1972-1973 Boston Celtics: 68-14 .829
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 33-6 (4484 points scored, 4066 allowed) Road record: 32-8 (4427 points scored, 4206 allowed) Other sites: 3-0 (327 points scored, 294 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn 9238 points scored (2nd of 17 teams), 8566 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 107.6 points/game (8823.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Chaney 6'5 210 26 Houston Dave Cowens 6'9 230 24 Florida State Hank Finkel 7'0 240 30 Dayton John Havlicek 6'5 203 32 Ohio State Steve Kuberski 6'8 215 25 Bradley Mark Minor 6'6 215 22 Ohio State Don Nelson 6'6 210 32 Iowa Satch Sanders 6'6 210 34 New York University Paul Silas 6'7 220 29 Creighton Paul Westphal 6'4 195 22 Southern California Jo Jo White 6'3 190 26 Kansas Art Williams 6'1 180 33 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 80 3367 766 1704 0 0 370 431 0 0 567 529 0 0 0 195 1902 23.8 C Dave Cowens 82 3425 740 1637 0 0 204 262 0 0 1329 333 0 0 0 311 1684 20.5 G Jo Jo White 82 3250 717 1665 0 0 178 228 0 0 414 498 0 0 0 185 1612 19.7 F Paul Silas 80 2618 400 851 0 0 266 380 0 0 1039 251 0 0 0 197 1066 13.3 G Don Chaney 79 2488 414 859 0 0 210 267 0 0 449 221 0 0 0 276 1038 13.1 F Don Nelson 72 1425 309 649 0 0 159 188 0 0 315 102 0 0 0 155 777 10.8 F Steve Kuberski 78 762 140 347 0 0 65 84 0 0 197 26 0 0 0 92 345 4.4 G Art Williams 81 974 110 261 0 0 43 56 0 0 182 236 0 0 0 136 263 3.2 G Paul Westphal 60 482 89 212 0 0 67 86 0 0 67 69 0 0 0 88 245 4.1 C Hank Finkel 76 496 78 173 0 0 28 52 0 0 151 26 0 0 0 83 184 2.4 F Satch Sanders 59 423 47 149 0 0 23 35 0 0 88 27 0 0 0 82 117 2.0 F Mark Minor 4 20 1 4 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 5 5 1.2
1972 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 10 Paul Westphal 823 USC
2 27 Dennis Wuycik 157 North Carolina
3 44 Wayne Grabiec Michigan
4 61 Nate Stephens Long Beach State
5 77 Bryan Adrian Davidson
6 94 Doug Holcomb Memphis
6 96 Wally Wright PMC Colleges [pick acquired from MIL]
7 111 Steve Previs 30 North Carolina
8 127 Sam McCarney Oral Roberts
10 154 Marty Hunt Kenyon
11 165 Mark Minor 4 Ohio State
12 173 Phil Stephens South Carolina State
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/01/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 134-109
04/04/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 126-113
04/06/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 105-118
04/08/1973 at Atlanta Hawks L 94-97
04/11/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-101
04/13/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 121-103
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Eastern Finals
04/15/1973 vs New York Knicks W 134-108
04/18/1973 at New York Knicks L 96-129
04/20/1973 vs New York Knicks L 91-98
04/22/1973 at New York Knicks L 110-117 (2OT)
04/25/1973 vs New York Knicks W 98-97
04/27/1973 at New York Knicks W 110-100
04/29/1973 vs New York Knicks L 78-94
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Jo Jo White 13 583 135 300 49 54 54 83 44 319 24.5
F John Havlicek 12 479 112 235 61 74 62 65 24 285 23.8
C Dave Cowens 13 598 129 273 27 41 216 48 54 285 21.9
F Don Nelson 13 303 47 101 49 56 38 15 29 143 11.0
F Paul Silas 13 512 47 120 31 50 196 39 39 125 9.6
G Don Chaney 12 288 39 82 12 17 40 25 41 90 7.5
G Art Williams 10 156 21 47 6 8 27 41 31 48 4.8
F Steve Kuberski 12 95 19 46 7 10 14 3 15 45 3.8
G Paul Westphal 11 109 19 39 5 7 7 9 24 43 3.9
C Hank Finkel 7 23 6 9 0 0 6 3 4 12 1.7
F Satch Sanders 5 24 5 9 0 2 5 1 7 10 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/11/1972 at Detroit Pistons W 121-108 1-0 10/13/1972 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-104 2-0 10/14/1972 at Chicago Bulls W 96-88 3-0 10/17/1972 at Atlanta Hawks W 119-115 4-0 10/20/1972 vs Buffalo Braves W 126-118 5-0 10/21/1972 at Baltimore Bullets W 104-101 6-0 10/23/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 105-85 7-0 10/24/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 105-97 8-0 10/27/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-97 9-0 11/03/1972 vs Baltimore Bullets W 109-96 10-0 11/04/1972 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 107-118 10-1 11/08/1972 vs Golden State Warriors W 128-111 11-1 11/10/1972 at Buffalo