NBA basketball team season (won NBA championship)
NBA professional basketball team season
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
1973–74 Boston Celtics roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
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
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
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
–
1–5
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
1973–74 Game log
#
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
Playoffs
1974 playoff game log
Conference Semifinals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
Conference Finals: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
NBA Finals: 4–3 (home: 1–2; road: 3–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location 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
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