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2001-02 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jim O'Brien (49-33)

Points Per Game: 96.4 (12th of 29) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.1 (9th of 29)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-34 (9th of 29)

Arena: FleetCenter ▪ Attendance: 659,751 (18th of 29)

SRS: 1.75 (9th of 29) ▪ Pace Factor: 92.5 (5th of 29)
Offensive Rating: 103.4 (18th of 29) ▪ Defensive Rating: 101.0 (5th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus New Jersey Nets
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers

2001-02 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Kenny Anderson G 6-0 168 October 9, 1970 10 Georgia Institute of Technology
4 Tony Battie C-F 6-11 230 February 11, 1976 4 Texas Tech University
30 Mark Blount C 7-0 230 November 30, 1975 1 University of Pittsburgh
42 Kedrick Brown G 6-7 222 March 18, 1981 R Okaloosa-Walton Community College
11 Randy Brown G 6-2 190 May 22, 1968 10 New Mexico State University
28 Tony Delk G 6-1 189 January 28, 1974 5 University of Kentucky
40 Joseph Forte G 6-4 194 March 23, 1981 R University of North Carolina
31 Joe Johnson G 6-8 225 June 29, 1981 R University of Arkansas
0 Walter McCarty F 6-10 230 February 1, 1974 5 University of Kentucky
9 Milt Palacio G 6-3 195 February 7, 1978 2 Colorado State University
34 Paul Pierce F 6-6 230 October 13, 1977 3 University of Kansas
52 Vitaly Potapenko C 6-10 280 March 21, 1975 5 Wright State University
54 Rodney Rogers F 6-7 235 June 20, 1971 8 Wake Forest University
20 Erick Strickland G 6-3 210 November 25, 1973 5 University of Nebraska
8 Antoine Walker F 6-8 224 August 12, 1976 5 University of Kentucky
55 Eric Williams F 6-8 220 July 17, 1972 6 Providence College

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 19830 2852 6731 .424 699 1946 .359 1498 1960 .764 891 2570 3461 1722 793 292 1114 1776 7901 96.4
Opponent 82 19830 2797 6579 .425 514 1511 .340 1612 2091 .771 954 2806 3760 1802 623 476 1335 1734 7720 94.1

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 Paul Pierce 24 82 82 3302 707 1598 .442 210 520 .404 520 643 .809 81 485 566 261 154 86 241 237 2144
2 Antoine Walker 25 81 81 3406 666 1689 .394 222 645 .344 240 324 .741 150 564 714 407 122 38 251 237 1794
3 Kenny Anderson 31 76 76 2430 312 716 .436 9 33 .273 98 132 .742 57 218 275 403 141 10 119 210 731
4 Erick Strickland 28 79 4 1643 190 488 .389 95 247 .385 131 155 .845 22 191 213 184 56 1 94 145 606
5 Tony Battie 25 74 73 1819 211 390 .541 0 2 .000 88 130 .677 184 297 481 35 60 67 51 219 510
6 Eric Williams 29 74 30 1747 144 385 .374 24 86 .279 160 219 .731 58 163 221 109 77 8 95 179 472
7 Vitaly Potapenko 26 79 9 1343 137 301 .455 0 0 89 120 .742 167 180 347 30 37 18 63 174 363
8 Joe Johnson 20 48 33 1003 130 296 .439 24 88 .273 20 26 .769 40 99 139 74 33 9 28 59 304
9 Rodney Rogers 30 27 1 626 107 222 .482 39 95 .411 35 50 .700 34 73 107 40 16 12 42 78 288
10 Walter McCarty 27 56 0 718 80 180 .444 39 99 .394 13 19 .684 32 96 128 41 18 7 22 83 212
11 Tony Delk 28 22 16 570 60 172 .349 20 67 .299 22 30 .733 20 59 79 51 22 6 19 38 162
12 Milt Palacio 23 41 0 518 52 135 .385 12 34 .353 36 51 .706 8 42 50 54 21 3 24 38 152
13 Mark Blount 26 44 0 415 32 76 .421 0 0 30 37 .811 26 59 85 10 16 19 23 59 94
14 Kedrick Brown 20 29 5 245 23 70 .329 5 27 .185 12 20 .600 11 39 50 15 18 7 7 18 63
15 Joseph Forte 20 8 0 39 1 12 .083 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 1 5 6 6 2 0 3 1 6
16 Randy Brown 33 1 0 6 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0

