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1987-88 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: K.C. Jones (57-25)

Points Per Game: 113.6 (3rd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.7 (14th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 56-26 (1st of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 611,222 (6th of 23)

SRS: 6.15 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 97.9 (17th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 115.4 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 109.4 (17th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus New York Knickerbockers

1987-88 Boston Celtics:

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 R Oral Roberts University
44 Danny Ainge G-F 6-4 175 March 17, 1959 6 Brigham Young University
33 Larry Bird F 6-9 220 December 7, 1956 8 Indiana State University
20 Darren Daye F-G 6-8 220 November 30, 1960 4 University of California, Los Angeles
53 Artis Gilmore C 7-2 240 September 21, 1949 16 Jacksonville University
43 Conner Henry G 6-7 195 July 21, 1963 1 University of California, Santa Barbara
3 Dennis Johnson G 6-4 185 September 18, 1954 11 Pepperdine University
50 Greg Kite C 6-11 250 August 5, 1961 4 Brigham Young University
35 Reggie Lewis G-F 6-7 195 November 21, 1965 R Northeastern University
54 Brad Lohaus C-F 6-11 230 September 29, 1964 R University of Iowa
32 Kevin McHale F-C 6-10 210 December 19, 1957 7 University of Minnesota
11 Dirk Minniefield G 6-3 180 January 17, 1961 2 University of Kentucky
00 Robert Parish C 7-0 230 August 30, 1953 11 Centenary College of Louisiana
4 Jim Paxson G-F 6-6 200 July 9, 1957 8 University of Dayton
31 Fred Roberts F-C 6-10 218 August 14, 1960 4 Brigham Young University
12 Jerry Sichting G 6-1 168 November 29, 1956 7 Purdue University

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 3599 6905 .521 271 705 .384 1846 2300 .803 930 2440 3370 2448 620 415 1304 1804 9315 113.6
Opponent 82 19780 3497 7260 .482 110 366 .301 1724 2249 .767 1122 2194 3316 2061 734 346 1176 1989 8828 107.7

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 31 76 75 2965 881 1672 .527 98 237 .414 415 453 .916 108 595 703 467 125 57 213 157 2275
2 Kevin McHale 30 64 63 2390 550 911 .604 0 0 346 434 .797 159 377 536 171 27 92 141 179 1446
3 Danny Ainge 28 81 81 3018 482 982 .491 148 357 .415 158 180 .878 59 190 249 503 115 17 153 203 1270
4 Robert Parish 34 74 73 2312 442 750 .589 0 1 .000 177 241 .734 173 455 628 115 55 84 154 198 1061
5 Dennis Johnson 33 77 74 2670 352 803 .438 12 46 .261 255 298 .856 62 178 240 598 93 29 195 204 971
6 Fred Roberts 27 74 14 1032 161 330 .488 0 6 .000 128 165 .776 60 102 162 81 16 15 68 118 450
7 Brad Lohaus 23 70 4 718 122 246 .496 3 13 .231 50 62 .806 46 92 138 49 20 41 59 123 297
8 Mark Acres 25 79 5 1151 108 203 .532 0 0 71 111 .640 105 165 270 42 29 27 54 198 287
9 Darren Daye 27 47 8 655 112 217 .516 0 1 .000 59 87 .678 30 46 76 71 29 4 44 68 283
10 Jim Paxson 30 28 2 538 94 191 .492 2 13 .154 54 61 .885 7 20 27 49 23 4 28 44 244
11 Reggie Lewis 22 49 0 405 90 193 .466 0 4 .000 40 57 .702 28 35 63 26 16 15 30 54 220
12 Dirk Minniefield 27 61 6 868 83 173 .480 3 11 .273 27 32 .844 22 53 75 190 44 3 77 107 196
13 Artis Gilmore 38 47 4 521 58 101 .574 0 0 48 91 .527 54 94 148 12 10 18 39 94 164
14 Jerry Sichting 31 24 1 370 44 82 .537 2 8 .250 8 12 .667 5 16 21 60 14 0 14 30 98
15 Conner Henry 24 10 0 81 11 28 .393 3 8 .375 9 10 .900 2 8 10 12 1 1 9 11 34
16 Greg Kite 26 13 0 86 9 23 .391 0 0 1 6 .167 10 14 24 2 3 8 9 16 19

