1988-89 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								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	1988-11-04		NYK	W	122	115	107.0	100.8	103.3	.333	.040	.537	54.1	69.4	4.4	9.6	.505	14.3	31.9	.222	.462	11.5	74.5	.183
2	2	1988-11-05	@	PHI	L	115	129	108.0	121.1	106.5	.375	.023	.561	48.8	72.7	7.5	1.1	.500	14.2	27.3	.307	.579	12.5	73.7	.292
3	3	1988-11-09		CHI	L	104	110	106.7	112.8	97.5	.261	.011	.507	55.0	72.1	5.1	7.1	.467	10.5	28.6	.196	.545	11.5	84.2	.338
4	4	1988-11-11		DET	L	107	116	110.9	120.2	96.5	.455	.039	.579	50.7	75.6	4.1	4.3	.532	11.5	11.8	.325	.568	9.0	88.6	.432
5	5	1988-11-12	@	MIL	L	100	108	96.7	104.4	103.4	.228	.011	.494	53.3	43.9	3.9	7.3	.446	15.8	27.9	.196	.447	11.2	76.6	.376
6	6	1988-11-15	@	MIA	W	84	65	89.3	69.1	94.1	.365	.041	.489	54.1	62.5	8.5	13.3	.432	22.5	35.0	.270	.324	17.2	67.2	.066
7	7	1988-11-16		GSW	W	107	104	109.8	106.7	97.4	.183	.086	.532	50.0	55.6	10.3	2.4	.500	12.2	34.9	.151	.494	16.3	65.1	.193
8	8	1988-11-18		WSB	W	114	108	120.9	114.5	94.3	.463	.073	.577	42.9	80.0	5.3	3.6	.494	8.4	22.9	.402	.511	11.5	59.5	.178
9	9	1988-11-19	@	WSB	L	104	108	111.3	115.5	93.5	.493	.110	.585	48.5	63.9	6.4	6.2	.521	14.4	21.9	.384	.561	12.5	73.5	.195
10	10	1988-11-22		CLE	L	102	114	109.6	122.5	93.1	.271	.024	.536	44.3	51.2	5.4	4.3	.494	9.5	19.5	.212	.586	12.1	79.3	.457
11	11	1988-11-23		CHH	W	114	109	121.5	116.2	93.8	.267	.022	.567	58.8	60.9	14.9	9.2	.511	12.2	48.6	.244	.531	16.4	71.0	.284
12	12	1988-11-25		MIL	W	115	96	127.2	106.2	90.4	.235	.062	.643	61.1	72.9	13.3	10.0	.617	15.2	45.5	.185	.506	14.4	74.4	.173
13	13	1988-11-26	@	ATL	L	91	104	104.5	119.5	87.0	.370	.049	.483	47.9	72.7	6.9	4.3	.407	13.7	42.2	.309	.436	8.7	53.1	.234
14	14	1988-11-29	@	NJN	W	100	93	105.2	97.9	95.0	.278	.069	.619	57.5	51.2	3.2	8.2	.590	22.2	24.1	.208	.444	7.5	79.5	.144
15	15	1988-11-30		NJN	W	133	100	134.3	101.0	99.0	.340	.040	.578	59.8	65.4	15.1	5.3	.525	8.0	46.7	.280	.439	14.2	73.8	.341
16	16	1988-12-02	@	CLE	L	84	112	84.1	112.2	99.8	.283	.020	.377	53.2	38.2	4.0	2.2	.343	13.2	37.5	.162	.522	6.3	74.5	.174
17	17	1988-12-06	@	CHI	L	100	105	117.5	123.3	85.1	.235	.012	.533	43.8	45.2	7.0	2.7	.494	8.8	32.6	.188	.558	12.2	60.0	.247
18	18	1988-12-07		ATL	L	103	106	105.9	108.9	97.3	.376	.059	.520	55.3	73.7	9.2	6.9	.453	14.6	41.5	.306	.466	13.5	68.2	.258
19	19	1988-12-09		PHI	W	121	107	125.9	111.3	96.1	.138	.043	.607	56.6	58.2	6.2	6.3	.596	10.7	34.2	.096	.481	12.2	78.9	.410
20	20	1988-12-13	@	WSB	L	105	115	104.5	114.4	100.5	.198	.066	.531	50.0	44.4	4.0	7.1	.495	15.4	29.3	.165	.512	9.7	73.0	.314
