1968 NBA Champion Boston Celtics
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
28 Wayne Embry C 6-8 240 March 26, 1937 9 Miami University
11 Mal Graham PG 6-1 185 February 23, 1945 R New York University
17 John Havlicek SG 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 5 Ohio State University
18 Bailey Howell PF 6-7 210 January 20, 1937 8 Mississippi State University
27 Johnny Jones SF 6-7 205 March 12, 1943 R California State University, Los Angeles
24 Sam Jones PG 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 10 North Carolina Central University
19 Don Nelson SF 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 5 University of Iowa
6 Bill Russell C 6-10 215 February 12, 1934 11 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders SF 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 7 New York University
20 Larry Siegfried PG 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 4 Ohio State University
12 Tom Thacker SG 6-2 170 November 2, 1939 3 University of Cincinnati
26 Rick Weitzman SG 6-2 175 April 30, 1946 R Northeastern University
Boston Celtics 1967-1968
Game Schedule and Results |
NBA Regular Season
|
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
Streak |
Record |
| 1 |
Oct 14, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
105 |
- |
90 |
|
won 1
|
|
1 |
- |
0 |
| 2 |
Oct 21, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Baltimore Bullets |
W |
125 |
- |
109 |
|
won 2
|
|
2 |
- |
0 |
| 3 |
Oct 25, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
St. Louis Hawks |
W |
118 |
- |
104 |
|
won 3
|
|
3 |
- |
0 |
| 4 |
Oct 27, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
128 |
- |
109 |
|
won 4
|
|
4 |
- |
0 |
| 5 |
Oct 28, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
104 |
- |
95 |
|
won 5
|
|
5 |
- |
0 |
| 6 |
Nov 3, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
105 |
- |
104 |
|
won 6
|
|
6 |
- |
0 |
| 7 |
Nov 4, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
St. Louis Hawks |
L |
104 |
- |
111 |
|
lost 1
|
|
6 |
- |
1 |
| 8 |
Nov 7, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cincinnati Royals |
W |
113 |
- |
103 |
|
won 1
|
|
7 |
- |
1 |
| 9 |
Nov 9, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
107 |
- |
93 |
|
won 2
|
|
8 |
- |
1 |
| 10 |
Nov 10, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Baltimore Bullets |
W |
115 |
- |
114 |
|
won 3
|
|
9 |
- |
1 |
| 11 |
Nov 11, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
L |
105 |
- |
110 |
|
lost 1
|
|
9 |
- |
2 |
| 12 |
Nov 14, 1967 |
Celtics |
|
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
114 |
- |
111 |
|
won 1
|
|
10 |
- |
2 |
| 13 |
Nov 15, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
San Francisco Warriors |
W |
113 |
- |
110 |
|
won 2
|
|
11 |
- |
2 |
| 14 |
Nov 17, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
119 |
- |
120 |
|
lost 1
|
|
11 |
- |
3 |
| 15 |
Nov 18, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
116 |
- |
111 |
|
won 1
|
|
12 |
- |
3 |
| 16 |
Nov 21, 1967 |
Celtics |
|
San Diego Rockets |
W |
121 |
- |
114 |
|
won 2
|
|
13 |
- |
3 |
| 17 |
Nov 22, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
San Diego Rockets |
W |
124 |
- |
110 |
|
won 3
|
|
14 |
- |
3 |
| 18 |
Nov 23, 1967 |
Celtics |
|
Seattle Supersonics |
L |
106 |
- |
133 |
|
lost 1
|
|
14 |
- |
4 |
| 19 |
Nov 25, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Baltimore Bullets |
L |
118 |
- |
126 |
|
lost 2
|
|
14 |
- |
5 |
| 20 |
Nov 28, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
118 |
- |
111 |
|
won 1
|
|
15 |
- |
5 |
| 21 |
Dec 1, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
123 |
- |
119 |
|
won 2
|
|
16 |
- |
5 |
| 22 |
Dec 2, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
L |
107 |
- |
112 |
|
lost 1
|
|
16 |
- |
6 |
| 23 |
Dec 6, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
W |
115 |
- |
113 |
|
won 1
|
|
17 |
- |
6 |
| 24 |
Dec 8, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Baltimore Bullets |
W |
123 |
- |
108 |
|
won 2
|
|
18 |
- |
6 |
| 25 |
Dec 9, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
104 |
- |
108 |
|
lost 1
|
|
18 |
- |
7 |
| 26 |
Dec 14, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
102 |
- |
101 |
|
won 1
|
|
19 |
- |
7 |
| 27 |
Dec 15, 1967 |
Celtics |
|
San Diego Rockets |
W |
114 |
- |
101 |
|
won 2
|
|
20 |
- |
7 |
| 28 |
Dec 17, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
123 |
- |
117 |
|
won 3
|
|
21 |
- |
7 |
| 29 |
Dec 19, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
118 |
- |
114 |
|
won 4
|
|
22 |
- |
7 |
| 30 |
