Boston Celtics 1971-72 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Boston Celtics 1971-72 Season Review

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Boston Celtics 1971-72 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 56-26

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	8431	3819	2367	1839	0	0	9477	0	0	2230	0	0	0	2030
Opponents Stats	7886	3498	2766	2089	0	0	9085	0	0	1798	0	0	0	1842

1971-72 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Don Chaney	79	2275	943	395	202	0	0	786	373	255	197	0	0	295
Dave Cowens	79	3186	1489	1203	245	0	0	1357	657	243	175	0	0	314
Hank Finkel	78	736	249	251	61	0	0	254	103	74	43	0	0	118
Clarence Glover	25	119	65	46	4	0	0	55	25	32	15	0	0	26
John Havlicek	82	3698	2252	672	614	0	0	1957	897	549	458	0	0	183
Steve Kuberski	71	1128	450	320	46	0	0	444	185	102	80	0	0	130
Rex Morgan	28	150	55	30	17	0	0	50	16	31	23	0	0	34
Don Nelson	82	2086	1134	453	192	0	0	811	389	452	356	0	0	220
Tom Sanders	82	1631	541	353	98	0	0	524	215	136	111	0	0	257
Garfield Smith	26	134	62	37	8	0	0	66	28	31	6	0	0	22
Jo Jo White	79	3261	1825	446	416	0	0	1788	770	343	285	0	0	227
Art Williams	81	1326	412	256	327	0	0	339	161	119	90	0	0	204

1971-72 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Don Chaney	11	271	97	39	22			81	41	20	15			39
Dave Cowens	11	441	170	152	33			156	71	47	28			50
Hank Finkel	8	68	20	24	3			22	10	0	0			11
Clarence Glover	3	10	6	3	0			6	2	2	2			1
John Havlicek	11	517	301	92	70			235	108	99	85			35
Steve Kuberski	11	218	128	63	3			87	48	38	32			23
Rex Morgan	4	10	3	5	0			7	1	3	1			6
Don Nelson	11	308	145	61	21			99	52	48	41			30
Tom Sanders	11	186	47	26	10			53	17	21	13			36
Garfield Smith	4	6	2	1	0			5	1	3	0			1
Jo Jo White	11	432	258	59	58			220	109	48	40			31
Art Williams	11	173	65	28	33			64	25	20	15			30

