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1973-74 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 56-26, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Heinsohn (56-26)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 109.0 (4th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 105.1 (7th of 17)

SRS: 3.42 (3rd of 17) Pace: 110.0 (5th of 17)

Off Rtg: 98.6 (5th of 17) Def Rtg: 95.1 (6th of 17) Net Rtg: +3.5 (3rd of 17)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (3rd of 17)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 355,261 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1974 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Buffalo Braves (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
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	5	Houston
18	Dave Cowens	C	6-9	230	October 25, 1948	us US	3	Florida State
32	Steve Downing	C	6-8	225	September 9, 1950	us US	R	Indiana
29	Hank Finkel	C	7-0	240	April 20, 1942	us US	7	Dayton
20	Phil Hankinson	SF	6-8	195	July 26, 1951	us US	R	Penn
17	John Havlicek	SF	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	11	Ohio State
11	Steve Kuberski	PF	6-8	215	November 6, 1947	us US	4	Bradley
19	Don Nelson	SF	6-6	210	May 15, 1940	us US	11	Iowa
35	Paul Silas	PF	6-7	220	July 12, 1943	us US	9	Creighton
44	Paul Westphal	SG	6-4	195	November 30, 1950	us US	1	USC
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us US	4	Kansas
7	Art Williams	PG	6-1	180	September 29, 1939	us US	6	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	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Dave Cowens	25	80	41.9	8.1	18.4	.437	2.9	3.4	.832	3.3	12.4	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	3.7	19.0	MVP-4,AS
2	John Havlicek	33	76	40.7	9.0	19.8	.456	4.6	5.5	.832	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	2.6	22.6	MVP-9,AS,NBA1
3	Jo Jo White	27	82	39.5	7.9	17.6	.449	2.3	2.8	.837	1.2	3.1	4.3	5.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	18.1	AS
4	Paul Silas	30	82	31.7	4.1	9.4	.440	3.2	4.1	.783	4.1	7.1	11.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	3.0	11.5
5	Don Chaney	27	81	27.9	4.3	9.3	.464	1.8	2.2	.828	2.6	2.1	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.8	3.0	10.4
6	Don Nelson	33	82	21.3	4.4	8.7	.508	2.6	3.3	.788	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	2.3	11.5
7	Paul Westphal	23	82	14.2	2.9	5.8	.501	1.4	1.9	.732	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.1	0.5	0.4	2.1	7.2
8	Steve Kuberski	26	78	12.6	2.0	4.7	.427	1.1	1.4	.775	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.6	5.1
9	Art Williams	34	67	9.2	1.1	2.5	.435	0.4	0.5	.844	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.4	0.7	0.0	1.5	2.6
10	Hank Finkel	31	60	7.1	1.0	2.2	.462	0.5	0.7	.651	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.5
11	Phil Hankinson	22	28	5.8	1.8	3.7	.485	0.4	0.5	.769	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	3.9
12	Steve Downing	23	24	5.7	0.9	2.7	.328	0.9	1.6	.579	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.4	2.7
	Team Totals			48.2	44.3	97.2	.456	20.5	25.6	.800	16.8	37.5	54.3	26.7	6.8	3.7	22.8	109.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	Awards
1	John Havlicek	33	18	45.1	11.1	22.8	.484	4.9	5.6	.881	1.6	4.9	6.4	6.0	1.3	0.3	2.4	27.1	Finals MVP-1
2	Dave Cowens	25	18	42.9	8.9	20.6	.435	2.6	3.3	.797	3.3	10.0	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.9	4.7	20.5
3	Jo Jo White	27	18	42.5	7.3	17.2	.426	1.9	2.6	.739	0.9	3.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.1	3.1	16.6
4	Paul Silas	30	18	31.9	2.8	7.0	.397	2.4	2.9	.830	2.9	7.7	10.6	2.6	0.7	0.5	2.8	8.0
5	Don Chaney	27	18	30.3	3.6	7.8	.461	2.3	2.8	.820	2.1	2.2	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.5	3.6	9.5
6	Don Nelson	33	18	25.9	4.6	9.1	.500	2.3	2.9	.774	1.4	4.0	5.4	1.9	0.4	0.2	3.0	11.4
7	Paul Westphal	23	18	13.4	2.6	5.6	.460	0.6	0.8	.733	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	2.1	5.7
8	Art Williams	34	12	8.0	0.8	2.3	.370	0.6	0.7	.875	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.2	2.3
9	Steve Kuberski	26	9	7.7	0.6	2.8	.200	0.6	1.1	.500	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.7
10	Hank Finkel	31	8	5.8	1.0	2.3	.444	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.1	2.1
11	Steve Downing	23	1	4.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
12	Phil Hankinson	22	2	2.5	1.0	2.0	.500	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	3.0
	Team Totals			48.8	42.3	94.5	.447	17.9	22.1	.811	12.7	43.6	48.5	25.6	6.4	0.7	23.5	102.4

