1968–69 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (won championship) August 2023 March 2026 Boston Celtics yes 1969 48 34 Eastern 4 Bill Russell Red Auerbach Boston Garden WKBG-TVWSBK-TV WHDH NBA champions(Defeated Lakers 4–3) BOS The 1968–69 Boston Celtics season was their 23rd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics won their 11th championship in what was Bill Russell's final season as either player or coach of the club. The Celtics had the best team defensive rating and the tenth best team offensive rating in the NBA. Draft picks 1968 NBA draft This table only displays picks through the second round.1968 NBA Draft https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1968.html 2025-03-19 Basketball-Reference.com en Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 12 Don Chaney SG Houston Roster Boston Celtics 1968–69 28 Jim Barnes basketball C 6 8 210 1941-04-13 University of Texas at El Paso 7 Em Bryant PG 6 1 175 1938-11-04 DePaul University 12 Don Chaney SG 6 5 210 1946-03-22 University of Houston 11 Mal Graham PG 6 1 185 1945-02-23 NYU 17 John Havlicek SG 6 5 203 1940-04-08 Ohio State 18 Bailey Howell PF 6 7 210 1937-01-20 Mississippi State 26 Rich Johnson basketball C 6 7 210 1946-12-18 Grambling State University 24 Sam Jones basketball, born 1933 SG 6 4 198 1933-06-24 North Carolina Central 19 Don Nelson SF 6 6 210 1940-05-15 Iowa 29 Bud Olsen PF 6 8 220 1940-07-25 University of Louisville 6 Bill Russell C 6 9 215 1934-02-12 San Francisco 16 Satch Sanders SF 6 6 210 1938-11-08 NYU 20 Larry Siegfried PG 6 3 190 1939-05-22 Ohio State Bill Russell Regular season Season standings BOS Game log 1968–69 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 18 @ Detroit 106–88 Larry Siegfried (26) 1–0 2 October 19 @ Chicago 106–96 Larry Siegfried (26) 2–0 3 October 23 Cincinnati 101–108 Howell, Sanders (21) 3–0 4 October 26 Milwaukee 89–102 Bailey Howell (19) 4–0 5 October 29 N Chicago 103–97 Bill Russell (17) 4–1 6 October 30 Detroit 119–117 Bailey Howell (33) 4–2 7 November 1 Philadelphia 99–118 Bailey Howell (32) 5–2 8 November 3 @ Atlanta 123–103 John Havlicek (28) 6–2 9 November 8 Seattle 114–112 Larry Siegfried (26) 6–3 10 November 9 @ Milwaukee 98–97 Sam Jones (24) 7–3 11 November 11 San Diego 113–134 John Havlicek (29) 8–3 12 November 15 Cincinnati 105–116 Bailey Howell (27) 9–3 13 November 16 @ San Diego 120–112 Sam Jones (24) 10–3 14 November 17 @ Phoenix 130–98 Bailey Howell (28) 11–3 15 November 19 @ Los Angeles 106–116 John Havlicek (32) 11–4 16 November 20 @ Seattle 139–92 Havlicek, Sanders (21) 12–4 17 November 22 Phoenix 106–133 Bailey Howell (28) 13–4 18 November 23 @ New York 100–111 John Havlicek (28) 13–5 19 November 27 New York 117–131 John Havlicek (31) 14–5 20 November 29 Los Angeles 93–92 John Havlicek (28) 14–6 21 November 30 @ Philadelphia 117–113 (OT) John Havlicek (36) 15–6 22 December 3 @ Milwaukee 137–115 John Havlicek (41) 16–6 23 December 4 Milwaukee 99–101 Bailey Howell (28) 17–6 24 December 6 Detroit 118–132 John Havlicek (36) 18–6 25 December 7 @ Cincinnati 117–114 (OT) John Havlicek (27) 19–6 26 December 10 Baltimore 115–101 Jim Barnes (19) 19–7 27 December 11 @ Detroit 108–106 Larry Siegfried (27) 20–7 28 December 13 San Francisco 108–98 Bailey Howell (33) 20–8 29 December 14 @ Baltimore 101–110 Larry Siegfried (25) 20–9 30 December 18 New York 104–98 Bailey Howell (31) 20–10 31 December 21 @ Chicago 102–94 John Havlicek (29) 21–10 32 December 26 Milwaukee 106–139 John Havlicek (29) 22–10 33 December 28 @ Atlanta 97–110 Satch Sanders (23) 22–11 34 December 31 Cincinnati 114–112 John Havlicek (30) 22–12 35 January 1 @ Phoenix 93–87 Havlicek, Howell (17) 23–12 36 January 2 @ San Diego 107–95 Havlicek, Sanders (23) 24–12 37 January 3 @ San Francisco 102–104 Satch Sanders (27) 24–13 38 January 5 @ San Francisco 134–86 John Havlicek (33) 25–13 39 January 6 @ Seattle 121–97 Don Nelson (28) 26–13 40 January 8 Detroit 104–113 John Havlicek (27) 27–13 41 January 10 Los Angeles 82–88 John Havlicek (24) 28–13 42 January 11 @ Philadelphia 111–101 Bailey Howell (31) 29–13 43 January 12 @ Milwaukee 110–114 Satch Sanders (23) 29–14 44 January 17 San Francisco 99–102 Bailey Howell (25) 30–14 45 January 18 Seattle 97–111 John Havlicek (28) 31–14 46 January 20 @ Baltimore 109–122 Sam Jones (35) 31–15 47 January 22 @ Chicago 94–95 Sam Jones (24) 31–16 48 January 24 Philadelphia 120–111 Bailey Howell (26) 31–17 49 January 26 Baltimore 86–124 Sam Jones (28) 32–17 50 January 28 Atlanta 96–108 Don Nelson (22) 33–17 51 January 29 N Seattle 124–122 (OT) Sam Jones (39) 33–18 52 January 31 Cincinnati W 116–101 Bailey Howell (23) 34–18 53 February 1 @ New York L 82–109 John Havlicek (16) 34–19 54 February 2 New York L 94–95 John Havlicek (25) 34–20 55 February 4 N San Diego L 126–135 John Havlicek (24) 34–21 56 February 5 @ Baltimore L 112–124 Sam Jones (30) 34–22 57 February 7 Atlanta L 107–109 Sam Jones (24) 34–23 58 February 9 Philadelphia W 122–117 (OT) John Havlicek (31) 35–23 59 February 12 @ Detroit W 113–106 Larry Siegfried (27) 36–23 60 February 14 @ Atlanta L 101–104 (OT) John Havlicek (29) 36–24 61 February 16 @ Philadelphia L 102–127 Sam Jones (30) 36–25 62 February 18 Phoenix W 116–110 John Havlicek (20) 37–25 63 February 21 @ Los Angeles W 124–102 John Havlicek (30) 38–25 64 February 22 @ Phoenix W 124–100 John Havlicek (21) 39–25 65 February 23 @ Seattle L 116–118 John Havlicek (25) 39–26 66 February 25 N Phoenix W 112–99 Bailey Howell (27) 40–26 67 February 26 New York L 88–92 Sam Jones (22) 40–27 68 February 28 Atlanta W 122–120 Sam Jones (31) 41–27 69 March 1 @ New York 96–115 Bill Russell (17) 41–28 70 March 2 Chicago 92–99 Sam Jones (20) 42–28 71 March 4 @ San Francisco 95–99 John Havlicek (29) 42–29 72 March 6 @ San Diego 97–110 Bailey Howell (31) 42–30 73 March 7 @ Los Angeles 99–105 (OT) John Havlicek (26) 42–31 74 March 9 San Francisco 89–138 Larry Siegfried (25) 43–31 75 March 12 @ Philadelphia 126–117 Sam Jones (30) 44–31 76 March 13 @ Cincinnati 110–120 John Havlicek (27) 44–32 77 March 15 @ Baltimore 98–99 Sam Jones (28) 44–33 78 March 16 Los Angeles 108–73 John Havlicek (15) 44–34 79 March 19 Chicago 92–104 Bailey Howell (27) 45–34 80 March 21 N Cincinnati 119–145 Sam Jones (23) 46–34 81 March 23 Baltimore 98–126 Bailey Howell (22) 47–34 82 March 24 N San Diego 107–111 John Havlicek (31) 48–34 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1969 