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1985-86 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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67-15, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1985-86 NBA Champions

Scored 114.1 points per game, Allowed 104.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 63-19)
Coached by K.C. Jones (67-15)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 610,581 (4th of 23)

SRS: 9.06 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.2 (16th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 111.8 (3rd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.6 (1st of 23)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-0) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Chicago Bulls

1985-86 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 4 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 6 Indiana State University
34 Rick Carlisle G 6-5 210 October 27, 1959 1 University of Virginia
3 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 9 Pepperdine University
50 Greg Kite C 6-11 250 August 5, 1961 2 Brigham Young University
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 5 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 9 Centenary College of Louisiana
12 Jerry Sichting G 6-1 168 November 29, 1956 5 Purdue University
45 David Thirdkill F-G 6-7 195 April 12, 1960 3 Bradley University
11 Sam Vincent G 6-2 185 May 18, 1963 R Michigan State University
5 Bill Walton C-F 6-11 210 November 5, 1952 8 University of California, Los Angeles
8 Scott Wedman F-G 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 11 University of Colorado
35 Sly Williams F-G 6-7 210 January 26, 1958 6 University of Rhode Island

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 19855 3718 7312 .508 138 393 .351 1785 2248 .794 1054 2753 3807 2387 641 511 1360 1756 9359 114.1
Opponent 82 19855 3444 7476 .461 82 304 .270 1617 2162 .748 1089 2317 3406 1924 725 341 1258 1966 8587 104.7

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 29 82 81 3113 796 1606 .496 82 194 .423 441 492 .896 190 615 805 557 166 51 266 182 2115
2 Kevin McHale 28 68 62 2397 561 978 .574 0 0 326 420 .776 171 380 551 181 29 134 149 192 1448
3 Robert Parish 32 81 80 2567 530 966 .549 0 0 245 335 .731 246 524 770 145 65 116 187 215 1305
4 Dennis Johnson 31 78 78 2732 482 1060 .455 6 42 .143 243 297 .818 69 199 268 456 110 35 173 206 1213
5 Danny Ainge 26 80 78 2407 353 701 .504 26 73 .356 123 136 .904 47 188 235 405 94 7 129 204 855
6 Scott Wedman 33 79 19 1402 286 605 .473 17 48 .354 45 68 .662 66 126 192 83 38 22 54 127 634
7 Bill Walton 33 80 2 1546 231 411 .562 0 0 144 202 .713 136 408 544 165 38 106 151 210 606
8 Jerry Sichting 29 82 7 1596 235 412 .570 6 16 .375 61 66 .924 27 77 104 188 50 0 73 118 537
9 Rick Carlisle 26 77 1 760 92 189 .487 0 10 .000 15 23 .652 22 55 77 104 19 4 50 92 199
10 Sam Vincent 22 57 0 432 59 162 .364 1 4 .250 65 70 .929 11 37 48 69 17 4 49 59 184
11 David Thirdkill 25 49 0 385 54 110 .491 0 1 .000 55 88 .625 27 43 70 15 11 3 19 55 163
12 Greg Kite 24 64 2 464 34 91 .374 0 1 .000 15 39 .385 35 93 128 17 3 28 32 81 83
13 Sly Williams 28 6 0 54 5 21 .238 0 4 .000 7 12 .583 7 8 15 2 1 1 7 15 17

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 29 82 81 38.0 9.7 19.6 .496 1.0 2.4 .423 5.4 6.0 .896 2.3 7.5 9.8 6.8 2.0 0.6 3.2 2.2 25.8
2 Kevin McHale 28 68 62 35.3 8.3 14.4 .574 0.0 0.0 4.8 6.2 .776 2.5 5.6 8.1 2.7 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.8 21.3
3 Robert Parish 32 81 80 31.7 6.5 11.9 .549 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.1 .731 3.0 6.5 9.5 1.8 0.8 1.4 2.3 2.7 16.1
4 Dennis Johnson 31 78 78 35.0 6.2 13.6 .455 0.1 0.5 .143 3.1 3.8 .818 0.9 2.6 3.4 5.8 1.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 15.6
5 Danny Ainge 26 80 78 30.1 4.4 8.8 .504 0.3 0.9 .356 1.5 1.7 .904 0.6 2.4 2.9 5.1 1.2 0.1 1.6 2.6 10.7
6 Scott Wedman 33 79 19 17.7 3.6 7.7 .473 0.2 0.6 .354 0.6 0.9 .662 0.8 1.6 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.6 8.0
7 Bill Walton 33 80 2 19.3 2.9 5.1 .562 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 .713 1.7 5.1 6.8 2.1 0.5 1.3 1.9 2.6 7.6
8 Jerry Sichting 29 82 7 19.5 2.9 5.0 .570 0.1 0.2 .375 0.7 0.8 .924 0.3 0.9 1.3 2.3 0.6 0.0 0.9 1.4 6.5
9 David Thirdkill 25 49 0 7.9 1.1 2.2 .491 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.8 .625 0.6 0.9 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.1 3.3
10 Sam Vincent 22 57 0 7.6 1.0 2.8 .364 0.0 0.1 .250 1.1 1.2 .929 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.9 1.0 3.2
11 Sly Williams 28 6 0 9.0 0.8 3.5 .238 0.0 0.7 .000 1.2 2.0 .583 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.2 2.5 2.8
12 Rick Carlisle 26 77 1 9.9 1.2 2.5 .487 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.3 .652 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.2 2.6
13 Greg Kite 24 64 2 7.3 0.5 1.4 .374 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.6 .385 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.3 1.3

