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1977-78 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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32-50, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Heinsohn (11-23), Tom Sanders (21-27)

Points Per Game: 105.7 (16th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.7 (8th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-46 (18th of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -1.86 (18th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 105.9 (15th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 99.1 (20th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 100.9 (12th of 22)

1977-78 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Zaid Abdul-Aziz C-F 6-9 235 April 7, 1946 9 Iowa State University
34 Jim Ard F-C 6-8 215 September 19, 1948 7 University of Cincinnati
52 Bob Bigelow F-G 6-7 215 December 26, 1953 2 University of Pennsylvania
44 Dave Bing G 6-3 180 November 24, 1943 11 Syracuse University
31 Tom Boswell F-C 6-9 220 October 2, 1953 2 University of South Carolina
42 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 March 22, 1946 9 University of Houston
18 Dave Cowens C-F 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 7 Florida State University
15-7 Ernie DiGregorio G 6-0 180 January 15, 1951 4 Providence College
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 15 Ohio State University
33 Steve Kuberski F-C 6-8 215 November 6, 1947 8 Bradley University
30 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 R University of North Carolina at Charlotte
41 Curtis Rowe F 6-7 225 July 2, 1949 6 University of California, Los Angeles
20 Fred Saunders F 6-7 210 June 13, 1951 3 Syracuse University
11 Charlie Scott G-F 6-5 175 December 15, 1948 7 University of North Carolina
27 Kevin Stacom G 6-3 185 September 4, 1951 3 Providence College
26 Kermit Washington F-C 6-8 230 September 17, 1951 4 American University
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 8 University of Kansas
12 Sidney Wicks F-C 6-8 225 September 19, 1949 6 University of California, Los Angeles

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 19830 3494 7635 .458 1682 2159 .779 1235 2850 4085 1969 643 295 1652 2033 8670 105.7
Opponent 82 19830 3539 7761 .456 1752 2278 .769 1142 2575 3717 1981 763 374 1412 1871 8830 107.7

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 Dave Cowens 29 77 3215 598 1220 .490 239 284 .842 248 830 1078 351 102 67 217 297 1435
2 John Havlicek 37 82 2797 546 1217 .449 230 269 .855 93 239 332 328 90 22 204 185 1322
3 Dave Bing 34 80 2256 422 940 .449 244 296 .824 76 136 212 300 79 18 216 247 1088
4 Sidney Wicks 28 81 2413 433 927 .467 217 329 .660 223 450 673 171 67 46 226 318 1083
5 Jo Jo White 31 46 1641 289 690 .419 103 120 .858 53 127 180 209 49 7 117 109 681
6 Cedric Maxwell 22 72 1213 170 316 .538 188 250 .752 138 241 379 68 53 48 122 151 528
7 Charlie Scott 29 31 1080 210 485 .433 84 118 .712 24 77 101 143 51 6 105 97 504
8 Kevin Stacom 26 55 1006 206 484 .426 54 71 .761 26 80 106 111 28 3 69 60 466
9 Tom Boswell 24 65 1149 185 357 .518 93 123 .756 117 171 288 71 25 14 95 204 463
10 Kermit Washington 26 32 866 137 263 .521 102 136 .750 105 230 335 42 28 40 54 114 376
11 Curtis Rowe 28 51 911 123 273 .451 66 89 .742 74 129 203 45 14 8 76 94 312
12 Don Chaney 31 42 702 91 233 .391 33 39 .846 36 69 105 49 36 10 50 93 215
13 Ernie DiGregorio 27 27 274 47 109 .431 12 13 .923 2 25 27 66 12 1 47 22 106
14 Fred Saunders 26 26 243 30 91 .330 14 17 .824 11 26 37 11 7 4 20 34 74
15 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 2 24 3 13 .231 2 3 .667 6 9 15 3 1 1 3 4 8
16 Bob Bigelow 24 4 17 3 12 .250 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 6
17 Steve Kuberski 30 3 14 1 4 .250 0 0 1 5 6 0 1 0 2 2 2
18 Jim Ard 29 1 9 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 1

