1968-69 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 48-34, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Bill Russell (48-34)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 111.0 (10th of 14) Opp PTS/G: 105.4 (2nd of 14)

SRS: 5.35 (2nd of 14) Pace: 117.5 (5th of 14)

Off Rtg: 93.8 (10th of 14) Def Rtg: 89.1 (1st of 14) Net Rtg: +4.7 (2nd of 14)

Expected W-L: 55-27 (2nd of 14)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 322,130 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1969 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) 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	Jim Barnes	C	6-8	210	April 13, 1941	us US	4	Texas-El Paso
7	Em Bryant	PG	6-1	175	November 4, 1938	us US	4	DePaul
12	Don Chaney	SG	6-5	210	March 22, 1946	us US	R	Houston
11	Mal Graham	PG	6-1	185	February 23, 1945		1	NYU
17	John Havlicek	SG	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	6	Ohio State
18	Bailey Howell	PF	6-7	210	January 20, 1937	us US	9	Mississippi State
26	Rich Johnson	C	6-7	210	December 18, 1946		R	Grambling State University
24	Sam Jones	SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933	us US	11	NC Central
19	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us US	6	Iowa
29	Bud Olsen	PF	6-8	220	July 25, 1940	us US	6	Louisville
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	12	San Francisco
16	Tom Sanders	SF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	8	NYU
20	Larry Siegfried	PG	6-3	190	May 22, 1939	us US	5	Ohio State

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	34	C	77	42.7	3.6	8.4	.433	2.6	5.0	.526	19.3	4.9	3.0	9.9	MVP-4,AS
2	John Havlicek	28	SG	82	38.7	8.4	20.8	.405	4.7	6.0	.780	7.0	5.4	3.0	21.6	AS,NBA2
3	Bailey Howell	32	PF	78	32.4	7.8	16.1	.487	4.0	5.5	.735	8.8	1.8	3.7	19.7
4	Larry Siegfried	29	PG	79	32.4	5.0	13.1	.380	4.3	4.9	.864	3.6	4.7	2.8	14.2
5	Tom Sanders	30	SF	82	26.6	4.4	10.3	.430	2.3	3.1	.733	7.0	1.3	3.6	11.2
6	Sam Jones	35	SG	70	26.0	7.1	15.8	.450	2.1	2.7	.783	3.8	2.6	1.7	16.3
7	Don Nelson	28	SF	82	21.6	4.6	9.4	.485	2.5	3.2	.776	5.6	1.1	2.4	11.6
8	Em Bryant	30	PG	80	17.4	2.5	6.1	.404	0.8	1.3	.650	2.4	2.2	3.3	5.7
9	Jim Barnes	27	C	49	12.1	1.9	4.1	.455	1.3	1.9	.707	4.0	0.6	2.2	5.1
10	Don Chaney	22	SG	20	10.5	1.8	5.7	.319	0.4	1.0	.400	2.3	1.0	1.6	4.0
11	Bud Olsen	28	PF	7	6.1	1.0	2.7	.368	0.0	0.9	.000	2.0	0.6	0.9	2.0
12	Rich Johnson	22	C	31	5.3	0.9	2.5	.382	0.4	0.7	.478	1.7	0.2	1.3	2.2
13	Mal Graham	23	PG	22	4.7	0.6	2.5	.236	0.5	0.6	.786	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.7
	Team Totals			82	26.1	4.7	11.0	.431	2.6	3.5	.729	6.4	2.6	2.7	12.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Havlicek	28	SG	18	47.2	9.4	21.2	.445	6.6	7.7	.855	9.9	5.6	3.2	25.4
2	Bill Russell	34	C	18	46.1	4.3	10.1	.423	2.3	4.5	.506	20.5	5.4	3.6	10.8
3	Em Bryant	30	PG	18	33.7	4.4	10.7	.409	2.2	2.9	.755	4.9	3.0	4.2	11.0
4	Bailey Howell	32	PF	18	30.6	6.2	12.7	.489	2.6	3.6	.719	6.6	1.1	4.7	15.0
5	Sam Jones	35	SG	18	28.6	6.9	16.4	.419	3.1	3.8	.797	3.2	2.1	2.5	16.8
6	Larry Siegfried	29	PG	18	21.8	4.0	9.6	.419	3.1	3.9	.786	2.1	2.6	3.3	11.1
7	Don Nelson	28	SF	18	19.3	4.8	9.3	.518	2.8	3.3	.833	4.6	1.2	2.8	12.4
8	Tom Sanders	30	SF	15	13.1	2.1	4.9	.438	1.5	2.1	.742	3.2	0.5	2.7	5.8
9	Don Chaney	22	SG	7	3.6	0.1	0.9	.167	0.4	0.6	.750	0.6	0.0	1.0	0.7
10	Rich Johnson	22	C	2	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
11	Mal Graham	23	PG	2	1.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			36	28.4	5.0	11.2	.443	2.8	3.8	.756	6.5	2.5	3.2	12.8