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 31 76 75 39.0 11.6 22.0 .527 1.3 3.1 .414 5.5 6.0 .916 1.4 7.8 9.3 6.1 1.6 0.8 2.8 2.1 29.9
2 Kevin McHale 30 64 63 37.3 8.6 14.2 .604 0.0 0.0 5.4 6.8 .797 2.5 5.9 8.4 2.7 0.4 1.4 2.2 2.8 22.6
3 Danny Ainge 28 81 81 37.3 6.0 12.1 .491 1.8 4.4 .415 2.0 2.2 .878 0.7 2.3 3.1 6.2 1.4 0.2 1.9 2.5 15.7
4 Robert Parish 34 74 73 31.2 6.0 10.1 .589 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.3 .734 2.3 6.1 8.5 1.6 0.7 1.1 2.1 2.7 14.3
5 Dennis Johnson 33 77 74 34.7 4.6 10.4 .438 0.2 0.6 .261 3.3 3.9 .856 0.8 2.3 3.1 7.8 1.2 0.4 2.5 2.6 12.6
6 Jim Paxson 30 28 2 19.2 3.4 6.8 .492 0.1 0.5 .154 1.9 2.2 .885 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.6 8.7
7 Fred Roberts 27 74 14 13.9 2.2 4.5 .488 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 2.2 .776 0.8 1.4 2.2 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 1.6 6.1
8 Darren Daye 27 47 8 13.9 2.4 4.6 .516 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.9 .678 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.4 6.0
9 Reggie Lewis 22 49 0 8.3 1.8 3.9 .466 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.2 .702 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.1 4.5
10 Brad Lohaus 23 70 4 10.3 1.7 3.5 .496 0.0 0.2 .231 0.7 0.9 .806 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.8 4.2
11 Jerry Sichting 31 24 1 15.4 1.8 3.4 .537 0.1 0.3 .250 0.3 0.5 .667 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.5 0.6 0.0 0.6 1.3 4.1
12 Mark Acres 25 79 5 14.6 1.4 2.6 .532 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.4 .640 1.3 2.1 3.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.5 3.6
13 Artis Gilmore 38 47 4 11.1 1.2 2.1 .574 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 .527 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.8 2.0 3.5
14 Conner Henry 24 10 0 8.1 1.1 2.8 .393 0.3 0.8 .375 0.9 1.0 .900 0.2 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.1 3.4
15 Dirk Minniefield 27 61 6 14.2 1.4 2.8 .480 0.0 0.2 .273 0.4 0.5 .844 0.4 0.9 1.2 3.1 0.7 0.0 1.3 1.8 3.2
16 Greg Kite 26 13 0 6.6 0.7 1.8 .391 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 .167 0.8 1.1 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.5

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 31 76 75 2965 10.7 20.3 .527 1.2 2.9 .414 5.0 5.5 .916 1.3 7.2 8.5 5.7 1.5 0.7 2.6 1.9 27.6
2 Kevin McHale 30 64 63 2390 8.3 13.7 .604 0.0 0.0 5.2 6.5 .797 2.4 5.7 8.1 2.6 0.4 1.4 2.1 2.7 21.8
3 Reggie Lewis 22 49 0 405 8.0 17.2 .466 0.0 0.4 .000 3.6 5.1 .702 2.5 3.1 5.6 2.3 1.4 1.3 2.7 4.8 19.6
4 Robert Parish 34 74 73 2312 6.9 11.7 .589 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.8 .734 2.7 7.1 9.8 1.8 0.9 1.3 2.4 3.1 16.5
5 Jim Paxson 30 28 2 538 6.3 12.8 .492 0.1 0.9 .154 3.6 4.1 .885 0.5 1.3 1.8 3.3 1.5 0.3 1.9 2.9 16.3
6 Fred Roberts 27 74 14 1032 5.6 11.5 .488 0.0 0.2 .000 4.5 5.8 .776 2.1 3.6 5.7 2.8 0.6 0.5 2.4 4.1 15.7
7 Darren Daye 27 47 8 655 6.2 11.9 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 3.2 4.8 .678 1.6 2.5 4.2 3.9 1.6 0.2 2.4 3.7 15.6
8 Danny Ainge 28 81 81 3018 5.7 11.7 .491 1.8 4.3 .415 1.9 2.1 .878 0.7 2.3 3.0 6.0 1.4 0.2 1.8 2.4 15.1
9 Conner Henry 24 10 0 81 4.9 12.4 .393 1.3 3.6 .375 4.0 4.4 .900 0.9 3.6 4.4 5.3 0.4 0.4 4.0 4.9 15.1
10 Brad Lohaus 23 70 4 718 6.1 12.3 .496 0.2 0.7 .231 2.5 3.1 .806 2.3 4.6 6.9 2.5 1.0 2.1 3.0 6.2 14.9
11 Dennis Johnson 33 77 74 2670 4.7 10.8 .438 0.2 0.6 .261 3.4 4.0 .856 0.8 2.4 3.2 8.1 1.3 0.4 2.6 2.8 13.1
12 Artis Gilmore 38 47 4 521 4.0 7.0 .574 0.0 0.0 3.3 6.3 .527 3.7 6.5 10.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 2.7 6.5 11.3
13 Jerry Sichting 31 24 1 370 4.3 8.0 .537 0.2 0.8 .250 0.8 1.2 .667 0.5 1.6 2.0 5.8 1.4 0.0 1.4 2.9 9.5
14 Mark Acres 25 79 5 1151 3.4 6.3 .532 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.5 .640 3.3 5.2 8.4 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 6.2 9.0
15 Dirk Minniefield 27 61 6 868 3.4 7.2 .480 0.1 0.5 .273 1.1 1.3 .844 0.9 2.2 3.1 7.9 1.8 0.1 3.2 4.4 8.1
16 Greg Kite 26 13 0 86 3.8 9.6 .391 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.5 .167 4.2 5.9 10.0 0.8 1.3 3.3 3.8 6.7 8.0

