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1976-77 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Heinsohn (44-38)

PTS/G: 104.5 (17th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.5 (12th of 22)
SRS: -1.90 (17th of 22) ▪ Pace: 107.5 (9th of 22)
Off Rtg: 96.5 (21st of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 98.3 (7th of 22)
Expected W-L: 36-46 (17th of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 517,391 (6th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-0) versus San Antonio Spurs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
34 Jim Ard C 6-8 215 September 19, 1948 6 University of Cincinnati
31 Tom Boswell PF 6-9 220 October 2, 1953 1 University of South Carolina
52 Norm Cook SF 6-8 210 March 21, 1955 R University of Kansas
18 Dave Cowens C 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 6 Florida State University
17 John Havlicek SF 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 14 Ohio State University
33 Steve Kuberski SF 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 7 Bradley University
41 Curtis Rowe PF 6-7 225 July 2, 1949 5 University of California, Los Angeles
20 Fred Saunders SF 6-7 210 June 13, 1951 2 Syracuse University
11 Charlie Scott SG 6-5 175 December 15, 1948 6 University of North Carolina
27 Kevin Stacom SG 6-3 185 September 4, 1951 2 Providence College
10 Jo Jo White PG 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 7 University of Kansas
12 Sidney Wicks PF 6-8 225 September 19, 1949 5 University of California, Los Angeles
42 Bobby Wilson SG 6-3 175 January 15, 1951 2 Wichita State University

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 19830 3462 7775 .445 1648 2181 .756 1241 2966 4207 2010 506 263 1673 2039 8572 104.5
Lg Rank 1 14 5 21 14 13 9 12 1 1 6 22 22 10 14 17 17
Opponent 82 19830 3559 7904 .450 1616 2180 .741 1110 2753 3863 1918 699 349 1369 1954 8734 106.5
Lg Rank 1 13 19 2 7 7 4 3 19 9 12 3 2 22 6 12 12

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 36 46 -1.98 0.08 -1.90 96.5 98.3 107.5 .445 16.1 31.1 .212 .450 13.4 72.8 .204 Boston Garden 517,391
Lg Rank 17 17 17 8 17 21 7 9 21 8 13 16 2 22 1 7 6

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 30 82 3333 638 1488 .429 333 383 .869 87 296 383 492 118 22 193 1609
2 John Havlicek 36 79 2913 580 1283 .452 235 288 .816 109 273 382 400 84 18 208 1395
3 Sidney Wicks 27 82 2642 464 1012 .458 310 464 .668 268 556 824 169 64 61 331 1238
4 Dave Cowens 28 50 1888 328 756 .434 162 198 .818 147 550 697 248 46 49 181 818
5 Curtis Rowe 27 79 2190 315 632 .498 170 240 .708 188 375 563 107 24 47 215 800
6 Charlie Scott 28 43 1581 326 734 .444 129 173 .746 52 139 191 196 60 12 155 781
7 Tom Boswell 23 70 1083 175 340 .515 96 135 .711 111 195 306 85 27 8 237 446
8 Kevin Stacom 25 79 1051 179 438 .409 46 58 .793 40 57 97 117 19 3 65 404
9 Fred Saunders 25 68 1051 184 395 .466 35 53 .660 73 150 223 85 26 7 191 403
10 Steve Kuberski 29 76 860 131 312 .420 63 83 .759 76 133 209 39 7 5 89 325
11 Jim Ard 28 63 969 96 254 .378 49 76 .645 77 219 296 53 18 28 128 241
12 Norm Cook 21 25 138 27 72 .375 9 17 .529 10 17 27 5 10 3 27 63
13 Bobby Wilson 26 25 131 19 59 .322 11 13 .846 3 6 9 14 3 0 19 49

