1981-82 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								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	1981-10-30		WSB	W	124	100	118.9	95.9	104.3	.381	.024	.632	53.1	57.1	9.6	8.8	.589	14.8	25.8	.298	.440	13.9	70.0	.220
2	2	1981-10-31	@	MIL	L	103	119	111.6	128.9	92.3	.276	.034	.528	47.3	68.9	4.3	3.4	.517	13.3	36.1	.149	.573	6.5	57.9	.191
3	3	1981-11-04		CHI	W	115	93	111.4	90.1	103.2	.220	.040	.524	57.3	50.0	10.7	12.2	.480	14.8	44.2	.190	.366	18.9	69.6	.402
4	4	1981-11-06		IND	W	111	94	111.3	94.3	99.7	.326	.012	.564	53.5	57.8	9.0	8.6	.523	14.0	34.9	.244	.433	18.8	72.1	.280
5	5	1981-11-07	@	DET	W	129	88	112.7	76.9	114.5	.394	.000	.585	51.9	64.7	8.7	7.6	.543	16.6	31.9	.287	.351	19.2	67.8	.206
6	6	1981-11-10	@	WSB	W	90	84	93.3	87.1	96.4	.409	.000	.433	46.3	45.5	8.3	11.5	.375	9.6	28.3	.273	.415	19.5	69.0	.195
7	7	1981-11-11		KCK	W	115	100	106.8	92.9	107.7	.452	.000	.571	50.6	65.1	11.1	14.4	.512	17.9	34.2	.345	.444	19.8	63.3	.133
8	8	1981-11-13		NJN	W	111	97	116.7	102.0	95.1	.603	.014	.601	46.9	65.8	8.4	7.1	.527	15.5	37.1	.466	.400	11.8	54.3	.170
9	9	1981-11-14	@	CLE	W	92	91	96.4	95.4	95.4	.329	.061	.490	48.5	51.4	7.3	7.2	.451	13.8	25.6	.220	.398	10.3	66.7	.133
10	10	1981-11-17	@	CHI	W	98	95	111.8	108.4	87.7	.390	.065	.543	45.3	64.9	6.8	6.7	.494	11.7	31.8	.286	.436	10.6	56.9	.138
11	11	1981-11-18		HOU	L	104	106	115.6	117.8	90.0	.302	.035	.534	57.3	59.5	4.4	3.8	.488	14.1	46.5	.233	.494	7.6	69.2	.274
12	12	1981-11-20		MIL	W	112	89	111.2	88.3	100.7	.483	.011	.531	57.6	57.5	7.9	9.6	.460	13.2	41.9	.368	.435	17.0	73.8	.176
13	13	1981-11-25		GSW	W	122	101	122.5	101.4	99.6	.293	.040	.546	57.6	60.0	9.0	13.3	.510	13.9	50.0	.212	.458	16.5	64.4	.301
14	14	1981-11-27		WSB	W	113	100	113.6	100.5	99.5	.329	.049	.602	54.2	50.0	7.0	10.7	.573	19.0	28.1	.232	.463	14.6	70.6	.293
15	15	1981-11-28	@	ATL	W	98	90	103.4	95.0	94.8	.594	.000	.563	52.7	60.6	3.2	7.1	.478	18.7	28.9	.464	.391	13.2	69.8	.253
16	16	1981-12-01	@	IND	L	87	90	88.4	91.4	98.4	.288	.063	.483	56.1	67.6	5.1	3.1	.438	22.4	38.8	.213	.388	11.6	70.7	.143
17	17	1981-12-02		DET	W	115	114	108.6	107.7	105.9	.283	.011	.556	58.8	41.7	5.7	14.3	.522	18.8	44.2	.207	.495	13.3	73.8	.264
18	18	1981-12-04		PHI	W	111	103	107.0	99.3	103.8	.345	.048	.574	48.1	46.5	9.6	10.2	.536	17.8	27.5	.250	.462	17.4	68.3	.209
19	19	1981-12-05	@	NYK	L	83	103	84.6	105.0	98.1	.451	.014	.488	41.3	48.4	6.1	3.8	.437	20.5	18.9	.296	.494	18.7	60.5	.284
20	20	1981-12-09		NJN	W	109	100	106.2	97.5	102.6	.298	.036	.574	60.5	48.9	10.7	3.5	.542	22.8	44.1	.214	.506	17.5	73.8	.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
