1988-89 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jimmy Rodgers (42-40)

Executive: Jan Volk

PTS/G: 109.2 (10th of 25) Opp PTS/G: 108.1 (10th of 25)

SRS: 1.26 (12th of 25) Pace: 98.1 (20th of 25)

Off Rtg: 110.8 (8th of 25) Def Rtg: 109.6 (20th of 25) Net Rtg: +1.2 (14th of 25)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (14th of 25)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1000

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 611,537 (13th of 25)

NBA 1989 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-3) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

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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	1988-11-04		NYK	W	122	115	49	99	.495	2	4	.500	22	33	.667	15	53	34	5	9	19	22	46	104	.442	4	10	.400	19	27	.704	13	45	24	8	3	15	29
2	2	1988-11-05	@	PHI	L	115	129	44	88	.500	0	2	.000	27	33	.818	12	40	32	8	1	17	26	51	89	.573	1	1	1.000	26	36	.722	10	42	34	10	4	15	29
3	3	1988-11-09		CHI	L	104	110	43	92	.467	0	1	.000	18	24	.750	12	44	31	5	5	12	24	40	77	.519	4	7	.571	26	34	.765	6	36	20	10	5	12	21
4	4	1988-11-11		DET	L	107	116	41	77	.532	0	3	.000	25	35	.714	4	35	31	4	3	12	31	41	74	.554	2	4	.500	32	39	.821	4	34	28	7	2	9	27
5	5	1988-11-12	@	MIL	L	100	108	41	92	.446	0	1	.000	18	21	.857	12	48	18	4	6	19	29	38	85	.447	0	3	.000	32	41	.780	11	42	24	11	3	13	22
6	6	1988-11-15	@	MIA	W	84	65	32	74	.432	0	3	.000	20	27	.741	14	53	20	8	12	25	13	29	91	.319	1	1	1.000	6	12	.500	19	45	18	14	4	20	23
7	7	1988-11-16		GSW	W	107	104	45	93	.484	3	8	.375	14	17	.824	15	43	25	10	2	14	20	43	88	.489	1	4	.250	17	22	.773	15	43	26	9	7	19	20
8	8	1988-11-18		WSB	W	114	108	40	82	.488	1	6	.167	33	38	.868	8	33	32	5	3	9	21	45	90	.500	2	6	.333	16	23	.696	17	44	24	6	4	13	31
9	9	1988-11-19	@	WSB	L	104	108	36	73	.493	4	8	.500	28	36	.778	7	32	23	6	5	15	20	46	82	.561	0	1	.000	16	21	.762	9	34	30	10	1	13	28
10	10	1988-11-22		CLE	L	102	114	41	85	.482	2	2	1.000	18	23	.783	8	31	21	5	3	10	24	41	70	.586	0	0		32	39	.821	6	39	29	6	4	12	21
11	11	1988-11-23		CHH	W	114	109	46	90	.511	0	2	.000	22	24	.917	18	40	28	14	7	14	21	42	81	.519	2	5	.400	23	25	.920	9	28	33	9	1	18	23
12	12	1988-11-25		MIL	W	115	96	48	81	.593	4	5	.800	15	19	.789	15	44	35	12	8	16	24	41	81	.506	0	1	.000	14	18	.778	10	28	23	10	4	15	20
13	13	1988-11-26	@	ATL	L	91	104	33	81	.407	0	4	.000	25	30	.833	19	45	24	6	4	15	20	41	94	.436	0	1	.000	22	26	.846	23	49	26	12	7	10	23