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 29 82 81 3113 9.2 18.6 .496 0.9 2.2 .423 5.1 5.7 .896 2.2 7.1 9.3 6.4 1.9 0.6 3.1 2.1 24.5
2 Kevin McHale 28 68 62 2397 8.4 14.7 .574 0.0 0.0 4.9 6.3 .776 2.6 5.7 8.3 2.7 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.9 21.7
3 Robert Parish 32 81 80 2567 7.4 13.5 .549 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.7 .731 3.4 7.3 10.8 2.0 0.9 1.6 2.6 3.0 18.3
4 Scott Wedman 33 79 19 1402 7.3 15.5 .473 0.4 1.2 .354 1.2 1.7 .662 1.7 3.2 4.9 2.1 1.0 0.6 1.4 3.3 16.3
5 Dennis Johnson 31 78 78 2732 6.4 14.0 .455 0.1 0.6 .143 3.2 3.9 .818 0.9 2.6 3.5 6.0 1.4 0.5 2.3 2.7 16.0
6 Sam Vincent 22 57 0 432 4.9 13.5 .364 0.1 0.3 .250 5.4 5.8 .929 0.9 3.1 4.0 5.7 1.4 0.3 4.1 4.9 15.3
7 David Thirdkill 25 49 0 385 5.0 10.3 .491 0.0 0.1 .000 5.1 8.2 .625 2.5 4.0 6.5 1.4 1.0 0.3 1.8 5.1 15.2
8 Bill Walton 33 80 2 1546 5.4 9.6 .562 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.7 .713 3.2 9.5 12.7 3.8 0.9 2.5 3.5 4.9 14.1
9 Danny Ainge 26 80 78 2407 5.3 10.5 .504 0.4 1.1 .356 1.8 2.0 .904 0.7 2.8 3.5 6.1 1.4 0.1 1.9 3.1 12.8
10 Jerry Sichting 29 82 7 1596 5.3 9.3 .570 0.1 0.4 .375 1.4 1.5 .924 0.6 1.7 2.3 4.2 1.1 0.0 1.6 2.7 12.1
11 Sly Williams 28 6 0 54 3.3 14.0 .238 0.0 2.7 .000 4.7 8.0 .583 4.7 5.3 10.0 1.3 0.7 0.7 4.7 10.0 11.3
12 Rick Carlisle 26 77 1 760 4.4 9.0 .487 0.0 0.5 .000 0.7 1.1 .652 1.0 2.6 3.6 4.9 0.9 0.2 2.4 4.4 9.4
13 Greg Kite 24 64 2 464 2.6 7.1 .374 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 3.0 .385 2.7 7.2 9.9 1.3 0.2 2.2 2.5 6.3 6.4

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 29 82 3113 25.6 .580 .521 7.2 20.4 14.2 26.3 2.5 0.9 12.7 27.6 117 99 9.5 6.1 15.7
2 Kevin McHale 28 68 2397 21.6 .623 .574 8.4 16.4 12.7 10.8 0.6 3.1 11.4 22.5 122 103 7.1 3.8 10.9
3 Robert Parish 32 81 2567 18.8 .586 .549 11.3 21.1 16.5 7.7 1.2 2.5 14.4 20.8 112 100 4.4 4.7 9.1
4 Danny Ainge 26 80 2407 13.6 .562 .522 2.3 8.1 5.4 21.3 1.9 0.2 14.5 15.2 115 105 3.6 3.1 6.8
5 Dennis Johnson 31 78 2732 14.7 .509 .458 3.0 7.5 5.4 22.0 1.9 0.7 12.7 20.5 107 104 2.9 3.7 6.6
6 Bill Walton 33 80 1546 17.0 .606 .562 10.4 27.3 19.4 13.6 1.2 3.8 23.2 17.3 108 97 1.6 3.4 5.0
7 Jerry Sichting 29 82 1596 11.9 .609 .578 2.0 5.0 3.6 14.9 1.5 0.0 14.2 13.2 118 107 2.4 1.7 4.1
8 Scott Wedman 33 79 1402 12.5 .499 .487 5.5 9.3 7.5 8.1 1.3 0.9 7.8 20.2 104 105 0.9 1.8 2.7
9 David Thirdkill 25 49 385 12.1 .548 .491 8.3 11.5 10.0 4.9 1.4 0.4 11.3 17.9 111 104 0.5 0.5 1.0
10 Rick Carlisle 26 77 760 7.9 .500 .487 3.4 7.5 5.6 16.8 1.2 0.3 20.1 13.5 99 106 0.0 0.9 0.9
11 Sam Vincent 22 57 432 10.0 .477 .367 3.0 8.9 6.1 20.0 1.9 0.5 20.3 23.0 94 104 -0.3 0.6 0.3
12 Greg Kite 24 64 464 4.6 .384 .374 8.9 20.7 15.2 4.2 0.3 3.3 22.8 12.4 79 101 -0.7 0.8 0.1
13 Sly Williams 28 6 54 -0.6 .323 .238 15.3 15.3 15.3 4.4 0.9 1.0 21.0 25.3 71 103 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