21	21	1981-12-11		ATL	W	94	86				.642	.030	.547	55.7	75.9		12.1	.433	21.8		.537	.359	14.2		.217
22	22	1981-12-12	@	ATL	L	97	108	104.7	116.6	92.6	.355	.026	.552	49.4	68.4	3.2	8.9	.500	18.5	33.3	.276	.438	10.7	61.7	.475
23	23	1981-12-16		DAL	W	109	92	114.0	96.2	95.6	.241	.034	.566	52.3	60.9	7.3	8.9	.534	16.5	40.0	.184	.396	9.1	60.8	.119
24	24	1981-12-18	@	WSB	W	99	98	106.7	105.7	92.8	.349	.023	.499	49.4	61.5	3.2	12.1	.453	12.4	37.2	.244	.452	11.3	60.9	.151
25	25	1981-12-19	@	PHI	L	118	123	106.1	110.6	100.7	.330	.041	.531	47.9	57.4	8.1	10.4	.485	17.8	42.9	.247	.531	19.2	53.2	.219
26	26	1981-12-22		CLE	W	120	116	127.3	123.0	94.3	.280	.011	.574	59.2	64.6	6.4	1.3	.522	11.8	47.5	.247	.556	10.5	74.2	.321
27	27	1981-12-26	@	KCK	W	124	119	107.4	103.0	104.6	.353	.029	.526	54.7	43.8	3.5	6.0	.471	14.5	34.6	.275	.480	11.5	74.1	.230
28	28	1981-12-29	@	DEN	L	123	128	111.9	116.5	109.9	.451	.039	.503	51.4	53.2	7.3	6.9	.466	8.9	40.0	.275	.490	11.3	64.0	.275
29	29	1981-12-30	@	UTA	W	121	110	115.3	104.8	105.0	.447	.047	.595	57.8	56.5	5.7	6.9	.547	17.8	37.8	.329	.461	9.1	71.7	.157
30	30	1982-01-02	@	CLE	W	106	103	105.7	102.7	100.3	.404	.022	.506	58.1	48.8	8.0	5.0	.461	13.2	37.2	.270	.476	12.6	79.1	.305
31	31	1982-01-06		CHI	L	102	116	99.9	113.6	102.1	.191	.000	.500	48.9	68.2	8.8	9.0	.468	15.0	37.2	.149	.451	14.0	59.6	.374
32	32	1982-01-08		PHI	W	96	90	92.4	86.6	103.9	.210	.000	.419	60.7	42.5	9.6	6.0	.381	15.5	43.1	.152	.424	15.8	81.6	.198
33	33	1982-01-10		DET	W	134	124	121.2	112.2	110.5	.374	.020	.581	57.6	56.6	14.5	4.5	.535	14.1	43.2	.283	.549	15.5	73.2	.264
34	34	1982-01-11	@	NJN	W	112	94	115.3	96.7	97.2	.140	.054	.567	57.3	57.1	11.3	9.6	.538	13.9	42.1	.129	.447	18.2	70.5	.212
35	35	1982-01-13		ATL	W	116	95	123.4	101.1	94.0	.258	.032	.560	55.4	61.7	9.6	8.4	.511	11.2	44.2	.226	.471	16.3	67.5	.176
36	36	1982-01-15	@	MIL	L	118	122	114.0	117.9	103.5	.302	.031	.542	47.2	62.0	4.8	6.5	.526	9.9	32.6	.177	.505	13.0	62.8	.301
37	37	1982-01-16	@	DET	W	128	120	109.9	103.0	116.5	.228	.030	.576	54.1	60.4	6.0	11.5	.535	17.1	37.0	.198	.495	16.0	69.2	.175
38	38	1982-01-19	@	NYK	W	111	107	112.7	108.6	98.5	.160	.012	.640	45.9	58.0	3.0	2.3	.617	16.4	13.3	.136	.506	12.2	68.2	.205
39	39	1982-01-20		IND	W	112	103	121.0	111.3	92.5	.237	.011	.545	60.5	54.2	6.5	2.3	.516	15.6	60.0	.172	.461	11.4	61.0	.236
40	40	1982-01-22		SEA	L	106	118	104.7	116.5	101.3	.242	.040	.484	48.9	64.3	8.9	2.2	.429	11.3	32.7	.212	.549	10.4	68.3	.198
								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	1982-01-24		POR	L	119	123	109.1	112.8	109.0	.327	.061	.531	45.0	50.0	6.4	9.4	.485	11.8	24.4	.245	.529	12.5	71.4	.356
