1975-76 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Heinsohn (54-28)

1975-76 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 106.2 (6th of 18) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (6th of 18)
SRS: 2.24 (3rd of 18) ▪ Pace: 106.9 (7th of 18)
Off Rtg: 98.9 (6th of 18) ▪ Def Rtg: 96.7 (3rd of 18)
Expected W-L: 47-35 (4th of 18)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 539,589 (3rd of 18)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Cleveland Cavaliers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves

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NBA Champions

Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
42	Jerome Anderson	G	6-5	195	October 9, 1953	R	West Virginia University
34	Jim Ard	F-C	6-8	215	September 19, 1948	5	University of Cincinnati
31	Tom Boswell	F-C	6-9	220	October 2, 1953	R	University of South Carolina
18	Dave Cowens	C-F	6-9	230	October 25, 1948	5	Florida State University
17	John Havlicek	F-G	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	13	Ohio State University
33	Steve Kuberski	F-C	6-8	215	November 6, 1947	6	Bradley University
30	Glenn McDonald	F-G	6-6	190	March 18, 1952	1	California State University, Long Beach
19	Don Nelson	F	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	13	University of Iowa
11	Charlie Scott	G-F	6-5	175	December 15, 1948	5	University of North Carolina
32	Ed Searcy	F	6-6	210	April 17, 1952	R	St. John's University
35	Paul Silas	F-C	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	11	Creighton University
27	Kevin Stacom	G	6-3	185	September 4, 1951	1	Providence College
10	Jo Jo White	G	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	6	University of Kansas

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19755	3527	7901	.446	1654	2120	.780	1369	2972	4341	1980	561	260	1609	2002	8708	106.2
Lg Rank		13	5	2	17	9	13	2	3	1	1	6	18	16	6	14	6	6
Opponent	82	19755	3489	7772	.449	1538	2074	.742	1037	2659	3696	1835	650	334	1422	1895	8516	103.9
Lg Rank		13	13	17	5	2	3	5	2	6	3	8	4	6	18	3	6	6

