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1975-76 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 54-28, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (54-28)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 106.2 (6th of 18) Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (6th of 18)

SRS: 2.25 (3rd of 18) Pace: 106.9 (7th of 18)

Off Rtg: 98.9 (6th of 18) Def Rtg: 96.7 (3rd of 18) Net Rtg: +2.2 (4th of 18)

Expected W-L: 47-35 (4th of 18)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 539,589 (1st of 2)

NBA 1976 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
42	Jerome Anderson	SG	6-5	195	October 9, 1953	us	R	West Virginia
34	Jim Ard	C	6-8	215	September 19, 1948	us	5	Cincinnati
31	Tom Boswell	PF	6-9	220	October 2, 1953	us	R	South Carolina State, South Carolina
18	Dave Cowens	C	6-9	230	October 25, 1948	us	5	Florida State
17	John Havlicek	SF	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us	13	Ohio State
33	Steve Kuberski	C	6-8	215	November 6, 1947	us	6	Bradley
30	Glenn McDonald	SF	6-6	190	March 18, 1952	us	1	Cal State Long Beach
19	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us	13	Iowa
11	Charlie Scott	SG	6-5	175	December 15, 1948	us	5	UNC
32	Ed Searcy	SF	6-6	210	April 17, 1952	us	R	St. John's
35	Paul Silas	PF	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	us	11	Creighton
27	Kevin Stacom	SG	6-3	185	September 4, 1951	us	1	Holy Cross, Providence
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us	6	Kansas

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Dave Cowens	27	78		39.8	7.8	16.7	.468				7.8	16.7	.468	.468	3.3	4.4	.756	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9		4.0	19.0
2	Jo Jo White	29	82		39.7	8.2	18.2	.449				8.2	18.2	.449	.449	2.6	3.1	.838	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.4	1.3	0.2		2.2	18.9
3	Charlie Scott	27	82		35.5	7.2	16.0	.449				7.2	16.0	.449	.449	3.3	4.1	.797	1.3	3.1	4.4	4.2	1.3	0.3		4.3	17.6
4	John Havlicek	35	76		34.2	6.6	14.8	.450				6.6	14.8	.450	.450	3.7	4.4	.844	1.5	2.6	4.1	3.7	1.3	0.4		2.7	17.0
5	Paul Silas	32	81		32.9	3.9	9.1	.426				3.9	9.1	.426	.426	2.9	4.1	.709	4.5	8.1	12.7	2.5	0.7	0.4		2.8	10.7
6	Steve Kuberski	28	60		14.7	2.1	4.6	.467				2.1	4.6	.467	.467	1.1	1.3	.895	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.2	0.2		2.1	5.4
7	Kevin Stacom	24	77		14.5	2.2	5.0	.439				2.2	5.0	.439	.439	0.9	1.2	.747	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.7	0.3	0.1		1.5	5.3
8	Glenn McDonald	23	75		13.6	2.5	6.1	.419				2.5	6.1	.419	.419	0.5	0.7	.714	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.5	0.3		1.6	5.6
9	Don Nelson	35	75		12.6	2.3	5.1	.462				2.3	5.1	.462	.462	1.7	2.1	.789	0.7	1.7	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1		1.5	6.4
10	Jim Ard	27	81		10.5	1.3	3.6	.364				1.3	3.6	.364	.364	0.9	1.2	.710	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.6	0.1	0.4		1.7	3.5
11	Tom Boswell	22	35		7.9	1.2	2.7	.441				1.2	2.7	.441	.441	0.4	0.7	.583	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.0		2.0	2.7
12	Jerome Anderson	22	22		5.7	1.1	2.0	.556				1.1	2.0	.556	.556	0.5	0.7	.688	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.1		1.1	2.8
13	Ed Searcy	23	4		3.0	0.5	1.5	.333				0.5	1.5	.333	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Dave Cowens	27	18		44.3	8.7	18.9	.457				8.7	18.9	.457	.457	3.7	4.8	.759	4.8	11.6	16.4	4.6	1.2	0.7		4.7	21.0
2	Jo Jo White	29	18		43.9	9.2	20.6	.445				9.2	20.6	.445	.445	4.3	5.3	.821	0.7	3.3	3.9	5.4	1.3	0.1		2.8	22.7
3	Paul Silas	32	18		41.2	3.8	8.6	.448				3.8	8.6	.448	.448	3.1	3.8	.812	4.3	9.3	13.7	2.3	1.3	0.3		3.7	10.8
4	Charlie Scott	27	18		35.1	6.2	15.8	.391				6.2	15.8	.391	.391	3.1	4.0	.764	1.3	2.9	4.2	3.9	1.2	0.4		5.4	15.4
5	John Havlicek	35	15		33.7	5.3	12.0	.444				5.3	12.0	.444	.444	2.5	3.1	.809	1.2	2.5	3.7	3.4	0.8	0.3		2.1	13.2
6	Don Nelson	35	18		17.5	2.9	6.0	.481				2.9	6.0	.481	.481	3.3	3.8	.870	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.2	0.1		2.6	9.1
7	Steve Kuberski	28	18		12.9	2.1	4.5	.469				2.1	4.5	.469	.469	1.2	1.4	.808	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9	0.0	0.2		2.1	5.4
8	Kevin Stacom	24	17		11.5	0.8	2.6	.289				0.8	2.6	.289	.289	0.5	0.6	.727	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.0		1.2	2.0
9	Jim Ard	27	16		6.9	0.8	1.8	.448				0.8	1.8	.448	.448	0.7	0.9	.786	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.2		1.8	2.3
10	Glenn McDonald	23	13		5.2	0.6	2.0	.308				0.6	2.0	.308	.308	0.4	0.5	.833	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0		0.9	1.6
11	Jerome Anderson	22	4		1.3	0.3	0.8	.333				0.3	0.8	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5
12	Tom Boswell	22	3		1.0	0.3	0.7	.500				0.3	0.7	.500	.500	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jo Jo White	29	82		3257	670	1492	.449				670	1492	.449	.449	212	253	.838	61	252	313	445	107	20		183	1552
2	Dave Cowens	27	78		3101	611	1305	.468				611	1305	.468	.468	257	340	.756	335	911	1246	325	94	71		314	1479
3	Charlie Scott	27	82		2913	588	1309	.449				588	1309	.449	.449	267	335	.797	106	252	358	341	103	24		356	1443
4	Paul Silas	32	81		2662	315	740	.426				315	740	.426	.426	236	333	.709	365	660	1025	203	56	33		227	866
5	John Havlicek	35	76		2598	504	1121	.450				504	1121	.450	.450	281	333	.844	116	198	314	278	97	29		204	1289
6	Kevin Stacom	24	77		1114	170	387	.439				170	387	.439	.439	68	91	.747	62	99	161	128	23	5		117	408
7	Glenn McDonald	23	75		1019	191	456	.419				191	456	.419	.419	40	56	.714	56	79	135	68	39	20		123	422
8	Don Nelson	35	75		943	175	379	.462				175	379	.462	.462	127	161	.789	56	126	182	77	14	7		115	477
9	Steve Kuberski	28	60		882	128	274	.467				128	274	.467	.467	68	76	.895	86	148	234	44	11	11		123	324
10	Jim Ard	27	81		853	107	294	.364				107	294	.364	.364	71	100	.710	96	193	289	48	12	36		141	285
11	Tom Boswell	22	35		275	41	93	.441				41	93	.441	.441	14	24	.583	26	45	71	16	2	1		70	96
12	Jerome Anderson	22	22		126	25	45	.556				25	45	.556	.556	11	16	.688	4	9	13	6	3	3		25	61
13	Ed Searcy	23	4		12	2	6	.333				2	6	.333	.333	2	2	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0		4	6
			82		19755	3527	7901	.446				3527	7901	.446	.446	1654	2120	.780	1369	2972	4341	1980	561	260	1609	2002	8708

