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1980-81 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (62-20)

1980-81 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 109.9 (8th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.0 (2nd of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 595,444 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 6.05 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 100.8 (16th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.4 (5th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.6 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1980-81 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 9 University of Texas at El Paso
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 1 Indiana State University
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 5 Guilford College
40 Terry Duerod G 6-2 180 July 29, 1956 1 University of Detroit Mercy
45 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 3 University of San Francisco
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 8 Villanova University
43 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 1 Virginia Commonwealth University
20 Wayne Kreklow G 6-4 175 January 4, 1957 R Drake University
31 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 3 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 R University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 4 Centenary College of Louisiana
53 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 2 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 19780 3581 7099 .504 65 241 .270 1781 2369 .752 1155 2424 3579 2202 683 594 1577 1990 9008 109.9
Opponent 82 19780 3372 7296 .462 30 139 .216 1752 2277 .769 1192 2174 3366 1890 736 351 1473 2059 8526 104.0

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 24 82 82 3239 719 1503 .478 20 74 .270 283 328 .863 191 704 895 451 161 63 289 239 1741
2 Robert Parish 27 82 78 2298 635 1166 .545 0 1 .000 282 397 .710 245 532 777 144 81 214 191 310 1552
3 Cedric Maxwell 25 81 81 2730 441 750 .588 0 1 .000 352 450 .782 222 303 525 219 79 68 180 256 1234
4 Tiny Archibald 32 80 72 2820 382 766 .499 0 9 .000 342 419 .816 36 140 176 618 75 18 265 201 1106
5 Kevin McHale 23 82 1 1645 355 666 .533 0 2 .000 108 159 .679 155 204 359 55 27 151 110 260 818
6 Rick Robey 25 82 4 1569 298 547 .545 0 1 .000 144 251 .574 132 258 390 126 38 19 141 204 740
7 Chris Ford 32 82 75 2723 314 707 .444 36 109 .330 64 87 .736 72 91 163 295 100 23 127 212 728
8 Gerald Henderson 25 82 10 1608 261 579 .451 1 16 .063 113 157 .720 43 89 132 213 79 12 160 177 636
9 M.L. Carr 30 41 7 655 97 216 .449 1 14 .071 53 67 .791 26 57 83 56 30 18 47 74 248
10 Eric Fernsten 27 45 0 279 38 79 .481 0 0 20 30 .667 29 33 62 10 6 7 20 29 96
11 Terry Duerod 24 32 0 114 30 73 .411 6 10 .600 13 14 .929 2 3 5 6 5 0 10 8 79
12 Wayne Kreklow 24 25 0 100 11 47 .234 1 4 .250 7 10 .700 2 10 12 9 2 1 10 20 30

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 24 82 82 39.5 8.8 18.3 .478 0.2 0.9 .270 3.5 4.0 .863 2.3 8.6 10.9 5.5 2.0 0.8 3.5 2.9 21.2
2 Robert Parish 27 82 78 28.0 7.7 14.2 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.8 .710 3.0 6.5 9.5 1.8 1.0 2.6 2.3 3.8 18.9
3 Cedric Maxwell 25 81 81 33.7 5.4 9.3 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 4.3 5.6 .782 2.7 3.7 6.5 2.7 1.0 0.8 2.2 3.2 15.2
4 Tiny Archibald 32 80 72 35.3 4.8 9.6 .499 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 5.2 .816 0.5 1.8 2.2 7.7 0.9 0.2 3.3 2.5 13.8
5 Kevin McHale 23 82 1 20.1 4.3 8.1 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .679 1.9 2.5 4.4 0.7 0.3 1.8 1.3 3.2 10.0
6 Rick Robey 25 82 4 19.1 3.6 6.7 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 1.8 3.1 .574 1.6 3.1 4.8 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.7 2.5 9.0
7 Chris Ford 32 82 75 33.2 3.8 8.6 .444 0.4 1.3 .330 0.8 1.1 .736 0.9 1.1 2.0 3.6 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.6 8.9
8 Gerald Henderson 25 82 10 19.6 3.2 7.1 .451 0.0 0.2 .063 1.4 1.9 .720 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.6 1.0 0.1 2.0 2.2 7.8
9 M.L. Carr 30 41 7 16.0 2.4 5.3 .449 0.0 0.3 .071 1.3 1.6 .791 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.8 6.0
10 Terry Duerod 24 32 0 3.6 0.9 2.3 .411 0.2 0.3 .600 0.4 0.4 .929 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 2.5
11 Eric Fernsten 27 45 0 6.2 0.8 1.8 .481 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .667 0.6 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.1
12 Wayne Kreklow 24 25 0 4.0 0.4 1.9 .234 0.0 0.2 .250 0.3 0.4 .700 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2