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Division Semifinals yes yes no 1 1 3 0 |- | 1 | March 26 | @ Philadelphia | W 114–100 | John Havlicek (35) | Bill Russell (15) | Bill Russell (8) | Spectrum8,151 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 28 | Philadelphia | W 134–103 | Bailey Howell (29) | Howell, Russell (16) | John Havlicek (7) | Boston Garden13,751 | 2–0 |- | 3 | March 30 | @ Philadelphia | W 125–118 | Sam Jones (28) | Bill Russell (18) | John Havlicek (10) | Spectrum15,244 | 3–0 |- | 4 | April 1 | Philadelphia | L 116–119 | John Havlicek (28) | Bill Russell (29) | Bill Russell (5) | Boston Garden14,017 | 3–1 |- | 5 | April 4 | @ Philadelphia | W 93–90 | John Havlicek (22) | Bill Russell (18) | Bill Russell (6) | Spectrum15,244 | 4–1 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white Division Finals yes no 3 0 1 2 |- | 1 | April 6 | @ New York | W 108–100 | John Havlicek (25) | Bill Russell (16) | Em Bryant (8) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 9 | New York | W 112–97 | Bailey Howell (27) | Bill Russell (29) | John Havlicek (12) | Boston Garden14,933 | 2–0 |- | 3 | April 10 | @ New York | L 91–101 | Russell, Bryant (16) | Bill Russell (20) | Russell, Havlicek (8) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 13 | New York | W 97–96 | Bill Russell (21) | Bill Russell (23) | John Havlicek (4) | Boston Garden13,506 | 3–1 |- | 5 | April 14 | @ New York | L 104–112 | John Havlicek (29) | Bill Russell (16) | John Havlicek (7) | Madison Square Garden19,500 | 3–2 |- | 6 | April 18 | New York | W 106–105 | Sam Jones (29) | Bill Russell (21) | Russell, Havlicek (5) | Boston Garden14,933 | 4–2 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white NBA Finals yes no 3 0 1 3 |- | 1 | April 23 | @ Los Angeles | L 118–120 | John Havlicek (37) | Bill Russell (27) | Sam Jones (6) | The Forum17,554 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 25 | @ Los Angeles | L 112–118 | John Havlicek (43) | Bill Russell (21) | Bill Russell (13) | The Forum17,559 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 27 | Los Angeles | W 111–105 | John Havlicek (34) | Bill Russell (18) | John Havlicek (7) | Boston Garden14,037 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 29 | Los Angeles | W 89–88 | John Havlicek (21) | Bill Russell (29) | five players tied (2) | Boston Garden15,128 | 2–2 |- | 5 | May 1 | @ Los Angeles | L 104–117 | Sam Jones (25) | John Havlicek (14) | Russell, Havlicek (5) | The Forum17,553 | 2–3 |- | 6 | May 3 | Los Angeles | W 99–90 | Don Nelson (25) | Bill Russell (19) | Em Bryant (5) | Boston Garden15,128 | 3–3 |- | 7 | May 5 | @ Los Angeles | W 108–106 | John Havlicek (26) | Bill Russell (21) | Bill Russell (6) | The Forum17,568 | 4–3 |- BOS yes 1969 Awards, records and milestones Awards John Havlicek, All-NBA Second Team Bill Russell, NBA All-Defensive First Team Satch Sanders, NBA All-Defensive Second Team John Havlicek, NBA All-Defensive Second Team References 2 Celtics on Database Basketball Celtics on Basketball Reference Boston Celtics Category:Boston Celtics seasons Category:NBA championship seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Category:1960s in Boston