14	14	1988-11-29	@	NJN	W	100	93	41	72	.569	3	5	.600	15	20	.750	7	42	21	3	7	23	19	40	90	.444	0	5	.000	13	20	.650	9	31	23	16	4	8	18
15	15	1988-11-30		NJN	W	133	100	52	100	.520	1	4	.250	28	34	.824	21	52	34	15	4	10	23	35	82	.427	2	6	.333	28	34	.824	11	35	24	1	9	16	24
16	16	1988-12-02	@	CLE	L	84	112	34	99	.343	0	2	.000	16	28	.571	24	59	13	4	2	17	23	48	92	.522	0	3	.000	16	29	.552	12	52	36	13	7	7	23
17	17	1988-12-06	@	CHI	L	100	105	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	16	20	.800	14	32	19	6	2	9	20	43	77	.558	0	3	.000	19	22	.864	12	41	28	8	7	12	17
18	18	1988-12-07		ATL	L	103	106	38	85	.447	1	5	.200	26	32	.813	17	47	28	9	6	17	22	41	89	.461	1	2	.500	23	30	.767	14	38	21	8	3	16	25
19	19	1988-12-09		PHI	W	121	107	55	94	.585	2	4	.500	9	13	.692	13	43	32	6	4	12	22	35	78	.449	5	14	.357	32	35	.914	8	33	26	6	2	13	15
20	20	1988-12-13	@	WSB	L	105	115	45	91	.495	0	6	.000	15	18	.833	12	39	20	4	6	18	27	44	86	.512	0	1	.000	27	36	.750	10	39	22	8	2	11	22
								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	1988-12-14		UTA	W	112	104	47	89	.528	2	3	.667	16	21	.762	13	40	30	12	8	17	28	33	77	.429	2	4	.500	36	46	.783	14	43	23	8	5	23	21
22	22	1988-12-16		LAL	W	110	96	47	95	.495	2	6	.333	14	22	.636	16	49	35	6	6	8	25	33	87	.379	2	7	.286	28	33	.848	15	42	15	2	1	11	19
23	23	1988-12-18		NYK	W	117	104	45	78	.577	2	3	.667	25	28	.893	11	40	35	6	3	21	17	42	87	.483	5	19	.263	15	18	.833	12	29	21	12	3	17	22
24	24	1988-12-21		CLE	L	114	115	44	101	.436	3	4	.750	23	25	.920	25	43	30	9	6	9	25	46	71	.648	1	4	.250	22	30	.733	6	35	27	5	9	20	21
25	25	1988-12-27	@	DEN	L	109	130	45	99	.455	2	6	.333	17	30	.567	17	47	18	10	5	24	26	53	104	.510	3	8	.375	21	32	.656	14	52	34	11	4	15	23
26	26	1988-12-29	@	DAL	L	115	131	49	93	.527	2	7	.286	15	28	.536	16	39	31	8	6	12	22	53	92	.576	4	12	.333	21	29	.724	14	42	35	7	7	8	21
27	27	1988-12-30	@	SAS	W	112	99	40	90	.444	0	5	.000	32	39	.821	23	53	20	7	3	17	22	39	85	.459	0	7	.000	21	25	.840	12	37	26	13	8	16	31
28	28	1989-01-03	@	NYK	L	107	109	39	88	.443	1	5	.200	28	30	.933	17	51	22	7	5	21	30	42	100	.420	3	13	.231	22	32	.688	25	52	23	12	7	20	30
29	29	1989-01-04		PHO	L	104	106	44	92	.478	1	3	.333	15	21	.714	15	45	29	10	8	16	18	39	88	.443	1	2	.500	27	28	.964	12	44	19	11	2	16	20
30	30	1989-01-06		CHH	W	115	92	45	81	.556	1	2	.500	24	30	.800	10	41	30	16	4	18	24	36	75	.480	2	4	.500	18	25	.720	8	29	27	13	1	21	28
