don nelson nba coaching record all-time vs celtics

Don Nelson had a 44-45 record versus the Celtics in his coaching career.

	TEAM	COACH	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Bucks	Don Nelson	12/15/1976	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 125-129	.000	240	125	47	28	4	2	54	104	51.9				17	21	81.0	55.2				24
2	Bucks	Don Nelson	1/28/1977	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 113-119	.000	240	113	43	24	7	0	45	104	43.3				23	32	71.9	47.8	12	31	9	20
3	Bucks	Don Nelson	3/17/1977	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 100-91	1.000	240	100	58	23	7	1	43	95	45.3				14	21	66.7	48.0			18	23
4	Bucks	Don Nelson	11/13/1977	0-1	MIL	vs	BOS	L 119-127	.000	265	119	44	28	7		51	102	50.0				17	21	81.0	53.5				20
5	Bucks	Don Nelson	12/29/1977	0-1	MIL	vs	BOS	L 115-124	.000	240	115	40	33			49	105	46.7				17	23	73.9	49.9				15
6	Bucks	Don Nelson	1/18/1978	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 116-130	.000	240	116	40	25	7	6	47	106	44.3				22	23	95.7	49.9			16	20
7	Bucks	Don Nelson	4/8/1978	1-0	MIL	@	BOS	W 123-111	1.000	240	123	38	32			50	96	52.1				23	36	63.9	55.0			9	28
8	Bucks	Don Nelson	11/7/1978	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 125-108	1.000	240	125	48	38	10	6	49	92	53.3				27	35	77.1	58.2	9	39	19	27
9	Bucks	Don Nelson	1/19/1979	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 102-103	.000	240	102	42	16	8	0	44	101	43.6				14	20	70.0	46.4	18	24	11	22
10	Bucks	Don Nelson	3/4/1979	1-0	MIL	@	BOS	W 135-122	1.000	240	135	34	26	9	5	56	96	58.3				23	23	100.0	63.6	7	27	14	22
11	Bucks	Don Nelson	3/28/1979	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 135-117	1.000	240	135	42	43	14	9	59	105	56.2				17	22	77.3	58.9				27
12	Bucks	Don Nelson	12/9/1979	0-1	MIL	vs	BOS	L 108-113	.000	240	108	45	28	8	5	47	99	47.5	0	2	0.0	14	20	70.0	50.1			13	21
13	Bucks	Don Nelson	12/14/1979	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 94-97	.000	240	94	41	18	9	4	39	82	47.6	0	1	0.0	16	22	72.7	51.3	10	31	24	22
14	Bucks	Don Nelson	10/16/1980	0-1	MIL	vs	BOS	L 103-110	.000	240	103	41	24	7	9	42	93	45.2	1	2	50.0	18	21	85.7	50.4			21	26
15	Bucks	Don Nelson	11/7/1980	1-0	MIL	@	BOS	W 102-101	1.000	240	102	35	25	7	6	42	97	43.3	2	2	100.0	16	22	72.7	47.8			16	28
16	Bucks	Don Nelson	11/30/1980	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 107-105	1.000	240	107	34	23	11	10	39	71	54.9	0	0		29	36	80.6	61.6			26	26
17	Bucks	Don Nelson	12/9/1980	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 89-112	.000	240	89	49	19	7	6	33	92	35.9	0	2	0.0	23	26	88.5	43.0			20	25
18	Bucks	Don Nelson	2/5/1981	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 113-103	1.000	240	113	49	25	11	10	43	87	49.4	0	1	0.0	27	33	81.8	55.7	13	36	17	30
19	Bucks	Don Nelson	3/11/1981	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 108-122	.000	240	108	48	23	6	4	40	100	40.0	0	5	0.0	28	36	77.8	46.6	23	25	16	26
20	Bucks	Don Nelson	10/31/1981	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 119-103	1.000	240	119	39	35	5	4	51	89	57.3	0	1	0.0	17	26	65.4	59.2	16	23	7	24
21	Bucks	Don Nelson	11/20/1981	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 89-112	.000	240	89	36	21	7	5	37	85	43.5	0	2	0.0	15	28	53.6	45.7	11	25	23	32
22	Bucks	Don Nelson	1/15/1982	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 122-118	1.000	240	122	47	29	6	2	47	93	50.5	0	1	0.0	28	32	87.5	57.0	16	31	16	26
23	Bucks	Don Nelson	2/28/1982	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 102-106	.000	240	102	40	22	8	6	39	87	44.8	0	2	0.0	24	29	82.8	51.1			19	37
24	Bucks	Don Nelson	4/6/1982	1-0	MIL	vs	BOS	W 122-116	1.000	240	122	52	36	5	7	53	93	57.0	0	0		16	21	76.2	59.7	17	35	19	22
25	Bucks	Don Nelson	4/14/1982	0-1	MIL	@	BOS	L 91-100	.000	240	91	48	21	7	3	35	84	41.7	0	3	0.0	21	33	63.6	46.2	16	32	20	31
	Average								.494	241.1	107.1	42.0	24.6			41.9	88.5	47.3	3.0	8.9	33.1	20.8	27.2	76.5	53.3				24.0
	Total			44-45					.494	21,460	9,535	3,741	2,189			3,725	7,880	47.3	231	697	33.1	1,854	2,422	76.5	53.3				2,137

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