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1971-72 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Heinsohn (56-26)

Points Per Game: 115.6 (3rd of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.8 (9th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 53-29 (5th of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 346,701 (7th of 17)

SRS: 4.38 (5th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks

1971-72 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 3 University of Houston
18 Dave Cowens C-F 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 1 Florida State University
29 Hank Finkel C 7-0 240 April 20, 1942 5 University of Dayton
28 Clarence Glover F 6-8 210 November 1, 1947 R Western Kentucky University
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 9 Ohio State University
11 Steve Kuberski F-C 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 2 Bradley University
20 Rex Morgan G 6-5 190 October 27, 1948 1 Jacksonville University
19 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 9 University of Iowa
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 11 New York University
33 Garfield Smith C-F 6-9 235 November 18, 1945 1 Eastern Kentucky University
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 2 University of Kansas
7 Art Williams G 6-1 180 September 29, 1939 4 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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 19730 3819 8431 .453 1839 2367 .777 4462 2230 2030 9477 115.6
Opponent 82 19730 3498 7886 .444 2089 2766 .755 4179 1798 1842 9085 110.8

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 31 82 3698 897 1957 .458 458 549 .834 672 614 183 2252
2 Jo Jo White 25 79 3261 770 1788 .431 285 343 .831 446 416 227 1825
3 Dave Cowens 23 79 3186 657 1357 .484 175 243 .720 1203 245 314 1489
4 Don Nelson 31 82 2086 389 811 .480 356 452 .788 453 192 220 1134
5 Don Chaney 25 79 2275 373 786 .475 197 255 .773 395 202 295 943
6 Tom Sanders 33 82 1631 215 524 .410 111 136 .816 353 98 257 541
7 Steve Kuberski 24 71 1128 185 444 .417 80 102 .784 320 46 130 450
8 Art Williams 32 81 1326 161 339 .475 90 119 .756 256 327 204 412
9 Hank Finkel 29 78 736 103 254 .406 43 74 .581 251 61 118 249
10 Clarence Glover 24 25 119 25 55 .455 15 32 .469 46 4 26 65
11 Garfield Smith 26 26 134 28 66 .424 6 31 .194 37 8 22 62
12 Rex Morgan 23 28 150 16 50 .320 23 31 .742 30 17 34 55

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 31 82 45.1 10.9 23.9 .458 5.6 6.7 .834 8.2 7.5 2.2 27.5
2 Jo Jo White 25 79 41.3 9.7 22.6 .431 3.6 4.3 .831 5.6 5.3 2.9 23.1
3 Dave Cowens 23 79 40.3 8.3 17.2 .484 2.2 3.1 .720 15.2 3.1 4.0 18.8
4 Don Nelson 31 82 25.4 4.7 9.9 .480 4.3 5.5 .788 5.5 2.3 2.7 13.8
5 Don Chaney 25 79 28.8 4.7 9.9 .475 2.5 3.2 .773 5.0 2.6 3.7 11.9
6 Tom Sanders 33 82 19.9 2.6 6.4 .410 1.4 1.7 .816 4.3 1.2 3.1 6.6
7 Steve Kuberski 24 71 15.9 2.6 6.3 .417 1.1 1.4 .784 4.5 0.6 1.8 6.3
8 Art Williams 32 81 16.4 2.0 4.2 .475 1.1 1.5 .756 3.2 4.0 2.5 5.1
9 Hank Finkel 29 78 9.4 1.3 3.3 .406 0.6 0.9 .581 3.2 0.8 1.5 3.2
10 Clarence Glover 24 25 4.8 1.0 2.2 .455 0.6 1.3 .469 1.8 0.2 1.0 2.6
11 Garfield Smith 26 26 5.2 1.1 2.5 .424 0.2 1.2 .194 1.4 0.3 0.8 2.4
12 Rex Morgan 23 28 5.4 0.6 1.8 .320 0.8 1.1 .742 1.1 0.6 1.2 2.0

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 31 82 3698 8.7 19.1 .458 4.5 5.3 .834 6.5 6.0 1.8 21.9
2 Jo Jo White 25 79 3261 8.5 19.7 .431 3.1 3.8 .831 4.9 4.6 2.5 20.1
3 Clarence Glover 24 25 119 7.6 16.6 .455 4.5 9.7 .469 13.9 1.2 7.9 19.7
4 Don Nelson 31 82 2086 6.7 14.0 .480 6.1 7.8 .788 7.8 3.3 3.8 19.6
5 Dave Cowens 23 79 3186 7.4 15.3 .484 2.0 2.7 .720 13.6 2.8 3.5 16.8
6 Garfield Smith 26 26 134 7.5 17.7 .424 1.6 8.3 .194 9.9 2.1 5.9 16.7
7 Don Chaney 25 79 2275 5.9 12.4 .475 3.1 4.0 .773 6.3 3.2 4.7 14.9
8 Steve Kuberski 24 71 1128 5.9 14.2 .417 2.6 3.3 .784 10.2 1.5 4.1 14.4
9 Rex Morgan 23 28 150 3.8 12.0 .320 5.5 7.4 .742 7.2 4.1 8.2 13.2
10 Hank Finkel 29 78 736 5.0 12.4 .406 2.1 3.6 .581 12.3 3.0 5.8 12.2
11 Tom Sanders 33 82 1631 4.7 11.6 .410 2.5 3.0 .816 7.8 2.2 5.7 11.9
12 Art Williams 32 81 1326 4.4 9.2 .475 2.4 3.2 .756 7.0 8.9 5.5 11.2

