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1973–74 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (won NBA championship)

NBA basketball team season (won NBA championship)

(Johnny Most, Len Berman) (Defeated Bucks 4–3) 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.

The 1974 NBA Finals were a closely-matched series, with two overtime games and requiring all seven games of the best-of-seven series to be played. Game 6 was especially intense, with Milwaukee winning on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook with three seconds left in double overtime. However, Boston won handily in Game 7, 102-87.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

1973–74 game log
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Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 30 | Buffalo | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | W 106–104 | John Havlicek (30) | Dave Cowens (17) | John Havlicek (7) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 18,257

4–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
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April 14
New York
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
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
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
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
W 105–94
John Havlicek (33)
Dave Cowens (14)
John Havlicek (5)
Boston Garden
15,320
4–1
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
April 28
@ Milwaukee
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
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
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
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
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
L 101–102 (2OT)
John Havlicek (36)
Havlicek, Silas (9)
Jo Jo White (11)
Boston Garden
15,320
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
7
May 12
@ Milwaukee
W 102–87
Dave Cowens (28)
Dave Cowens (14)
Havlicek, Westphal (6)
Milwaukee Arena
10,938
4–3
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References

References

  1. "1973-74 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats".
  2. "Boston Celtics Historical Statistics and All-Time Top Leaders".
  3. (17 June 2024). "Looking back at each of the Boston Celtics' 18 NBA championships".
  4. (6 June 2024). "Fifty years ago, the NBA Finals began in Milwaukee, and the Celtics got the last laugh".
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