1967-68 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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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)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

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

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

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Per Game

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

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

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	33	78	2953	365	858	.425	365	858	.425	.425	247	460	.537	1451	357	242	977
2	John Havlicek	27	82	2921	666	1551	.429	666	1551	.429	.429	368	453	.812	546	384	237	1700
3	Bailey Howell	31	82	2801	643	1336	.481	643	1336	.481	.481	335	461	.727	805	133	285	1621
4	Sam Jones	34	73	2408	621	1348	.461	621	1348	.461	.461	311	376	.827	357	216	181	1553
5	Tom Sanders	29	78	1981	296	691	.428	296	691	.428	.428	200	255	.784	454	100	300	792
6	Larry Siegfried	28	62	1937	261	629	.415	261	629	.415	.415	236	272	.868	215	289	194	758
7	Don Nelson	27	82	1498	312	632	.494	312	632	.494	.494	195	268	.728	431	103	178	819
8	Wayne Embry	30	78	1088	193	483	.400	193	483	.400	.400	109	185	.589	321	52	174	495
9	Mal Graham	22	48	786	117	272	.430	117	272	.430	.430	56	88	.636	94	61	123	290
10	Tom Thacker	28	65	782	114	272	.419	114	272	.419	.419	43	84	.512	161	69	165	271
11	Johnny Jones	24	51	475	86	253	.340	86	253	.340	.340	42	68	.618	114	26	60	214
12	Rick Weitzman	21	25	75	12	46	.261	12	46	.261	.261	9	13	.692	10	8	8	33
			82	19705	3686	8371	.440	3686	8371	.440	.440	2151	2983	.721	5666	1798	2147	9523

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	33	19	869	99	242	.409	99	242	.409	.409	76	130	.585	434	99	73	274
2	John Havlicek	27	19	862	184	407	.452	184	407	.452	.452	125	151	.828	164	142	67	493
3	Sam Jones	34	19	685	162	367	.441	162	367	.441	.441	66	84	.786	64	50	58	390
4	Bailey Howell	31	19	597	135	264	.511	135	264	.511	.511	74	107	.692	146	22	84	344
5	Larry Siegfried	28	19	535	78	201	.388	78	201	.388	.388	77	85	.906	50	56	75	233
6	Don Nelson	27	19	468	91	175	.520	91	175	.520	.520	55	74	.743	143	32	49	237
7	Tom Sanders	29	14	289	50	99	.505	50	99	.505	.505	16	21	.762	63	12	53	116
8	Wayne Embry	30	16	162	23	59	.390	23	59	.390	.390	13	29	.448	45	6	36	59
9	Tom Thacker	28	17	81	7	24	.292	7	24	.292	.292	2	7	.286	17	8	23	16
10	Mal Graham	22	5	22	2	5	.400	2	5	.400	.400	1	3	.333	4	1	3	5
11	Johnny Jones	24	5	10	3	6	.500	3	6	.500	.500	0	0		4	0	2	6
12	Rick Weitzman	21	3	5	2	3	.667	2	3	.667	.667	0	0		1	1	0	4

Advanced

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Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bill Russell	33	78	2953	17.0	.461	.536	14.9	0.4	7.8	8.2	.133
2	John Havlicek	27	82	2921	17.7	.486	.292	18.6	2.7	4.9	7.6	.125
3	Bailey Howell	31	82	2801	18.1	.527	.345	6.7	5.6	4.5	10.1	.174
4	Sam Jones	34	73	2408	18.3	.513	.279	13.2	4.5	3.2	7.7	.154
5	Tom Sanders	29	78	1981	11.4	.493	.369	6.4	1.5	2.9	4.3	.105
6	Larry Siegfried	28	62	1937	13.1	.506	.432	18.6	2.2	2.9	5.1	.126
7	Don Nelson	27	82	1498	18.2	.546	.424	9.5	3.6	2.6	6.1	.197
8	Wayne Embry	30	78	1088	11.7	.439	.383	6.3	-0.7	1.8	1.1	.050
9	Mal Graham	22	48	786	8.8	.467	.324	9.9	0.2	0.9	1.1	.067
10	Tom Thacker	28	65	782	8.6	.439	.309	11.2	-0.3	1.2	0.9	.055
11	Johnny Jones	24	51	475	9.0	.378	.269	7.3	-1.3	0.7	-0.5	-0.055
12	Rick Weitzman	21	25	75	5.6	.319	.283	13.8	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.184

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Bill Russell	33	19	869	16.7	.458	.537	14.3	0.1	1.6	1.6	.091
2	John Havlicek	27	19	862	19.9	.521	.371	23.6	1.8	1.1	2.8	.157
3	Sam Jones	34	19	685	14.0	.483	.229	10.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	.074
4	Bailey Howell	31	19	597	17.2	.553	.405	5.4	1.6	0.6	2.2	.176
5	Larry Siegfried	28	19	535	11.6	.489	.423	13.7	0.5	0.4	0.9	.080
6	Don Nelson	27	19	468	18.5	.571	.423	9.5	1.3	0.6	1.9	.191
7	Tom Sanders	29	14	289	11.6	.536	.212	5.6	0.5	0.3	0.7	.121
8	Wayne Embry	30	16	162	7.9	.411	.492	4.8	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.005
9	Tom Thacker	28	17	81	2.2	.295	.292	12.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.088
10	Mal Graham	22	5	22	5.3	.396	.600	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.006
11	Johnny Jones	24	5	10	16.9	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.119
12	Rick Weitzman	21	3	5	32.3	.667	.000	39.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.401

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