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1982-83 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Bill Fitch (56-26)

Points Per Game: 112.1 (7th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.7 (10th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 55-27 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 621,829 (3rd of 23)

SRS: 5.34 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 104.0 (6th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.9 (6th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.8 (7th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-1) versus Atlanta Hawks

1982-83 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 1 Brigham Young University
7 Tiny Archibald G 6-1 150 September 2, 1948 11 University of Texas at El Paso
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 3 Indiana State University
35 Charles Bradley G 6-5 215 May 16, 1959 1 University of Wyoming
28 Quinn Buckner G 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 6 Indiana University
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 7 Guilford College
43 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 3 Virginia Commonwealth University
31 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 5 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 2 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 6 Centenary College of Louisiana
53 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 4 University of Kentucky
52 Darren Tillis C-F 6-11 215 February 23, 1960 R Cleveland State University
20 Scott Wedman F-G 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 8 University of Colorado

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 19830 3711 7547 .492 39 186 .210 1730 2348 .737 1273 2532 3805 2216 789 521 1541 2062 9191 112.1
Opponent 82 19830 3477 7401 .470 48 180 .267 1750 2307 .759 1186 2393 3579 2027 699 340 1607 2137 8752 106.7

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 26 79 79 2982 747 1481 .504 22 77 .286 351 418 .840 193 677 870 458 148 71 240 197 1867
2 Robert Parish 29 78 76 2459 619 1125 .550 0 1 .000 271 388 .698 260 567 827 141 79 148 185 222 1509
3 Kevin McHale 25 82 13 2345 483 893 .541 0 1 .000 193 269 .717 215 338 553 104 34 192 159 241 1159
4 Cedric Maxwell 27 79 71 2252 331 663 .499 0 1 .000 280 345 .812 185 237 422 186 65 39 165 202 942
5 Danny Ainge 23 80 76 2048 357 720 .496 5 29 .172 72 97 .742 83 131 214 251 109 6 98 259 791
6 Tiny Archibald 34 66 19 1811 235 553 .425 5 24 .208 220 296 .743 25 66 91 409 38 4 163 110 695
7 Gerald Henderson 27 82 9 1551 286 618 .463 3 16 .188 96 133 .722 57 67 124 195 95 3 128 190 671
8 Quinn Buckner 28 72 56 1565 248 561 .442 0 4 .000 74 117 .632 62 125 187 275 108 5 159 195 570
9 M.L. Carr 32 77 0 883 135 315 .429 3 19 .158 60 81 .741 51 86 137 71 48 10 79 140 333
10 Rick Robey 27 59 6 855 100 214 .467 0 0 45 78 .577 79 140 219 65 13 8 72 131 245
11 Scott Wedman 30 40 0 503 94 205 .459 1 10 .100 20 30 .667 29 45 74 31 20 6 32 83 209
12 Charles Bradley 23 51 5 532 69 176 .392 0 3 .000 46 90 .511 30 48 78 28 32 27 42 84 184
13 Darren Tillis 22 15 0 44 7 23 .304 0 1 .000 2 6 .333 4 5 9 2 0 2 4 8 16

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 26 79 79 37.7 9.5 18.7 .504 0.3 1.0 .286 4.4 5.3 .840 2.4 8.6 11.0 5.8 1.9 0.9 3.0 2.5 23.6
2 Robert Parish 29 78 76 31.5 7.9 14.4 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 5.0 .698 3.3 7.3 10.6 1.8 1.0 1.9 2.4 2.8 19.3
3 Kevin McHale 25 82 13 28.6 5.9 10.9 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.3 .717 2.6 4.1 6.7 1.3 0.4 2.3 1.9 2.9 14.1
4 Cedric Maxwell 27 79 71 28.5 4.2 8.4 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.4 .812 2.3 3.0 5.3 2.4 0.8 0.5 2.1 2.6 11.9
5 Tiny Archibald 34 66 19 27.4 3.6 8.4 .425 0.1 0.4 .208 3.3 4.5 .743 0.4 1.0 1.4 6.2 0.6 0.1 2.5 1.7 10.5
6 Danny Ainge 23 80 76 25.6 4.5 9.0 .496 0.1 0.4 .172 0.9 1.2 .742 1.0 1.6 2.7 3.1 1.4 0.1 1.2 3.2 9.9
7 Gerald Henderson 27 82 9 18.9 3.5 7.5 .463 0.0 0.2 .188 1.2 1.6 .722 0.7 0.8 1.5 2.4 1.2 0.0 1.6 2.3 8.2
8 Quinn Buckner 28 72 56 21.7 3.4 7.8 .442 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.6 .632 0.9 1.7 2.6 3.8 1.5 0.1 2.2 2.7 7.9
9 Scott Wedman 30 40 0 12.6 2.4 5.1 .459 0.0 0.3 .100 0.5 0.8 .667 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.1 5.2
10 M.L. Carr 32 77 0 11.5 1.8 4.1 .429 0.0 0.2 .158 0.8 1.1 .741 0.7 1.1 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.8 4.3
11 Rick Robey 27 59 6 14.5 1.7 3.6 .467 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 .577 1.3 2.4 3.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.2 2.2 4.2
12 Charles Bradley 23 51 5 10.4 1.4 3.5 .392 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.8 .511 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.6 3.6
13 Darren Tillis 22 15 0 2.9 0.5 1.5 .304 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.4 .333 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1

