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1983-84 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: K.C. Jones (62-20)

PTS/G: 112.1 (7th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 105.6 (4th of 23)
SRS: 6.42 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace: 99.7 (15th of 23)
Off Rtg: 110.9 (6th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 104.4 (3rd of 23)
Expected W-L: 57-25 (1st of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 606,857 (3rd of 23)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Washington Bullets

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
44 Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 2 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird PF 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 4 Indiana State University
28 Quinn Buckner PG 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 7 Indiana University
30 M.L. Carr SF 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 8 Guilford College
40 Carlos Clark SG 6-4 210 August 10, 1960 R University of Mississippi
43 Gerald Henderson PG 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 4 Virginia Commonwealth University
3 Dennis Johnson SG 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 7 Pepperdine University
50 Greg Kite C 6-11 250 August 5, 1961 R Brigham Young University
31 Cedric Maxwell SF 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 6 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale PF 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 3 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 7 Centenary College of Louisiana
20 Scott Wedman SF 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 9 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 19955 3616 7235 .500 55 229 .240 1907 2407 .792 1159 2538 3697 2122 673 430 1420 1949 9194 112.1
Lg Rank 3 10 10 6 8 8 13 11 15 2 10 1 3 14 15 10 8 21 7 7
Opponent 82 19955 3463 7372 .470 71 219 .324 1659 2143 .774 1101 2227 3328 1957 703 328 1329 2090 8656 105.6
Lg Rank 3 7 17 2 23 19 23 2 1 22 7 5 4 2 13 3 20 9 4 4

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 57 25 6.56 -0.14 6.42 110.9 104.4 99.7 .504 14.6 34.2 .264 .475 13.8 69.7 .225 Boston Garden 606,857
Lg Rank 1 1 1 14 1 6 3 15 6 8 7 10 2 19 2 1 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 27 79 77 3028 758 1542 .492 18 73 .247 374 421 .888 181 615 796 520 144 69 237 197 1908
2 Robert Parish 30 80 79 2867 623 1140 .546 0 0 274 368 .745 243 614 857 139 55 116 184 266 1520
3 Kevin McHale 26 82 10 2577 587 1055 .556 1 3 .333 336 439 .765 208 402 610 104 23 126 150 243 1511
4 Dennis Johnson 29 80 78 2665 384 878 .437 4 32 .125 281 330 .852 87 193 280 338 93 57 172 251 1053
5 Cedric Maxwell 28 80 78 2502 317 596 .532 1 6 .167 320 425 .753 201 260 461 205 63 24 203 224 955
6 Gerald Henderson 28 78 78 2088 376 718 .524 20 57 .351 136 177 .768 68 79 147 300 117 14 161 209 908
7 Danny Ainge 24 71 3 1154 166 361 .460 6 22 .273 46 56 .821 29 87 116 162 41 4 70 143 384
8 Scott Wedman 31 68 5 916 148 333 .444 2 13 .154 29 35 .829 41 98 139 67 27 7 43 107 327
9 Quinn Buckner 29 79 0 1249 138 323 .427 0 6 .000 48 74 .649 41 96 137 214 84 3 100 187 324
10 M.L. Carr 33 60 1 585 70 171 .409 3 15 .200 42 48 .875 26 49 75 49 17 4 46 67 185
11 Greg Kite 22 35 1 197 30 66 .455 0 0 5 16 .313 27 35 62 7 1 5 20 42 65
12 Carlos Clark 23 31 0 127 19 52 .365 0 2 .000 16 18 .889 7 10 17 17 8 1 12 13 54

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 27 79 77 38.3 9.6 19.5 .492 0.2 0.9 .247 4.7 5.3 .888 2.3 7.8 10.1 6.6 1.8 0.9 3.0 2.5 24.2
2 Robert Parish 30 80 79 35.8 7.8 14.3 .546 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.6 .745 3.0 7.7 10.7 1.7 0.7 1.5 2.3 3.3 19.0
3 Kevin McHale 26 82 10 31.4 7.2 12.9 .556 0.0 0.0 .333 4.1 5.4 .765 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.3 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.0 18.4
4 Dennis Johnson 29 80 78 33.3 4.8 11.0 .437 0.1 0.4 .125 3.5 4.1 .852 1.1 2.4 3.5 4.2 1.2 0.7 2.2 3.1 13.2
5 Cedric Maxwell 28 80 78 31.3 4.0 7.5 .532 0.0 0.1 .167 4.0 5.3 .753 2.5 3.3 5.8 2.6 0.8 0.3 2.5 2.8 11.9
6 Gerald Henderson 28 78 78 26.8 4.8 9.2 .524 0.3 0.7 .351 1.7 2.3 .768 0.9 1.0 1.9 3.8 1.5 0.2 2.1 2.7 11.6
7 Danny Ainge 24 71 3 16.3 2.3 5.1 .460 0.1 0.3 .273 0.6 0.8 .821 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.1 1.0 2.0 5.4
8 Scott Wedman 31 68 5 13.5 2.2 4.9 .444 0.0 0.2 .154 0.4 0.5 .829 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.6 4.8
9 Quinn Buckner 29 79 0 15.8 1.7 4.1 .427 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.9 .649 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.7 1.1 0.0 1.3 2.4 4.1
10 M.L. Carr 33 60 1 9.8 1.2 2.9 .409 0.1 0.3 .200 0.7 0.8 .875 0.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.1 3.1
11 Greg Kite 22 35 1 5.6 0.9 1.9 .455 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 .313 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.2 1.9
12 Carlos Clark 23 31 0 4.1 0.6 1.7 .365 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.6 .889 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.7

