| Record: | 60 - 20 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Red Auerbach |
| Finish: | 1st Eastern Div |
| Playoffs: | Won 5th NBA Title 4-3 vs the Los Angeles Lakers |
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| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | OT |
| 60 - 20 | 23 - 5 | 26 - 12 | 11 - 3 | 1 - 0 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/21/1961 | Detroit Pistons | 137 - 102 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 10/28/1961 | New York Knicks | 132 - 102 | 2 - 0 | W 2 | |||
| 11/3/1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 112 - 98 | 3 - 0 | W 3 | ||
| 11/4/1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 127 - 107 | 4 - 0 | W 4 | |||
| 11/9/1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | 110 - 116 | 4 - 1 | L 1 | Philadelphia | |
| 11/11/1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | 128 - 125 | 5 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 11/12/1961 | @ | Chicago Packers | 112 - 96 | 6 - 1 | W 2 | ||
| 11/14/1961 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 119 - 117 | 7 - 1 | W 3 | ||
| 11/16/1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | 127 - 121 | 8 - 1 | W 4 | ||
| 11/17/1961 | @ | New York Knicks | 104 - 100 | 9 - 1 | W 5 | ||
| 11/18/1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 101 - 103 | 9 - 2 | L 1 | |||
| 11/22/1961 | Saint Louis Hawks | 141 - 121 | 10 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 11/23/1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 119 - 106 | 11 - 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11/25/1961 | New York Knicks | 116 - 96 | 12 - 2 | W 3 | |||
| 11/26/1961 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 107 - 101 | 13 - 2 | W 4 | ||
| 11/28/1961 | N | Detroit Pistons | 116 - 108 | 14 - 2 | W 5 | New York City | |
| 11/30/1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | 130 - 133 | 14 - 3 | L 1 | Providence | |
| 12/1/1961 | Chicago Packers | 140 - 121 | 15 - 3 | W 1 | |||
| 12/3/1961 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | 119 - 96 | 16 - 3 | W 2 | ||
| 12/6/1961 | N | Cincinnati Royals | 103 - 102 | 17 - 3 | W 3 | Philadelphia | |
| 12/8/1961 | Syracuse Nationals | 123 - 111 | 18 - 3 | W 4 | |||
| 12/9/1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 106 - 102 | 19 - 3 | W 5 | ||
| 12/13/1961 | Philadelphia Warriors | 123 - 113 | 20 - 3 | W 6 | |||
| 12/14/1961 | N | Chicago Packers | 123 - 108 | 21 - 3 | W 7 | Philadelphia | |
| 12/16/1961 | Saint Louis Hawks | 130 - 113 | 22 - 3 | W 8 | |||
| 12/17/1961 | @ | New York Knicks | 117 - 109 | 23 - 3 | W 9 | ||
| 12/19/1961 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 101 - 104 | 23 - 4 | L 1 | ||
| 12/21/1961 | N | New York Knicks | 122 - 103 | 24 - 4 | W 1 | Providence | |
| 12/23/1961 | New York Knicks | 122 - 111 | 25 - 4 | W 2 | |||
| 12/25/1961 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 127 - 122 | 26 - 4 | W 3 | ||
| 12/26/1961 | Los Angeles Lakers | 129 - 117 | 27 - 4 | W 4 | |||
| 12/28/1961 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 117 - 109 | 28 - 4 | W 5 | ||
| 12/29/1961 | @ | New York Knicks | 100 - 110 | 28 - 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12/30/1961 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 116 - 111 | 29 - 5 | W 1 | ||
| 1/2/1962 | N | Saint Louis Hawks | 136 - 99 | 30 - 5 | W 2 | New York City | |
| 1/3/1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 103 - 112 | 30 - 6 | L 1 | ||
| 1/5/1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | 124 - 103 | 31 - 6 | W 1 | ||
| 1/7/1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 118 - 95 | 32 - 6 | W 2 | ||
| 1/10/1962 | @ | Chicago Packers | 90 - 103 | 32 - 7 | L 1 | ||
| 1/12/1962 | Cincinnati Royals | 141 - 125 | 33 - 7 | W 1 | |||
| 1/13/1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 117 - 127 | 33 - 8 | L 1 | Rochester | |
| 1/14/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 145 - 136 | 34 - 8 | W 1 | |||
| 1/17/1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 126 - 116 | 35 - 8 | W 2 | ||
| 1/19/1962 | Syracuse Nationals | 128 - 103 | 36 - 8 | W 3 | |||
| 1/20/1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 107 - 101 | 37 - 8 | W 4 | ||
