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1978-79 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Sanders (2-12), Dave Cowens (27-41)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 108.2 (16th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 113.3 (19th of 22)

SRS: -4.78 (21st of 22) Pace: 106.5 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.6 (19th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.4 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.7 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 28-54 (21st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 417,926 (2nd of 2)

Recent Game Results

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Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cedric Maxwell	23	80		37.1	5.9	10.1	.584				5.9	10.1	.584	.584	7.2	9.0	.802	3.4	6.5	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	3.4	3.3	19.0
2	Dave Cowens	30	68		37.0	7.2	14.9	.483				7.2	14.9	.483	.483	2.2	2.8	.807	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	16.6
3	Chris Ford	30	78		33.7	6.7	14.2	.474				6.7	14.2	.474	.474	2.1	2.8	.753	1.5	1.8	3.3	4.7	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.6	15.6
4	Bob McAdoo	27	20		31.9	8.4	16.7	.500				8.4	16.7	.500	.500	3.9	5.8	.670	1.8	5.3	7.1	2.0	0.6	1.0	3.2	2.8	20.6
5	Jo Jo White	32	47		31.0	5.4	12.7	.428				5.4	12.7	.428	.428	1.7	1.9	.888	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	1.1	0.1	3.0	2.1	12.5
6	Billy Knight	26	40		28.0	5.5	10.9	.502				5.5	10.9	.502	.502	3.0	3.7	.808	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	3.2	2.2	13.9
7	Rick Robey	23	36		25.4	5.1	10.5	.481				5.1	10.5	.481	.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				3.8	8.3	.452	.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	Curtis Rowe	29	53		23.1	2.8	6.5	.436				2.8	6.5	.436	.436	1.0	1.4	.693	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.7
10	Marvin Barnes	26	38		20.9	3.5	7.1	.491				3.5	7.1	.491	.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	Jeff Judkins	22	81		18.8	3.6	7.2	.503				3.6	7.2	.503	.503	1.5	1.8	.815	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.3	8.8
12	Don Chaney	32	65		16.5	2.7	6.4	.420				2.7	6.4	.420	.420	0.6	0.6	.857	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.2	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.6	5.9
13	Earl Williams	27	20		13.7	2.7	6.2	.439				2.7	6.2	.439	.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	Earl Tatum	25	3		12.7	2.7	6.7	.400				2.7	6.7	.400	.400	1.3	1.7	.800	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	6.7
15	Tom Barker	23	12		10.9	1.8	4.0	.438				1.8	4.0	.438	.438	0.9	1.3	.733	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.2	4.4
16	Kevin Stacom	27	24		10.8	2.2	5.5	.391				2.2	5.5	.391	.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	Dennis Awtrey	30	23		10.7	0.7	1.9	.386				0.7	1.9	.386	.386	0.7	0.9	.800	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.2
18	Frankie Sanders	22	24		9.0	2.3	5.0	.462				2.3	5.0	.462	.462	0.9	1.1	.815	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.0	5.5

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cedric Maxwell	23	80		2969	472	808	.584				472	808	.584	.584	574	716	.802	272	519	791	228	98	74	273	266	1518
2	Chris Ford	30	78		2629	525	1107	.474				525	1107	.474	.474	165	219	.753	115	141	256	369	114	24	200	200	1215
3	Dave Cowens	30	68		2517	488	1010	.483				488	1010	.483	.483	151	187	.807	152	500	652	242	76	51	174	263	1127
4	Tiny Archibald	30	69		1662	259	573	.452				259	573	.452	.452	242	307	.788	25	78	103	324	55	6	197	132	760
5	Jeff Judkins	22	81		1521	295	587	.503				295	587	.503	.503	119	146	.815	70	121	191	145	81	12	109	184	709
6	Jo Jo White	32	47		1455	255	596	.428				255	596	.428	.428	79	89	.888	22	106	128	214	54	4	142	100	589
7	Curtis Rowe	29	53		1222	151	346	.436				151	346	.436	.436	52	75	.693	79	163	242	69	15	13	88	105	354
8	Billy Knight	26	40		1119	219	436	.502				219	436	.502	.502	118	146	.808	41	132	173	66	31	3	129	86	556
9	Don Chaney	32	65		1074	174	414	.420				174	414	.420	.420	36	42	.857	63	78	141	75	72	11	65	167	384
10	Rick Robey	23	36		914	182	378	.481				182	378	.481	.481	84	103	.816	88	171	259	79	23	3	75	121	448
11	Marvin Barnes	26	38		796	133	271	.491				133	271	.491	.491	43	66	.652	57	120	177	53	38	39	68	144	309
12	Bob McAdoo	27	20		637	167	334	.500				167	334	.500	.500	77	115	.670	36	105	141	40	12	20	64	55	411
13	Earl Williams	27	20		273	54	123	.439				54	123	.439	.439	14	24	.583	41	64	105	12	12	9	20	41	122
14	Kevin Stacom	27	24		260	52	133	.391				52	133	.391	.391	13	19	.684	10	14	24	35	15	0	26	18	117
15	Dennis Awtrey	30	23		247	17	44	.386				17	44	.386	.386	16	20	.800	13	34	47	20	3	6	21	37	50
16	Frankie Sanders	22	24		216	55	119	.462				55	119	.462	.462	22	27	.815	22	29	51	17	7	3	23	25	132
17	Tom Barker	23	12		131	21	48	.438				21	48	.438	.438	11	15	.733	12	18	30	6	4	4	13	26	53
18	Earl Tatum	25	3		38	8	20	.400				8	20	.400	.400	4	5	.800	1	3	4	1	0	1	3	7	20
			82		19680	3527	7347	.480				3527	7347	.480	.480	1820	2321	.784	1119	2396	3515	1995	710	283	1713	1977	8874

