1981-82 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (63-19)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.0 (4th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.6 (8th of 23)

SRS: 6.35 (1st of 23) Pace: 101.5 (8th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.8 (4th of 23) Def Rtg: 103.5 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: +6.3 (1st of 23)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (1st of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 612,711 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1982 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) 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
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1981-10-30		WSB	W	124	100	49	84	.583	1	2	.500	25	32	.781	8	43	28	10	8	17	25	40	91	.440	0	0		20	32	.625	15	38	20	9	2	17	31
2	2	1981-10-31	@	MIL	L	103	119	45	87	.517	0	3	.000	13	24	.542	13	35	31	4	3	15	27	51	89	.573	0	1	.000	17	26	.654	16	39	35	5	4	7	24
3	3	1981-11-04		CHI	W	115	93	48	100	.480	0	4	.000	19	22	.864	19	51	24	11	10	19	29	30	82	.366	0	0		33	38	.868	14	38	19	7	3	23	24
4	4	1981-11-06		IND	W	111	94	45	86	.523	0	1	.000	21	28	.750	15	46	26	9	7	16	26	35	82	.427	1	1	1.000	23	29	.793	12	40	19	6	5	22	23
5	5	1981-11-07	@	DET	W	129	88	51	94	.543	0	0		27	37	.730	15	55	33	10	7	22	29	34	97	.351	0	5	.000	20	29	.690	19	51	15	7	9	26	36
6	6	1981-11-10	@	WSB	W	90	84	33	88	.375	0	0		24	36	.667	15	44	15	8	9	11	17	34	82	.415	0	4	.000	16	20	.800	13	51	22	3	7	22	33
7	7	1981-11-11		KCK	W	115	100	43	84	.512	0	0		29	38	.763	13	44	28	12	14	22	21	43	98	.439	1	1	1.000	13	17	.765	18	43	24	7	6	26	29
8	8	1981-11-13		NJN	W	111	97	38	73	.521	1	1	1.000	34	44	.773	13	38	25	8	7	17	22	40	100	.400	0	2	.000	17	27	.630	21	43	24	11	1	15	33
9	9	1981-11-14	@	CLE	W	92	91	37	82	.451	0	5	.000	18	27	.667	11	47	19	7	7	15	19	39	98	.398	0	1	.000	13	16	.813	18	50	14	7	1	12	25
10	10	1981-11-17	@	CHI	W	98	95	37	77	.481	2	5	.400	22	30	.733	14	43	24	6	6	12	24	41	94	.436	0	4	.000	13	16	.813	22	52	25	5	6	12	26
11	11	1981-11-18		HOU	L	104	106	42	86	.488	0	3	.000	20	26	.769	20	47	25	4	3	16	24	41	84	.488	1	4	.250	23	29	.793	12	35	24	11	3	8	23
12	12	1981-11-20		MIL	W	112	89	40	87	.460	0	1	.000	32	42	.762	18	49	23	8	8	16	23	37	85	.435	0	2	.000	15	28	.536	11	36	21	7	5	20	32
13	13	1981-11-25		GSW	W	122	101	50	99	.505	1	4	.250	21	29	.724	20	49	30	9	11	18	22	38	83	.458	0	0		25	30	.833	16	36	18	10	8	19	25
14	14	1981-11-27		WSB	W	113	100	46	82	.561	2	4	.500	19	27	.704	9	45	23	7	8	22	28	38	82	.463	0	7	.000	24	27	.889	15	38	20	9	1	16	28
15	15	1981-11-28	@	ATL	W	98	90	33	69	.478	0	0		32	41	.780	11	48	20	3	6	20	26	34	87	.391	0	2	.000	22	26	.846	16	43	22	10	4	15	35
16	16	1981-12-01	@	IND	L	87	90	34	80	.425	2	5	.400	17	23	.739	19	60	23	5	3	26	18	38	98	.388	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	17	47	20	16	9	14	23
17	17	1981-12-02		DET	W	115	114	48	92	.522	0	1	.000	19	26	.731	19	50	20	6	13	24	29	45	91	.495	0	0		24	30	.800	11	35	27	9	1	16	23