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Jo Jo White	29	82	3257	670	1492	.449	212	253	.838	61	252	313	445	107	20	183	1552
2	Dave Cowens	27	78	3101	611	1305	.468	257	340	.756	335	911	1246	325	94	71	314	1479
3	Charlie Scott	27	82	2913	588	1309	.449	267	335	.797	106	252	358	341	103	24	356	1443
4	John Havlicek	35	76	2598	504	1121	.450	281	333	.844	116	198	314	278	97	29	204	1289
5	Paul Silas	32	81	2662	315	740	.426	236	333	.709	365	660	1025	203	56	33	227	866
6	Don Nelson	35	75	943	175	379	.462	127	161	.789	56	126	182	77	14	7	115	477
7	Glenn McDonald	23	75	1019	191	456	.419	40	56	.714	56	79	135	68	39	20	123	422
8	Kevin Stacom	24	77	1114	170	387	.439	68	91	.747	62	99	161	128	23	5	117	408
9	Steve Kuberski	28	60	882	128	274	.467	68	76	.895	86	148	234	44	11	11	123	324
10	Jim Ard	27	81	853	107	294	.364	71	100	.710	96	193	289	48	12	36	141	285
11	Tom Boswell	22	35	275	41	93	.441	14	24	.583	26	45	71	16	2	1	70	96
12	Jerome Anderson	22	22	126	25	45	.556	11	16	.688	4	9	13	6	3	3	25	61
13	Ed Searcy	23	4	12	2	6	.333	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Dave Cowens	27	78	39.8	7.8	16.7	.468	3.3	4.4	.756	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	4.0	19.0
2	Jo Jo White	29	82	39.7	8.2	18.2	.449	2.6	3.1	.838	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	18.9
3	Charlie Scott	27	82	35.5	7.2	16.0	.449	3.3	4.1	.797	1.3	3.1	4.4	4.2	1.3	0.3	4.3	17.6
4	John Havlicek	35	76	34.2	6.6	14.8	.450	3.7	4.4	.844	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.4	2.7	17.0
5	Paul Silas	32	81	32.9	3.9	9.1	.426	2.9	4.1	.709	4.5	8.1	12.7	2.5	0.7	0.4	2.8	10.7
6	Don Nelson	35	75	12.6	2.3	5.1	.462	1.7	2.1	.789	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	1.5	6.4
7	Glenn McDonald	23	75	13.6	2.5	6.1	.419	0.5	0.7	.714	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	5.6
8	Steve Kuberski	28	60	14.7	2.1	4.6	.467	1.1	1.3	.895	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.2	0.2	2.1	5.4
9	Kevin Stacom	24	77	14.5	2.2	5.0	.439	0.9	1.2	.747	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.5	5.3
10	Jim Ard	27	81	10.5	1.3	3.6	.364	0.9	1.2	.710	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.7	3.5
11	Jerome Anderson	22	22	5.7	1.1	2.0	.556	0.5	0.7	.688	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.1	2.8
12	Tom Boswell	22	35	7.9	1.2	2.7	.441	0.4	0.7	.583	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7
13	Ed Searcy	23	4	3.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
1	Don Nelson	35	75	943	6.7	14.5	.462	4.8	6.1	.789	2.1	4.8	6.9	2.9	0.5	0.3	4.4	18.2
2	Ed Searcy	23	4	12	6.0	18.0	.333	6.0	6.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	18.0
3	John Havlicek	35	76	2598	7.0	15.5	.450	3.9	4.6	.844	1.6	2.7	4.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	2.8	17.9
4	Charlie Scott	27	82	2913	7.3	16.2	.449	3.3	4.1	.797	1.3	3.1	4.4	4.2	1.3	0.3	4.4	17.8
5	Jerome Anderson	22	22	126	7.1	12.9	.556	3.1	4.6	.688	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.7	0.9	0.9	7.1	17.4
6	Dave Cowens	27	78	3101	7.1	15.1	.468	3.0	3.9	.756	3.9	10.6	14.5	3.8	1.1	0.8	3.6	17.2
7	Jo Jo White	29	82	3257	7.4	16.5	.449	2.3	2.8	.838	0.7	2.8	3.5	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.0	17.2
8	Glenn McDonald	23	75	1019	6.7	16.1	.419	1.4	2.0	.714	2.0	2.8	4.8	2.4	1.4	0.7	4.3	14.9
9	Kevin Stacom	24	77	1114	5.5	12.5	.439	2.2	2.9	.747	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.1	0.7	0.2	3.8	13.2
10	Steve Kuberski	28	60	882	5.2	11.2	.467	2.8	3.1	.895	3.5	6.0	9.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	5.0	13.2
11	Tom Boswell	22	35	275	5.4	12.2	.441	1.8	3.1	.583	3.4	5.9	9.3	2.1	0.3	0.1	9.2	12.6
12	Jim Ard	27	81	853	4.5	12.4	.364	3.0	4.2	.710	4.1	8.1	12.2	2.0	0.5	1.5	6.0	12.0
13	Paul Silas	32	81	2662	4.3	10.0	.426	3.2	4.5	.709	4.9	8.9	13.9	2.7	0.8	0.4	3.1	11.7

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Dave Cowens	27	78	3101	18.9	.508	.468	10.6	29.0	19.8	15.1	1.4	1.2	92	5.0	5.6	10.7	.165
2	Jo Jo White	29	82	3257	14.6	.484	.449	1.8	7.6	4.7	19.9	1.5	0.3	99	4.3	3.2	7.4	.109
3	John Havlicek	35	76	2598	15.5	.508	.450	4.4	7.5	5.9	15.3	1.7	0.6	98	4.7	2.7	7.4	.137
4	Paul Silas	32	81	2662	14.6	.488	.426	13.4	24.4	18.9	9.8	0.9	0.6	95	3.2	3.9	7.2	.129
5	Charlie Scott	27	82	2913	14.5	.495	.449	3.6	8.5	6.0	16.9	1.6	0.4	98	3.3	3.1	6.4	.106
6	Don Nelson	35	75	943	15.1	.530	.462	5.8	13.2	9.5	11.5	0.7	0.4	99	1.7	0.9	2.6	.134
7	Steve Kuberski	28	60	882	12.4	.527	.467	9.6	16.5	13.0	6.7	0.6	0.6	98	1.2	1.0	2.2	.120
8	Kevin Stacom	24	77	1114	11.7	.478	.439	5.5	8.8	7.1	15.5	0.9	0.2	100	0.8	1.0	1.8	.076
9	Glenn McDonald	23	75	1019	11.0	.439	.419	5.4	7.6	6.5	9.5	1.7	1.0	98	0.0	1.2	1.1	.053
10	Jim Ard	27	81	853	11.3	.422	.364	11.0	22.3	16.7	7.3	0.6	2.1	95	-0.4	1.3	0.9	.052
11	Jerome Anderson	22	22	126	13.0	.586	.556	3.1	7.0	5.1	6.9	1.1	1.2	99	0.2	0.1	0.3	.120
12	Tom Boswell	22	35	275	8.8	.463	.441	9.3	16.1	12.7	7.8	0.3	0.2	98	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.029
13	Ed Searcy	23	4	12	5.6	.436	.333	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.5	0.0	0.0	103	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.086

