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1984-85 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: K.C. Jones (63-19)

PTS/G: 114.8 (7th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 108.1 (5th of 23)
SRS: 6.47 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace: 101.6 (13th of 23)
Off Rtg: 112.8 (2nd of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.3 (5th of 23)
Expected W-L: 57-25 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 610,727 (4th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Cleveland Cavaliers

Eastern Conf. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
44 Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 3 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird SF 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 5 Indiana State University
28 Quinn Buckner PG 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 8 Indiana University
34 Rick Carlisle SG 6-5 210 October 27, 1959 R University of Virginia
30 M.L. Carr SF 6-6 205 January 9, 1951 9 Guilford College
40 Carlos Clark SG 6-4 210 August 10, 1960 1 University of Mississippi
3 Dennis Johnson PG 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 8 Pepperdine University
50 Greg Kite C 6-11 250 August 5, 1961 1 Brigham Young University
31 Cedric Maxwell SF 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 7 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale PF 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 4 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 8 Centenary College of Louisiana
8 Scott Wedman SF 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 10 University of Colorado
20 Ray Williams PG 6-3 188 October 14, 1954 7 University of Minnesota

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 19705 3721 7325 .508 110 309 .356 1860 2307 .806 1116 2630 3746 2287 645 414 1332 1781 9412 114.8
Lg Rank 22 5 9 3 3 5 1 12 15 1 15 1 3 6 18 14 3 23 6 6
Opponent 82 19705 3642 7642 .477 71 269 .264 1512 1922 .787 1105 2287 3392 2041 641 315 1222 1964 8867 108.1
Lg Rank 22 15 23 3 11 17 9 1 1 23 5 8 4 4 4 1 23 6 5 5

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 6.65 -0.18 6.47 112.8 106.3 101.6 .515 13.8 32.8 .254 .481 12.6 70.4 .198 Boston Garden 610,727
Lg Rank 3 3 3 15 3 2 5 13 3 5 14 11 3 23 2 1 4

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 28 80 77 3161 918 1760 .522 56 131 .427 403 457 .882 164 678 842 531 129 98 248 208 2295
2 Kevin McHale 27 79 31 2653 605 1062 .570 0 6 .000 355 467 .760 229 483 712 141 28 120 157 234 1565
3 Robert Parish 31 79 78 2850 551 1016 .542 0 0 292 393 .743 263 577 840 125 56 101 186 223 1394
4 Dennis Johnson 30 80 77 2976 493 1066 .462 7 26 .269 261 306 .853 91 226 317 543 96 39 212 224 1254
5 Danny Ainge 25 75 73 2564 419 792 .529 15 56 .268 118 136 .868 76 192 268 399 122 6 149 228 971
6 Cedric Maxwell 29 57 51 1495 201 377 .533 0 2 .000 231 278 .831 98 144 242 102 36 15 98 140 633
7 Scott Wedman 32 78 5 1127 220 460 .478 17 34 .500 42 55 .764 57 102 159 94 23 10 47 111 499
8 Quinn Buckner 30 75 6 858 74 193 .383 0 1 .000 32 50 .640 26 61 87 148 63 2 67 142 180
9 Carlos Clark 24 62 3 562 64 152 .421 0 5 .000 41 53 .774 29 40 69 48 35 2 42 66 169
10 M.L. Carr 34 47 0 397 62 149 .416 9 23 .391 17 17 1.000 21 22 43 24 21 6 24 44 150
11 Ray Williams 30 23 5 459 55 143 .385 6 23 .261 31 46 .674 16 41 57 90 30 5 42 56 147
12 Greg Kite 23 55 4 424 33 88 .375 0 0 22 32 .688 38 51 89 17 3 10 29 84 88
13 Rick Carlisle 25 38 0 179 26 67 .388 0 2 .000 15 17 .882 8 13 21 25 3 0 19 21 67

