1973-1974 Boston Celtics: 56-26 .683
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 26-6 (3597 points scored, 3311 allowed) Road record: 21-18 (4150 points scored, 4165 allowed) Other sites: 9-2 (1190 points scored, 1140 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn 8937 points scored (4th of 17 teams), 8616 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 105.7 points/game (8671.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Don Chaney 6'5 210 27 Houston Dave Cowens 6'9 230 25 Florida State Steve Downing 6'8 225 23 Indiana Hank Finkel 7'0 240 31 Dayton Phil Hankinson 6'8 195 22 Penn John Havlicek 6'5 203 33 Ohio State Steve Kuberski 6'8 215 26 Bradley Don Nelson 6'6 210 33 Iowa Paul Silas 6'7 220 30 Creighton Paul Westphal 6'4 195 23 Southern California Jo Jo White 6'3 190 27 Kansas Art Williams 6'1 180 34 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 76 3091 685 1502 0 0 346 416 138 349 487 447 95 32 0 196 1716 22.6 C Dave Cowens 80 3352 645 1475 0 0 228 274 264 993 1257 354 95 101 0 294 1518 19.0 G Jo Jo White 82 3238 649 1445 0 0 190 227 100 251 351 448 105 25 0 185 1488 18.1 F Paul Silas 82 2599 340 772 0 0 264 337 334 581 915 186 63 20 0 246 944 11.5 F Don Nelson 82 1748 364 717 0 0 215 273 90 255 345 162 19 13 0 189 943 11.5 G Don Chaney 81 2258 348 750 0 0 149 180 210 168 378 176 83 62 0 247 845 10.4 G Paul Westphal 82 1165 238 475 0 0 112 153 49 94 143 171 39 34 0 173 588 7.2 F Steve Kuberski 78 985 157 368 0 0 86 111 96 141 237 38 7 7 0 125 400 5.1 G Art Williams 67 617 73 168 0 0 27 32 20 95 115 163 44 3 0 100 173 2.6 C Hank Finkel 60 427 60 130 0 0 28 43 41 94 135 27 3 7 0 62 148 2.5 F Phil Hankinson 28 163 50 103 0 0 10 13 22 28 50 4 3 1 0 18 110 3.9 C Steve Downing 24 137 21 64 0 0 22 38 14 25 39 11 5 0 0 33 64 2.7
1973 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 17 Steve Downing 27 Indiana
2 35 Phil Hankinson 31 Penn
3 52 Martinez Denmon Iowa State
4 69 Richie Fuqua Oral Roberts
5 86 Byron Jones San Francisco
6 103 Joe Cafferky North Carolina State
7 120 Mike Stewart Santa Clara
8 137 Robert White Sam Houston State
9 151 Corky Taylor Minnesota
10 165 Steve Turner Vanderbilt
11 174 Ed Hastings Villanova
12 182 Bruce Winkler Santa Clara
13 188 Scott Koelzer Montana State
14 193 Rick Williams Iowa
15 198 James Gilchrist Florida Southern
16 202 Sam Barber Bethune-Cookman
17 206 Lamont King Long Beach State
18 208 Peter Gavitt Maine
19 210 Tom Austin Massachusetts
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
03/30/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-97
04/02/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 105-115
04/03/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 120-107
04/06/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 102-104
04/09/1974 vs Buffalo Braves W 100-97
04/12/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 106-104
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Eastern Finals
04/14/1974 vs New York Knicks W 113-88
04/16/1974 at New York Knicks W 111-99
04/19/1974 vs New York Knicks L 100-103
04/21/1974 at New York Knicks W 98-91
04/24/1974 vs New York Knicks W 105-94
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Finals
04/28/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 98-83
04/30/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-105 (OT)
05/03/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 95-83
05/05/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 89-97
05/07/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 96-87
05/10/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 101-102 (2OT)
05/12/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 102-87
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 18 811 199 411 89 101 28 88 116 108 24 6 43 487 27.1
C Dave Cowens 18 772 161 370 47 59 60 180 240 66 21 17 85 369 20.5
G Jo Jo White 18 765 132 310 34 46 17 58 75 98 15 2 56 298 16.6
F Don Nelson 18 467 82 164 41 53 25 72 97 35 8 3 54 205 11.4
G Don Chaney 18 545 65 141 41 50 37 40 77 40 24 9 64 171 9.5
F Paul Silas 18 574 50 126 44 53 53 138 191 47 13 9 51 144 8.0
G Paul Westphal 18 241 46 100 11 15 6 15 21 31 8 2 37 103 5.7
G Art Williams 12 96 10 27 7 8 4 19 23 29 7 0 14 27 2.2
C Hank Finkel 8 46 8 18 1 1 5 5 10 3 1 0 9 17 2.1
F Steve Kuberski 9 69 5 25 5 10 8 12 20 2 1 1 9 15 1.7
F Phil Hankinson 2 5 2 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 3.0
