1973–74 Boston Celtics season

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

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 30 | Buffalo | W 107–97 | Jo Jo White (24) | Dave Cowens (18) | John Havlicek (12) | Boston Garden<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>18,257 | 4–2 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 14 | New York | W 113–88 | John Havlicek (25) | Dave Cowens (13) | John Havlicek (12) | Boston Garden<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>10,938 | 4–3 |-

References

External links

• Celtics on Basketball Reference