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1982-83 Boston Celtics

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56-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 112.1 points per game, Allowed 106.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 55-27)
Coached by Bill Fitch (56-26)

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 Statistics / Schedule

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

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-9 220 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 C 7-0 230 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 F-C 6-10 210 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 F 6-8 205 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 G-F 6-4 175 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 G 6-1 150 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 G 6-2 175 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 G 6-3 190 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 F-G 6-6 205 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 C-F 6-11 230 27 59 6 855 100 214 .467 0 0 45 78 .577 79 140 219 65 13 8 72 131 245
11 Scott Wedman F-G 6-7 215 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 G 6-5 215 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 C-F 6-11 215 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-9 220 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 C 7-0 230 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 F-C 6-10 210 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 F 6-8 205 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 G 6-1 150 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 G-F 6-4 175 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 G 6-2 175 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 G 6-3 190 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 F-G 6-6 205 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 C-F 6-11 230 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 G 6-5 215 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 C-F 6-11 215 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 Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-9 220 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 C 7-0 230 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 F-C 6-10 210 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 G 6-2 175 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 F 6-8 205 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 G-F 6-4 175 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 G 6-1 150 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 F-G 6-6 205 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 Darren Tillis C-F 6-11 215 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
11 Quinn Buckner G 6-3 190 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
12 Charles Bradley G 6-5 215 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 C-F 6-11 230 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 Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 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 24.5 17.6 42 2 20.0
2 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 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 18.1 14.5 32 1 15.5
3 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 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 12.1 10.6 23 5 9.0
4 Cedric Maxwell F 6-8 205 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 11.8 8.0 20 6 7.0
5 Danny Ainge G-F 6-4 175 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 8.0 7.6 16 7 4.5
6 Tiny Archibald G 6-1 150 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 4.9 3.9 9 12 -1.5
7 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 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 1.5 5.8 7 10 -1.5
8 Quinn Buckner G 6-3 190 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 0.0 7.0 7 13 -3.0
9 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 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 0.0 3.8 4 7 -1.5
10 Charles Bradley G 6-5 215 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 0.0 2.7 3 5 -1.0
11 Rick Robey C-F 6-11 230 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 0.0 3.2 3 6 -1.5
12 Scott Wedman F-G 6-7 215 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 0.2 1.9 2 3 -0.5
13 Darren Tillis C-F 6-11 215 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 0.0 0.1 0 1 -0.5

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 F 6-9 220 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 C 7-0 230 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 F 6-8 205 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 F-C 6-10 210 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 G 6-2 175 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 G 6-1 150 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 G-F 6-4 175 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 G 6-3 190 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 F-G 6-7 215 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 F-G 6-6 205 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 C-F 6-11 230 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 G 6-5 215 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

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 (*)