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1982-83 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 112.1 (8th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 106.7 (10th of 23)
SRS: 5.34 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace: 104.0 (6th of 23)
Off Rtg: 106.9 (6th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 101.8 (7th of 23)
Expected W-L: 55-27 (3rd of 23)

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

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
44 Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 1 Brigham Young University
7 Tiny Archibald PG 6-1 150 September 2, 1948 11 University of Texas at El Paso
33 Larry Bird PF 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 3 Indiana State University
35 Charles Bradley SG 6-5 215 May 16, 1959 1 University of Wyoming
28 Quinn Buckner SG 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 6 Indiana University
30 M.L. Carr SF 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 7 Guilford College
43 Gerald Henderson PG 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 3 Virginia Commonwealth University
31 Cedric Maxwell SF 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 5 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale PF 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 6-11 230 January 30, 1956 4 University of Kentucky
52 Darren Tillis C 6-11 215 February 23, 1960 R Cleveland State University
20 Scott Wedman SF 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 8 University of Colorado

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19830 3711 7547 .492 39 186 .210 1730 2348 .737 1273 2532 3805 2216 789 521 1541 2062 9191 112.1
Lg Rank 3 4 6 8 13 10 20 12 11 13 7 5 3 7 6 7 11 15 7 7
Opponent 82 19830 3477 7401 .470 48 180 .267 1750 2307 .759 1186 2393 3579 2027 699 340 1607 2137 8752 106.7
Lg Rank 3 9 14 6 15 10 20 15 13 21 8 11 9 8 9 2 8 13 10 10

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 55 27 5.35 -0.01 5.34 106.9 101.8 104.0 .494 15.2 34.7 .229 .473 16.0 68.1 .236 Boston Garden 621,829
Lg Rank 3 3 3 12 2 6 7 6 8 8 7 13 7 8 5 14 3

Totals

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

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

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 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
11 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
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

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
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 .225
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 .211
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 .154
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 .140
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 .121
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 .077
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 .073
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 .048
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 .049
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 .046
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 .063
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 .020
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 -0.147

Playoffs Totals

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 6 240 49 116 .422 1 4 .250 24 29 .828 20 55 75 41 13 3 19 15 123
2 Robert Parish 29 7 249 43 89 .483 0 0 17 20 .850 21 53 74 9 5 9 17 18 103
3 Cedric Maxwell 27 7 246 29 55 .527 0 0 32 38 .842 23 28 51 23 4 4 19 18 90
4 Kevin McHale 25 7 177 34 62 .548 0 1 .000 10 18 .556 15 27 42 5 3 7 10 16 78
5 Gerald Henderson 27 7 187 35 85 .412 0 3 .000 6 7 .857 8 6 14 31 11 1 14 25 76
6 Tiny Archibald 34 7 161 22 68 .324 1 6 .167 22 29 .759 3 7 10 44 2 0 11 12 67
7 Danny Ainge 23 7 201 28 72 .389 2 5 .400 8 11 .727 2 12 14 25 5 1 6 24 66
8 Quinn Buckner 28 7 98 16 37 .432 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 1 9 10 2 1 0 5 18 32
9 Scott Wedman 30 6 66 14 24 .583 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 3 11 14 0 1 0 4 11 29
10 M.L. Carr 32 3 22 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6
11 Rick Robey 27 5 29 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 3 5 8 1 0 0 2 4 2
12 Charles Bradley 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Per Game

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 6 40.0 8.2 19.3 .422 0.2 0.7 .250 4.0 4.8 .828 3.3 9.2 12.5 6.8 2.2 0.5 3.2 2.5 20.5
2 Robert Parish 29 7 35.6 6.1 12.7 .483 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.9 .850 3.0 7.6 10.6 1.3 0.7 1.3 2.4 2.6 14.7
3 Cedric Maxwell 27 7 35.1 4.1 7.9 .527 0.0 0.0 4.6 5.4 .842 3.3 4.0 7.3 3.3 0.6 0.6 2.7 2.6 12.9
4 Kevin McHale 25 7 25.3 4.9 8.9 .548 0.0 0.1 .000 1.4 2.6 .556 2.1 3.9 6.0 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.3 11.1
5 Gerald Henderson 27 7 26.7 5.0 12.1 .412 0.0 0.4 .000 0.9 1.0 .857 1.1 0.9 2.0 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.0 3.6 10.9
6 Tiny Archibald 34 7 23.0 3.1 9.7 .324 0.1 0.9 .167 3.1 4.1 .759 0.4 1.0 1.4 6.3 0.3 0.0 1.6 1.7 9.6
7 Danny Ainge 23 7 28.7 4.0 10.3 .389 0.3 0.7 .400 1.1 1.6 .727 0.3 1.7 2.0 3.6 0.7 0.1 0.9 3.4 9.4
8 Scott Wedman 30 6 11.0 2.3 4.0 .583 0.0 0.3 .000 0.2 0.3 .500 0.5 1.8 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.7 1.8 4.8
9 Quinn Buckner 28 7 14.0 2.3 5.3 .432 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.1 1.3 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 2.6 4.6
10 M.L. Carr 32 3 7.3 0.7 2.7 .250 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
11 Rick Robey 27 5 5.8 0.0 0.8 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.4 0.8 .500 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.4
12 Charles Bradley 23 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 6 240 7.3 17.4 .422 0.1 0.6 .250 3.6 4.3 .828 3.0 8.2 11.3 6.1 1.9 0.5 2.8 2.3 18.5
2 Kevin McHale 25 7 177 6.9 12.6 .548 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 3.7 .556 3.1 5.5 8.5 1.0 0.6 1.4 2.0 3.3 15.9
3 Scott Wedman 30 6 66 7.6 13.1 .583 0.0 1.1 .000 0.5 1.1 .500 1.6 6.0 7.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.2 6.0 15.8
4 Tiny Archibald 34 7 161 4.9 15.2 .324 0.2 1.3 .167 4.9 6.5 .759 0.7 1.6 2.2 9.8 0.4 0.0 2.5 2.7 15.0
5 Robert Parish 29 7 249 6.2 12.9 .483 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.9 .850 3.0 7.7 10.7 1.3 0.7 1.3 2.5 2.6 14.9
6 Gerald Henderson 27 7 187 6.7 16.4 .412 0.0 0.6 .000 1.2 1.3 .857 1.5 1.2 2.7 6.0 2.1 0.2 2.7 4.8 14.6
7 Cedric Maxwell 27 7 246 4.2 8.0 .527 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.6 .842 3.4 4.1 7.5 3.4 0.6 0.6 2.8 2.6 13.2
8 Quinn Buckner 28 7 98 5.9 13.6 .432 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.7 .000 0.4 3.3 3.7 0.7 0.4 0.0 1.8 6.6 11.8
9 Danny Ainge 23 7 201 5.0 12.9 .389 0.4 0.9 .400 1.4 2.0 .727 0.4 2.1 2.5 4.5 0.9 0.2 1.1 4.3 11.8
10 M.L. Carr 32 3 22 3.3 13.1 .250 0.0 1.6 .000 3.3 3.3 1.000 1.6 0.0 1.6 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 4.9 9.8
11 Rick Robey 27 5 29 0.0 5.0 .000 0.0 1.2 .000 2.5 5.0 .500 3.7 6.2 9.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.0 2.5
12 Charles Bradley 23 2 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
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 .141
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 .134
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 .103
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 .114
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 .047
6 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 .035
7 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 .023
8 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 .076
9 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 .024
10 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 .019
11 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 -0.101
12 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 -0.041