1973–74 Boston Celtics season

{{Short description|NBA basketball team season (won NBA championship)}}

{{NBA season

| team = Boston Celtics

| ChampionshipWin = yes

| ConferenceWin = yes

| DivisionWin = yes

| end_year = 1974

| wins = 56

| losses = 26

| division = Atlantic

| division_place = 1

| conf_place = 1

| coach = Tom Heinsohn

| gm = Red Auerbach

| arena = Boston Garden

| television = WBZ-TV

| radio = WBZ
(Johnny Most, Len Berman)

| playoffs = NBA Champions
(Defeated Bucks 4–3)

| bbr_team = BOS

}}

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

{{NBA roster header

| team = Boston Celtics

| season = 1973–74

}}

{{player2

| first =Don

| last = Chaney

| dab =

| num = 12

| pos = SG

| ft =6

| in =5

| lbs = 210

| DOB =1946-03-22

| school = University of Houston

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Dave

| last = Cowens

| dab =

| num = 18

| pos = C

| ft =6

| in =9

| lbs = 230

| DOB =1948-10-25

| school = Florida State

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Steve

| last = Downing

| dab =

| num = 32

| pos = C

| ft =6

| in =8

| lbs = 225

| DOB =1950-09-09

| school = Indiana University

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Henry

| last = Finkel

| dab =

| num = 29

| pos = C

| ft =7

| in =0

| lbs = 240

| DOB =1942-04-20

| school = University of Dayton

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Phil

| last = Hankinson

| dab =

| num = 20

| pos = SF

| ft =6

| in =8

| lbs = 195

| DOB =1951-07-26

| school = University of Pennsylvania

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =John

| last = Havlicek

| dab =

| num = 17

| pos = F

| ft =6

| in =5

| lbs = 203

| DOB =1940-04-08

| school = Ohio State

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Steve

| last = Kuberski

| dab =

| num = 33

| pos = C

| ft =6

| in =8

| lbs = 215

| DOB =1947-11-06

| school = Bradley

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Don

| last = Nelson

| dab =

| num = 19

| pos = F

| ft =6

| in =6

| lbs = 210

| DOB =1940-05-15

| school = Iowa

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Paul

| last = Silas

| dab =

| num = 35

| pos = F

| ft =6

| in =7

| lbs = 220

| DOB =1943-07-12

| school = Creighton

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first =Paul

| last = Westphal

| dab =

| num = 44

| pos = SG

| ft =6

| in =4

| lbs = 195

| DOB =1950-11-30

| school = University of Southern California

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first = Jo Jo

| last = White

| dab =

| num = 10

| pos = G

| ft =6

| in =3

| lbs = 190

| DOB =1946-11-16

| school = Kansas

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{player2

| first = Art

| last = Williams

| dab =

| num = 7

| pos = PG

| ft =6

| in =1

| lbs = 180

| DOB =1939-09-29

| school = California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

| from =

| note =

| inj =

}}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach = *Tom Heinsohn

| asst_coach =

| roster_url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1974.html

| transaction_url=

| accessdate=

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Record vs. opponents=

colspan=18\|1973–74 NBA Records
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
width=100\|Team !style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|ATL !style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|BOS !style="background:#000000;color:#F15110;width=35"\|BUF !style="background:#DC143C;color:#0000CD;width=35"\|CAP !style="background:#FF0000;color:#000000;width=35"\|CHI !style="background:#FFD700;color:#8B0000;width=35"\|CLE !style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF0000;width=35"\|DET !style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;width=35"\|GSW !style="background:#FF0000;color:#FFD700;width=35"\|HOU !style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|KCO !style="background:#800080;color:#FFD700;width=35"\|LAL !style="background:#006400;color:#B22222;width=35"\|MIL !style="background:#0000FF;color:#FF8C00;width=35"\|NYK !style="background:#FF0000;color:#0000FF;width=35"\|PHI !style="background:#800080;color:#FF4500;width=35"\|PHO !style="background:#000000;color:#FF0000;width=35"\|POR !style="background:#005831;color:#FFC322;width=35"\|SEA
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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
style="text-align:left;" \| 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=

