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1988-89 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 109.2 points per game, Allowed 108.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 44-38)
Coached by Jimmy Rodgers (42-40)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 611,537 (13th of 25)

SRS: 1.26 (12th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.1 (20th of 25)
Offensive Rating: 110.8 (7th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.6 (20th of 25)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Detroit Pistons

1988-89 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Mark Acres F-C 6-11 220 November 15, 1962 1 Oral Roberts University
44 Danny Ainge G-F 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 7 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 9 Indiana State University
12 Otis Birdsong G 6-3 190 December 9, 1955 11 University of Houston
34 Kevin Gamble F-G 6-5 210 November 13, 1965 1 University of Iowa
31 Ron Grandison F 6-6 215 July 9, 1964 R University of New Orleans
3 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 12 Pepperdine University
53 Joe Kleine C 6-11 255 January 4, 1962 3 University of Arkansas
35 Reggie Lewis G-F 6-7 195 November 21, 1965 1 Northeastern University
54 Brad Lohaus C-F 6-11 230 September 29, 1964 1 University of Iowa
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 8 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 12 Centenary College of Louisiana
4 Jim Paxson G-F 6-6 200 July 9, 1957 9 University of Dayton
54 Ed Pinckney F 6-9 195 March 27, 1963 3 Villanova University
45 Ramon Rivas F-C 6-10 260 June 3, 1966 R Temple University
20 Brian Shaw G 6-6 190 March 22, 1966 R University of California, Santa Barbara
7 Kelvin Upshaw G 6-2 180 January 24, 1963 R University of Utah

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 19780 3520 7143 .493 78 309 .252 1840 2349 .783 1179 2442 3621 2189 639 418 1336 1876 8958 109.2
Opponent 82 19780 3475 7183 .484 133 459 .290 1780 2294 .776 1048 2222 3270 2124 762 387 1191 1950 8863 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 Kevin McHale 31 78 74 2876 661 1211 .546 0 4 .000 436 533 .818 223 414 637 172 26 97 196 223 1758
2 Reggie Lewis 23 81 57 2657 604 1242 .486 3 22 .136 284 361 .787 116 261 377 218 124 72 142 258 1495
3 Robert Parish 35 80 80 2840 596 1045 .570 0 0 294 409 .719 342 654 996 175 79 116 200 209 1486
4 Dennis Johnson 34 72 72 2309 277 638 .434 7 50 .140 160 195 .821 31 159 190 472 94 21 175 211 721
5 Danny Ainge 29 45 28 1349 271 589 .460 58 155 .374 114 128 .891 37 117 154 215 52 1 82 108 714
6 Brian Shaw 22 82 54 2301 297 686 .433 0 13 .000 109 132 .826 119 257 376 472 78 27 188 211 703
7 Jim Paxson 31 57 7 1138 202 445 .454 4 24 .167 84 103 .816 18 56 74 107 38 8 57 96 492
8 Ed Pinckney 25 29 9 678 95 176 .540 0 0 103 129 .798 60 88 148 44 29 23 38 77 293
9 Brad Lohaus 24 48 15 738 117 270 .433 0 4 .000 35 46 .761 47 95 142 49 21 26 49 101 269
10 Kevin Gamble 23 44 6 375 75 136 .551 2 11 .182 35 55 .636 11 31 42 34 14 3 19 40 187
11 Ron Grandison 24 72 0 528 59 142 .415 0 10 .000 59 80 .738 47 45 92 42 18 3 36 71 177
12 Joe Kleine 27 28 2 498 59 129 .457 0 1 .000 53 64 .828 49 88 137 32 15 5 37 66 171
13 Kelvin Upshaw 26 23 0 473 73 149 .490 2 10 .200 14 20 .700 6 30 36 97 19 3 42 62 162
14 Mark Acres 26 62 0 632 55 114 .482 1 1 1.000 26 48 .542 59 87 146 19 19 6 23 94 137
15 Larry Bird 32 6 6 189 49 104 .471 0 0 18 19 .947 1 36 37 29 6 5 11 18 116
16 Ramon Rivas 22 28 0 91 12 31 .387 0 1 .000 16 25 .640 9 15 24 3 4 1 9 21 40
17 Otis Birdsong 33 13 0 108 18 36 .500 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 4 9 13 9 3 1 12 10 37

