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1997-98 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 36-46, Finished 6th in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Rick Pitino (36-46)

PTS/G: 95.9 (14th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.5 (22nd of 29)
SRS: -1.96 (22nd of 29) ▪ Pace: 93.3 (2nd of 29)
Off Rtg: 102.6 (23rd of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 105.4 (16th of 29)
Expected W-L: 33-49 (22nd of 29)

Arena: FleetCenter ▪ Attendance: 743,422 (10th of 29)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Kenny Anderson PG 6-0 168 October 9, 1970 6 Georgia Institute of Technology
11 Dana Barros PG 5-11 163 April 13, 1967 8 Boston College
4 Chauncey Billups PG 6-3 202 September 25, 1976 R University of Colorado
12 Bruce Bowen SF 6-7 185 June 14, 1971 1 California State University, Fullerton
7 Dee Brown SG 6-1 160 November 29, 1968 7 Jacksonville University
45 Andrew DeClercq C 6-10 230 February 1, 1973 2 University of Florida
20 Tyus Edney PG 5-10 152 February 14, 1973 2 University of California, Los Angeles
29 Pervis Ellison PF 6-9 210 April 3, 1967 8 University of Louisville
34 Reggie Hanson SF 6-8 195 October 6, 1968 R University of Kentucky
13 Dontae' Jones SF 6-8 220 June 2, 1975 R Mississippi State University
40 Travis Knight C 7-0 235 September 13, 1974 1 University of Connecticut
0 Walter McCarty SF 6-10 230 February 1, 1974 1 University of Kentucky
5 Ron Mercer SG 6-7 210 May 18, 1976 R University of Kentucky
9 Greg Minor SG 6-6 210 September 18, 1971 3 University of Louisville
99 Roy Rogers PF 6-10 235 August 19, 1973 1 University of Alabama
55 Zan Tabak C 7-0 245 June 15, 1970 3
55 John Thomas PF 6-9 265 September 8, 1975 R University of Minnesota
8 Antoine Walker PF 6-8 224 August 12, 1976 1 University of Kentucky

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 19730 3012 6934 .434 415 1249 .332 1425 1964 .726 1196 2044 3240 1816 987 366 1330 2203 7864 95.9
Lg Rank 27 8 1 25 8 6 20 26 25 21 4 29 26 14 1 21 22 1 14 14
Opponent 82 19730 2864 5981 .479 299 940 .318 2052 2756 .745 1015 2446 3461 1826 696 406 1688 1719 8079 98.5
Lg Rank 27 10 1 28 2 5 3 29 29 22 8 23 19 19 17 16 1 4 22 22

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 33 49 -2.62 0.66 -1.96 102.6 105.4 93.3 .464 14.6 32.8 .206 .504 19.0 66.8 .343 FleetCenter 743,422
Lg Rank 22 22 22 2 22 23 16 2 21 15 7 27 26 1 22 29 10