31	31	1989-01-09		LAC	W	119	84	43	94	.457	2	5	.400	31	38	.816	15	50	26	10	5	18	18	37	90	.411	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	15	47	24	12	6	27	29
32	32	1989-01-11		IND	L	108	127	44	105	.419	2	10	.200	18	20	.900	20	38	22	9	1	14	25	48	80	.600	3	7	.429	28	30	.933	10	43	33	8	5	21	21
33	33	1989-01-12	@	NJN	W	106	103	43	79	.544	1	4	.250	19	27	.704	10	38	23	8	8	13	17	44	80	.550	2	6	.333	13	21	.619	10	32	21	5	4	14	24
34	34	1989-01-15	@	CHI	L	104	110	37	83	.446	2	7	.286	28	31	.903	13	45	25	1	4	14	23	42	78	.538	0	6	.000	26	31	.839	4	47	26	12	4	8	24
35	35	1989-01-16	@	DET	L	87	96	34	89	.382	1	5	.200	18	25	.720	18	52	14	5	5	13	29	33	75	.440	0	2	.000	30	42	.714	11	43	23	7	6	14	22
36	36	1989-01-18	@	PHI	L	104	115	41	85	.482	1	5	.200	21	25	.840	15	42	33	1	7	10	21	46	91	.505	2	7	.286	21	25	.840	15	40	34	6	6	5	21
37	37	1989-01-20		PHI	W	117	109	46	70	.657	1	1	1.000	24	28	.857	8	31	33	7	5	18	28	37	78	.474	0	7	.000	35	37	.946	13	25	17	9	1	12	25
38	38	1989-01-22		DET	W	112	99	41	85	.482	2	6	.333	28	40	.700	14	47	29	7	8	13	29	37	81	.457	1	3	.333	24	32	.750	12	37	22	6	7	15	32
39	39	1989-01-25	@	IND	L	94	103	37	83	.446	0	4	.000	20	25	.800	13	32	23	8	3	11	21	42	71	.592	2	6	.333	17	23	.739	6	39	28	7	2	16	22
40	40	1989-01-27		SAC	W	128	116	48	90	.533	3	9	.333	29	35	.829	13	50	33	6	7	12	26	41	86	.477	4	10	.400	30	36	.833	7	35	33	9	5	10	25
								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	1989-01-29		MIA	W	121	103	48	86	.558	3	5	.600	22	26	.846	14	36	32	16	4	15	26	41	79	.519	2	3	.667	19	27	.704	16	38	28	7	6	28	27
42	42	1989-01-31	@	WSB	L	103	110	39	92	.424	1	6	.167	24	33	.727	17	42	21	10	7	14	28	42	91	.462	0	1	.000	26	34	.765	21	50	22	9	7	19	24
43	43	1989-02-01	@	CHH	W	107	94	42	95	.442	1	6	.167	22	29	.759	19	61	22	6	3	18	24	33	88	.375	0	2	.000	28	38	.737	14	47	14	10	5	13	21
44	44	1989-02-03		WSB	W	117	108	45	77	.584	0	4	.000	27	34	.794	7	36	35	9	3	12	20	45	96	.469	0	3	.000	18	20	.900	18	39	25	5	1	13	28
45	45	1989-02-05		SEA	L	87	89	35	82	.427	4	9	.444	13	18	.722	15	42	23	10	8	17	20	36	79	.456	2	9	.222	15	20	.750	11	37	22	6	8	19	20
46	46	1989-02-08		IND	W	109	102	48	89	.539	0	2	.000	13	24	.542	14	43	32	6	4	13	22	40	77	.519	2	5	.400	20	23	.870	7	34	24	4	3	17	20
47	47	1989-02-14	@	HOU	L	123	137	43	88	.489	1	9	.111	36	43	.837	14	40	22	13	5	18	23	58	99	.586	3	5	.600	18	23	.783	14	43	34	10	4	15	30
