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1989-90 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jimmy Rodgers (52-30)

Points Per Game: 110.0 (8th of 27) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.0 (11th of 27)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (7th of 27)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 611,537 (15th of 27)

SRS: 3.23 (8th of 27) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.2 (13th of 27)
Offensive Rating: 112.0 (6th of 27) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.9 (12th of 27)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus New York Knickerbockers

1989-90 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 John Bagley G 6-0 185 April 23, 1960 7 Boston College
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 10 Indiana State University
34 Kevin Gamble F-G 6-5 210 November 13, 1965 2 University of Iowa
3 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 13 Pepperdine University
53 Joe Kleine C 6-11 255 January 4, 1962 4 University of Arkansas
35 Reggie Lewis G-F 6-7 195 November 21, 1965 2 Northeastern University
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 9 University of Minnesota
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 13 Centenary College of Louisiana
4 Jim Paxson G-F 6-6 200 July 9, 1957 10 University of Dayton
54 Ed Pinckney F 6-9 195 March 27, 1963 4 Villanova University
13 Charles Smith G 6-1 160 November 29, 1967 R Georgetown University
11 Michael Smith F 6-10 225 May 19, 1965 R Brigham Young University
7 Kelvin Upshaw G 6-2 180 January 24, 1963 1 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 19705 3563 7148 .498 106 404 .262 1791 2153 .832 1066 2707 3773 2423 539 455 1256 1717 9023 110.0
Opponent 82 19705 3438 7383 .466 172 539 .319 1648 2133 .773 1046 2318 3364 2078 736 356 1003 1845 8696 106.0

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 33 75 75 2944 718 1517 .473 65 195 .333 319 343 .930 90 622 712 562 106 61 243 173 1820
2 Kevin McHale 32 82 25 2722 648 1181 .549 23 69 .333 393 440 .893 201 476 677 172 30 157 183 250 1712
3 Reggie Lewis 24 79 54 2522 540 1089 .496 4 15 .267 256 317 .808 109 238 347 225 88 63 120 216 1340
4 Robert Parish 36 79 78 2396 505 871 .580 0 0 233 312 .747 259 537 796 103 38 69 169 189 1243
5 Dennis Johnson 35 75 65 2036 206 475 .434 1 24 .042 118 140 .843 48 153 201 485 81 14 117 179 531
6 Jim Paxson 32 72 25 1283 191 422 .453 5 20 .250 73 90 .811 24 53 77 137 33 5 54 115 460
7 Joe Kleine 28 81 4 1365 176 367 .480 0 4 .000 83 100 .830 117 238 355 46 15 27 64 170 435
8 Ed Pinckney 26 77 50 1082 135 249 .542 0 1 .000 92 119 .773 93 132 225 68 34 42 56 126 362
9 Kevin Gamble 24 71 10 990 137 301 .455 3 18 .167 85 107 .794 42 70 112 119 28 8 44 77 362
10 Michael Smith 24 65 7 620 136 286 .476 2 28 .071 53 64 .828 40 60 100 79 9 1 54 51 327
11 John Bagley 29 54 17 1095 100 218 .459 1 18 .056 29 39 .744 26 63 89 296 40 4 90 77 230
12 Charles Smith 22 60 0 519 59 133 .444 0 7 .000 53 76 .697 14 55 69 103 35 3 36 75 171
13 Kelvin Upshaw 27 14 0 131 12 39 .308 2 5 .400 4 6 .667 3 10 13 28 2 1 12 19 30

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 33 75 75 39.3 9.6 20.2 .473 0.9 2.6 .333 4.3 4.6 .930 1.2 8.3 9.5 7.5 1.4 0.8 3.2 2.3 24.3
2 Kevin McHale 32 82 25 33.2 7.9 14.4 .549 0.3 0.8 .333 4.8 5.4 .893 2.5 5.8 8.3 2.1 0.4 1.9 2.2 3.0 20.9
3 Reggie Lewis 24 79 54 31.9 6.8 13.8 .496 0.1 0.2 .267 3.2 4.0 .808 1.4 3.0 4.4 2.8 1.1 0.8 1.5 2.7 17.0
4 Robert Parish 36 79 78 30.3 6.4 11.0 .580 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 .747 3.3 6.8 10.1 1.3 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.4 15.7
5 Dennis Johnson 35 75 65 27.1 2.7 6.3 .434 0.0 0.3 .042 1.6 1.9 .843 0.6 2.0 2.7 6.5 1.1 0.2 1.6 2.4 7.1
6 Jim Paxson 32 72 25 17.8 2.7 5.9 .453 0.1 0.3 .250 1.0 1.3 .811 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.6 6.4
7 Joe Kleine 28 81 4 16.9 2.2 4.5 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.2 .830 1.4 2.9 4.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 2.1 5.4
8 Kevin Gamble 24 71 10 13.9 1.9 4.2 .455 0.0 0.3 .167 1.2 1.5 .794 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.1 5.1
9 Michael Smith 24 65 7 9.5 2.1 4.4 .476 0.0 0.4 .071 0.8 1.0 .828 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.8 5.0
10 Ed Pinckney 26 77 50 14.1 1.8 3.2 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.5 .773 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.6 4.7
11 John Bagley 29 54 17 20.3 1.9 4.0 .459 0.0 0.3 .056 0.5 0.7 .744 0.5 1.2 1.6 5.5 0.7 0.1 1.7 1.4 4.3
12 Charles Smith 22 60 0 8.7 1.0 2.2 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .697 0.2 0.9 1.2 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.9
13 Kelvin Upshaw 27 14 0 9.4 0.9 2.8 .308 0.1 0.4 .400 0.3 0.4 .667 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.4 2.1

