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1970-71 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Heinsohn (44-38)

Points Per Game: 117.2 (2nd of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 115.1 (13th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 46-36 (5th of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 313,768 (8th of 17)

SRS: 2.30 (6th of 17)

1970-71 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 March 22, 1946 2 University of Houston
18 Dave Cowens C-F 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 R Florida State University
27 Bill Dinwiddie F 6-7 220 July 15, 1943 2 New Mexico Highlands University
29 Hank Finkel C 7-0 240 April 20, 1942 4 University of Dayton
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 8 Ohio State University
26 Rich Johnson C 6-7 210 December 18, 1946 2 Grambling State University
11 Steve Kuberski F-C 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 1 Bradley University
20 Rex Morgan G 6-5 190 October 27, 1948 R Jacksonville University
19 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 8 University of Iowa
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 10 New York University
33 Garfield Smith C-F 6-9 235 November 18, 1945 R Eastern Kentucky University
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 1 University of Kansas
7 Art Williams G 6-1 180 September 29, 1939 3 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
28 Willie Williams F 6-7 200 July 28, 1946 R Florida 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 19780 3804 8616 .442 2000 2648 .755 4833 2052 2138 9608 117.2
Opponent 82 19780 3612 8211 .440 2214 2982 .742 4342 1910 1962 9438 115.1

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 30 81 3678 892 1982 .450 554 677 .818 730 607 200 2338
2 Jo Jo White 24 75 2787 693 1494 .464 215 269 .799 376 361 255 1601
3 Dave Cowens 22 81 3076 550 1302 .422 273 373 .732 1216 228 350 1373
4 Don Nelson 30 82 2254 412 881 .468 317 426 .744 565 153 232 1141
5 Don Chaney 24 81 2289 348 766 .454 234 313 .748 463 235 288 930
6 Steve Kuberski 23 82 1867 313 745 .420 133 183 .727 538 78 198 759
7 Hank Finkel 28 80 1234 214 489 .438 93 127 .732 343 79 196 521
8 Art Williams 31 74 1141 150 330 .455 60 83 .723 205 233 182 360
9 Bill Dinwiddie 27 61 717 123 328 .375 54 74 .730 209 34 90 300
10 Rex Morgan 22 34 266 41 102 .402 35 54 .648 61 22 58 117
11 Garfield Smith 25 37 281 42 116 .362 22 56 .393 95 9 53 106
12 Tom Sanders 32 17 121 16 44 .364 7 8 .875 17 11 25 39
13 Willie Williams 24 16 56 6 32 .188 3 5 .600 10 2 8 15
14 Rich Johnson 24 1 13 4 5 .800 0 0 5 0 3 8

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 30 81 45.4 11.0 24.5 .450 6.8 8.4 .818 9.0 7.5 2.5 28.9
2 Jo Jo White 24 75 37.2 9.2 19.9 .464 2.9 3.6 .799 5.0 4.8 3.4 21.3
3 Dave Cowens 22 81 38.0 6.8 16.1 .422 3.4 4.6 .732 15.0 2.8 4.3 17.0
4 Don Nelson 30 82 27.5 5.0 10.7 .468 3.9 5.2 .744 6.9 1.9 2.8 13.9
5 Don Chaney 24 81 28.3 4.3 9.5 .454 2.9 3.9 .748 5.7 2.9 3.6 11.5
6 Steve Kuberski 23 82 22.8 3.8 9.1 .420 1.6 2.2 .727 6.6 1.0 2.4 9.3
7 Rich Johnson 24 1 13.0 4.0 5.0 .800 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 3.0 8.0
8 Hank Finkel 28 80 15.4 2.7 6.1 .438 1.2 1.6 .732 4.3 1.0 2.5 6.5
9 Bill Dinwiddie 27 61 11.8 2.0 5.4 .375 0.9 1.2 .730 3.4 0.6 1.5 4.9
10 Art Williams 31 74 15.4 2.0 4.5 .455 0.8 1.1 .723 2.8 3.1 2.5 4.9
11 Rex Morgan 22 34 7.8 1.2 3.0 .402 1.0 1.6 .648 1.8 0.6 1.7 3.4
12 Garfield Smith 25 37 7.6 1.1 3.1 .362 0.6 1.5 .393 2.6 0.2 1.4 2.9
13 Tom Sanders 32 17 7.1 0.9 2.6 .364 0.4 0.5 .875 1.0 0.6 1.5 2.3
14 Willie Williams 24 16 3.5 0.4 2.0 .188 0.2 0.3 .600 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.9