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 Larry Bird 31 76 2965 27.8 .608 .556 4.6 22.3 14.0 25.7 2.1 1.1 10.2 30.2 121 106 11.2 3.8 15.0
2 Kevin McHale 30 64 2390 21.9 .656 .604 8.4 17.5 13.3 10.5 0.6 2.2 11.3 22.3 126 110 8.2 2.0 10.2
3 Danny Ainge 28 81 3018 15.9 .598 .566 2.5 7.0 4.9 22.2 1.9 0.3 12.6 17.3 121 112 6.7 1.9 8.6
4 Robert Parish 34 74 2312 17.2 .620 .589 9.5 21.9 16.1 6.9 1.2 2.1 15.2 18.7 114 107 3.8 2.6 6.4
5 Dennis Johnson 33 77 2670 14.0 .520 .446 2.9 7.4 5.3 28.8 1.7 0.6 17.3 18.1 110 111 3.4 1.7 5.0
6 Mark Acres 25 79 1151 9.3 .570 .532 11.6 15.9 13.9 4.5 1.2 1.3 17.7 11.4 113 109 1.1 1.0 2.2
7 Fred Roberts 27 74 1032 12.6 .559 .488 7.4 11.0 9.3 10.4 0.8 0.8 14.4 19.6 110 112 1.3 0.6 1.9
8 Darren Daye 27 47 655 13.6 .554 .516 5.8 7.8 6.9 14.7 2.2 0.4 14.7 19.6 108 111 0.7 0.5 1.2
9 Jim Paxson 30 28 538 13.3 .560 .497 1.6 4.1 3.0 12.4 2.1 0.4 11.4 19.6 111 112 0.7 0.3 1.0
10 Brad Lohaus 23 70 718 12.2 .543 .502 8.1 14.2 11.4 9.2 1.4 3.3 17.8 19.9 102 108 0.2 0.8 0.9
11 Artis Gilmore 38 47 521 10.2 .581 .574 13.1 20.0 16.8 2.9 0.9 2.0 21.7 14.8 104 108 0.2 0.5 0.8
12 Dirk Minniefield 27 61 868 9.7 .524 .488 3.2 6.8 5.1 26.9 2.5 0.2 29.2 13.1 101 110 0.2 0.7 0.8
13 Jerry Sichting 31 24 370 11.1 .561 .549 1.7 4.8 3.4 20.5 1.9 0.0 13.8 11.7 118 112 0.5 0.2 0.7
14 Reggie Lewis 22 49 405 14.3 .504 .466 8.8 9.6 9.2 9.3 1.9 2.1 12.1 26.3 100 109 0.1 0.4 0.4
15 Conner Henry 24 10 81 9.5 .525 .446 3.1 11.0 7.3 19.1 0.6 0.7 21.7 21.9 98 112 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Greg Kite 26 13 86 5.5 .371 .391 14.7 18.1 16.5 2.9 1.7 5.3 26.0 17.3 73 104 -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 Kevin McHale 30 17 716 158 262 1 1 115 137 55 136 40 7 30 39 65 432 .603 1.000 .839 42.1 25.4 8.0 2.4
2 Larry Bird 31 17 763 152 338 12 32 101 113 29 150 115 36 14 49 45 417 .450 .375 .894 44.9 24.5 8.8 6.8
3 Dennis Johnson 33 17 702 91 210 6 16 82 103 15 77 139 24 8 45 51 270 .433 .375 .796 41.3 15.9 4.5 8.2
4 Robert Parish 34 17 626 100 188 0 0 50 61 51 168 21 11 19 38 42 250 .532 .820 36.8 14.7 9.9 1.2
5 Danny Ainge 28 17 670 71 184 19 57 37 42 15 53 109 9 1 41 64 198 .386 .333 .881 39.4 11.6 3.1 6.4
6 Jim Paxson 30 15 188 17 59 0 2 16 20 1 9 11 6 2 12 18 50 .288 .000 .800 12.5 3.3 0.6 0.7
7 Mark Acres 25 17 158 14 26 0 1 9 18 14 36 2 1 1 6 33 37 .538 .000 .500 9.3 2.2 2.1 0.1
8 Fred Roberts 27 15 100 11 21 0 0 7 11 8 16 3 3 0 6 20 29 .524 .636 6.7 1.9 1.1 0.2
9 Reggie Lewis 22 12 70 13 34 0 1 3 5 9 16 4 3 2 0 13 29 .382 .000 .600 5.8 2.4 1.3 0.3
10 Dirk Minniefield 27 11 50 6 14 2 4 2 2 1 2 11 2 0 10 13 16 .429 .500 1.000 4.5 1.5 0.2 1.0
11 Brad Lohaus 23 9 26 8 11 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 4 16 .727 .000 2.9 1.8 0.4 0.0
12 Artis Gilmore 38 14 86 4 8 0 0 7 14 4 20 1 0 4 4 14 15 .500 .500 6.1 1.1 1.4 0.1

