1967–68 Boston Celtics season

The 1967–68 Boston Celtics season was their 22nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics won their tenth title in franchise history.

1967–68 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Head coachBill Russell
General managerRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record54–28 (.659)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Lakers 4–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWKBG
RadioWHDH

Draft picks
Main article: 1967 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 11 Mal Graham PG  United States NYU

Roster
Boston Celtics 1967–68 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F/C 28 United States Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Miami (OH)
PG 11 United States Graham, Mal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NYU
G/F 17 United States Havlicek, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Ohio State
SF 18 United States Howell, Bailey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mississippi State
PF 27 United States Jones, Johnny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Cal State LA
SG 24 United States Jones, Sam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) North Carolina Central
F 19 United States Nelson, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Iowa
C 6 United States Russell, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) San Francisco
SF 16 United States Sanders, Satch 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NYU
C/G 20 United States Siegfried, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ohio State
G/F 12 United States Thacker, Tom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Cincinnati
PG 26 United States Weitzman, Rick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Northeastern
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia 76ers 6220.756–27–826–129–029–11
x-Boston Celtics 5428.659828–921–165–324–16
x-New York Knicks 4339.5241920–1721–162–619–21
x-Detroit Pistons 4042.4882221–1112–237–815–25
Cincinnati Royals 3943.4762318–1213–238–818–22
Baltimore Bullets 3646.4392617–1912–237–415–25

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SDR SFW SEA STL
Baltimore —3–52–55–34–43–43–50–87–02–55–22–5
Boston 5–3—5–23–56–24–36–24–47–04–36–14–3
Chicago 5–22–5—5–23–41–72–51–64–42–63–51–7
Cincinnati 3–55–32–5—4–41–63–53–57–04–36–11–6
Detroit 4–42–64–34–4—2–54–41–75–24–36–14–3
Los Angeles 4–33–47–16–15–2—4–32–57–14–44–46–2
New York 5–32–65–25–34–43–4—3–56–15–24–31–6
Philadelphia 8–04–46–15–37–15–25–3—6–14–37–05–2
San Diego 0–70–74–40–72–51–71–61–6—2–63–51–7
San Francisco 5–23–46–23–43–44–42–53–46–2—7–11–7
Seattle 2–51–65–31–61–64–43–40–75–31–7—0–8
St. Louis 5–23–47–16–13–42–66–12–57–17–18–0—

Game log
1967–68 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 14Chicago90–105Larry Siegfried (20)1–0
2October 21@ Baltimore125–109Sam Jones (31)2–0
3October 25St. Louis104–118Sam Jones (25)3–0
4October 27@ Detroit128–109John Havlicek (22)4–0
5October 28Philadelphia95–104Sam Jones (23)5–0
6November 3Los Angeles104–105Bill Russell (25)6–0
7November 4@ St. Louis104–111Bailey Howell (27)6–1
8November 7@ Cincinnati113–103John Havlicek (23)7–1
9November 9@ Chicago107–93Sam Jones (23)8–1
10November 10Baltimore114–115Sam Jones (39)9–1
11November 11@ New York105–110Sam Jones (26)9–2
12November 14N Seattle111–114Sam Jones (29)10–2
13November 15San Francisco110–113Bailey Howell (27)11–2
14November 17Cincinnati120–119Sam Jones (27)11–3
15November 18@ Philadelphia116–111Howell, S. Jones (33)12–3
16November 21N San Diego114–121Sam Jones (24)13–3
17November 22San Diego110–124Sam Jones (26)14–3
18November 23N Seattle133–106Bailey Howell (22)14–4
19November 25@ Baltimore118–126Sam Jones (29)14–5
20November 28Detroit111–118John Havlicek (24)15–5
21December 1Los Angeles119–123Bill Russell (25)16–5
22December 2@ Detroit107–112John Havlicek (24)16–6
23December 6New York113–115Howell, S. Jones (27)17–6
24December 8Baltimore108–123John Havlicek (25)18–6
25December 9@ Cincinnati104–108Sam Jones (28)18–7
26December 14Philadelphia101–102Larry Siegfried (20)19–7
27December 15N San Diego101–114Sam Jones (27)20–7
28December 17@ Los Angeles123–117Bill Russell (37)21–7
29December 19@ Seattle118–114Larry Siegfried (20)22–7
30December 20@ San Diego126–116Larry Siegfried (31)23–7
31December 22Cincinnati117–120John Havlicek (27)24–7
32December 25@ New York134–124Sam Jones (27)25–7
33December 26San Francisco117–104John Havlicek (32)25–8
34December 27@ St. Louis113–116Sam Jones (30)25–9
35December 29@ Philadelphia123–133John Havlicek (24)25–10
36January 2@ Chicago84–95Sam Jones (19)25–11
37January 3@ Los Angeles113–103Bailey Howell (30)26–11
38January 5N Seattle128–121Bailey Howell (25)27–11
39January 6@ San Francisco101–107Satch Sanders (23)27–12
40January 10Seattle110–123John Havlicek (25)28–12
41January 11N Cincinnati120–116Bill Russell (34)28–13
42January 12Detroit126–148Bailey Howell (28)29–13
43January 15San Francisco102–111John Havlicek (28)30–13
44January 17St. Louis102–114John Havlicek (35)31–13
45January 19New York114–120Howell, S. Jones (31)32–13
46January 20@ Baltimore115–118Sam Jones (38)32–14
47January 21San Diego112–139Bailey Howell (31)33–14
48January 25N St. Louis105–93John Havlicek (24)33–15
49January 26Los Angeles118–112Sam Jones (27)33–16
50January 28Philadelphia103–115Howell, S. Jones (29)34–16
51January 30@ Philadelphia118–125Sam Jones (38)34–17
52January 31Chicago109–118Bailey Howell (27)35–17
53February 2Baltimore99–120Bailey Howell (25)36–17
54February 3@ New York112–108Sam Jones (30)37–17
55February 4New York110–108Bailey Howell (23)37–18
56February 7St. Louis101–102Sam Jones (27)38–18
57February 9Detroit100–107Sam Jones (24)39–18
58February 11Los Angeles141–104Tom Thacker (17)39–19
59February 13@ Detroit127–115Sam Jones (31)40–19
60February 14N Detroit96–118John Havlicek (31)41–19
61February 16@ Chicago124–108John Havlicek (26)42–19
62February 17@ St. Louis113–99Bailey Howell (25)43–19
63February 18@ Cincinnati100–107Sam Jones (24)43–20
64February 20Cincinnati110–126Bailey Howell (25)44–20
65February 21@ Los Angeles117–122Bill Russell (24)44–21
66February 23@ San Francisco122–127Satch Sanders (25)44–22
67February 24N Seattle137–141John Havlicek (38)45–22
68February 26@ San Diego118–110Bailey Howell (28)46–22
69February 28San Francisco110–135John Havlicek (41)47–22
70March 1Chicago87–94Bailey Howell (18)48–22
71March 3Philadelphia133–127Bailey Howell (35)48–23
72March 5@ New York113–91John Havlicek (29)49–23
73March 6New York91–103John Havlicek (25)50–23
74March 7@ Chicago112–118John Havlicek (32)50–24
75March 8@ Philadelphia96–101John Havlicek (32)50–25
76March 10Cincinnati137–111Larry Siegfried (23)50–26
77March 11@ Seattle119–112John Havlicek (27)51–26
78March 12@ San Francisco124–121 (OT)Bailey Howell (30)52–26
79March 13@ San Diego144–118John Havlicek (34)53–26
80March 16@ Baltimore136–111Bailey Howell (26)54–26
81March 17Baltimore147–139John Havlicek (29)54–27
82March 20Detroit125–116Embry, Siegfried (23)54–28