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 Paul Pierce 24 82 82 40.3 8.6 19.5 .442 2.6 6.3 .404 6.3 7.8 .809 1.0 5.9 6.9 3.2 1.9 1.0 2.9 2.9 26.1
2 Antoine Walker 25 81 81 42.0 8.2 20.9 .394 2.7 8.0 .344 3.0 4.0 .741 1.9 7.0 8.8 5.0 1.5 0.5 3.1 2.9 22.1
3 Rodney Rogers 30 27 1 23.2 4.0 8.2 .482 1.4 3.5 .411 1.3 1.9 .700 1.3 2.7 4.0 1.5 0.6 0.4 1.6 2.9 10.7
4 Kenny Anderson 31 76 76 32.0 4.1 9.4 .436 0.1 0.4 .273 1.3 1.7 .742 0.8 2.9 3.6 5.3 1.9 0.1 1.6 2.8 9.6
5 Erick Strickland 28 79 4 20.8 2.4 6.2 .389 1.2 3.1 .385 1.7 2.0 .845 0.3 2.4 2.7 2.3 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.8 7.7
6 Tony Delk 28 22 16 25.9 2.7 7.8 .349 0.9 3.0 .299 1.0 1.4 .733 0.9 2.7 3.6 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.9 1.7 7.4
7 Tony Battie 25 74 73 24.6 2.9 5.3 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.8 .677 2.5 4.0 6.5 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 3.0 6.9
8 Eric Williams 29 74 30 23.6 1.9 5.2 .374 0.3 1.2 .279 2.2 3.0 .731 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.5 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.4 6.4
9 Joe Johnson 20 48 33 20.9 2.7 6.2 .439 0.5 1.8 .273 0.4 0.5 .769 0.8 2.1 2.9 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.2 6.3
10 Vitaly Potapenko 26 79 9 17.0 1.7 3.8 .455 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.5 .742 2.1 2.3 4.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.2 4.6
11 Walter McCarty 27 56 0 12.8 1.4 3.2 .444 0.7 1.8 .394 0.2 0.3 .684 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.5 3.8
12 Milt Palacio 23 41 0 12.6 1.3 3.3 .385 0.3 0.8 .353 0.9 1.2 .706 0.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.9 3.7
13 Kedrick Brown 20 29 5 8.4 0.8 2.4 .329 0.2 0.9 .185 0.4 0.7 .600 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.6 2.2
14 Mark Blount 26 44 0 9.4 0.7 1.7 .421 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 .811 0.6 1.3 1.9 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.3 2.1
15 Joseph Forte 20 8 0 4.9 0.1 1.5 .083 0.0 0.4 .000 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.8
16 Randy Brown 33 1 0 6.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

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 Paul Pierce 24 82 82 3302 7.7 17.4 .442 2.3 5.7 .404 5.7 7.0 .809 0.9 5.3 6.2 2.8 1.7 0.9 2.6 2.6 23.4
2 Antoine Walker 25 81 81 3406 7.0 17.9 .394 2.3 6.8 .344 2.5 3.4 .741 1.6 6.0 7.5 4.3 1.3 0.4 2.7 2.5 19.0
3 Rodney Rogers 30 27 1 626 6.2 12.8 .482 2.2 5.5 .411 2.0 2.9 .700 2.0 4.2 6.2 2.3 0.9 0.7 2.4 4.5 16.6
4 Erick Strickland 28 79 4 1643 4.2 10.7 .389 2.1 5.4 .385 2.9 3.4 .845 0.5 4.2 4.7 4.0 1.2 0.0 2.1 3.2 13.3
5 Joe Johnson 20 48 33 1003 4.7 10.6 .439 0.9 3.2 .273 0.7 0.9 .769 1.4 3.6 5.0 2.7 1.2 0.3 1.0 2.1 10.9
6 Kenny Anderson 31 76 76 2430 4.6 10.6 .436 0.1 0.5 .273 1.5 2.0 .742 0.8 3.2 4.1 6.0 2.1 0.1 1.8 3.1 10.8
7 Milt Palacio 23 41 0 518 3.6 9.4 .385 0.8 2.4 .353 2.5 3.5 .706 0.6 2.9 3.5 3.8 1.5 0.2 1.7 2.6 10.6
8 Walter McCarty 27 56 0 718 4.0 9.0 .444 2.0 5.0 .394 0.7 1.0 .684 1.6 4.8 6.4 2.1 0.9 0.4 1.1 4.2 10.6
9 Tony Delk 28 22 16 570 3.8 10.9 .349 1.3 4.2 .299 1.4 1.9 .733 1.3 3.7 5.0 3.2 1.4 0.4 1.2 2.4 10.2
10 Tony Battie 25 74 73 1819 4.2 7.7 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.6 .677 3.6 5.9 9.5 0.7 1.2 1.3 1.0 4.3 10.1
11 Eric Williams 29 74 30 1747 3.0 7.9 .374 0.5 1.8 .279 3.3 4.5 .731 1.2 3.4 4.6 2.2 1.6 0.2 2.0 3.7 9.7
12 Vitaly Potapenko 26 79 9 1343 3.7 8.1 .455 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.2 .742 4.5 4.8 9.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 1.7 4.7 9.7
13 Kedrick Brown 20 29 5 245 3.4 10.3 .329 0.7 4.0 .185 1.8 2.9 .600 1.6 5.7 7.3 2.2 2.6 1.0 1.0 2.6 9.3
14 Mark Blount 26 44 0 415 2.8 6.6 .421 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.2 .811 2.3 5.1 7.4 0.9 1.4 1.6 2.0 5.1 8.2
15 Joseph Forte 20 8 0 39 0.9 11.1 .083 0.0 2.8 .000 3.7 3.7 1.000 0.9 4.6 5.5 5.5 1.8 0.0 2.8 0.9 5.5
16 Randy Brown 33 1 0 6 0.0 6.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0