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 Kevin McHale 31 78 74 36.9 8.5 15.5 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 5.6 6.8 .818 2.9 5.3 8.2 2.2 0.3 1.2 2.5 2.9 22.5
2 Larry Bird 32 6 6 31.5 8.2 17.3 .471 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.2 .947 0.2 6.0 6.2 4.8 1.0 0.8 1.8 3.0 19.3
3 Robert Parish 35 80 80 35.5 7.5 13.1 .570 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.1 .719 4.3 8.2 12.5 2.2 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.6 18.6
4 Reggie Lewis 23 81 57 32.8 7.5 15.3 .486 0.0 0.3 .136 3.5 4.5 .787 1.4 3.2 4.7 2.7 1.5 0.9 1.8 3.2 18.5
5 Danny Ainge 29 45 28 30.0 6.0 13.1 .460 1.3 3.4 .374 2.5 2.8 .891 0.8 2.6 3.4 4.8 1.2 0.0 1.8 2.4 15.9
6 Ed Pinckney 25 29 9 23.4 3.3 6.1 .540 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.4 .798 2.1 3.0 5.1 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 2.7 10.1
7 Dennis Johnson 34 72 72 32.1 3.8 8.9 .434 0.1 0.7 .140 2.2 2.7 .821 0.4 2.2 2.6 6.6 1.3 0.3 2.4 2.9 10.0
8 Brian Shaw 22 82 54 28.1 3.6 8.4 .433 0.0 0.2 .000 1.3 1.6 .826 1.5 3.1 4.6 5.8 1.0 0.3 2.3 2.6 8.6
9 Jim Paxson 31 57 7 20.0 3.5 7.8 .454 0.1 0.4 .167 1.5 1.8 .816 0.3 1.0 1.3 1.9 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.7 8.6
10 Kelvin Upshaw 26 23 0 20.6 3.2 6.5 .490 0.1 0.4 .200 0.6 0.9 .700 0.3 1.3 1.6 4.2 0.8 0.1 1.8 2.7 7.0
11 Joe Kleine 27 28 2 17.8 2.1 4.6 .457 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.3 .828 1.8 3.1 4.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.3 2.4 6.1
12 Brad Lohaus 24 48 15 15.4 2.4 5.6 .433 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.0 .761 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 1.0 2.1 5.6
13 Kevin Gamble 23 44 6 8.5 1.7 3.1 .551 0.0 0.3 .182 0.8 1.3 .636 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.9 4.3
14 Otis Birdsong 33 13 0 8.3 1.4 2.8 .500 0.1 0.2 .333 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.8 2.8
15 Ron Grandison 24 72 0 7.3 0.8 2.0 .415 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.1 .738 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.5
16 Mark Acres 26 62 0 10.2 0.9 1.8 .482 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.4 0.8 .542 1.0 1.4 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.5 2.2
17 Ramon Rivas 22 28 0 3.3 0.4 1.1 .387 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 0.9 .640 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.4