colspan=11 style="background:#008040; color:white;" \| 1973–74 Game log
class="toccolours collapsible" width=50% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| #	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	October 12	Buffalo	112–118	Paul Silas (31)	1–0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	October 13	@ Philadelphia	111–106	Jo Jo White (33)	2–0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	October 19	Philadelphia	102–133	Steve Kuberski (21)	3–0
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 4	October 20	@ Capital	87–96	Dave Cowens (19)	3–1
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 5	October 24	Houston	132–117	Jo Jo White (33)	3–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	October 26	New York	101–113	John Havlicek (34)	4–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 7	October 28	@ Cleveland	99–102	John Havlicek (25)	4–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	October 31	Cleveland	110–128	Cowens, White (21)	5–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 9	November 2	Golden State	105–108	Dave Cowens (25)	6–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	November 3	@ Atlanta	122–109	John Havlicek (30)	7–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 11	November 8	@ New York	94–84	John Havlicek (20)	8–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	November 9	Phoenix	107–122	Jo Jo White (25)	9–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	November 10	N Detroit	97–102	John Havlicek (32)	10–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 14	November 14	Seattle	104–110	Jo Jo White (28)	11–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	November 16	Milwaukee	90–105	Dave Cowens (26)	12–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	November 17	@ Kansas City–Omaha	123–110	Jo Jo White (30)	13–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 17	November 23	Kansas City–Omaha	102–119	John Havlicek (25)	14–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 18	November 25	@ Cleveland	107–101	John Havlicek (25)	15–3
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 19	November 28	Capital	104–111	John Havlicek (24)	16–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 20	November 30	@ Milwaukee	93–117	Dave Cowens (22)	16–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 21	December 1	Chicago	98–120	John Havlicek (29)	17–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 22	December 5	New York	97–119	John Havlicek (25)	18–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 23	December 7	Atlanta	112–116	Cowens, Havlicek (24)	19–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 24	December 8	@ Chicago	95–112	Cowens, Kuberski (13)	19–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 25	December 9	N Buffalo	114–118	Jo Jo White (37)	20–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 26	December 12	N Buffalo	119–126	Jo Jo White (32)	21–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 27	December 14	@ Houston	114–106	John Havlicek (31)	22–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 28	December 15	@ Phoenix	120–121	Dave Cowens (21)	22–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 29	December 16	@ Los Angeles	115–110	Dave Cowens (35)	23–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 30	December 18	@ Golden State	125–106	Jo Jo White (28)	24–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 31	December 21	@ Portland	124–120 (OT)	Dave Cowens (27)	25–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 32	December 23	@ Seattle	96–95	John Havlicek (22)	26–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 33	December 26	@ Buffalo	125–123	John Havlicek (27)	27–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 34	December 29	N Cleveland	92–111	John Havlicek (19)	28–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 35	December 31	Philadelphia	97–106	Dave Cowens (23)	29–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 36	January 2	@ Kansas City–Omaha	97–109	Jo Jo White (22)	29–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 37	January 4	@ Detroit	101–106	Jo Jo White (32)	29–8
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 38	January 5	N Philadelphia	102–108 (OT)	John Havlicek (30)	30–8
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 39	January 9	Chicago	89–106	Don Nelson (24)	31–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 40	January 11	Los Angeles	111–103	John Havlicek (26)	31–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 41	January 13	@ Atlanta	128–105	Dave Cowens (29)	32–9
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 42	January 18	Atlanta	94–98	John Havlicek (26)	33–9
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 43	January 20	Golden State	123–102	Dave Cowens (24)	33–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 44	January 23	Seattle	98–97	Dave Cowens (32)	33–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 45	January 25	Philadelphia	97–112	John Havlicek (24)	34–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 46	January 27	Kansas City–Omaha	98–119	Havlicek, White (16)	35–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 47	January 29	@ New York	83–104	Dave Cowens (21)	35–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 48	January 30	Cleveland	108–120	Jo Jo White (27)	36–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 49	February 1	N Philadelphia	105–106	John Havlicek (30)	37–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 50	February 3	Capital	112–99	Jo Jo White (26)	37–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 51	February 5	@ Chicago	98–100	Jo Jo White (29)	37–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 52	February 6	@ Milwaukee	105–104	Dave Cowens (28)	38–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 53	February 8	New York	97–125	Jo Jo White (30)	39–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 54	February 10	N Milwaukee	95–86	Dave Cowens (20)	39–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 55	February 12	@ Golden State	107–102	John Havlicek (34)	40–15
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 56	February 13	@ Seattle	100–118	John Havlicek (20)	40–16
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 57	February 15	@ Portland	106–104	Jo Jo White (28)	41–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 58	February 17	@ Capital	95–99	Jo Jo White (23)	41–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 59	February 19	Detroit	97–107	John Havlicek (31)	42–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 60	February 22	@ Buffalo	116–109	John Havlicek (31)	43–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 61	February 24	N Atlanta	111–96	John Havlicek (32)	44–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 62	February 26	@ Detroit	86–83	John Havlicek (26)	45–17
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 63	February 27	N Buffalo	122–104	Dave Cowens (23)	45–18
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 64	March 1	@ Buffalo	94–110	Dave Cowens (18)	45–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 65	March 2	@ New York	104–88	Don Chaney (26)	46–19
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 66	March 3	New York	108–102 (OT)	Don Nelson (29)	46–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 67	March 6	@ Los Angeles	111–116	Paul Westphal (26)	46–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 68	March 7	@ Phoenix	99–97	Paul Silas (21)	47–21
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 69	March 8	@ Houston	106–113	Jo Jo White (30)	47–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 70	March 10	Los Angeles	82–94	Dave Cowens (24)	48–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 71	March 12	N Portland	93–110	John Havlicek (27)	49–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 72	March 13	Phoenix	97–104	John Havlicek (22)	50–22
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 73	March 15	@ Cleveland	103–104	John Havlicek (28)	50–23
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 74	March 16	@ Philadelphia	146–127	John Havlicek (28)	51–23
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 75	March 17	Capital	103–129	John Havlicek (29)	52–23
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 76	March 19	@ Houston	110–107	John Havlicek (23)	53–23
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 77	March 20	@ Atlanta	89–99	John Havlicek (34)	53–24
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 78	March 22	Portland	118–126	John Havlicek (22)	54–24
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 79	March 23	N Houston	105–108	John Havlicek (25)	55–24
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 80	March 24	Houston	106–109 (OT)	Jo Jo White (35)	56–24
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 81	March 26	@ Capital	108–126	Paul Westphal (28)	56–25
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 82	March 27	@ Philadelphia	108–117	Cowens, White (22)	56–26

