1973–74 Boston Celtics season | |
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NBA champions | |
Conference champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | Tom Heinsohn |
General manager | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 56–26 (.683) |
Place | Division: 1st (Atlantic) Conference: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | NBA Champions (Defeated Bucks 4–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WBZ-TV |
Radio | WBZ (Johnny Most, Len Berman) |
The 1973–74 Boston Celtics season was their 28th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics won their 12th title, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a seven-game series. The Celtics also won their division for the third consecutive season. This was their 13th finals appearance, and first since 1968–69.
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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y-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | – | 26–6 | 21–18 | 9–2 | 17–5 |
x-New York Knicks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 7 | 28–13 | 21–19 | 0–1 | 10–12 |
x-Buffalo Braves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 14 | 19–13 | 17–21 | 6–6 | 12–10 |
Philadelphia 76ers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 31 | 14–23 | 9–30 | 2–4 | 5–17 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Boston Celtics | 56 | 26 | .683 | – |
2 | x-New York Knicks | 49 | 33 | .598 | 7 |
3 | y-Capital Bullets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 9 |
4 | x-Buffalo Braves | 42 | 40 | .512 | 14 |
5 | Atlanta Hawks | 35 | 47 | .427 | 21 |
6 | Houston Rockets | 32 | 50 | .390 | 24 |
7 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 27 |
8 | Philadelphia 76ers | 25 | 57 | .305 | 31 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1973–74 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | BUF | CAP | CHI | CLE | DET | GSW | HOU | KCO | LAL | MIL | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SEA |
Atlanta | – | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Boston | 5–1 | – | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Buffalo | 4–2 | 2–5 | – | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Capital | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Chicago | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | – | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
Cleveland | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 0–4 | – | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Detroit | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | – | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
Golden State | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–5 | – | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 |
Houston | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | – | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
Kansas City-Omaha | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | – | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 |
Los Angeles | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–1 | – | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 |
Milwaukee | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | – | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 |
New York | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | – | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
Philadelphia | 3–3 | 1–7 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
Phoenix | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–3 |
Portland | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 |
Seattle | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — |
Game log
[edit]1973–74 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 12 | Buffalo | 112–118 | Paul Silas (31) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 13 | @ Philadelphia | 111–106 | Jo Jo White (33) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | October 19 | Philadelphia | 102–133 | Steve Kuberski (21) | 3–0 | |||||
4 | October 20 | @ Capital | 87–96 | Dave Cowens (19) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 24 | Houston | 132–117 | Jo Jo White (33) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | October 26 | New York | 101–113 | John Havlicek (34) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | October 28 | @ Cleveland | 99–102 | John Havlicek (25) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | October 31 | Cleveland | 110–128 | Cowens, White (21) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | November 2 | Golden State | 105–108 | Dave Cowens (25) | 6–3 | |||||
10 | November 3 | @ Atlanta | 122–109 | John Havlicek (30) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 8 | @ New York | 94–84 | John Havlicek (20) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | November 9 | Phoenix | 107–122 | Jo Jo White (25) | 9–3 | |||||
13 | November 10 | N Detroit | 97–102 | John Havlicek (32) | 10–3 | |||||
14 | November 14 | Seattle | 104–110 | Jo Jo White (28) | 11–3 | |||||
