1971-1972 Boston Celtics: 56-26 .683
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-9 (4783 points scored, 4482 allowed) Road record: 21-16 (4223 points scored, 4160 allowed) Other sites: 3-1 (471 points scored, 443 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn 9477 points scored (3rd of 17 teams), 9085 points allowed (9th) NBA Averages: 110.2 points/game (9036.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Chaney 6'5 210 25 Houston Dave Cowens 6'9 230 23 Florida State Hank Finkel 7'0 240 29 Dayton Clarence Glover 6'8 210 24 Western Kentucky John Havlicek 6'5 203 31 Ohio State Steve Kuberski 6'8 215 24 Bradley Rex Morgan 6'5 190 23 Jacksonville Don Nelson 6'6 210 31 Iowa Satch Sanders 6'6 210 33 New York University Garfield Smith 6'9 235 26 Eastern Kentucky Jo Jo White 6'3 190 25 Kansas Art Williams 6'1 180 32 Cal Poly Pomona Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F John Havlicek 82 3698 897 1957 0 0 458 549 0 0 672 614 0 0 0 183 2252 27.5 G Jo Jo White 79 3261 770 1788 0 0 285 343 0 0 446 416 0 0 0 227 1825 23.1 C Dave Cowens 79 3186 657 1357 0 0 175 243 0 0 1203 245 0 0 0 314 1489 18.8 F Don Nelson 82 2086 389 811 0 0 356 452 0 0 453 192 0 0 0 220 1134 13.8 G Don Chaney 79 2275 373 786 0 0 197 255 0 0 395 202 0 0 0 295 943 11.9 F Satch Sanders 82 1631 215 524 0 0 111 136 0 0 353 98 0 0 0 257 541 6.6 F Steve Kuberski 71 1128 185 444 0 0 80 102 0 0 320 46 0 0 0 130 450 6.3 G Art Williams 81 1326 161 339 0 0 90 119 0 0 256 327 0 0 0 204 412 5.1 C Hank Finkel 78 736 103 254 0 0 43 74 0 0 251 61 0 0 0 118 249 3.2 F Clarence Glover 25 119 25 55 0 0 15 32 0 0 46 4 0 0 0 26 65 2.6 C Garfield Smith 26 134 28 66 0 0 6 31 0 0 37 8 0 0 0 22 62 2.4 G Rex Morgan 28 150 16 50 0 0 23 31 0 0 30 17 0 0 0 34 55 2.0
1971 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Clarence Glover 25 Western Kentucky
2 28 Jim Rose Western Kentucky
3 44 Dave Robisch 508 422 Kansas
4 61 Randy Denton 45 368 Duke
6 95 Thorpe Weber Vanderbilt
7 112 Skip Young Florida State
8 129 John Ribock South Carolina
9 145 Ray Green California (PA)
10 161 Dale Dover Harvard
11 176 Reggie Brooks New Hampshire College
12 189 John Dalton Suffolk
13 201 Leroy Chalk Nebraska
Traded draft picks:
#5 to SDR (Greg Nelson)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/29/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 126-108
03/31/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 104-113
04/02/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 136-113
04/04/1972 at Atlanta Hawks L 110-112
04/07/1972 vs Atlanta Hawks W 124-114
04/09/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 127-118
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Eastern Finals
04/13/1972 vs New York Knicks L 94-116
04/16/1972 at New York Knicks L 105-106
04/19/1972 vs New York Knicks W 115-109
04/21/1972 at New York Knicks L 98-116
04/23/1972 vs New York Knicks L 103-111
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F John Havlicek 11 517 108 235 85 99 92 70 35 301 27.4
G Jo Jo White 11 432 109 220 40 48 59 58 31 258 23.5
C Dave Cowens 11 441 71 156 28 47 152 33 50 170 15.5
F Don Nelson 11 308 52 99 41 48 61 21 30 145 13.2
F Steve Kuberski 11 218 48 87 32 38 63 3 23 128 11.6
G Don Chaney 11 271 41 81 15 20 39 22 39 97 8.8
G Art Williams 11 173 25 64 15 20 28 33 30 65 5.9
F Satch Sanders 11 186 17 53 13 21 26 10 36 47 4.3
C Hank Finkel 8 68 10 22 0 0 24 3 11 20 2.5
F Clarence Glover 3 10 2 6 2 2 3 0 1 6 2.0
G Rex Morgan 4 10 1 7 1 3 5 0 6 3 0.8
C Garfield Smith 4 6 1 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 0.5
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/15/1971 vs Golden State Warriors L 75-97 0-1 10/19/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 134-114 1-1 10/22/1971 at Atlanta Hawks W 115-108 2-1 10/23/1971 at Buffalo Braves W 103-98 3-1 10/25/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 136-116 4-1 10/26/1971 at New York Knicks L 101-106 4-2 10/27/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 108-97 5-2 10/29/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 125-114 6-2 11/05/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 103-102 7-2 11/06/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 124-109 8-2 11/08/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 120-109 9-2 11/10/1971 at Houston Rockets W 142-103 10-2 11/12/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 119-128 10-3 11/13/1971 at Seattle Supersonics L 112-116 10-4 11/14/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 