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1983-84 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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

1983-84 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 112.1 (7th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.6 (4th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 57-25 (1st of 23)

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

SRS: 6.42 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 99.7 (15th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.9 (6th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 104.4 (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 Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Washington Bullets

1983-84 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 2 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 4 Indiana State University
28 Quinn Buckner G 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 7 Indiana University
30 M.L. Carr F-G 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 8 Guilford College
40 Carlos Clark G 6-4 210 August 10, 1960 R University of Mississippi
43 Gerald Henderson G 6-2 175 January 16, 1956 4 Virginia Commonwealth University
3 Dennis Johnson G 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 F 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 6 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale F-C 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 F-G 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 9 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 19955 3616 7235 .500 55 229 .240 1907 2407 .792 1159 2538 3697 2122 673 430 1420 1949 9194 112.1
Opponent 82 19955 3463 7372 .470 71 219 .324 1659 2143 .774 1101 2227 3328 1957 703 328 1329 2090 8656 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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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
2 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
3 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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 27 23 961 229 437 7 17 167 190 62 252 136 54 27 87 71 632 .524 .412 .879 41.8 27.5 11.0 5.9
2 Dennis Johnson 29 22 808 129 319 3 7 104 120 30 79 97 25 7 53 75 365 .404 .429 .867 36.7 16.6 3.6 4.4
3 Robert Parish 30 23 869 139 291 0 0 64 99 76 248 27 23 41 45 100 342 .478 .646 37.8 14.9 10.8 1.2
4 Kevin McHale 26 23 702 123 244 0 3 94 121 62 143 27 3 35 38 75 340 .504 .000 .777 30.5 14.8 6.2 1.2
5 Gerald Henderson 28 23 616 115 237 3 11 54 75 23 52 97 34 1 41 78 287 .485 .273 .720 26.8 12.5 2.3 4.2
6 Cedric Maxwell 28 23 752 84 167 0 1 106 136 52 119 55 22 7 46 77 274 .503 .000 .779 32.7 11.9 5.2 2.4
7 Danny Ainge 24 19 253 41 90 2 9 7 10 4 16 38 9 2 13 36 91 .456 .222 .700 13.3 4.8 0.8 2.0
8 Scott Wedman 31 17 226 40 96 4 7 5 10 24 47 17 6 0 13 19 89 .417 .571 .500 13.3 5.2 2.8 1.0
9 Quinn Buckner 29 23 268 32 79 0 1 12 22 12 35 28 13 0 18 52 76 .405 .000 .545 11.7 3.3 1.5 1.2
10 M.L. Carr 33 16 82 13 32 2 6 10 11 5 8 4 7 0 3 13 38 .406 .333 .909 5.1 2.4 0.5 0.3
11 Carlos Clark 23 8 20 4 10 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 9 .400 .500 2.5 1.1 0.1 0.1
12 Greg Kite 22 11 38 1 8 0 0 5 6 5 9 3 0 1 3 9 7 .125 .833 3.5 0.6 0.8 0.3

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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Bird *$1,512,500
2 Robert Parish *$675,000
3 Scott Wedman *$500,000
4 Dennis Johnson *$416,250
5 M.L. Carr *$218,750
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)