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dave Cowens	27	18		798	156	341	.457				156	341	.457	.457	66	87	.759	87	209	296	83	22	13		85	378
2	Jo Jo White	29	18		791	165	371	.445				165	371	.445	.445	78	95	.821	12	59	71	98	23	1		51	408
3	Paul Silas	32	18		741	69	154	.448				69	154	.448	.448	56	69	.812	78	168	246	42	24	6		67	194
4	Charlie Scott	27	18		632	111	284	.391				111	284	.391	.391	55	72	.764	23	53	76	71	21	8		97	277
5	John Havlicek	35	15		505	80	180	.444				80	180	.444	.444	38	47	.809	18	38	56	51	12	5		32	198
6	Don Nelson	35	18		315	52	108	.481				52	108	.481	.481	60	69	.870	17	36	53	17	3	2		46	164
7	Steve Kuberski	28	18		232	38	81	.469				38	81	.469	.469	21	26	.808	16	35	51	16	0	3		38	97
8	Kevin Stacom	24	17		195	13	45	.289				13	45	.289	.289	8	11	.727	9	8	17	16	5	0		21	34
9	Jim Ard	27	16		110	13	29	.448				13	29	.448	.448	11	14	.786	10	16	26	8	1	3		29	37
10	Glenn McDonald	23	13		68	8	26	.308				8	26	.308	.308	5	6	.833	1	7	8	4	1	0		12	21
11	Jerome Anderson	22	4		5	1	3	.333				1	3	.333	.333	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0		1	2
12	Tom Boswell	22	3		3	1	2	.500				1	2	.500	.500	0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0		2	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Jo Jo White	29	82	3257	14.6	.484		.170	1.8	7.6	4.7	19.9	1.5	0.3				4.3	3.2	7.4	.109		0.4	0.0	0.4	2.0
2	Dave Cowens	27	78	3101	18.9	.508		.261	10.6	29.0	19.8	15.1	1.4	1.2				5.0	5.6	10.7	.165		2.2	1.3	3.4	4.3
3	Charlie Scott	27	82	2913	14.5	.495		.256	3.6	8.5	6.0	16.9	1.6	0.4				3.3	3.1	6.4	.106		-0.6	0.3	-0.3	1.3
4	Paul Silas	32	81	2662	14.6	.488		.450	13.4	24.4	18.9	9.8	0.9	0.6				3.2	3.9	7.2	.129		0.8	0.2	1.0	2.0
5	John Havlicek	35	76	2598	15.5	.508		.297	4.4	7.5	5.9	15.3	1.7	0.6				4.7	2.7	7.4	.137		1.1	0.5	1.6	2.3
6	Kevin Stacom	24	77	1114	11.7	.478		.235	5.5	8.8	7.1	15.5	0.9	0.2				0.8	1.0	1.8	.076		-1.1	-0.2	-1.3	0.2
7	Glenn McDonald	23	75	1019	11.0	.439		.123	5.4	7.6	6.5	9.5	1.7	1.0				0.0	1.2	1.1	.053		-2.0	0.3	-1.7	0.1
8	Don Nelson	35	75	943	15.1	.530		.425	5.8	13.2	9.5	11.5	0.7	0.4				1.7	0.9	2.6	.134		0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.5
9	Steve Kuberski	28	60	882	12.4	.527		.277	9.6	16.5	13.0	6.7	0.6	0.6				1.2	1.0	2.2	.120		-0.9	-0.2	-1.1	0.2
10	Jim Ard	27	81	853	11.3	.422		.340	11.0	22.3	16.7	7.3	0.6	2.1				-0.4	1.3	0.9	.052		-3.4	0.2	-3.2	-0.3
11	Tom Boswell	22	35	275	8.8	.463		.258	9.3	16.1	12.7	7.8	0.3	0.2				-0.1	0.3	0.2	.029		-5.1	-0.5	-5.6	-0.3
12	Jerome Anderson	22	22	126	13.0	.586		.356	3.1	7.0	5.1	6.9	1.1	1.2				0.2	0.1	0.3	.120		-2.7	0.4	-2.3	0.0
13	Ed Searcy	23	4	12	5.6	.436		.333	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.5	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.086		-4.9	-0.2	-5.0	0.0

