1973–74 Boston Celtics season

The 1973–74 Boston Celtics season was their 28th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics won their 12th title, as well as their division for the third consecutive season. This was their 13th finals appearance, and first since 1968–69.

1973–74 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachTom Heinsohn
General managerRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Bucks 4–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBZ-TV
RadioWBZ
(Johnny Most, Len Berman)

Roster
1973–74 Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
SG 12 Chaney, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1946-03-22 Houston
C 18 Cowens, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1948-10-25 Florida State
C 32 Downing, Steve 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1950-09-09 Indiana
C 29 Finkel, Henry 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1942-04-20 Dayton
SF 20 Hankinson, Phil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1951-07-26 Penn
F 17 Havlicek, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1940-04-08 Ohio State
C 33 Kuberski, Steve 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947-11-06 Bradley
F 19 Nelson, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1940-05-15 Iowa
F 35 Silas, Paul 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1943-07-12 Creighton
SG 44 Westphal, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950-11-30 USC
G 10 White, Jo Jo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1946-11-16 Kansas
PG 7 Williams, Art 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1939-09-29 Cal Poly Pomona
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-Boston Celtics 5626.683–26–621–189–217–5
x-New York Knicks 4933.598728–1321–190–110–12
x-Buffalo Braves 4240.5121419–1317–216–612–10
Philadelphia 76ers 2557.3053114–239–302–45–17
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics5626.683–
2 x-New York Knicks4933.5987
3 y-Capital Bullets4735.5739
4 x-Buffalo Braves4240.51214
5 Atlanta Hawks3547.42721
6 Houston Rockets3250.39024
7 Cleveland Cavaliers2953.35427
8 Philadelphia 76ers2557.30531

Record vs. opponents
1973–74 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CAP CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SEA
Atlanta –1–52–44–41–34–30–41–35–21–34–01–31–53–31–32–24–0
Boston 5–1–5–22–42–24–23–13–14–23–12–22–25–27–13–14–02–2
Buffalo 4–22–5–3–31–35–11–31–34–22–20–41–34–46–13–13–12–2
Capital 4–44–23–3–1–36–12–23–14–33–12–21–33–34–22–23–12–2
Chicago 3–12–23–13–1–4–05–24–24–05–21–53–32–23–14–24–24–2
Cleveland 3–42–41–51–60–4–2–20–44–40–43–10–41–55–11–34–02–2
Detroit 4–01–33–12–22–52–2–5–13–14–24–23–41–32–26–05–15–1
Golden State 3–11–33–11–32–44–01–5–4–03–34–23–31–33–15–23–43–3
Houston 2–52–42–43–40–44–41–30–4–2–22–20–44–24–22–23–11–3
Kansas City-Omaha 3–11–32–21–32–54–02–43–32–2–1–50–71–31–34–24–22–4
Los Angeles 0–42–24–02–25–11–32–42–42–25–1–4–22–24–04–24–34–3
Milwaukee 3–12–23–13–13–34–04–33–34–07–02–4–2–24–05–16–04–2
New York 5–12–54–43–32–25–13–13–12–43–12–22–2–4–33–12–24–0
Philadelphia 3–31–71–62–41–31–52–21–32–43–10–40–43–4–3–12–20–4
Phoenix 3–11–31–32–22–43–10–62–52–22–42–41–51–31–3–3–34–3
Portland 2–20–41–31–32–40–41–54–31–32–43–40–62–22–23–3–3–3
Seattle 0–42–22–22–22–42–21–53–33–14–23–42–40–44–03–43–3—