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 Dave Cowens 29 77 41.8 7.8 15.8 .490 3.1 3.7 .842 3.2 10.8 14.0 4.6 1.3 0.9 2.8 3.9 18.6
2 Charlie Scott 29 31 34.8 6.8 15.6 .433 2.7 3.8 .712 0.8 2.5 3.3 4.6 1.6 0.2 3.4 3.1 16.3
3 John Havlicek 37 82 34.1 6.7 14.8 .449 2.8 3.3 .855 1.1 2.9 4.0 4.0 1.1 0.3 2.5 2.3 16.1
4 Jo Jo White 31 46 35.7 6.3 15.0 .419 2.2 2.6 .858 1.2 2.8 3.9 4.5 1.1 0.2 2.5 2.4 14.8
5 Dave Bing 34 80 28.2 5.3 11.8 .449 3.1 3.7 .824 1.0 1.7 2.7 3.8 1.0 0.2 2.7 3.1 13.6
6 Sidney Wicks 28 81 29.8 5.3 11.4 .467 2.7 4.1 .660 2.8 5.6 8.3 2.1 0.8 0.6 2.8 3.9 13.4
7 Kermit Washington 26 32 27.1 4.3 8.2 .521 3.2 4.3 .750 3.3 7.2 10.5 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.7 3.6 11.8
8 Kevin Stacom 26 55 18.3 3.7 8.8 .426 1.0 1.3 .761 0.5 1.5 1.9 2.0 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.1 8.5
9 Cedric Maxwell 22 72 16.8 2.4 4.4 .538 2.6 3.5 .752 1.9 3.3 5.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.7 2.1 7.3
10 Tom Boswell 24 65 17.7 2.8 5.5 .518 1.4 1.9 .756 1.8 2.6 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.5 3.1 7.1
11 Curtis Rowe 28 51 17.9 2.4 5.4 .451 1.3 1.7 .742 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.9 0.3 0.2 1.5 1.8 6.1
12 Don Chaney 31 42 16.7 2.2 5.5 .391 0.8 0.9 .846 0.9 1.6 2.5 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.2 2.2 5.1
13 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 2 12.0 1.5 6.5 .231 1.0 1.5 .667 3.0 4.5 7.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 4.0
14 Ernie DiGregorio 27 27 10.1 1.7 4.0 .431 0.4 0.5 .923 0.1 0.9 1.0 2.4 0.4 0.0 1.7 0.8 3.9
15 Fred Saunders 26 26 9.3 1.2 3.5 .330 0.5 0.7 .824 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.3 2.8
16 Bob Bigelow 24 4 4.3 0.8 3.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5
17 Jim Ard 29 1 9.0 0.0 1.0 .000 1.0 2.0 .500 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
18 Steve Kuberski 30 3 4.7 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.7

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 Dave Bing 34 80 2256 6.7 15.0 .449 3.9 4.7 .824 1.2 2.2 3.4 4.8 1.3 0.3 3.4 3.9 17.4
2 John Havlicek 37 82 2797 7.0 15.7 .449 3.0 3.5 .855 1.2 3.1 4.3 4.2 1.2 0.3 2.6 2.4 17.0
3 Charlie Scott 29 31 1080 7.0 16.2 .433 2.8 3.9 .712 0.8 2.6 3.4 4.8 1.7 0.2 3.5 3.2 16.8
4 Kevin Stacom 26 55 1006 7.4 17.3 .426 1.9 2.5 .761 0.9 2.9 3.8 4.0 1.0 0.1 2.5 2.1 16.7
5 Sidney Wicks 28 81 2413 6.5 13.8 .467 3.2 4.9 .660 3.3 6.7 10.0 2.6 1.0 0.7 3.4 4.7 16.2
6 Dave Cowens 29 77 3215 6.7 13.7 .490 2.7 3.2 .842 2.8 9.3 12.1 3.9 1.1 0.8 2.4 3.3 16.1
7 Cedric Maxwell 22 72 1213 5.0 9.4 .538 5.6 7.4 .752 4.1 7.2 11.2 2.0 1.6 1.4 3.6 4.5 15.7
8 Kermit Washington 26 32 866 5.7 10.9 .521 4.2 5.7 .750 4.4 9.6 13.9 1.7 1.2 1.7 2.2 4.7 15.6
9 Jo Jo White 31 46 1641 6.3 15.1 .419 2.3 2.6 .858 1.2 2.8 3.9 4.6 1.1 0.2 2.6 2.4 14.9
10 Tom Boswell 24 65 1149 5.8 11.2 .518 2.9 3.9 .756 3.7 5.4 9.0 2.2 0.8 0.4 3.0 6.4 14.5
11 Ernie DiGregorio 27 27 274 6.2 14.3 .431 1.6 1.7 .923 0.3 3.3 3.5 8.7 1.6 0.1 6.2 2.9 13.9
12 Bob Bigelow 24 4 17 6.4 25.4 .250 0.0 0.0 2.1 6.4 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 12.7
13 Curtis Rowe 28 51 911 4.9 10.8 .451 2.6 3.5 .742 2.9 5.1 8.0 1.8 0.6 0.3 3.0 3.7 12.3
14 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 2 24 4.5 19.5 .231 3.0 4.5 .667 9.0 13.5 22.5 4.5 1.5 1.5 4.5 6.0 12.0
15 Don Chaney 31 42 702 4.7 11.9 .391 1.7 2.0 .846 1.8 3.5 5.4 2.5 1.8 0.5 2.6 4.8 11.0
16 Fred Saunders 26 26 243 4.4 13.5 .330 2.1 2.5 .824 1.6 3.9 5.5 1.6 1.0 0.6 3.0 5.0 11.0
17 Steve Kuberski 30 3 14 2.6 10.3 .250 0.0 0.0 2.6 12.9 15.4 0.0 2.6 0.0 5.1 5.1 5.1
18 Jim Ard 29 1 9 0.0 4.0 .000 4.0 8.0 .500 4.0 12.0 16.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0