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 Terry Duerod 24 32 0 114 9.5 23.1 .411 1.9 3.2 .600 4.1 4.4 .929 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 0.0 3.2 2.5 24.9
2 Robert Parish 27 82 78 2298 9.9 18.3 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4 6.2 .710 3.8 8.3 12.2 2.3 1.3 3.4 3.0 4.9 24.3
3 Larry Bird 24 82 82 3239 8.0 16.7 .478 0.2 0.8 .270 3.1 3.6 .863 2.1 7.8 9.9 5.0 1.8 0.7 3.2 2.7 19.4
4 Kevin McHale 23 82 1 1645 7.8 14.6 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.5 .679 3.4 4.5 7.9 1.2 0.6 3.3 2.4 5.7 17.9
5 Rick Robey 25 82 4 1569 6.8 12.6 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 5.8 .574 3.0 5.9 8.9 2.9 0.9 0.4 3.2 4.7 17.0
6 Cedric Maxwell 25 81 81 2730 5.8 9.9 .588 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.9 .782 2.9 4.0 6.9 2.9 1.0 0.9 2.4 3.4 16.3
7 Gerald Henderson 25 82 10 1608 5.8 13.0 .451 0.0 0.4 .063 2.5 3.5 .720 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.8 1.8 0.3 3.6 4.0 14.2
8 Tiny Archibald 32 80 72 2820 4.9 9.8 .499 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 5.3 .816 0.5 1.8 2.2 7.9 1.0 0.2 3.4 2.6 14.1
9 M.L. Carr 30 41 7 655 5.3 11.9 .449 0.1 0.8 .071 2.9 3.7 .791 1.4 3.1 4.6 3.1 1.6 1.0 2.6 4.1 13.6
10 Eric Fernsten 27 45 0 279 4.9 10.2 .481 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.9 .667 3.7 4.3 8.0 1.3 0.8 0.9 2.6 3.7 12.4
11 Wayne Kreklow 24 25 0 100 4.0 16.9 .234 0.4 1.4 .250 2.5 3.6 .700 0.7 3.6 4.3 3.2 0.7 0.4 3.6 7.2 10.8
12 Chris Ford 32 82 75 2723 4.2 9.3 .444 0.5 1.4 .330 0.8 1.2 .736 1.0 1.2 2.2 3.9 1.3 0.3 1.7 2.8 9.6

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 25 81 2730 17.6 .651 .588 9.7 12.1 11.0 10.8 1.4 1.4 16.0 16.8 124 104 7.6 3.3 11.0
2 Robert Parish 27 82 2298 25.2 .579 .545 12.7 25.3 19.3 10.0 1.7 5.1 12.5 27.1 113 96 6.0 4.9 10.9
3 Larry Bird 24 82 3239 19.9 .528 .485 7.0 23.8 15.7 20.4 2.4 1.1 14.9 24.3 107 99 4.7 6.1 10.8
4 Tiny Archibald 32 80 2820 14.3 .582 .499 1.5 5.4 3.6 28.5 1.3 0.4 21.8 17.5 111 107 4.6 2.3 6.9
5 Kevin McHale 23 82 1645 16.4 .556 .533 11.2 13.6 12.4 4.8 0.8 5.1 13.0 20.9 108 102 2.3 2.4 4.7
6 Chris Ford 32 82 2723 8.8 .488 .470 3.1 3.7 3.4 13.7 1.7 0.5 14.6 13.0 103 107 1.3 2.4 3.7
7 Rick Robey 25 82 1569 14.9 .563 .545 10.0 18.0 14.2 11.2 1.2 0.7 17.7 20.7 105 103 1.6 2.1 3.7
8 Gerald Henderson 25 82 1608 10.4 .491 .452 3.2 6.1 4.7 17.8 2.3 0.4 19.8 20.5 94 105 -0.6 1.8 1.3
9 M.L. Carr 30 41 655 11.6 .505 .451 4.7 9.5 7.2 11.3 2.2 1.5 16.1 18.2 100 103 0.2 0.9 1.1
10 Eric Fernsten 27 45 279 11.0 .521 .481 12.4 12.9 12.7 4.7 1.0 1.4 17.8 16.4 102 104 0.1 0.3 0.5
11 Terry Duerod 24 32 114 14.3 .499 .452 2.1 2.9 2.5 8.2 2.1 0.0 11.2 31.8 99 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 Wayne Kreklow 24 25 100 -1.9 .292 .245 2.4 10.9 6.8 11.3 1.0 0.6 16.3 25.0 65 106 -0.5 0.1 -0.3