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	25	80		3352	645	1475	.437				645	1475	.437	.437	228	274	.832	264	993	1257	354	95	101		294	1518
2	Jo Jo White	27	82		3238	649	1445	.449				649	1445	.449	.449	190	227	.837	100	251	351	448	105	25		185	1488
3	John Havlicek	33	76		3091	685	1502	.456				685	1502	.456	.456	346	416	.832	138	349	487	447	95	32		196	1716
4	Paul Silas	30	82		2599	340	772	.440				340	772	.440	.440	264	337	.783	334	581	915	186	63	20		246	944
5	Don Chaney	27	81		2258	348	750	.464				348	750	.464	.464	149	180	.828	210	168	378	176	83	62		247	845
6	Don Nelson	33	82		1748	364	717	.508				364	717	.508	.508	215	273	.788	90	255	345	162	19	13		189	943
7	Paul Westphal	23	82		1165	238	475	.501				238	475	.501	.501	112	153	.732	49	94	143	171	39	34		173	588
8	Steve Kuberski	26	78		985	157	368	.427				157	368	.427	.427	86	111	.775	96	141	237	38	7	7		125	400
9	Art Williams	34	67		617	73	168	.435				73	168	.435	.435	27	32	.844	20	95	115	163	44	3		100	173
10	Hank Finkel	31	60		427	60	130	.462				60	130	.462	.462	28	43	.651	41	94	135	27	3	7		62	148
11	Phil Hankinson	22	28		163	50	103	.485				50	103	.485	.485	10	13	.769	22	28	50	4	3	1		18	110
12	Steve Downing	23	24		137	21	64	.328				21	64	.328	.328	22	38	.579	14	25	39	11	5	0		33	64
			82		19780	3630	7969	.456				3630	7969	.456	.456	1677	2097	.800	1378	3074	4452	2187	561	305	1796	1868	8937

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	John Havlicek	33	18		811	199	411	.484				199	411	.484	.484	89	101	.881	28	88	116	108	24	6		43	487
2	Dave Cowens	25	18		772	161	370	.435				161	370	.435	.435	47	59	.797	60	180	240	66	21	17		85	369
3	Jo Jo White	27	18		765	132	310	.426				132	310	.426	.426	34	46	.739	17	58	75	98	15	2		56	298
4	Paul Silas	30	18		574	50	126	.397				50	126	.397	.397	44	53	.830	53	138	191	47	13	9		51	144
5	Don Chaney	27	18		545	65	141	.461				65	141	.461	.461	41	50	.820	37	40	77	40	24	9		64	171
6	Don Nelson	33	18		467	82	164	.500				82	164	.500	.500	41	53	.774	25	72	97	35	8	3		54	205
7	Paul Westphal	23	18		241	46	100	.460				46	100	.460	.460	11	15	.733	6	15	21	31	8	2		37	103
8	Art Williams	34	12		96	10	27	.370				10	27	.370	.370	7	8	.875	4	19	23	29	7	0		14	27
9	Steve Kuberski	26	9		69	5	25	.200				5	25	.200	.200	5	10	.500	8	12	20	2	1	1		9	15
10	Hank Finkel	31	8		46	8	18	.444				8	18	.444	.444	1	1	1.000	5	5	10	3	1	0		9	17
11	Phil Hankinson	22	2		5	2	4	.500				2	4	.500	.500	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	6
12	Steve Downing	23	1		4	1	2	.500				1	2	.500	.500	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	0		1	2

