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1967-68 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Russell (54-28)

PTS/G: 116.1 (9th of 12) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 112.0 (2nd of 12)
SRS: 3.87 (3rd of 12)
Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 12)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 320,788 (3rd of 12)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Detroit Pistons

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
28 Wayne Embry C 6-8 240 March 26, 1937 9 Miami University
11 Mal Graham PG 6-1 185 February 23, 1945 R New York University
17 John Havlicek SG 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 5 Ohio State University
18 Bailey Howell PF 6-7 210 January 20, 1937 8 Mississippi State University
27 Johnny Jones SF 6-7 205 March 12, 1943 R California State University, Los Angeles
24 Sam Jones PG 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 10 North Carolina Central University
19 Don Nelson SF 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 5 University of Iowa
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 11 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders SF 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 7 New York University
20 Larry Siegfried PG 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 4 Ohio State University
12 Tom Thacker SG 6-2 170 November 2, 1939 3 University of Cincinnati
26 Rick Weitzman SG 6-2 175 April 30, 1946 R Northeastern University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19705 3686 8371 .440 2151 2983 .721 5666 1798 2147 9523 116.1
Lg Rank 12 6 7 7 9 9 7 3 9 7 8 8
Opponent 82 19705 9186 112.0
Lg Rank 12 2 2

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 51 31 4.11 -0.24 3.87 .440 .257 Boston Garden 320,788
Lg Rank 3 3 3 9 3 7 8 3

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 John Havlicek 27 82 2921 666 1551 .429 368 453 .812 546 384 237 1700
2 Bailey Howell 31 82 2801 643 1336 .481 335 461 .727 805 133 285 1621
3 Sam Jones 34 73 2408 621 1348 .461 311 376 .827 357 216 181 1553
4 Bill Russell 33 78 2953 365 858 .425 247 460 .537 1451 357 242 977
5 Don Nelson 27 82 1498 312 632 .494 195 268 .728 431 103 178 819
6 Tom Sanders 29 78 1981 296 691 .428 200 255 .784 454 100 300 792
7 Larry Siegfried 28 62 1937 261 629 .415 236 272 .868 215 289 194 758
8 Wayne Embry 30 78 1088 193 483 .400 109 185 .589 321 52 174 495
9 Mal Graham 22 48 786 117 272 .430 56 88 .636 94 61 123 290
10 Tom Thacker 28 65 782 114 272 .419 43 84 .512 161 69 165 271
11 Johnny Jones 24 51 475 86 253 .340 42 68 .618 114 26 60 214
12 Rick Weitzman 21 25 75 12 46 .261 9 13 .692 10 8 8 33

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sam Jones 34 73 33.0 8.5 18.5 .461 4.3 5.2 .827 4.9 3.0 2.5 21.3
2 John Havlicek 27 82 35.6 8.1 18.9 .429 4.5 5.5 .812 6.7 4.7 2.9 20.7
3 Bailey Howell 31 82 34.2 7.8 16.3 .481 4.1 5.6 .727 9.8 1.6 3.5 19.8
4 Bill Russell 33 78 37.9 4.7 11.0 .425 3.2 5.9 .537 18.6 4.6 3.1 12.5
5 Larry Siegfried 28 62 31.2 4.2 10.1 .415 3.8 4.4 .868 3.5 4.7 3.1 12.2
6 Tom Sanders 29 78 25.4 3.8 8.9 .428 2.6 3.3 .784 5.8 1.3 3.8 10.2
7 Don Nelson 27 82 18.3 3.8 7.7 .494 2.4 3.3 .728 5.3 1.3 2.2 10.0
8 Wayne Embry 30 78 13.9 2.5 6.2 .400 1.4 2.4 .589 4.1 0.7 2.2 6.3
9 Mal Graham 22 48 16.4 2.4 5.7 .430 1.2 1.8 .636 2.0 1.3 2.6 6.0
10 Johnny Jones 24 51 9.3 1.7 5.0 .340 0.8 1.3 .618 2.2 0.5 1.2 4.2
11 Tom Thacker 28 65 12.0 1.8 4.2 .419 0.7 1.3 .512 2.5 1.1 2.5 4.2
12 Rick Weitzman 21 25 3.0 0.5 1.8 .261 0.4 0.5 .692 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.3

