1967–68 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (won championship) August 2023 March 2026 Boston Celtics yes 1968 54 28 Eastern 2 Bill Russell Red Auerbach Boston Garden WKBG WHDH NBA champions(Defeated Lakers 4–2) BOS The 1967–68 Boston Celtics season was their 22nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics won their tenth title in franchise history. Notably, Bill Russell won the first title led by a player-coach in NBA history. Draft picks 1967 NBA draft This table only displays picks through the second round.1967 NBA Draft https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1967.html 2025-03-19 Basketball-Reference.com en Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 11 Mal Graham PG NYU Roster thumb|right|Celtics team photo Boston Celtics 1967–68 28 Wayne Embry C/F 6 8 240 Miami (Ohio) 11 Mal Graham PG 6 1 185 NYU 17 John Havlicek F/G 6 5 203 Ohio State 18 Bailey Howell SF 6 7 210 Mississippi State 27 Johnny Jones basketball, born 1943 PF 6 7 205 Cal State LA 24 Sam Jones basketball, born 1933 SG 6 4 198 North Carolina Central 19 Don Nelson F 6 6 210 Iowa 6 Bill Russell C 6 9 215 San Francisco 16 Satch Sanders SF 6 6 210 NYU 20 Larry Siegfried PG/SG 6 3 190 Ohio State 12 Tom Thacker basketball G/F 6 2 170 Cincinnati 26 Rick Weitzman PG 6 2 175 Northeastern Bill Russell Regular season Season standings BOS Game log 1967–68 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 14 Chicago 90–105 Larry Siegfried (20) 1–0 2 October 21 @ Baltimore 125–109 Sam Jones (31) 2–0 3 October 25 St. Louis 104–118 Sam Jones (25) 3–0 4 October 27 @ Detroit 128–109 John Havlicek (22) 4–0 5 October 28 Philadelphia 95–104 Sam Jones (23) 5–0 6 November 3 Los Angeles 104–105 Bill Russell (25) 6–0 7 November 4 @ St. Louis 104–111 Bailey Howell (27) 6–1 8 November 7 @ Cincinnati 113–103 John Havlicek (23) 7–1 9 November 9 @ Chicago 107–93 Sam Jones (23) 8–1 10 November 10 Baltimore 114–115 Sam Jones (39) 9–1 11 November 11 @ New York 105–110 Sam Jones (26) 9–2 12 November 14 N Seattle 111–114 Sam Jones (29) 10–2 13 November 15 San Francisco 110–113 Bailey Howell (27) 11–2 14 November 17 Cincinnati 120–119 Sam Jones (27) 11–3 15 November 18 @ Philadelphia 116–111 Howell, S. Jones (33) 12–3 16 November 21 N San Diego 114–121 Sam Jones (24) 13–3 17 November 22 San Diego 110–124 Sam Jones (26) 14–3 18 November 23 N Seattle 133–106 Bailey Howell (22) 14–4 19 November 25 @ Baltimore 118–126 Sam Jones (29) 14–5 20 November 28 Detroit 111–118 John Havlicek (24) 15–5 21 December 1 Los Angeles 119–123 Bill Russell (25) 16–5 22 December 2 @ Detroit 107–112 John Havlicek (24) 16–6 23 December 6 New York 113–115 Howell, S. Jones (27) 17–6 24 December 8 Baltimore 108–123 John Havlicek (25) 18–6 25 December 9 @ Cincinnati 104–108 Sam Jones (28) 18–7 26 December 14 Philadelphia 101–102 Larry Siegfried (20) 19–7 27 December 15 N San Diego 101–114 Sam Jones (27) 20–7 28 December 17 @ Los Angeles 123–117 Bill Russell (37) 21–7 29 December 19 @ Seattle 118–114 Larry Siegfried (20) 22–7 30 December 20 @ San Diego 126–116 Larry Siegfried (31) 23–7 31 December 22 Cincinnati 117–120 John Havlicek (27) 24–7 32 December 25 @ New York 134–124 Sam Jones (27) 25–7 33 December 26 San Francisco 117–104 John Havlicek (32) 25–8 34 December 27 @ St. Louis 113–116 Sam Jones (30) 25–9 35 December 29 @ Philadelphia 123–133 John Havlicek (24) 25–10 36 January 2 @ Chicago 84–95 Sam Jones (19) 25–11 37 January 3 @ Los Angeles 113–103 Bailey Howell (30) 26–11 38 January 5 N Seattle 128–121 Bailey Howell (25) 27–11 39 January 6 @ San Francisco 101–107 Satch Sanders (23) 27–12 40 January 10 Seattle 110–123 John Havlicek (25) 28–12 41 January 11 N Cincinnati 120–116 Bill Russell (34) 28–13 42 January 12 Detroit 126–148 Bailey Howell (28) 29–13 43 January 15 San Francisco 102–111 John Havlicek (28) 30–13 44 January 17 St. Louis 102–114 John Havlicek (35) 31–13 45 January 19 New York 114–120 Howell, S. Jones (31) 32–13 46 January 20 @ Baltimore 115–118 Sam Jones (38) 32–14 47 January 21 San Diego 112–139 Bailey Howell (31) 33–14 48 January 25 N St. Louis 105–93 John Havlicek (24) 33–15 49 January 26 Los Angeles 118–112 Sam Jones (27) 33–16 50 January 28 Philadelphia 103–115 Howell, S. Jones (29) 34–16 51 January 30 @ Philadelphia 118–125 Sam Jones (38) 34–17 52 January 31 Chicago 109–118 Bailey Howell (27) 35–17 53 February 2 Baltimore 99–120 Bailey Howell (25) 36–17 54 February 3 @ New York 112–108 Sam Jones (30) 37–17 55 February 4 New York 110–108 Bailey Howell (23) 37–18 56 February 7 St. Louis 101–102 Sam Jones (27) 38–18 57 February 9 Detroit 100–107 Sam Jones (24) 39–18 58 February 11 Los Angeles 141–104 Tom Thacker (17) 39–19 59 February 13 @ Detroit 127–115 Sam Jones (31) 40–19 60 February 14 N Detroit 96–118 John Havlicek (31) 41–19 61 February 16 @ Chicago 