Dec 20, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
San Diego Rockets |
W |
126 |
- |
116 |
|
won 5
|
|
23 |
- |
7 |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
Streak |
Record |
| 31 |
Dec 22, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cincinnati Royals |
W |
120 |
- |
117 |
|
won 6
|
|
24 |
- |
7 |
| 32 |
Dec 25, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
W |
134 |
- |
124 |
|
won 7
|
|
25 |
- |
7 |
| 33 |
Dec 26, 1967 |
Celtics |
vs. |
San Francisco Warriors |
L |
104 |
- |
117 |
|
lost 1
|
|
25 |
- |
8 |
| 34 |
Dec 27, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
St. Louis Hawks |
L |
113 |
- |
116 |
|
lost 2
|
|
25 |
- |
9 |
| 35 |
Dec 29, 1967 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
123 |
- |
133 |
|
lost 3
|
|
25 |
- |
10 |
| 36 |
Jan 2, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
84 |
- |
95 |
|
lost 4
|
|
25 |
- |
11 |
| 37 |
Jan 3, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
113 |
- |
103 |
|
won 1
|
|
26 |
- |
11 |
| 38 |
Jan 5, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
128 |
- |
121 |
|
won 2
|
|
27 |
- |
11 |
| 39 |
Jan 6, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
San Francisco Warriors |
L |
101 |
- |
107 |
|
lost 1
|
|
27 |
- |
12 |
| 40 |
Jan 10, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
123 |
- |
110 |
|
won 1
|
|
28 |
- |
12 |
| 41 |
Jan 11, 1968 |
Celtics |
|
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
116 |
- |
120 |
|
lost 1
|
|
28 |
- |
13 |
| 42 |
Jan 12, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
148 |
- |
126 |
|
won 1
|
|
29 |
- |
13 |
| 43 |
Jan 15, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
San Francisco Warriors |
W |
111 |
- |
102 |
|
won 2
|
|
30 |
- |
13 |
| 44 |
Jan 17, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
St. Louis Hawks |
W |
114 |
- |
102 |
|
won 3
|
|
31 |
- |
13 |
| 45 |
Jan 19, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
W |
120 |
- |
114 |
|
won 4
|
|
32 |
- |
13 |
| 46 |
Jan 20, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Baltimore Bullets |
L |
115 |
- |
118 |
|
lost 1
|
|
32 |
- |
14 |
| 47 |
Jan 21, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
San Diego Rockets |
W |
139 |
- |
112 |
|
won 1
|
|
33 |
- |
14 |
| 48 |
Jan 25, 1968 |
Celtics |
|
St. Louis Hawks |
L |
93 |
- |
105 |
|
lost 1
|
|
33 |
- |
15 |
| 49 |
Jan 26, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
112 |
- |
118 |
|
lost 2
|
|
33 |
- |
16 |
| 50 |
Jan 28, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
115 |
- |
103 |
|
won 1
|
|
34 |
- |
16 |
| 51 |
Jan 30, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
118 |
- |
125 |
|
lost 1
|
|
34 |
- |
17 |
| 52 |
Jan 31, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
118 |
- |
109 |
|
won 1
|
|
35 |
- |
17 |
| 53 |
Feb 2, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Baltimore Bullets |
W |
120 |
- |
99 |
|
won 2
|
|
36 |
- |
17 |
| 54 |
Feb 3, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
W |
112 |
- |
108 |
|
won 3
|
|
37 |
- |
17 |
| 55 |
Feb 4, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
L |
108 |
- |
110 |
|
lost 1
|
|
37 |
- |
18 |
| 56 |
Feb 7, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
St. Louis Hawks |
W |
102 |
- |
101 |
|
won 1
|
|
38 |
- |
18 |
| 57 |
Feb 9, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
107 |
- |
100 |
|
won 2
|
|
39 |
- |
18 |
| 58 |
Feb 11, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
104 |
- |
141 |
|
lost 1
|
|
39 |
- |
19 |
| 59 |
Feb 13, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
127 |
- |
115 |
|
won 1
|
|
40 |
- |
19 |
| 60 |
Feb 14, 1968 |
Celtics |
|
Detroit Pistons |
W |
118 |
- |
96 |
|
won 2
|
|
41 |
- |
19 |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
Streak |
Record |
| 61 |
Feb 16, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
124 |
- |
108 |
|
won 3
|
|
42 |
- |
19 |
| 62 |
Feb 17, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
St. Louis Hawks |
W |
113 |
- |
99 |
|
won 4
|
|
43 |
- |
19 |
| 63 |
Feb 18, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
100 |
- |
107 |
|
lost 1
|
|
43 |
- |
20 |
| 64 |
Feb 20, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cincinnati Royals |
W |
126 |
- |
110 |
|
won 1
|
|
44 |
- |
20 |
| 65 |
Feb 21, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
117 |
- |
122 |
|
lost 1
|
|
44 |
- |
21 |
| 66 |
Feb 23, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
San Francisco Warriors |
L |
122 |
- |
127 |
|
lost 2
|
|
44 |
- |
22 |
| 67 |
Feb 24, 1968 |
Celtics |
|
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