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 Dave Cowens 29 77 3215 18.6 .533 .490 8.0 25.6 17.0 15.7 1.4 1.1 13.9 18.8 108 97 6.1 4.8 10.8
2 John Havlicek 37 82 2797 14.3 .495 .449 3.5 8.5 6.0 17.1 1.5 0.4 13.3 21.3 101 103 2.9 2.1 5.1
3 Sidney Wicks 28 81 2413 13.9 .505 .467 9.6 18.5 14.2 10.1 1.3 1.0 17.4 20.8 97 100 1.4 2.8 4.2
4 Cedric Maxwell 22 72 1213 17.8 .620 .538 11.8 19.7 15.9 7.6 2.0 2.0 22.3 17.5 109 97 2.4 1.8 4.2
5 Kermit Washington 26 32 866 19.3 .582 .521 12.6 26.4 19.7 6.7 1.5 2.4 14.3 16.9 115 96 2.1 1.4 3.6
6 Dave Bing 34 80 2256 13.4 .508 .449 3.5 6.0 4.8 19.2 1.6 0.4 16.8 22.1 99 103 2.0 1.6 3.6
7 Tom Boswell 24 65 1149 12.9 .563 .518 10.6 14.8 12.7 8.6 1.0 0.6 18.8 17.1 105 102 1.6 1.1 2.7
8 Jo Jo White 31 46 1641 11.9 .458 .419 3.4 7.7 5.6 18.1 1.4 0.2 13.6 20.3 95 104 0.6 1.1 1.7
9 Curtis Rowe 28 51 911 9.7 .500 .451 8.5 14.1 11.3 6.6 0.7 0.4 19.6 16.5 94 103 0.2 0.7 0.9
10 Charlie Scott 29 31 1080 12.3 .469 .433 2.3 7.1 4.8 19.3 2.1 0.3 16.4 23.0 92 102 -0.1 1.0 0.8
11 Kevin Stacom 26 55 1006 12.0 .452 .426 2.7 7.9 5.4 16.3 1.3 0.2 11.8 22.5 94 104 0.1 0.7 0.8
12 Don Chaney 31 42 702 8.2 .430 .391 5.3 9.8 7.6 9.3 2.3 0.7 16.7 16.6 87 100 -0.4 0.8 0.4
13 Jim Ard 29 1 9 9.4 .266 .000 11.6 33.1 22.6 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 99 99 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Steve Kuberski 30 3 14 0.6 .250 .250 7.4 35.5 21.8 0.0 3.2 0.0 33.3 16.6 44 92 -0.1 0.0 0.0
15 Zaid Abdul-Aziz 31 2 24 11.5 .279 .231 26.0 37.3 31.8 16.5 1.9 2.1 17.3 28.0 74 92 -0.1 0.1 0.0
16 Bob Bigelow 24 4 17 0.6 .250 .250 6.1 17.5 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.3 64 104 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
17 Ernie DiGregorio 27 27 274 10.1 .462 .431 0.8 9.1 5.0 34.0 2.0 0.2 29.1 22.9 82 102 -0.5 0.2 -0.2
18 Fred Saunders 26 26 243 4.1 .376 .330 4.7 10.6 7.7 6.0 1.3 0.8 16.9 18.9 76 102 -0.5 0.2 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Jo Jo White *$345,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)