18	18	1981-12-04		PHI	W	111	103	43	84	.512	4	4	1.000	21	29	.724	11	39	20	10	9	21	23	42	91	.462	0	3	.000	19	19	1.000	13	42	17	5	8	21	29
19	19	1981-12-05	@	NYK	L	83	103	31	71	.437	0	1	.000	21	32	.656	7	33	15	6	3	22	32	39	81	.481	2	2	1.000	23	33	.697	17	47	22	7	1	22	34
20	20	1981-12-09		NJN	W	109	100	45	84	.536	1	3	.333	18	25	.720	15	46	22	11	3	28	19	43	85	.506	0	0		14	21	.667	11	30	27	17	2	20	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1981-12-11		ATL	W	94	86	29	67	.433	0	2	.000	36	43	.837		49	22	8	11	24	26	33	92	.359	0	1	.000	20	24	.833		39	16	8	3	17	29
22	22	1981-12-12	@	ATL	L	97	108	38	76	.500	0	2	.000	21	27	.778	12	41	26	3	7	20	38	35	80	.438	0	1	.000	38	46	.826	18	42	16	7	1	12	30
23	23	1981-12-16		DAL	W	109	92	46	87	.529	1	3	.333	16	21	.762	14	45	28	7	9	19	21	40	101	.396	0	0		12	20	.600	20	41	23	9	4	11	24
24	24	1981-12-18	@	WSB	W	99	98	39	86	.453	0	2	.000	21	30	.700	16	44	24	3	11	14	16	41	93	.441	2	2	1.000	14	20	.700	18	45	16	9	7	13	28
25	25	1981-12-19	@	PHI	L	118	123	47	97	.485	0	4	.000	24	32	.750	21	46	27	9	10	24	32	51	96	.531	0	0		21	30	.700	22	50	29	11	14	26	30
26	26	1981-12-22		CLE	W	120	116	48	93	.516	1	1	1.000	23	26	.885	19	42	31	6	1	14	29	45	81	.556	0	1	.000	26	30	.867	8	29	19	6	6	11	22
27	27	1981-12-26	@	KCK	W	124	119	48	102	.471	0	3	.000	28	36	.778	18	58	21	4	6	20	27	48	100	.480	0	0		23	35	.657	14	48	31	7	3	15	34
28	28	1981-12-29	@	DEN	L	123	128	47	102	.461	1	4	.250	28	46	.609	22	54	25	8	7	12	27	50	102	.490	0	1	.000	28	35	.800	18	51	22	5	5	15	33
29	29	1981-12-30	@	UTA	W	121	110	46	85	.541	1	4	.250	28	38	.737	14	52	26	6	7	22	23	47	102	.461	0	1	.000	16	18	.889	15	38	27	12	2	11	32
30	30	1982-01-02	@	CLE	W	106	103	41	89	.461	0	2	.000	24	36	.667	16	50	20	8	4	16	30	39	82	.476	0	2	.000	25	35	.714	9	36	22	5	7	14	29
31	31	1982-01-06		CHI	L	102	116	44	94	.468	0	0		14	18	.778	16	44	30	9	8	18	31	41	91	.451	0	2	.000	34	44	.773	19	46	23	10	7	18	21
32	32	1982-01-08		PHI	W	96	90	40	105	.381	0	0		16	22	.727	25	65	17	10	5	21	25	36	86	.419	1	3	.333	17	22	.773	9	42	20	10	6	18	22
33	33	1982-01-10		DET	W	134	124	53	99	.535	0	2	.000	28	37	.757	19	49	30	16	4	19	27	49	91	.538	2	3	.667	24	29	.828	11	36	26	11	3	19	28
34	34	1982-01-11	@	NJN	W	112	94	49	93	.527	2	5	.400	12	13	.923	16	47	28	11	8	16	22	38	85	.447	0	2	.000	18	22	.818	13	35	26	11	3	21	18
35	35	1982-01-13		ATL	W	116	95	47	93	.505	1	3	.333	21	24	.875	19	46	29	9	7	13	17	40	85	.471	0	2	.000	15	17	.882	13	37	21	6	2	18	26
36	36	1982-01-15	@	MIL	L	118	122	50	96	.521	1	3	.333	17	29	.586	15	42	31	5	6	12	23	47	93	.505	0	1	.000	28	32	.875	16	47	29	6	2	16	26
37	37	1982-01-16	@	DET	W	128	120	53	101	.525	2	3	.667	20	23	.870	17	53	32	7	11	23	25	50	103	.485	2	7	.286	18	28	.643	16	45	31	12	5	22	28
38	38	1982-01-19	@	NYK	W	111	107	50	81	.617	0	1	.000	11	13	.846	4	34	29	3	2	17	24	44	88	.500	1	2	.500	18	28	.643	14	40	25	11	2	14	24
39	39	1982-01-20		IND	W	112	103	48	93	.516	0	1	.000	16	22	.727	27	52	26	6	2	19	24	41	89	.461	0	3	.000	21	28	.750	16	34	21	11	5	13	21