Game log
1973–74 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 12Buffalo112–118Paul Silas (31)1–0
2October 13@ Philadelphia111–106Jo Jo White (33)2–0
3October 19Philadelphia102–133Steve Kuberski (21)3–0
4October 20@ Capital87–96Dave Cowens (19)3–1
5October 24Houston132–117Jo Jo White (33)3–2
6October 26New York101–113John Havlicek (34)4–2
7October 28@ Cleveland99–102John Havlicek (25)4–3
8October 31Cleveland110–128Cowens, White (21)5–3
9November 2Golden State105–108Dave Cowens (25)6–3
10November 3@ Atlanta122–109John Havlicek (30)7–3
11November 8@ New York94–84John Havlicek (20)8–3
12November 9Phoenix107–122Jo Jo White (25)9–3
13November 10N Detroit97–102John Havlicek (32)10–3
14November 14Seattle104–110Jo Jo White (28)11–3
15November 16Milwaukee90–105Dave Cowens (26)12–3
16November 17@ Kansas City–Omaha123–110Jo Jo White (30)13–3
17November 23Kansas City–Omaha102–119John Havlicek (25)14–3
18November 25@ Cleveland107–101John Havlicek (25)15–3
19November 28Capital104–111John Havlicek (24)16–3
20November 30@ Milwaukee93–117Dave Cowens (22)16–4
21December 1Chicago98–120John Havlicek (29)17–4
22December 5New York97–119John Havlicek (25)18–4
23December 7Atlanta112–116Cowens, Havlicek (24)19–4
24December 8@ Chicago95–112Cowens, Kuberski (13)19–5
25December 9N Buffalo114–118Jo Jo White (37)20–5
26December 12N Buffalo119–126Jo Jo White (32)21–5
27December 14@ Houston114–106John Havlicek (31)22–5
28December 15@ Phoenix120–121Dave Cowens (21)22–6
29December 16@ Los Angeles115–110Dave Cowens (35)23–6
30December 18@ Golden State125–106Jo Jo White (28)24–6
31December 21@ Portland124–120 (OT)Dave Cowens (27)25–6
32December 23@ Seattle96–95John Havlicek (22)26–6
33December 26@ Buffalo125–123John Havlicek (27)27–6
34December 29N Cleveland92–111John Havlicek (19)28–6
35December 31Philadelphia97–106Dave Cowens (23)29–6
36January 2@ Kansas City–Omaha97–109Jo Jo White (22)29–7
37January 4@ Detroit101–106Jo Jo White (32)29–8
38January 5N Philadelphia102–108 (OT)John Havlicek (30)30–8
39January 9Chicago89–106Don Nelson (24)31–8
40January 11Los Angeles111–103John Havlicek (26)31–9
41January 13@ Atlanta128–105Dave Cowens (29)32–9
42January 18Atlanta94–98John Havlicek (26)33–9
43January 20Golden State123–102Dave Cowens (24)33–10
44January 23Seattle98–97Dave Cowens (32)33–11
45January 25Philadelphia97–112John Havlicek (24)34–11
46January 27Kansas City–Omaha98–119Havlicek, White (16)35–11
47January 29@ New York83–104Dave Cowens (21)35–12
48January 30Cleveland108–120Jo Jo White (27)36–12
49February 1N Philadelphia105–106John Havlicek (30)37–12
50February 3Capital112–99Jo Jo White (26)37–13
51February 5@ Chicago98–100Jo Jo White (29)37–14
52February 6@ Milwaukee105–104Dave Cowens (28)38–14
53February 8New York97–125Jo Jo White (30)39–14
54February 10N Milwaukee95–86Dave Cowens (20)39–15
55February 12@ Golden State107–102John Havlicek (34)40–15
56February 13@ Seattle100–118John Havlicek (20)40–16
57February 15@ Portland106–104Jo Jo White (28)41–16
58February 17@ Capital95–99Jo Jo White (23)41–17
59February 19Detroit97–107John Havlicek (31)42–17
60February 22@ Buffalo116–109John Havlicek (31)43–17
61February 24N Atlanta111–96John Havlicek (32)44–17
62February 26@ Detroit86–83John Havlicek (26)45–17
63February 27N Buffalo122–104Dave Cowens (23)45–18
64March 1@ Buffalo94–110Dave Cowens (18)45–19
65March 2@ New York104–88Don Chaney (26)46–19
66March 3New York108–102 (OT)Don Nelson (29)46–20
67March 6@ Los Angeles111–116Paul Westphal (26)46–21
68March 7@ Phoenix99–97Paul Silas (21)47–21
69March 8@ Houston106–113Jo Jo White (30)47–22
70March 10Los Angeles82–94Dave Cowens (24)48–22
71March 12N Portland93–110John Havlicek (27)49–22
72March 13Phoenix97–104John Havlicek (22)50–22
73March 15@ Cleveland103–104John Havlicek (28)50–23
74March 16@ Philadelphia146–127John Havlicek (28)51–23
75March 17Capital103–129John Havlicek (29)52–23
76March 19@ Houston110–107John Havlicek (23)53–23
77March 20@ Atlanta89–99John Havlicek (34)53–24
78March 22Portland118–126John Havlicek (22)54–24
79March 23N Houston105–108John Havlicek (25)55–24
80March 24Houston106–109 (OT)Jo Jo White (35)56–24
81March 26@ Capital108–126Paul Westphal (28)56–25
82March 27@ Philadelphia108–117Cowens, White (22)56–26