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 Paul Pierce 24 82 3302 22.3 .570 .508 2.6 16.5 9.4 15.7 2.4 2.0 11.4 29.3 109 99 7.3 5.6 12.9
2 Antoine Walker 25 81 3406 17.1 .490 .460 4.7 18.6 11.5 22.8 1.9 0.9 12.1 27.8 99 101 1.5 5.2 6.7
3 Tony Battie 25 74 1819 14.5 .570 .541 10.9 18.4 14.5 3.2 1.7 2.9 10.2 12.5 118 99 3.2 3.0 6.2
4 Kenny Anderson 31 76 2430 13.6 .472 .442 2.5 10.1 6.2 28.1 3.0 0.3 13.3 16.7 103 101 1.7 3.5 5.2
5 Erick Strickland 28 79 1643 12.9 .545 .487 1.4 13.1 7.1 18.6 1.8 0.0 14.5 18.0 106 103 1.8 2.0 3.8
6 Vitaly Potapenko 26 79 1343 11.4 .513 .455 13.3 15.1 14.2 3.6 1.4 1.0 15.1 14.1 107 102 1.3 1.7 3.1
7 Eric Williams 29 74 1747 8.8 .490 .405 3.6 10.5 6.9 9.8 2.3 0.4 16.5 15.0 96 103 0.0 2.2 2.2
8 Joe Johnson 20 48 1003 12.0 .494 .480 4.3 11.1 7.6 12.5 1.7 0.7 8.3 15.2 105 104 0.8 1.2 2.0
9 Walter McCarty 27 56 718 11.5 .563 .553 4.8 15.0 9.8 9.4 1.3 0.8 10.5 13.3 112 103 0.9 0.9 1.8
10 Rodney Rogers 30 27 626 15.4 .590 .570 5.8 13.1 9.4 11.7 1.3 1.5 14.7 20.8 108 103 0.9 0.8 1.7
11 Milt Palacio 23 41 518 10.5 .483 .430 1.7 9.1 5.3 16.8 2.1 0.5 13.2 16.0 99 103 0.2 0.6 0.8
12 Tony Delk 28 22 570 10.4 .437 .407 3.8 11.6 7.6 14.6 2.0 0.8 9.3 16.3 96 103 0.0 0.7 0.7
13 Mark Blount 26 44 415 9.3 .509 .421 6.7 16.0 11.2 3.8 2.0 3.6 20.0 12.7 96 99 0.0 0.7 0.7
14 Kedrick Brown 20 29 245 11.9 .400 .364 4.8 17.9 11.2 9.8 3.8 2.2 8.2 16.0 90 96 -0.1 0.5 0.4
15 Randy Brown 33 1 6 8.6 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.4 0.0 13.0 0.0 7.6 84 102 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Joseph Forte 20 8 39 2.8 .218 .083 2.8 14.4 8.4 22.2 2.7 0.0 17.9 19.6 60 101 -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 Paul Pierce 24 16 672 122 303 30 104 120 157 27 137 66 27 20 61 52 394 .403 .288 .764 42.0 24.6 8.6 4.1
2 Antoine Walker 25 16 704 131 319 42 109 50 64 23 138 52 24 6 55 56 354 .411 .385 .781 44.0 22.1 8.6 3.3
3 Kenny Anderson 31 16 560 82 197 0 0 28 35 13 50 76 21 0 28 58 192 .416 .800 35.0 12.0 3.1 4.8
4 Rodney Rogers 30 16 394 46 108 19 52 31 35 28 88 34 16 7 22 42 142 .426 .365 .886 24.6 8.9 5.5 2.1
5 Eric Williams 29 16 487 47 94 14 30 17 23 18 70 21 25 4 11 53 125 .500 .467 .739 30.4 7.8 4.4 1.3