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 Antoine Walker 21 82 82 3268 722 1705 .423 91 292 .312 305 473 .645 270 566 836 273 142 60 292 262 1840
2 Ron Mercer 21 80 62 2662 515 1145 .450 3 28 .107 188 224 .839 109 171 280 176 125 17 132 213 1221
3 Walter McCarty 23 82 64 2340 295 730 .404 54 175 .309 144 194 .742 141 223 364 177 110 44 141 274 788
4 Dana Barros 30 80 15 1686 281 609 .461 100 246 .407 122 144 .847 28 125 153 286 83 6 107 124 784
5 Chauncey Billups 21 51 44 1296 177 454 .390 64 189 .339 147 180 .817 40 73 113 217 77 2 118 118 565
6 Travis Knight 23 74 21 1503 193 438 .441 15 55 .273 81 103 .786 146 219 365 104 54 82 87 253 482
7 Andrew DeClercq 24 81 49 1523 169 340 .497 0 1 .000 101 168 .601 180 212 392 59 85 49 84 277 439
8 Greg Minor 26 69 16 1126 140 321 .436 6 31 .194 59 86 .686 55 95 150 88 53 11 43 100 345
9 Bruce Bowen 26 61 9 1305 122 298 .409 20 59 .339 76 122 .623 79 95 174 81 87 29 52 174 340
10 Dee Brown 29 41 10 811 109 255 .427 43 113 .381 19 28 .679 10 52 62 53 44 6 32 76 280
11 Tyus Edney 24 52 7 623 93 216 .431 3 10 .300 88 111 .793 20 35 55 139 51 1 66 69 277
12 Kenny Anderson 27 16 16 386 64 147 .435 10 27 .370 41 49 .837 3 36 39 100 26 0 29 36 179
13 John Thomas 22 33 2 368 41 80 .513 0 0 26 33 .788 32 38 70 13 19 9 33 65 108
14 Pervis Ellison 30 33 8 447 40 70 .571 0 0 20 34 .588 52 57 109 31 20 31 28 90 100
15 Zan Tabak 27 18 5 232 26 55 .473 0 0 7 13 .538 25 33 58 12 5 11 17 46 59
16 Dontae' Jones 22 15 0 91 19 57 .333 6 23 .261 0 0 3 6 9 5 2 3 11 12 44
17 Roy Rogers 24 9 0 37 3 8 .375 0 0 1 2 .500 0 5 5 1 2 4 1 6 7
18 Reggie Hanson 29 8 0 26 3 6 .500 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 1 2 1 3 8 6

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 Antoine Walker 21 82 82 39.9 8.8 20.8 .423 1.1 3.6 .312 3.7 5.8 .645 3.3 6.9 10.2 3.3 1.7 0.7 3.6 3.2 22.4
2 Ron Mercer 21 80 62 33.3 6.4 14.3 .450 0.0 0.4 .107 2.4 2.8 .839 1.4 2.1 3.5 2.2 1.6 0.2 1.7 2.7 15.3
3 Kenny Anderson 27 16 16 24.1 4.0 9.2 .435 0.6 1.7 .370 2.6 3.1 .837 0.2 2.3 2.4 6.3 1.6 0.0 1.8 2.3 11.2
4 Chauncey Billups 21 51 44 25.4 3.5 8.9 .390 1.3 3.7 .339 2.9 3.5 .817 0.8 1.4 2.2 4.3 1.5 0.0 2.3 2.3 11.1
5 Dana Barros 30 80 15 21.1 3.5 7.6 .461 1.3 3.1 .407 1.5 1.8 .847 0.4 1.6 1.9 3.6 1.0 0.1 1.3 1.6 9.8
6 Walter McCarty 23 82 64 28.5 3.6 8.9 .404 0.7 2.1 .309 1.8 2.4 .742 1.7 2.7 4.4 2.2 1.3 0.5 1.7 3.3 9.6
7 Dee Brown 29 41 10 19.8 2.7 6.2 .427 1.0 2.8 .381 0.5 0.7 .679 0.2 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.1 0.8 1.9 6.8
8 Travis Knight 23 74 21 20.3 2.6 5.9 .441 0.2 0.7 .273 1.1 1.4 .786 2.0 3.0 4.9 1.4 0.7 1.1 1.2 3.4 6.5
9 Bruce Bowen 26 61 9 21.4 2.0 4.9 .409 0.3 1.0 .339 1.2 2.0 .623 1.3 1.6 2.9 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.9 2.9 5.6
10 Andrew DeClercq 24 81 49 18.8 2.1 4.2 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.1 .601 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.7 1.0 0.6 1.0 3.4 5.4
11 Tyus Edney 24 52 7 12.0 1.8 4.2 .431 0.1 0.2 .300 1.7 2.1 .793 0.4 0.7 1.1 2.7 1.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 5.3
12 Greg Minor 26 69 16 16.3 2.0 4.7 .436 0.1 0.4 .194 0.9 1.2 .686 0.8 1.4 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.6 1.4 5.0
13 John Thomas 22 33 2 11.2 1.2 2.4 .513 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .788 1.0 1.2 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.0 2.0 3.3
14 Zan Tabak 27 18 5 12.9 1.4 3.1 .473 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 .538 1.4 1.8 3.2 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.6 3.3
15 Pervis Ellison 30 33 8 13.5 1.2 2.1 .571 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .588 1.6 1.7 3.3 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.7 3.0
16 Dontae' Jones 22 15 0 6.1 1.3 3.8 .333 0.4 1.5 .261 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.8 2.9
17 Roy Rogers 24 9 0 4.1 0.3 0.9 .375 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.8
18 Reggie Hanson 29 8 0 3.3 0.4 0.8 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.8