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 31 82 3698 20.1 .512 .458 8.3 22.9 5.9 6.5 12.4
2 Dave Cowens 23 79 3186 17.1 .509 .484 17.2 10.1 3.5 6.9 10.4
3 Don Nelson 31 82 2086 17.7 .561 .480 9.9 11.8 5.4 3.4 8.8
4 Don Chaney 25 79 2275 12.5 .525 .475 7.9 11.0 3.0 3.3 6.3
5 Jo Jo White 25 79 3261 15.3 .471 .431 6.2 17.4 0.7 4.7 5.4
6 Art Williams 32 81 1326 14.7 .526 .475 8.8 29.1 1.6 2.8 4.4
7 Tom Sanders 33 82 1631 8.9 .463 .410 9.9 7.2 -0.1 2.4 2.4
8 Steve Kuberski 24 71 1128 11.4 .460 .417 13.0 5.1 -0.2 1.9 1.7
9 Hank Finkel 29 78 736 11.1 .434 .406 15.6 10.0 -0.5 1.5 1.0
10 Clarence Glover 24 25 119 14.0 .470 .455 17.7 4.4 0.0 0.2 0.3
11 Rex Morgan 23 28 150 8.7 .432 .320 9.1 13.2 -0.1 0.2 0.1
12 Garfield Smith 26 26 134 8.9 .389 .424 12.6 7.9 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

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 31 11 517 108 235 85 99 92 70 35 301 .460 .859 47.0 27.4 8.4 6.4
2 Jo Jo White 25 11 432 109 220 40 48 59 58 31 258 .495 .833 39.3 23.5 5.4 5.3
3 Dave Cowens 23 11 441 71 156 28 47 152 33 50 170 .455 .596 40.1 15.5 13.8 3.0
4 Don Nelson 31 11 308 52 99 41 48 61 21 30 145 .525 .854 28.0 13.2 5.5 1.9
5 Steve Kuberski 24 11 218 48 87 32 38 63 3 23 128 .552 .842 19.8 11.6 5.7 0.3
6 Don Chaney 25 11 271 41 81 15 20 39 22 39 97 .506 .750 24.6 8.8 3.5 2.0
7 Art Williams 32 11 173 25 64 15 20 28 33 30 65 .391 .750 15.7 5.9 2.5 3.0
8 Tom Sanders 33 11 186 17 53 13 21 26 10 36 47 .321 .619 16.9 4.3 2.4 0.9
9 Hank Finkel 29 8 68 10 22 0 0 24 3 11 20 .455 8.5 2.5 3.0 0.4
10 Clarence Glover 24 3 10 2 6 2 2 3 0 1 6 .333 1.000 3.3 2.0 1.0 0.0
11 Rex Morgan 23 4 10 1 7 1 3 5 0 6 3 .143 .333 2.5 0.8 1.3 0.0
12 Garfield Smith 26 4 6 1 5 0 3 1 0 1 2 .200 .000 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.0

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 31 11 517 19.9 .540 .460 8.7 19.1 1.3 0.2 1.5
2 Jo Jo White 25 11 432 19.2 .535 .495 6.7 20.2 1.0 0.2 1.2
3 Don Nelson 31 11 308 16.5 .604 .525 9.6 9.1 1.0 0.1 1.1
4 Steve Kuberski 24 11 218 19.9 .617 .552 14.1 2.0 0.9 0.1 1.0
5 Don Chaney 25 11 271 10.9 .540 .506 7.0 10.6 0.4 0.1 0.5
6 Dave Cowens 23 11 441 14.2 .481 .455 16.8 9.9 0.2 0.2 0.5
7 Art Williams 32 11 173 12.1 .446 .391 7.9 24.6 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Hank Finkel 29 8 68 10.2 .455 .455 17.2 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Clarence Glover 24 3 10 14.1 .436 .333 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Rex Morgan 23 4 10 -12.0 .180 .143 24.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Garfield Smith 26 4 6 -16.0 .158 .200 8.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Tom Sanders 33 11 186 3.5 .378 .321 6.8 6.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Havlicek *$195,000
2 Don Nelson *$57,500
3 Steve Kuberski *$53,750
4 Hank Finkel *$41,250
5 Don Chaney *$40,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)