1967-68 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Bill Russell (54-28)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 116.1 (8th of 12) Opp PTS/G: 112.0 (2nd of 12)

SRS: 3.87 (3rd of 12) Pace: 121.1 (7th of 12)

Off Rtg: 95.7 (8th of 12) Def Rtg: 92.4 (2nd of 12) Net Rtg: +3.4 (3rd of 12)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 12)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 320,788 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1968 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-2) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
28	Wayne Embry	C	6-8	240	March 26, 1937	us US	9	Miami University
11	Mal Graham	PG	6-1	185	February 23, 1945		R	NYU
17	John Havlicek	SG	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	5	Ohio State
18	Bailey Howell	PF	6-7	210	January 20, 1937	us US	8	Mississippi State
27	Johnny Jones	SF	6-7	205	March 12, 1943	us US	R	California State University, Los Angeles
24	Sam Jones	SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933	us US	10	NC Central
19	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us US	5	Iowa
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	11	San Francisco
16	Tom Sanders	SF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	7	NYU
20	Larry Siegfried	PG	6-3	190	May 22, 1939	us US	4	Ohio State
12	Tom Thacker	SG	6-2	170	November 2, 1939	us US	3	Cincinnati
26	Rick Weitzman	SG	6-2	175	April 30, 1946	us US	R	Northeastern University

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	33	C	78	37.9	4.7	11.0	.425	3.2	5.9	.537	18.6	4.6	3.1	12.5	AS,NBA2
2	John Havlicek	27	SG	82	35.6	8.1	18.9	.429	4.5	5.5	.812	6.7	4.7	2.9	20.7	AS,NBA2
3	Bailey Howell	31	PF	82	34.2	7.8	16.3	.481	4.1	5.6	.727	9.8	1.6	3.5	19.8
4	Sam Jones	34	SG	73	33.0	8.5	18.5	.461	4.3	5.2	.827	4.9	3.0	2.5	21.3	AS
5	Larry Siegfried	28	PG	62	31.2	4.2	10.1	.415	3.8	4.4	.868	3.5	4.7	3.1	12.2
6	Tom Sanders	29	SF	78	25.4	3.8	8.9	.428	2.6	3.3	.784	5.8	1.3	3.8	10.2
7	Don Nelson	27	SF	82	18.3	3.8	7.7	.494	2.4	3.3	.728	5.3	1.3	2.2	10.0
8	Mal Graham	22	PG	48	16.4	2.4	5.7	.430	1.2	1.8	.636	2.0	1.3	2.6	6.0
9	Wayne Embry	30	C	78	13.9	2.5	6.2	.400	1.4	2.4	.589	4.1	0.7	2.2	6.3
10	Tom Thacker	28	SG	65	12.0	1.8	4.2	.419	0.7	1.3	.512	2.5	1.1	2.5	4.2
11	Johnny Jones	24	SF	51	9.3	1.7	5.0	.340	0.8	1.3	.618	2.2	0.5	1.2	4.2
12	Rick Weitzman	21	SG	25	3.0	0.5	1.8	.261	0.4	0.5	.692	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.3
	Team Totals			82	240.3	45.0	102.1	.440	26.2	36.4	.721	69.1	21.9	26.2	116.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	33	C	19	45.7	5.2	12.7	.409	4.0	6.8	.585	22.8	5.2	3.8	14.4
2	John Havlicek	27	SG	19	45.4	9.7	21.4	.452	6.6	7.9	.828	8.6	7.5	3.5	25.9
3	Sam Jones	34	SG	19	36.1	8.5	19.3	.441	3.5	4.4	.786	3.4	2.6	3.1	20.5
4	Bailey Howell	31	PF	19	31.4	7.1	13.9	.511	3.9	5.6	.692	7.7	1.2	4.4	18.1
5	Larry Siegfried	28	PG	19	28.2	4.1	10.6	.388	4.1	4.5	.906	2.6	2.9	3.9	12.3
6	Don Nelson	27	SF	19	24.6	4.8	9.2	.520	2.9	3.9	.743	7.5	1.7	2.6	12.5
7	Tom Sanders	29	SF	14	20.6	3.6	7.1	.505	1.1	1.5	.762	4.5	0.9	3.8	8.3
8	Wayne Embry	30	C	16	10.1	1.4	3.7	.390	0.8	1.8	.448	2.8	0.4	2.3	3.7
9	Tom Thacker	28	SG	17	4.8	0.4	1.4	.292	0.1	0.4	.286	1.0	0.5	1.4	0.9
10	Mal Graham	22	PG	5	4.4	0.4	1.0	.400	0.2	0.6	.333	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.0
11	Johnny Jones	24	SF	5	2.0	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2
12	Rick Weitzman	21	SG	3	1.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3
	Team Totals			38	1310.0	238.9	529.1	.451	144.3	197.7	.731	347.6	122.7	149.6	622.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	33	C	78	2953	4.4	10.5	.425	3.0	5.6	.537	17.7	4.4	3.0	11.9	AS,NBA2
2	John Havlicek	27	SG	82	2921	8.2	19.1	.429	4.5	5.6	.812	6.7	4.7	2.9	21.0	AS,NBA2
3	Bailey Howell	31	PF	82	2801	8.3	17.2	.481	4.3	5.9	.727	10.3	1.7	3.7	20.8
4	Sam Jones	34	SG	73	2408	9.3	20.2	.461	4.6	5.6	.827	5.3	3.2	2.7	23.2	AS
5	Tom Sanders	29	SF	78	1981	5.4	12.6	.428	3.6	4.6	.784	8.3	1.8	5.5	14.4
6	Larry Siegfried	28	PG	62	1937	4.9	11.7	.415	4.4	5.1	.868	4.0	5.4	3.6	14.1
7	Don Nelson	27	SF	82	1498	7.5	15.2	.494	4.7	6.4	.728	10.4	2.5	4.3	19.7
8	Wayne Embry	30	C	78	1088	6.4	16.0	.400	3.6	6.1	.589	10.6	1.7	5.8	16.4
9	Mal Graham	22	PG	48	786	5.4	12.5	.430	2.6	4.0	.636	4.3	2.8	5.6	13.3
10	Tom Thacker	28	SG	65	782	5.2	12.5	.419	2.0	3.9	.512	7.4	3.2	7.6	12.5
11	Johnny Jones	24	SF	51	475	6.5	19.2	.340	3.2	5.2	.618	8.6	2.0	4.5	16.2
12	Rick Weitzman	21	SG	25	75	5.8	22.1	.261	4.3	6.2	.692	4.8	3.8	3.8	15.8