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 Larry Bird 26 79 79 2982 9.0 17.9 .504 0.3 0.9 .286 4.2 5.0 .840 2.3 8.2 10.5 5.5 1.8 0.9 2.9 2.4 22.5
2 Robert Parish 29 78 76 2459 9.1 16.5 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 4.0 5.7 .698 3.8 8.3 12.1 2.1 1.2 2.2 2.7 3.3 22.1
3 Kevin McHale 25 82 13 2345 7.4 13.7 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.1 .717 3.3 5.2 8.5 1.6 0.5 2.9 2.4 3.7 17.8
4 Gerald Henderson 27 82 9 1551 6.6 14.3 .463 0.1 0.4 .188 2.2 3.1 .722 1.3 1.6 2.9 4.5 2.2 0.1 3.0 4.4 15.6
5 Cedric Maxwell 27 79 71 2252 5.3 10.6 .499 0.0 0.0 .000 4.5 5.5 .812 3.0 3.8 6.7 3.0 1.0 0.6 2.6 3.2 15.1
6 Scott Wedman 30 40 0 503 6.7 14.7 .459 0.1 0.7 .100 1.4 2.1 .667 2.1 3.2 5.3 2.2 1.4 0.4 2.3 5.9 15.0
7 Danny Ainge 23 80 76 2048 6.3 12.7 .496 0.1 0.5 .172 1.3 1.7 .742 1.5 2.3 3.8 4.4 1.9 0.1 1.7 4.6 13.9
8 Tiny Archibald 34 66 19 1811 4.7 11.0 .425 0.1 0.5 .208 4.4 5.9 .743 0.5 1.3 1.8 8.1 0.8 0.1 3.2 2.2 13.8
9 M.L. Carr 32 77 0 883 5.5 12.8 .429 0.1 0.8 .158 2.4 3.3 .741 2.1 3.5 5.6 2.9 2.0 0.4 3.2 5.7 13.6
10 Quinn Buckner 28 72 56 1565 5.7 12.9 .442 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.7 .632 1.4 2.9 4.3 6.3 2.5 0.1 3.7 4.5 13.1
11 Darren Tillis 22 15 0 44 5.7 18.8 .304 0.0 0.8 .000 1.6 4.9 .333 3.3 4.1 7.4 1.6 0.0 1.6 3.3 6.5 13.1
12 Charles Bradley 23 51 5 532 4.7 11.9 .392 0.0 0.2 .000 3.1 6.1 .511 2.0 3.2 5.3 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.8 5.7 12.5
13 Rick Robey 27 59 6 855 4.2 9.0 .467 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.3 .577 3.3 5.9 9.2 2.7 0.5 0.3 3.0 5.5 10.3

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 Larry Bird 26 79 2982 24.1 .561 .512 7.0 24.2 15.7 22.4 2.3 1.3 12.6 25.0 115 98 8.4 5.6 14.0
2 Robert Parish 29 78 2459 23.0 .582 .550 11.4 24.6 18.1 8.4 1.5 3.3 12.5 23.6 114 98 6.2 4.6 10.8
3 Kevin McHale 25 82 2345 17.6 .573 .541 9.9 15.4 12.7 6.1 0.7 4.5 13.6 19.6 111 102 4.1 3.4 7.5
4 Cedric Maxwell 27 79 2252 14.7 .578 .499 8.9 11.2 10.1 10.5 1.3 1.0 16.8 17.0 113 104 4.0 2.5 6.6
5 Danny Ainge 23 80 2048 13.2 .519 .499 4.4 6.8 5.6 16.1 2.5 0.2 11.4 16.5 110 104 2.8 2.4 5.2
6 Tiny Archibald 34 66 1811 12.3 .509 .429 1.5 3.9 2.7 28.0 1.0 0.1 19.3 18.3 104 108 1.7 1.2 2.9
7 Gerald Henderson 27 82 1551 12.1 .496 .465 4.0 4.6 4.3 16.7 2.8 0.1 15.9 20.3 99 104 0.5 1.8 2.3
8 Quinn Buckner 28 72 1565 11.5 .465 .442 4.3 8.5 6.4 22.6 3.2 0.2 20.6 19.3 93 102 -0.7 2.2 1.6
9 Rick Robey 27 59 855 8.6 .493 .467 10.0 17.5 13.8 9.3 0.7 0.5 22.5 14.7 95 104 -0.1 1.0 0.9
10 M.L. Carr 32 77 883 9.7 .475 .433 6.2 10.4 8.3 10.3 2.5 0.6 18.4 19.1 93 102 -0.4 1.2 0.8
11 Scott Wedman 30 40 503 10.3 .479 .461 6.2 9.5 7.9 8.2 1.8 0.7 12.8 19.5 98 104 0.1 0.6 0.7
12 Charles Bradley 23 51 532 8.7 .427 .392 6.1 9.6 7.9 6.5 2.8 2.8 16.3 19.0 86 100 -0.6 0.9 0.2
13 Darren Tillis 22 15 44 1.5 .312 .304 9.8 12.1 11.0 5.9 0.0 2.5 13.5 26.4 70 105 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