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 32 6 6 189 9.3 19.8 .471 0.0 0.0 3.4 3.6 .947 0.2 6.9 7.0 5.5 1.1 1.0 2.1 3.4 22.1
2 Kevin McHale 31 78 74 2876 8.3 15.2 .546 0.0 0.1 .000 5.5 6.7 .818 2.8 5.2 8.0 2.2 0.3 1.2 2.5 2.8 22.0
3 Reggie Lewis 23 81 57 2657 8.2 16.8 .486 0.0 0.3 .136 3.8 4.9 .787 1.6 3.5 5.1 3.0 1.7 1.0 1.9 3.5 20.3
4 Danny Ainge 29 45 28 1349 7.2 15.7 .460 1.5 4.1 .374 3.0 3.4 .891 1.0 3.1 4.1 5.7 1.4 0.0 2.2 2.9 19.1
5 Robert Parish 35 80 80 2840 7.6 13.2 .570 0.0 0.0 3.7 5.2 .719 4.3 8.3 12.6 2.2 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.6 18.8
6 Kevin Gamble 23 44 6 375 7.2 13.1 .551 0.2 1.1 .182 3.4 5.3 .636 1.1 3.0 4.0 3.3 1.3 0.3 1.8 3.8 18.0
7 Ramon Rivas 22 28 0 91 4.7 12.3 .387 0.0 0.4 .000 6.3 9.9 .640 3.6 5.9 9.5 1.2 1.6 0.4 3.6 8.3 15.8
8 Ed Pinckney 25 29 9 678 5.0 9.3 .540 0.0 0.0 5.5 6.8 .798 3.2 4.7 7.9 2.3 1.5 1.2 2.0 4.1 15.6
9 Jim Paxson 31 57 7 1138 6.4 14.1 .454 0.1 0.8 .167 2.7 3.3 .816 0.6 1.8 2.3 3.4 1.2 0.3 1.8 3.0 15.6
10 Brad Lohaus 24 48 15 738 5.7 13.2 .433 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.2 .761 2.3 4.6 6.9 2.4 1.0 1.3 2.4 4.9 13.1
11 Joe Kleine 27 28 2 498 4.3 9.3 .457 0.0 0.1 .000 3.8 4.6 .828 3.5 6.4 9.9 2.3 1.1 0.4 2.7 4.8 12.4
12 Otis Birdsong 33 13 0 108 6.0 12.0 .500 0.3 1.0 .333 0.0 0.7 .000 1.3 3.0 4.3 3.0 1.0 0.3 4.0 3.3 12.3
13 Kelvin Upshaw 26 23 0 473 5.6 11.3 .490 0.2 0.8 .200 1.1 1.5 .700 0.5 2.3 2.7 7.4 1.4 0.2 3.2 4.7 12.3
14 Ron Grandison 24 72 0 528 4.0 9.7 .415 0.0 0.7 .000 4.0 5.5 .738 3.2 3.1 6.3 2.9 1.2 0.2 2.5 4.8 12.1
15 Dennis Johnson 34 72 72 2309 4.3 9.9 .434 0.1 0.8 .140 2.5 3.0 .821 0.5 2.5 3.0 7.4 1.5 0.3 2.7 3.3 11.2
16 Brian Shaw 22 82 54 2301 4.6 10.7 .433 0.0 0.2 .000 1.7 2.1 .826 1.9 4.0 5.9 7.4 1.2 0.4 2.9 3.3 11.0
17 Mark Acres 26 62 0 632 3.1 6.5 .482 0.1 0.1 1.000 1.5 2.7 .542 3.4 5.0 8.3 1.1 1.1 0.3 1.3 5.4 7.8

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 Robert Parish 35 80 2840 21.6 .607 .570 14.0 26.1 20.1 9.1 1.4 2.4 14.0 20.9 118 106 6.7 3.5 10.2
2 Kevin McHale 31 78 2876 20.3 .608 .546 9.0 16.3 12.7 9.1 0.4 2.0 11.9 23.7 120 111 7.9 1.9 9.8
3 Reggie Lewis 23 81 2657 17.6 .534 .488 5.1 11.1 8.1 12.4 2.3 1.6 9.2 24.1 111 109 4.3 2.4 6.7
4 Danny Ainge 29 45 1349 17.5 .553 .509 3.2 9.8 6.6 23.1 1.9 0.0 11.3 22.4 116 111 2.8 0.8 3.7
5 Ed Pinckney 25 29 678 17.7 .629 .540 10.3 14.7 12.5 8.7 2.1 2.0 14.0 16.6 125 108 1.7 0.7 2.4
6 Dennis Johnson 34 72 2309 11.5 .498 .440 1.6 7.8 4.7 26.6 2.0 0.5 19.5 16.2 103 111 1.0 1.4 2.4
7 Brian Shaw 22 82 2301 12.2 .472 .433 6.0 12.7 9.4 27.0 1.7 0.7 20.2 16.8 101 110 0.5 1.6 2.2
8 Jim Paxson 31 57 1138 11.5 .502 .458 1.8 5.6 3.7 13.2 1.6 0.4 10.4 20.0 105 113 0.7 0.5 1.2
9 Kevin Gamble 23 44 375 15.8 .584 .559 3.4 9.4 6.4 13.1 1.8 0.5 10.6 19.9 116 111 0.7 0.2 0.9
10 Joe Kleine 27 28 498 12.2 .544 .457 11.4 20.0 15.8 8.3 1.5 0.6 19.1 16.2 107 109 0.4 0.5 0.9
11 Mark Acres 26 62 632 8.2 .507 .487 10.9 15.6 13.3 3.7 1.5 0.6 14.5 10.4 108 110 0.4 0.5 0.8
12 Ron Grandison 24 72 528 10.1 .499 .415 10.4 9.7 10.0 10.2 1.7 0.3 16.9 16.8 104 111 0.3 0.3 0.6
13 Larry Bird 32 6 189 19.8 .516 .471 0.6 21.6 11.2 24.3 1.6 1.6 8.9 27.1 110 107 0.3 0.2 0.5
14 Brad Lohaus 24 48 738 10.0 .463 .433 7.4 14.6 11.0 9.1 1.4 2.1 14.4 19.1 96 109 -0.3 0.6 0.3
15 Kelvin Upshaw 26 23 473 10.9 .513 .497 1.5 7.2 4.4 27.9 2.0 0.4 21.0 17.6 100 111 0.1 0.3 0.3
16 Ramon Rivas 22 28 91 9.3 .476 .387 11.5 18.7 15.1 4.3 2.2 0.6 17.6 23.3 94 107 -0.1 0.1 0.0
17 Otis Birdsong 33 13 108 7.0 .502 .514 4.3 9.4 6.9 11.5 1.4 0.5 24.5 18.8 85 112 -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 Reggie Lewis 23 3 125 26 55 0 2 9 13 5 21 11 5 0 8 11 61 .473 .000 .692 41.7 20.3 7.0 3.7
2 Kevin McHale 31 3 115 20 41 0 0 17 23 7 24 9 1 2 4 13 57 .488 .739 38.3 19.0 8.0 3.0
3 Brian Shaw 22 3 124 22 43 0 1 7 9 2 17 19 3 0 6 11 51 .512 .000 .778 41.3 17.0 5.7 6.3
4 Robert Parish 35 3 112 20 44 0 0 7 9 6 26 6 4 2 6 5 47 .455 .778 37.3 15.7 8.7 2.0
5 Joe Kleine 27 3 65 6 11 0 1 7 9 4 17 2 0 1 6 9 19 .545 .000 .778 21.7 6.3 5.7 0.7
6 Kelvin Upshaw 26 3 24 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 4 10 .417 8.0 3.3 0.7 1.7
7 Dennis Johnson 34 3 59 4 15 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 3 0 3 8 8 .267 19.7 2.7 1.3 3.0
8 Kevin Gamble 23 1 29 4 11 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 8 .364 .000 .000 29.0 8.0 1.0 2.0
9 Ed Pinckney 25 3 45 3 12 0 0 2 2 2 5 1 1 1 4 7 8 .250 1.000 15.0 2.7 1.7 0.3
10 Otis Birdsong 33 3 20 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 .200 .000 6.7 0.7 0.7 0.3
11 Mark Acres 26 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0