124–108 John Havlicek (26) 42–19 62 February 17 @ St. Louis 113–99 Bailey Howell (25) 43–19 63 February 18 @ Cincinnati 100–107 Sam Jones (24) 43–20 64 February 20 Cincinnati 110–126 Bailey Howell (25) 44–20 65 February 21 @ Los Angeles 117–122 Bill Russell (24) 44–21 66 February 23 @ San Francisco 122–127 Satch Sanders (25) 44–22 67 February 24 N Seattle 137–141 John Havlicek (38) 45–22 68 February 26 @ San Diego 118–110 Bailey Howell (28) 46–22 69 February 28 San Francisco 110–135 John Havlicek (41) 47–22 70 March 1 Chicago 87–94 Bailey Howell (18) 48–22 71 March 3 Philadelphia 133–127 Bailey Howell (35) 48–23 72 March 5 @ New York 113–91 John Havlicek (29) 49–23 73 March 6 New York 91–103 John Havlicek (25) 50–23 74 March 7 @ Chicago 112–118 John Havlicek (32) 50–24 75 March 8 @ Philadelphia 96–101 John Havlicek (32) 50–25 76 March 10 Cincinnati 137–111 Larry Siegfried (23) 50–26 77 March 11 @ Seattle 119–112 John Havlicek (27) 51–26 78 March 12 @ San Francisco 124–121 (OT) Bailey Howell (30) 52–26 79 March 13 @ San Diego 144–118 John Havlicek (34) 53–26 80 March 16 @ Baltimore 136–111 Bailey Howell (26) 54–26 81 March 17 Baltimore 147–139 John Havlicek (29) 54–27 82 March 20 Detroit 125–116 Embry, Siegfried (23) 54–28 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1968 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Division Semifinals yes yes no 2 1 2 1 |- | 1 | March 24 | Detroit | W 123–116 | John Havlicek (25) | Bill Russell (34) | Bill Russell (9) | Boston Garden7,591 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 25 | @ Detroit | L 116–126 | Sam Jones (18) | Bill Russell (14) | Siegfried, Jones (3) | Cobo Arena10,109 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 27 | Detroit | L 98–109 | John Havlicek (23) | Bill Russell (23) | Bill Russell (7) | Boston Garden8,429 | 1–2 |- | 4 | March 28 | @ Detroit | W 135–110 | John Havlicek (35) | Bill Russell (21) | John Havlicek (9) | Cobo Arena11,294 | 2–2 |- | 5 | March 31 | Detroit | W 110–96 | Bailey Howell (30) | Bill Russell (21) | John Havlicek (13) | Boston Garden8,093 | 3–2 |- | 6 | April 1 | @ Detroit | W 111–103 | John Havlicek (31) | Bill Russell (23) | John Havlicek (12) | Cobo Arena9,483 | 4–2 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white Division Finals yes no 1 2 3 1 |- | 1 | April 5 | @ Philadelphia | W 127–118 | John Havlicek (35) | Bill Russell (22) | John Havlicek (11) | Spectrum14,412 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 10 | Philadelphia | L 106–115 | John Havlicek (28) | Bill Russell (20) | John Havlicek (9) | Boston Garden14,780 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 11 | @ Philadelphia | L 114–122 | John Havlicek (29) | Bill Russell (20) | John Havlicek (8) | Spectrum15,102 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 14 | Philadelphia | L 105–110 | Sam Jones (25) | Bill Russell (24) | John Havlicek (8) | Boston Garden10,503 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 15 | @ Philadelphia | W 122–104 | Sam Jones (37) | Bill Russell (24) | John Havlicek (10) | Spectrum15,202 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 17 | Philadelphia | W 114–106 | John Havlicek (28) | Bill Russell (31) | Havlicek, Siegfried (6) | Boston Garden14,780 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 19 | @ Philadelphia | W 100–96 | Sam Jones (22) | Bill Russell (26) | John Havlicek (8) | Spectrum15,202 | 4–3 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white NBA Finals yes no 2 1 2 1 |- | 1 | April 21 | Los Angeles | W 107–101 | Bailey Howell (20) | Bill Russell (25) | John Havlicek (8) | Boston Garden9,546 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 24 | Los Angeles | L 113–123 | John Havlicek (24) | Bill Russell (24) | Bill Russell (5) | Boston Garden14,780 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 26 | @ Los Angeles | W 127–119 | John Havlicek (27) | Bill Russell (16) | Bill Russell (9) | The Forum17,011 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 28 | @ Los Angeles | L 105–118 | Bailey Howell (24) | Bill Russell (22) | John Havlicek (8) | The Forum17,147 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 30 | Los Angeles | W 120–117 (OT) | John Havlicek (31) | Bill Russell (25) | John Havlicek (8) | Boston Garden14,780 | 3–2 |- | 6 | May 2 | @ Los Angeles | W 124–109 | John Havlicek (40) | Bill Russell (19) | John Havlicek (7) | The Forum17,392 | 4–2 |- BOS yes 1968 Player statistics Legend  GP  Games played  GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage  3FG%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game Awards, records and milestones Awards Bill Russell, All-NBA Second Team John Havlicek, All-NBA Second Team References 2 Celtics on Database Basketball Celtics on 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