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

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

Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
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
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
y-New York Knicks 5230.634–32–919–201–110–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers 4735.573524–1521–182–210–6
Boston Celtics 4438.537825–1418–221–28–8
Buffalo Braves 2260.2683014–236–302–72–10
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT
1 z-New York Knicks5230.634
2 y-Baltimore Bullets4240.512
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers4735.573
4 x-Atlanta Hawks3646.439
5 Boston Celtics4438.537
6 Cincinnati Royals3349.402
7 Buffalo Braves2260.268
8 Cleveland Cavaliers1567.183
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 —3–32–43–11–42–44–00–53–21–43–34–21–42–22–32–33–2
Baltimore 3–3—3–33–12–33–34–02–32–31–42–43–33–22–24–12–33–2
Boston 4–23–3—4–04–14–23–12–33–20–50–64–22–32–23–23–23–2
Buffalo 1–31–30–4—0–40–45–71–52–20–42–20–41–36–61–31–31–3
Chicago 4–13–21–44–0—4–04–03–32–41–53–23–23–33–16–04–23–2
Cincinnati 4–23–32–44–00–4—5–11–41–41–42–41–51–44–01–32–31–4
Cleveland 0–40–41–37–50–41–5—2–20–40–40–41–30–42–100–41–30–4
Detroit 5–03–23–25–13–34–12–2—2–31–52–32–32–43–14–21–43–1
Los Angeles 2–33–22–32–24–24–14–03–2—1–43–23–22–44–03–34–24–2
Milwaukee 4–14–15–04–05–14–14–05–14–1—1–44–14–23–14–16–05–1
New York 3–34–26–02–22–34–24–03–22–34–1—2–44–13–14–13–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–32–44–02–35–13–13–22–31–44–2—3–24–03–23–23–2
Phoenix 4–12–33–23–13–34–14–04–24–22–41–42–3—4–02–43–23–2
Portland 2–22–22–26–61–30–410–21–30–41–31–30–40–4—0–41–32–4
San Diego 3–21–42–33–10–63–14–02–43–31–41–42–34–24–0—2–45–1
San Francisco 3–23–22–33–12–43–23–14–12–40–62–32–32–33–14–2—3–3
Seattle 2–32–32–33–12–34–14–01–32–41–53–22–32–34–21–53–3—

