1978-79 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Sanders (2-12), Dave Cowens (27-41)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 108.2 (16th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 113.3 (19th of 22)

SRS: -4.78 (21st of 22) Pace: 106.5 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.6 (19th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.4 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.7 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 28-54 (21st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 417,926 (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
7	Tiny Archibald	PG	6-1	150	September 2, 1948	us US	7	Arizona Western College, Texas-El Paso
34	Dennis Awtrey	C	6-10	235	February 22, 1948	us US	8	Santa Clara
35	Tom Barker	C	6-11	225	March 11, 1955	us US	1	Minnesota, College of Southern Idaho, Hawaii
27	Marvin Barnes	PF	6-8	210	July 27, 1952	us US	4	Providence
12	Don Chaney	SG	6-5	210	March 22, 1946	us US	10	Houston
18	Dave Cowens	C	6-9	230	October 25, 1948	us US	8	Florida State
42	Chris Ford	SG	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	us US	6	Villanova
32	Jeff Judkins	SF	6-6	185	March 23, 1956	us US	R	Utah
35	Billy Knight	SF	6-6	195	June 9, 1952	us US	4	Pitt
30	Cedric Maxwell	SF	6-8	205	November 21, 1955	us US	1	UNC Charlotte
11	Bob McAdoo	C	6-9	210	September 25, 1951	us US	6	Vincennes University, UNC
53	Rick Robey	C	6-11	230	January 30, 1956	us US	R	Kentucky
41	Curtis Rowe	PF	6-7	225	July 2, 1949	us US	7	UCLA
45	Frankie Sanders	SF	6-6	200	January 23, 1957	us US	R	Southern University and A&M College
27	Kevin Stacom	SG	6-3	185	September 4, 1951	us US	4	Holy Cross, Providence
43	Earl Tatum	SG	6-5	185	July 26, 1953	us US	2	Marquette
10	Jo Jo White	PG	6-3	190	November 16, 1946	us US	9	Kansas
52	Earl Williams	C	6-7	230	March 24, 1951	us US	3	Winston-Salem 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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cedric Maxwell	23	SF	80	37.1	5.9	10.1	.584	7.2	9.0	.802	3.4	6.5	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	3.4	3.3	19.0
2	Dave Cowens	30	C	68	37.0	7.2	14.9	.483	2.2	2.8	.807	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	16.6
3	Chris Ford	30	SG	78	33.7	6.7	14.2	.474	2.1	2.8	.753	1.5	1.8	3.3	4.7	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.6	15.6
4	Bob McAdoo	27	C	20	31.9	8.4	16.7	.500	3.9	5.8	.670	1.8	5.3	7.1	2.0	0.6	1.0	3.2	2.8	20.6
5	Jo Jo White	32	PG	47	31.0	5.4	12.7	.428	1.7	1.9	.888	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	1.1	0.1	3.0	2.1	12.5
6	Billy Knight	26	SF	40	28.0	5.5	10.9	.502	3.0	3.7	.808	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	3.2	2.2	13.9
7	Rick Robey	23	C	36	25.4	5.1	10.5	.481	2.3	2.9	.816	2.4	4.8	7.2	2.2	0.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	12.4
8	Tiny Archibald	30	PG	69	24.1	3.8	8.3	.452	3.5	4.4	.788	0.4	1.1	1.5	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.9	1.9	11.0
9	Curtis Rowe	29	PF	53	23.1	2.8	6.5	.436	1.0	1.4	.693	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.7	2.0	6.7