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 29 18 770 171 331 23 56 101 109 34 168 148 37 11 47 55 466 .517 .411 .927 42.8 25.9 9.3 8.2
2 Kevin McHale 28 18 715 168 290 0 1 112 141 51 155 48 8 43 48 64 448 .579 .000 .794 39.7 24.9 8.6 2.7
3 Dennis Johnson 31 18 715 109 245 6 16 67 84 23 76 107 39 5 51 58 291 .445 .375 .798 39.7 16.2 4.2 5.9
4 Danny Ainge 26 18 652 107 193 14 34 52 60 22 76 93 41 1 31 57 280 .554 .412 .867 36.2 15.6 4.2 5.2
5 Robert Parish 32 18 591 106 225 0 0 58 89 52 158 25 9 30 44 47 270 .471 .652 32.8 15.0 8.8 1.4
6 Bill Walton 33 16 291 54 93 0 1 19 23 25 103 27 6 12 22 45 127 .581 .000 .826 18.2 7.9 6.4 1.7
7 Jerry Sichting 29 18 274 27 61 0 1 3 7 5 16 40 5 0 8 18 57 .443 .000 .429 15.2 3.2 0.9 2.2
8 Scott Wedman 33 12 142 20 51 2 4 3 4 11 22 8 9 3 6 14 45 .392 .500 .750 11.8 3.8 1.8 0.7
9 Sam Vincent 22 9 41 8 28 0 1 6 6 1 7 5 2 0 4 9 22 .286 .000 1.000 4.6 2.4 0.8 0.6
10 Rick Carlisle 26 10 54 8 15 0 0 3 4 3 5 8 2 0 3 9 19 .533 .750 5.4 1.9 0.5 0.8
11 Greg Kite 24 13 78 7 10 0 0 4 7 5 19 3 2 4 3 20 18 .700 .571 6.0 1.4 1.5 0.2
12 David Thirdkill 25 13 47 6 18 0 1 5 11 1 8 3 2 0 3 5 17 .333 .000 .455 3.6 1.3 0.6 0.2

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 29 18 770 23.9 .615 .551 5.3 18.0 12.1 28.1 2.3 0.8 11.0 23.3 127 103 2.7 1.5 4.2
2 Kevin McHale 28 18 715 21.1 .636 .579 8.6 15.0 12.1 10.0 0.5 3.4 12.0 23.6 123 105 2.0 1.2 3.2
3 Dennis Johnson 31 18 715 13.2 .516 .457 3.9 7.6 5.9 19.9 2.7 0.4 15.3 19.6 106 106 0.4 1.1 1.5
4 Danny Ainge 26 18 652 17.3 .638 .591 4.1 8.5 6.5 19.3 3.1 0.1 12.4 16.2 128 105 1.6 1.1 2.7
5 Robert Parish 32 18 591 13.8 .511 .471 10.6 18.5 14.9 5.8 0.7 2.8 14.3 22.0 102 104 0.0 1.1 1.0
6 Bill Walton 33 16 291 17.3 .616 .581 10.4 27.7 19.7 12.9 1.0 2.3 17.6 18.1 115 101 0.4 0.6 1.1
7 Jerry Sichting 29 18 274 7.2 .445 .443 2.2 4.1 3.2 18.1 0.9 0.0 11.1 11.1 105 111 0.1 0.3 0.3
8 Scott Wedman 33 12 142 9.9 .426 .412 9.3 8.0 8.6 7.4 3.1 1.2 10.2 17.4 96 104 -0.1 0.3 0.2
9 Sam Vincent 22 9 41 5.3 .359 .286 2.9 15.1 9.5 17.2 2.4 0.0 11.5 35.6 80 104 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
10 Rick Carlisle 26 10 54 11.6 .567 .533 6.7 3.8 5.1 19.6 1.8 0.0 15.2 15.4 116 109 0.1 0.1 0.1
11 Greg Kite 24 13 78 9.7 .688 .700 7.7 18.5 13.5 4.7 1.3 2.9 18.7 8.7 124 102 0.1 0.2 0.2
12 David Thirdkill 25 13 47 5.3 .372 .333 2.6 15.4 9.5 8.2 2.1 0.0 11.6 23.2 79 104 -0.1 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Larry Bird $1,800,000
2 Kevin McHale $1,000,000
3 Dennis Johnson $782,500
4 Robert Parish $700,000
5 Danny Ainge $550,000
6 Sly Williams $450,000
7 Bill Walton $425,000
8 Scott Wedman $400,000
9 Greg Kite $150,000
10 Jerry Sichting $125,000
11 Rick Carlisle $90,000
12 Sam Vincent $87,500
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)