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 27 79 77 3028 9.0 18.3 .492 0.2 0.9 .247 4.4 5.0 .888 2.2 7.3 9.5 6.2 1.7 0.8 2.8 2.3 22.7
2 Kevin McHale 26 82 10 2577 8.2 14.7 .556 0.0 0.0 .333 4.7 6.1 .765 2.9 5.6 8.5 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.1 3.4 21.1
3 Robert Parish 30 80 79 2867 7.8 14.3 .546 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.6 .745 3.1 7.7 10.8 1.7 0.7 1.5 2.3 3.3 19.1
4 Gerald Henderson 28 78 78 2088 6.5 12.4 .524 0.3 1.0 .351 2.3 3.1 .768 1.2 1.4 2.5 5.2 2.0 0.2 2.8 3.6 15.7
5 Carlos Clark 23 31 0 127 5.4 14.7 .365 0.0 0.6 .000 4.5 5.1 .889 2.0 2.8 4.8 4.8 2.3 0.3 3.4 3.7 15.3
6 Dennis Johnson 29 80 78 2665 5.2 11.9 .437 0.1 0.4 .125 3.8 4.5 .852 1.2 2.6 3.8 4.6 1.3 0.8 2.3 3.4 14.2
7 Cedric Maxwell 28 80 78 2502 4.6 8.6 .532 0.0 0.1 .167 4.6 6.1 .753 2.9 3.7 6.6 2.9 0.9 0.3 2.9 3.2 13.7
8 Scott Wedman 31 68 5 916 5.8 13.1 .444 0.1 0.5 .154 1.1 1.4 .829 1.6 3.9 5.5 2.6 1.1 0.3 1.7 4.2 12.9
9 Danny Ainge 24 71 3 1154 5.2 11.3 .460 0.2 0.7 .273 1.4 1.7 .821 0.9 2.7 3.6 5.1 1.3 0.1 2.2 4.5 12.0
10 Greg Kite 22 35 1 197 5.5 12.1 .455 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.9 .313 4.9 6.4 11.3 1.3 0.2 0.9 3.7 7.7 11.9
11 M.L. Carr 33 60 1 585 4.3 10.5 .409 0.2 0.9 .200 2.6 3.0 .875 1.6 3.0 4.6 3.0 1.0 0.2 2.8 4.1 11.4
12 Quinn Buckner 29 79 0 1249 4.0 9.3 .427 0.0 0.2 .000 1.4 2.1 .649 1.2 2.8 3.9 6.2 2.4 0.1 2.9 5.4 9.3