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	34	C	77	3291	3.1	7.1	.433	2.2	4.2	.526	16.2	4.1	2.5	8.3	MVP-4,AS
2	John Havlicek	28	SG	82	3174	7.8	19.4	.405	4.4	5.6	.780	6.5	5.0	2.8	20.1	AS,NBA2
3	Larry Siegfried	29	PG	79	2560	5.5	14.5	.380	4.7	5.5	.864	4.0	5.2	3.1	15.8
4	Bailey Howell	32	PF	78	2527	8.7	17.9	.487	4.5	6.1	.735	9.8	2.0	4.1	21.9
5	Tom Sanders	30	SF	82	2184	6.0	14.0	.430	3.1	4.2	.733	9.5	1.8	4.8	15.1
6	Sam Jones	35	SG	70	1820	9.8	21.8	.450	2.9	3.7	.783	5.2	3.6	2.4	22.5
7	Don Nelson	28	SF	82	1773	7.6	15.7	.485	4.1	5.3	.776	9.3	1.9	4.0	19.3
8	Em Bryant	30	PG	80	1388	5.1	12.7	.404	1.7	2.6	.650	5.0	4.6	6.8	11.9
9	Jim Barnes	27	C	49	595	5.6	12.2	.455	3.9	5.6	.707	11.7	1.6	6.5	15.1
10	Don Chaney	22	SG	20	209	6.2	19.5	.319	1.4	3.4	.400	7.9	3.3	5.5	13.8
11	Rich Johnson	22	C	31	163	6.4	16.8	.382	2.4	5.1	.478	11.5	1.5	8.8	15.2
12	Mal Graham	23	PG	22	103	4.5	19.2	.236	3.8	4.9	.786	8.4	4.9	9.4	12.9
13	Bud Olsen	28	PF	7	43	5.9	15.9	.368	0.0	5.0	.000	11.7	3.3	5.0	11.7

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Havlicek	28	SG	18	850	7.2	16.2	.445	5.0	5.8	.855	7.6	4.2	2.5	19.4
2	Bill Russell	34	C	18	829	3.3	7.9	.423	1.8	3.5	.506	16.0	4.3	2.8	8.5
3	Em Bryant	30	PG	18	607	4.7	11.4	.409	2.4	3.1	.755	5.2	3.2	4.4	11.7
4	Bailey Howell	32	PF	18	551	7.3	15.0	.489	3.0	4.2	.719	7.7	1.2	5.5	17.6
5	Sam Jones	35	SG	18	514	8.7	20.7	.419	3.9	4.8	.797	4.1	2.6	3.2	21.2
6	Larry Siegfried	29	PG	18	392	6.6	15.8	.419	5.1	6.4	.786	3.5	4.2	5.5	18.3
7	Don Nelson	28	SF	18	348	9.0	17.4	.518	5.2	6.2	.833	8.6	2.2	5.3	23.2
8	Tom Sanders	30	SF	15	197	5.8	13.3	.438	4.2	5.7	.742	8.8	1.3	7.3	15.9
9	Don Chaney	22	SG	7	25	1.4	8.6	.167	4.3	5.8	.750	5.8	0.0	10.1	7.2
10	Rich Johnson	22	C	2	4	9.0	9.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		18.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
11	Mal Graham	23	PG	2	3	0.0	24.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0