1973–74 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (won NBA championship) March 2026 June 2025 August 2023 Boston Celtics yes yes yes 1974 56 26 Atlantic 1 1 Tom Heinsohn Red Auerbach Boston Garden WBZ-TV WBZ(Johnny Most, Len Berman) NBA champions(Defeated Bucks 4–3) 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 1968–69.1973-74 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1974.html Basketball-Reference.com 30 June 2025Boston Celtics Historical Statistics and All-Time Top Leaders https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/ Basketball-Reference.com 30 June 2025Reed Russ Looking back at each of the Boston Celtics' 18 NBA championships https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-celtics-nba-championship-history/60973137 WCVB-TV 30 June 2025 17 June 2024 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.Radcliffe JR Fifty years ago, the NBA Finals began in Milwaukee, and the Celtics got the last laugh https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2024/06/06/what-to-remember-about-the-1974-finals-between-bucks-and-celtics/74004997007/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 30 June 2025 6 June 2024 Roster Boston Celtics 1973–74 Don Chaney 12 SG 6 5 210 1946-03-22 University of Houston Dave Cowens 18 C 6 9 230 1948-10-25 Florida State Steve Downing 32 C 6 8 225 1950-09-09 Indiana University Henry Finkel 29 C 7 0 240 1942-04-20 University of Dayton Phil Hankinson 20 SF 6 8 195 1951-07-26 University of Pennsylvania John Havlicek 17 F 6 5 203 1940-04-08 Ohio State Steve Kuberski 33 C 6 8 215 1947-11-06 Bradley Don Nelson 19 F 6 6 210 1940-05-15 Iowa Paul Silas 35 F 6 7 220 1943-07-12 Creighton Paul Westphal 44 SG 6 4 195 1950-11-30 University of Southern California Jo Jo White 10 G 6 3 190 1946-11-16 Kansas Art Williams 7 PG 6 1 180 1939-09-29 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona *Tom Heinsohn https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1974.html Regular season Season standings BOS BOS Game log 1973–74 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 12 Buffalo 112–118 Paul Silas (31) 1–0 2 October 13 @ Philadelphia 111–106 Jo Jo White (33) 2–0 3 October 19 Philadelphia 102–133 Steve Kuberski (21) 3–0 4 October 20 @ Capital 87–96 Dave Cowens (19) 3–1 5 October 24 Houston 132–117 Jo Jo White (33) 3–2 6 October 26 New York 101–113 John Havlicek (34) 4–2 7 October 28 @ Cleveland 99–102 John Havlicek (25) 4–3 8 October 31 Cleveland 110–128 Cowens, White (21) 5–3 9 November 2 Golden State 105–108 Dave Cowens (25) 6–3 10 November 3 @ Atlanta 122–109 John Havlicek (30) 7–3 11 November 8 @ New York 94–84 John Havlicek (20) 8–3 12 November 9 Phoenix 107–122 Jo Jo White (25) 9–3 13 November 10 N Detroit 97–102 John Havlicek (32) 10–3 14 November 14 Seattle 104–110 Jo Jo White (28) 11–3 15 November 16 Milwaukee 90–105 Dave Cowens (26) 12–3 16 November 17 @ Kansas City–Omaha 123–110 Jo Jo White (30) 13–3 17 November 23 Kansas City–Omaha 102–119 John Havlicek (25) 14–3 18 November 25 @ Cleveland 107–101 John Havlicek (25) 15–3 19 November 28 Capital 104–111 John Havlicek (24) 16–3 20 November 30 @ Milwaukee 93–117 Dave Cowens (22) 16–4 21 December 1 Chicago 98–120 John Havlicek (29) 17–4 22 December 5 New York 97–119 John Havlicek (25) 18–4 23 December 7 Atlanta 