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 27 79 3028 24.2 .552 .497 7.0 22.3 14.9 26.2 2.3 1.3 12.1 26.7 115 101 7.9 5.6 13.6 .215
2 Kevin McHale 26 82 2577 20.0 .605 .557 9.5 17.1 13.4 6.0 0.4 2.7 10.7 22.3 120 105 7.0 3.5 10.5 .196
3 Robert Parish 30 80 2867 19.2 .584 .546 10.0 23.5 17.0 7.0 0.9 2.3 12.4 21.3 115 102 5.7 4.8 10.5 .175
4 Cedric Maxwell 28 80 2502 13.5 .610 .533 9.5 11.4 10.5 10.5 1.2 0.5 20.6 16.2 113 107 3.6 2.9 6.4 .124
5 Dennis Johnson 29 80 2665 12.8 .515 .440 3.8 7.9 6.0 16.6 1.7 1.2 14.4 18.4 107 106 2.5 3.2 5.7 .102
6 Gerald Henderson 28 78 2088 14.7 .570 .538 3.8 4.1 4.0 19.8 2.7 0.4 16.8 18.8 110 106 2.7 2.6 5.3 .121
7 Danny Ainge 24 71 1154 10.4 .498 .468 3.0 8.3 5.7 18.4 1.7 0.2 15.4 16.2 104 107 0.5 1.3 1.8 .076
8 Quinn Buckner 29 79 1249 9.4 .456 .427 3.9 8.4 6.2 21.5 3.2 0.1 22.0 15.0 94 104 -0.6 1.9 1.3 .052
9 Scott Wedman 31 68 916 9.9 .469 .447 5.3 11.7 8.6 9.8 1.4 0.4 11.0 17.6 100 106 0.1 1.1 1.2 .065
10 M.L. Carr 33 60 585 7.8 .481 .418 5.2 9.2 7.3 10.7 1.4 0.4 19.3 16.7 95 107 -0.2 0.6 0.4 .034
11 Carlos Clark 23 31 127 12.1 .451 .365 6.5 8.6 7.6 17.7 3.0 0.4 16.7 23.3 95 104 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .048
12 Greg Kite 22 35 197 6.8 .445 .455 16.2 19.5 17.9 4.7 0.2 1.4 21.5 19.4 87 105 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.008

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 27 23 961 229 437 .524 7 17 .412 167 190 .879 62 190 252 136 54 27 87 71 632
2 Dennis Johnson 29 22 808 129 319 .404 3 7 .429 104 120 .867 30 49 79 97 25 7 53 75 365
3 Robert Parish 30 23 869 139 291 .478 0 0 64 99 .646 76 172 248 27 23 41 45 100 342
4 Kevin McHale 26 23 702 123 244 .504 0 3 .000 94 121 .777 62 81 143 27 3 35 38 75 340
5 Gerald Henderson 28 23 616 115 237 .485 3 11 .273 54 75 .720 23 29 52 97 34 1 41 78 287
6 Cedric Maxwell 28 23 752 84 167 .503 0 1 .000 106 136 .779 52 67 119 55 22 7 46 77 274
7 Danny Ainge 24 19 253 41 90 .456 2 9 .222 7 10 .700 4 12 16 38 9 2 13 36 91
8 Scott Wedman 31 17 226 40 96 .417 4 7 .571 5 10 .500 24 23 47 17 6 0 13 19 89
9 Quinn Buckner 29 23 268 32 79 .405 0 1 .000 12 22 .545 12 23 35 28 13 0 18 52 76
10 M.L. Carr 33 16 82 13 32 .406 2 6 .333 10 11 .909 5 3 8 4 7 0 3 13 38
11 Carlos Clark 23 8 20 4 10 .400 0 0 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 9
12 Greg Kite 22 11 38 1 8 .125 0 0 5 6 .833 5 4 9 3 0 1 3 9 7

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 27 23 41.8 10.0 19.0 .524 0.3 0.7 .412 7.3 8.3 .879 2.7 8.3 11.0 5.9 2.3 1.2 3.8 3.1 27.5
2 Dennis Johnson 29 22 36.7 5.9 14.5 .404 0.1 0.3 .429 4.7 5.5 .867 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.4 1.1 0.3 2.4 3.4 16.6
3 Robert Parish 30 23 37.8 6.0 12.7 .478 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.3 .646 3.3 7.5 10.8 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.0 4.3 14.9
4 Kevin McHale 26 23 30.5 5.3 10.6 .504 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 5.3 .777 2.7 3.5 6.2 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.7 3.3 14.8
5 Gerald Henderson 28 23 26.8 5.0 10.3 .485 0.1 0.5 .273 2.3 3.3 .720 1.0 1.3 2.3 4.2 1.5 0.0 1.8 3.4 12.5
6 Cedric Maxwell 28 23 32.7 3.7 7.3 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 4.6 5.9 .779 2.3 2.9 5.2 2.4 1.0 0.3 2.0 3.3 11.9
7 Scott Wedman 31 17 13.3 2.4 5.6 .417 0.2 0.4 .571 0.3 0.6 .500 1.4 1.4 2.8 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 5.2
8 Danny Ainge 24 19 13.3 2.2 4.7 .456 0.1 0.5 .222 0.4 0.5 .700 0.2 0.6 0.8 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.9 4.8
9 Quinn Buckner 29 23 11.7 1.4 3.4 .405 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.0 .545 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.8 2.3 3.3
10 M.L. Carr 33 16 5.1 0.8 2.0 .406 0.1 0.4 .333 0.6 0.7 .909 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.8 2.4
11 Carlos Clark 23 8 2.5 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1
12 Greg Kite 22 11 3.5 0.1 0.7 .125 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 .833 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.6