| 1/21/1962 | Detroit Pistons | 120 - 124 | 37 - 9 | L 1 | |||
| 1/23/1962 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | 118 - 103 | 38 - 9 | W 1 | New York City | |
| 1/24/1962 | Saint Louis Hawks | 123 - 135 | 38 - 10 | L 1 | |||
| 1/26/1962 | @ | New York Knicks | 121 - 129 | 38 - 11 | L 2 | ||
| 1/27/1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 106 - 131 | 38 - 12 | L 3 | ||
| 1/28/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 129 - 133 | 38 - 13 | L 4 | |||
| 1/31/1962 | @ | Chicago Packers | 122 - 115 | 39 - 13 | W 1 | ||
| 2/1/1962 | N | Los Angeles Lakers | 130 - 115 | 40 - 13 | W 2 | College Park, MD | |
| 2/2/1962 | Cincinnati Royals | 143 - 124 | 41 - 13 | W 3 | |||
| 2/4/1962 | New York Knicks | 130 - 114 | 42 - 13 | W 4 | |||
| 2/5/1962 | @ | Chicago Packers | 127 - 111 | 43 - 13 | W 5 | ||
| 2/6/1962 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 129 - 114 | 44 - 13 | W 6 | ||
| 2/8/1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 110 - 122 | 44 - 14 | L 1 | ||
| 2/9/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 124 - 126 | 44 - 15 | L 2 | |||
| 2/10/1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 106 - 107 | 44 - 16 | L 3 | ||
| 2/11/1962 | Chicago Packers | 148 - 115 | 45 - 16 | W 1 | |||
| 2/13/1962 | N | Chicago Packers | 138 - 117 | 46 - 16 | W 2 | Providence | |
| 2/14/1962 | @ | New York Knicks | 112 - 125 | 46 - 17 | L 1 | ||
| 2/16/1962 | N | New York Knicks | 127 - 104 | 47 - 17 | W 1 | Philadelphia | |
| 2/18/1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 99 - 125 | 47 - 18 | L 1 | ||
| 2/20/1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 115 - 96 | 48 - 18 | W 1 | ||
| 2/22/1962 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 134 - 106 | 49 - 18 | W 2 | Providence | |
| 2/23/1962 | Syracuse Nationals | 121 - 107 | 50 - 18 | W 3 | |||
| 2/24/1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 109 - 86 | 51 - 18 | W 4 | ||
| 2/25/1962 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 110 - 106 | 52 - 18 | W 5 | ||
| 2/27/1962 | N | Chicago Packers | 115 - 100 | 53 - 18 | W 6 | St Louis | |
| 2/28/1962 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | 129 - 123 | OT | 54 - 18 | W 7 | |
| 3/2/1962 | @ | Saint Louis Hawks | 120 - 138 | 54 - 19 | L 1 | ||
| 3/4/1962 | Saint Louis Hawks | 123 - 120 | 55 - 19 | W 1 | |||
| 3/6/1962 | @ | New York Knicks | 106 - 113 | 55 - 20 | L 1 | ||
| 3/7/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 153 - 102 | 56 - 20 | W 1 | |||
| 3/8/1962 | @ | Chicago Packers | 108 - 102 | 57 - 20 | W 2 | ||
| 3/9/1962 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 130 - 111 | 58 - 20 | W 3 | ||
| 3/11/1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | 119 - 105 | 59 - 20 | W 4 | |||
| 3/13/1962 | Syracuse Nationals | 142 - 110 | 60 - 20 | W 5 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 3/24/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 117 - 89 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 3/27/1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 106 - 113 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3/28/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 129 - 114 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3/31/1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 106 - 110 | 2 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4/1/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 119 - 104 | 3 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4/3/1962 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 99 - 109 | 3 - 3 | L 1 | ||
| 4/5/1962 | Philadelphia Warriors | 109 - 107 | 4 - 3 | W 1 | |||
| 4/7/1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | 122 - 108 | 5 - 3 | W 2 | |||
| 4/8/1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | 122 - 129 | 5 - 4 | L 1 | |||
| 4/10/1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 115 - 117 | 5 - 5 | L 2 | ||
| 4/11/1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 115 - 103 | 6 - 5 | W 1 | ||
| 4/14/1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | 121 - 126 | 6 - 6 | L 1 | |||
| 4/16/1962 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 119 - 105 | 7 - 6 | W 1 | ||
| 4/18/1962 | Los Angeles Lakers | 110 - 107 | OT | 8 - 6 | W 2 |