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 Reggie Lewis 23 3 125 14.7 .502 .473 4.7 14.7 9.8 15.6 2.1 0.0 11.6 24.6 98 109 -0.1 0.1 0.1
2 Kevin McHale 31 3 115 17.4 .558 .488 7.1 17.0 12.1 13.1 0.4 1.1 7.3 21.5 116 110 0.2 0.1 0.3
3 Brian Shaw 22 3 124 15.1 .543 .512 1.9 13.9 8.0 25.8 1.3 0.0 11.3 19.1 108 110 0.1 0.1 0.2
4 Robert Parish 35 3 112 14.7 .490 .455 6.3 20.6 13.5 9.0 1.8 1.1 11.1 21.6 96 106 -0.1 0.2 0.1
5 Joe Kleine 27 3 65 8.6 .635 .545 7.2 23.0 15.2 4.5 0.0 1.0 28.6 14.4 98 110 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Kelvin Upshaw 26 3 24 11.7 .417 .417 0.0 9.6 4.8 37.0 2.2 0.0 7.7 24.3 92 110 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Ed Pinckney 25 3 45 -1.7 .311 .250 5.2 7.7 6.5 3.2 1.1 1.4 23.7 16.8 58 111 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
8 Dennis Johnson 34 3 59 3.2 .267 .267 4.0 3.9 3.9 21.7 2.6 0.0 16.7 13.7 70 110 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
9 Kevin Gamble 23 1 29 5.9 .337 .364 4.0 0.0 2.0 10.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 18.3 80 113 -0.1 0.0 0.0
10 Otis Birdsong 33 3 20 -5.7 .200 .200 0.0 11.5 5.8 6.9 2.6 3.1 37.5 17.9 31 105 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Mark Acres 26 2 2 -9.1 .000 .000 0.0 57.6 29.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.4 0 101 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Robert Parish $2,038,333
2 Larry Bird $1,800,000
3 Kevin McHale $1,300,000
4 Dennis Johnson $835,500
5 Joe Kleine $725,000
6 Danny Ainge $675,000
7 Jim Paxson $400,000
8 Brad Lohaus $380,000
9 Ed Pinckney $347,500
10 Mark Acres $300,000
11 Reggie Lewis $300,000
12 Brian Shaw $150,000
13 Ron Grandison $100,000
14 Kevin Gamble $100,000
15 Otis Birdsong *$100,000
16 Ramon Rivas $100,000
17 Kelvin Upshaw *$100,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)