10	Marvin Barnes	26	PF	38	20.9	3.5	7.1	.491	1.1	1.7	.652	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	3.8	8.1
11	Jeff Judkins	22	SF	81	18.8	3.6	7.2	.503	1.5	1.8	.815	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.3	8.8
12	Don Chaney	32	SG	65	16.5	2.7	6.4	.420	0.6	0.6	.857	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.2	1.1	0.2	1.0	2.6	5.9
13	Earl Williams	27	C	20	13.7	2.7	6.2	.439	0.7	1.2	.583	2.1	3.2	5.3	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.1	6.1
14	Earl Tatum	25	SG	3	12.7	2.7	6.7	.400	1.3	1.7	.800	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	6.7
15	Tom Barker	23	C	12	10.9	1.8	4.0	.438	0.9	1.3	.733	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.1	2.2	4.4
16	Kevin Stacom	27	SG	24	10.8	2.2	5.5	.391	0.5	0.8	.684	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.8	4.9
17	Dennis Awtrey	30	C	23	10.7	0.7	1.9	.386	0.7	0.9	.800	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.2
18	Frankie Sanders	22	SF	24	9.0	2.3	5.0	.462	0.9	1.1	.815	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.0	5.5
	Team Totals				48.0	43.0	89.6	.480	22.2	28.3	.784	13.6	29.2	42.9	24.3	8.7	3.5	20.9	24.1	108.2

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Cedric Maxwell	23	SF	80	2969	5.7	9.8	.584	7.0	8.7	.802	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.8	1.2	0.9	3.3	3.2	18.4
2	Chris Ford	30	SG	78	2629	7.2	15.2	.474	2.3	3.0	.753	1.6	1.9	3.5	5.1	1.6	0.3	2.7	2.7	16.6
3	Dave Cowens	30	C	68	2517	7.0	14.4	.483	2.2	2.7	.807	2.2	7.2	9.3	3.5	1.1	0.7	2.5	3.8	16.1
4	Tiny Archibald	30	PG	69	1662	5.6	12.4	.452	5.2	6.6	.788	0.5	1.7	2.2	7.0	1.2	0.1	4.3	2.9	16.5
5	Jeff Judkins	22	SF	81	1521	7.0	13.9	.503	2.8	3.5	.815	1.7	2.9	4.5	3.4	1.9	0.3	2.6	4.4	16.8
6	Jo Jo White	32	PG	47	1455	6.3	14.7	.428	2.0	2.2	.888	0.5	2.6	3.2	5.3	1.3	0.1	3.5	2.5	14.6
7	Curtis Rowe	29	PF	53	1222	4.4	10.2	.436	1.5	2.2	.693	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.0	0.4	0.4	2.6	3.1	10.4
8	Billy Knight	26	SF	40	1119	7.0	14.0	.502	3.8	4.7	.808	1.3	4.2	5.6	2.1	1.0	0.1	4.2	2.8	17.9
9	Don Chaney	32	SG	65	1074	5.8	13.9	.420	1.2	1.4	.857	2.1	2.6	4.7	2.5	2.4	0.4	2.2	5.6	12.9
10	Rick Robey	23	C	36	914	7.2	14.9	.481	3.3	4.1	.816	3.5	6.7	10.2	3.1	0.9	0.1	3.0	4.8	17.6
11	Marvin Barnes	26	PF	38	796	6.0	12.3	.491	1.9	3.0	.652	2.6	5.4	8.0	2.4	1.7	1.8	3.1	6.5	14.0
12	Bob McAdoo	27	C	20	637	9.4	18.9	.500	4.4	6.5	.670	2.0	5.9	8.0	2.3	0.7	1.1	3.6	3.1	23.2
13	Earl Williams	27	C	20	273	7.1	16.2	.439	1.8	3.2	.583	5.4	8.4	13.8	1.6	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.4	16.1
14	Kevin Stacom	27	SG	24	260	7.2	18.4	.391	1.8	2.6	.684	1.4	1.9	3.3	4.8	2.1	0.0	3.6	2.5	16.2
15	Dennis Awtrey	30	C	23	247	2.5	6.4	.386	2.3	2.9	.800	1.9	5.0	6.9	2.9	0.4	0.9	3.1	5.4	7.3
16	Frankie Sanders	22	SF	24	216	9.2	19.8	.462	3.7	4.5	.815	3.7	4.8	8.5	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.8	4.2	22.0
17	Tom Barker	23	C	12	131	5.8	13.2	.438	3.0	4.1	.733	3.3	4.9	8.2	1.6	1.1	1.1	3.6	7.1	14.6
18	Earl Tatum	25	SG	3	38	7.6	18.9	.400	3.8	4.7	.800	0.9	2.8	3.8	0.9	0.0	0.9	2.8	6.6	18.9