1976 NBA Champion Boston Celtics
No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Jerome Anderson SG 6-5 195 October 9, 1953 R West Virginia University
34 Jim Ard C 6-8 215 September 19, 1948 5 University of Cincinnati
31 Tom Boswell PF 6-9 220 October 2, 1953 R University of South Carolina
18 Dave Cowens C 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 5 Florida State University
17 John Havlicek SF 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 13 Ohio State University
33 Steve Kuberski C 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 6 Bradley University
30 Glenn McDonald SF 6-6 190 March 18, 1952 1 California State University, Long Beach
19 Don Nelson SF 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 13 University of Iowa
11 Charlie Scott SG 6-5 175 December 15, 1948 5 University of North Carolina
32 Ed Searcy SF 6-6 210 April 17, 1952 R St. John's University
35 Paul Silas PF 6-7 220 July 12, 1943 11 Creighton University
27 Kevin Stacom SG 6-3 185 September 4, 1951 1 Providence College
10 Jo Jo White PG 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 6 University of Kansas
Boston Celtics 1975-1976
Game Schedule and Results |
NBA Regular Season
|
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
Streak |
Record |
| 1 |
Oct 24, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Houston Rockets |
W |
109 |
- |
94 |
|
won 1
|
|
1 |
- |
0 |
| 2 |
Oct 29, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Golden State Warriors |
W |
115 |
- |
106 |
|
won 2
|
|
2 |
- |
0 |
| 3 |
Oct 31, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
112 |
- |
94 |
|
won 3
|
|
3 |
- |
0 |
| 4 |
Nov 1, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
82 |
- |
84 |
|
lost 1
|
|
3 |
- |
1 |
| 5 |
Nov 5, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
105 |
- |
95 |
|
won 1
|
|
4 |
- |
1 |
| 6 |
Nov 7, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Milwaukee Bucks |
L |
101 |
- |
104 |
|
lost 1
|
|
4 |
- |
2 |
| 7 |
Nov 8, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
118 |
- |
104 |
|
won 1
|
|
5 |
- |
2 |
| 8 |
Nov 11, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Atlanta Hawks |
L |
91 |
- |
100 |
|
lost 1
|
|
5 |
- |
3 |
| 9 |
Nov 13, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Washington Bullets |
L |
107 |
- |
110 |
|
lost 2
|
|
5 |
- |
4 |
| 10 |
Nov 14, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
109 |
- |
119 |
|
lost 3
|
|
5 |
- |
5 |
| 11 |
Nov 15, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
112 |
- |
110 |
|
won 1
|
|
6 |
- |
5 |
| 12 |
Nov 21, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
W |
110 |
- |
101 |
|
won 2
|
|
7 |
- |
5 |
| 13 |
Nov 23, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
105 |
- |
90 |
|
won 3
|
|
8 |
- |
5 |
| 14 |
Nov 26, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Seattle Supersonics |
L |
109 |
- |
110 |
|
lost 1
|
|
8 |
- |
6 |
| 15 |
Nov 28, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Atlanta Hawks |
W |
114 |
- |
107 |
|
won 1
|
|
9 |
- |
6 |
| 16 |
Dec 2, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
W |
103 |
- |
100 |
|
won 2
|
|
10 |
- |
6 |
| 17 |
Dec 3, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Chicago Bulls |
L |
106 |
- |
109 |
|
lost 1
|
|
10 |
- |
7 |
| 18 |
Dec 5, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New Orleans Jazz |
W |
104 |
- |
93 |
|
won 1
|
|
11 |
- |
7 |
| 19 |
Dec 6, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Atlanta Hawks |
W |
111 |
- |
104 |
|
won 2
|
|
12 |
- |
7 |
| 20 |
Dec 10, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Milwaukee Bucks |
W |
111 |
- |
98 |
|
won 3
|
|
13 |
- |
7 |
| 21 |
Dec 12, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Washington Bullets |
W |
130 |
- |
108 |
|
won 4
|
|
14 |
- |
7 |
| 22 |
Dec 13, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Houston Rockets |
W |
137 |
- |
120 |
|
won 5
|
|
15 |
- |
7 |
| 23 |
Dec 14, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
New Orleans Jazz |
W |
102 |
- |
93 |
|
won 6
|
|
16 |
- |
7 |
| 24 |
Dec 17, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Kansas City Kings |
W |
118 |
- |
104 |
|
won 7
|
|
17 |
- |
7 |
| 25 |
Dec 19, 1975 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
W |
120 |
- |
112 |
|
won 8
|
|
18 |
- |
7 |
| 26 |
Dec 20, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
111 |
- |
97 |
|
won 9
|
|
19 |
- |
7 |
| 27 |
Dec 23, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
L |
92 |
- |
101 |
|
lost 1
|
|
19 |
- |
8 |
| 28 |
Dec 26, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
112 |
- |
106 |
|
won 1
|
|
20 |
- |
8 |
| 29 |
Dec 28, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
123 |