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 30 82 40.6 7.8 18.1 .429 4.1 4.7 .869 1.1 3.6 4.7 6.0 1.4 0.3 2.4 19.6
2 Charlie Scott 28 43 36.8 7.6 17.1 .444 3.0 4.0 .746 1.2 3.2 4.4 4.6 1.4 0.3 3.6 18.2
3 John Havlicek 36 79 36.9 7.3 16.2 .452 3.0 3.6 .816 1.4 3.5 4.8 5.1 1.1 0.2 2.6 17.7
4 Dave Cowens 28 50 37.8 6.6 15.1 .434 3.2 4.0 .818 2.9 11.0 13.9 5.0 0.9 1.0 3.6 16.4
5 Sidney Wicks 27 82 32.2 5.7 12.3 .458 3.8 5.7 .668 3.3 6.8 10.0 2.1 0.8 0.7 4.0 15.1
6 Curtis Rowe 27 79 27.7 4.0 8.0 .498 2.2 3.0 .708 2.4 4.7 7.1 1.4 0.3 0.6 2.7 10.1
7 Tom Boswell 23 70 15.5 2.5 4.9 .515 1.4 1.9 .711 1.6 2.8 4.4 1.2 0.4 0.1 3.4 6.4
8 Fred Saunders 25 68 15.5 2.7 5.8 .466 0.5 0.8 .660 1.1 2.2 3.3 1.3 0.4 0.1 2.8 5.9
9 Kevin Stacom 25 79 13.3 2.3 5.5 .409 0.6 0.7 .793 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.0 0.8 5.1
10 Steve Kuberski 29 76 11.3 1.7 4.1 .420 0.8 1.1 .759 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.2 4.3
11 Jim Ard 28 63 15.4 1.5 4.0 .378 0.8 1.2 .645 1.2 3.5 4.7 0.8 0.3 0.4 2.0 3.8
12 Norm Cook 21 25 5.5 1.1 2.9 .375 0.4 0.7 .529 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.1 2.5
13 Bobby Wilson 26 25 5.2 0.8 2.4 .322 0.4 0.5 .846 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.8 2.0

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 Charlie Scott 28 43 1581 7.4 16.7 .444 2.9 3.9 .746 1.2 3.2 4.3 4.5 1.4 0.3 3.5 17.8
2 Jo Jo White 30 82 3333 6.9 16.1 .429 3.6 4.1 .869 0.9 3.2 4.1 5.3 1.3 0.2 2.1 17.4
3 John Havlicek 36 79 2913 7.2 15.9 .452 2.9 3.6 .816 1.3 3.4 4.7 4.9 1.0 0.2 2.6 17.2
4 Sidney Wicks 27 82 2642 6.3 13.8 .458 4.2 6.3 .668 3.7 7.6 11.2 2.3 0.9 0.8 4.5 16.9
5 Norm Cook 21 25 138 7.0 18.8 .375 2.3 4.4 .529 2.6 4.4 7.0 1.3 2.6 0.8 7.0 16.4
6 Dave Cowens 28 50 1888 6.3 14.4 .434 3.1 3.8 .818 2.8 10.5 13.3 4.7 0.9 0.9 3.5 15.6
7 Tom Boswell 23 70 1083 5.8 11.3 .515 3.2 4.5 .711 3.7 6.5 10.2 2.8 0.9 0.3 7.9 14.8
8 Kevin Stacom 25 79 1051 6.1 15.0 .409 1.6 2.0 .793 1.4 2.0 3.3 4.0 0.7 0.1 2.2 13.8
9 Fred Saunders 25 68 1051 6.3 13.5 .466 1.2 1.8 .660 2.5 5.1 7.6 2.9 0.9 0.2 6.5 13.8
10 Steve Kuberski 29 76 860 5.5 13.1 .420 2.6 3.5 .759 3.2 5.6 8.7 1.6 0.3 0.2 3.7 13.6
11 Bobby Wilson 26 25 131 5.2 16.2 .322 3.0 3.6 .846 0.8 1.6 2.5 3.8 0.8 0.0 5.2 13.5
12 Curtis Rowe 27 79 2190 5.2 10.4 .498 2.8 3.9 .708 3.1 6.2 9.3 1.8 0.4 0.8 3.5 13.2
13 Jim Ard 28 63 969 3.6 9.4 .378 1.8 2.8 .645 2.9 8.1 11.0 2.0 0.7 1.0 4.8 9.0