								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	1988-12-14		UTA	W	112	104	110.4	102.6	101.4	.236	.034	.570	48.2	63.8	11.8	11.0	.539	14.8	31.0	.180	.442	19.1	65.9	.468
22	22	1988-12-16		LAL	W	110	96	118.4	103.3	92.9	.232	.063	.525	53.8	74.5	6.5	7.5	.505	7.1	37.2	.147	.391	9.8	68.8	.322
23	23	1988-12-18		NYK	W	117	104	121.0	107.5	96.7	.359	.038	.648	58.0	77.8	6.2	4.4	.590	18.9	39.3	.321	.511	15.2	70.7	.172
24	24	1988-12-21		CLE	L	114	115	121.2	122.3	94.0	.248	.040	.509	55.1	68.2	9.6	9.0	.450	7.4	46.3	.228	.655	19.2	75.0	.310
25	25	1988-12-27	@	DEN	L	109	130	94.1	112.3	115.8	.303	.061	.486	47.5	40.0	8.6	5.2	.465	17.6	30.9	.172	.524	11.3	68.2	.202
26	26	1988-12-29	@	DAL	L	115	131	118.0	134.4	97.4	.301	.075	.546	48.1	63.3	8.2	7.5	.538	10.2	36.4	.161	.598	7.1	62.2	.228
27	27	1988-12-30	@	SAS	W	112	99	115.5	102.1	97.0	.433	.056	.523	58.9	50.0	7.2	3.8	.444	13.7	47.9	.356	.459	14.3	71.4	.247
28	28	1989-01-03	@	NYK	L	107	109	103.3	105.2	93.8	.341	.057	.529	49.5	56.4	6.8	5.7	.449	17.2	38.6	.318	.435	14.9	57.6	.220
29	29	1989-01-04		PHO	L	104	106	103.9	105.9	100.1	.228	.033	.514	50.6	65.9	10.0	9.3	.484	13.6	31.9	.163	.449	13.8	71.4	.307
30	30	1989-01-06		CHH	W	115	92	117.3	93.9	98.0	.370	.025	.610	58.6	66.7	16.3	5.6	.562	16.0	32.3	.296	.493	19.6	79.5	.240
31	31	1989-01-09		LAC	W	119	84	110.5	78.0	107.7	.404	.053	.537	51.5	60.5	9.3	5.6	.468	14.0	31.9	.330	.411	21.9	70.0	.111
32	32	1989-01-11		IND	L	108	127	106.3	125.0	101.6	.190	.095	.475	46.9	50.0	8.9	1.4	.429	11.0	37.7	.171	.619	18.4	64.3	.350
33	33	1989-01-12	@	NJN	W	106	103	115.8	112.6	91.5	.342	.051	.583	54.3	53.5	8.7	10.8	.551	12.5	31.3	.241	.563	13.6	73.7	.163
34	34	1989-01-15	@	CHI	L	104	110	108.3	114.5	96.0	.373	.084	.538	48.9	67.6	1.0	5.6	.458	12.7	23.2	.337	.538	8.0	88.9	.333
35	35	1989-01-16	@	DET	L	87	96	93.7	103.4	92.8	.281	.056	.435	54.7	41.2	5.4	6.8	.388	11.5	36.0	.202	.440	13.0	75.6	.400
36	36	1989-01-18	@	PHI	L	104	115	118.1	130.6	88.1	.294	.059	.542	51.2	80.5	1.1	8.3	.488	9.4	37.5	.247	.516	4.7	64.3	.231
37	37	1989-01-20		PHI	W	117	109	131.5	122.6	88.9	.400	.014	.711	55.4	71.7	7.9	7.0	.664	17.9	40.0	.343	.474	11.3	63.9	.449
38	38	1989-01-22		DET	W	112	99	115.9	102.4	96.7	.471	.071	.546	56.0	70.7	7.2	10.3	.494	11.2	35.9	.329	.463	13.6	73.3	.296
39	39	1989-01-25	@	IND	L	94	103	105.1	115.2	89.4	.301	.048	.500	45.1	62.2	8.9	4.6	.446	10.5	28.3	.241	.606	16.5	76.0	.239
40	40	1989-01-27		SAC	W	128	116	125.2	113.5	102.2	.389	.100	.607	58.8	68.8	5.9	9.2	.550	10.2	31.7	.322	.500	8.9	84.1	.349
								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	1989-01-29		MIA	W	121	103	123.3	105.0	98.1	.302	.058	.621	48.6	66.7	16.3	5.3	.576	13.3	38.9	.256	.532	23.6	57.9	.241