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dave Cowens	27	18	798	18.9	.498		.255	11.7	27.8	19.7	17.1	1.3	0.9				1.0	1.7	2.7	.163		3.6	0.7	4.3	1.3
2	Jo Jo White	29	18	791	15.6	.494		.256	1.6	7.9	4.8	20.8	1.4	0.1				1.0	1.1	2.1	.127		2.1	-0.5	1.6	0.7
3	Paul Silas	32	18	741	13.3	.526		.448	11.3	24.0	17.7	8.0	1.5	0.5				0.9	1.5	2.3	.152		1.9	0.7	2.6	0.9
4	Charlie Scott	27	18	632	12.0	.439		.254	3.9	8.9	6.4	17.9	1.6	0.7				-0.3	1.0	0.7	.052		-1.5	-0.2	-1.6	0.1
5	John Havlicek	35	15	505	13.0	.493		.261	3.8	8.0	5.9	15.6	1.1	0.6				0.5	0.7	1.3	.120		1.7	0.0	1.7	0.5
6	Don Nelson	35	18	315	16.0	.593		.639	5.8	12.1	9.0	8.4	0.5	0.4				0.8	0.4	1.2	.186		2.0	-0.6	1.4	0.3
7	Steve Kuberski	28	18	232	12.9	.525		.321	7.4	16.0	11.7	10.8	0.0	0.7				0.2	0.3	0.6	.114		-0.1	-0.5	-0.6	0.1
8	Kevin Stacom	24	17	195	4.9	.341		.244	4.9	4.4	4.6	11.1	1.2	0.0				-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.001		-2.9	-0.3	-3.3	-0.1
9	Jim Ard	27	16	110	11.1	.526		.483	9.7	15.4	12.6	10.6	0.4	1.5				0.0	0.2	0.2	.089		-3.4	0.7	-2.6	0.0
10	Glenn McDonald	23	13	68	4.6	.367		.231	1.6	10.9	6.3	8.6	0.7	0.0				-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.044		-6.0	-1.5	-7.5	-0.1
11	Jerome Anderson	22	4	5	10.9	.333		.000	21.4	0.0	10.6	33.1	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.158		-0.9	-3.8	-4.7	0.0
12	Tom Boswell	22	3	3	8.2	.500		.000	0.0	35.3	17.7	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.263		-15.2	0.1	-15.1	0.0

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