38.9	.098	.448	13.6	68.0	.216
59	59	1981-02-11	@	LAL	W	105	91	99.6	86.3	105.4	.274	.011	.493	57.4	65.1	12.3	10.0	.453	17.8	42.6	.200	.424	17.3	74.5	.141
60	60	1981-02-13	@	UTA	L	89	104	96.4	112.7	92.3	.276	.023	.456	49.4	61.1	6.5	8.6	.420	14.1	34.6	.184	.529	13.8	74.2	.429
								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	1981-02-15	@	DEN	W	120	118	108.3	106.5	110.8	.448	.034	.576	46.4	75.6	7.2	9.3	.517	18.1	30.8	.345	.449	14.5	56.9	.206
62	62	1981-02-17	@	SAS	W	128	116	126.6	114.7	101.1	.351	.053	.590	46.4	71.4	7.9	5.7	.532	7.7	27.9	.298	.517	12.9	65.9	.270
63	63	1981-02-18	@	KCK	L	113	114	108.7	109.6	104.0	.453	.012	.548	50.0	47.7	4.8	10.3	.512	15.6	31.8	.291	.520	11.7	66.0	.122
64	64	1981-02-21	@	DET	W	130	119	119.8	109.7	108.5	.275	.033	.637	49.3	60.0	10.1	6.0	.604	16.4	30.3	.220	.524	18.5	65.0	.369
65	65	1981-02-25		CLE	W	124	103	120.0	99.7	103.4	.352	.000	.590	60.0	60.4	6.8	8.8	.527	14.6	40.5	.308	.462	12.0	77.1	.183
66	66	1981-02-27	@	ATL	W	132	102	132.4	102.3	99.7	.395	.012	.654	66.7	36.0	8.0	7.7	.587	15.8	51.4	.360	.481	16.3	80.0	.329
67	67	1981-03-01		PHI	W	114	107	112.0	105.1	101.8	.618	.053	.590	50.0	65.0	6.9	6.5	.539	14.2	26.8	.421	.488	17.2	74.4	.346
68	68	1981-03-03	@	DAL	W	117	105	121.0	108.6	96.7	.274	.036	.622	63.8	72.0	7.2	12.2	.601	15.3	43.8	.190	.468	8.0	77.1	.168
69	69	1981-03-04	@	HOU	W	108	101	110.9	103.7	97.4	.270	.067	.542	54.8	58.1	8.2	8.0	.483	10.8	31.0	.247	.466	11.7	78.6	.216
70	70	1981-03-06	@	IND	L	104	110	110.1	116.5	94.4	.300	.038	.574	51.9	63.6	3.2	6.9	.550	17.3	35.1	.200	.523	11.0	67.5	.205
71	71	1981-03-08		NYK	W	115	94	107.4	87.8	107.1	.130	.020	.544	52.8	60.4	11.2	10.9	.530	15.2	33.3	.090	.447	19.3	70.2	.106
72	72	1981-03-11		MIL	W	122	108	116.5	103.1	104.7	.380	.000	.568	50.5	46.0	8.6	9.5	.543	13.7	39.0	.239	.400	12.1	58.9	.280
73	73	1981-03-13		IND	L	94	101	99.2	106.6	94.7	.176	.022	.479	45.8	54.8	6.3	11.7	.462	11.7	26.7	.110	.432	9.5	62.7	.188
74	74	1981-03-15		NJN	W	133	125	118.8	111.6	112.0	.578	.012	.639	52.0	70.2	8.0	4.7	.566	16.1	22.9	.470	.534	15.6	77.5	.368
75	75	1981-03-17	@	WSB	W	112	91	109.9	89.3	101.9	.388	.012	.563	48.9	62.2	6.9	4.3	.529	14.6	29.3	.259	.424	16.5	66.0	.141
76	76	1981-03-18		ATL	L	97	108	98.2	109.4	98.8	.210	.049	.548	55.8	63.4	7.1	4.7	.512	20.6	32.4	.173	.488	12.5	77.5	.279
77	77	1981-03-20		WSB	W	128	116	122.6	111.1	104.4	.287	.020	.563	56.7	56.9	6.7	9.3	.505	8.8	39.5	.257	.475	9.7	72.3	.186
78	78	1981-03-22	@	PHI	L	94	126	90.3	121.0	104.1	.308	.011	.455	50.6	71.1	6.7	6.2	.418	16.2	35.2	.198	.598	17.4	77.4	.341
79	79	1981-03-24	@	NYK	W	118	116	111.0	109.1	106.3	.348	.000	.575	53.4	51.1	6.6	9.5	.528	15.6	35.1	.270	.490	12.6	66.7	.216
80	80	1981-03-25	@	NJN	W	111	105	101.7	96.2	109.2	.644	.014	.592	57.1	68.4	5.5	5.6	.521	23.0	29.0	.479	.495	17.2	76.1	.165
								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	1981-03-27		DET	L	90	115	95.0	121.3	94.8	.179	.036	.497	45.8	50.0	4.2	7.7	.464	18.1	32.5	.143	.484	10.2	58.1	.297
82	82	1981-03-29		PHI	W	98	94	98.9	94.8	99.1	.291	.035	.505	47.1	59.0	16.1	8.2	.465	17.1	32.6	.209	.493	23.5	64.1	.267

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