112–116 Cowens, Havlicek (24) 19–4 24 December 8 @ Chicago 95–112 Cowens, Kuberski (13) 19–5 25 December 9 N Buffalo 114–118 Jo Jo White (37) 20–5 26 December 12 N Buffalo 119–126 Jo Jo White (32) 21–5 27 December 14 @ Houston 114–106 John Havlicek (31) 22–5 28 December 15 @ Phoenix 120–121 Dave Cowens (21) 22–6 29 December 16 @ Los Angeles 115–110 Dave Cowens (35) 23–6 30 December 18 @ Golden State 125–106 Jo Jo White (28) 24–6 31 December 21 @ Portland 124–120 (OT) Dave Cowens (27) 25–6 32 December 23 @ Seattle 96–95 John Havlicek (22) 26–6 33 December 26 @ Buffalo 125–123 John Havlicek (27) 27–6 34 December 29 N Cleveland 92–111 John Havlicek (19) 28–6 35 December 31 Philadelphia 97–106 Dave Cowens (23) 29–6 36 January 2 @ Kansas City–Omaha 97–109 Jo Jo White (22) 29–7 37 January 4 @ Detroit 101–106 Jo Jo White (32) 29–8 38 January 5 N Philadelphia 102–108 (OT) John Havlicek (30) 30–8 39 January 9 Chicago 89–106 Don Nelson (24) 31–8 40 January 11 Los Angeles 111–103 John Havlicek (26) 31–9 41 January 13 @ Atlanta 128–105 Dave Cowens (29) 32–9 42 January 18 Atlanta 94–98 John Havlicek (26) 33–9 43 January 20 Golden State 123–102 Dave Cowens (24) 33–10 44 January 23 Seattle 98–97 Dave Cowens (32) 33–11 45 January 25 Philadelphia 97–112 John Havlicek (24) 34–11 46 January 27 Kansas City–Omaha 98–119 Havlicek, White (16) 35–11 47 January 29 @ New York 83–104 Dave Cowens (21) 35–12 48 January 30 Cleveland 108–120 Jo Jo White (27) 36–12 49 February 1 N Philadelphia 105–106 John Havlicek (30) 37–12 50 February 3 Capital 112–99 Jo Jo White (26) 37–13 51 February 5 @ Chicago 98–100 Jo Jo White (29) 37–14 52 February 6 @ Milwaukee 105–104 Dave Cowens (28) 38–14 53 February 8 New York 97–125 Jo Jo White (30) 39–14 54 February 10 N Milwaukee 95–86 Dave Cowens (20) 39–15 55 February 12 @ Golden State 107–102 John Havlicek (34) 40–15 56 February 13 @ Seattle 100–118 John Havlicek (20) 40–16 57 February 15 @ Portland 106–104 Jo Jo White (28) 41–16 58 February 17 @ Capital 95–99 Jo Jo White (23) 41–17 59 February 19 Detroit 97–107 John Havlicek (31) 42–17 60 February 22 @ Buffalo 116–109 John Havlicek (31) 43–17 61 February 24 N Atlanta 111–96 John Havlicek (32) 44–17 62 February 26 @ Detroit 86–83 John Havlicek (26) 45–17 63 February 27 N Buffalo 122–104 Dave Cowens (23) 45–18 64 March 1 @ Buffalo 94–110 Dave Cowens (18) 45–19 65 March 2 @ New York 104–88 Don Chaney (26) 46–19 66 March 3 New York 108–102 (OT) Don Nelson (29) 46–20 67 March 6 @ Los Angeles 111–116 Paul Westphal (26) 46–21 68 March 7 @ Phoenix 99–97 Paul Silas (21) 47–21 69 March 8 @ Houston 106–113 Jo Jo White (30) 47–22 70 March 10 Los Angeles 82–94 Dave Cowens (24) 48–22 71 March 12 N Portland 93–110 John Havlicek (27) 49–22 72 March 13 Phoenix 97–104 John Havlicek (22) 50–22 73 March 15 @ Cleveland 103–104 John Havlicek (28) 50–23 74 March 16 @ Philadelphia 146–127 John Havlicek (28) 51–23 75 March 17 Capital 103–129 John Havlicek (29) 52–23 76 March 19 @ Houston 110–107 John Havlicek (23) 53–23 77 March 20 @ Atlanta 89–99 John Havlicek (34) 53–24 78 March 22 Portland 118–126 John Havlicek (22) 54–24 79 March 23 N Houston 105–108 John Havlicek (25) 55–24 80 March 24 Houston 106–109 (OT) Jo Jo White (35) 56–24 81 March 26 @ Capital 108–126 Paul Westphal (28) 56–25 82 March 27 @ Philadelphia 108–117 Cowens, White (22) 56–26 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1974 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Conference Semifinals yes yes no 3 0 1 2 |- | 1 | March 30 | Buffalo | W 107–97 | Jo Jo White (24) | Dave Cowens (18) | John Havlicek (12) | Boston Garden14,300 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 2 | @ Buffalo | L 105–115 | Jo Jo White (27) | Dave Cowens (16) | John Havlicek (7) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium17,507 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 3 | Buffalo | W 120–107 | John Havlicek (43) | Dave Cowens (19) | John Havlicek (8) | Boston Garden14,656 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 6 | @ Buffalo | L 102–104 | Don Nelson (24) | Dave Cowens (14) | John Havlicek (8) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium18,119 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 9 | Buffalo | W 100–97 | John Havlicek (25) | Dave Cowens (12) | Art Williams (8) | Boston Garden15,320 | 3–2 |- | 6 | April 12 | @ Buffalo | W 106–104 | John Havlicek (30) | Dave Cowens (17) | John Havlicek (7) | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium18,257 | 4–2 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white Conference Finals yes no 2 1 2 0 |- | 1 | April 14 | New York | W 113–88 | John Havlicek (25) | Dave Cowens (13) | John Havlicek (12) | Boston Garden14,101 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 16 | @ New York | W 111–99 | John Havlicek (27) | Dave Cowens (18) | Jo Jo White (6) | Madison Square Garden19,694 | 2–0 |- | 3 | April 19 | New York | L 100–103 | Dave Cowens (28) | Dave Cowens (22) | Art Williams (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 21 | @ New York | W 98–91 | John Havlicek (36) | Paul Silas (14) | Jo Jo White (9) | Madison Square Garden19,694 | 3–1 |- | 5 | April 24 | New York | W 105–94 | John Havlicek (33) | Dave Cowens (14) | John Havlicek (5) | Boston Garden15,320 | 4–1 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white NBA Finals yes no 1 2 3 1 |- | 1 | April 28 | @ Milwaukee | W 98–83 | John Havlicek (26) | Dave Cowens (17) | Cowens, White (7) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 30 | @ Milwaukee | L 96–105 (OT) | Jo Jo White (25) | Dave Cowens (11) | Dave Cowens (6) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 1–1 |- | 3 | May 3 | Milwaukee | W 95–83 | Dave Cowens (30) | John Havlicek (12) | Jo Jo White (8) | Boston Garden15,320 | 2–1 |- | 4 | May 5 | Milwaukee | L 89–97 | John Havlicek (33) | Paul Silas (12) | Jo Jo White (9) | Boston Garden15,320 | 2–2 |- | 5 | May 7 | @ Milwaukee | W 96–87 | Havlicek, Cowens (28) | Paul Silas (16) | Dave Cowens (6) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 3–2 |- | 6 | May 10 | Milwaukee | L 101–102 (2OT) | John Havlicek (36) | Havlicek, Silas (9) | Jo Jo White (11) | Boston Garden15,320 | 3–3 |- | 7 | May 12 | @ Milwaukee | W 102–87 | Dave Cowens (28) | Dave Cowens (14) | Havlicek, Westphal (6) | Milwaukee Arena10,938 | 4–3 |- BOS yes 1974 References 2 External links Celtics on Database Basketball Celtics on Basketball Reference Boston Celtics Category:Boston Celtics seasons Category:Eastern Conference (NBA) championship seasons Category:NBA championship seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Celtics Celtics