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1984-85 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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63-19, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 114.8 points per game, Allowed 108.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 57-25)
Coached by K.C. Jones (63-19)

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

SRS: 6.47 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.6 (13th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 112.8 (2nd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.3 (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

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1984-85 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule

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	3	Brigham Young University
33	Larry Bird	F	6-9	220	December 7, 1956	5	Indiana State University
28	Quinn Buckner	G	6-3	190	August 20, 1954	8	Indiana University
34	Rick Carlisle	G	6-5	210	October 27, 1959	R	University of Virginia
30	M.L. Carr	F-G	6-6	205	January 9, 1951	9	Guilford College
40	Carlos Clark	G	6-4	210	August 10, 1960	1	University of Mississippi
3	Dennis Johnson	G	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	F	6-8	205	November 21, 1955	7	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
32	Kevin McHale	F-C	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	F-G	6-7	215	July 29, 1952	10	University of Colorado
20	Ray Williams	G	6-3	188	October 14, 1954	7	University of Minnesota

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	19705	3721	7325	.508	110	309	.356	1860	2307	.806	1116	2630	3746	2287	645	414	1332	1781	9412	114.8
Opponent	82	19705	3642	7642	.477	71	269	.264	1512	1922	.787	1105	2287	3392	2041	641	315	1222	1964	8867	108.1

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	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

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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	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	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
8	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
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

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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	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	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
6	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
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

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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	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	10.4	5.2	15.6
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	3.3	10.9
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	3.9	8.9
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	3.8	2.7	6.6
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	6.3
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
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
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
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
10	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	0.4	0.4
11	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
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
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

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	28	20	815	196	425	7	25	121	136	53	182	115	34	19	57	54	520	.461	.280	.890	40.8	26.0	9.1	5.8
2	Kevin McHale	27	21	837	172	303	0	0	121	150	74	208	32	13	46	60	73	465	.568		.807	39.9	22.1	9.9	1.5
3	Dennis Johnson	30	21	848	142	319	0	14	80	93	24	84	154	31	9	72	66	364	.445	.000	.860	40.4	17.3	4.0	7.3
4	Robert Parish	31	21	803	136	276	0	0	87	111	57	219	31	21	34	50	68	359	.493		.784	38.2	17.1	10.4	1.5
5	Danny Ainge	25	21	687	97	208	7	16	30	39	20	58	121	32	1	32	76	231	.466	.438	.769	32.7	11.0	2.8	5.8
6	Scott Wedman	32	21	350	73	134	10	22	26	38	22	59	33	13	0	12	50	182	.545	.455	.684	16.7	8.7	2.8	1.6
7	Ray Williams	30	19	278	47	116	2	15	24	25	14	36	60	12	1	33	44	120	.405	.133	.960	14.6	6.3	1.9	3.2
8	Cedric Maxwell	29	20	238	21	43	0	0	34	43	17	47	7	9	2	10	29	76	.488		.791	11.9	3.8	2.4	0.4
9	Quinn Buckner	30	15	86	13	22	0	0	5	8	2	7	12	6	0	6	24	31	.591		.625	5.7	2.1	0.5	0.8
10	Greg Kite	23	9	63	5	12	0	0	1	2	5	16	3	1	0	2	13	11	.417		.500	7.0	1.2	1.8	0.3
11	M.L. Carr	34	7	24	4	15	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	4	9	.267	.500		3.4	1.3	0.3	0.1
12	Carlos Clark	24	3	11	3	5	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	8	.600		1.000	3.7	2.7	0.7	1.0

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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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	0.6	0.6	1.3
6	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	1.2
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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

Salaries

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Rk	Player	Salary
1	Larry Bird	$1,800,000
2	Kevin McHale	$1,000,000
3	Cedric Maxwell	$830,000
4	Robert Parish	$700,000
5	Dennis Johnson	$405,000
6	Danny Ainge	$400,000
7	Scott Wedman	$400,000
8	Quinn Buckner	$239,000
9	M.L. Carr	$175,000
10	Greg Kite	$120,000
11	Carlos Clark	$65,000
12	Rick Carlisle	$65,000

Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)

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