40	40	1982-01-22		SEA	L	106	118	42	99	.424	1	4	.250	21	24	.875	16	44	27	9	2	14	23	50	91	.549	0	0		18	27	.667	13	46	30	10	7	12	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1982-01-24		POR	L	119	123	46	98	.469	3	6	.500	24	32	.750	11	36	23	7	8	15	29	46	87	.529	0	2	.000	31	41	.756	10	44	26	5	1	15	31
42	42	1982-01-27		NYK	W	131	99	56	97	.577	0	0		19	27	.704	18	53	41	9	5	20	28	36	84	.429	0	4	.000	27	38	.711	14	36	24	9	1	26	24
43	43	1982-01-28	@	CLE	W	116	104	47	78	.603	0	0		22	27	.815	7	33	23	14	8	25	29	43	93	.462	0	1	.000	18	25	.720	17	37	28	8	3	20	24
44	44	1982-02-02	@	IND	W	109	105	39	84	.464	1	2	.500	30	45	.667	14	48	22	6	2	11	21	45	101	.446	2	4	.500	13	17	.765	19	60	27	3	5	15	32
45	45	1982-02-05		DEN	W	145	144	62	108	.574	1	1	1.000	20	27	.741	13	45	41	6	10	15	33	54	102	.529	0	0		36	41	.878	13	43	28	8	0	16	26
46	46	1982-02-07		LAL	L	113	119	51	99	.515	3	5	.600	8	17	.471	17	39	33	7	2	19	24	49	88	.557	0	1	.000	21	25	.840	10	40	27	9	6	17	25
47	47	1982-02-10	@	PHO	L	110	112	46	88	.523	0	2	.000	18	25	.720	14	44	26	4	6	17	23	48	89	.539	1	1	1.000	15	21	.714	7	39	34	9	3	15	26
48	48	1982-02-12	@	SDC	W	129	116	47	85	.553	0	1	.000	35	39	.897	15	42	24	9	7	16	31	49	94	.521	0	5	.000	18	27	.667	16	37	29	8	7	17	31
49	49	1982-02-14	@	LAL	W	108	103	42	84	.500	1	3	.333	23	34	.676	15	45	29	10	5	20	25	41	93	.441	0	2	.000	21	28	.750	16	44	30	15	7	20	32
50	50	1982-02-17	@	GSW	L	105	121	40	93	.430	0	3	.000	25	29	.862	13	40	20	5	8	20	24	50	101	.495	0	1	.000	21	27	.778	24	55	23	9	3	17	24
51	51	1982-02-19	@	POR	W	127	117	47	86	.547	0	0		33	37	.892	17	48	27	6	5	19	26	48	88	.545	0	0		21	30	.700	8	31	28	7	3	13	32
52	52	1982-02-21	@	SEA	L	100	103	46	102	.451	0	4	.000	8	15	.533	21	46	33	6	3	10	23	43	78	.551	0	1	.000	17	21	.810	9	37	29	8	0	17	27
53	53	1982-02-24		UTA	W	132	90	59	97	.608	0	2	.000	14	19	.737	9	49	37	12	5	17	16	39	89	.438	0	3	.000	12	18	.667	9	36	23	8	3	24	21
54	54	1982-02-26		SDC	W	122	110	46	81	.568	1	1	1.000	29	42	.690	11	34	33	11	10	15	29	44	90	.489	0	5	.000	22	31	.710	17	43	21	5	3	21	35
55	55	1982-02-28		MIL	W	106	102	36	91	.396	0	4	.000	34	42	.810	16	41	15	12	8	15	26	39	87	.448	0	2	.000	24	29	.828	12	40	22	8	6	19	37
56	56	1982-03-02	@	DAL	W	101	97	40	78	.513	0	0		21	35	.600	17	48	14	7	11	23	27	39	87	.448	0	6	.000	19	27	.704	11	41	24	8	3	16	34
57	57	1982-03-04	@	SAS	W	110	101	44	81	.543	1	1	1.000	21	28	.750	9	35	28	6	8	16	23	37	84	.440	1	4	.250	26	31	.839	13	35	22	8	2	13	26
58	58	1982-03-05	@	HOU	W	100	98	37	86	.430	0	0		26	34	.765	19	43	15	11	7	12	27	40	84	.476	0	1	.000	18	24	.750	18	43	23	3	6	18	28
59	59	1982-03-07		NYK	W	107	106	39	91	.429	2	2	1.000	27	37	.730	18	42	20	13	4	11	24	42	74	.568	3	6	.500	19	26	.731	8	38	27	6	7	22	29
60	60	1982-03-08	@	DET	W	111	101	46	76	.605	1	1	1.000	18	23	.783	10	34	26	15	9	23	29	40	80	.500	1	7	.143	20	30	.667	19	38	23	7	6	27	29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1982-03-10		IND	W	121	100	51	104	.490	0	4	.000	19	28	.679	23	62	28	5	7	13	21	40	101	.396	1	7	.143	19	26	.731	17	44	23	8	5	9	20
