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1980-81 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (62-20)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 109.9 (8th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.0 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 6.05 (3rd of 23) Pace: 100.8 (16th of 23)

Off Rtg: 108.4 (5th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.6 (4th of 23) Net Rtg: +5.8 (3rd of 23)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 595,454 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
7	Tiny Archibald	PG	6-1	150	September 2, 1948	us	9	Texas-El Paso
33	Larry Bird	PF	6-9	220	December 7, 1956	us	1	Indiana State University
30	M.L. Carr	SF	6-6	205	January 9, 1951	us	5	Guilford College
40	Terry Duerod	SG	6-2	180	July 29, 1956	us	1	Detroit Mercy
45	Eric Fernsten	C	6-10	205	November 1, 1953	us	3	San Francisco
42	Chris Ford	SG	6-5	190	January 11, 1949	us	8	Villanova
43	Gerald Henderson	PG	6-2	175	January 16, 1956	us	1	VCU
20	Wayne Kreklow	SG	6-4	175	January 4, 1957	us	R	Drake University
31	Cedric Maxwell	SF	6-8	205	November 21, 1955	us	3	UNC Charlotte
32	Kevin McHale	PF	6-10	210	December 19, 1957	us	R	Minnesota
00	Robert Parish	C	7-1	230	August 30, 1953	us	4	Centenary (LA)
53	Rick Robey	C	6-11	230	January 30, 1956	us	2	Kentucky

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game 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	Larry Bird	24	82	82	39.5	8.8	18.3	.478	0.2	0.9	.270	8.5	17.4	.489	.485	3.5	4.0	.863	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	21.2
2	Tiny Archibald	32	80	72	35.3	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	9.5	.505	.499	4.3	5.2	.816	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	13.8
3	Cedric Maxwell	25	81	81	33.7	5.4	9.3	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	5.4	9.2	.589	.588	4.3	5.6	.782	2.7	3.7	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	15.2
4	Chris Ford	32	82	75	33.2	3.8	8.6	.444	0.4	1.3	.330	3.4	7.3	.465	.470	0.8	1.1	.736	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	8.9
5	Robert Parish	27	82	78	28.0	7.7	14.2	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	7.7	14.2	.545	.545	3.4	4.8	.710	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	2.3	3.8	18.9
6	Kevin McHale	23	82	1	20.1	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	8.1	.535	.533	1.3	1.9	.679	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	10.0
7	Gerald Henderson	25	82	10	19.6	3.2	7.1	.451	0.0	0.2	.063	3.2	6.9	.462	.452	1.4	1.9	.720	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.2	7.8
8	Rick Robey	25	82	4	19.1	3.6	6.7	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	6.7	.546	.545	1.8	3.1	.574	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	9.0
9	M.L. Carr	30	41	7	16.0	2.4	5.3	.449	0.0	0.3	.071	2.3	4.9	.475	.451	1.3	1.6	.791	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.8	6.0
10	Eric Fernsten	27	45	0	6.2	0.8	1.8	.481	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.8	.481	.481	0.4	0.7	.667	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.1
11	Wayne Kreklow	24	25	0	4.0	0.4	1.9	.234	0.0	0.2	.250	0.4	1.7	.233	.245	0.3	0.4	.700	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.2
12	Terry Duerod	24	32	0	3.6	0.9	2.3	.411	0.2	0.3	.600	0.8	2.0	.381	.452	0.4	0.4	.929	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.5

Per Game 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	Larry Bird	24	17		44.1	8.6	18.4	.470	0.2	0.5	.375	8.5	17.9	.472	.474	4.5	5.0	.894	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	21.9
2	Tiny Archibald	32	17		37.1	5.6	12.4	.450	0.0	0.3	.000	5.6	12.1	.461	.450	4.5	5.5	.809	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	15.6
3	Cedric Maxwell	25	17		35.2	5.9	10.2	.580	0.0	0.0		5.9	10.2	.580	.580	4.2	5.2	.818	3.6	3.8	7.4	2.7	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	16.1
4	Chris Ford	32	17		29.8	3.9	8.6	.452	0.4	1.5	.280	3.5	7.1	.488	.476	0.9	1.5	.600	0.8	1.9	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.8	9.1
5	Robert Parish	27	17		28.9	6.4	12.9	.493	0.0	0.0		6.4	12.9	.493	.493	2.3	3.4	.672	2.9	5.6	8.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	2.6	4.4	15.0
6	Kevin McHale	23	17		17.4	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0		3.6	6.6	.540	.540	1.4	2.1	.639	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	8.5
7	M.L. Carr	30	17		16.9	2.5	5.9	.416	0.0	0.2	.000	2.5	5.7	.433	.416	1.1	1.4	.750	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	6.0
8	Rick Robey	25	17		15.6	2.1	4.8	.432	0.0	0.0		2.1	4.8	.432	.432	0.9	2.1	.457	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.6	5.1
9	Gerald Henderson	25	16		14.3	2.6	5.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	5.3	.482	.477	0.6	0.8	.833	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	5.8
10	Eric Fernsten	27	8		1.8	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.4	.000	.000	0.3	0.4	.667	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3
11	Terry Duerod	24	10		1.2	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.8	.500	.400	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8