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 26 6 240 49 116 1 4 24 29 20 75 41 13 3 19 15 123 .422 .250 .828 40.0 20.5 12.5 6.8
2 Robert Parish 29 7 249 43 89 0 0 17 20 21 74 9 5 9 17 18 103 .483 .850 35.6 14.7 10.6 1.3
3 Cedric Maxwell 27 7 246 29 55 0 0 32 38 23 51 23 4 4 19 18 90 .527 .842 35.1 12.9 7.3 3.3
4 Kevin McHale 25 7 177 34 62 0 1 10 18 15 42 5 3 7 10 16 78 .548 .000 .556 25.3 11.1 6.0 0.7
5 Gerald Henderson 27 7 187 35 85 0 3 6 7 8 14 31 11 1 14 25 76 .412 .000 .857 26.7 10.9 2.0 4.4
6 Tiny Archibald 34 7 161 22 68 1 6 22 29 3 10 44 2 0 11 12 67 .324 .167 .759 23.0 9.6 1.4 6.3
7 Danny Ainge 23 7 201 28 72 2 5 8 11 2 14 25 5 1 6 24 66 .389 .400 .727 28.7 9.4 2.0 3.6
8 Quinn Buckner 28 7 98 16 37 0 2 0 2 1 10 2 1 0 5 18 32 .432 .000 .000 14.0 4.6 1.4 0.3
9 Scott Wedman 30 6 66 14 24 0 2 1 2 3 14 0 1 0 4 11 29 .583 .000 .500 11.0 4.8 2.3 0.0
10 M.L. Carr 32 3 22 2 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 .250 .000 1.000 7.3 2.0 0.3 0.0
11 Rick Robey 27 5 29 0 4 0 1 2 4 3 8 1 0 0 2 4 2 .000 .000 .500 5.8 0.4 1.6 0.2
12 Charles Bradley 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 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 27 7 246 14.7 .627 .527 10.0 12.3 11.1 13.5 0.8 0.9 20.9 15.5 115 105 0.4 0.3 0.7
2 Larry Bird 26 6 240 20.3 .478 .427 8.9 24.7 16.7 28.2 2.7 0.7 12.9 25.8 102 97 0.2 0.5 0.7
3 Robert Parish 29 7 249 14.7 .527 .483 9.0 22.9 15.9 5.7 1.0 2.1 14.8 19.3 101 100 0.1 0.4 0.5
4 Kevin McHale 25 7 177 15.0 .558 .548 9.0 16.4 12.7 4.6 0.8 2.3 12.5 18.9 106 102 0.2 0.3 0.4
5 Danny Ainge 23 7 201 8.5 .429 .403 1.1 6.4 3.7 18.6 1.2 0.3 7.2 17.3 97 106 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Scott Wedman 30 6 66 10.8 .583 .583 4.8 17.9 11.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 13.9 18.3 100 103 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Tiny Archibald 34 7 161 12.3 .415 .331 2.0 4.7 3.3 40.6 0.6 0.0 12.0 23.9 97 108 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Gerald Henderson 27 7 187 11.1 .431 .412 4.6 3.5 4.0 26.6 2.9 0.3 13.7 22.9 92 104 -0.2 0.2 0.1
9 Charles Bradley 23 2 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 111 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 M.L. Carr 32 3 22 5.6 .338 .250 4.8 0.0 2.4 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 16.9 86 102 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Quinn Buckner 28 7 98 2.7 .422 .432 1.1 9.9 5.5 3.2 0.5 0.0 11.7 18.3 79 106 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
12 Rick Robey 27 5 29 -1.0 .174 .000 11.0 18.6 14.8 4.3 0.0 0.0 25.8 11.2 53 105 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Bird *$1,225,000
2 Robert Parish *$650,000
3 Scott Wedman *$600,000
4 M.L. Carr *$262,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)