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1972-73 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 68-14, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (68-14)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.7 (2nd of 17) Opp PTS/G: 104.5 (6th of 17)

SRS: 7.35 (3rd of 17) Pace: 114.5 (3rd of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.1 (8th of 17) Def Rtg: 91.0 (1st of 17) Net Rtg: +7.1 (3rd of 17)

Expected W-L: 61-21 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 423,234 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1973 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

Atlantic 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
12	Don Chaney	SG	6-5	210	March 22, 1946	us US	4	Houston
18	Dave Cowens	C	6-9	230	October 25, 1948	us US	2	Florida State
29	Hank Finkel	C	7-0	240	April 20, 1942	us US	6	Dayton
17	John Havlicek	SF	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	10	Ohio State
11	Steve Kuberski	SF	6-8	215	November 6, 1947	us US	3	Bradley
20	Mark Minor	SF	6-6	215	May 14, 1950		R	Ohio State
19	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us US	10	Iowa
16	Tom Sanders	SF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	12	NYU
35	Paul Silas	PF	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	us US	8	Creighton
44	Paul Westphal	SG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	us US	R	USC
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us US	3	Kansas
7	Art Williams	PG	6-1	180	September 29, 1939	us US	5	Cal Poly Pomona

Assistant Coaches and Staff

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

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Team Misc

Per Game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	John Havlicek	32	SF	80	42.1	9.6	21.3	.450	4.6	5.4	.858	7.1	6.6	2.4	23.8	MVP-5,AS,NBA1
2	Dave Cowens	24	C	82	41.8	9.0	20.0	.452	2.5	3.2	.779	16.2	4.1	3.8	20.5	MVP-1,AS,NBA2
3	Jo Jo White	26	PG	82	39.6	8.7	20.3	.431	2.2	2.8	.781	5.0	6.1	2.3	19.7	AS
4	Paul Silas	29	PF	80	32.7	5.0	10.6	.470	3.3	4.8	.700	13.0	3.1	2.5	13.3
5	Don Chaney	26	SG	79	31.5	5.2	10.9	.482	2.7	3.4	.787	5.7	2.8	3.5	13.1
6	Don Nelson	32	SF	72	19.8	4.3	9.0	.476	2.2	2.6	.846	4.4	1.4	2.2	10.8
7	Art Williams	33	PG	81	12.0	1.4	3.2	.421	0.5	0.7	.768	2.2	2.9	1.7	3.2
8	Steve Kuberski	25	SF	78	9.8	1.8	4.4	.403	0.8	1.1	.774	2.5	0.3	1.2	4.4
9	Paul Westphal	22	SG	60	8.0	1.5	3.5	.420	1.1	1.4	.779	1.1	1.2	1.5	4.1
10	Tom Sanders	34	SF	59	7.2	0.8	2.5	.315	0.4	0.6	.657	1.5	0.5	1.4	2.0
11	Hank Finkel	30	C	76	6.5	1.0	2.3	.451	0.4	0.7	.538	2.0	0.3	1.1	2.4
12	Mark Minor	22	SF	4	5.0	0.3	1.0	.250	0.8	1.0	.750	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.3
	Team Totals				48.1	46.5	103.8	.448	19.7	25.3	.780	58.6	28.3	22.0	112.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dave Cowens	24	C	13	46.0	9.9	21.0	.473	2.1	3.2	.659	16.6	3.7	4.2	21.9
2	Jo Jo White	26	PG	13	44.8	10.4	23.1	.450	3.8	4.2	.907	4.2	6.4	3.4	24.5
3	John Havlicek	32	SF	12	39.9	9.3	19.6	.477	5.1	6.2	.824	5.2	5.4	2.0	23.8
4	Paul Silas	29	PF	13	39.4	3.6	9.2	.392	2.4	3.8	.620	15.1	3.0	3.0	9.6
5	Don Chaney	26	SG	12	24.0	3.3	6.8	.476	1.0	1.4	.706	3.3	2.1	3.4	7.5
6	Don Nelson	32	SF	13	23.3	3.6	7.8	.465	3.8	4.3	.875	2.9	1.2	2.2	11.0
7	Art Williams	33	PG	10	15.6	2.1	4.7	.447	0.6	0.8	.750	2.7	4.1	3.1	4.8
8	Paul Westphal	22	SG	11	9.9	1.7	3.5	.487	0.5	0.6	.714	0.6	0.8	2.2	3.9
9	Steve Kuberski	25	SF	12	7.9	1.6	3.8	.413	0.6	0.8	.700	1.2	0.3	1.3	3.8
10	Tom Sanders	34	SF	5	4.8	1.0	1.8	.556	0.0	0.4	.000	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.0
11	Hank Finkel	30	C	7	3.3	0.9	1.3	.667	0.0	0.0		0.9	0.4	0.6	1.7
	Team Totals				48.8	44.5	97.0	.459	19.0	25.0	.760	51.2	26.3	24.0	108.1

