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1979-80 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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61-21, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (61-21)

Points Per Game: 113.5 (5th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.7 (6th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 60-22 (1st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 596,349 (2nd of 22)

SRS: 7.37 (1st of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.6 (12th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 109.4 (2nd of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.9 (4th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Houston Rockets

1979-80 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 8 University of Texas at El Paso
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 R Indiana State University
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 4 Guilford College
12 Don Chaney G 6-5 210 March 22, 1946 11 University of Houston
18 Dave Cowens C-F 6-9 230 October 25, 1948 9 Florida State University
45 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 2 University of San Francisco
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 7 Villanova University
43 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 R Virginia Commonwealth University
32 Jeff Judkins G-F 6-6 185 March 23, 1956 1 University of Utah
44 Pete Maravich G 6-5 197 June 22, 1947 9 Louisiana State University
31 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 2 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
53 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 1 University of Kentucky

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 19880 3617 7387 .490 162 422 .384 1907 2449 .779 1227 2457 3684 2198 809 308 1539 1974 9303 113.5
Opponent 82 19880 3439 7313 .470 74 259 .286 1712 2222 .770 1168 2294 3462 1867 686 419 1635 2059 8664 105.7

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 Larry Bird 23 82 82 2955 693 1463 .474 58 143 .406 301 360 .836 216 636 852 370 143 53 263 279 1745
2 Cedric Maxwell 24 80 80 2744 457 750 .609 0 0 436 554 .787 284 420 704 199 76 61 230 266 1350
3 Tiny Archibald 31 80 80 2864 383 794 .482 4 18 .222 361 435 .830 59 138 197 671 106 10 242 218 1131
4 Rick Robey 24 82 27 1918 379 727 .521 0 1 .000 184 269 .684 209 321 530 92 53 15 151 244 942
5 Dave Cowens 31 66 55 2159 422 932 .453 1 12 .083 95 122 .779 126 408 534 206 69 61 108 216 940
6 M.L. Carr 29 82 7 1994 362 763 .474 12 41 .293 178 241 .739 106 224 330 156 120 36 143 214 914
7 Chris Ford 31 73 73 2115 330 709 .465 70 164 .427 86 114 .754 77 104 181 215 111 27 105 178 816
8 Gerald Henderson 24 76 2 1061 191 382 .500 2 6 .333 89 129 .690 37 46 83 147 45 15 109 96 473
9 Jeff Judkins 23 65 0 674 139 276 .504 11 27 .407 62 76 .816 32 34 66 47 29 5 49 91 351
10 Pete Maravich 32 26 4 442 123 249 .494 3 4 .750 50 55 .909 10 28 38 29 9 2 37 49 299
11 Eric Fernsten 26 56 0 431 71 153 .464 0 0 33 52 .635 40 56 96 28 17 12 20 43 175
12 Don Chaney 33 60 0 523 67 189 .354 1 6 .167 32 42 .762 31 42 73 38 31 11 33 80 167

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 Larry Bird 23 82 82 36.0 8.5 17.8 .474 0.7 1.7 .406 3.7 4.4 .836 2.6 7.8 10.4 4.5 1.7 0.6 3.2 3.4 21.3
2 Cedric Maxwell 24 80 80 34.3 5.7 9.4 .609 0.0 0.0 5.5 6.9 .787 3.6 5.3 8.8 2.5 1.0 0.8 2.9 3.3 16.9
3 Dave Cowens 31 66 55 32.7 6.4 14.1 .453 0.0 0.2 .083 1.4 1.8 .779 1.9 6.2 8.1 3.1 1.0 0.9 1.6 3.3 14.2
4 Tiny Archibald 31 80 80 35.8 4.8 9.9 .482 0.1 0.2 .222 4.5 5.4 .830 0.7 1.7 2.5 8.4 1.3 0.1 3.0 2.7 14.1
5 Rick Robey 24 82 27 23.4 4.6 8.9 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 2.2 3.3 .684 2.5 3.9 6.5 1.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 3.0 11.5
6 Pete Maravich 32 26 4 17.0 4.7 9.6 .494 0.1 0.2 .750 1.9 2.1 .909 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 1.4 1.9 11.5
7 Chris Ford 31 73 73 29.0 4.5 9.7 .465 1.0 2.2 .427 1.2 1.6 .754 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.9 1.5 0.4 1.4 2.4 11.2
8 M.L. Carr 29 82 7 24.3 4.4 9.3 .474 0.1 0.5 .293 2.2 2.9 .739 1.3 2.7 4.0 1.9 1.5 0.4 1.7 2.6 11.1
9 Gerald Henderson 24 76 2 14.0 2.5 5.0 .500 0.0 0.1 .333 1.2 1.7 .690 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 6.2
10 Jeff Judkins 23 65 0 10.4 2.1 4.2 .504 0.2 0.4 .407 1.0 1.2 .816 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.4 5.4
11 Eric Fernsten 26 56 0 7.7 1.3 2.7 .464 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 .635 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.8 3.1
12 Don Chaney 33 60 0 8.7 1.1 3.2 .354 0.0 0.1 .167 0.5 0.7 .762 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.6 1.3 2.8

