1970–71 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season
1970–71 Boston Celtics season
Head coachTom Heinsohn
General managerRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record44–38 (.537)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1969–70 1971–72 >

The 1970–71 NBA season was the Celtics' 25th season in the NBA. They missed the playoffs for the second straight season.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Dave Cowens C/PF  United States Florida State
2 21 Rex Morgan PG/SG  United States Jacksonville
3 38 Willie Williams F  United States Florida State
4 55 Jon McKinney F  United States Norfolk State
5 72 Tom Carter F  United States Paul Quinn
6 89 Rod McIntyre F  United States Jacksonville
7 106 Charlie Scott PG/SG  United States North Carolina
8 123 Bobby Croft C  Canada Tennessee
9 140 Tom Little G  United States Seattle
10 157 Mike Maloy PF  United States Davidson

Roster

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Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SG 12 United States Chaney, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Houston
F/C 18 United States Cowens, Dave 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Florida State
C 29 United States Finkel, Henry 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Dayton
G/F 17 United States Havlicek, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Ohio State
F/C 11 United States Kuberski, Steve 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Bradley
G 20 United States Morgan, Rex 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jacksonville
F 19 United States Nelson, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Iowa
SF 16 United States Sanders, Satch 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NYU
C 33 United States Smith, Garfield 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Eastern Kentucky
G 10 United States White, Jo Jo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kansas
G 7 United States Williams, Art 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Cal Poly Pomona
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Atlantic Division
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 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-New York Knicks 52 30 .634 – 32–9 19–20 1–1 10–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers 47 35 .573 5 24–15 21–18 2–2 10–6
Boston Celtics 44 38 .537 8 25–14 18–22 1–2 8–8
Buffalo Braves 22 60 .268 30 14–23 6–30 2–7 2–10
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Eastern Conference
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Team W L PCT
1 z-New York Knicks 52 30 .634
2 y-Baltimore Bullets 42 40 .512
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers 47 35 .573
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 36 46 .439
5 Boston Celtics 44 38 .537
6 Cincinnati Royals 33 49 .402
7 Buffalo Braves 22 60 .268
8 Cleveland Cavaliers 15 67 .183
z = clinched division title
y = clinched division title
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1970–71 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO POR SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta — 3–3 2–4 3–1 1–4 2–4 4–0 0–5 3–2 1–4 3–3 4–2 1–4 2–2 2–3 2–3 3–2
Baltimore 3–3 — 3–3 3–1 2–3 3–3 4–0 2–3 2–3 1–4 2–4 3–3 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–3 3–2
Boston 4–2 3–3 — 4–0 4–1 4–2 3–1 2–3 3–2 0–5 0–6 4–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–2
Buffalo 1–3 1–3 0–4 — 0–4 0–4 5–7 1–5 2–2 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–3 6–6 1–3 1–3 1–3
Chicago 4–1 3–2 1–4 4–0 — 4–0 4–0 3–3 2–4 1–5 3–2 3–2 3–3 3–1 6–0 4–2 3–2
Cincinnati 4–2 3–3 2–4 4–0 0–4 — 5–1 1–4 1–4 1–4 2–4 1–5 1–4 4–0 1–3 2–3 1–4
Cleveland 0–4 0–4 1–3 7–5 0–4 1–5 — 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–4 1–3 0–4 2–10 0–4 1–3 0–4
Detroit 5–0 3–2 3–2 5–1 3–3 4–1 2–2 — 2–3 1–5 2–3 2–3 2–4 3–1 4–2 1–4 3–1
Los Angeles 2–3 3–2 2–3 2–2 4–2 4–1 4–0 3–2 — 1–4 3–2 3–2 2–4 4–0 3–3 4–2 4–2
Milwaukee 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–0 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–1 4–1 — 1–4 4–1 4–2 3–1 4–1 6–0 5–1
New York 3–3 4–2 6–0 2–2 2–3 4–2 4–0 3–2 2–3 4–1 — 2–4 4–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–3
Philadelphia 2–4 3–3 2–4 4–0 2–3 5–1 3–1 3–2 2–3 1–4 4–2 — 3–2 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–2
Phoenix 4–1 2–3 3–2 3–1 3–3 4–1 4–0 4–2 4–2 2–4 1–4 2–3 — 4–0 2–4 3–2 3–2
Portland 2–2 2–2 2–2 6–6 1–3 0–4 10–2 1–3 0–4 1–3 1–3 0–4 0–4 — 0–4 1–3 2–4
San Diego 3–2 1–4 2–3 3–1 0–6 3–1 4–0 2–4 3–3 1–4 1–4 2–3 4–2 4–0 — 2–4 5–1
San Francisco 3–2 3–2 2–3 3–1 2–4 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–4 0–6 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 4–2 — 3–3
Seattle 2–3 2–3 2–3 3–1 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–3 2–4 1–5 3–2 2–3 2–3 4–2 1–5 3–3 —

