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1985-86 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 67-15, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: K.C. Jones (67-15)

PTS/G: 114.1 (8th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (3rd of 23)
SRS: 9.06 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace: 101.2 (16th of 23)
Off Rtg: 111.8 (3rd of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.6 (1st of 23)
Expected W-L: 63-19 (1st of 23)

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

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
44 Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 4 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird SF 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 6 Indiana State University
34 Rick Carlisle SG 6-5 210 October 27, 1959 1 University of Virginia
3 Dennis Johnson PG 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 PF 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 PG 6-1 168 November 29, 1956 5 Purdue University
45 David Thirdkill PF 6-7 195 April 12, 1960 3 Bradley University
11 Sam Vincent SG 6-2 185 May 18, 1963 R Michigan State University
5 Bill Walton C 6-11 210 November 5, 1952 8 University of California, Los Angeles
8 Scott Wedman SF 6-7 215 July 29, 1952 11 University of Colorado
35 Sly Williams SF 6-7 210 January 26, 1958 6 University of Rhode Island

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 19855 3718 7312 .508 138 393 .351 1785 2248 .794 1054 2753 3807 2387 641 511 1360 1756 9359 114.1
Lg Rank 3 4 6 2 2 4 1 18 21 2 22 1 1 2 18 4 5 22 8 8
Opponent 82 19855 3444 7476 .461 82 304 .270 1617 2162 .748 1089 2317 3406 1924 725 341 1258 1966 8587 104.7
Lg Rank 3 8 21 1 13 19 8 3 3 5 4 6 5 1 13 1 23 4 3 3

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 63 19 9.41 -0.36 9.06 111.8 102.6 101.2 .518 14.1 31.3 .244 .466 13.0 71.7 .216 Boston Garden 610,581
Lg Rank 1 1 1 17 1 3 1 16 2 7 17 17 1 22 1 3 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 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

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

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

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 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 9.6 6.2 15.8 .244
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 7.2 3.8 11.0 .220
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 4.8 9.2 .171
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 3.2 6.8 .136
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 3.0 3.7 6.7 .118
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 .157
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 1.8 4.2 .126
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 .093
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 .129
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 .056
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 .037
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 .007
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 -0.136

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 29 18 18 770 171 331 .517 23 56 .411 101 109 .927 34 134 168 148 37 11 47 55 466
2 Kevin McHale 28 18 18 715 168 290 .579 0 1 .000 112 141 .794 51 104 155 48 8 43 48 64 448
3 Dennis Johnson 31 18 18 715 109 245 .445 6 16 .375 67 84 .798 23 53 76 107 39 5 51 58 291
4 Danny Ainge 26 18 18 652 107 193 .554 14 34 .412 52 60 .867 22 54 76 93 41 1 31 57 280
5 Robert Parish 32 18 18 591 106 225 .471 0 0 58 89 .652 52 106 158 25 9 30 44 47 270
6 Bill Walton 33 16 0 291 54 93 .581 0 1 .000 19 23 .826 25 78 103 27 6 12 22 45 127
7 Jerry Sichting 29 18 0 274 27 61 .443 0 1 .000 3 7 .429 5 11 16 40 5 0 8 18 57
8 Scott Wedman 33 12 0 142 20 51 .392 2 4 .500 3 4 .750 11 11 22 8 9 3 6 14 45
9 Sam Vincent 22 9 0 41 8 28 .286 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 1 6 7 5 2 0 4 9 22
10 Rick Carlisle 26 10 0 54 8 15 .533 0 0 3 4 .750 3 2 5 8 2 0 3 9 19
11 Greg Kite 24 13 0 78 7 10 .700 0 0 4 7 .571 5 14 19 3 2 4 3 20 18
12 David Thirdkill 25 13 0 47 6 18 .333 0 1 .000 5 11 .455 1 7 8 3 2 0 3 5 17