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 Jo Jo White 30 82 3333 14.9 .486 .429 2.6 8.6 5.6 21.7 1.6 0.3 100 3.2 3.4 6.5 .094
2 Sidney Wicks 27 82 2642 15.4 .509 .458 10.1 20.5 15.3 9.2 1.1 1.2 96 2.2 3.8 6.1 .110
3 John Havlicek 36 79 2913 14.7 .495 .452 3.7 9.1 6.4 20.4 1.3 0.3 100 3.3 2.8 6.1 .100
4 Curtis Rowe 27 79 2190 12.6 .542 .498 8.5 16.7 12.6 6.7 0.5 1.1 99 2.7 2.5 5.2 .114
5 Dave Cowens 28 50 1888 16.8 .485 .434 7.7 28.3 18.1 18.8 1.1 1.3 94 1.1 3.3 4.4 .113
6 Charlie Scott 28 43 1581 14.1 .482 .444 3.3 8.6 5.9 18.6 1.7 0.4 99 0.8 1.7 2.5 .075
7 Tom Boswell 23 70 1083 13.6 .558 .515 10.2 17.5 13.9 11.0 1.1 0.4 98 1.0 1.4 2.4 .107
8 Fred Saunders 25 68 1051 10.9 .482 .466 6.9 13.9 10.4 11.6 1.1 0.3 99 0.0 1.2 1.2 .054
9 Steve Kuberski 29 76 860 10.7 .466 .420 8.8 15.0 11.9 6.3 0.4 0.3 100 0.3 0.8 1.1 .061
10 Jim Ard 28 63 969 9.1 .419 .378 7.9 22.0 15.0 7.1 0.8 1.4 96 -0.6 1.4 0.8 .039
11 Kevin Stacom 25 79 1051 10.1 .436 .409 3.8 5.3 4.5 15.8 0.8 0.1 102 -0.1 0.7 0.6 .027
12 Norm Cook 21 25 138 10.3 .396 .375 7.2 12.0 9.6 5.3 3.2 1.1 94 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.023
13 Bobby Wilson 26 25 131 6.8 .379 .322 2.3 4.5 3.4 14.7 1.0 0.0 102 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.055

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 30 9 395 91 201 .453 28 33 .848 10 29 39 52 14 0 27 210
2 John Havlicek 36 9 375 62 167 .371 41 50 .820 15 34 49 62 8 4 33 165
3 Dave Cowens 28 9 379 66 148 .446 17 22 .773 29 105 134 36 8 13 37 149
4 Charlie Scott 28 9 338 52 128 .406 44 52 .846 15 23 38 38 13 2 41 148
5 Sidney Wicks 27 9 261 42 81 .519 34 47 .723 26 57 83 16 13 3 37 118
6 Curtis Rowe 27 9 237 32 68 .471 22 29 .759 29 43 72 10 1 4 29 86
7 Fred Saunders 25 9 66 12 33 .364 5 6 .833 1 8 9 5 1 0 21 29
8 Tom Boswell 23 9 81 8 18 .444 4 6 .667 10 10 20 7 1 0 18 20
9 Kevin Stacom 25 5 25 3 6 .500 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 7
10 Norm Cook 21 1 3 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

