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1973-74 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)

1973-74 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 109.0 (4th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.1 (7th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 355,261 (7th of 17)

SRS: 3.42 (3rd of 17) ▪ Pace Factor: 110.0 (5th of 17)
Offensive Rating: 98.6 (5th of 17) ▪ Defensive Rating: 95.1 (6th of 17)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves

1973-74 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 5 University of Houston
18 Dave Cowens C-F 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 3 Florida State University
32 Steve Downing C 6-8 225 September 9, 1950 R Indiana University
29 Hank Finkel C 7-0 240 April 20, 1942 7 University of Dayton
20 Phil Hankinson F 6-8 195 July 26, 1951 R University of Pennsylvania
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 11 Ohio State University
11 Steve Kuberski F-C 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 4 Bradley University
19 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 11 University of Iowa
35 Paul Silas F-C 6-7 220 July 12, 1943 9 Creighton University
44 Paul Westphal G 6-4 195 November 30, 1950 1 University of Southern California
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 4 University of Kansas
7 Art Williams G 6-1 180 September 29, 1939 6 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 19780 3630 7969 .456 1677 2097 .800 1378 3074 4452 2187 561 305 1796 1868 8937 109.0
Opponent 82 19780 3561 8047 .443 1494 1936 .772 1131 2604 3735 1934 540 309 1599 1858 8616 105.1

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 33 76 3091 685 1502 .456 346 416 .832 138 349 487 447 95 32 196 1716
2 Dave Cowens 25 80 3352 645 1475 .437 228 274 .832 264 993 1257 354 95 101 294 1518
3 Jo Jo White 27 82 3238 649 1445 .449 190 227 .837 100 251 351 448 105 25 185 1488
4 Paul Silas 30 82 2599 340 772 .440 264 337 .783 334 581 915 186 63 20 246 944
5 Don Nelson 33 82 1748 364 717 .508 215 273 .788 90 255 345 162 19 13 189 943
6 Don Chaney 27 81 2258 348 750 .464 149 180 .828 210 168 378 176 83 62 247 845
7 Paul Westphal 23 82 1165 238 475 .501 112 153 .732 49 94 143 171 39 34 173 588
8 Steve Kuberski 26 78 985 157 368 .427 86 111 .775 96 141 237 38 7 7 125 400
9 Art Williams 34 67 617 73 168 .435 27 32 .844 20 95 115 163 44 3 100 173
10 Hank Finkel 31 60 427 60 130 .462 28 43 .651 41 94 135 27 3 7 62 148
11 Phil Hankinson 22 28 163 50 103 .485 10 13 .769 22 28 50 4 3 1 18 110
12 Steve Downing 23 24 137 21 64 .328 22 38 .579 14 25 39 11 5 0 33 64

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 33 76 40.7 9.0 19.8 .456 4.6 5.5 .832 1.8 4.6 6.4 5.9 1.3 0.4 2.6 22.6
2 Dave Cowens 25 80 41.9 8.1 18.4 .437 2.9 3.4 .832 3.3 12.4 15.7 4.4 1.2 1.3 3.7 19.0
3 Jo Jo White 27 82 39.5 7.9 17.6 .449 2.3 2.8 .837 1.2 3.1 4.3 5.5 1.3 0.3 2.3 18.1
4 Paul Silas 30 82 31.7 4.1 9.4 .440 3.2 4.1 .783 4.1 7.1 11.2 2.3 0.8 0.2 3.0 11.5
5 Don Nelson 33 82 21.3 4.4 8.7 .508 2.6 3.3 .788 1.1 3.1 4.2 2.0 0.2 0.2 2.3 11.5
6 Don Chaney 27 81 27.9 4.3 9.3 .464 1.8 2.2 .828 2.6 2.1 4.7 2.2 1.0 0.8 3.0 10.4
7 Paul Westphal 23 82 14.2 2.9 5.8 .501 1.4 1.9 .732 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.1 0.5 0.4 2.1 7.2
8 Steve Kuberski 26 78 12.6 2.0 4.7 .427 1.1 1.4 .775 1.2 1.8 3.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.6 5.1
9 Phil Hankinson 22 28 5.8 1.8 3.7 .485 0.4 0.5 .769 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.6 3.9
10 Steve Downing 23 24 5.7 0.9 2.7 .328 0.9 1.6 .579 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.4 2.7
11 Art Williams 34 67 9.2 1.1 2.5 .435 0.4 0.5 .844 0.3 1.4 1.7 2.4 0.7 0.0 1.5 2.6
12 Hank Finkel 31 60 7.1 1.0 2.2 .462 0.5 0.7 .651 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.0 2.5