42	42	1989-01-31	@	WSB	L	103	110	104.1	111.2	99.0	.359	.065	.483	45.7	53.8	10.1	7.8	.429	11.6	37.0	.261	.462	15.2	54.3	.286
43	43	1989-02-01	@	CHH	W	107	94	104.2	91.5	102.7	.305	.063	.496	56.5	52.4	5.8	3.5	.447	14.3	36.5	.232	.375	11.0	75.0	.318
44	44	1989-02-03		WSB	W	117	108	123.1	113.6	95.1	.442	.052	.636	48.0	77.8	9.5	3.2	.584	11.5	25.0	.351	.469	11.0	61.7	.188
45	45	1989-02-05		SEA	L	87	89	96.4	98.6	90.2	.220	.110	.484	53.2	65.7	11.1	11.4	.451	15.9	36.6	.159	.468	17.8	71.1	.190
46	46	1989-02-08		IND	W	109	102	113.5	106.2	96.1	.270	.022	.547	55.8	66.7	6.2	5.6	.539	11.5	34.1	.146	.532	16.3	80.6	.260
47	47	1989-02-14	@	HOU	L	123	137	114.2	127.2	107.7	.489	.102	.575	48.2	51.2	12.1	5.3	.494	14.4	32.6	.409	.601	12.1	65.0	.182
48	48	1989-02-16	@	UTA	L	114	129	112.6	127.4	101.3	.453	.126	.500	57.1	47.5	2.0	0.0	.426	11.6	43.6	.347	.560	9.0	77.8	.434
49	49	1989-02-17	@	PHO	L	126	135	121.3	129.9	103.9	.340	.064	.583	51.6	67.3	5.8	2.1	.532	15.0	43.2	.277	.510	7.2	59.6	.317
50	50	1989-02-19	@	LAL	L	110	119	108.6	117.5	101.3	.281	.042	.510	48.4	51.1	5.9	11.6	.469	10.0	31.4	.208	.533	12.0	69.0	.242
51	51	1989-02-21	@	SEA	L	91	96	100.1	105.6	90.9	.320	.107	.532	42.0	44.4	8.8	9.1	.480	16.6	25.0	.253	.431	10.8	53.8	.078
52	52	1989-02-22	@	SAC	W	99	91	109.0	100.2	90.9	.238	.038	.560	50.0	58.1	8.8	10.8	.544	13.7	22.2	.150	.418	9.7	73.8	.316
53	53	1989-02-24		MIL	W	125	112	133.5	119.6	93.7	.378	.024	.653	49.3	72.5	5.3	8.1	.628	10.3	31.0	.268	.484	7.0	61.9	.211
54	54	1989-02-26	@	NYK	L	110	122	99.6	110.5	110.4	.253	.030	.500	54.7	77.3	10.0	7.2	.444	17.3	38.5	.222	.542	12.8	74.4	.188
55	55	1989-02-28	@	CHH	W	112	87	119.4	92.8	93.8	.457	.012	.576	58.6	58.5	7.5	8.8	.506	14.1	38.9	.370	.420	10.1	72.5	.085
56	56	1989-03-01		ATL	W	104	90	107.2	92.8	97.0	.384	.000	.609	60.5	65.1	10.3	7.2	.589	20.5	33.3	.247	.395	12.4	76.5	.256
57	57	1989-03-03		DAL	W	107	106	118.2	117.1	90.5	.247	.056	.542	53.1	55.8	9.9	8.0	.489	11.6	42.9	.225	.476	11.9	64.1	.341
58	58	1989-03-04	@	NJN	L	95	98	105.1	108.4	90.4	.437	.028	.561	47.9	45.7	10.0	0.0	.493	18.3	26.5	.352	.462	13.4	67.6	.333
59	59	1989-03-08		CHI	W	104	95	107.8	98.4	96.5	.321	.013	.584	47.4	73.8	17.6	3.8	.538	16.8	27.0	.256	.529	21.3	66.7	.047
60	60	1989-03-12		DEN	W	121	115	119.4	113.5	101.3	.482	.012	.587	55.3	56.8	8.9	5.5	.518	13.4	37.5	.388	.521	11.1	71.1	.156
								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	1989-03-13		NJN	W	114	91	115.8	92.4	98.4	.388	.038	.609	52.6	77.8	6.1	6.6	.563	15.4	27.0	.300	.378	9.2	69.0	.173
62	62	1989-03-16	@	IND	W	111	99	109.5	97.6	101.4	.379	.000	.547	57.8	54.8	6.9	7.1	.483	16.5	40.9	.310	.449	14.5	73.9	.213
