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1975-76 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 106.2 (7th 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

Roster

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

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 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

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 47 35 2.34 -0.10 2.24 98.9 96.7 106.9 .446 15.4 34.0 .209 .449 14.1 74.1 .198 Boston Garden 539,589
Lg Rank 4 4 3 13 3 6 3 7 17 5 1 13 5 18 2 3 3

Totals

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 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 GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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 GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV 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 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
10 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
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% TOV% USG% ORtg 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

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 Jo Jo White 29 18 791 165 371 .445 78 95 .821 12 59 71 98 23 1 51 408
2 Dave Cowens 27 18 798 156 341 .457 66 87 .759 87 209 296 83 22 13 85 378
3 Charlie Scott 27 18 632 111 284 .391 55 72 .764 23 53 76 71 21 8 97 277
4 John Havlicek 35 15 505 80 180 .444 38 47 .809 18 38 56 51 12 5 32 198
5 Paul Silas 32 18 741 69 154 .448 56 69 .812 78 168 246 42 24 6 67 194
6 Don Nelson 35 18 315 52 108 .481 60 69 .870 17 36 53 17 3 2 46 164
7 Steve Kuberski 28 18 232 38 81 .469 21 26 .808 16 35 51 16 0 3 38 97
8 Jim Ard 27 16 110 13 29 .448 11 14 .786 10 16 26 8 1 3 29 37
9 Kevin Stacom 24 17 195 13 45 .289 8 11 .727 9 8 17 16 5 0 21 34
10 Glenn McDonald 23 13 68 8 26 .308 5 6 .833 1 7 8 4 1 0 12 21
11 Tom Boswell 22 3 3 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
12 Jerome Anderson 22 4 5 1 3 .333 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2

Playoffs Per Game

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 Jo Jo White 29 18 43.9 9.2 20.6 .445 4.3 5.3 .821 0.7 3.3 3.9 5.4 1.3 0.1 2.8 22.7
2 Dave Cowens 27 18 44.3 8.7 18.9 .457 3.7 4.8 .759 4.8 11.6 16.4 4.6 1.2 0.7 4.7 21.0
3 Charlie Scott 27 18 35.1 6.2 15.8 .391 3.1 4.0 .764 1.3 2.9 4.2 3.9 1.2 0.4 5.4 15.4
4 John Havlicek 35 15 33.7 5.3 12.0 .444 2.5 3.1 .809 1.2 2.5 3.7 3.4 0.8 0.3 2.1 13.2
5 Paul Silas 32 18 41.2 3.8 8.6 .448 3.1 3.8 .812 4.3 9.3 13.7 2.3 1.3 0.3 3.7 10.8
6 Don Nelson 35 18 17.5 2.9 6.0 .481 3.3 3.8 .870 0.9 2.0 2.9 0.9 0.2 0.1 2.6 9.1
7 Steve Kuberski 28 18 12.9 2.1 4.5 .469 1.2 1.4 .808 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.9 0.0 0.2 2.1 5.4
8 Jim Ard 27 16 6.9 0.8 1.8 .448 0.7 0.9 .786 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 1.8 2.3
9 Kevin Stacom 24 17 11.5 0.8 2.6 .289 0.5 0.6 .727 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.2 2.0
10 Glenn McDonald 23 13 5.2 0.6 2.0 .308 0.4 0.5 .833 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.9 1.6
11 Tom Boswell 22 3 1.0 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7
12 Jerome Anderson 22 4 1.3 0.3 0.8 .333 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Tom Boswell 22 3 3 12.0 24.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 24.0
2 Don Nelson 35 18 315 5.9 12.3 .481 6.9 7.9 .870 1.9 4.1 6.1 1.9 0.3 0.2 5.3 18.7
3 Jo Jo White 29 18 791 7.5 16.9 .445 3.5 4.3 .821 0.5 2.7 3.2 4.5 1.0 0.0 2.3 18.6
4 Dave Cowens 27 18 798 7.0 15.4 .457 3.0 3.9 .759 3.9 9.4 13.4 3.7 1.0 0.6 3.8 17.1
5 Charlie Scott 27 18 632 6.3 16.2 .391 3.1 4.1 .764 1.3 3.0 4.3 4.0 1.2 0.5 5.5 15.8
6 Steve Kuberski 28 18 232 5.9 12.6 .469 3.3 4.0 .808 2.5 5.4 7.9 2.5 0.0 0.5 5.9 15.1
7 Jerome Anderson 22 4 5 7.2 21.6 .333 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 0.0 7.2 14.4
8 John Havlicek 35 15 505 5.7 12.8 .444 2.7 3.4 .809 1.3 2.7 4.0 3.6 0.9 0.4 2.3 14.1
9 Jim Ard 27 16 110 4.3 9.5 .448 3.6 4.6 .786 3.3 5.2 8.5 2.6 0.3 1.0 9.5 12.1
10 Glenn McDonald 23 13 68 4.2 13.8 .308 2.6 3.2 .833 0.5 3.7 4.2 2.1 0.5 0.0 6.4 11.1
11 Paul Silas 32 18 741 3.4 7.5 .448 2.7 3.4 .812 3.8 8.2 12.0 2.0 1.2 0.3 3.3 9.4
12 Kevin Stacom 24 17 195 2.4 8.3 .289 1.5 2.0 .727 1.7 1.5 3.1 3.0 0.9 0.0 3.9 6.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg 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 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
11 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
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