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 Pete Maravich 32 26 4 442 10.0 20.3 .494 0.2 0.3 .750 4.1 4.5 .909 0.8 2.3 3.1 2.4 0.7 0.2 3.0 4.0 24.4
2 Larry Bird 23 82 82 2955 8.4 17.8 .474 0.7 1.7 .406 3.7 4.4 .836 2.6 7.7 10.4 4.5 1.7 0.6 3.2 3.4 21.3
3 Jeff Judkins 23 65 0 674 7.4 14.7 .504 0.6 1.4 .407 3.3 4.1 .816 1.7 1.8 3.5 2.5 1.5 0.3 2.6 4.9 18.7
4 Rick Robey 24 82 27 1918 7.1 13.6 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 5.0 .684 3.9 6.0 9.9 1.7 1.0 0.3 2.8 4.6 17.7
5 Cedric Maxwell 24 80 80 2744 6.0 9.8 .609 0.0 0.0 5.7 7.3 .787 3.7 5.5 9.2 2.6 1.0 0.8 3.0 3.5 17.7
6 M.L. Carr 29 82 7 1994 6.5 13.8 .474 0.2 0.7 .293 3.2 4.4 .739 1.9 4.0 6.0 2.8 2.2 0.6 2.6 3.9 16.5
7 Gerald Henderson 24 76 2 1061 6.5 13.0 .500 0.1 0.2 .333 3.0 4.4 .690 1.3 1.6 2.8 5.0 1.5 0.5 3.7 3.3 16.0
8 Dave Cowens 31 66 55 2159 7.0 15.5 .453 0.0 0.2 .083 1.6 2.0 .779 2.1 6.8 8.9 3.4 1.2 1.0 1.8 3.6 15.7
9 Eric Fernsten 26 56 0 431 5.9 12.8 .464 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .635 3.3 4.7 8.0 2.3 1.4 1.0 1.7 3.6 14.6
10 Tiny Archibald 31 80 80 2864 4.8 10.0 .482 0.1 0.2 .222 4.5 5.5 .830 0.7 1.7 2.5 8.4 1.3 0.1 3.0 2.7 14.2
11 Chris Ford 31 73 73 2115 5.6 12.1 .465 1.2 2.8 .427 1.5 1.9 .754 1.3 1.8 3.1 3.7 1.9 0.5 1.8 3.0 13.9
12 Don Chaney 33 60 0 523 4.6 13.0 .354 0.1 0.4 .167 2.2 2.9 .762 2.1 2.9 5.0 2.6 2.1 0.8 2.3 5.5 11.5

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 24 80 2744 19.0 .679 .609 11.7 16.8 14.3 9.8 1.3 1.3 18.8 17.7 124 102 8.3 3.9 12.2
2 Larry Bird 23 82 2955 20.5 .538 .494 8.3 23.6 16.0 18.5 2.3 1.0 14.0 25.3 109 98 5.6 5.6 11.2
3 Tiny Archibald 31 80 2864 15.3 .574 .485 2.3 5.3 3.8 30.2 1.7 0.2 19.7 17.0 115 105 5.9 2.9 8.9
4 Chris Ford 31 73 2115 13.0 .537 .515 4.1 5.4 4.8 13.5 2.5 0.7 12.2 16.2 111 104 2.9 2.6 5.6
5 Rick Robey 24 82 1918 15.4 .557 .521 12.3 18.4 15.4 6.7 1.3 0.4 15.2 20.6 109 102 2.8 2.7 5.5
6 Dave Cowens 31 66 2159 14.8 .477 .453 6.6 20.7 13.8 13.4 1.5 1.6 9.9 20.1 104 100 1.9 3.6 5.4
7 M.L. Carr 29 82 1994 14.6 .526 .482 6.0 12.3 9.2 10.7 2.8 1.0 14.1 20.2 105 100 1.9 3.2 5.2
8 Jeff Judkins 23 65 674 14.1 .567 .524 5.4 5.5 5.4 9.9 2.0 0.4 13.7 21.1 110 104 1.1 0.8 1.8
9 Gerald Henderson 24 76 1061 12.7 .539 .503 3.9 4.8 4.4 19.0 2.0 0.8 19.9 20.5 101 105 0.5 1.2 1.7
10 Eric Fernsten 26 56 431 14.4 .497 .464 10.5 14.3 12.4 8.7 1.8 1.6 10.2 18.1 108 101 0.5 0.6 1.2
11 Pete Maravich 32 26 442 15.6 .547 .500 2.6 6.9 4.8 10.4 1.0 0.3 11.9 27.9 106 106 0.6 0.4 1.0
12 Don Chaney 33 60 523 7.8 .402 .357 6.7 8.8 7.8 9.3 2.8 1.2 13.7 18.3 89 101 -0.4 0.8 0.4