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 28 80 77 39.5 11.5 22.0 .522 0.7 1.6 .427 5.0 5.7 .882 2.1 8.5 10.5 6.6 1.6 1.2 3.1 2.6 28.7
2 Kevin McHale 27 79 31 33.6 7.7 13.4 .570 0.0 0.1 .000 4.5 5.9 .760 2.9 6.1 9.0 1.8 0.4 1.5 2.0 3.0 19.8
3 Robert Parish 31 79 78 36.1 7.0 12.9 .542 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.0 .743 3.3 7.3 10.6 1.6 0.7 1.3 2.4 2.8 17.6
4 Dennis Johnson 30 80 77 37.2 6.2 13.3 .462 0.1 0.3 .269 3.3 3.8 .853 1.1 2.8 4.0 6.8 1.2 0.5 2.7 2.8 15.7
5 Danny Ainge 25 75 73 34.2 5.6 10.6 .529 0.2 0.7 .268 1.6 1.8 .868 1.0 2.6 3.6 5.3 1.6 0.1 2.0 3.0 12.9
6 Cedric Maxwell 29 57 51 26.2 3.5 6.6 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 4.9 .831 1.7 2.5 4.2 1.8 0.6 0.3 1.7 2.5 11.1
7 Ray Williams 30 23 5 20.0 2.4 6.2 .385 0.3 1.0 .261 1.3 2.0 .674 0.7 1.8 2.5 3.9 1.3 0.2 1.8 2.4 6.4
8 Scott Wedman 32 78 5 14.4 2.8 5.9 .478 0.2 0.4 .500 0.5 0.7 .764 0.7 1.3 2.0 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.4 6.4
9 M.L. Carr 34 47 0 8.4 1.3 3.2 .416 0.2 0.5 .391 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.9 3.2
10 Carlos Clark 24 62 3 9.1 1.0 2.5 .421 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.9 .774 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.1 2.7
11 Quinn Buckner 30 75 6 11.4 1.0 2.6 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .640 0.3 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.9 1.9 2.4
12 Rick Carlisle 25 38 0 4.7 0.7 1.8 .388 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.4 .882 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 1.8
13 Greg Kite 23 55 4 7.7 0.6 1.6 .375 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 .688 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.5 1.6

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 28 80 77 3161 10.5 20.0 .522 0.6 1.5 .427 4.6 5.2 .882 1.9 7.7 9.6 6.0 1.5 1.1 2.8 2.4 26.1
2 Kevin McHale 27 79 31 2653 8.2 14.4 .570 0.0 0.1 .000 4.8 6.3 .760 3.1 6.6 9.7 1.9 0.4 1.6 2.1 3.2 21.2
3 Robert Parish 31 79 78 2850 7.0 12.8 .542 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.0 .743 3.3 7.3 10.6 1.6 0.7 1.3 2.3 2.8 17.6
4 Scott Wedman 32 78 5 1127 7.0 14.7 .478 0.5 1.1 .500 1.3 1.8 .764 1.8 3.3 5.1 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.5 3.5 15.9
5 Cedric Maxwell 29 57 51 1495 4.8 9.1 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 5.6 6.7 .831 2.4 3.5 5.8 2.5 0.9 0.4 2.4 3.4 15.2
6 Dennis Johnson 30 80 77 2976 6.0 12.9 .462 0.1 0.3 .269 3.2 3.7 .853 1.1 2.7 3.8 6.6 1.2 0.5 2.6 2.7 15.2
7 M.L. Carr 34 47 0 397 5.6 13.5 .416 0.8 2.1 .391 1.5 1.5 1.000 1.9 2.0 3.9 2.2 1.9 0.5 2.2 4.0 13.6
8 Danny Ainge 25 75 73 2564 5.9 11.1 .529 0.2 0.8 .268 1.7 1.9 .868 1.1 2.7 3.8 5.6 1.7 0.1 2.1 3.2 13.6
9 Rick Carlisle 25 38 0 179 5.2 13.5 .388 0.0 0.4 .000 3.0 3.4 .882 1.6 2.6 4.2 5.0 0.6 0.0 3.8 4.2 13.5
10 Ray Williams 30 23 5 459 4.3 11.2 .385 0.5 1.8 .261 2.4 3.6 .674 1.3 3.2 4.5 7.1 2.4 0.4 3.3 4.4 11.5
11 Carlos Clark 24 62 3 562 4.1 9.7 .421 0.0 0.3 .000 2.6 3.4 .774 1.9 2.6 4.4 3.1 2.2 0.1 2.7 4.2 10.8
12 Quinn Buckner 30 75 6 858 3.1 8.1 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.1 .640 1.1 2.6 3.7 6.2 2.6 0.1 2.8 6.0 7.6
13 Greg Kite 23 55 4 424 2.8 7.5 .375 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.7 .688 3.2 4.3 7.6 1.4 0.3 0.8 2.5 7.1 7.5