141 |
- |
137 |
|
won 1
|
|
45 |
- |
22 |
| 68 |
Feb 26, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
San Diego Rockets |
W |
118 |
- |
110 |
|
won 2
|
|
46 |
- |
22 |
| 69 |
Feb 28, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
San Francisco Warriors |
W |
135 |
- |
110 |
|
won 3
|
|
47 |
- |
22 |
| 70 |
Mar 1, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
94 |
- |
87 |
|
won 4
|
|
48 |
- |
22 |
| 71 |
Mar 3, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
127 |
- |
133 |
|
lost 1
|
|
48 |
- |
23 |
| 72 |
Mar 5, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
W |
113 |
- |
91 |
|
won 1
|
|
49 |
- |
23 |
| 73 |
Mar 6, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
W |
103 |
- |
91 |
|
won 2
|
|
50 |
- |
23 |
| 74 |
Mar 7, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
112 |
- |
118 |
|
lost 1
|
|
50 |
- |
24 |
| 75 |
Mar 8, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
96 |
- |
101 |
|
lost 2
|
|
50 |
- |
25 |
| 76 |
Mar 10, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cincinnati Royals |
L |
111 |
- |
137 |
|
lost 3
|
|
50 |
- |
26 |
| 77 |
Mar 11, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
119 |
- |
112 |
|
won 1
|
|
51 |
- |
26 |
| 78 |
Mar 12, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
San Francisco Warriors |
W |
124 |
- |
121 |
OT |
won 2
|
|
52 |
- |
26 |
| 79 |
Mar 13, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
San Diego Rockets |
W |
144 |
- |
118 |
|
won 3
|
|
53 |
- |
26 |
| 80 |
Mar 16, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Baltimore Bullets |
W |
136 |
- |
111 |
|
won 4
|
|
54 |
- |
26 |
| 81 |
Mar 17, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Baltimore Bullets |
L |
139 |
- |
147 |
|
lost 1
|
|
54 |
- |
27 |
| 82 |
Mar 20, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
L |
116 |
- |
125 |
|
lost 2
|
|
54 |
- |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NBA Playoffs - Eastern Division Semifinals |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
|
Series Status |
|
Streak |
| 1 |
Mar 24, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
123 |
- |
116 |
|
|
Celtics lead 1-0
|
|
won 1 |
| 2 |
Mar 25, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
L |
116 |
- |
126 |
|
|
series tied 1-1
|
|
lost 1 |
| 3 |
Mar 27, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
L |
98 |
- |
109 |
|
|
Pistons lead 1-2
|
|
lost 2 |
| 4 |
Mar 28, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
135 |
- |
110 |
|
|
series tied 2-2
|
|
won 1 |
| 5 |
Mar 31, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
110 |
- |
96 |
|
|
Celtics lead 3-2
|
|
won 2 |
| 6 |
Apr 1, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
111 |
- |
103 |
|
|
Celtics win 4-2
|
|
won 3 |
|
NBA Playoffs - Eastern Division Finals |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
|
Series Status |
|
Streak |
| 1 |
Apr 5, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
127 |
- |
118 |
|
|
Celtics lead 1-0
|
|
won 4 |
| 2 |
Apr 10, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
106 |
- |
115 |
|
|
series tied 1-1
|
|
lost 1 |
| 3 |
Apr 11, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
114 |
- |
122 |
|
|
76ers lead 1-2
|
|
lost 2 |
| 4 |
Apr 14, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
105 |
- |
110 |
|
|
76ers lead 1-3
|
|
lost 3 |
| 5 |
Apr 15, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
122 |
- |
104 |
|
|
76ers lead 2-3
|
|
won 1 |
| 6 |
Apr 17, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
114 |
- |
106 |
|
|
series tied 3-3
|
|
won 2 |
| 7 |
Apr 19, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
100 |
- |
96 |
|
|
Celtics win 4-3
|
|
won 3 |
|
NBA Playoffs - Finals |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
|
Series Status |
|
Streak |
| 1 |
Apr 21, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
107 |
- |
101 |
|
|
Celtics lead 1-0
|
|
won 4 |
| 2 |
Apr 24, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
113 |
- |
123 |
|
|
series tied 1-1
|
|
lost 1 |
| 3 |
Apr 26, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
127 |
- |
119 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-1
|
|
won 1 |
| 4 |
Apr 28, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
L |
105 |
- |
118 |
|
|
series tied 2-2
|
|
lost 1 |
| 5 |
Apr 30, 1968 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
120 |
- |
117 |
OT |
|
Celtics lead 3-2
|
|
won 1 |
| 6 |
May 2, 1968 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
124 |
- |
109 |
|
|
Celtics win 4-2
|
|
won 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