48	48	1989-02-16	@	UTA	L	114	129	40	95	.421	1	12	.083	33	43	.767	24	52	19	2	0	15	28	46	83	.554	1	2	.500	36	42	.857	8	39	36	12	12	10	29
49	49	1989-02-17	@	PHO	L	126	135	49	94	.521	2	6	.333	26	32	.813	19	47	33	6	2	19	20	51	101	.505	1	4	.250	32	36	.889	19	44	34	10	7	9	29
50	50	1989-02-19	@	LAL	L	110	119	45	96	.469	0	4	.000	20	27	.741	16	45	23	6	10	12	20	47	91	.516	3	5	.600	22	26	.846	13	48	34	7	9	14	23
51	51	1989-02-21	@	SEA	L	91	96	36	75	.480	0	8	.000	19	24	.792	9	37	16	8	8	17	17	43	102	.422	2	14	.143	8	12	.667	24	51	22	7	5	13	18
52	52	1989-02-22	@	SAC	W	99	91	43	80	.538	1	3	.333	12	19	.632	8	39	25	8	8	14	25	33	79	.418	0	5	.000	25	32	.781	11	39	17	5	2	10	19
53	53	1989-02-24		MIL	W	125	112	51	82	.622	1	2	.500	22	31	.710	9	35	37	5	7	11	22	44	95	.463	4	9	.444	20	25	.800	16	36	27	8	5	8	26
54	54	1989-02-26	@	NYK	L	110	122	44	99	.444	0	3	.000	22	25	.880	20	52	34	11	6	23	23	50	96	.521	4	13	.308	18	30	.600	11	43	24	17	9	16	24
55	55	1989-02-28	@	CHH	W	112	87	41	81	.506	0	1	.000	30	37	.811	14	51	24	7	8	16	19	39	94	.415	1	3	.333	8	9	.889	14	36	25	10	5	11	24
56	56	1989-03-01		ATL	W	104	90	43	73	.589	0	0		18	28	.643	10	49	28	10	6	22	25	34	86	.395	0	3	.000	22	29	.759	12	32	18	12	1	14	25
57	57	1989-03-03		DAL	W	107	106	43	89	.483	1	5	.200	20	22	.909	18	43	24	9	6	13	21	38	82	.463	2	7	.286	28	33	.848	14	38	20	8	5	13	18
58	58	1989-03-04	@	NJN	L	95	98	35	71	.493	0	2	.000	25	31	.806	9	34	16	9	0	19	23	36	78	.462	0	5	.000	26	28	.929	12	37	19	11	3	14	26
59	59	1989-03-08		CHI	W	104	95	42	78	.538	0	1	.000	20	25	.800	10	36	31	17	3	18	15	44	86	.512	3	8	.375	4	6	.667	13	40	29	12	3	24	22
60	60	1989-03-12		DEN	W	121	115	44	85	.518	0	1	.000	33	41	.805	15	47	25	9	5	16	22	49	96	.510	2	5	.400	15	18	.833	13	38	35	10	1	13	28
								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	1989-03-13		NJN	W	114	91	45	80	.563	0	3	.000	24	31	.774	10	50	35	6	6	17	17	36	98	.367	2	7	.286	17	23	.739	18	45	18	9	4	11	20
62	62	1989-03-16	@	IND	W	111	99	42	87	.483	0	0		27	33	.818	18	52	23	7	6	20	26	40	89	.449	0	4	.000	19	25	.760	12	38	26	10	5	17	25
63	63	1989-03-17	@	DET	L	98	106	43	92	.467	0	1	.000	12	18	.667	19	54	24	8	7	23	24	41	93	.441	2	3	.667	22	25	.880	14	43	21	8	7	15	22
64	64	1989-03-20		SAS	W	119	108	45	85	.529	1	4	.250	28	35	.800	15	56	33	8	7	21	24	39	96	.406	1	5	.200	29	34	.853	13	40	29	12	3	14	25
65	65	1989-03-21	@	MIL	L	86	98	35	74	.473	0	2	.000	16	20	.800	10	39	23	8	5	24	17	41	93	.441	1	5	.200	15	16	.938	15	45	26	11	3	17	15
