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1978-79 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Tom Sanders (2-12), Dave Cowens (27-41)

Points Per Game: 108.2 (16th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 113.3 (19th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 28-54 (21st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 417,926 (14th of 22)

SRS: -4.78 (21st of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 106.5 (10th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 101.6 (19th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.4 (19th of 22)

1978-79 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Tiny Archibald G 6-1 150 September 2, 1948 7 University of Texas at El Paso
34 Dennis Awtrey C 6-10 235 February 22, 1948 8 Santa Clara University
35 Tom Barker C-F 6-11 225 March 11, 1955 1 University of Hawaii
27 Marvin Barnes F-C 6-8 210 July 27, 1952 4 Providence College
12 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 March 22, 1946 10 University of Houston
18 Dave Cowens C-F 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 8 Florida State University
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 6 Villanova University
32 Jeff Judkins G-F 6-6 185 March 23, 1956 R University of Utah
35 Billy Knight G-F 6-6 195 June 9, 1952 4 University of Pittsburgh
31 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 1 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
11 Bob McAdoo C-F 6-9 210 September 25, 1951 6 University of North Carolina
53 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 R University of Kentucky
41 Curtis Rowe F 6-7 225 July 2, 1949 7 University of California, Los Angeles
45 Frankie Sanders F-G 6-6 200 January 23, 1957 R Southern University and A&M College
27 Kevin Stacom G 6-3 185 September 4, 1951 4 Providence College
43 Earl Tatum G-F 6-5 185 July 26, 1953 2 Marquette University
10 Jo Jo White G 6-3 190 November 16, 1946 9 University of Kansas
52 Earl Williams C-F 6-7 230 March 24, 1951 3 Winston-Salem State University

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 19680 3527 7347 .480 1820 2321 .784 1119 2396 3515 1995 710 283 1713 1977 8874 108.2
Opponent 82 19680 3855 7593 .508 1578 2079 .759 1122 2453 3575 2170 717 438 1603 2025 9288 113.3

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 Cedric Maxwell 23 80 2969 472 808 .584 574 716 .802 272 519 791 228 98 74 273 266 1518
2 Chris Ford 30 78 2629 525 1107 .474 165 219 .753 115 141 256 369 114 24 200 200 1215
3 Dave Cowens 30 68 2517 488 1010 .483 151 187 .807 152 500 652 242 76 51 174 263 1127
4 Tiny Archibald 30 69 1662 259 573 .452 242 307 .788 25 78 103 324 55 6 197 132 760
5 Jeff Judkins 22 81 1521 295 587 .503 119 146 .815 70 121 191 145 81 12 109 184 709
6 Jo Jo White 32 47 1455 255 596 .428 79 89 .888 22 106 128 214 54 4 142 100 589
7 Billy Knight 26 40 1119 219 436 .502 118 146 .808 41 132 173 66 31 3 129 86 556
8 Rick Robey 23 36 914 182 378 .481 84 103 .816 88 171 259 79 23 3 75 121 448
9 Bob McAdoo 27 20 637 167 334 .500 77 115 .670 36 105 141 40 12 20 64 55 411
10 Don Chaney 32 65 1074 174 414 .420 36 42 .857 63 78 141 75 72 11 65 167 384
11 Curtis Rowe 29 53 1222 151 346 .436 52 75 .693 79 163 242 69 15 13 88 105 354
12 Marvin Barnes 26 38 796 133 271 .491 43 66 .652 57 120 177 53 38 39 68 144 309
13 Frankie Sanders 22 24 216 55 119 .462 22 27 .815 22 29 51 17 7 3 23 25 132
14 Earl Williams 27 20 273 54 123 .439 14 24 .583 41 64 105 12 12 9 20 41 122
15 Kevin Stacom 27 24 260 52 133 .391 13 19 .684 10 14 24 35 15 0 26 18 117
16 Tom Barker 23 12 131 21 48 .438 11 15 .733 12 18 30 6 4 4 13 26 53
17 Dennis Awtrey 30 23 247 17 44 .386 16 20 .800 13 34 47 20 3 6 21 37 50
18 Earl Tatum 25 3 38 8 20 .400 4 5 .800 1 3 4 1 0 1 3 7 20