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Cedric Maxwell	23	80	2969	19.9	.676		.886	10.1	19.6	14.8	10.4	1.5	1.3	19.6	18.4		8.9	2.7	11.7	.188		2.9	0.2	3.1	3.8
2	Chris Ford	30	78	2629	14.3	.505		.198	4.8	6.0	5.4	20.2	2.0	0.5	14.3	20.8		2.3	1.4	3.6	.067		0.2	-0.6	-0.4	1.1
3	Dave Cowens	30	68	2517	15.2	.516		.185	6.7	22.2	14.4	13.7	1.4	1.1	13.7	19.6		2.4	2.4	4.8	.091		0.1	0.2	0.3	1.5
4	Tiny Archibald	30	69	1662	13.1	.537		.536	1.7	5.3	3.4	26.3	1.5	0.2	21.8	21.3		1.0	0.6	1.6	.046		-0.5	-2.1	-2.6	-0.3
5	Jeff Judkins	22	81	1521	14.5	.544		.249	5.1	8.9	7.0	13.6	2.4	0.4	14.3	19.5		1.9	1.1	3.0	.095		-0.5	0.4	-0.1	0.7
6	Jo Jo White	32	47	1455	10.2	.464		.149	1.7	8.2	4.9	20.4	1.7	0.1	18.3	20.9		-1.0	0.7	-0.3	-0.008		-2.5	-1.4	-3.9	-0.7
7	Curtis Rowe	29	53	1222	7.7	.467		.217	7.1	14.9	11.0	7.3	0.6	0.6	18.8	14.9		-0.5	0.6	0.0	.001		-2.7	-1.4	-4.1	-0.6
8	Billy Knight	26	40	1119	12.1	.556		.335	4.0	13.2	8.6	8.4	1.2	0.1	20.5	22.0		0.1	0.6	0.7	.029		-1.5	-1.6	-3.2	-0.3
9	Don Chaney	32	65	1074	9.7	.444		.101	6.5	8.1	7.3	9.5	3.0	0.5	13.1	18.1		-0.3	1.0	0.6	.027		-3.5	0.8	-2.7	-0.2
10	Rick Robey	23	36	914	15.5	.529		.272	10.6	20.9	15.7	12.4	1.1	0.2	15.1	21.3		1.1	0.7	1.8	.097		0.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.2
11	Marvin Barnes	26	38	796	12.3	.515		.244	7.9	16.9	12.3	9.1	2.2	2.5	18.5	18.1		0.1	0.9	1.0	.060		-2.7	1.2	-1.5	0.1
12	Bob McAdoo	27	20	637	17.5	.534		.344	6.2	18.4	12.3	9.9	0.8	1.6	14.3	27.5		0.5	0.5	1.0	.073		0.6	-1.1	-0.5	0.2
13	Earl Williams	27	20	273	15.3	.457		.195	16.5	26.2	21.4	6.3	2.0	1.7	13.0	22.0		0.0	0.4	0.4	.069		-1.7	-0.9	-2.6	0.0
14	Kevin Stacom	27	24	260	10.1	.414		.143	4.2	6.0	5.1	19.3	2.6	0.0	15.5	25.1		-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.046		-3.3	-1.1	-4.3	-0.2
15	Dennis Awtrey	30	23	247	5.4	.473		.455	5.8	15.4	10.6	9.8	0.5	1.3	28.5	11.7		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.006		-4.1	0.0	-4.1	-0.1
16	Frankie Sanders	22	24	216	16.4	.504		.227	11.2	15.0	13.1	12.3	1.5	0.7	14.9	27.8		0.1	0.2	0.3	.059		-0.9	-1.2	-2.0	0.0
17	Tom Barker	23	12	131	9.5	.485		.313	10.1	15.4	12.7	6.2	1.4	1.6	19.2	20.1		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.017		-4.0	-0.4	-4.4	-0.1
18	Earl Tatum	25	3	38	7.1	.450		.250	2.9	8.8	5.8	3.8	0.0	1.4	11.9	25.9		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.036		-4.2	-0.7	-4.9	-0.1

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