6 Tony Battie 25 16 443 42 86 0 0 13 21 39 121 13 10 30 11 51 97 .488 .619 27.7 6.1 7.6 0.8
7 Tony Delk 28 14 227 23 65 13 33 7 12 8 34 16 8 5 15 13 66 .354 .394 .583 16.2 4.7 2.4 1.1
8 Walter McCarty 27 14 194 17 38 3 18 7 9 8 34 4 4 0 4 19 44 .447 .167 .778 13.9 3.1 2.4 0.3
9 Erick Strickland 28 12 118 11 39 4 20 9 9 2 13 17 5 1 9 15 35 .282 .200 1.000 9.8 2.9 1.1 1.4
10 Mark Blount 26 4 38 2 4 0 0 2 2 3 7 1 2 2 1 7 6 .500 1.000 9.5 1.5 1.8 0.3
11 Kedrick Brown 20 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1.000 1.000 1.5 2.5 0.0 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 Paul Pierce 24 16 672 21.1 .529 .452 4.6 18.1 11.4 19.6 2.1 2.5 14.1 30.1 103 97 1.0 1.3 2.3
2 Eric Williams 29 16 487 12.9 .600 .574 4.2 11.8 8.0 7.3 2.7 0.7 9.6 11.1 120 98 0.8 0.8 1.6
3 Rodney Rogers 30 16 394 17.3 .575 .514 8.1 16.8 12.5 15.2 2.2 1.5 15.1 17.3 114 97 0.8 0.7 1.5
4 Tony Battie 25 16 443 13.9 .509 .488 10.0 20.4 15.3 5.0 1.2 5.6 10.4 11.2 111 95 0.5 0.9 1.4
5 Antoine Walker 25 16 704 16.0 .510 .476 3.7 18.0 11.0 14.8 1.8 0.7 13.7 26.7 97 98 0.3 1.2 1.4
6 Kenny Anderson 31 16 560 12.0 .452 .416 2.6 7.3 5.0 25.3 2.0 0.0 11.6 20.1 98 102 0.2 0.7 0.9
7 Walter McCarty 27 14 194 8.9 .524 .487 4.7 14.8 9.8 3.5 1.1 0.0 8.7 11.1 108 101 0.2 0.2 0.4
8 Tony Delk 28 14 227 10.2 .470 .454 4.0 12.6 8.4 12.1 1.9 1.8 17.6 17.6 90 99 -0.1 0.3 0.2
9 Mark Blount 26 4 38 11.4 .615 .500 9.0 11.6 10.3 4.2 2.8 4.4 17.0 7.2 126 96 0.1 0.1 0.1
10 Kedrick Brown 20 2 3 94.6 1.250 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.6 0.0 31.2 250 90 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Erick Strickland 28 12 118 8.4 .407 .333 1.9 10.3 6.2 24.4 2.3 0.7 17.3 20.6 86 100 -0.1 0.2 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Antoine Walker $11,250,000
2 Kenny Anderson $8,350,000
3 Vitaly Potapenko $4,762,500
4 Eric Williams $4,448,000
5 Tony Battie $3,600,000
6 Walter McCarty $3,125,000
7 Randy Brown $2,475,000
8 Tony Delk $2,475,000
9 Rodney Rogers $2,400,000
10 Paul Pierce $2,051,271
11 Joe Johnson $1,608,840
12 Kedrick Brown $1,528,440
13 Roshown McLeod $1,509,001
14 Joseph Forte $939,360
15 Milt Palacio $690,000
16 Erick Strickland $637,415
17 Mark Blount $540,850
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)