▁games , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁records ▁in ▁history , ▁two ▁more ▁than ▁Mil w au kee ▁two ▁years ▁ago , ▁and ▁just ▁one ▁less ▁than ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁last ▁year . ▁The ▁new ▁C elt ics ▁were ▁a ▁year ▁older ▁and ▁b older ▁with ▁young ▁star ▁Dave ▁Cow ens ▁at ▁center ▁and ▁Jo ▁Jo ▁White ▁as ▁point ▁guard . ▁Cow ens ▁was ▁the ▁team ' s ▁anchor ▁at ▁center , ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁in ▁both ▁reb ounds ▁and ▁minutes ▁played ▁while ▁scoring ▁ 2 0 . 5 ▁points ▁per ▁game . ▁A ▁physical , ▁active ▁def ender ▁as ▁well , ▁Cow ens ▁made ▁NBA ▁obser vers ▁mar vel ▁at ▁his ▁energy ▁level ▁and ▁intensity . ▁At ▁ 6 ' ▁ 9 , ▁he ▁cast ▁a ▁huge ▁presence ▁for ▁his ▁team . ▁ ▁Long time ▁star ▁John ▁Hav lic ek ▁was ▁still ▁the ▁team ' s ▁leader , ▁leading ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁scoring , ▁ass ists ▁and ▁ste als . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Cow ens ▁up ▁front , ▁Boston ▁had ▁tab bed ▁Paul ▁Sil as ▁from ▁Phoenix ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁load ▁off ▁of ▁" H ondo " ▁inside . ▁The ▁results ▁included ▁more ▁sh ots ▁tried ▁and ▁made , ▁more ▁reb ounds ▁and ▁more ▁ass ists ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁NBA ▁team ▁this ▁season . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁East , ▁Boston ▁drew ▁an ▁Atlanta ▁team ▁with ▁ 4 6 ▁wins , ▁led ▁again ▁by ▁high ▁sc or ers ▁Lou ▁Hudson ▁and ▁P ete ▁Mar av ich , ▁who ▁scored ▁ 2 9 . 7