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 24 17 750 147 313 3 8 76 85 49 238 103 39 17 62 53 373 .470 .375 .894 44.1 21.9 14.0 6.1
2 Cedric Maxwell 25 17 598 101 174 0 0 72 88 61 125 46 12 16 43 53 274 .580 .818 35.2 16.1 7.4 2.7
3 Tiny Archibald 32 17 630 95 211 0 5 76 94 6 28 107 13 0 50 39 266 .450 .000 .809 37.1 15.6 1.6 6.3
4 Robert Parish 27 17 492 108 219 0 0 39 58 50 146 19 21 39 44 74 255 .493 .672 28.9 15.0 8.6 1.1
5 Chris Ford 32 17 507 66 146 7 25 15 25 13 45 46 14 1 19 47 154 .452 .280 .600 29.8 9.1 2.6 2.7
6 Kevin McHale 23 17 296 61 113 0 0 23 36 29 59 14 4 25 15 51 145 .540 .639 17.4 8.5 3.5 0.8
7 M.L. Carr 30 17 288 42 101 0 4 18 24 8 25 14 10 6 8 32 102 .416 .000 .750 16.9 6.0 1.5 0.8
8 Gerald Henderson 25 16 228 41 86 0 1 10 12 10 25 26 10 3 12 24 92 .477 .000 .833 14.3 5.8 1.6 1.6
9 Rick Robey 25 17 265 35 81 0 0 16 35 19 60 12 2 5 19 44 86 .432 .457 15.6 5.1 3.5 0.7
10 Terry Duerod 24 10 12 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 .400 .000 1.2 0.8 0.0 0.0
11 Eric Fernsten 27 8 14 0 3 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 .000 .667 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.1

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 Larry Bird 24 17 750 21.8 .532 .474 7.6 26.7 17.6 20.8 2.6 1.3 15.0 23.2 109 95 1.4 1.7 3.1
2 Cedric Maxwell 25 17 598 18.9 .644 .580 11.8 11.3 11.6 11.2 1.0 1.5 16.8 18.0 122 104 1.8 0.7 2.5
3 Robert Parish 27 17 492 18.8 .521 .493 11.8 20.7 16.4 6.0 2.1 4.5 15.3 24.7 101 96 0.4 1.1 1.4
4 Tiny Archibald 32 17 630 13.4 .527 .450 1.1 3.7 2.5 24.0 1.0 0.0 16.5 20.2 107 108 0.8 0.4 1.3
5 Kevin McHale 23 17 296 18.1 .563 .540 11.4 10.7 11.0 7.3 0.7 4.8 10.4 20.5 115 102 0.7 0.4 1.1
6 Chris Ford 32 17 507 9.9 .490 .476 3.0 6.7 4.9 12.5 1.4 0.1 10.8 14.6 105 106 0.4 0.5 0.9
7 Gerald Henderson 25 16 228 14.3 .504 .477 5.1 7.0 6.1 16.8 2.2 0.7 11.6 19.1 107 103 0.3 0.3 0.6
8 M.L. Carr 30 17 288 10.1 .457 .416 3.2 6.3 4.8 6.8 1.7 1.2 6.7 17.5 102 104 0.2 0.3 0.5
9 Rick Robey 25 17 265 7.5 .446 .432 8.3 16.4 12.5 6.2 0.4 1.1 16.5 18.4 90 103 -0.2 0.3 0.1
10 Eric Fernsten 27 8 14 6.2 .231 .000 8.3 22.7 15.8 8.3 3.6 0.0 0.0 13.0 82 95 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Terry Duerod 24 10 12 10.6 .400 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 9.1 38.6 78 103 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Bird $650,000
2 Robert Parish $600,000
3 M.L. Carr $350,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)