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|Boston Celtics|end_year=1974|playoffs=yes|}}

{{NBA game log section|Boston Celtics|color=#008040|bgcolor=white|Conference Semifinals|playoffs=yes|first=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 2

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| March 30

| Buffalo

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197403300BOS.html W 107–97]

| Jo Jo White (24)

| Dave Cowens (18)

| John Havlicek (12)

| Boston Garden
14,300

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 2

| @ Buffalo

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404020BUF.html L 105–115]

| Jo Jo White (27)

| Dave Cowens (16)

| John Havlicek (7)

| Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
17,507

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| April 3

| Buffalo

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404030BOS.html W 120–107]

| John Havlicek (43)

| Dave Cowens (19)

| John Havlicek (8)

| Boston Garden
14,656

| 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| April 6

| @ Buffalo

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404060BUF.html L 102–104]

| Don Nelson (24)

| Dave Cowens (14)

| John Havlicek (8)

| Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
18,119

| 2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| April 9

| Buffalo

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404090BOS.html W 100–97]

| John Havlicek (25)

| Dave Cowens (12)

| Art Williams (8)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 3–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| April 12

| @ Buffalo

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404120BUF.html W 106–104]

| John Havlicek (30)

| Dave Cowens (17)

| John Havlicek (7)

| Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
18,257

| 4–2

{{NBA game log section|Boston Celtics|color=#008040|bgcolor=white|Conference Finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 0

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| April 14

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404140BOS.html W 113–88]

| John Havlicek (25)

| Dave Cowens (13)

| John Havlicek (12)

| Boston Garden
14,101

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| April 16

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404160NYK.html W 111–99]

| John Havlicek (27)

| Dave Cowens (18)

| Jo Jo White (6)

| Madison Square Garden
19,694

| 2–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| April 19

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404190BOS.html L 100–103]

| Dave Cowens (28)

| Dave Cowens (22)

| Art Williams (5)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| April 21

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404210NYK.html W 98–91]

| John Havlicek (36)

| Paul Silas (14)

| Jo Jo White (9)

| Madison Square Garden
19,694

| 3–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| April 24

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404240BOS.html W 105–94]

| John Havlicek (33)

| Dave Cowens (14)

| John Havlicek (5)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 4–1

{{NBA game log section|Boston Celtics|color=#008040|bgcolor=white|NBA Finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 1

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| April 28

| @ Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404280MIL.html W 98–83]

| John Havlicek (26)

| Dave Cowens (17)

| Cowens, White (7)

| Milwaukee Arena
10,938

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 30

| @ Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197404300MIL.html L 96–105 (OT)]

| Jo Jo White (25)

| Dave Cowens (11)

| Dave Cowens (6)

| Milwaukee Arena
10,938

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| May 3

| Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197405030BOS.html W 95–83]

| Dave Cowens (30)

| John Havlicek (12)

| Jo Jo White (8)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| May 5

| Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197405050BOS.html L 89–97]

| John Havlicek (33)

| Paul Silas (12)

| Jo Jo White (9)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| May 7

| @ Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197405070MIL.html W 96–87]

| Havlicek, Cowens (28)

| Paul Silas (16)

| Dave Cowens (6)

| Milwaukee Arena
10,938

| 3–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 6

| May 10

| Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197405100BOS.html L 101–102 (2OT)]

| John Havlicek (36)

| Havlicek, Silas (9)

| Jo Jo White (11)

| Boston Garden
15,320

| 3–3

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| 7

| May 12

| @ Milwaukee

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/197405120MIL.html W 102–87]

| Dave Cowens (28)

| Dave Cowens (14)

| Havlicek, Westphal (6)

| Milwaukee Arena
10,938

| 4–3

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121063445/http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=BOS&lg=N&yr=1973 Celtics on Database Basketball]
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1974.html Celtics on Basketball Reference]

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