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 Antoine Walker 21 82 82 3268 8.0 18.8 .423 1.0 3.2 .312 3.4 5.2 .645 3.0 6.2 9.2 3.0 1.6 0.7 3.2 2.9 20.3
2 Dontae' Jones 22 15 0 91 7.5 22.5 .333 2.4 9.1 .261 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.4 3.6 2.0 0.8 1.2 4.4 4.7 17.4
3 Kenny Anderson 27 16 16 386 6.0 13.7 .435 0.9 2.5 .370 3.8 4.6 .837 0.3 3.4 3.6 9.3 2.4 0.0 2.7 3.4 16.7
4 Dana Barros 30 80 15 1686 6.0 13.0 .461 2.1 5.3 .407 2.6 3.1 .847 0.6 2.7 3.3 6.1 1.8 0.1 2.3 2.6 16.7
5 Ron Mercer 21 80 62 2662 7.0 15.5 .450 0.0 0.4 .107 2.5 3.0 .839 1.5 2.3 3.8 2.4 1.7 0.2 1.8 2.9 16.5
6 Tyus Edney 24 52 7 623 5.4 12.5 .431 0.2 0.6 .300 5.1 6.4 .793 1.2 2.0 3.2 8.0 2.9 0.1 3.8 4.0 16.0
7 Chauncey Billups 21 51 44 1296 4.9 12.6 .390 1.8 5.2 .339 4.1 5.0 .817 1.1 2.0 3.1 6.0 2.1 0.1 3.3 3.3 15.7
8 Dee Brown 29 41 10 811 4.8 11.3 .427 1.9 5.0 .381 0.8 1.2 .679 0.4 2.3 2.8 2.4 2.0 0.3 1.4 3.4 12.4
9 Walter McCarty 23 82 64 2340 4.5 11.2 .404 0.8 2.7 .309 2.2 3.0 .742 2.2 3.4 5.6 2.7 1.7 0.7 2.2 4.2 12.1
10 Travis Knight 23 74 21 1503 4.6 10.5 .441 0.4 1.3 .273 1.9 2.5 .786 3.5 5.2 8.7 2.5 1.3 2.0 2.1 6.1 11.5
11 Greg Minor 26 69 16 1126 4.5 10.3 .436 0.2 1.0 .194 1.9 2.7 .686 1.8 3.0 4.8 2.8 1.7 0.4 1.4 3.2 11.0
12 John Thomas 22 33 2 368 4.0 7.8 .513 0.0 0.0 2.5 3.2 .788 3.1 3.7 6.8 1.3 1.9 0.9 3.2 6.4 10.6
13 Andrew DeClercq 24 81 49 1523 4.0 8.0 .497 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 4.0 .601 4.3 5.0 9.3 1.4 2.0 1.2 2.0 6.5 10.4
14 Bruce Bowen 26 61 9 1305 3.4 8.2 .409 0.6 1.6 .339 2.1 3.4 .623 2.2 2.6 4.8 2.2 2.4 0.8 1.4 4.8 9.4
15 Zan Tabak 27 18 5 232 4.0 8.5 .473 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.0 .538 3.9 5.1 9.0 1.9 0.8 1.7 2.6 7.1 9.2
16 Reggie Hanson 29 8 0 26 4.2 8.3 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 4.2 8.3 1.4 2.8 1.4 4.2 11.1 8.3
17 Pervis Ellison 30 33 8 447 3.2 5.6 .571 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.7 .588 4.2 4.6 8.8 2.5 1.6 2.5 2.3 7.2 8.1
18 Roy Rogers 24 9 0 37 2.9 7.8 .375 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 .500 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.0 1.9 3.9 1.0 5.8 6.8