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	33	C	19	869	4.1	10.0	.409	3.1	5.4	.585	18.0	4.1	3.0	11.4
2	John Havlicek	27	SG	19	862	7.7	17.0	.452	5.2	6.3	.828	6.8	5.9	2.8	20.6
3	Sam Jones	34	SG	19	685	8.5	19.3	.441	3.5	4.4	.786	3.4	2.6	3.0	20.5
4	Bailey Howell	31	PF	19	597	8.1	15.9	.511	4.5	6.5	.692	8.8	1.3	5.1	20.7
5	Larry Siegfried	28	PG	19	535	5.2	13.5	.388	5.2	5.7	.906	3.4	3.8	5.0	15.7
6	Don Nelson	27	SF	19	468	7.0	13.5	.520	4.2	5.7	.743	11.0	2.5	3.8	18.2
7	Tom Sanders	29	SF	14	289	6.2	12.3	.505	2.0	2.6	.762	7.8	1.5	6.6	14.4
8	Wayne Embry	30	C	16	162	5.1	13.1	.390	2.9	6.4	.448	10.0	1.3	8.0	13.1
9	Tom Thacker	28	SG	17	81	3.1	10.7	.292	0.9	3.1	.286	7.6	3.6	10.2	7.1
10	Mal Graham	22	PG	5	22	3.3	8.2	.400	1.6	4.9	.333	6.5	1.6	4.9	8.2
11	Johnny Jones	24	SF	5	10	10.8	21.6	.500	0.0	0.0		14.4	0.0	7.2	21.6
12	Rick Weitzman	21	SG	3	5	14.4	21.6	.667	0.0	0.0		7.2	7.2	0.0	28.8