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1981-82 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (63-19)

Points Per Game: 112.0 (4th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.6 (8th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 57-25 (1st of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 622,711 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 6.35 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.5 (8th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.8 (4th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.5 (6th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Washington Bullets

1981-82 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
44 Danny Ainge G-F 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 R Brigham Young University
7 Tiny Archibald G 6-1 150 September 2, 1948 10 University of Texas at El Paso
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 2 Indiana State University
35 Charles Bradley G 6-5 215 May 16, 1959 R University of Wyoming
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 6 Guilford College
40 Terry Duerod G 6-2 180 July 29, 1956 2 University of Detroit Mercy
45 Eric Fernsten C-F 6-10 205 November 1, 1953 4 University of San Francisco
42 Chris Ford G-F 6-5 190 January 11, 1949 9 Villanova University
43 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 2 Virginia Commonwealth University
11 Tracy Jackson G-F 6-6 205 April 21, 1959 R University of Notre Dame
31 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 4 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 1 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 5 Centenary College of Louisiana
53 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 3 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 3657 7334 .499 49 184 .266 1817 2457 .740 1253 2489 3742 2126 652 568 1452 2014 9180 112.0
Opponent 82 19780 3490 7429 .470 39 203 .192 1638 2172 .754 1193 2247 3440 1972 681 367 1432 2240 8657 105.6

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 25 77 58 2923 711 1414 .503 11 52 .212 328 380 .863 200 637 837 447 143 66 254 244 1761
2 Robert Parish 28 80 78 2534 669 1235 .542 0 0 252 355 .710 288 578 866 140 68 192 221 267 1590
3 Cedric Maxwell 26 78 73 2590 397 724 .548 0 3 .000 357 478 .747 218 281 499 183 79 49 174 263 1151
4 Kevin McHale 24 82 33 2332 465 875 .531 0 0 187 248 .754 191 365 556 91 30 185 137 264 1117
5 Tiny Archibald 33 68 51 2167 308 652 .472 6 16 .375 236 316 .747 25 91 116 541 52 3 178 131 858
6 Gerald Henderson 26 82 31 1844 353 705 .501 2 12 .167 125 172 .727 47 105 152 252 82 11 150 199 833
7 M.L. Carr 31 56 27 1296 184 409 .450 5 17 .294 82 116 .707 56 94 150 128 67 21 63 136 455
8 Rick Robey 26 80 4 1186 185 375 .493 0 2 .000 84 157 .535 114 181 295 68 27 14 92 183 454
9 Chris Ford 33 76 53 1591 188 450 .418 20 63 .317 39 56 .696 52 56 108 142 42 10 52 143 435
10 Danny Ainge 22 53 1 564 79 221 .357 5 17 .294 56 65 .862 25 31 56 87 37 3 53 86 219
11 Charles Bradley 22 51 1 339 55 122 .451 0 1 .000 42 62 .677 12 26 38 22 14 6 37 61 152
12 Terry Duerod 25 21 0 146 34 77 .442 0 1 .000 4 12 .333 6 9 15 12 3 1 2 9 72
13 Eric Fernsten 28 43 0 202 19 49 .388 0 0 19 30 .633 12 30 42 8 5 7 13 23 57
14 Tracy Jackson 22 11 0 66 10 26 .385 0 0 6 10 .600 7 5 12 5 3 0 6 5 26

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 25 77 58 38.0 9.2 18.4 .503 0.1 0.7 .212 4.3 4.9 .863 2.6 8.3 10.9 5.8 1.9 0.9 3.3 3.2 22.9
2 Robert Parish 28 80 78 31.7 8.4 15.4 .542 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.4 .710 3.6 7.2 10.8 1.8 0.9 2.4 2.8 3.3 19.9
3 Cedric Maxwell 26 78 73 33.2 5.1 9.3 .548 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 6.1 .747 2.8 3.6 6.4 2.3 1.0 0.6 2.2 3.4 14.8
4 Kevin McHale 24 82 33 28.4 5.7 10.7 .531 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.0 .754 2.3 4.5 6.8 1.1 0.4 2.3 1.7 3.2 13.6
5 Tiny Archibald 33 68 51 31.9 4.5 9.6 .472 0.1 0.2 .375 3.5 4.6 .747 0.4 1.3 1.7 8.0 0.8 0.0 2.6 1.9 12.6
6 Gerald Henderson 26 82 31 22.5 4.3 8.6 .501 0.0 0.1 .167 1.5 2.1 .727 0.6 1.3 1.9 3.1 1.0 0.1 1.8 2.4 10.2
7 M.L. Carr 31 56 27 23.1 3.3 7.3 .450 0.1 0.3 .294 1.5 2.1 .707 1.0 1.7 2.7 2.3 1.2 0.4 1.1 2.4 8.1
8 Rick Robey 26 80 4 14.8 2.3 4.7 .493 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 2.0 .535 1.4 2.3 3.7 0.9 0.3 0.2 1.2 2.3 5.7
9 Chris Ford 33 76 53 20.9 2.5 5.9 .418 0.3 0.8 .317 0.5 0.7 .696 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.7 1.9 5.7
10 Danny Ainge 22 53 1 10.6 1.5 4.2 .357 0.1 0.3 .294 1.1 1.2 .862 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.6 4.1
11 Terry Duerod 25 21 0 7.0 1.6 3.7 .442 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.6 .333 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 3.4
12 Charles Bradley 22 51 1 6.6 1.1 2.4 .451 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .677 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.2 3.0
13 Tracy Jackson 22 11 0 6.0 0.9 2.4 .385 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .600 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.5 2.4
14 Eric Fernsten 28 43 0 4.7 0.4 1.1 .388 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .633 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.3

