1974-1975 Boston Celtics: 60-22 .732
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 25-9 (3561 points scored, 3376 allowed) Road record: 31-9 (4323 points scored, 4051 allowed) Other sites: 4-4 (850 points scored, 838 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn 8734 points scored (3rd of 18 teams), 8265 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 102.6 points/game (8416.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Ard 6'8 215 26 Cincinnati Don Chaney 6'5 210 28 Houston Ben Clyde 6'7 198 23 Florida State Dave Cowens 6'9 230 26 Florida State Steve Downing 6'8 225 24 Indiana Hank Finkel 7'0 240 32 Dayton Phil Hankinson 6'8 195 23 Penn John Havlicek 6'5 203 34 Ohio State Glenn McDonald 6'6 190 22 Cal State Long Beach Don Nelson 6'6 210 34 Iowa Paul Silas 6'7 220 31 Creighton Kevin Stacom 6'3 185 23 Providence Paul Westphal 6'4 195 24 Southern California Jo Jo White 6'3 190 28 Kansas 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 3132 642 1411 0 0 289 332 154 330 484 432 110 16 0 231 1573 19.2 G Jo Jo White 82 3220 658 1440 0 0 186 223 84 227 311 458 128 17 0 207 1502 18.3 C Dave Cowens 65 2632 569 1199 0 0 191 244 229 729 958 296 87 73 0 243 1329 20.4 F Don Nelson 79 2052 423 785 0 0 263 318 127 342 469 181 32 15 0 239 1109 14.0 F Paul Silas 82 2661 312 749 0 0 244 344 348 677 1025 224 60 22 0 229 868 10.6 G Paul Westphal 82 1581 342 670 0 0 119 156 44 119 163 235 78 33 0 192 803 9.8 G Don Chaney 82 2208 321 750 0 0 133 165 171 199 370 181 122 66 0 244 775 9.5 C Jim Ard 59 719 89 266 0 0 48 65 59 140 199 40 13 32 0 96 226 3.8 G Kevin Stacom 61 447 72 159 0 0 29 33 30 25 55 49 11 3 0 65 173 2.8 F Glenn McDonald 62 395 70 182 0 0 28 37 20 48 68 24 8 5 0 58 168 2.7 C Hank Finkel 62 518 52 129 0 0 23 43 33 79 112 32 7 3 0 72 127 2.0 F Ben Clyde 25 157 31 72 0 0 7 9 15 26 41 5 5 3 0 34 69 2.8 F Phil Hankinson 3 24 6 11 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 2 1 0 0 3 12 4.0 C Steve Downing 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1974 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 17 Glenn McDonald 146 Long Beach State
2 35 Kevin Stacom 347 Providence
3 53 Roscoe Pondexter Long Beach State
4 71 Lerman Battle Fairmont State
5 89 Ben Clyde 25 Florida State
6 107 Gene Harmon Creighton
7 125 Ron Brown Penn State
8 143 Richard Wallace Georgia Southern
9 160 Al Skinner 203 134 Massachusetts
10 177 Phil Rogers Fairfield
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/14/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 123-106
04/16/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 112-100
04/19/1975 at Houston Rockets L 102-117
04/22/1975 at Houston Rockets W 122-117
04/24/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 128-115
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Eastern Finals
04/27/1975 vs Washington Bullets L 95-100
04/30/1975 at Washington Bullets L 92-117
05/03/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 101-90
05/07/1975 at Washington Bullets L 108-119
05/09/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 103-99
05/11/1975 at Washington Bullets L 92-98
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 11 464 83 192 66 76 18 39 57 51 16 1 38 232 21.1
G Jo Jo White 11 462 100 227 27 33 18 32 50 63 11 4 32 227 20.6
C Dave Cowens 11 479 101 236 23 26 49 132 181 46 18 6 50 225 20.5
F Don Nelson 11 274 66 117 37 41 18 27 45 26 2 2 36 169 15.4
G Don Chaney 11 294 48 105 23 29 24 14 38 21 21 5 46 119 10.8
F Paul Silas 11 405 42 92 16 25 46 84 130 40 12 2 45 100 9.1
G Paul Westphal 11 183 38 81 12 18 5 8 13 32 6 2 21 88 8.0
C Hank Finkel 7 25 3 7 3 5 3 3 6 4 0 0 2 9 1.3
F Glenn McDonald 6 30 2 12 1 3 1 5 6 2 1 0 4 5 0.8
F Phil Hankinson 2 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
C Jim Ard 5 14 1 8 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 0.4