Playoffs
1968 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 Detroit W 123–116 John Havlicek (25) Bill Russell (34) Bill Russell (9) Boston Garden
7,591		 1–0
2 March 25 @ Detroit L 116–126 Sam Jones (18) Bill Russell (14) Siegfried, Jones (3) Cobo Arena
10,109		 1–1
3 March 27 Detroit L 98–109 John Havlicek (23) Bill Russell (23) Bill Russell (7) Boston Garden
8,429		 1–2
4 March 28 @ Detroit W 135–110 John Havlicek (35) Bill Russell (21) John Havlicek (9) Cobo Arena
11,294		 2–2
5 March 31 Detroit W 110–96 Bailey Howell (30) Bill Russell (21) John Havlicek (13) Boston Garden
8,093		 3–2
6 April 1 @ Detroit W 111–103 John Havlicek (31) Bill Russell (23) John Havlicek (12) Cobo Arena
9,483		 4–2
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 1–2; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 5 @ Philadelphia W 127–118 John Havlicek (35) Bill Russell (22) John Havlicek (11) Spectrum
14,412		 1–0
2 April 10 Philadelphia L 106–115 John Havlicek (28) Bill Russell (20) John Havlicek (9) Boston Garden
14,780		 1–1
3 April 11 @ Philadelphia L 114–122 John Havlicek (29) Bill Russell (20) John Havlicek (8) Spectrum
15,102		 1–2
4 April 14 Philadelphia L 105–110 Sam Jones (25) Bill Russell (24) John Havlicek (8) Boston Garden
10,503		 1–3
5 April 15 @ Philadelphia W 122–104 Sam Jones (37) Bill Russell (24) John Havlicek (10) Spectrum
15,202		 2–3
6 April 17 Philadelphia W 114–106 John Havlicek (28) Bill Russell (31) Havlicek, Siegfried (6) Boston Garden
14,780		 3–3
7 April 19 @ Philadelphia W 100–96 Sam Jones (22) Bill Russell (26) John Havlicek (8) Spectrum
15,202		 4–3
NBA Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 21 Los Angeles W 107–101 Bailey Howell (20) Bill Russell (25) John Havlicek (8) Boston Garden
9,546		 1–0
2 April 24 Los Angeles L 113–123 John Havlicek (24) Bill Russell (24) Bill Russell (5) Boston Garden
14,780		 1–1
3 April 26 @ Los Angeles W 127–119 John Havlicek (27) Bill Russell (16) Bill Russell (9) The Forum
17,011		 2–1
4 April 28 @ Los Angeles L 105–118 Bailey Howell (24) Bill Russell (22) John Havlicek (8) The Forum
17,147		 2–2
5 April 30 Los Angeles W 120–117 (OT) John Havlicek (31) Bill Russell (25) John Havlicek (8) Boston Garden
14,780		 3–2
6 May 2 @ Los Angeles W 124–109 John Havlicek (40) Bill Russell (19) John Havlicek (7) The Forum
17,392		 4–2
1968 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
 GP  Games played  GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3FG%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

References
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