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sam Jones 34 73 2408 9.3 20.2 .461 4.6 5.6 .827 5.3 3.2 2.7 23.2
2 John Havlicek 27 82 2921 8.2 19.1 .429 4.5 5.6 .812 6.7 4.7 2.9 21.0
3 Bailey Howell 31 82 2801 8.3 17.2 .481 4.3 5.9 .727 10.3 1.7 3.7 20.8
4 Don Nelson 27 82 1498 7.5 15.2 .494 4.7 6.4 .728 10.4 2.5 4.3 19.7
5 Wayne Embry 30 78 1088 6.4 16.0 .400 3.6 6.1 .589 10.6 1.7 5.8 16.4
6 Johnny Jones 24 51 475 6.5 19.2 .340 3.2 5.2 .618 8.6 2.0 4.5 16.2
7 Rick Weitzman 21 25 75 5.8 22.1 .261 4.3 6.2 .692 4.8 3.8 3.8 15.8
8 Tom Sanders 29 78 1981 5.4 12.6 .428 3.6 4.6 .784 8.3 1.8 5.5 14.4
9 Larry Siegfried 28 62 1937 4.9 11.7 .415 4.4 5.1 .868 4.0 5.4 3.6 14.1
10 Mal Graham 22 48 786 5.4 12.5 .430 2.6 4.0 .636 4.3 2.8 5.6 13.3
11 Tom Thacker 28 65 782 5.2 12.5 .419 2.0 3.9 .512 7.4 3.2 7.6 12.5
12 Bill Russell 33 78 2953 4.4 10.5 .425 3.0 5.6 .537 17.7 4.4 3.0 11.9

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bailey Howell 31 82 2801 18.1 .527 .481 6.7 5.6 4.5 10.1 .174
2 Bill Russell 33 78 2953 17.0 .461 .425 14.9 0.4 7.8 8.2 .133
3 Sam Jones 34 73 2408 18.3 .513 .461 13.2 4.5 3.2 7.7 .154
4 John Havlicek 27 82 2921 17.7 .486 .429 18.6 2.7 4.9 7.6 .125
5 Don Nelson 27 82 1498 18.2 .546 .494 9.5 3.6 2.6 6.1 .197
6 Larry Siegfried 28 62 1937 13.1 .506 .415 18.6 2.2 2.9 5.1 .126
7 Tom Sanders 29 78 1981 11.4 .493 .428 6.4 1.5 2.9 4.3 .105
8 Mal Graham 22 48 786 8.8 .467 .430 9.9 0.2 0.9 1.1 .067
9 Wayne Embry 30 78 1088 11.7 .439 .400 6.3 -0.7 1.8 1.1 .050
10 Tom Thacker 28 65 782 8.6 .439 .419 11.2 -0.3 1.2 0.9 .055
11 Rick Weitzman 21 25 75 5.6 .319 .261 13.8 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.184
12 Johnny Jones 24 51 475 9.0 .378 .340 7.3 -1.3 0.7 -0.5 -0.055

Playoffs Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 John Havlicek 27 19 862 184 407 .452 125 151 .828 164 142 67 493
2 Sam Jones 34 19 685 162 367 .441 66 84 .786 64 50 58 390
3 Bailey Howell 31 19 597 135 264 .511 74 107 .692 146 22 84 344
4 Bill Russell 33 19 869 99 242 .409 76 130 .585 434 99 73 274
5 Don Nelson 27 19 468 91 175 .520 55 74 .743 143 32 49 237
6 Larry Siegfried 28 19 535 78 201 .388 77 85 .906 50 56 75 233
7 Tom Sanders 29 14 289 50 99 .505 16 21 .762 63 12 53 116
8 Wayne Embry 30 16 162 23 59 .390 13 29 .448 45 6 36 59
9 Tom Thacker 28 17 81 7 24 .292 2 7 .286 17 8 23 16
10 Johnny Jones 24 5 10 3 6 .500 0 0 4 0 2 6
11 Mal Graham 22 5 22 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 4 1 3 5
12 Rick Weitzman 21 3 5 2 3 .667 0 0 1 1 0 4