63	63	1989-03-17	@	DET	L	98	106	96.3	104.2	101.8	.196	.011	.490	55.7	55.8	7.9	7.8	.467	18.7	39.6	.130	.452	12.6	71.4	.237
64	64	1989-03-20		SAS	W	119	108	111.4	101.1	106.8	.412	.047	.593	58.3	73.3	7.5	7.7	.535	17.3	35.7	.329	.411	11.2	75.9	.302
65	65	1989-03-21	@	MIL	L	86	98	89.1	101.6	96.5	.270	.027	.519	46.4	65.7	8.3	5.7	.473	22.5	25.0	.216	.446	14.5	65.9	.161
66	66	1989-03-24		NYK	W	115	111	113.0	109.0	101.8	.518	.024	.564	55.8	68.3	4.9	6.2	.494	15.0	34.2	.398	.495	7.7	72.9	.191
67	67	1989-03-26		PHI	W	105	103	122.0	119.6	86.1	.242	.011	.521	45.3	63.6	12.8	5.3	.484	8.2	43.6	.187	.460	13.1	46.8	.264
68	68	1989-03-28	@	PHI	L	115	117	112.8	114.8	92.3	.247	.021	.535	55.6	66.0	5.9	3.5	.485	12.2	37.8	.216	.528	11.2	73.3	.244
69	69	1989-03-29		POR	W	106	97	101.4	92.8	104.5	.341	.024	.542	50.5	64.3	9.6	4.0	.494	18.4	31.7	.259	.429	13.3	64.8	.067
70	70	1989-03-31		HOU	W	126	109	129.8	112.3	97.0	.427	.022	.596	55.8	65.2	9.3	4.5	.522	8.6	44.7	.371	.468	12.4	64.6	.223
71	71	1989-04-02	@	CLE	L	100	117	99.9	116.9	100.1	.200	.019	.438	55.6	67.5	10.0	7.5	.386	13.0	39.6	.181	.604	14.5	85.7	.417
72	72	1989-04-04	@	LAC	W	124	108	117.1	102.0	105.9	.278	.033	.614	52.6	63.5	11.3	11.6	.583	12.9	28.2	.211	.466	15.7	76.9	.295
73	73	1989-04-06	@	GSW	L	118	132	107.1	119.8	110.1	.415	.032	.531	52.3	65.1	9.1	6.0	.463	17.8	44.2	.330	.472	9.5	59.6	.302
74	74	1989-04-07	@	POR	L	100	113	103.9	117.5	96.2	.267	.033	.497	48.8	26.8	8.3	1.3	.461	13.7	34.9	.189	.488	10.6	64.1	.369
75	75	1989-04-10		NJN	W	113	112	120.0	119.0	94.1	.325	.024	.595	52.1	60.9	5.3	5.8	.554	10.4	30.6	.253	.522	7.3	73.0	.161
76	76	1989-04-13	@	ATL	L	118	132	113.3	126.7	104.1	.476	.000	.595	58.1	63.6	2.9	0.0	.537	18.2	38.5	.366	.563	6.0	74.5	.250
77	77	1989-04-14		CLE	W	113	104	115.7	106.4	97.7	.337	.000	.553	60.0	70.5	8.2	9.1	.494	12.0	39.5	.281	.494	11.0	81.0	.265
78	78	1989-04-17	@	CHH	W	113	108	101.3	96.8	101.0	.429	.010	.485	62.4	70.0	5.4	5.3	.408	15.3	40.4	.337	.442	7.9	80.0	.165
79	79	1989-04-18		WSB	L	113	121	118.2	126.6	95.6	.410	.060	.577	52.0	58.5	2.1	8.2	.500	13.3	34.3	.361	.567	4.5	67.5	.113
80	80	1989-04-20	@	NYK	L	117	137	103.0	120.6	113.6	.344	.032	.546	43.2	61.7	10.6	6.0	.511	20.1	36.7	.237	.577	18.9	51.3	.245
								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	1989-04-21	@	IND	L	110	120	113.3	123.6	97.1	.202	.012	.601	48.6	52.1	7.2	3.8	.571	15.7	25.0	.167	.559	9.2	71.1	.294
82	82	1989-04-23		CHH	W	120	110	118.8	108.9	101.0	.513	.025	.612	47.2	72.1	8.9	3.8	.538	12.5	20.6	.425	.541	14.1	71.1	.212

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