115-128 10-5 11/17/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 140-121 11-5 11/19/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals L 106-110 11-6 11/20/1971 at Chicago Bulls L 106-123 11-7 11/21/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-105 12-7 11/24/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 108-100 13-7 11/26/1971 vs New York Knicks L 89-104 13-8 11/27/1971 at Baltimore Bullets L 120-125 13-9 11/28/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 130-108 14-9 12/01/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 111-124 14-10 12/04/1971 vs Houston Rockets W 117-107 15-10 12/07/1971 at New York Knicks W 105-97 16-10 12/08/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 126-107 17-10 12/10/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 104-120 17-11 12/11/1971 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-115 17-12 12/12/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 96-83 18-12 12/14/1971 at Chicago Bulls W 116-108 19-12 12/15/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-100 20-12 12/17/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-109 21-12 12/18/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 124-91 22-12 12/22/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks W 104-98 23-12 12/25/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 99-94 24-12 12/27/1971 vs Golden State Warriors W 99-97 25-12 12/28/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers W 120-116 26-12 12/31/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 131-119 27-12 01/01/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 104-114 27-13 01/02/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 113-122 27-14 01/05/1972 at Houston Rockets W 113-105 28-14 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 120-114 29-14 01/08/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 106-128 29-15 01/09/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 119-125 29-16 01/12/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-112 30-16 01/14/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 108-94 31-16 01/15/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 122-106 32-16 01/21/1972 vs Houston Rockets W 110-105 33-16 01/23/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 115-105 34-16 01/25/1972 at New York Knicks L 106-109 34-17 01/26/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 108-112 34-18 01/28/1972 vs New York Knicks W 122-116 35-18 01/29/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 124-112 36-18 01/30/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 130-114 37-18 02/01/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 115-108 38-18 02/02/1972 vs Chicago Bulls W 124-100 39-18 02/04/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals W 122-109 40-18 02/06/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 128-123 41-18 02/09/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 139-112 42-18 02/11/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 121-108 43-18 02/13/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 109-117 43-19 02/15/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 111-104 44-19 02/16/1972 at Seattle Supersonics L 112-113 44-20 02/18/1972 at Phoenix Suns L 115-126 44-21 02/19/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 111-115 44-22 02/20/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers L 113-132 44-23 02/22/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 114-103 45-23 02/23/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 113-111 46-23 02/25/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 117-115 47-23 03/01/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-105 48-23 03/03/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 125-96 49-23 03/05/1972 vs Cincinnati Royals L 114-125 49-24 03/06/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 127-132 49-25 03/12/1972 vs New York Knicks W 112-109 50-25 03/14/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 124-110 51-25 03/15/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 120-115 52-25 03/17/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 127-111 53-25 03/19/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets L 112-125 53-26 03/22/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 113-106 54-26 03/25/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 121-116 55-26 03/26/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 133-120 56-26 |