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 Robert Parish 28 80 78 2534 9.5 17.5 .542 0.0 0.0 3.6 5.0 .710 4.1 8.2 12.3 2.0 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.8 22.6
2 Larry Bird 25 77 58 2923 8.8 17.4 .503 0.1 0.6 .212 4.0 4.7 .863 2.5 7.8 10.3 5.5 1.8 0.8 3.1 3.0 21.7
3 Terry Duerod 25 21 0 146 8.4 19.0 .442 0.0 0.2 .000 1.0 3.0 .333 1.5 2.2 3.7 3.0 0.7 0.2 0.5 2.2 17.8
4 Kevin McHale 24 82 33 2332 7.2 13.5 .531 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .754 2.9 5.6 8.6 1.4 0.5 2.9 2.1 4.1 17.2
5 Gerald Henderson 26 82 31 1844 6.9 13.8 .501 0.0 0.2 .167 2.4 3.4 .727 0.9 2.0 3.0 4.9 1.6 0.2 2.9 3.9 16.3
6 Charles Bradley 22 51 1 339 5.8 13.0 .451 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 6.6 .677 1.3 2.8 4.0 2.3 1.5 0.6 3.9 6.5 16.1
7 Cedric Maxwell 26 78 73 2590 5.5 10.1 .548 0.0 0.0 .000 5.0 6.6 .747 3.0 3.9 6.9 2.5 1.1 0.7 2.4 3.7 16.0
8 Tiny Archibald 33 68 51 2167 5.1 10.8 .472 0.1 0.3 .375 3.9 5.2 .747 0.4 1.5 1.9 9.0 0.9 0.0 3.0 2.2 14.3
9 Tracy Jackson 22 11 0 66 5.5 14.2 .385 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.5 .600 3.8 2.7 6.5 2.7 1.6 0.0 3.3 2.7 14.2
10 Danny Ainge 22 53 1 564 5.0 14.1 .357 0.3 1.1 .294 3.6 4.1 .862 1.6 2.0 3.6 5.6 2.4 0.2 3.4 5.5 14.0
11 Rick Robey 26 80 4 1186 5.6 11.4 .493 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 4.8 .535 3.5 5.5 9.0 2.1 0.8 0.4 2.8 5.6 13.8
12 M.L. Carr 31 56 27 1296 5.1 11.4 .450 0.1 0.5 .294 2.3 3.2 .707 1.6 2.6 4.2 3.6 1.9 0.6 1.7 3.8 12.6
13 Eric Fernsten 28 43 0 202 3.4 8.7 .388 0.0 0.0 3.4 5.3 .633 2.1 5.3 7.5 1.4 0.9 1.2 2.3 4.1 10.2
14 Chris Ford 33 76 53 1591 4.3 10.2 .418 0.5 1.4 .317 0.9 1.3 .696 1.2 1.3 2.4 3.2 1.0 0.2 1.2 3.2 9.8

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 25 77 2923 22.6 .557 .507 7.7 23.4 15.8 22.5 2.3 1.2 13.8 25.2 114 99 6.8 5.7 12.5
2 Robert Parish 28 80 2534 22.6 .571 .542 12.8 24.5 18.8 8.4 1.3 4.1 13.7 25.5 112 99 5.0 5.1 10.0
3 Cedric Maxwell 26 78 2590 16.0 .616 .548 9.5 11.7 10.6 9.2 1.4 1.0 15.7 17.2 119 105 5.8 3.3 9.1
4 Kevin McHale 24 82 2332 16.9 .568 .531 9.3 16.8 13.1 5.4 0.6 4.3 12.2 19.3 113 102 3.9 3.7 7.5
5 Tiny Archibald 33 68 2167 14.3 .542 .477 1.3 4.5 2.9 31.9 1.1 0.1 18.4 17.9 112 109 3.4 1.8 5.2
6 Gerald Henderson 26 82 1844 13.2 .534 .502 2.9 6.1 4.5 18.6 2.1 0.3 16.1 20.2 105 106 1.4 2.2 3.6
7 M.L. Carr 31 56 1296 11.9 .495 .456 4.9 7.8 6.4 12.6 2.4 0.9 12.0 16.2 106 104 1.0 1.8 2.8
8 Chris Ford 33 76 1591 7.8 .458 .440 3.7 3.8 3.7 11.1 1.2 0.3 9.9 13.3 104 108 0.7 1.4 2.1
9 Rick Robey 26 80 1186 11.0 .511 .493 10.9 16.4 13.7 7.5 1.1 0.6 17.2 18.1 100 104 0.3 1.6 1.9
10 Danny Ainge 22 53 564 10.1 .439 .369 5.0 5.9 5.5 19.7 3.1 0.3 17.5 21.5 94 104 -0.3 0.8 0.5
11 Terry Duerod 25 21 146 12.5 .438 .442 4.6 6.6 5.7 11.9 1.0 0.4 2.4 23.1 103 108 0.1 0.1 0.2
12 Charles Bradley 22 51 339 8.9 .509 .451 4.0 8.2 6.2 8.5 2.0 1.0 19.9 22.0 93 105 -0.2 0.4 0.2
13 Eric Fernsten 28 43 202 8.1 .458 .388 6.7 16.0 11.5 4.8 1.2 1.9 17.3 14.9 93 103 -0.1 0.3 0.2
14 Tracy Jackson 22 11 66 9.8 .428 .385 12.0 8.1 10.0 9.8 2.2 0.0 16.5 22.1 91 105 -0.1 0.1 0.0