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 28 80 3161 26.5 .585 .538 6.0 22.6 14.7 25.7 1.9 1.7 11.2 28.5 119 103 10.5 5.2 15.7 .238
2 Kevin McHale 27 79 2653 20.7 .617 .570 10.0 19.2 14.8 7.4 0.5 2.4 11.0 21.9 122 106 7.6 3.4 11.0 .199
3 Robert Parish 31 79 2850 17.6 .586 .542 10.7 21.4 16.3 5.8 0.9 1.9 13.5 19.7 114 105 5.0 4.0 9.0 .151
4 Danny Ainge 25 75 2564 14.2 .570 .539 3.4 7.9 5.8 19.9 2.2 0.1 14.9 15.9 115 108 3.9 2.8 6.6 .124
5 Dennis Johnson 30 80 2976 14.4 .522 .466 3.5 8.0 5.9 23.4 1.5 0.7 15.0 19.3 109 109 3.5 2.8 6.4 .103
6 Cedric Maxwell 29 57 1495 14.2 .634 .533 7.6 10.2 8.9 8.4 1.1 0.5 16.4 16.3 121 109 3.2 1.4 4.6 .147
7 Scott Wedman 32 78 1127 12.7 .515 .497 5.9 9.5 7.8 11.1 1.0 0.5 8.8 19.2 109 109 1.2 1.0 2.2 .093
8 Carlos Clark 24 62 562 8.9 .482 .421 6.0 7.5 6.8 10.3 2.9 0.2 19.3 15.8 96 106 -0.2 0.7 0.5 .044
9 Quinn Buckner 30 75 858 7.5 .419 .383 3.5 7.5 5.6 20.1 3.5 0.1 23.8 13.4 90 105 -0.7 1.2 0.5 .027
10 Ray Williams 30 23 459 10.9 .450 .406 4.0 9.4 6.9 23.8 3.1 0.6 20.5 18.2 95 105 -0.2 0.6 0.4 .042
11 M.L. Carr 34 47 397 9.9 .479 .446 6.1 5.8 6.0 7.7 2.5 0.8 13.3 18.5 98 107 0.0 0.5 0.4 .050
12 Greg Kite 23 55 424 3.9 .431 .375 10.4 12.7 11.6 4.6 0.3 1.3 22.1 12.6 89 109 -0.3 0.4 0.1 .006
13 Rick Carlisle 25 38 179 7.2 .450 .388 5.2 7.7 6.5 17.5 0.8 0.0 20.3 21.3 90 111 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.021