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Larry Bird 23 9 372 83 177 4 15 22 25 22 101 42 14 8 33 30 192 .469 .267 .880 41.3 21.3 11.2 4.7
2 Cedric Maxwell 24 9 320 59 93 0 0 46 61 31 90 19 5 10 22 25 164 .634 .754 35.6 18.2 10.0 2.1
3 Tiny Archibald 31 9 332 45 89 1 2 37 42 3 11 71 10 0 38 28 128 .506 .500 .881 36.9 14.2 1.2 7.9
4 Dave Cowens 31 9 301 49 103 0 2 10 11 18 66 21 9 7 8 37 108 .476 .000 .909 33.4 12.0 7.3 2.3
5 M.L. Carr 29 9 172 32 80 2 5 16 24 14 33 11 6 1 7 20 82 .400 .400 .667 19.1 9.1 3.7 1.2
6 Chris Ford 31 9 279 34 79 2 13 12 15 9 25 21 14 6 13 35 82 .430 .154 .800 31.0 9.1 2.8 2.3
7 Rick Robey 24 9 151 24 53 0 1 7 14 13 32 10 7 3 8 27 55 .453 .000 .500 16.8 6.1 3.6 1.1
8 Pete Maravich 32 9 104 25 51 2 6 2 3 0 8 6 3 0 9 12 54 .490 .333 .667 11.6 6.0 0.9 0.7
9 Gerald Henderson 24 9 101 15 37 0 2 12 20 4 10 12 4 0 7 8 42 .405 .000 .600 11.2 4.7 1.1 1.3
10 Jeff Judkins 23 7 10 4 8 1 3 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 .500 .333 1.4 1.3 0.6 0.0
11 Eric Fernsten 26 5 18 2 6 0 0 2 3 3 5 0 0 3 2 1 6 .333 .667 3.6 1.2 1.0 0.0

Playoffs 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 24 9 320 21.8 .684 .634 10.9 21.2 16.0 8.8 0.8 1.9 15.5 18.8 126 99 1.1 0.6 1.7
2 Larry Bird 23 9 372 18.3 .511 .480 6.7 24.5 15.5 17.7 1.9 1.3 14.9 25.2 101 96 0.3 0.8 1.1
3 Dave Cowens 31 9 301 14.1 .501 .476 6.7 18.4 12.5 10.0 1.5 1.4 6.9 16.3 111 98 0.4 0.6 1.0
4 Tiny Archibald 31 9 332 13.2 .595 .511 1.0 2.8 1.9 29.5 1.5 0.0 26.1 18.6 105 104 0.4 0.4 0.7
5 Chris Ford 31 9 279 9.7 .479 .443 3.6 6.6 5.1 10.2 2.5 1.3 13.2 15.0 99 100 0.1 0.5 0.5
6 M.L. Carr 29 9 172 14.0 .453 .413 9.2 12.7 10.9 9.5 1.7 0.3 7.2 24.0 101 100 0.1 0.3 0.4
7 Rick Robey 24 9 151 11.9 .465 .453 9.7 14.5 12.1 9.4 2.3 1.2 11.9 18.8 99 98 0.0 0.3 0.3
8 Gerald Henderson 24 9 101 11.8 .459 .405 4.5 6.8 5.6 16.7 2.0 0.0 13.3 22.1 96 102 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Jeff Judkins 23 7 10 39.8 .563 .563 33.8 11.5 22.8 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.0 33.9 125 95 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Pete Maravich 32 9 104 11.0 .516 .510 0.0 8.9 4.4 9.3 1.4 0.0 14.7 25.0 93 102 -0.1 0.1 0.1
11 Eric Fernsten 26 5 18 11.8 .410 .333 18.8 12.8 15.8 0.0 0.0 10.0 21.5 21.9 83 96 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Bird $650,000
2 M.L. Carr $350,000
3 Tiny Archibald $150,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)