Playoffs Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 John Havlicek 27 19 45.4 9.7 21.4 .452 6.6 7.9 .828 8.6 7.5 3.5 25.9
2 Sam Jones 34 19 36.1 8.5 19.3 .441 3.5 4.4 .786 3.4 2.6 3.1 20.5
3 Bailey Howell 31 19 31.4 7.1 13.9 .511 3.9 5.6 .692 7.7 1.2 4.4 18.1
4 Bill Russell 33 19 45.7 5.2 12.7 .409 4.0 6.8 .585 22.8 5.2 3.8 14.4
5 Don Nelson 27 19 24.6 4.8 9.2 .520 2.9 3.9 .743 7.5 1.7 2.6 12.5
6 Larry Siegfried 28 19 28.2 4.1 10.6 .388 4.1 4.5 .906 2.6 2.9 3.9 12.3
7 Tom Sanders 29 14 20.6 3.6 7.1 .505 1.1 1.5 .762 4.5 0.9 3.8 8.3
8 Wayne Embry 30 16 10.1 1.4 3.7 .390 0.8 1.8 .448 2.8 0.4 2.3 3.7
9 Rick Weitzman 21 3 1.7 0.7 1.0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3
10 Johnny Jones 24 5 2.0 0.6 1.2 .500 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.4 1.2
11 Mal Graham 22 5 4.4 0.4 1.0 .400 0.2 0.6 .333 0.8 0.2 0.6 1.0
12 Tom Thacker 28 17 4.8 0.4 1.4 .292 0.1 0.4 .286 1.0 0.5 1.4 0.9

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Rick Weitzman 21 3 5 14.4 21.6 .667 0.0 0.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 28.8
2 Johnny Jones 24 5 10 10.8 21.6 .500 0.0 0.0 14.4 0.0 7.2 21.6
3 Bailey Howell 31 19 597 8.1 15.9 .511 4.5 6.5 .692 8.8 1.3 5.1 20.7
4 John Havlicek 27 19 862 7.7 17.0 .452 5.2 6.3 .828 6.8 5.9 2.8 20.6
5 Sam Jones 34 19 685 8.5 19.3 .441 3.5 4.4 .786 3.4 2.6 3.0 20.5
6 Don Nelson 27 19 468 7.0 13.5 .520 4.2 5.7 .743 11.0 2.5 3.8 18.2
7 Larry Siegfried 28 19 535 5.2 13.5 .388 5.2 5.7 .906 3.4 3.8 5.0 15.7
8 Tom Sanders 29 14 289 6.2 12.3 .505 2.0 2.6 .762 7.8 1.5 6.6 14.4
9 Wayne Embry 30 16 162 5.1 13.1 .390 2.9 6.4 .448 10.0 1.3 8.0 13.1
10 Bill Russell 33 19 869 4.1 10.0 .409 3.1 5.4 .585 18.0 4.1 3.0 11.4
11 Mal Graham 22 5 22 3.3 8.2 .400 1.6 4.9 .333 6.5 1.6 4.9 8.2
12 Tom Thacker 28 17 81 3.1 10.7 .292 0.9 3.1 .286 7.6 3.6 10.2 7.1

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 John Havlicek 27 19 862 19.9 .521 .452 23.6 1.8 1.1 2.8 .157
2 Bailey Howell 31 19 597 17.2 .553 .511 5.4 1.6 0.6 2.2 .176
3 Don Nelson 27 19 468 18.5 .571 .520 9.5 1.3 0.6 1.9 .191
4 Bill Russell 33 19 869 16.7 .458 .409 14.3 0.1 1.6 1.6 .091
5 Sam Jones 34 19 685 14.0 .483 .441 10.8 0.6 0.5 1.1 .074
6 Larry Siegfried 28 19 535 11.6 .489 .388 13.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 .080
7 Tom Sanders 29 14 289 11.6 .536 .505 5.6 0.5 0.3 0.7 .121
8 Rick Weitzman 21 3 5 32.3 .667 .667 39.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .401
9 Mal Graham 22 5 22 5.3 .396 .400 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.006
10 Johnny Jones 24 5 10 16.9 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .119
11 Wayne Embry 30 16 162 7.9 .411 .390 4.8 -0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.005
12 Tom Thacker 28 17 81 2.2 .295 .292 12.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.088