- |
113 |
|
won 2
|
|
21 |
- |
8 |
| 30 |
Dec 30, 1975 |
Celtics |
@ |
Golden State Warriors |
L |
101 |
- |
133 |
|
lost 1
|
|
21 |
- |
9 |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
Streak |
Record |
| 31 |
Jan 2, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
102 |
- |
98 |
|
won 1
|
|
22 |
- |
9 |
| 32 |
Jan 3, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
97 |
- |
125 |
|
lost 1
|
|
22 |
- |
10 |
| 33 |
Jan 7, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
109 |
- |
103 |
|
won 1
|
|
23 |
- |
10 |
| 34 |
Jan 9, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Washington Bullets |
W |
118 |
- |
113 |
|
won 2
|
|
24 |
- |
10 |
| 35 |
Jan 11, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
107 |
- |
118 |
|
lost 1
|
|
24 |
- |
11 |
| 36 |
Jan 13, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Portland Trail Blazers |
W |
106 |
- |
94 |
|
won 1
|
|
25 |
- |
11 |
| 37 |
Jan 14, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Kansas City Kings |
L |
101 |
- |
106 |
|
lost 1
|
|
25 |
- |
12 |
| 38 |
Jan 16, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
118 |
- |
110 |
|
won 1
|
|
26 |
- |
12 |
| 39 |
Jan 17, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
94 |
- |
92 |
|
won 2
|
|
27 |
- |
12 |
| 40 |
Jan 18, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Milwaukee Bucks |
W |
97 |
- |
94 |
|
won 3
|
|
28 |
- |
12 |
| 41 |
Jan 20, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
85 |
- |
98 |
|
lost 1
|
|
28 |
- |
13 |
| 42 |
Jan 21, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
114 |
- |
100 |
|
won 1
|
|
29 |
- |
13 |
| 43 |
Jan 23, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
108 |
- |
91 |
|
won 2
|
|
30 |
- |
13 |
| 44 |
Jan 25, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
135 |
- |
107 |
|
won 3
|
|
31 |
- |
13 |
| 45 |
Jan 28, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Atlanta Hawks |
W |
110 |
- |
99 |
|
won 4
|
|
32 |
- |
13 |
| 46 |
Jan 31, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
109 |
- |
100 |
|
won 5
|
|
33 |
- |
13 |
| 47 |
Feb 1, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
114 |
- |
109 |
|
won 6
|
|
34 |
- |
13 |
| 48 |
Feb 7, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
W |
106 |
- |
98 |
|
won 7
|
|
35 |
- |
13 |
| 49 |
Feb 8, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
L |
89 |
- |
97 |
|
lost 1
|
|
35 |
- |
14 |
| 50 |
Feb 11, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Houston Rockets |
L |
103 |
- |
115 |
|
lost 2
|
|
35 |
- |
15 |
| 51 |
Feb 13, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
109 |
- |
108 |
|
won 1
|
|
36 |
- |
15 |
| 52 |
Feb 15, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Portland Trail Blazers |
L |
105 |
- |
109 |
|
lost 1
|
|
36 |
- |
16 |
| 53 |
Feb 18, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Seattle Supersonics |
L |
99 |
- |
124 |
|
lost 2
|
|
36 |
- |
17 |
| 54 |
Feb 20, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
125 |
- |
113 |
|
won 1
|
|
37 |
- |
17 |
| 55 |
Feb 21, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Golden State Warriors |
L |
94 |
- |
100 |
|
lost 1
|
|
37 |
- |
18 |
| 56 |
Feb 25, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Houston Rockets |
W |
103 |
- |
102 |
|
won 1
|
|
38 |
- |
18 |
| 57 |
Feb 27, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Seattle Supersonics |
W |
122 |
- |
118 |
|
won 2
|
|
39 |
- |
18 |
| 58 |
Feb 29, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Golden State Warriors |
W |
119 |
- |
101 |
|
won 3
|
|
40 |
- |
18 |
| 59 |
Mar 3, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
L |
110 |
- |
123 |
|
lost 1
|
|
40 |
- |
19 |
| 60 |
Mar 4, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Atlanta Hawks |
L |
98 |
- |
103 |
|
lost 2
|
|
40 |
- |
20 |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
Streak |
Record |
| 61 |
Mar 5, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
New Orleans Jazz |
W |
98 |
- |
93 |
|
won 1
|
|
41 |
- |
20 |
| 62 |
Mar 7, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Detroit Pistons |
W |
88 |
- |
87 |
|
won 2
|
|
42 |
- |
20 |
| 63 |
Mar 9, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New Orleans Jazz |
L |
99 |
- |
117 |
|
lost 1
|
|
42 |
- |
21 |
| 64 |
Mar 10, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Los Angeles Lakers |
W |
92 |
- |
89 |
|
won 1
|
|
43 |
- |
21 |
| 65 |
Mar 14, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Washington Bullets |
L |
89 |
- |
102 |
|
lost 1
|
|
43 |
- |
22 |
| 66 |
Mar 19, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Kansas City Kings |
W |
120 |
- |
117 |
OT |
won 1
|
|
44 |
- |
22 |
| 67 |
Mar 20, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
