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1968-69 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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48-34, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Russell (48-34)

1968-69 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 111.0 (10th of 14) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.4 (2nd of 14)
Pythagorean W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 14)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 322,130 (4th of 14)

SRS: 5.35 (2nd of 14)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1968-69 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
28 Jim Barnes C-F 6-8 210 April 13, 1941 4 University of Texas at El Paso
7 Em Bryant G 6-1 175 November 4, 1938 4 DePaul University
12 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 March 22, 1946 R University of Houston
11 Mal Graham G 6-1 185 February 23, 1945 1 New York University
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 6 Ohio State University
18 Bailey Howell F 6-7 210 January 20, 1937 9 Mississippi State University
26 Rich Johnson C 6-7 210 December 18, 1946 R Grambling State University
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 11 North Carolina Central University
19 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 6 University of Iowa
29 Bud Olsen F-C 6-8 220 July 25, 1940 6 University of Louisville
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 12 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 8 New York University
20 Larry Siegfried F 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 5 Ohio State University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19830 3583 8316 .431 1936 2657 .729 4840 1953 2073 9102 111.0
Opponent 82 19830 8645 105.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 28 82 3174 692 1709 .405 387 496 .780 570 441 247 1771
2 Bailey Howell 32 78 2527 612 1257 .487 313 426 .735 685 137 285 1537
3 Sam Jones 35 70 1820 496 1103 .450 148 189 .783 265 182 121 1140
4 Larry Siegfried 29 79 2560 392 1031 .380 336 389 .864 282 370 222 1120
5 Don Nelson 28 82 1773 374 771 .485 201 259 .776 458 92 198 949
6 Tom Sanders 30 82 2184 364 847 .430 187 255 .733 574 110 293 915
7 Bill Russell 34 77 3291 279 645 .433 204 388 .526 1484 374 231 762
8 Em Bryant 30 80 1388 197 488 .404 65 100 .650 192 176 264 459
9 Jim Barnes 27 49 595 92 202 .455 65 92 .707 194 27 107 249
10 Don Chaney 22 20 209 36 113 .319 8 20 .400 46 19 32 80
11 Rich Johnson 22 31 163 29 76 .382 11 23 .478 52 7 40 69
12 Mal Graham 23 22 103 13 55 .236 11 14 .786 24 14 27 37
13 Bud Olsen 28 7 43 7 19 .368 0 6 .000 14 4 6 14

Per Game

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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 28 82 38.7 8.4 20.8 .405 4.7 6.0 .780 7.0 5.4 3.0 21.6
2 Bailey Howell 32 78 32.4 7.8 16.1 .487 4.0 5.5 .735 8.8 1.8 3.7 19.7
3 Sam Jones 35 70 26.0 7.1 15.8 .450 2.1 2.7 .783 3.8 2.6 1.7 16.3
4 Larry Siegfried 29 79 32.4 5.0 13.1 .380 4.3 4.9 .864 3.6 4.7 2.8 14.2
5 Don Nelson 28 82 21.6 4.6 9.4 .485 2.5 3.2 .776 5.6 1.1 2.4 11.6
6 Tom Sanders 30 82 26.6 4.4 10.3 .430 2.3 3.1 .733 7.0 1.3 3.6 11.2
7 Bill Russell 34 77 42.7 3.6 8.4 .433 2.6 5.0 .526 19.3 4.9 3.0 9.9
8 Em Bryant 30 80 17.4 2.5 6.1 .404 0.8 1.3 .650 2.4 2.2 3.3 5.7
9 Jim Barnes 27 49 12.1 1.9 4.1 .455 1.3 1.9 .707 4.0 0.6 2.2 5.1
10 Don Chaney 22 20 10.5 1.8 5.7 .319 0.4 1.0 .400 2.3 1.0 1.6 4.0
11 Rich Johnson 22 31 5.3 0.9 2.5 .382 0.4 0.7 .478 1.7 0.2 1.3 2.2
12 Bud Olsen 28 7 6.1 1.0 2.7 .368 0.0 0.9 .000 2.0 0.6 0.9 2.0
13 Mal Graham 23 22 4.7 0.6 2.5 .236 0.5 0.6 .786 1.1 0.6 1.2 1.7