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dave Cowens	24	82		3425	740	1637	.452				740	1637	.452	.452	204	262	.779			1329	333				311	1684
2	John Havlicek	32	80		3367	766	1704	.450				766	1704	.450	.450	370	431	.858			567	529				195	1902
3	Jo Jo White	26	82		3250	717	1665	.431				717	1665	.431	.431	178	228	.781			414	498				185	1612
4	Paul Silas	29	80		2618	400	851	.470				400	851	.470	.470	266	380	.700			1039	251				197	1066
5	Don Chaney	26	79		2488	414	859	.482				414	859	.482	.482	210	267	.787			449	221				276	1038
6	Don Nelson	32	72		1425	309	649	.476				309	649	.476	.476	159	188	.846			315	102				155	777
7	Art Williams	33	81		974	110	261	.421				110	261	.421	.421	43	56	.768			182	236				136	263
8	Steve Kuberski	25	78		762	140	347	.403				140	347	.403	.403	65	84	.774			197	26				92	345
9	Hank Finkel	30	76		496	78	173	.451				78	173	.451	.451	28	52	.538			151	26				83	184
10	Paul Westphal	22	60		482	89	212	.420				89	212	.420	.420	67	86	.779			67	69				88	245
11	Tom Sanders	34	59		423	47	149	.315				47	149	.315	.315	23	35	.657			88	27				82	117
12	Mark Minor	22	4		20	1	4	.250				1	4	.250	.250	3	4	.750			4	2				5	5
			82		19730	3811	8511	.448				3811	8511	.448	.448	1616	2073	.780			4802	2320			1682	1805	9238

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Dave Cowens	24	13		598	129	273	.473				129	273	.473	.473	27	41	.659			216	48				54	285
2	Jo Jo White	26	13		583	135	300	.450				135	300	.450	.450	49	54	.907			54	83				44	319
3	Paul Silas	29	13		512	47	120	.392				47	120	.392	.392	31	50	.620			196	39				39	125
4	John Havlicek	32	12		479	112	235	.477				112	235	.477	.477	61	74	.824			62	65				24	285
5	Don Nelson	32	13		303	47	101	.465				47	101	.465	.465	49	56	.875			38	15				29	143
6	Don Chaney	26	12		288	39	82	.476				39	82	.476	.476	12	17	.706			40	25				41	90
7	Art Williams	33	10		156	21	47	.447				21	47	.447	.447	6	8	.750			27	41				31	48
8	Paul Westphal	22	11		109	19	39	.487				19	39	.487	.487	5	7	.714			7	9				24	43
9	Steve Kuberski	25	12		95	19	46	.413				19	46	.413	.413	7	10	.700			14	3				15	45
10	Tom Sanders	34	5		24	5	9	.556				5	9	.556	.556	0	2	.000			5	1				7	10
11	Hank Finkel	30	7		23	6	9	.667				6	9	.667	.667	0	0				6	3				4	12