C Steve Downing 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 118-112 1-0 10/13/1973 at Philadelphia 76ers W 111-106 2-0 10/19/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 133-102 3-0 10/20/1973 at Capitol Bullets L 87-96 3-1 10/24/1973 vs Houston Rockets L 117-132 3-2 10/26/1973 vs New York Knicks W 113-101 4-2 10/28/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 99-102 4-3 10/31/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 128-110 5-3 11/02/1973 vs Golden State Warriors W 108-105 6-3 11/03/1973 at Atlanta Hawks W 122-109 7-3 11/08/1973 at New York Knicks W 94-84 8-3 11/09/1973 vs Phoenix Suns W 122-107 9-3 11/10/1973 vs Detroit Pistons W 102-97 10-3 11/14/1973 vs Seattle Supersonics W 110-104 11-3 11/16/1973 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 105-90 12-3 11/17/1973 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 123-110 13-3 11/23/1973 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 119-102 14-3 11/25/1973 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-101 15-3 11/28/1973 vs Capitol Bullets W 111-104 16-3 11/30/1973 at Milwaukee Bucks L 93-117 16-4 12/01/1973 vs Chicago Bulls W 120-98 17-4 12/05/1973 vs New York Knicks W 119-97 18-4 12/07/1973 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-112 19-4 12/08/1973 at Chicago Bulls L 95-112 19-5 12/09/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 118-114 20-5 12/12/1973 vs Buffalo Braves W 126-119 21-5 12/14/1973 at Houston Rockets W 114-106 22-5 12/15/1973 at Phoenix Suns L 120-121 22-6 12/16/1973 at Los Angeles Lakers W 115-110 23-6 12/18/1973 at Golden State Warriors W 125-106 24-6 12/21/1973 at Portland Trail Blazers W 124-120 25-6 12/23/1973 at Seattle Supersonics W 96-95 26-6 12/26/1973 at Buffalo Braves W 125-123 27-6 12/29/1973 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-92 28-6 12/31/1973 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 106-97 29-6 01/02/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 97-109 29-7 01/04/1974 at Detroit Pistons L 101-106 29-8 01/05/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-102 30-8 01/09/1974 vs Chicago Bulls W 106-89 31-8 01/11/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 103-111 31-9 01/13/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 128-105 32-9 01/18/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 98-94 33-9 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 102-123 33-10 01/23/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-98 33-11 01/25/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-97 34-11 01/27/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 119-98 35-11 01/29/1974 at New York Knicks L 83-104 35-12 01/30/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 120-108 36-12 02/01/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 106-105 37-12 02/03/1974 vs Capitol Bullets L 99-112 37-13 02/05/1974 at Chicago Bulls L 98-100 37-14 02/06/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 105-104 38-14 02/08/1974 vs New York Knicks W 125-97 39-14 02/10/1974 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 86-95 39-15 02/12/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 107-102 40-15 02/13/1974 at Seattle Supersonics L 100-118 40-16 02/15/1974 at Portland Trail Blazers W 106-104 41-16 02/17/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 95-99 41-17 02/19/1974 vs Detroit Pistons W 107-97 42-17 02/22/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 116-109 43-17 02/24/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 111-96 44-17 02/26/1974 at Detroit Pistons W 86-83 45-17 02/27/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 104-122 45-18 03/01/1974 at Buffalo Braves L 94-110 45-19 03/02/1974 at New York Knicks W 104-88 46-19 03/03/1974 vs New York Knicks L 102-108 46-20 03/06/1974 at Los Angeles Lakers L 111-116 46-21 03/07/1974 at Phoenix Suns W 99-97 47-21 03/08/1974 at Houston Rockets L 106-113 47-22 03/10/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 94-82 48-22 03/12/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 110-93 49-22 03/13/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 104-97 50-22 03/15/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 103-104 50-23 03/16/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 146-127 51-23 03/17/1974 vs Capitol Bullets W 129-103 52-23 03/19/1974 at Houston Rockets W 110-107 53-23 03/20/1974 at Atlanta Hawks L 89-99 53-24 03/22/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 126-118 54-24 03/23/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 108-105 55-24 03/24/1974 vs Houston Rockets W 109-106 56-24 03/26/1974 at Capitol Bullets L 108-126 56-25 03/27/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 108-117 56-26 |