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 John Havlicek 30 81 3678 8.7 19.4 .450 5.4 6.6 .818 7.1 5.9 2.0 22.9
2 Rich Johnson 24 1 13 11.1 13.8 .800 0.0 0.0 13.8 0.0 8.3 22.2
3 Jo Jo White 24 75 2787 9.0 19.3 .464 2.8 3.5 .799 4.9 4.7 3.3 20.7
4 Don Nelson 30 82 2254 6.6 14.1 .468 5.1 6.8 .744 9.0 2.4 3.7 18.2
5 Dave Cowens 22 81 3076 6.4 15.2 .422 3.2 4.4 .732 14.2 2.7 4.1 16.1
6 Rex Morgan 22 34 266 5.5 13.8 .402 4.7 7.3 .648 8.3 3.0 7.8 15.8
7 Hank Finkel 28 80 1234 6.2 14.3 .438 2.7 3.7 .732 10.0 2.3 5.7 15.2
8 Bill Dinwiddie 27 61 717 6.2 16.5 .375 2.7 3.7 .730 10.5 1.7 4.5 15.1
9 Don Chaney 24 81 2289 5.5 12.0 .454 3.7 4.9 .748 7.3 3.7 4.5 14.6
10 Steve Kuberski 23 82 1867 6.0 14.4 .420 2.6 3.5 .727 10.4 1.5 3.8 14.6
11 Garfield Smith 25 37 281 5.4 14.9 .362 2.8 7.2 .393 12.2 1.2 6.8 13.6
12 Tom Sanders 32 17 121 4.8 13.1 .364 2.1 2.4 .875 5.1 3.3 7.4 11.6
13 Art Williams 31 74 1141 4.7 10.4 .455 1.9 2.6 .723 6.5 7.4 5.7 11.4
14 Willie Williams 24 16 56 3.9 20.6 .188 1.9 3.2 .600 6.4 1.3 5.1 9.6

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 30 81 3678 20.8 .513 .450 8.6 23.0 6.6 5.9 12.5
2 Don Nelson 30 82 2254 15.9 .534 .468 10.8 8.7 4.2 3.2 7.4
3 Jo Jo White 24 75 2787 16.2 .496 .464 5.8 18.2 3.1 3.6 6.7
4 Dave Cowens 22 81 3076 15.4 .468 .422 17.0 9.5 0.6 5.8 6.4
5 Don Chaney 24 81 2289 13.0 .515 .454 8.7 12.7 2.7 3.2 5.9
6 Art Williams 31 74 1141 12.5 .491 .455 7.7 24.6 0.8 1.9 2.7
7 Steve Kuberski 23 82 1867 11.8 .460 .420 12.4 5.3 -0.1 2.7 2.6
8 Hank Finkel 28 80 1234 12.1 .478 .438 12.0 8.1 0.5 1.8 2.3
9 Rex Morgan 22 34 266 10.7 .465 .402 9.9 10.2 0.0 0.4 0.4
10 Bill Dinwiddie 27 61 717 10.4 .416 .375 12.6 6.0 -0.9 1.1 0.2
11 Rich Johnson 24 1 13 22.2 .800 .800 16.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 Tom Sanders 32 17 121 6.1 .410 .364 6.1 11.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0
13 Garfield Smith 25 37 281 7.6 .377 .362 14.6 3.9 -0.6 0.4 -0.2
14 Willie Williams 24 16 56 -2.9 .219 .188 7.7 4.2 -0.4 0.1 -0.4

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Havlicek $140,000
2 Don Nelson $40,000
3 Tom Sanders $40,000
4 Steve Kuberski $37,500
5 Don Chaney $30,000
6 Hank Finkel $30,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)