Boston Celtics 1971 - 72 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Fri, Oct 15, 1971		Golden State Warriors	L	75	97
2	Tue, Oct 19, 1971		Baltimore Bullets	W	134	114
3	Fri, Oct 22, 1971	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	115	108
4	Sat, Oct 23, 1971	@	Buffalo Braves	W	103	98
5	Mon, Oct 25, 1971		Atlanta Hawks	W	136	116
6	Tue, Oct 26, 1971	@	New York Knicks	L	101	106
7	Wed, Oct 27, 1971		Houston Rockets	W	108	97
8	Fri, Oct 29, 1971		Milwaukee Bucks	W	125	114
9	Fri, Nov 5, 1971		Detroit Pistons	W	103	102
10	Sat, Nov 6, 1971		Portland Trail Blazers	W	124	109
11	Mon, Nov 8, 1971	N	Cincinnati Royals	W	120	109
12	Wed, Nov 10, 1971	@	Houston Rockets	W	142	103
13	Fri, Nov 12, 1971	@	Phoenix Suns	L	119	128
14	Sat, Nov 13, 1971	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	112	116
15	Sun, Nov 14, 1971	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	115	128
16	Wed, Nov 17, 1971		Phoenix Suns	W	140	121
17	Fri, Nov 19, 1971		Cincinnati Royals	L	106	110
18	Sat, Nov 20, 1971	@	Chicago Bulls	L	106	123
19	Sun, Nov 21, 1971	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	128	105
20	Wed, Nov 24, 1971		Buffalo Braves	W	108	100
21	Fri, Nov 26, 1971		New York Knicks	L	89	104
22	Sat, Nov 27, 1971	N	Baltimore Bullets	L	120	125
23	Sun, Nov 28, 1971		Atlanta Hawks	W	130	108
24	Wed, Dec 1, 1971		Los Angeles Lakers	L	111	124
25	Sat, Dec 4, 1971		Houston Rockets	W	117	107
26	Tue, Dec 7, 1971	@	New York Knicks	W	105	97
27	Wed, Dec 8, 1971		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	126	107
28	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	104	120
29	Sat, Dec 11, 1971		Chicago Bulls	L	99	115
30	Sun, Dec 12, 1971	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	96	83
31	Tue, Dec 14, 1971	@	Chicago Bulls	W	116	108
32	Wed, Dec 15, 1971		Seattle SuperSonics	W	112	100
33	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	115	109
34	Sat, Dec 18, 1971		Buffalo Braves	W	124	91
35	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	N	Milwaukee Bucks	W	104	98
36	Sat, Dec 25, 1971	@	Cincinnati Royals	W	99	94
37	Mon, Dec 27, 1971		Golden State Warriors	W	99	97
38	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	120	116
39	Fri, Dec 31, 1971		Philadelphia 76ers	W	131	119
40	Sat, Jan 1, 1972	@	Phoenix Suns	L	104	114
41	Sun, Jan 2, 1972	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	113	122
42	Wed, Jan 5, 1972	@	Houston Rockets	W	113	105
43	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	120	114
44	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	@	Golden State Warriors	L	106	128
45	Sun, Jan 9, 1972	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	119	125
46	Wed, Jan 12, 1972		Chicago Bulls	W	113	112
47	Fri, Jan 14, 1972		Detroit Pistons	W	108	94
48	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	122	106
49	Fri, Jan 21, 1972		Houston Rockets	W	110	105
50	Sun, Jan 23, 1972		Portland Trail Blazers	W	115	105
51	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	@	New York Knicks	L	106	109
52	Wed, Jan 26, 1972		Cleveland Cavaliers	L	108	112
53	Fri, Jan 28, 1972		New York Knicks	W	122	116
54	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	@	Detroit Pistons	W	124	112
55	Sun, Jan 30, 1972		Philadelphia 76ers	W	130	114
56	Tue, Feb 1, 1972	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	115	108
57	Wed, Feb 2, 1972		Chicago Bulls	W	124	100
58	Fri, Feb 4, 1972		Cincinnati Royals	W	122	109
59	Sun, Feb 6, 1972		Seattle SuperSonics	W	128	123
60	Wed, Feb 9, 1972		Buffalo Braves	W	139	112
61	Fri, Feb 11, 1972		Los Angeles Lakers	W	121	108
62	Sun, Feb 13, 1972		Milwaukee Bucks	L	109	117
63	Tue, Feb 15, 1972	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	111	104
64	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	112	113
65	Fri, Feb 18, 1972	@	Phoenix Suns	L	115	126
66	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	@	Golden State Warriors	L	111	115
67	Sun, Feb 20, 1972	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	113	132
68	Tue, Feb 22, 1972		Phoenix Suns	W	114	103
69	Wed, Feb 23, 1972	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	113	111
70	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	@	Buffalo Braves	W	117	115
71	Wed, Mar 1, 1972		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	115	105
72	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	@	Detroit Pistons	W	125	96
73	Sun, Mar 5, 1972		Cincinnati Royals	L	114	125
74	Mon, Mar 6, 1972	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	127	132
75	Sun, Mar 12, 1972		New York Knicks	W	112	109
76	Tue, Mar 14, 1972		Golden State Warriors	W	124	110
77	Wed, Mar 15, 1972	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	120	115
78	Fri, Mar 17, 1972	N	Philadelphia 76ers	W	127	111
79	Sun, Mar 19, 1972		Baltimore Bullets	L	112	125
80	Wed, Mar 22, 1972		Philadelphia 76ers	W	113	106
81	Sat, Mar 25, 1972	@	Buffalo Braves	W	121	116
82	Sun, Mar 26, 1972		Detroit Pistons	W	133	120