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 Kevin McHale 32 82 25 2722 8.6 15.6 .549 0.3 0.9 .333 5.2 5.8 .893 2.7 6.3 9.0 2.3 0.4 2.1 2.4 3.3 22.6
2 Larry Bird 33 75 75 2944 8.8 18.6 .473 0.8 2.4 .333 3.9 4.2 .930 1.1 7.6 8.7 6.9 1.3 0.7 3.0 2.1 22.3
3 Reggie Lewis 24 79 54 2522 7.7 15.5 .496 0.1 0.2 .267 3.7 4.5 .808 1.6 3.4 5.0 3.2 1.3 0.9 1.7 3.1 19.1
4 Michael Smith 24 65 7 620 7.9 16.6 .476 0.1 1.6 .071 3.1 3.7 .828 2.3 3.5 5.8 4.6 0.5 0.1 3.1 3.0 19.0
5 Robert Parish 36 79 78 2396 7.6 13.1 .580 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.7 .747 3.9 8.1 12.0 1.5 0.6 1.0 2.5 2.8 18.7
6 Kevin Gamble 24 71 10 990 5.0 10.9 .455 0.1 0.7 .167 3.1 3.9 .794 1.5 2.5 4.1 4.3 1.0 0.3 1.6 2.8 13.2
7 Jim Paxson 32 72 25 1283 5.4 11.8 .453 0.1 0.6 .250 2.0 2.5 .811 0.7 1.5 2.2 3.8 0.9 0.1 1.5 3.2 12.9
8 Ed Pinckney 26 77 50 1082 4.5 8.3 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.0 .773 3.1 4.4 7.5 2.3 1.1 1.4 1.9 4.2 12.0
9 Charles Smith 22 60 0 519 4.1 9.2 .444 0.0 0.5 .000 3.7 5.3 .697 1.0 3.8 4.8 7.1 2.4 0.2 2.5 5.2 11.9
10 Joe Kleine 28 81 4 1365 4.6 9.7 .480 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.6 .830 3.1 6.3 9.4 1.2 0.4 0.7 1.7 4.5 11.5
11 Dennis Johnson 35 75 65 2036 3.6 8.4 .434 0.0 0.4 .042 2.1 2.5 .843 0.8 2.7 3.6 8.6 1.4 0.2 2.1 3.2 9.4
12 Kelvin Upshaw 27 14 0 131 3.3 10.7 .308 0.5 1.4 .400 1.1 1.6 .667 0.8 2.7 3.6 7.7 0.5 0.3 3.3 5.2 8.2
13 John Bagley 29 54 17 1095 3.3 7.2 .459 0.0 0.6 .056 1.0 1.3 .744 0.9 2.1 2.9 9.7 1.3 0.1 3.0 2.5 7.6