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 27 23 961 8.6 16.4 .524 0.3 0.6 .412 6.3 7.1 .879 2.3 7.1 9.4 5.1 2.0 1.0 3.3 2.7 23.7
2 Kevin McHale 26 23 702 6.3 12.5 .504 0.0 0.2 .000 4.8 6.2 .777 3.2 4.2 7.3 1.4 0.2 1.8 1.9 3.8 17.4
3 Gerald Henderson 28 23 616 6.7 13.9 .485 0.2 0.6 .273 3.2 4.4 .720 1.3 1.7 3.0 5.7 2.0 0.1 2.4 4.6 16.8
4 M.L. Carr 33 16 82 5.7 14.0 .406 0.9 2.6 .333 4.4 4.8 .909 2.2 1.3 3.5 1.8 3.1 0.0 1.3 5.7 16.7
5 Dennis Johnson 29 22 808 5.7 14.2 .404 0.1 0.3 .429 4.6 5.3 .867 1.3 2.2 3.5 4.3 1.1 0.3 2.4 3.3 16.3
6 Carlos Clark 23 8 20 7.2 18.0 .400 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.6 .500 1.8 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 3.6 1.8 5.4 16.2
7 Scott Wedman 31 17 226 6.4 15.3 .417 0.6 1.1 .571 0.8 1.6 .500 3.8 3.7 7.5 2.7 1.0 0.0 2.1 3.0 14.2
8 Robert Parish 30 23 869 5.8 12.1 .478 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.1 .646 3.1 7.1 10.3 1.1 1.0 1.7 1.9 4.1 14.2
9 Cedric Maxwell 28 23 752 4.0 8.0 .503 0.0 0.0 .000 5.1 6.5 .779 2.5 3.2 5.7 2.6 1.1 0.3 2.2 3.7 13.1
10 Danny Ainge 24 19 253 5.8 12.8 .456 0.3 1.3 .222 1.0 1.4 .700 0.6 1.7 2.3 5.4 1.3 0.3 1.8 5.1 12.9
11 Quinn Buckner 29 23 268 4.3 10.6 .405 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 3.0 .545 1.6 3.1 4.7 3.8 1.7 0.0 2.4 7.0 10.2
12 Greg Kite 22 11 38 0.9 7.6 .125 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 .833 4.7 3.8 8.5 2.8 0.0 0.9 2.8 8.5 6.6

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 Larry Bird 27 23 961 26.3 .607 .532 7.2 23.1 15.0 23.2 2.8 1.7 14.3 25.9 120 103 3.0 1.7 4.7 .236
2 Kevin McHale 26 23 702 16.3 .572 .504 9.9 13.5 11.7 5.7 0.2 3.0 11.3 19.6 118 109 1.4 0.7 2.1 .142
3 Cedric Maxwell 28 23 752 13.3 .604 .503 7.8 10.4 9.1 9.9 1.4 0.6 16.9 14.9 118 110 1.3 0.7 2.0 .126
4 Robert Parish 30 23 869 14.5 .511 .478 9.8 23.1 16.3 4.5 1.3 2.8 11.9 17.9 107 105 0.6 1.3 1.9 .105
5 Gerald Henderson 28 23 616 15.6 .531 .492 4.2 5.5 4.8 23.8 2.7 0.1 13.2 20.7 111 109 0.8 0.6 1.5 .115
6 Dennis Johnson 29 22 808 12.9 .491 .409 4.2 7.1 5.6 17.4 1.5 0.5 12.5 21.5 106 110 0.6 0.7 1.3 .075
7 Danny Ainge 24 19 253 10.6 .482 .467 1.8 5.5 3.6 21.9 1.7 0.5 12.1 17.4 105 110 0.1 0.2 0.3 .063
8 M.L. Carr 33 16 82 14.6 .516 .438 6.8 4.3 5.6 7.1 4.2 0.0 7.5 19.9 115 106 0.1 0.1 0.2 .145
9 Scott Wedman 31 17 226 11.5 .443 .438 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.2 1.3 0.0 11.5 20.6 99 110 0.0 0.2 0.2 .038
10 Quinn Buckner 29 23 268 6.8 .429 .405 5.0 10.0 7.5 14.3 2.4 0.0 16.9 16.3 91 108 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .012
11 Greg Kite 22 11 38 2.7 .329 .125 14.8 12.3 13.6 9.6 0.0 1.6 22.0 14.7 85 111 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.033
12 Carlos Clark 23 8 20 10.9 .414 .400 5.6 0.0 2.9 7.7 2.4 5.9 8.4 24.3 91 106 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006