Braves W 106-104 12-1 11/11/1972 vs Detroit Pistons W 121-118 13-1 11/15/1972 vs Phoenix Suns W 113-94 14-1 11/17/1972 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 88-95 14-2 11/21/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks W 116-102 15-2 11/22/1972 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 126-107 16-2 11/24/1972 vs New York Knicks W 114-97 17-2 11/25/1972 at New York Knicks L 94-97 17-3 11/29/1972 vs Seattle Supersonics W 120-98 18-3 12/01/1972 at Philadelphia 76ers W 105-99 19-3 12/02/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 131-120 20-3 12/08/1972 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 96-87 21-3 12/09/1972 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 123-88 22-3 12/13/1972 at Phoenix Suns W 105-100 23-3 12/15/1972 at Los Angeles Lakers W 102-98 24-3 12/16/1972 at Portland Trail Blazers W 123-116 25-3 12/17/1972 at Seattle Supersonics W 123-98 26-3 12/19/1972 at Golden State Warriors L 112-115 26-4 12/22/1972 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 118-90 27-4 12/23/1972 at Milwaukee Bucks L 98-104 27-5 12/26/1972 vs New York Knicks W 115-106 28-5 12/29/1972 vs Chicago Bulls L 99-106 28-6 12/30/1972 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 117-107 29-6 01/02/1973 at Houston Rockets W 130-110 30-6 01/03/1973 at Houston Rockets L 112-123 30-7 01/05/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 126-108 31-7 01/07/1973 at Baltimore Bullets W 116-98 32-7 01/10/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 128-107 33-7 01/12/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 133-109 34-7 01/13/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 111-95 35-7 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/16/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 106-102 36-7 01/17/1973 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 117-99 37-7 01/19/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 124-104 38-7 01/21/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 104-97 39-7 01/26/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 139-126 40-7 01/27/1973 at New York Knicks L 108-111 40-8 01/28/1973 vs New York Knicks L 93-96 40-9 01/31/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 94-89 41-9 02/02/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks L 99-100 41-10 02/03/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 104-100 42-10 02/04/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 123-115 43-10 02/06/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-110 43-11 02/07/1973 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-112 44-11 02/09/1973 vs Detroit Pistons L 95-104 44-12 02/11/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 120-96 45-12 02/13/1973 at Chicago Bulls W 105-101 46-12 02/14/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 104-101 47-12 02/16/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 112-105 48-12 02/17/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 110-106 49-12 02/18/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 106-105 50-12 02/20/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 107-97 51-12 02/25/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 105-92 52-12 02/27/1973 at New York Knicks L 91-123 52-13 02/28/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 118-111 53-13 03/02/1973 at Detroit Pistons W 115-101 54-13 03/04/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 125-113 55-13 03/06/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 127-112 56-13 03/08/1973 at Phoenix Suns W 141-134 57-13 03/09/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 119-111 58-13 03/11/1973 vs New York Knicks W 122-107 59-13 03/14/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 111-107 60-13 03/16/1973 at Baltimore Bullets L 97-103 60-14 03/18/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 109-105 61-14 03/20/1973 vs Houston Rockets W 94-89 62-14 03/21/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 106-105 63-14 03/23/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 124-108 64-14 03/24/1973 at New York Knicks W 108-103 65-14 03/25/1973 at Houston Rockets W 125-121 66-14 03/27/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 117-110 67-14 03/28/1973 vs Baltimore Bullets W 120-101 68-14 |