62	62	1982-03-12	@	NJN	W	113	109	41	81	.506	0	0		31	42	.738	14	43	23	8	5	22	21	45	88	.511	0	2	.000	19	25	.760	12	34	24	14	3	15	33
63	63	1982-03-14		PHO	W	105	92	46	91	.505	2	3	.667	11	19	.579	10	45	27	11	3	16	18	41	102	.402	0	5	.000	10	18	.556	22	49	16	10	10	17	22
64	64	1982-03-16	@	WSB	W	98	97	39	94	.415	1	3	.333	19	31	.613	18	54	17	7	14	19	19	43	95	.453	3	6	.500	8	12	.667	12	50	25	5	3	20	25
65	65	1982-03-17		ATL	W	113	109	48	96	.500	0	2	.000	17	24	.708	20	45	26	7	11	16	22	45	86	.523	0	1	.000	19	25	.760	14	37	21	8	3	20	27
66	66	1982-03-19		SAS	W	134	110	49	93	.527	0	1	.000	36	46	.783	17	46	29	7	5	14	32	40	91	.440	0	4	.000	30	39	.769	15	44	20	7	2	15	34
67	67	1982-03-21	@	PHI	W	123	111	49	85	.576	0	0		25	34	.735	9	48	26	3	14	15	26	43	104	.413	5	9	.556	20	23	.870	15	43	20	11	6	9	29
68	68	1982-03-23	@	CHI	W	110	103	43	88	.489	0	3	.000	24	32	.750	15	48	20	6	5	15	23	44	89	.494	1	5	.200	14	21	.667	12	46	25	6	2	20	27
69	69	1982-03-24		CLE	W	136	115	53	100	.530	0	0		30	39	.769	20	54	31	6	14	14	18	51	107	.477	1	3	.333	12	15	.800	13	38	16	8	2	12	28
70	70	1982-03-26		DET	W	125	104	52	86	.605	1	2	.500	20	30	.667	5	37	35	10	7	20	26	39	94	.415	1	2	.500	25	29	.862	22	49	23	11	5	26	30
71	71	1982-03-28		PHI	L	98	116	36	87	.414	0	2	.000	26	36	.722	18	47	18	4	9	15	20	50	93	.538	0	0		16	20	.800	12	43	31	11	5	11	28
72	72	1982-03-31		WSB	W	119	109	49	79	.620	0	0		21	27	.778	8	43	29	7	7	17	17	44	95	.463	3	9	.333	18	22	.818	15	39	28	7	1	11	21
73	73	1982-04-02	@	ATL	W	110	107	39	82	.476	1	1	1.000	31	41	.756	18	49	19	4	0	15	27	42	80	.525	0	1	.000	23	34	.676	13	36	20	5	2	13	29
74	74	1982-04-04		CHI	W	114	112	48	94	.511	0	1	.000	18	23	.783	16	42	28	5	7	14	24	47	88	.534	0	1	.000	18	23	.783	11	35	24	7	5	15	27
75	75	1982-04-06	@	MIL	L	116	122	51	104	.490	0	2	.000	14	22	.636	18	41	34	10	5	10	21	53	93	.570	0	0		16	21	.762	17	52	35	5	7	17	22
76	76	1982-04-08	@	NYK	W	110	106	40	79	.506	0	0		30	40	.750	10	42	27	9	8	15	24	43	92	.467	1	3	.333	19	23	.826	16	41	23	7	2	16	31
77	77	1982-04-09		NJN	W	106	103	46	88	.523	0	2	.000	14	18	.778	16	38	29	9	14	19	21	44	92	.478	1	3	.333	14	19	.737	16	38	25	8	2	18	22
78	78	1982-04-11	@	PHI	W	110	109	46	109	.422	1	2	.500	17	20	.850	29	60	29	11	8	22	27	42	82	.512	0	0		25	37	.676	10	41	32	12	17	20	24
79	79	1982-04-13	@	CHI	L	115	120	45	101	.446	2	6	.333	23	29	.793	10	39	22	9	6	13	29	47	86	.547	0	0		26	33	.788	13	58	33	5	9	20	27
80	80	1982-04-14		MIL	W	100	91	39	90	.433	1	3	.333	21	32	.656	15	48	26	9	3	16	28	35	84	.417	0	3	.000	21	33	.636	16	48	21	7	3	20	31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1982-04-16	@	NJN	L	96	113	38	90	.422	1	3	.333	19	25	.760	17	49	27	13	13	27	23	48	100	.480	0	0		17	22	.773	19	51	32	14	12	24	19
82	82	1982-04-18		NYK	W	119	99	50	102	.490	0	2	.000	19	28	.679	17	49	34	14	3	16	19	45	92	.489	1	1	1.000	8	12	.667	11	46	25	9	4	25	25

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