103 |
- |
96 |
OT |
won 2
|
|
45 |
- |
22 |
| 68 |
Mar 21, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Philadelphia 76ers |
W |
108 |
- |
100 |
|
won 3
|
|
46 |
- |
22 |
| 69 |
Mar 23, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
New Orleans Jazz |
W |
101 |
- |
97 |
OT |
won 4
|
|
47 |
- |
22 |
| 70 |
Mar 24, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Chicago Bulls |
W |
94 |
- |
87 |
|
won 5
|
|
48 |
- |
22 |
| 71 |
Mar 26, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
95 |
- |
93 |
|
won 6
|
|
49 |
- |
22 |
| 72 |
Mar 27, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
New York Knicks |
L |
103 |
- |
105 |
|
lost 1
|
|
49 |
- |
23 |
| 73 |
Mar 28, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
New York Knicks |
W |
100 |
- |
94 |
|
won 1
|
|
50 |
- |
23 |
| 74 |
Mar 30, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
L |
83 |
- |
93 |
|
lost 1
|
|
50 |
- |
24 |
| 75 |
Mar 31, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
122 |
- |
102 |
|
won 1
|
|
51 |
- |
24 |
| 76 |
Apr 1, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
95 |
- |
88 |
|
won 2
|
|
52 |
- |
24 |
| 77 |
Apr 2, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Houston Rockets |
W |
119 |
- |
115 |
|
won 3
|
|
53 |
- |
24 |
| 78 |
Apr 4, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Buffalo Braves |
L |
114 |
- |
117 |
|
lost 1
|
|
53 |
- |
25 |
| 79 |
Apr 6, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
92 |
- |
101 |
|
lost 2
|
|
53 |
- |
26 |
| 80 |
Apr 8, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Kansas City Kings |
L |
104 |
- |
131 |
|
lost 3
|
|
53 |
- |
27 |
| 81 |
Apr 9, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Milwaukee Bucks |
L |
100 |
- |
106 |
|
lost 4
|
|
53 |
- |
28 |
| 82 |
Apr 11, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Washington Bullets |
W |
103 |
- |
99 |
|
won 1
|
|
54 |
- |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NBA Playoffs - Eastern Conference Semifinals |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
|
Series Status |
|
Streak |
| 1 |
Apr 21, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
107 |
- |
98 |
|
|
Celtics lead 1-0
|
|
won 1 |
| 2 |
Apr 23, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
101 |
- |
96 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-0
|
|
won 2 |
| 3 |
Apr 25, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
L |
93 |
- |
98 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-1
|
|
lost 1 |
| 4 |
Apr 28, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
L |
122 |
- |
124 |
|
|
series tied 2-2
|
|
lost 2 |
| 5 |
Apr 30, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
99 |
- |
88 |
|
|
Celtics lead 3-2
|
|
won 1 |
| 6 |
May 2, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Buffalo Braves |
W |
104 |
- |
100 |
|
|
Celtics win 4-2
|
|
won 2 |
|
NBA Playoffs - Eastern Conference Finals |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
|
Series Status |
|
Streak |
| 1 |
May 6, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
111 |
- |
99 |
|
|
Celtics lead 1-0
|
|
won 3 |
| 2 |
May 9, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
94 |
- |
89 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-0
|
|
won 4 |
| 3 |
May 11, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
78 |
- |
83 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-1
|
|
lost 1 |
| 4 |
May 14, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
L |
87 |
- |
106 |
|
|
series tied 2-2
|
|
lost 2 |
| 5 |
May 16, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
99 |
- |
94 |
|
|
Celtics lead 3-2
|
|
won 1 |
| 6 |
May 18, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
W |
94 |
- |
87 |
|
|
Celtics win 4-2
|
|
won 2 |
|
NBA Playoffs - Finals |
| Gm. |
Date |
|
|
Opponent |
Score |
|
|
Series Status |
|
Streak |
| 1 |
May 23, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
98 |
- |
87 |
|
|
Celtics lead 1-0
|
|
won 3 |
| 2 |
May 27, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
105 |
- |
90 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-0
|
|
won 4 |
| 3 |
May 30, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
L |
98 |
- |
105 |
|
|
Celtics lead 2-1
|
|
lost 1 |
| 4 |
Jun 2, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
L |
107 |
- |
109 |
|
|
series tied 2-2
|
|
lost 2 |
| 5 |
Jun 4, 1976 |
Celtics |
vs. |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
128 |
- |
126 |
3OT |
|
Celtics lead 3-2
|
|
won 1 |
| 6 |
Jun 6, 1976 |
Celtics |
@ |
Phoenix Suns |
W |
87 |
- |
80 |
|
|
Celtics win 4-2
|
|
won 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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