Playoffs

			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	Jo Jo White	29	18	791	165	371			78	95	12	71	98	23	1		51	408	.445		.821	43.9	22.7	3.9	5.4
2	Dave Cowens	27	18	798	156	341			66	87	87	296	83	22	13		85	378	.457		.759	44.3	21.0	16.4	4.6
3	Charlie Scott	27	18	632	111	284			55	72	23	76	71	21	8		97	277	.391		.764	35.1	15.4	4.2	3.9
4	John Havlicek	35	15	505	80	180			38	47	18	56	51	12	5		32	198	.444		.809	33.7	13.2	3.7	3.4
5	Paul Silas	32	18	741	69	154			56	69	78	246	42	24	6		67	194	.448		.812	41.2	10.8	13.7	2.3
6	Don Nelson	35	18	315	52	108			60	69	17	53	17	3	2		46	164	.481		.870	17.5	9.1	2.9	0.9
7	Steve Kuberski	28	18	232	38	81			21	26	16	51	16	0	3		38	97	.469		.808	12.9	5.4	2.8	0.9
8	Jim Ard	27	16	110	13	29			11	14	10	26	8	1	3		29	37	.448		.786	6.9	2.3	1.6	0.5
9	Kevin Stacom	24	17	195	13	45			8	11	9	17	16	5	0		21	34	.289		.727	11.5	2.0	1.0	0.9
10	Glenn McDonald	23	13	68	8	26			5	6	1	8	4	1	0		12	21	.308		.833	5.2	1.6	0.6	0.3
11	Tom Boswell	22	3	3	1	2			0	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	2	.500			1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
12	Jerome Anderson	22	4	5	1	3			0	0	1	1	1	0	0		1	2	.333			1.3	0.5	0.3	0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Dave Cowens	27	18	798	18.9	.498	.457	11.7	27.8	19.7	17.1	1.3	0.9	91	1.0	1.7	2.7	.163
2	Paul Silas	32	18	741	13.3	.526	.448	11.3	24.0	17.7	8.0	1.5	0.5	92	0.9	1.5	2.3	.152
3	Jo Jo White	29	18	791	15.5	.494	.445	1.6	7.9	4.8	20.8	1.4	0.1	96	1.0	1.1	2.1	.127
4	John Havlicek	35	15	505	13.0	.493	.444	3.8	8.0	5.9	15.6	1.1	0.6	97	0.5	0.7	1.3	.120
5	Don Nelson	35	18	315	16.0	.593	.481	5.8	12.1	9.0	8.4	0.5	0.4	97	0.8	0.4	1.2	.186
6	Charlie Scott	27	18	632	12.0	.439	.391	3.9	8.9	6.4	17.9	1.6	0.7	95	-0.3	1.0	0.7	.052
7	Steve Kuberski	28	18	232	12.9	.525	.469	7.4	16.0	11.7	10.8	0.0	0.7	96	0.2	0.3	0.6	.114
8	Jim Ard	27	16	110	11.1	.526	.448	9.7	15.4	12.6	10.6	0.4	1.5	95	0.0	0.2	0.2	.089
9	Tom Boswell	22	3	3	8.2	.500	.500	0.0	35.3	17.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	91	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.263
10	Jerome Anderson	22	4	5	10.9	.333	.333	21.4	0.0	10.6	33.1	0.0	0.0	101	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.158
11	Kevin Stacom	24	17	195	4.9	.341	.289	4.9	4.4	4.6	11.1	1.2	0.0	98	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.001
12	Glenn McDonald	23	13	68	4.6	.367	.308	1.6	10.9	6.3	8.6	0.7	0.0	97	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.044

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