1985-86 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 67-15, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: K.C. Jones (67-15)

Executive: Jan Volk

PTS/G: 114.1 (8th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 9.06 (1st of 23) Pace: 101.2 (16th of 23)

Off Rtg: 111.8 (3rd of 23) Def Rtg: 102.6 (1st of 23) Net Rtg: +9.2 (1st of 23)

Expected W-L: 63-19 (1st of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +250

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 610,571 (4th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks (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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 25, 1985	8:15p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L	OT	109	113	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	100	1	1	W 1
3	Wed, Oct 30, 1985		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		117	106	2	1	W 2
4	Fri, Nov 1, 1985		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	105	3	1	W 3
5	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		88	73	4	1	W 4
6	Fri, Nov 8, 1985		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		125	101	5	1	W 5
7	Sat, Nov 9, 1985		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		124	105	6	1	W 6
8	Wed, Nov 13, 1985		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		118	114	7	1	W 7
9	Fri, Nov 15, 1985		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		118	114	8	1	W 8
10	Sat, Nov 16, 1985		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		109	111	8	2	L 1
11	Wed, Nov 20, 1985		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W	OT	115	106	9	2	W 1
12	Fri, Nov 22, 1985		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		110	103	10	2	W 2
13	Sat, Nov 23, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		113	104	11	2	W 3
14	Tue, Nov 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		98	91	12	2	W 4
15	Wed, Nov 27, 1985		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		132	124	13	2	W 5
16	Fri, Nov 29, 1985		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		94	88	14	2	W 6
17	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	97	15	2	W 7
18	Tue, Dec 3, 1985		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	109	16	2	W 8
19	Wed, Dec 4, 1985	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		130	111	17	2	W 9
20	Fri, Dec 6, 1985		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		103	121	17	3	L 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 10, 1985		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	110	18	3	W 1	at Hartford, CT
22	Wed, Dec 11, 1985		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		118	101	19	3	W 2
23	Sat, Dec 14, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		99	109	19	4	L 1
24	Sun, Dec 15, 1985		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		109	104	20	4	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		108	116	20	5	L 1
26	Wed, Dec 18, 1985		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		137	117	21	5	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	108	21	6	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 25, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	2OT	104	113	21	7	L 2
29	Sat, Dec 28, 1985		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		110	108	22	7	W 1
30	Mon, Dec 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		125	103	23	7	W 2
31	Thu, Jan 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		122	104	24	7	W 3
32	Fri, Jan 3, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		129	117	25	7	W 4
33	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		109	113	25	8	L 1
34	Wed, Jan 8, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		126	95	26	8	W 1
35	Fri, Jan 10, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		115	108	27	8	W 2
36	Wed, Jan 15, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		123	100	28	8	W 3
37	Fri, Jan 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		123	105	29	8	W 4
38	Sat, Jan 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	OT	125	122	30	8	W 5
39	Wed, Jan 22, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	95	31	8	W 6
40	Fri, Jan 24, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		135	114	32	8	W 7
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 26, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		105	103	33	8	W 8
42	Thu, Jan 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		101	91	34	8	W 9
43	Fri, Jan 31, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		97	88	35	8	W 10
44	Sun, Feb 2, 1986		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		114	101	36	8	W 11
45	Tue, Feb 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	93	37	8	W 12
46	Wed, Feb 5, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		103	88	38	8	W 13
47	Tue, Feb 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		100	105	38	9	L 1
48	Thu, Feb 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		107	98	39	9	W 1
49	Fri, Feb 14, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	OT	120	119	40	9	W 2
50	Sun, Feb 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	99	41	9	W 3
51	Mon, Feb 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		101	108	41	10	L 1
52	Wed, Feb 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	100	42	10	W 1
53	Thu, Feb 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		100	102	42	11	L 1
54	Sun, Feb 23, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		113	98	43	11	W 1	at Hartford, CT
55	Tue, Feb 25, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		91	74	44	11	W 2
56	Wed, Feb 26, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		120	100	45	11	W 3
57	Fri, Feb 28, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		124	108	46	11	W 4
58	Sun, Mar 2, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		129	109	47	11	W 5
59	Tue, Mar 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		106	94	48	11	W 6
60	Wed, Mar 5, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		108	97	49	11	W 7
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 7, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	108	50	11	W 8
62	Sat, Mar 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	108	110	50	12	L 1
63	Mon, Mar 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		115	116	50	13	L 2
64	Tue, Mar 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		116	104	51	13	W 1
65	Thu, Mar 13, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		135	119	52	13	W 2
66	Fri, Mar 14, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		121	114	53	13	W 3
67	Sun, Mar 16, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	101	54	13	W 4
68	Tue, Mar 18, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		126	96	55	13	W 5	at Hartford, CT
69	Wed, Mar 19, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		127	108	56	13	W 6
70	Fri, Mar 21, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		126	105	57	13	W 7
71	Mon, Mar 24, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		114	107	58	13	W 8
72	Wed, Mar 26, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		121	115	59	13	W 9
73	Fri, Mar 28, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		116	97	60	13	W 10
74	Sun, Mar 30, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		122	117	61	13	W 11
75	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		123	105	62	13	W 12
76	Wed, Apr 2, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		122	106	63	13	W 13
77	Fri, Apr 4, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	98	64	13	W 14
78	Sun, Apr 6, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	95	64	14	L 1
79	Tue, Apr 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		126	114	65	14	W 1
80	Wed, Apr 9, 1986	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		98	108	65	15	L 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 11, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		117	104	66	15	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 13, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		135	107	67	15	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 17, 1986	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		123	104	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Apr 20, 1986	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	2OT	135	131	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Apr 22, 1986	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		122	104	3	0	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Sun, Apr 27, 1986	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		103	91	4	0	W 4
5	Tue, Apr 29, 1986	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		119	108	5	0	W 5
6	Fri, May 2, 1986	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		111	107	6	0	W 6
7	Sun, May 4, 1986	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	106	6	1	L 1
8	Tue, May 6, 1986	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		132	99	7	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
9	Tue, May 13, 1986	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		128	96	8	1	W 2
10	Thu, May 15, 1986	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		122	111	9	1	W 3
11	Sat, May 17, 1986	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	107	10	1	W 4
12	Sun, May 18, 1986	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	98	11	1	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
13	Mon, May 26, 1986	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	100	12	1	W 6
14	Thu, May 29, 1986	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	95	13	1	W 7
15	Sun, Jun 1, 1986	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		104	106	13	2	L 1
16	Tue, Jun 3, 1986	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		106	103	14	2	W 1
17	Thu, Jun 5, 1986	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		96	111	14	3	L 1
18	Sun, Jun 8, 1986	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		114	97	15	3	W 1

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