Per 36 Minutes

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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 35 70 1820 9.8 21.8 .450 2.9 3.7 .783 5.2 3.6 2.4 22.5
2 Bailey Howell 32 78 2527 8.7 17.9 .487 4.5 6.1 .735 9.8 2.0 4.1 21.9
3 John Havlicek 28 82 3174 7.8 19.4 .405 4.4 5.6 .780 6.5 5.0 2.8 20.1
4 Don Nelson 28 82 1773 7.6 15.7 .485 4.1 5.3 .776 9.3 1.9 4.0 19.3
5 Larry Siegfried 29 79 2560 5.5 14.5 .380 4.7 5.5 .864 4.0 5.2 3.1 15.8
6 Rich Johnson 22 31 163 6.4 16.8 .382 2.4 5.1 .478 11.5 1.5 8.8 15.2
7 Tom Sanders 30 82 2184 6.0 14.0 .430 3.1 4.2 .733 9.5 1.8 4.8 15.1
8 Jim Barnes 27 49 595 5.6 12.2 .455 3.9 5.6 .707 11.7 1.6 6.5 15.1
9 Don Chaney 22 20 209 6.2 19.5 .319 1.4 3.4 .400 7.9 3.3 5.5 13.8
10 Mal Graham 23 22 103 4.5 19.2 .236 3.8 4.9 .786 8.4 4.9 9.4 12.9
11 Em Bryant 30 80 1388 5.1 12.7 .404 1.7 2.6 .650 5.0 4.6 6.8 11.9
12 Bud Olsen 28 7 43 5.9 15.9 .368 0.0 5.0 .000 11.7 3.3 5.0 11.7
13 Bill Russell 34 77 3291 3.1 7.1 .433 2.2 4.2 .526 16.2 4.1 2.5 8.3

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bailey Howell 32 78 2527 19.4 .532 .487 8.2 6.4 4.9 11.3
2 Bill Russell 34 77 3291 15.2 .467 .433 13.9 1.0 9.9 10.9
3 Don Nelson 28 82 1773 17.5 .536 .485 7.5 4.2 3.3 7.5
4 John Havlicek 28 82 3174 17.0 .459 .405 20.3 1.0 6.3 7.3
5 Larry Siegfried 29 79 2560 13.6 .466 .380 19.3 1.2 4.4 5.6
6 Tom Sanders 30 82 2184 12.8 .477 .430 6.8 1.3 4.1 5.4
7 Sam Jones 35 70 1820 17.6 .481 .450 15.9 1.9 3.0 4.9
8 Jim Barnes 27 49 595 14.0 .513 .455 6.1 0.8 1.3 2.1
9 Em Bryant 30 80 1388 8.8 .431 .404 16.7 -0.5 2.4 1.9
10 Rich Johnson 22 31 163 9.0 .401 .382 5.9 -0.3 0.3 0.1
11 Bud Olsen 28 7 43 7.8 .323 .368 12.6 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Mal Graham 23 22 103 4.6 .302 .236 17.5 -0.5 0.2 -0.3
13 Don Chaney 22 20 209 6.3 .328 .319 12.4 -0.9 0.4 -0.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 John Havlicek 28 18 850 170 382 118 138 179 100 58 458 .445 .855 47.2 25.4 9.9 5.6
2 Sam Jones 35 18 514 124 296 55 69 58 37 45 303 .419 .797 28.6 16.8 3.2 2.1
3 Bailey Howell 32 18 551 112 229 46 64 118 19 84 270 .489 .719 30.6 15.0 6.6 1.1
4 Don Nelson 28 18 348 87 168 50 60 83 21 51 224 .518 .833 19.3 12.4 4.6 1.2
5 Larry Siegfried 29 18 392 72 172 55 70 38 46 60 199 .419 .786 21.8 11.1 2.1 2.6
6 Em Bryant 30 18 607 79 193 40 53 88 54 75 198 .409 .755 33.7 11.0 4.9 3.0
7 Bill Russell 34 18 829 77 182 41 81 369 98 65 195 .423 .506 46.1 10.8 20.5 5.4
8 Tom Sanders 30 15 197 32 73 23 31 48 7 40 87 .438 .742 13.1 5.8 3.2 0.5
9 Don Chaney 22 7 25 1 6 3 4 4 0 7 5 .167 .750 3.6 0.7 0.6 0.0
10 Rich Johnson 22 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
11 Mal Graham 23 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.5

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 John Havlicek 28 18 850 19.4 .517 .445 17.5 2.0 0.8 2.8
2 Don Nelson 28 18 348 21.6 .576 .518 9.7 1.5 0.3 1.8
3 Bailey Howell 32 18 551 14.7 .525 .489 5.1 1.2 0.4 1.6
4 Bill Russell 34 18 829 15.3 .448 .423 15.1 0.2 1.2 1.4
5 Larry Siegfried 29 18 392 14.4 .491 .419 17.0 0.6 0.3 0.9
6 Em Bryant 30 18 607 10.0 .458 .409 12.0 0.2 0.5 0.7
7 Sam Jones 35 18 514 15.0 .464 .419 11.4 0.4 0.3 0.7
8 Tom Sanders 30 15 197 12.7 .502 .438 5.0 0.3 0.2 0.5
9 Mal Graham 23 2 3 -11.1 .000 .000 38.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Don Chaney 22 7 25 -0.2 .322 .167 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
11 Rich Johnson 22 2 4 28.9 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Havlicek $140,000
2 Larry Siegfried $54,000
3 Bailey Howell $52,500
4 Don Nelson $37,500
5 Tom Sanders $35,000
6 Em Bryant $30,000
7 Don Chaney $25,000
8 Jim Barnes $22,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)