42	42	1982-01-27		NYK	W	131	99	119.9	90.6	109.3	.278	.000	.602	59.6	73.2	8.2	6.3	.577	15.5	45.0	.196	.429	20.5	71.4	.321
43	43	1982-01-28	@	CLE	W	116	104	112.1	100.5	103.5	.346	.000	.645	47.1	48.9	13.5	8.7	.603	21.8	25.9	.282	.462	16.1	60.5	.194
44	44	1982-02-02	@	IND	W	109	105	107.9	103.9	101.0	.536	.024	.525	44.4	56.4	5.9	2.1	.470	9.6	25.5	.357	.455	12.1	64.2	.129
45	45	1982-02-05		DEN	W	145	144	121.6	120.8	119.2	.250	.009	.605	51.1	66.1	5.0	9.8	.579	11.1	30.2	.185	.529	11.8	71.1	.353
46	46	1982-02-07		LAL	L	113	119	108.6	114.3	104.1	.172	.051	.531	49.4	64.7	6.7	2.3	.530	15.1	36.2	.081	.557	14.7	68.8	.239
47	47	1982-02-10	@	PHO	L	110	112	107.1	109.0	102.7	.284	.023	.556	53.0	56.5	3.9	6.8	.523	14.7	30.4	.205	.545	13.2	81.1	.169
48	48	1982-02-12	@	SDC	W	129	116	126.8	114.0	101.8	.459	.012	.631	53.2	51.1	8.8	7.9	.553	13.5	41.7	.412	.521	13.8	62.8	.191
49	49	1982-02-14	@	LAL	W	108	103	104.5	99.6	103.4	.405	.036	.546	50.6	69.0	9.7	5.5	.506	16.8	34.9	.274	.441	16.0	65.2	.226
50	50	1982-02-17	@	GSW	L	105	121	99.5	114.7	105.5	.312	.032	.496	42.1	50.0	4.7	8.0	.430	15.9	29.5	.269	.495	13.1	52.9	.208
51	51	1982-02-19	@	POR	W	127	117	123.1	113.4	103.1	.430	.000	.621	60.8	57.4	5.8	5.7	.547	15.7	42.5	.384	.545	11.4	79.5	.239
52	52	1982-02-21	@	SEA	L	100	103	107.6	110.9	92.9	.147	.039	.460	55.4	71.7	6.5	3.9	.451	8.4	42.9	.078	.551	16.3	73.5	.218
53	53	1982-02-24		UTA	W	132	90	119.0	81.2	110.9	.196	.021	.626	57.6	62.7	10.8	5.8	.608	13.9	25.0	.144	.438	19.8	81.6	.135
54	54	1982-02-26		SDC	W	122	110	119.5	107.8	102.1	.519	.012	.613	44.2	71.7	10.8	11.8	.574	13.1	29.7	.358	.489	16.8	57.5	.244
55	55	1982-02-28		MIL	W	106	102	104.8	100.8	101.2	.462	.044	.484	50.6	41.7	11.9	9.4	.396	12.1	36.4	.374	.448	16.0	67.6	.276
56	56	1982-03-02	@	DAL	W	101	97	100.7	96.7	100.3	.449	.000	.541	53.9	35.0	7.0	13.6	.513	19.8	36.2	.269	.448	13.9	73.8	.218
57	57	1982-03-04	@	SAS	W	110	101	116.2	106.7	94.7	.346	.012	.589	50.0	63.6	6.3	10.0	.549	14.6	29.0	.259	.446	11.7	66.7	.310
58	58	1982-03-05	@	HOU	W	100	98	110.9	108.7	90.2	.395	.000	.495	50.0	40.5	12.2	8.4	.430	10.6	43.2	.302	.476	16.0	57.1	.214
59	59	1982-03-07		NYK	W	107	106	110.4	109.4	96.9	.407	.022	.499	52.5	51.3	13.4	5.9	.440	9.3	37.5	.297	.588	20.5	75.0	.257
60	60	1982-03-08	@	DET	W	111	101	112.6	102.4	98.6	.303	.013	.644	47.2	56.5	15.2	12.3	.612	21.1	34.5	.237	.506	22.5	55.8	.250
								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	1982-03-10		IND	W	121	100	119.4	98.7	101.3	.269	.038	.520	58.5	54.9	4.9	7.4	.490	10.1	46.0	.183	.401	7.4	69.6	.188
62	62	1982-03-12	@	NJN	W	113	109	111.5	107.6	101.3	.519	.000	.568	55.8	56.1	7.9	5.8	.506	18.1	38.9	.383	.511	13.2	70.7	.216