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	25	80	3352	16.6	.476		.186	7.8	27.9	18.1	14.6	1.2	1.5				2.6	6.7	9.3	.134		0.4	1.5	1.9	3.3
2	Jo Jo White	27	82	3238	14.0	.482		.157	3.1	7.3	5.2	19.3	1.4	0.4				3.7	3.6	7.3	.108		-0.1	0.1	0.0	1.6
3	John Havlicek	33	76	3091	17.4	.509		.277	4.4	10.6	7.6	20.8	1.3	0.5				5.9	3.8	9.7	.151		1.7	0.2	2.0	3.1
4	Paul Silas	30	82	2599	14.5	.513		.437	12.8	21.0	17.0	9.1	1.1	0.4				3.6	4.0	7.7	.141		0.3	0.2	0.4	1.6
5	Don Chaney	27	81	2258	12.9	.510		.240	9.2	7.0	8.1	10.2	1.6	1.3				3.0	2.9	5.8	.124		0.1	0.9	1.0	1.7
6	Don Nelson	33	82	1748	16.1	.563		.381	5.1	13.7	9.5	13.1	0.5	0.4				4.0	1.9	5.9	.162		1.1	-0.2	0.8	1.3
7	Paul Westphal	23	82	1165	16.1	.542		.322	4.2	7.6	5.9	20.6	1.5	1.4				1.7	1.5	3.2	.132		0.3	1.1	1.4	1.0
8	Steve Kuberski	26	78	985	10.9	.480		.302	9.7	13.5	11.6	5.1	0.3	0.3				0.7	1.0	1.7	.084		-2.2	-1.2	-3.4	-0.4
9	Art Williams	34	67	617	14.7	.475		.190	3.2	14.5	9.0	33.1	3.1	0.2				0.1	1.1	1.2	.096		-2.6	2.6	0.0	0.3
10	Hank Finkel	31	60	427	11.6	.497		.331	9.5	20.7	15.3	8.1	0.3	0.8				0.3	0.6	0.9	.096		-2.1	0.0	-2.1	0.0
11	Phil Hankinson	22	28	163	18.1	.506		.126	13.4	16.2	14.8	4.0	0.8	0.3				0.3	0.2	0.5	.143		-0.5	-1.1	-1.6	0.1
12	Steve Downing	23	24	137	10.2	.396		.594	10.2	17.2	13.8	10.5	1.6	0.0				-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.038		-5.8	-0.5	-6.3	-0.2

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	John Havlicek	33	18	811	20.5	.535		.246	3.7	11.4	7.6	21.5	1.4	0.4				2.4	1.2	3.5	.208		5.8	0.0	5.8	1.6
2	Dave Cowens	25	18	772	16.6	.466		.159	8.3	24.4	16.5	13.0	1.3	1.2				0.6	1.5	2.1	.129		2.0	0.3	2.3	0.8
3	Jo Jo White	27	18	765	11.9	.451		.148	2.4	7.9	5.2	18.5	0.9	0.1				0.3	0.9	1.2	.076		0.4	-1.0	-0.6	0.3
4	Paul Silas	30	18	574	13.0	.482		.421	9.9	25.2	17.6	10.5	1.1	0.8				0.5	1.1	1.6	.132		1.5	0.8	2.4	0.6
5	Don Chaney	27	18	545	12.5	.525		.355	7.3	7.7	7.5	9.8	2.1	0.9				0.7	0.8	1.5	.136		1.4	1.0	2.4	0.6
6	Don Nelson	33	18	467	15.0	.547		.323	5.7	16.1	11.0	10.9	0.8	0.3				0.9	0.7	1.6	.160		2.2	-0.2	2.0	0.5
7	Paul Westphal	23	18	241	13.0	.483		.150	2.7	6.5	4.6	19.1	1.6	0.4				0.1	0.3	0.5	.090		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
8	Art Williams	34	12	96	18.0	.442		.296	4.5	20.7	12.7	39.7	3.4	0.0				0.0	0.2	0.2	.114		0.2	2.7	2.9	0.1
9	Steve Kuberski	26	9	69	3.8	.255		.400	12.4	18.2	15.4	3.7	0.7	0.8				-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.112		-5.5	-3.1	-8.6	-0.1
10	Hank Finkel	31	8	46	11.1	.461		.056	11.7	11.4	11.5	9.4	1.0	0.0				0.0	0.1	0.1	.097		-1.1	-1.0	-2.1	0.0
11	Phil Hankinson	22	2	5	40.2	.615		.500	0.0	20.9	10.6	0.0	0.0	10.8				0.0	0.0	0.1	.580		13.2	5.3	18.5	0.0
12	Steve Downing	23	1	4	21.1	.500		.000	53.7	0.0	26.5	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	.328		5.9	-6.6	-0.7	0.0

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