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1971–72 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season

(lost to Knicks 1–4)

The 1971–72 Boston Celtics season was the Celtics' 26th season in the NBA. The Celtics qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 3 seasons, and won the Atlantic Division for the 1st time in franchise history. The Celtics had the fifth best team defensive rating and the fifth best team offensive rating in the NBA.

Tom Heinsohn, a Celtics legend as a player, led the club in his third season as head coach. The team made its first postseason without Bill Russell since 1956, and would advance to their first conference finals before falling to the eventual runners-up and rivals New York Knicks in a five-game series.

Draft picks

Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Clarence Glover	SF	United States	Western Kentucky
2	28	Jim Rose	PG/SG	United States	Western Kentucky
3	44	Dave Robisch	C/PF	United States	Kansas
4	61	Randy Denton	C	United States	Duke
6	95	Thorpe Weber	F	United States	Vanderbilt
7	112	Skip Young	G	United States	Florida State
8	129	John Ribock	F	United States	South Carolina
9	145	Ray Greene	G	United States	California (Pennsylvania)
10	161	Dale Dover	G	United States	Harvard
11	161	Reggie Brooks	F	United States	Southern New Hampshire
12	189	John Dalton	G	United States	Suffolk
13	201	Leroy Chalk	F	United States	Nebraska

Roster

Tom Heinsohn

Regular season

:z = clinched division title :y = clinched division title :x = clinched playoff spot

Game log

1971–72 game log
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Playoffs

4–2
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1
April 13
New York
L 94–116
Jo Jo White (19)
Dave Cowens (15)
Jo Jo White (5)
Boston Garden
14,292
0–1
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2
April 16
@ New York
L 105–106
John Havlicek (29)
Dave Cowens (18)
John Havlicek (6)
Madison Square Garden
19,588
0–2
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3
April 19
New York
W 115–109
Jo Jo White (29)
Dave Cowens (16)
John Havlicek (11)
Boston Garden
15,315
1–2
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4
April 21
@ New York
L 98–116
John Havlicek (27)
Havlicek, Nelson (9)
John Havlicek (6)
Madison Square Garden
19,588
1–3
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5
April 23
New York
L 103–111
John Havlicek (32)
Dave Cowens (15)
Jo Jo White (9)
Boston Garden
15,315
1–4
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Awards and records

John Havlicek, All-NBA First Team
John Havlicek, NBA All-Defensive First Team
Don Chaney, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1972.html 1971–72 Boston Celtics]

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