G Kevin Stacom 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/18/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 119-126 0-1 10/19/1974 at Buffalo Braves W 113-95 1-1 10/23/1974 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 107-108 1-2 10/25/1974 vs Atlanta Hawks W 116-109 2-2 10/26/1974 at New York Knicks L 86-97 2-3 10/29/1974 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 107-92 3-3 10/30/1974 vs Chicago Bulls L 104-105 3-4 11/01/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 114-98 4-4 11/02/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 126-125 5-4 11/06/1974 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 128-110 6-4 11/08/1974 vs Detroit Pistons L 104-105 6-5 11/10/1974 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 102-99 7-5 11/12/1974 at Milwaukee Bucks W 91-83 8-5 11/14/1974 vs Buffalo Braves L 100-112 8-6 11/15/1974 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 109-110 8-7 11/16/1974 at Washington Bullets W 124-109 9-7 11/20/1974 vs Golden State Warriors L 115-120 9-8 11/22/1974 vs Phoenix Suns W 95-94 10-8 11/23/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-98 10-9 11/27/1974 vs Seattle Supersonics W 104-99 11-9 11/29/1974 vs New York Knicks L 86-96 11-10 12/04/1974 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 101-90 12-10 12/06/1974 at Houston Rockets W 120-114 13-10 12/08/1974 at New Orleans Jazz W 111-101 14-10 12/10/1974 at Chicago Bulls W 107-89 15-10 12/13/1974 vs Washington Bullets L 89-108 15-11 12/14/1974 at Atlanta Hawks W 92-90 16-11 12/17/1974 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 109-113 16-12 12/18/1974 at Philadelphia 76ers W 131-99 17-12 12/20/1974 vs New Orleans Jazz W 110-106 18-12 12/21/1974 at New York Knicks W 109-91 19-12 12/25/1974 at Phoenix Suns L 96-110 19-13 12/28/1974 at Golden State Warriors W 115-105 20-13 12/29/1974 at Seattle Supersonics W 121-101 21-13 01/01/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 108-94 22-13 01/03/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 127-106 23-13 01/08/1975 vs Atlanta Hawks W 104-96 24-13 01/09/1975 at Buffalo Braves W 108-100 25-13 01/10/1975 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 103-97 26-13 01/12/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 101-114 26-14 01/17/1975 vs Detroit Pistons W 96-90 27-14 01/18/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 123-101 28-14 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/19/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 102-100 29-14 01/21/1975 at Houston Rockets W 113-102 30-14 01/22/1975 at New Orleans Jazz W 110-102 31-14 01/24/1975 vs Kansas City-Omaha Kings W 96-87 32-14 01/26/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 107-93 33-14 01/31/1975 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-99 34-14 02/02/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 120-102 35-14 02/03/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 114-100 36-14 02/05/1975 at Milwaukee Bucks W 92-90 37-14 02/07/1975 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 95-98 37-15 02/08/1975 at New York Knicks W 128-102 38-15 02/09/1975 vs New York Knicks W 105-88 39-15 02/12/1975 at Kansas City-Omaha Kings L 102-103 39-16 02/14/1975 at Phoenix Suns W 112-106 40-16 02/15/1975 at Portland Trail Blazers W 102-100 41-16 02/19/1975 at Seattle Supersonics L 95-121 41-17 02/22/1975 at Golden State Warriors L 108-114 41-18 02/23/1975 at Los Angeles Lakers W 119-115 42-18 02/26/1975 vs New York Knicks W 121-103 43-18 02/28/1975 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 107-106 44-18 03/02/1975 vs Seattle Supersonics L 97-104 44-19 03/04/1975 at New York Knicks W 126-111 45-19 03/05/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 116-107 46-19 03/09/1975 vs Golden State Warriors L 101-102 46-20 03/11/1975 at Chicago Bulls W 121-115 47-20 03/12/1975 vs Phoenix Suns W 88-82 48-20 03/14/1975 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 103-98 49-20 03/16/1975 vs Houston Rockets W 99-94 50-20 03/18/1975 at Detroit Pistons W 116-90 51-20 03/19/1975 at Washington Bullets L 80-97 51-21 03/21/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 109-101 52-21 03/22/1975 at New York Knicks W 90-81 53-21 03/23/1975 vs New York Knicks W 96-86 54-21 03/25/1975 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 89-84 55-21 03/26/1975 vs New Orleans Jazz W 113-100 56-21 03/28/1975 vs Chicago Bulls W 97-92 57-21 03/29/1975 at Buffalo Braves L 96-102 57-22 04/02/1975 vs Buffalo Braves W 95-92 58-22 04/04/1975 vs Washington Bullets W 95-94 59-22 04/05/1975 at Philadelphia 76ers W 111-97 60-22 |