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 28 20 20 815 196 425 .461 7 25 .280 121 136 .890 53 129 182 115 34 19 57 54 520
2 Kevin McHale 27 21 21 837 172 303 .568 0 0 121 150 .807 74 134 208 32 13 46 60 73 465
3 Dennis Johnson 30 21 21 848 142 319 .445 0 14 .000 80 93 .860 24 60 84 154 31 9 72 66 364
4 Robert Parish 31 21 21 803 136 276 .493 0 0 87 111 .784 57 162 219 31 21 34 50 68 359
5 Danny Ainge 25 21 21 687 97 208 .466 7 16 .438 30 39 .769 20 38 58 121 32 1 32 76 231
6 Scott Wedman 32 21 1 350 73 134 .545 10 22 .455 26 38 .684 22 37 59 33 13 0 12 50 182
7 Ray Williams 30 19 0 278 47 116 .405 2 15 .133 24 25 .960 14 22 36 60 12 1 33 44 120
8 Cedric Maxwell 29 20 0 238 21 43 .488 0 0 34 43 .791 17 30 47 7 9 2 10 29 76
9 Quinn Buckner 30 15 0 86 13 22 .591 0 0 5 8 .625 2 5 7 12 6 0 6 24 31
10 Greg Kite 23 9 0 63 5 12 .417 0 0 1 2 .500 5 11 16 3 1 0 2 13 11
11 M.L. Carr 34 7 0 24 4 15 .267 1 2 .500 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 4 9
12 Carlos Clark 24 3 0 11 3 5 .600 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 8

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 28 20 20 40.8 9.8 21.3 .461 0.4 1.3 .280 6.1 6.8 .890 2.7 6.5 9.1 5.8 1.7 1.0 2.9 2.7 26.0
2 Kevin McHale 27 21 21 39.9 8.2 14.4 .568 0.0 0.0 5.8 7.1 .807 3.5 6.4 9.9 1.5 0.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 22.1
3 Dennis Johnson 30 21 21 40.4 6.8 15.2 .445 0.0 0.7 .000 3.8 4.4 .860 1.1 2.9 4.0 7.3 1.5 0.4 3.4 3.1 17.3
4 Robert Parish 31 21 21 38.2 6.5 13.1 .493 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.3 .784 2.7 7.7 10.4 1.5 1.0 1.6 2.4 3.2 17.1
5 Danny Ainge 25 21 21 32.7 4.6 9.9 .466 0.3 0.8 .438 1.4 1.9 .769 1.0 1.8 2.8 5.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 3.6 11.0
6 Scott Wedman 32 21 1 16.7 3.5 6.4 .545 0.5 1.0 .455 1.2 1.8 .684 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 2.4 8.7
7 Ray Williams 30 19 0 14.6 2.5 6.1 .405 0.1 0.8 .133 1.3 1.3 .960 0.7 1.2 1.9 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.7 2.3 6.3
8 Cedric Maxwell 29 20 0 11.9 1.1 2.2 .488 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.2 .791 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.5 3.8
9 Carlos Clark 24 3 0 3.7 1.0 1.7 .600 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.7 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7
10 Quinn Buckner 30 15 0 5.7 0.9 1.5 .591 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .625 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.6 2.1
11 M.L. Carr 34 7 0 3.4 0.6 2.1 .267 0.1 0.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.3
12 Greg Kite 23 9 0 7.0 0.6 1.3 .417 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .500 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 1.4 1.2