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 Kevin McHale 30 17 716 21.8 .670 .605 9.4 13.6 11.5 10.1 0.5 2.6 10.8 22.8 129 110 2.5 0.8 3.3
2 Larry Bird 31 17 763 20.2 .538 .467 4.7 19.0 11.9 26.1 2.5 1.1 11.2 25.9 112 106 1.2 1.2 2.4
3 Dennis Johnson 33 17 702 14.9 .529 .448 2.6 10.6 6.7 30.6 1.8 0.7 15.0 19.3 111 110 0.8 0.8 1.6
4 Robert Parish 34 17 626 15.0 .582 .532 10.0 22.4 16.3 5.4 0.9 1.9 15.0 18.2 110 107 0.5 0.9 1.4
5 Danny Ainge 28 17 670 8.6 .489 .438 2.8 6.8 4.8 24.3 0.7 0.1 16.8 16.4 102 113 0.0 0.5 0.5
6 Mark Acres 25 17 158 6.2 .545 .538 10.9 16.7 13.8 1.8 0.3 0.4 15.0 11.4 108 111 0.1 0.2 0.2
7 Artis Gilmore 38 14 86 5.3 .530 .500 5.7 22.3 14.1 1.6 0.0 2.9 22.0 9.5 94 108 0.0 0.1 0.1
8 Brad Lohaus 23 9 26 19.2 .727 .727 4.7 13.8 9.3 0.0 0.0 2.4 8.3 20.9 125 111 0.1 0.0 0.1
9 Reggie Lewis 22 12 70 12.9 .401 .382 15.8 12.0 13.9 9.7 2.2 1.8 0.0 23.4 103 107 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Fred Roberts 27 15 100 7.1 .561 .524 9.8 9.6 9.7 4.5 1.6 0.0 18.8 14.4 104 111 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Dirk Minniefield 27 11 50 2.5 .538 .500 2.5 2.4 2.4 33.5 2.1 0.0 40.2 22.5 79 112 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
12 Jim Paxson 30 15 188 2.2 .369 .288 0.7 5.1 2.9 8.5 1.7 0.7 15.0 19.2 75 111 -0.5 0.2 -0.3

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 Jim Paxson $875,000
5 Artis Gilmore $863,000
6 Dennis Johnson $832,500
7 Danny Ainge $625,000
8 Bill Walton $425,000
9 Jerry Sichting $250,000
10 Fred Roberts $200,000
11 Greg Kite $200,000
12 Conner Henry $120,000
13 Dirk Minniefield $100,000
14 Brad Lohaus $75,000
15 Reggie Lewis $75,000
16 Mark Acres $75,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)