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 Dana Barros 30 80 1686 18.6 .583 .544 1.8 9.6 5.3 28.4 2.5 0.3 13.7 20.0 117 107 4.4 1.3 5.6 .160
2 Antoine Walker 21 82 3268 17.8 .481 .450 9.0 22.3 15.1 15.4 2.2 1.4 13.2 29.2 98 104 0.8 4.0 4.7 .070
3 Ron Mercer 21 80 2662 14.1 .491 .451 4.4 8.3 6.2 11.6 2.4 0.5 9.6 22.3 103 108 2.2 1.9 4.0 .073
4 Andrew DeClercq 24 81 1523 13.2 .530 .497 12.8 18.0 15.2 5.9 2.9 2.5 16.9 14.1 106 102 1.4 2.1 3.4 .108
5 Travis Knight 23 74 1503 13.6 .499 .458 10.5 18.8 14.3 10.9 1.8 4.3 15.3 16.4 104 103 1.1 1.9 3.0 .096
6 Walter McCarty 23 82 2340 11.6 .483 .441 6.5 12.3 9.2 11.9 2.4 1.5 14.7 17.7 100 106 0.8 2.2 2.9 .060
7 Chauncey Billups 21 51 1296 15.4 .530 .460 3.3 7.3 5.1 26.7 3.1 0.1 18.1 21.7 105 107 1.6 1.0 2.6 .096
8 Bruce Bowen 26 61 1305 11.0 .483 .443 6.6 9.4 7.9 9.3 3.4 1.7 12.9 13.4 104 104 0.8 1.4 2.2 .081
9 Greg Minor 26 69 1126 11.8 .481 .445 5.3 10.9 7.8 12.2 2.4 0.8 10.7 15.4 104 107 0.8 0.9 1.7 .074
10 Tyus Edney 24 52 623 17.8 .523 .438 3.5 7.2 5.2 36.3 4.2 0.1 19.9 23.0 105 104 0.8 0.7 1.4 .112
11 Kenny Anderson 27 16 386 20.4 .531 .469 0.8 12.0 5.9 43.4 3.5 0.0 14.7 22.1 114 105 1.0 0.4 1.4 .171
12 Dee Brown 29 41 811 11.4 .524 .512 1.3 8.3 4.5 10.4 2.8 0.6 10.7 16.0 106 107 0.7 0.7 1.3 .078
13 Pervis Ellison 30 33 447 13.1 .589 .571 12.6 16.4 14.4 10.3 2.3 5.4 24.8 10.9 109 102 0.4 0.6 1.1 .113
14 John Thomas 22 33 368 10.2 .571 .513 9.4 13.3 11.2 5.4 2.7 1.9 25.9 15.0 97 105 0.0 0.4 0.4 .054
15 Zan Tabak 27 18 232 9.2 .486 .473 11.7 18.3 14.7 7.9 1.1 3.7 21.9 14.5 94 105 -0.1 0.2 0.2 .036
16 Roy Rogers 24 9 37 8.2 .394 .375 0.0 17.4 8.0 4.0 2.8 8.5 10.1 11.5 82 100 0.0 0.1 0.0 .036
17 Reggie Hanson 29 8 26 6.9 .500 .500 12.5 14.9 13.6 5.9 4.0 3.0 33.3 15.0 81 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001
18 Dontae' Jones 22 15 91 3.8 .386 .386 3.6 8.5 5.8 9.9 1.1 2.6 16.2 32.3 74 109 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.175

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Dee Brown $3,500,000
2 Dana Barros $3,400,000
3 Dino Radja $2,500,000
4 Chauncey Billups $2,384,640
5 Greg Minor $2,160,000
6 Pervis Ellison $2,090,000
7 Travis Knight $2,000,000
8 Antoine Walker $1,864,080
9 Ron Mercer $1,768,320
10 Andrew DeClercq $1,200,000
11 Walter McCarty $862,560
12 Dontae' Jones $794,880
13 Roy Rogers $763,080
14 John Thomas $640,440
15 Bruce Bowen $422,500
16 Tyus Edney $400,000
17 Scott Brooks $50,000