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 Carlos Clark 24 3 0 11 9.8 16.4 .600 0.0 0.0 6.5 6.5 1.000 6.5 0.0 6.5 9.8 3.3 0.0 0.0 6.5 26.2
2 Larry Bird 28 20 20 815 8.7 18.8 .461 0.3 1.1 .280 5.3 6.0 .890 2.3 5.7 8.0 5.1 1.5 0.8 2.5 2.4 23.0
3 Kevin McHale 27 21 21 837 7.4 13.0 .568 0.0 0.0 5.2 6.5 .807 3.2 5.8 8.9 1.4 0.6 2.0 2.6 3.1 20.0
4 Scott Wedman 32 21 1 350 7.5 13.8 .545 1.0 2.3 .455 2.7 3.9 .684 2.3 3.8 6.1 3.4 1.3 0.0 1.2 5.1 18.7
5 Robert Parish 31 21 21 803 6.1 12.4 .493 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.0 .784 2.6 7.3 9.8 1.4 0.9 1.5 2.2 3.0 16.1
6 Ray Williams 30 19 0 278 6.1 15.0 .405 0.3 1.9 .133 3.1 3.2 .960 1.8 2.8 4.7 7.8 1.6 0.1 4.3 5.7 15.5
7 Dennis Johnson 30 21 21 848 6.0 13.5 .445 0.0 0.6 .000 3.4 3.9 .860 1.0 2.5 3.6 6.5 1.3 0.4 3.1 2.8 15.5
8 M.L. Carr 34 7 0 24 6.0 22.5 .267 1.5 3.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 6.0 13.5
9 Quinn Buckner 30 15 0 86 5.4 9.2 .591 0.0 0.0 2.1 3.3 .625 0.8 2.1 2.9 5.0 2.5 0.0 2.5 10.0 13.0
10 Danny Ainge 25 21 21 687 5.1 10.9 .466 0.4 0.8 .438 1.6 2.0 .769 1.0 2.0 3.0 6.3 1.7 0.1 1.7 4.0 12.1
11 Cedric Maxwell 29 20 0 238 3.2 6.5 .488 0.0 0.0 5.1 6.5 .791 2.6 4.5 7.1 1.1 1.4 0.3 1.5 4.4 11.5
12 Greg Kite 23 9 0 63 2.9 6.9 .417 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 .500 2.9 6.3 9.1 1.7 0.6 0.0 1.1 7.4 6.3

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 Kevin McHale 27 21 837 18.7 .630 .568 9.9 17.7 13.8 5.5 0.7 3.0 14.0 20.7 119 108 1.8 1.0 2.8 .163
2 Larry Bird 28 20 815 20.9 .536 .469 7.3 17.5 12.4 21.3 2.0 1.3 10.5 26.8 113 107 1.5 1.1 2.6 .155
3 Robert Parish 31 21 803 14.9 .553 .493 8.0 22.2 15.2 5.3 1.2 2.3 13.3 18.8 109 107 0.6 1.2 1.8 .109
4 Danny Ainge 25 21 687 12.0 .513 .483 3.3 6.1 4.7 23.2 2.2 0.1 12.4 15.1 112 111 0.7 0.7 1.3 .092
5 Scott Wedman 32 21 350 17.0 .604 .582 7.0 11.7 9.4 13.6 1.8 0.0 7.4 18.7 125 110 0.9 0.4 1.3 .172
6 Dennis Johnson 30 21 848 12.8 .506 .445 3.2 7.8 5.5 24.7 1.7 0.6 16.7 20.5 103 111 0.2 0.8 1.0 .056
7 Cedric Maxwell 29 20 238 11.4 .614 .488 8.0 13.9 11.0 3.6 1.8 0.5 13.9 12.2 123 109 0.4 0.3 0.6 .131
8 Quinn Buckner 30 15 86 10.3 .607 .591 2.6 6.4 4.5 18.6 3.3 0.0 19.0 14.8 111 108 0.1 0.1 0.2 .104
9 Greg Kite 23 9 63 5.0 .427 .417 8.9 19.3 14.1 5.8 0.7 0.0 13.4 9.5 99 110 0.0 0.1 0.1 .045
10 Carlos Clark 24 3 11 35.4 .680 .600 20.4 0.0 10.1 43.4 4.3 0.0 0.0 21.5 162 108 0.1 0.0 0.1 .478
11 Ray Williams 30 19 278 10.9 .472 .414 5.6 8.7 7.2 29.5 2.0 0.2 20.6 23.2 96 110 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .011
12 M.L. Carr 34 7 24 -0.1 .300 .300 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.7 2.0 0.0 6.3 26.9 71 112 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.163