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 Bob McAdoo 27 20 31.9 8.4 16.7 .500 3.9 5.8 .670 1.8 5.3 7.1 2.0 0.6 1.0 3.2 2.8 20.6
2 Cedric Maxwell 23 80 37.1 5.9 10.1 .584 7.2 9.0 .802 3.4 6.5 9.9 2.9 1.2 0.9 3.4 3.3 19.0
3 Dave Cowens 30 68 37.0 7.2 14.9 .483 2.2 2.8 .807 2.2 7.4 9.6 3.6 1.1 0.8 2.6 3.9 16.6
4 Chris Ford 30 78 33.7 6.7 14.2 .474 2.1 2.8 .753 1.5 1.8 3.3 4.7 1.5 0.3 2.6 2.6 15.6
5 Billy Knight 26 40 28.0 5.5 10.9 .502 3.0 3.7 .808 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.7 0.8 0.1 3.2 2.2 13.9
6 Jo Jo White 32 47 31.0 5.4 12.7 .428 1.7 1.9 .888 0.5 2.3 2.7 4.6 1.1 0.1 3.0 2.1 12.5
7 Rick Robey 23 36 25.4 5.1 10.5 .481 2.3 2.9 .816 2.4 4.8 7.2 2.2 0.6 0.1 2.1 3.4 12.4
8 Tiny Archibald 30 69 24.1 3.8 8.3 .452 3.5 4.4 .788 0.4 1.1 1.5 4.7 0.8 0.1 2.9 1.9 11.0
9 Jeff Judkins 22 81 18.8 3.6 7.2 .503 1.5 1.8 .815 0.9 1.5 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.3 8.8
10 Marvin Barnes 26 38 20.9 3.5 7.1 .491 1.1 1.7 .652 1.5 3.2 4.7 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.8 3.8 8.1
11 Curtis Rowe 29 53 23.1 2.8 6.5 .436 1.0 1.4 .693 1.5 3.1 4.6 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.7 2.0 6.7
12 Earl Tatum 25 3 12.7 2.7 6.7 .400 1.3 1.7 .800 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.3 6.7
13 Earl Williams 27 20 13.7 2.7 6.2 .439 0.7 1.2 .583 2.1 3.2 5.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.0 2.1 6.1
14 Don Chaney 32 65 16.5 2.7 6.4 .420 0.6 0.6 .857 1.0 1.2 2.2 1.2 1.1 0.2 1.0 2.6 5.9
15 Frankie Sanders 22 24 9.0 2.3 5.0 .462 0.9 1.1 .815 0.9 1.2 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.0 1.0 5.5
16 Kevin Stacom 27 24 10.8 2.2 5.5 .391 0.5 0.8 .684 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.5 0.6 0.0 1.1 0.8 4.9
17 Tom Barker 23 12 10.9 1.8 4.0 .438 0.9 1.3 .733 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 2.2 4.4
18 Dennis Awtrey 30 23 10.7 0.7 1.9 .386 0.7 0.9 .800 0.6 1.5 2.0 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.6 2.2

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 Bob McAdoo 27 20 637 9.4 18.9 .500 4.4 6.5 .670 2.0 5.9 8.0 2.3 0.7 1.1 3.6 3.1 23.2
2 Frankie Sanders 22 24 216 9.2 19.8 .462 3.7 4.5 .815 3.7 4.8 8.5 2.8 1.2 0.5 3.8 4.2 22.0
3 Earl Tatum 25 3 38 7.6 18.9 .400 3.8 4.7 .800 0.9 2.8 3.8 0.9 0.0 0.9 2.8 6.6 18.9
4 Cedric Maxwell 23 80 2969 5.7 9.8 .584 7.0 8.7 .802 3.3 6.3 9.6 2.8 1.2 0.9 3.3 3.2 18.4
5 Billy Knight 26 40 1119 7.0 14.0 .502 3.8 4.7 .808 1.3 4.2 5.6 2.1 1.0 0.1 4.2 2.8 17.9
6 Rick Robey 23 36 914 7.2 14.9 .481 3.3 4.1 .816 3.5 6.7 10.2 3.1 0.9 0.1 3.0 4.8 17.6
7 Jeff Judkins 22 81 1521 7.0 13.9 .503 2.8 3.5 .815 1.7 2.9 4.5 3.4 1.9 0.3 2.6 4.4 16.8
8 Chris Ford 30 78 2629 7.2 15.2 .474 2.3 3.0 .753 1.6 1.9 3.5 5.1 1.6 0.3 2.7 2.7 16.6
9 Tiny Archibald 30 69 1662 5.6 12.4 .452 5.2 6.6 .788 0.5 1.7 2.2 7.0 1.2 0.1 4.3 2.9 16.5
10 Kevin Stacom 27 24 260 7.2 18.4 .391 1.8 2.6 .684 1.4 1.9 3.3 4.8 2.1 0.0 3.6 2.5 16.2
11 Dave Cowens 30 68 2517 7.0 14.4 .483 2.2 2.7 .807 2.2 7.2 9.3 3.5 1.1 0.7 2.5 3.8 16.1
12 Earl Williams 27 20 273 7.1 16.2 .439 1.8 3.2 .583 5.4 8.4 13.8 1.6 1.6 1.2 2.6 5.4 16.1
13 Jo Jo White 32 47 1455 6.3 14.7 .428 2.0 2.2 .888 0.5 2.6 3.2 5.3 1.3 0.1 3.5 2.5 14.6
14 Tom Barker 23 12 131 5.8 13.2 .438 3.0 4.1 .733 3.3 4.9 8.2 1.6 1.1 1.1 3.6 7.1 14.6
15 Marvin Barnes 26 38 796 6.0 12.3 .491 1.9 3.0 .652 2.6 5.4 8.0 2.4 1.7 1.8 3.1 6.5 14.0
16 Don Chaney 32 65 1074 5.8 13.9 .420 1.2 1.4 .857 2.1 2.6 4.7 2.5 2.4 0.4 2.2 5.6 12.9
17 Curtis Rowe 29 53 1222 4.4 10.2 .436 1.5 2.2 .693 2.3 4.8 7.1 2.0 0.4 0.4 2.6 3.1 10.4
18 Dennis Awtrey 30 23 247 2.5 6.4 .386 2.3 2.9 .800 1.9 5.0 6.9 2.9 0.4 0.9 3.1 5.4 7.3