15 | November 16 | Milwaukee | 90–105 | Dave Cowens (26) | 12–3 | |||||
16 | November 17 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 123–110 | Jo Jo White (30) | 13–3 | |||||
17 | November 23 | Kansas City–Omaha | 102–119 | John Havlicek (25) | 14–3 | |||||
18 | November 25 | @ Cleveland | 107–101 | John Havlicek (25) | 15–3 | |||||
19 | November 28 | Capital | 104–111 | John Havlicek (24) | 16–3 | |||||
20 | November 30 | @ Milwaukee | 93–117 | Dave Cowens (22) | 16–4 | |||||
21 | December 1 | Chicago | 98–120 | John Havlicek (29) | 17–4 | |||||
22 | December 5 | New York | 97–119 | John Havlicek (25) | 18–4 | |||||
23 | December 7 | Atlanta | 112–116 | Cowens, Havlicek (24) | 19–4 | |||||
24 | December 8 | @ Chicago | 95–112 | Cowens, Kuberski (13) | 19–5 | |||||
25 | December 9 | N Buffalo | 114–118 | Jo Jo White (37) | 20–5 | |||||
26 | December 12 | N Buffalo | 119–126 | Jo Jo White (32) | 21–5 | |||||
27 | December 14 | @ Houston | 114–106 | John Havlicek (31) | 22–5 | |||||
28 | December 15 | @ Phoenix | 120–121 | Dave Cowens (21) | 22–6 | |||||
29 | December 16 | @ Los Angeles | 115–110 | Dave Cowens (35) | 23–6 | |||||
30 | December 18 | @ Golden State | 125–106 | Jo Jo White (28) | 24–6 | |||||
31 | December 21 | @ Portland | 124–120 (OT) | Dave Cowens (27) | 25–6 | |||||
32 | December 23 | @ Seattle | 96–95 | John Havlicek (22) | 26–6 | |||||
33 | December 26 | @ Buffalo | 125–123 | John Havlicek (27) | 27–6 | |||||
34 | December 29 | N Cleveland | 92–111 | John Havlicek (19) | 28–6 | |||||
35 | December 31 | Philadelphia | 97–106 | Dave Cowens (23) | 29–6 | |||||
36 | January 2 | @ Kansas City–Omaha | 97–109 | Jo Jo White (22) | 29–7 | |||||
37 | January 4 | @ Detroit | 101–106 | Jo Jo White (32) | 29–8 | |||||
38 | January 5 | N Philadelphia | 102–108 (OT) | John Havlicek (30) | 30–8 | |||||
39 | January 9 | Chicago | 89–106 | Don Nelson (24) | 31–8 | |||||
40 | January 11 | Los Angeles | 111–103 | John Havlicek (26) | 31–9 | |||||
41 | January 13 | @ Atlanta | 128–105 | Dave Cowens (29) | 32–9 | |||||
42 | January 18 | Atlanta | 94–98 | John Havlicek (26) | 33–9 | |||||
43 | January 20 | Golden State | 123–102 | Dave Cowens (24) | 33–10 | |||||
44 | January 23 | Seattle | 98–97 | Dave Cowens (32) | 33–11 | |||||
45 | January 25 | Philadelphia | 97–112 | John Havlicek (24) | 34–11 | |||||
46 | January 27 | Kansas City–Omaha | 98–119 | Havlicek, White (16) | 35–11 | |||||
47 | January 29 | @ New York | 83–104 | Dave Cowens (21) | 35–12 | |||||
48 | January 30 | Cleveland | 108–120 | Jo Jo White (27) | 36–12 | |||||
49 | February 1 | N Philadelphia | 105–106 | John Havlicek (30) | 37–12 | |||||
50 | February 3 | Capital | 112–99 | Jo Jo White (26) | 37–13 | |||||
51 | February 5 | @ Chicago | 98–100 | Jo Jo White (29) | 37–14 | |||||
52 | February 6 | @ Milwaukee | 105–104 | Dave Cowens (28) | 38–14 | |||||
53 | February 8 | New York | 97–125 | Jo Jo White (30) | 39–14 | |||||
54 | February 10 | N Milwaukee | 95–86 | Dave Cowens (20) | 39–15 | |||||
55 | February 12 | @ Golden State | 107–102 | John Havlicek (34) | 40–15 | |||||
56 | February 13 | @ Seattle | 100–118 | John Havlicek (20) | 40–16 | |||||
57 | February 15 | @ Portland | 106–104 | Jo Jo White (28) | 41–16 | |||||
58 | February 17 | @ Capital | 95–99 | Jo Jo White (23) | 41–17 | |||||
59 | February 19 | Detroit | 97–107 | John Havlicek (31) | 42–17 | |||||
60 | February 22 | @ Buffalo | 116–109 | John Havlicek (31) | 43–17 | |||||
61 | February 24 | N Atlanta | 111–96 | John Havlicek (32) | 44–17 | |||||
62 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 86–83 | John Havlicek (26) | 45–17 | |||||
63 | February 27 | N Buffalo | 122–104 | Dave Cowens (23) | 45–18 | |||||
64 | March 1 | @ Buffalo | 94–110 | Dave Cowens (18) | 45–19 | |||||
65 | March 2 | @ New York | 104–88 | Don Chaney (26) | 46–19 | |||||
66 | March 3 | New York | 108–102 (OT) | Don Nelson (29) | 46–20 | |||||
67 | March 6 | @ Los Angeles | 111–116 | Paul Westphal (26) | 46–21 | |||||
68 | March 7 | @ Phoenix | 99–97 | Paul Silas (21) | 47–21 | |||||
69 | March 8 | @ Houston | 106–113 | Jo Jo White (30) | 47–22 | |||||
70 | March 10 | Los Angeles | 82–94 | Dave Cowens (24) | 48–22 | |||||
71 | March 12 | N Portland | 93–110 | John Havlicek (27) | 49–22 | |||||
72 | March 13 | Phoenix | 97–104 | John Havlicek (22) | 50–22 | |||||
73 | March 15 | @ Cleveland | 103–104 | John Havlicek (28) | 50–23 | |||||
74 | March 16 | @ Philadelphia | 146–127 | John Havlicek (28) | 51–23 | |||||
75 | March 17 | Capital | 103–129 | John Havlicek (29) | 52–23 | |||||
76 | March 19 | @ Houston | 110–107 | John Havlicek (23) | 53–23 | |||||
77 | March 20 | @ Atlanta | 89–99 | John Havlicek (34) | 53–24 | |||||
78 | March 22 | Portland | 118–126 | John Havlicek (22) | 54–24 | |||||
79 | March 23 | N Houston | 105–108 | John Havlicek (25) | 55–24 | |||||
80 | March 24 | Houston | 106–109 (OT) | Jo Jo White (35) | 56–24 | |||||
81 | March 26 | @ Capital | 108–126 | Paul Westphal (28) | 56–25 | |||||
82 | March 27 | @ Philadelphia | 108–117 | Cowens, White (22) | 56–26 |