63	63	1982-03-14		PHO	W	105	92	103.7	90.8	101.3	.209	.033	.528	47.9	58.7	10.9	3.1	.516	13.9	27.0	.121	.402	13.4	61.4	.098
64	64	1982-03-16	@	WSB	W	98	97	92.3	91.3	96.2	.330	.032	.455	51.9	43.6	6.6	15.7	.420	15.0	32.1	.202	.468	16.6	75.0	.084
65	65	1982-03-17		ATL	W	113	109	114.2	110.1	99.0	.250	.021	.530	54.9	54.2	7.1	12.9	.500	13.1	46.5	.177	.523	17.1	64.1	.221
66	66	1982-03-19		SAS	W	134	110	127.0	104.3	105.5	.495	.011	.592	51.1	59.2	6.6	5.7	.527	11.0	37.0	.387	.440	12.2	65.9	.330
67	67	1982-03-21	@	PHI	W	123	111	118.1	106.6	104.1	.400	.000	.615	52.7	53.1	2.9	14.7	.576	13.0	24.3	.294	.438	7.3	72.2	.192
68	68	1982-03-23	@	CHI	W	110	103	107.0	100.2	102.8	.364	.034	.539	51.1	46.5	5.8	6.0	.489	12.8	30.6	.273	.500	16.9	73.3	.157
69	69	1982-03-24		CLE	W	136	115	126.1	106.6	107.8	.390	.000	.580	58.7	58.5	5.6	13.5	.530	10.7	44.4	.300	.481	9.6	72.3	.112
70	70	1982-03-26		DET	W	125	104	113.7	94.6	110.0	.349	.023	.630	43.0	67.3	9.1	7.6	.610	16.8	15.6	.233	.420	19.6	59.3	.266
71	71	1982-03-28		PHI	L	98	116	100.6	119.0	97.4	.414	.023	.476	52.2	50.0	4.1	9.7	.414	12.7	36.7	.299	.538	9.8	70.7	.172
72	72	1982-03-31		WSB	W	119	109	120.7	110.5	98.6	.342	.000	.655	52.4	59.2	7.1	8.1	.620	15.8	25.0	.266	.479	9.5	70.0	.189
73	73	1982-04-02	@	ATL	W	110	107	117.2	114.0	93.9	.500	.012	.550	57.6	48.7	4.3	0.0	.482	13.0	43.9	.378	.525	12.0	70.5	.288
74	74	1982-04-04		CHI	W	114	112	115.9	113.9	98.3	.245	.011	.547	54.5	58.3	5.1	8.0	.511	11.9	40.0	.191	.534	13.3	70.3	.205
75	75	1982-04-06	@	MIL	L	116	122	113.9	119.8	101.9	.212	.019	.510	44.1	66.7	9.8	5.4	.490	8.1	34.0	.135	.570	14.3	57.5	.172
76	76	1982-04-08	@	NYK	W	110	106	111.2	107.2	98.9	.506	.000	.569	50.6	67.5	9.1	9.0	.506	13.4	28.6	.380	.473	13.5	66.7	.207
77	77	1982-04-09		NJN	W	106	103	110.8	107.7	95.6	.205	.023	.553	50.0	63.0	9.4	15.7	.523	16.5	42.1	.159	.484	15.2	57.9	.152
78	78	1982-04-11	@	PHI	W	110	109	103.4	102.5	96.4	.183	.018	.467	59.4	63.0	10.3	9.8	.427	15.7	48.3	.156	.512	16.9	75.6	.305
79	79	1982-04-13	@	CHI	L	115	120	104.1	108.6	110.5	.287	.059	.505	40.2	48.9	8.1	7.0	.455	10.3	18.2	.228	.547	16.6	69.0	.302
80	80	1982-04-14		MIL	W	100	91	99.3	90.3	100.7	.356	.033	.480	50.0	66.7	8.9	3.7	.439	13.3	31.9	.233	.417	16.9	67.3	.250
								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	1982-04-16	@	NJN	L	96	113	87.4	102.8	109.9	.278	.033	.475	49.0	71.1	11.8	13.0	.428	21.1	34.7	.211	.480	18.0	62.7	.170
82	82	1982-04-18		NYK	W	119	99	108.2	90.0	110.0	.275	.020	.520	51.6	68.0	12.7	3.3	.490	12.3	32.7	.186	.495	20.4	74.4	.087

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