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 Cedric Maxwell 23 80 2969 19.9 .676 .584 10.1 19.6 14.8 10.4 1.5 1.3 19.6 18.4 121 105 8.9 2.7 11.7
2 Dave Cowens 30 68 2517 15.2 .516 .483 6.7 22.2 14.4 13.7 1.4 1.1 13.7 19.6 103 105 2.4 2.4 4.8
3 Chris Ford 30 78 2629 14.3 .505 .474 4.8 6.0 5.4 20.2 2.0 0.5 14.3 20.8 102 108 2.3 1.4 3.6
4 Jeff Judkins 22 81 1521 14.5 .544 .503 5.1 8.9 7.0 13.6 2.4 0.4 14.3 19.5 106 106 1.9 1.1 3.0
5 Rick Robey 23 36 914 15.5 .529 .481 10.6 20.9 15.7 12.4 1.1 0.2 15.1 21.3 105 106 1.1 0.7 1.8
6 Tiny Archibald 30 69 1662 13.1 .537 .452 1.7 5.3 3.4 26.3 1.5 0.2 21.8 21.3 100 109 1.0 0.6 1.6
7 Marvin Barnes 26 38 796 12.3 .515 .491 7.9 16.9 12.3 9.1 2.2 2.5 18.5 18.1 96 103 0.1 0.9 1.0
8 Bob McAdoo 27 20 637 17.5 .534 .500 6.2 18.4 12.3 9.9 0.8 1.6 14.3 27.5 100 106 0.5 0.5 1.0
9 Billy Knight 26 40 1119 12.1 .556 .502 4.0 13.2 8.6 8.4 1.2 0.1 20.5 22.0 96 108 0.1 0.6 0.7
10 Don Chaney 32 65 1074 9.7 .444 .420 6.5 8.1 7.3 9.5 3.0 0.5 13.1 18.1 93 105 -0.3 1.0 0.6
11 Earl Williams 27 20 273 15.3 .457 .439 16.5 26.2 21.4 6.3 2.0 1.7 13.0 22.0 96 102 0.0 0.4 0.4
12 Frankie Sanders 22 24 216 16.4 .504 .462 11.2 15.0 13.1 12.3 1.5 0.7 14.9 27.8 99 106 0.1 0.2 0.3
13 Curtis Rowe 29 53 1222 7.7 .467 .436 7.1 14.9 11.0 7.3 0.6 0.6 18.8 14.9 91 108 -0.5 0.6 0.0
14 Earl Tatum 25 3 38 7.1 .450 .400 2.9 8.8 5.8 3.8 0.0 1.4 11.9 25.9 89 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Tom Barker 23 12 131 9.5 .485 .438 10.1 15.4 12.7 6.2 1.4 1.6 19.2 20.1 92 106 -0.1 0.1 0.0
16 Dennis Awtrey 30 23 247 5.4 .473 .386 5.8 15.4 10.6 9.8 0.5 1.3 28.5 11.7 87 108 -0.2 0.1 0.0
17 Kevin Stacom 27 24 260 10.1 .414 .391 4.2 6.0 5.1 19.3 2.6 0.0 15.5 25.1 85 107 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
18 Jo Jo White 32 47 1455 10.2 .464 .428 1.7 8.2 4.9 20.4 1.7 0.1 18.3 20.9 90 108 -1.0 0.7 -0.3

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bob McAdoo $525,000
2 Tiny Archibald $400,000
3 Jo Jo White $400,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)