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 Kevin McHale 32 82 2722 21.8 .623 .558 8.6 18.4 13.7 9.5 0.5 3.3 11.7 24.1 120 107 7.8 3.3 11.1
2 Larry Bird 33 75 2944 21.9 .546 .495 3.6 22.2 13.4 28.9 1.8 1.2 12.7 27.4 111 105 5.3 4.1 9.5
3 Robert Parish 36 79 2396 19.2 .616 .580 12.6 23.5 18.3 6.2 0.8 1.7 14.4 20.7 116 106 4.8 3.0 7.8
4 Reggie Lewis 24 79 2522 16.8 .545 .498 5.0 9.9 7.6 12.9 1.7 1.4 8.9 22.5 113 108 4.2 2.5 6.7
5 Dennis Johnson 35 75 2036 12.4 .495 .435 2.7 7.9 5.5 29.7 1.9 0.4 17.9 13.5 110 109 2.0 1.8 3.8
6 Ed Pinckney 26 77 1082 13.7 .601 .542 10.0 12.8 11.5 8.1 1.5 2.2 15.7 13.9 118 107 1.7 1.2 2.9
7 Joe Kleine 28 81 1365 10.5 .529 .480 10.0 18.3 14.4 4.3 0.5 1.1 13.5 14.7 108 109 1.0 1.3 2.3
8 Kevin Gamble 24 71 990 12.3 .520 .460 4.9 7.4 6.2 15.7 1.4 0.5 11.2 16.7 111 111 1.2 0.7 1.9
9 Jim Paxson 32 72 1283 9.7 .498 .459 2.2 4.3 3.3 14.1 1.3 0.2 10.5 16.9 105 112 0.7 0.7 1.4
10 John Bagley 29 54 1095 10.8 .489 .461 2.8 6.0 4.5 33.3 1.8 0.2 27.7 12.5 102 111 0.3 0.8 1.1
11 Charles Smith 22 60 519 13.3 .514 .444 3.1 11.1 7.3 25.1 3.3 0.3 17.8 16.4 107 106 0.4 0.7 1.1
12 Michael Smith 24 65 620 14.2 .520 .479 7.5 10.2 8.9 18.6 0.7 0.1 14.7 25.0 103 112 0.3 0.4 0.7
13 Kelvin Upshaw 27 14 131 4.2 .360 .333 2.7 8.0 5.5 26.3 0.7 0.4 22.4 17.3 82 112 -0.3 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 33 5 207 44 99 5 19 29 32 7 46 44 5 5 18 10 122 .444 .263 .906 41.4 24.4 9.2 8.8
2 Kevin McHale 32 5 192 42 69 1 3 25 29 8 39 13 2 10 14 17 110 .609 .333 .862 38.4 22.0 7.8 2.6
3 Reggie Lewis 24 5 200 37 62 0 1 27 35 9 25 22 7 2 12 14 101 .597 .000 .771 40.0 20.2 5.0 4.4
4 Robert Parish 36 5 170 31 54 0 0 17 18 23 50 13 5 7 12 21 79 .574 .944 34.0 15.8 10.0 2.6
5 Dennis Johnson 35 5 162 30 62 2 6 7 7 2 14 28 2 2 10 17 69 .484 .333 1.000 32.4 13.8 2.8 5.6
6 Joe Kleine 28 5 79 13 17 0 1 5 6 3 14 2 2 3 4 12 31 .765 .000 .833 15.8 6.2 2.8 0.4
7 John Bagley 29 5 70 8 15 0 1 3 4 3 4 17 4 1 9 9 19 .533 .000 .750 14.0 3.8 0.8 3.4
8 Jim Paxson 32 5 62 8 16 0 1 3 4 0 0 7 5 0 3 1 19 .500 .000 .750 12.4 3.8 0.0 1.4
9 Ed Pinckney 26 4 25 6 7 0 0 7 9 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 19 .857 .778 6.3 4.8 1.5 0.0
10 Michael Smith 24 4 16 5 8 0 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17 .625 .000 1.000 4.0 4.3 0.0 0.0
11 Kevin Gamble 24 3 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 .600 2.7 2.0 0.3 0.7
12 Charles Smith 22 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 .500 3.0 0.7 0.3 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 Reggie Lewis 24 5 200 18.2 .652 .597 5.8 9.2 7.6 14.4 1.7 0.6 13.4 18.8 126 120 0.6 0.0 0.5
2 Robert Parish 36 5 170 19.4 .638 .574 17.6 18.3 18.0 10.0 1.4 2.4 16.2 18.3 125 116 0.5 0.0 0.5
3 Kevin McHale 32 5 192 19.7 .673 .616 5.4 18.6 12.4 9.3 0.5 3.0 14.6 21.0 123 118 0.5 0.0 0.5
4 Larry Bird 33 5 207 20.7 .539 .470 4.4 21.7 13.6 28.8 1.2 1.4 13.7 26.7 113 117 0.4 0.0 0.4
5 Joe Kleine 28 5 79 14.4 .789 .765 4.9 16.1 10.8 3.2 1.2 2.2 16.9 12.6 131 117 0.2 0.0 0.2
6 Dennis Johnson 35 5 162 12.4 .530 .500 1.6 8.5 5.3 22.6 0.6 0.7 13.3 19.5 110 122 0.2 -0.1 0.1
7 Michael Smith 24 4 16 33.4 .767 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 8.3 31.8 147 120 0.1 0.0 0.1
8 Ed Pinckney 26 4 25 25.4 .867 .857 10.4 18.5 14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4 21.8 146 121 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Jim Paxson 32 5 62 11.6 .535 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 3.9 0.0 14.5 14.1 106 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Kevin Gamble 24 3 8 22.9 .600 .600 16.2 0.0 7.6 43.5 0.0 0.0 16.7 31.6 115 126 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Charles Smith 22 3 9 23.6 .500 .500 14.4 0.0 6.8 39.7 5.3 0.0 0.0 9.4 152 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 John Bagley 29 5 70 10.5 .567 .533 5.6 1.6 3.5 29.1 2.7 0.8 34.9 15.5 99 119 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Robert Parish *$2,269,167
2 Larry Bird *$1,650,000
3 Kevin McHale *$1,350,000
4 Joe Kleine *$787,500
5 Ed Pinckney *$548,750
6 John Bagley *$525,000
7 Reggie Lewis *$350,000
8 Jim Paxson *$341,667
9 Kevin Gamble *$237,500
10 Kelvin Upshaw *$110,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)