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 Phil Hankinson 22 28 163 11.0 22.7 .485 2.2 2.9 .769 4.9 6.2 11.0 0.9 0.7 0.2 4.0 24.3
2 John Havlicek 33 76 3091 8.0 17.5 .456 4.0 4.8 .832 1.6 4.1 5.7 5.2 1.1 0.4 2.3 20.0
3 Don Nelson 33 82 1748 7.5 14.8 .508 4.4 5.6 .788 1.9 5.3 7.1 3.3 0.4 0.3 3.9 19.4
4 Paul Westphal 23 82 1165 7.4 14.7 .501 3.5 4.7 .732 1.5 2.9 4.4 5.3 1.2 1.1 5.3 18.2
5 Steve Downing 23 24 137 5.5 16.8 .328 5.8 10.0 .579 3.7 6.6 10.2 2.9 1.3 0.0 8.7 16.8
6 Jo Jo White 27 82 3238 7.2 16.1 .449 2.1 2.5 .837 1.1 2.8 3.9 5.0 1.2 0.3 2.1 16.5
7 Dave Cowens 25 80 3352 6.9 15.8 .437 2.4 2.9 .832 2.8 10.7 13.5 3.8 1.0 1.1 3.2 16.3
8 Steve Kuberski 26 78 985 5.7 13.4 .427 3.1 4.1 .775 3.5 5.2 8.7 1.4 0.3 0.3 4.6 14.6
9 Don Chaney 27 81 2258 5.5 12.0 .464 2.4 2.9 .828 3.3 2.7 6.0 2.8 1.3 1.0 3.9 13.5
10 Paul Silas 30 82 2599 4.7 10.7 .440 3.7 4.7 .783 4.6 8.0 12.7 2.6 0.9 0.3 3.4 13.1
11 Hank Finkel 31 60 427 5.1 11.0 .462 2.4 3.6 .651 3.5 7.9 11.4 2.3 0.3 0.6 5.2 12.5
12 Art Williams 34 67 617 4.3 9.8 .435 1.6 1.9 .844 1.2 5.5 6.7 9.5 2.6 0.2 5.8 10.1