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 29 18 18 42.8 9.5 18.4 .517 1.3 3.1 .411 5.6 6.1 .927 1.9 7.4 9.3 8.2 2.1 0.6 2.6 3.1 25.9
2 Kevin McHale 28 18 18 39.7 9.3 16.1 .579 0.0 0.1 .000 6.2 7.8 .794 2.8 5.8 8.6 2.7 0.4 2.4 2.7 3.6 24.9
3 Dennis Johnson 31 18 18 39.7 6.1 13.6 .445 0.3 0.9 .375 3.7 4.7 .798 1.3 2.9 4.2 5.9 2.2 0.3 2.8 3.2 16.2
4 Danny Ainge 26 18 18 36.2 5.9 10.7 .554 0.8 1.9 .412 2.9 3.3 .867 1.2 3.0 4.2 5.2 2.3 0.1 1.7 3.2 15.6
5 Robert Parish 32 18 18 32.8 5.9 12.5 .471 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.9 .652 2.9 5.9 8.8 1.4 0.5 1.7 2.4 2.6 15.0
6 Bill Walton 33 16 0 18.2 3.4 5.8 .581 0.0 0.1 .000 1.2 1.4 .826 1.6 4.9 6.4 1.7 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.8 7.9
7 Scott Wedman 33 12 0 11.8 1.7 4.3 .392 0.2 0.3 .500 0.3 0.3 .750 0.9 0.9 1.8 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.2 3.8
8 Jerry Sichting 29 18 0 15.2 1.5 3.4 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.4 .429 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 1.0 3.2
9 Sam Vincent 22 9 0 4.6 0.9 3.1 .286 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.0 2.4
10 Rick Carlisle 26 10 0 5.4 0.8 1.5 .533 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .750 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.9
11 Greg Kite 24 13 0 6.0 0.5 0.8 .700 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 .571 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.5 1.4
12 David Thirdkill 25 13 0 3.6 0.5 1.4 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.8 .455 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.3

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 Kevin McHale 28 18 18 715 8.5 14.6 .579 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 7.1 .794 2.6 5.2 7.8 2.4 0.4 2.2 2.4 3.2 22.6
2 Larry Bird 29 18 18 770 8.0 15.5 .517 1.1 2.6 .411 4.7 5.1 .927 1.6 6.3 7.9 6.9 1.7 0.5 2.2 2.6 21.8
3 Sam Vincent 22 9 0 41 7.0 24.6 .286 0.0 0.9 .000 5.3 5.3 1.000 0.9 5.3 6.1 4.4 1.8 0.0 3.5 7.9 19.3
4 Robert Parish 32 18 18 591 6.5 13.7 .471 0.0 0.0 3.5 5.4 .652 3.2 6.5 9.6 1.5 0.5 1.8 2.7 2.9 16.4
5 Bill Walton 33 16 0 291 6.7 11.5 .581 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 2.8 .826 3.1 9.6 12.7 3.3 0.7 1.5 2.7 5.6 15.7
6 Danny Ainge 26 18 18 652 5.9 10.7 .554 0.8 1.9 .412 2.9 3.3 .867 1.2 3.0 4.2 5.1 2.3 0.1 1.7 3.1 15.5
7 Dennis Johnson 31 18 18 715 5.5 12.3 .445 0.3 0.8 .375 3.4 4.2 .798 1.2 2.7 3.8 5.4 2.0 0.3 2.6 2.9 14.7
8 David Thirdkill 25 13 0 47 4.6 13.8 .333 0.0 0.8 .000 3.8 8.4 .455 0.8 5.4 6.1 2.3 1.5 0.0 2.3 3.8 13.0
9 Rick Carlisle 26 10 0 54 5.3 10.0 .533 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.7 .750 2.0 1.3 3.3 5.3 1.3 0.0 2.0 6.0 12.7
10 Scott Wedman 33 12 0 142 5.1 12.9 .392 0.5 1.0 .500 0.8 1.0 .750 2.8 2.8 5.6 2.0 2.3 0.8 1.5 3.5 11.4
11 Greg Kite 24 13 0 78 3.2 4.6 .700 0.0 0.0 1.8 3.2 .571 2.3 6.5 8.8 1.4 0.9 1.8 1.4 9.2 8.3
12 Jerry Sichting 29 18 0 274 3.5 8.0 .443 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.9 .429 0.7 1.4 2.1 5.3 0.7 0.0 1.1 2.4 7.5

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 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 .263
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 .215
3 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 .201
4 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 .102
5 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 .175
6 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 .085
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 .060
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 .060
9 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 .152
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 .128
11 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 -0.054
12 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 -0.109

Salaries

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