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 Robert Parish 28 12 426 102 209 0 0 51 75 43 135 18 5 48 39 47 255 .488 .680 35.5 21.3 11.3 1.5
2 Larry Bird 25 12 490 88 206 1 6 37 45 33 150 67 23 17 38 43 214 .427 .167 .822 40.8 17.8 12.5 5.6
3 Kevin McHale 24 12 344 77 134 0 0 40 53 41 85 11 5 27 16 44 194 .575 .755 28.7 16.2 7.1 0.9
4 Cedric Maxwell 26 12 385 62 120 0 0 50 70 37 87 26 18 11 24 40 174 .517 .714 32.1 14.5 7.3 2.2
5 Gerald Henderson 26 12 310 38 93 0 2 24 35 12 25 48 14 2 25 30 100 .409 .000 .686 25.8 8.3 2.1 4.0
6 M.L. Carr 31 12 305 37 105 0 4 15 23 21 43 28 11 0 21 30 89 .352 .000 .652 25.4 7.4 3.6 2.3
7 Tiny Archibald 33 8 277 30 70 0 4 25 28 1 17 52 5 2 23 21 85 .429 .000 .893 34.6 10.6 2.1 6.5
8 Rick Robey 26 12 122 21 40 0 0 13 17 13 29 4 2 3 11 27 55 .525 .765 10.2 4.6 2.4 0.3
9 Danny Ainge 22 10 129 19 45 2 4 10 13 6 13 11 2 1 11 21 50 .422 .500 .769 12.9 5.0 1.3 1.1
10 Chris Ford 33 12 138 20 42 2 7 5 7 6 15 15 3 1 3 15 47 .476 .286 .714 11.5 3.9 1.3 1.3
11 Charles Bradley 22 7 18 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 4 6 4 .250 .000 2.6 0.6 0.7 0.1
12 Eric Fernsten 28 5 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 .500 .500 2.2 0.6 0.4 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 Kevin McHale 24 12 344 22.0 .617 .575 12.8 13.1 13.0 5.2 0.7 4.5 9.2 20.5 127 100 1.2 0.6 1.8
2 Cedric Maxwell 26 12 385 18.0 .577 .517 10.3 13.3 11.9 9.9 2.3 1.6 13.7 18.5 117 99 0.8 0.8 1.6
3 Larry Bird 25 12 490 17.9 .474 .430 7.2 24.5 16.1 20.7 2.3 2.0 14.4 21.9 103 94 0.3 1.2 1.6
4 Robert Parish 28 12 426 20.7 .527 .488 10.8 22.1 16.6 7.0 0.6 6.4 13.9 26.8 105 95 0.5 1.0 1.5
5 Chris Ford 33 12 138 12.5 .521 .500 4.7 6.7 5.7 15.6 1.1 0.4 6.2 14.2 121 104 0.3 0.2 0.5
6 Tiny Archibald 33 8 277 10.3 .516 .429 0.4 5.9 3.2 25.6 0.9 0.4 21.8 15.5 103 105 0.1 0.3 0.5
7 Gerald Henderson 26 12 310 10.3 .461 .409 4.2 4.3 4.2 21.6 2.2 0.4 18.7 17.5 97 103 0.0 0.4 0.4
8 Rick Robey 26 12 122 12.8 .579 .525 11.5 13.4 12.5 4.9 0.8 1.4 18.8 19.5 107 101 0.1 0.2 0.3
9 Danny Ainge 22 10 129 8.2 .493 .444 5.0 5.6 5.3 12.3 0.8 0.4 17.8 19.4 98 105 0.0 0.2 0.2
10 M.L. Carr 31 12 305 7.2 .387 .352 7.4 7.4 7.4 12.8 1.8 0.0 15.4 18.1 88 103 -0.3 0.4 0.1
11 Eric Fernsten 28 5 11 14.7 .521 .500 19.5 0.0 9.5 0.0 0.0 5.2 0.0 10.6 133 106 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Charles Bradley 22 7 18 -9.1 .225 .250 6.0 22.8 14.6 7.6 2.7 0.0 31.1 29.1 41 95 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Bird *$937,500
2 Robert Parish *$625,000
3 M.L. Carr *$306,250
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)