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 33 76 3091 17.4 .509 .456 4.4 10.6 7.6 20.8 1.3 0.5 96 5.9 3.8 9.7
2 Dave Cowens 25 80 3352 16.6 .476 .437 7.8 27.9 18.1 14.6 1.2 1.5 91 2.6 6.7 9.3
3 Paul Silas 30 82 2599 14.5 .513 .440 12.8 21.0 17.0 9.1 1.1 0.4 94 3.6 4.0 7.7
4 Jo Jo White 27 82 3238 14.0 .482 .449 3.1 7.3 5.2 19.3 1.4 0.4 97 3.7 3.6 7.3
5 Don Nelson 33 82 1748 16.1 .563 .508 5.1 13.7 9.5 13.1 0.5 0.4 97 4.0 1.9 5.9
6 Don Chaney 27 81 2258 12.9 .510 .464 9.2 7.0 8.1 10.2 1.6 1.3 96 3.0 2.9 5.8
7 Paul Westphal 23 82 1165 16.1 .542 .501 4.2 7.6 5.9 20.6 1.5 1.4 96 1.7 1.5 3.2
8 Steve Kuberski 26 78 985 10.9 .480 .427 9.7 13.5 11.6 5.1 0.3 0.3 98 0.7 1.0 1.7
9 Art Williams 34 67 617 14.7 .475 .435 3.2 14.5 9.0 33.1 3.1 0.2 92 0.1 1.1 1.2
10 Hank Finkel 31 60 427 11.6 .497 .462 9.5 20.7 15.3 8.1 0.3 0.8 95 0.3 0.6 0.9
11 Phil Hankinson 22 28 163 18.1 .506 .485 13.4 16.2 14.8 4.0 0.8 0.3 96 0.3 0.2 0.5
12 Steve Downing 23 24 137 10.2 .396 .328 10.2 17.2 13.8 10.5 1.6 0.0 94 -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 33 18 811 199 411 89 101 28 116 108 24 6 43 487 .484 .881 45.1 27.1 6.4 6.0
2 Dave Cowens 25 18 772 161 370 47 59 60 240 66 21 17 85 369 .435 .797 42.9 20.5 13.3 3.7
3 Jo Jo White 27 18 765 132 310 34 46 17 75 98 15 2 56 298 .426 .739 42.5 16.6 4.2 5.4
4 Don Nelson 33 18 467 82 164 41 53 25 97 35 8 3 54 205 .500 .774 25.9 11.4 5.4 1.9
5 Don Chaney 27 18 545 65 141 41 50 37 77 40 24 9 64 171 .461 .820 30.3 9.5 4.3 2.2
6 Paul Silas 30 18 574 50 126 44 53 53 191 47 13 9 51 144 .397 .830 31.9 8.0 10.6 2.6
7 Paul Westphal 23 18 241 46 100 11 15 6 21 31 8 2 37 103 .460 .733 13.4 5.7 1.2 1.7
8 Art Williams 34 12 96 10 27 7 8 4 23 29 7 0 14 27 .370 .875 8.0 2.3 1.9 2.4
9 Hank Finkel 31 8 46 8 18 1 1 5 10 3 1 0 9 17 .444 1.000 5.8 2.1 1.3 0.4
10 Steve Kuberski 26 9 69 5 25 5 10 8 20 2 1 1 9 15 .200 .500 7.7 1.7 2.2 0.2
11 Phil Hankinson 22 2 5 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 .500 1.000 2.5 3.0 0.5 0.0
12 Steve Downing 23 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 .500 4.0 2.0 2.0 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 33 18 811 20.5 .535 .484 3.7 11.4 7.6 21.5 1.4 0.4 94 2.4 1.2 3.5
2 Dave Cowens 25 18 772 16.6 .466 .435 8.3 24.4 16.5 13.0 1.3 1.2 90 0.6 1.5 2.1
3 Paul Silas 30 18 574 13.0 .482 .397 9.9 25.2 17.6 10.5 1.1 0.8 91 0.5 1.1 1.6
4 Don Nelson 33 18 467 15.0 .547 .500 5.7 16.1 11.0 10.9 0.8 0.3 94 0.9 0.7 1.6
5 Don Chaney 27 18 545 12.5 .525 .461 7.3 7.7 7.5 9.8 2.1 0.9 93 0.7 0.8 1.5
6 Jo Jo White 27 18 765 11.9 .451 .426 2.4 7.9 5.2 18.5 0.9 0.1 96 0.3 0.9 1.2
7 Paul Westphal 23 18 241 13.0 .483 .460 2.7 6.5 4.6 19.1 1.6 0.4 95 0.1 0.3 0.5
8 Art Williams 34 12 96 18.0 .442 .370 4.5 20.7 12.7 39.7 3.4 0.0 88 0.0 0.2 0.2
9 Hank Finkel 31 8 46 11.1 .461 .444 11.7 11.4 11.5 9.4 1.0 0.0 95 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Phil Hankinson 22 2 5 40.2 .615 .500 0.0 20.9 10.6 0.0 0.0 10.8 85 0.0 0.0 0.1
11 Steve Downing 23 1 4 21.1 .500 .500 53.7 0.0 26.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 100 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Steve Kuberski 26 9 69 3.8 .255 .200 12.4 18.2 15.4 3.7 0.7 0.8 93 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 John Havlicek $250,000
2 Dave Cowens $161,000
3 Jo Jo White $125,000
4 Steve Kuberski $75,000
5 Don Nelson $75,000
6 Hank Finkel $61,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)