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 30 9 43.9 10.1 22.3 .453 3.1 3.7 .848 1.1 3.2 4.3 5.8 1.6 0.0 3.0 23.3
2 John Havlicek 36 9 41.7 6.9 18.6 .371 4.6 5.6 .820 1.7 3.8 5.4 6.9 0.9 0.4 3.7 18.3
3 Dave Cowens 28 9 42.1 7.3 16.4 .446 1.9 2.4 .773 3.2 11.7 14.9 4.0 0.9 1.4 4.1 16.6
4 Charlie Scott 28 9 37.6 5.8 14.2 .406 4.9 5.8 .846 1.7 2.6 4.2 4.2 1.4 0.2 4.6 16.4
5 Sidney Wicks 27 9 29.0 4.7 9.0 .519 3.8 5.2 .723 2.9 6.3 9.2 1.8 1.4 0.3 4.1 13.1
6 Curtis Rowe 27 9 26.3 3.6 7.6 .471 2.4 3.2 .759 3.2 4.8 8.0 1.1 0.1 0.4 3.2 9.6
7 Norm Cook 21 1 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
8 Fred Saunders 25 9 7.3 1.3 3.7 .364 0.6 0.7 .833 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 2.3 3.2
9 Tom Boswell 23 9 9.0 0.9 2.0 .444 0.4 0.7 .667 1.1 1.1 2.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 2.0 2.2
10 Kevin Stacom 25 5 5.0 0.6 1.2 .500 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.4

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 Norm Cook 21 1 3 24.0 24.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 48.0
2 Jo Jo White 30 9 395 8.3 18.3 .453 2.6 3.0 .848 0.9 2.6 3.6 4.7 1.3 0.0 2.5 19.1
3 Sidney Wicks 27 9 261 5.8 11.2 .519 4.7 6.5 .723 3.6 7.9 11.4 2.2 1.8 0.4 5.1 16.3
4 John Havlicek 36 9 375 6.0 16.0 .371 3.9 4.8 .820 1.4 3.3 4.7 6.0 0.8 0.4 3.2 15.8
5 Charlie Scott 28 9 338 5.5 13.6 .406 4.7 5.5 .846 1.6 2.4 4.0 4.0 1.4 0.2 4.4 15.8
6 Fred Saunders 25 9 66 6.5 18.0 .364 2.7 3.3 .833 0.5 4.4 4.9 2.7 0.5 0.0 11.5 15.8
7 Dave Cowens 28 9 379 6.3 14.1 .446 1.6 2.1 .773 2.8 10.0 12.7 3.4 0.8 1.2 3.5 14.2
8 Curtis Rowe 27 9 237 4.9 10.3 .471 3.3 4.4 .759 4.4 6.5 10.9 1.5 0.2 0.6 4.4 13.1
9 Kevin Stacom 25 5 25 4.3 8.6 .500 1.4 1.4 1.000 0.0 2.9 2.9 5.8 0.0 0.0 4.3 10.1
10 Tom Boswell 23 9 81 3.6 8.0 .444 1.8 2.7 .667 4.4 4.4 8.9 3.1 0.4 0.0 8.0 8.9

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 Sidney Wicks 27 9 261 16.8 .580 .519 10.1 21.6 15.9 8.8 2.2 0.6 95 0.5 0.4 0.9 .165
2 Jo Jo White 30 9 395 14.6 .487 .453 2.6 7.3 4.9 21.0 1.6 0.0 101 0.4 0.4 0.8 .095
3 Dave Cowens 28 9 379 14.5 .472 .446 7.7 27.5 17.7 13.9 0.9 1.8 95 0.2 0.6 0.8 .101
4 Curtis Rowe 27 9 237 12.5 .532 .471 12.4 18.0 15.2 5.8 0.2 0.9 100 0.3 0.2 0.6 .114
5 Charlie Scott 28 9 338 12.6 .490 .406 4.5 6.7 5.6 16.0 1.7 0.3 101 0.2 0.3 0.5 .077
6 John Havlicek 36 9 375 12.6 .437 .371 4.0 9.0 6.5 23.9 1.0 0.6 101 0.0 0.3 0.3 .038
7 Tom Boswell 23 9 81 8.7 .484 .444 12.5 12.2 12.4 11.4 0.6 0.0 101 0.0 0.1 0.1 .047
8 Kevin Stacom 25 5 25 9.1 .543 .500 0.0 7.9 4.0 21.7 0.0 0.0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 .048
9 Norm Cook 21 1 3 41.0 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 107 0.0 0.0 0.0 .475
10 Fred Saunders 25 9 66 5.8 .407 .364 1.5 12.0 6.8 11.2 0.7 0.0 101 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.073