1970-71 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (44-38)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 117.2 (2nd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 115.1 (13th of 17)

SRS: 2.30 (6th of 17) Pace: 120.2 (2nd of 17)

Off Rtg: 97.0 (10th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.3 (3rd of 17) Net Rtg: +1.7 (5th of 17)

Expected W-L: 46-36 (5th of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 313,768 (2nd of 2)

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
12	Don Chaney	SG	6-5	210	March 22, 1946	us US	2	Houston
18	Dave Cowens	C	6-9	230	October 25, 1948	us US	R	Florida State
27	Bill Dinwiddie	PF	6-7	220	July 15, 1943		2	New Mexico Highlands University
29	Hank Finkel	C	7-0	240	April 20, 1942	us US	4	Dayton
17	John Havlicek	SF	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	8	Ohio State
26	Rich Johnson	C	6-7	210	December 18, 1946		2	Grambling State University
11	Steve Kuberski	PF	6-8	215	November 6, 1947	us US	1	Bradley
20	Rex Morgan	SG	6-5	190	October 27, 1948	us US	R	Jacksonville University
19	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us US	8	Iowa
16	Tom Sanders	SF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	10	NYU
33	Garfield Smith	C	6-9	235	November 18, 1945	us US	R	Eastern Kentucky University
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us US	1	Kansas
7	Art Williams	PG	6-1	180	September 29, 1939	us US	3	Cal Poly Pomona
28	Willie Williams	F	6-7	200	July 28, 1946		R	Florida 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	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	John Havlicek	30	81	45.4	11.0	24.5	.450	11.0	24.5	.450	.450	6.8	8.4	.818	9.0	7.5	2.5	28.9
2	Dave Cowens	22	81	38.0	6.8	16.1	.422	6.8	16.1	.422	.422	3.4	4.6	.732	15.0	2.8	4.3	17.0
3	Jo Jo White	24	75	37.2	9.2	19.9	.464	9.2	19.9	.464	.464	2.9	3.6	.799	5.0	4.8	3.4	21.3
4	Don Chaney	24	81	28.3	4.3	9.5	.454	4.3	9.5	.454	.454	2.9	3.9	.748	5.7	2.9	3.6	11.5
5	Don Nelson	30	82	27.5	5.0	10.7	.468	5.0	10.7	.468	.468	3.9	5.2	.744	6.9	1.9	2.8	13.9
6	Steve Kuberski	23	82	22.8	3.8	9.1	.420	3.8	9.1	.420	.420	1.6	2.2	.727	6.6	1.0	2.4	9.3
7	Hank Finkel	28	80	15.4	2.7	6.1	.438	2.7	6.1	.438	.438	1.2	1.6	.732	4.3	1.0	2.5	6.5
8	Art Williams	31	74	15.4	2.0	4.5	.455	2.0	4.5	.455	.455	0.8	1.1	.723	2.8	3.1	2.5	4.9
9	Rich Johnson	24	1	13.0	4.0	5.0	.800	4.0	5.0	.800	.800	0.0	0.0		5.0	0.0	3.0	8.0
10	Bill Dinwiddie	27	61	11.8	2.0	5.4	.375	2.0	5.4	.375	.375	0.9	1.2	.730	3.4	0.6	1.5	4.9
11	Rex Morgan	22	34	7.8	1.2	3.0	.402	1.2	3.0	.402	.402	1.0	1.6	.648	1.8	0.6	1.7	3.4
12	Garfield Smith	25	37	7.6	1.1	3.1	.362	1.1	3.1	.362	.362	0.6	1.5	.393	2.6	0.2	1.4	2.9
13	Tom Sanders	32	17	7.1	0.9	2.6	.364	0.9	2.6	.364	.364	0.4	0.5	.875	1.0	0.6	1.5	2.3
14	Willie Williams	24	16	3.5	0.4	2.0	.188	0.4	2.0	.188	.188	0.2	0.3	.600	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.9

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
1	John Havlicek	30	81	3678	892	1982	.450	892	1982	.450	.450	554	677	.818	730	607		200	2338
2	Dave Cowens	22	81	3076	550	1302	.422	550	1302	.422	.422	273	373	.732	1216	228		350	1373
3	Jo Jo White	24	75	2787	693	1494	.464	693	1494	.464	.464	215	269	.799	376	361		255	1601
4	Don Chaney	24	81	2289	348	766	.454	348	766	.454	.454	234	313	.748	463	235		288	930
5	Don Nelson	30	82	2254	412	881	.468	412	881	.468	.468	317	426	.744	565	153		232	1141
6	Steve Kuberski	23	82	1867	313	745	.420	313	745	.420	.420	133	183	.727	538	78		198	759
7	Hank Finkel	28	80	1234	214	489	.438	214	489	.438	.438	93	127	.732	343	79		196	521
8	Art Williams	31	74	1141	150	330	.455	150	330	.455	.455	60	83	.723	205	233		182	360
9	Bill Dinwiddie	27	61	717	123	328	.375	123	328	.375	.375	54	74	.730	209	34		90	300
10	Garfield Smith	25	37	281	42	116	.362	42	116	.362	.362	22	56	.393	95	9		53	106
11	Rex Morgan	22	34	266	41	102	.402	41	102	.402	.402	35	54	.648	61	22		58	117
12	Tom Sanders	32	17	121	16	44	.364	16	44	.364	.364	7	8	.875	17	11		25	39
13	Willie Williams	24	16	56	6	32	.188	6	32	.188	.188	3	5	.600	10	2		8	15
14	Rich Johnson	24	1	13	4	5	.800	4	5	.800	.800	0	0		5	0		3	8
			82	19780	3804	8616	.442	3804	8616	.442	.442	2000	2648	.755	4833	2052	1649	2138	9608

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	TRB%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	John Havlicek	30	81	3678	20.8	.513	.342	8.6	23.0	6.6	5.9	12.5	.164
2	Dave Cowens	22	81	3076	15.4	.468	.286	17.0	9.5	0.6	5.8	6.4	.100
3	Jo Jo White	24	75	2787	16.2	.496	.180	5.8	18.2	3.1	3.6	6.7	.116
4	Don Chaney	24	81	2289	13.0	.515	.409	8.7	12.7	2.7	3.2	5.9	.124
5	Don Nelson	30	82	2254	15.9	.534	.484	10.8	8.7	4.2	3.2	7.4	.157
6	Steve Kuberski	23	82	1867	11.8	.460	.246	12.4	5.3	-0.1	2.7	2.6	.066
7	Hank Finkel	28	80	1234	12.1	.478	.260	12.0	8.1	0.5	1.8	2.3	.091
8	Art Williams	31	74	1141	12.5	.491	.252	7.7	24.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	.114
9	Bill Dinwiddie	27	61	717	10.4	.416	.226	12.6	6.0	-0.9	1.1	0.2	.011
10	Garfield Smith	25	37	281	7.6	.377	.483	14.6	3.9	-0.6	0.4	-0.2	-0.035
11	Rex Morgan	22	34	266	10.7	.465	.529	9.9	10.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	.074
12	Tom Sanders	32	17	121	6.1	.410	.182	6.1	11.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.006
13	Willie Williams	24	16	56	-2.9	.219	.156	7.7	4.2	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	-0.329
14	Rich Johnson	24	1	13	22.2	.800	.000	16.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	.406