Per 36 Minutes

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dave Cowens	24	C	82	3425	7.8	17.2	.452	2.1	2.8	.779	14.0	3.5	3.3	17.7	MVP-1,AS,NBA2
2	John Havlicek	32	SF	80	3367	8.2	18.2	.450	4.0	4.6	.858	6.1	5.7	2.1	20.3	MVP-5,AS,NBA1
3	Jo Jo White	26	PG	82	3250	7.9	18.4	.431	2.0	2.5	.781	4.6	5.5	2.0	17.9	AS
4	Paul Silas	29	PF	80	2618	5.5	11.7	.470	3.7	5.2	.700	14.3	3.5	2.7	14.7
5	Don Chaney	26	SG	79	2488	6.0	12.4	.482	3.0	3.9	.787	6.5	3.2	4.0	15.0
6	Don Nelson	32	SF	72	1425	7.8	16.4	.476	4.0	4.7	.846	8.0	2.6	3.9	19.6
7	Art Williams	33	PG	81	974	4.1	9.6	.421	1.6	2.1	.768	6.7	8.7	5.0	9.7
8	Steve Kuberski	25	SF	78	762	6.6	16.4	.403	3.1	4.0	.774	9.3	1.2	4.3	16.3
9	Hank Finkel	30	C	76	496	5.7	12.6	.451	2.0	3.8	.538	11.0	1.9	6.0	13.4
10	Paul Westphal	22	SG	60	482	6.6	15.8	.420	5.0	6.4	.779	5.0	5.2	6.6	18.3
11	Tom Sanders	34	SF	59	423	4.0	12.7	.315	2.0	3.0	.657	7.5	2.3	7.0	10.0
12	Mark Minor	22	SF	4	20	1.8	7.2	.250	5.4	7.2	.750	7.2	3.6	9.0	9.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dave Cowens	24	C	13	598	7.8	16.4	.473	1.6	2.5	.659	13.0	2.9	3.3	17.2
2	Jo Jo White	26	PG	13	583	8.3	18.5	.450	3.0	3.3	.907	3.3	5.1	2.7	19.7
3	Paul Silas	29	PF	13	512	3.3	8.4	.392	2.2	3.5	.620	13.8	2.7	2.7	8.8
4	John Havlicek	32	SF	12	479	8.4	17.7	.477	4.6	5.6	.824	4.7	4.9	1.8	21.4
5	Don Nelson	32	SF	13	303	5.6	12.0	.465	5.8	6.7	.875	4.5	1.8	3.4	17.0
6	Don Chaney	26	SG	12	288	4.9	10.2	.476	1.5	2.1	.706	5.0	3.1	5.1	11.3
7	Art Williams	33	PG	10	156	4.8	10.8	.447	1.4	1.8	.750	6.2	9.5	7.2	11.1
8	Paul Westphal	22	SG	11	109	6.3	12.9	.487	1.7	2.3	.714	2.3	3.0	7.9	14.2
9	Steve Kuberski	25	SF	12	95	7.2	17.4	.413	2.7	3.8	.700	5.3	1.1	5.7	17.1
10	Tom Sanders	34	SF	5	24	7.5	13.5	.556	0.0	3.0	.000	7.5	1.5	10.5	15.0
11	Hank Finkel	30	C	7	23	9.4	14.1	.667	0.0	0.0		9.4	4.7	6.3	18.8

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dave Cowens	24	82	3425	18.1	.481		.160			17.5	13.0						2.1	9.9	12.0	.168
2	John Havlicek	32	80	3367	18.6	.502		.253			7.6	21.3						4.9	7.2	12.1	.172
3	Jo Jo White	26	82	3250	14.7	.457		.137			5.7	20.6						-0.1	6.2	6.1	.091
4	Paul Silas	29	80	2618	17.9	.523		.447			17.9	11.8						3.8	7.6	11.5	.210
5	Don Chaney	26	79	2488	13.6	.532		.311			8.1	11.1						4.1	4.6	8.7	.168
6	Don Nelson	32	72	1425	16.8	.531		.290			10.0	9.6						3.0	2.8	5.8	.194
7	Art Williams	33	81	974	13.2	.460		.215			8.4	28.4						0.2	2.6	2.8	.138
8	Steve Kuberski	25	78	762	11.7	.449		.242			11.6	4.4						-0.3	1.5	1.2	.077
9	Hank Finkel	30	76	496	11.4	.470		.301			13.7	6.5						0.1	1.1	1.2	.119
10	Paul Westphal	22	60	482	14.2	.490		.406			6.3	18.3						0.5	0.9	1.4	.140
11	Tom Sanders	34	59	423	4.9	.356		.235			9.4	7.5						-1.0	0.8	-0.2	-0.021
12	Mark Minor	22	4	20	6.8	.434		1.000			9.0	10.9						0.0	0.0	0.0	.081

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Dave Cowens	24	13	598	17.8	.490		.150			18.2	11.5						0.6	0.7	1.3	.107
2	Jo Jo White	26	13	583	16.4	.493		.180			4.7	20.9						0.8	0.4	1.2	.101
3	Paul Silas	29	13	512	12.6	.440		.417			19.3	9.3						-0.1	0.6	0.6	.053
4	John Havlicek	32	12	479	19.7	.533		.315			6.5	20.0						1.3	0.4	1.7	.166
5	Don Nelson	32	13	303	14.6	.569		.554			6.3	6.5						0.8	0.2	1.0	.164
6	Don Chaney	26	12	288	10.0	.503		.207			7.0	11.2						0.3	0.2	0.5	.081
7	Art Williams	33	10	156	14.4	.475		.170			8.7	33.8						0.1	0.2	0.3	.091
8	Paul Westphal	22	11	109	9.3	.511		.179			3.2	11.2						0.1	0.1	0.2	.090
9	Steve Kuberski	25	12	95	9.9	.446		.217			7.4	4.4						0.0	0.1	0.0	.017
10	Tom Sanders	34	5	24	9.9	.506		.222			10.5	5.9						0.0	0.0	0.0	.095
11	Hank Finkel	30	7	23	21.6	.667		.000			13.1	20.0						0.1	0.0	0.1	.287

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