Game log

1970–71 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 13 @ New York 107–114 John Havlicek (31) 0–1
2 October 15 @ Phoenix 100–119 Dave Cowens (27) 0–2
3 October 17 @ Seattle 114–126 John Havlicek (23) 0–3
4 October 18 @ Portland 133–115 John Havlicek (38) 1–3
5 October 21 Detroit 121–118 John Havlicek (33) 1–4
6 October 23 Cincinnati 126–131 John Havlicek (32) 2–4
7 October 24 @ Atlanta 113–109 Jo Jo White (29) 3–4
8 October 28 New York 126–89 Jo Jo White (19) 3–5
9 October 30 Phoenix 112–127 John Havlicek (33) 4–5
10 October 31 @ Philadelphia 133–102 John Havlicek (33) 5–5
11 November 4 Philadelphia 113–115 John Havlicek (37) 6–5
12 November 6 Seattle 94–116 John Havlicek (30) 7–5
13 November 7 @ Cincinnati 140–122 John Havlicek (37) 8–5
14 November 11 Milwaukee 123–113 John Havlicek (31) 8–6
15 November 13 Atlanta 116–114 Dave Cowens (29) 8–7
16 November 14 @ Baltimore 101–122 Jo Jo White (21) 8–8
17 November 18 San Francisco 90–89 John Havlicek (30) 8–9
18 November 20 Cleveland 112–116 Dave Cowens (29) 9–9
19 November 21 @ Chicago 107–110 John Havlicek (28) 9–10
20 November 25 Portland 115–122 John Havlicek (32) 10–10
21 November 27 Baltimore 107–153 John Havlicek (33) 11–10
22 November 28 @ Detroit 121–98 Jo Jo White (27) 12–10
23 November 30 N Buffalo 106–109 John Havlicek (38) 13–10
24 December 1 @ Buffalo 117–116 (OT) Jo Jo White (37) 14–10
25 December 2 Los Angeles 111–114 John Havlicek (26) 15–10
26 December 4 @ Cleveland 118–107 John Havlicek (39) 16–10
27 December 5 @ Chicago 101–97 John Havlicek (38) 17–10
28 December 8 @ Buffalo 122–102 John Havlicek (34) 18–10
29 December 9 Seattle 121–136 John Havlicek (29) 19–10
30 December 11 Detroit 121–118 (OT) John Havlicek (32) 19–11
31 December 17 Buffalo 93–102 Jo Jo White (35) 20–11
32 December 18 @ Milwaukee 114–124 John Havlicek (25) 20–12
33 December 19 @ Baltimore 128–134 John Havlicek (34) 20–13
34 December 22 @ San Francisco 138–108 Jo Jo White (35) 21–13
35 December 25 @ Los Angeles 113–123 John Havlicek (25) 21–14
36 December 26 @ Seattle 117–124 John Havlicek (32) 21–15
37 December 27 @ Portland 123–135 Havlicek, Nelson (29) 21–16
38 December 29 @ San Diego 110–108 John Havlicek (22) 22–16
39 December 31 San Francisco 144–106 Jo Jo White (25) 22–17
40 January 2 @ Philadelphia 125–120 Dave Cowens (29) 23–17
41 January 3 @ Atlanta 140–128 Don Chaney (31) 24–17
42 January 5 N Portland 124–120 Jo Jo White (24) 24–18
43 January 6 Seattle 112–137 John Havlicek (32) 25–18
44 January 8 Phoenix 114–122 John Havlicek (39) 26–18
45 January 10 Philadelphia 115–107 John Havlicek (34) 26–19
46 January 15 Atlanta 123–134 John Havlicek (27) 27–19
47 January 16 @ Detroit 118–121 John Havlicek (29) 27–20
48 January 17 @ Milwaukee 113–120 Don Nelson (26) 27–21
49 January 20 San Diego 112–142 John Havlicek (31) 28–21
50 January 22 Baltimore 136–117 Jo Jo White (26) 28–22
51 January 23 @ New York 107–128 Jo Jo White (31) 28–23
52 January 24 Cleveland 110–121 John Havlicek (36) 29–23
53 January 25 @ Cleveland 116–117 John Havlicek (29) 29–24
54 January 27 Milwaukee 132–129 Jo Jo White (30) 29–25
55 January 29 New York 118–111 John Havlicek (27) 29–26
56 January 31 Philadelphia 126–132 John Havlicek (31) 30–26
57 February 2 @ Philadelphia 105–108 Dave Cowens (22) 30–27
58 February 3 @ Cincinnati 115–134 John Havlicek (28) 30–28
59 February 5 Cincinnati 110–114 Havlicek, White (26) 31–28
60 February 7 Chicago 96–104 John Havlicek (32) 32–28
61 February 9 @ Chicago 90–88 John Havlicek (33) 33–28
62 February 10 @ Atlanta 102–114 John Havlicek (23) 33–29
63 February 12 @ Baltimore 113–109 (OT) John Havlicek (36) 34–29
64 February 14 @ Detroit 110–108 John Havlicek (36) 35–29
65 February 16 Phoenix 119–116 John Havlicek (39) 35–30
66 February 17 @ San Francisco 129–99 John Havlicek (28) 36–30
67 February 19 @ Phoenix 112–116 Jo Jo White (33) 36–31
68 February 20 @ San Diego 118–128 John Havlicek (37) 36–32
69 February 21 @ Los Angeles 116–124 John Havlicek (32) 36–33
70 February 24 Los Angeles 96–116 John Havlicek (28) 37–33
71 February 26 Atlanta 129–136 (OT) Jo Jo White (38) 38–33
72 February 28 Milwaukee 111–99 Dave Cowens (36) 38–34
73 March 3 San Diego 113–128 Jo Jo White (34) 39–34
74 March 6 @ New York 104–112 Chaney, Havlicek (27) 39–35
75 March 7 New York 116–110 John Havlicek (37) 39–36
76 March 9 @ San Francisco 134–112 John Havlicek (37) 40–36
77 March 11 @ San Diego 91–115 Jo Jo White (17) 40–37
78 March 12 N Cincinnati 124–108 John Havlicek (30) 40–38
79 March 14 Chicago 104–117 Don Nelson (36) 41–38
80 March 17 Los Angeles 104–112 John Havlicek (27) 42–38
81 March 19 Baltimore 117–125 John Havlicek (28) 43–38
82 March 21 Cincinnati 110–135 Jo Jo White (28) 44–38

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1970–71 Boston Celtics
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