66	66	1989-03-24		NYK	W	115	111	41	83	.494	0	2	.000	33	43	.767	13	48	28	5	5	18	20	45	94	.479	3	13	.231	18	30	.600	13	38	25	13	6	9	28
67	67	1989-03-26		PHI	W	105	103	44	91	.484	0	1	.000	17	22	.773	17	39	28	11	4	9	22	38	87	.437	4	12	.333	23	28	.821	25	47	15	5	6	15	22
68	68	1989-03-28	@	PHI	L	115	117	47	97	.485	0	2	.000	21	24	.875	17	50	31	6	3	15	28	46	90	.511	3	5	.600	22	30	.733	12	40	29	7	5	13	21
69	69	1989-03-29		POR	W	106	97	42	85	.494	0	2	.000	22	29	.759	13	48	27	10	4	22	17	45	105	.429	0	5	.000	7	14	.500	19	47	19	14	2	17	23
70	70	1989-03-31		HOU	W	126	109	46	89	.517	1	2	.500	33	38	.868	17	48	30	9	4	10	20	43	94	.457	2	6	.333	21	27	.778	17	38	24	7	8	15	26
71	71	1989-04-02	@	CLE	L	100	117	40	105	.381	1	2	.500	19	21	.905	21	45	27	10	5	17	26	43	72	.597	1	5	.200	30	37	.811	4	36	33	12	11	15	18
72	72	1989-04-04	@	LAC	W	124	108	52	90	.578	1	3	.333	19	25	.760	11	41	33	12	10	15	27	41	88	.466	0	2	.000	26	32	.813	9	37	24	8	6	19	20
73	73	1989-04-06	@	GSW	L	118	132	43	94	.457	1	3	.333	31	39	.795	23	57	28	10	6	24	25	50	106	.472	0	6	.000	32	40	.800	23	52	21	14	8	13	28
74	74	1989-04-07	@	POR	L	100	113	41	90	.456	1	3	.333	17	24	.708	15	40	11	8	1	16	26	40	84	.476	2	8	.250	31	40	.775	14	42	28	8	4	12	21
75	75	1989-04-10		NJN	W	113	112	46	83	.554	0	2	.000	21	27	.778	11	38	28	5	5	11	24	48	93	.516	1	7	.143	15	19	.789	10	35	31	8	3	8	27
76	76	1989-04-13	@	ATL	L	118	132	44	82	.537	0	0		30	39	.769	15	50	28	3	0	22	24	54	96	.563	0	2	.000	24	32	.750	12	36	32	15	6	7	25
77	77	1989-04-14		CLE	W	113	104	44	89	.494	0	0		25	30	.833	17	51	31	8	7	14	27	40	83	.482	2	6	.333	22	33	.667	8	34	27	7	6	12	20
78	78	1989-04-17	@	CHH	W	113	108	40	98	.408	0	1	.000	33	42	.786	21	73	28	6	5	21	25	44	103	.427	3	9	.333	17	30	.567	13	44	31	13	2	10	31
79	79	1989-04-18		WSB	L	113	121	41	83	.494	1	5	.200	30	34	.882	12	39	24	2	8	15	17	55	97	.567	0	0		11	19	.579	13	36	37	10	3	5	30
80	80	1989-04-20	@	NYK	L	117	137	47	93	.505	1	3	.333	22	32	.688	18	38	29	12	5	27	24	52	98	.531	9	14	.643	24	31	.774	19	50	26	16	7	26	28
								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	1989-04-21	@	IND	L	110	120	48	84	.571	0	1	.000	14	17	.824	9	36	25	7	3	17	26	47	85	.553	1	5	.200	25	32	.781	11	38	29	7	4	10	18
82	82	1989-04-23		CHH	W	120	110	43	80	.538	0	2	.000	34	41	.829	7	34	31	9	3	14	22	45	85	.529	2	6	.333	18	28	.643	11	38	34	6	2	16	34

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