Playoffs
1974 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 30 Buffalo W 107–97 Jo Jo White (24) Dave Cowens (18) John Havlicek (12) Boston Garden
14,300		 1–0
2 April 2 @ Buffalo L 105–115 Jo Jo White (27) Dave Cowens (16) John Havlicek (7) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
17,507		 1–1
3 April 3 Buffalo W 120–107 John Havlicek (43) Dave Cowens (19) John Havlicek (8) Boston Garden
14,656		 2–1
4 April 6 @ Buffalo L 102–104 Don Nelson (24) Dave Cowens (14) John Havlicek (8) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
18,119		 2–2
5 April 9 Buffalo W 100–97 John Havlicek (25) Dave Cowens (12) Art Williams (8) Boston Garden
15,320		 3–2
6 April 12 @ Buffalo W 106–104 John Havlicek (30) Dave Cowens (17) John Havlicek (7) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
18,257		 4–2
Conference Finals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 14 New York W 113–88 John Havlicek (25) Dave Cowens (13) John Havlicek (12) Boston Garden
14,101		 1–0
2 April 16 @ New York W 111–99 John Havlicek (27) Dave Cowens (18) Jo Jo White (6) Madison Square Garden
19,694		 2–0
3 April 19 New York L 100–103 Dave Cowens (28) Dave Cowens (22) Art Williams (5) Boston Garden
15,320		 2–1
4 April 21 @ New York W 98–91 John Havlicek (36) Paul Silas (14) Jo Jo White (9) Madison Square Garden
19,694		 3–1
5 April 24 New York W 105–94 John Havlicek (33) Dave Cowens (14) John Havlicek (5) Boston Garden
15,320		 4–1
NBA Finals: 4–3 (home: 1–2; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 28 @ Milwaukee W 98–83 John Havlicek (26) Dave Cowens (17) Cowens, White (7) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 1–0
2 April 30 @ Milwaukee L 96–105 (OT) Jo Jo White (25) Dave Cowens (11) Dave Cowens (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 1–1
3 May 3 Milwaukee W 95–83 Dave Cowens (30) John Havlicek (12) Jo Jo White (8) Boston Garden
15,320		 2–1
4 May 5 Milwaukee L 89–97 John Havlicek (33) Paul Silas (12) Jo Jo White (9) Boston Garden
15,320		 2–2
5 May 7 @ Milwaukee W 96–87 Havlicek, Cowens (28) Paul Silas (16) Dave Cowens (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 3–2
6 May 10 Milwaukee L 101–102 (2OT) John Havlicek (36) Havlicek, Silas (9) Jo Jo White (11) Boston Garden
15,320		 3–3
7 May 12 @ Milwaukee W 102–87 Dave Cowens (28) Dave Cowens (14) Havlicek, Westphal (6) Milwaukee Arena
10,938		 4–3
1974 schedule

References
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