Game log

1970–71 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 13@ New York107–114John Havlicek (31)0–1
2October 15@ Phoenix100–119Dave Cowens (27)0–2
3October 17@ Seattle114–126John Havlicek (23)0–3
4October 18@ Portland133–115John Havlicek (38)1–3
5October 21Detroit121–118John Havlicek (33)1–4
6October 23Cincinnati126–131John Havlicek (32)2–4
7October 24@ Atlanta113–109Jo Jo White (29)3–4
8October 28New York126–89Jo Jo White (19)3–5
9October 30Phoenix112–127John Havlicek (33)4–5
10October 31@ Philadelphia133–102John Havlicek (33)5–5
11November 4Philadelphia113–115John Havlicek (37)6–5
12November 6Seattle94–116John Havlicek (30)7–5
13November 7@ Cincinnati140–122John Havlicek (37)8–5
14November 11Milwaukee123–113John Havlicek (31)8–6
15November 13Atlanta116–114Dave Cowens (29)8–7
16November 14@ Baltimore101–122Jo Jo White (21)8–8
17November 18San Francisco90–89John Havlicek (30)8–9
18November 20Cleveland112–116Dave Cowens (29)9–9
19November 21@ Chicago107–110John Havlicek (28)9–10
20November 25Portland115–122John Havlicek (32)10–10
21November 27Baltimore107–153John Havlicek (33)11–10
22November 28@ Detroit121–98Jo Jo White (27)12–10
23November 30N Buffalo106–109John Havlicek (38)13–10
24December 1@ Buffalo117–116 (OT)Jo Jo White (37)14–10
25December 2Los Angeles111–114John Havlicek (26)15–10
26December 4@ Cleveland118–107John Havlicek (39)16–10
27December 5@ Chicago101–97John Havlicek (38)17–10
28December 8@ Buffalo122–102John Havlicek (34)18–10
29December 9Seattle121–136John Havlicek (29)19–10
30December 11Detroit121–118 (OT)John Havlicek (32)19–11
31December 17Buffalo93–102Jo Jo White (35)20–11
32December 18@ Milwaukee114–124John Havlicek (25)20–12
33December 19@ Baltimore128–134John Havlicek (34)20–13
34December 22@ San Francisco138–108Jo Jo White (35)21–13
35December 25@ Los Angeles113–123John Havlicek (25)21–14
36December 26@ Seattle117–124John Havlicek (32)21–15
37December 27@ Portland123–135Havlicek, Nelson (29)21–16
38December 29@ San Diego110–108John Havlicek (22)22–16
39December 31San Francisco144–106Jo Jo White (25)22–17
40January 2@ Philadelphia125–120Dave Cowens (29)23–17
41January 3@ Atlanta140–128Don Chaney (31)24–17
42January 5N Portland124–120Jo Jo White (24)24–18
43January 6Seattle112–137John Havlicek (32)25–18
44January 8Phoenix114–122John Havlicek (39)26–18
45January 10Philadelphia115–107John Havlicek (34)26–19
46January 15Atlanta123–134John Havlicek (27)27–19
47January 16@ Detroit118–121John Havlicek (29)27–20
48January 17@ Milwaukee113–120Don Nelson (26)27–21
49January 20San Diego112–142John Havlicek (31)28–21
50January 22Baltimore136–117Jo Jo White (26)28–22
51January 23@ New York107–128Jo Jo White (31)28–23
52January 24Cleveland110–121John Havlicek (36)29–23
53January 25@ Cleveland116–117John Havlicek (29)29–24
54January 27Milwaukee132–129Jo Jo White (30)29–25
55January 29New York118–111John Havlicek (27)29–26
56January 31Philadelphia126–132John Havlicek (31)30–26
57February 2@ Philadelphia105–108Dave Cowens (22)30–27
58February 3@ Cincinnati115–134John Havlicek (28)30–28
59February 5Cincinnati110–114Havlicek, White (26)31–28
60February 7Chicago96–104John Havlicek (32)32–28
61February 9@ Chicago90–88John Havlicek (33)33–28
62February 10@ Atlanta102–114John Havlicek (23)33–29
63February 12@ Baltimore113–109 (OT)John Havlicek (36)34–29
64February 14@ Detroit110–108John Havlicek (36)35–29
65February 16Phoenix119–116John Havlicek (39)35–30
66February 17@ San Francisco129–99John Havlicek (28)36–30
67February 19@ Phoenix112–116Jo Jo White (33)36–31
68February 20@ San Diego118–128John Havlicek (37)36–32
69February 21@ Los Angeles116–124John Havlicek (32)36–33
70February 24Los Angeles96–116John Havlicek (28)37–33
71February 26Atlanta129–136 (OT)Jo Jo White (38)38–33
72February 28Milwaukee111–99Dave Cowens (36)38–34
73March 3San Diego113–128Jo Jo White (34)39–34
74March 6@ New York104–112Chaney, Havlicek (27)39–35
75March 7New York116–110John Havlicek (37)39–36
76March 9@ San Francisco134–112John Havlicek (37)40–36
77March 11@ San Diego91–115Jo Jo White (17)40–37
78March 12N Cincinnati124–108John Havlicek (30)40–38
79March 14Chicago104–117Don Nelson (36)41–38
80March 17Los Angeles104–112John Havlicek (27)42–38
81March 19Baltimore117–125John Havlicek (28)43–38
82March 21Cincinnati110–135Jo Jo White (28)44–38

Awards and records

References

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