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	Larry Bird	24	82	82	3239	719	1503	.478	20	74	.270	699	1429	.489	.485	283	328	.863	191	704	895	451	161	63	289	239	1741
2	Tiny Archibald	32	80	72	2820	382	766	.499	0	9	.000	382	757	.505	.499	342	419	.816	36	140	176	618	75	18	265	201	1106
3	Cedric Maxwell	25	81	81	2730	441	750	.588	0	1	.000	441	749	.589	.588	352	450	.782	222	303	525	219	79	68	180	256	1234
4	Chris Ford	32	82	75	2723	314	707	.444	36	109	.330	278	598	.465	.470	64	87	.736	72	91	163	295	100	23	127	212	728
5	Robert Parish	27	82	78	2298	635	1166	.545	0	1	.000	635	1165	.545	.545	282	397	.710	245	532	777	144	81	214	191	310	1552
6	Kevin McHale	23	82	1	1645	355	666	.533	0	2	.000	355	664	.535	.533	108	159	.679	155	204	359	55	27	151	110	260	818
7	Gerald Henderson	25	82	10	1608	261	579	.451	1	16	.063	260	563	.462	.452	113	157	.720	43	89	132	213	79	12	160	177	636
8	Rick Robey	25	82	4	1569	298	547	.545	0	1	.000	298	546	.546	.545	144	251	.574	132	258	390	126	38	19	141	204	740
9	M.L. Carr	30	41	7	655	97	216	.449	1	14	.071	96	202	.475	.451	53	67	.791	26	57	83	56	30	18	47	74	248
10	Eric Fernsten	27	45	0	279	38	79	.481	0	0		38	79	.481	.481	20	30	.667	29	33	62	10	6	7	20	29	96
11	Terry Duerod	24	32	0	114	30	73	.411	6	10	.600	24	63	.381	.452	13	14	.929	2	3	5	6	5	0	10	8	79
12	Wayne Kreklow	24	25	0	100	11	47	.234	1	4	.250	10	43	.233	.245	7	10	.700	2	10	12	9	2	1	10	20	30
			82		19780	3581	7099	.504	65	241	.270	3516	6858	.513	.509	1781	2369	.752	1155	2424	3579	2202	683	594	1577	1990	9008

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	Larry Bird	24	17		750	147	313	.470	3	8	.375	144	305	.472	.474	76	85	.894	49	189	238	103	39	17	62	53	373
2	Tiny Archibald	32	17		630	95	211	.450	0	5	.000	95	206	.461	.450	76	94	.809	6	22	28	107	13	0	50	39	266
3	Cedric Maxwell	25	17		598	101	174	.580	0	0		101	174	.580	.580	72	88	.818	61	64	125	46	12	16	43	53	274
4	Chris Ford	32	17		507	66	146	.452	7	25	.280	59	121	.488	.476	15	25	.600	13	32	45	46	14	1	19	47	154
5	Robert Parish	27	17		492	108	219	.493	0	0		108	219	.493	.493	39	58	.672	50	96	146	19	21	39	44	74	255
6	Kevin McHale	23	17		296	61	113	.540	0	0		61	113	.540	.540	23	36	.639	29	30	59	14	4	25	15	51	145
7	M.L. Carr	30	17		288	42	101	.416	0	4	.000	42	97	.433	.416	18	24	.750	8	17	25	14	10	6	8	32	102
8	Rick Robey	25	17		265	35	81	.432	0	0		35	81	.432	.432	16	35	.457	19	41	60	12	2	5	19	44	86
9	Gerald Henderson	25	16		228	41	86	.477	0	1	.000	41	85	.482	.477	10	12	.833	10	15	25	26	10	3	12	24	92
10	Eric Fernsten	27	8		14	0	3	.000	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	2	3	.667	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	3	2
11	Terry Duerod	24	10		12	4	10	.400	0	2	.000	4	8	.500	.400	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	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	Larry Bird	24	82	3239	19.9	.528	.049	.218	7.0	23.8	15.7	20.4	2.4	1.1	14.9	24.3		4.7	6.1	10.8	.160		2.5	1.8	4.3	5.2
2	Tiny Archibald	32	80	2820	14.3	.582	.012	.547	1.5	5.4	3.6	28.5	1.3	0.4	21.8	17.5		4.6	2.3	6.9	.118		0.9	-1.0	-0.1	1.4
3	Cedric Maxwell	25	81	2730	17.6	.651	.001	.600	9.7	12.1	11.0	10.8	1.4	1.4	16.0	16.8		7.6	3.3	11.0	.193		2.7	0.7	3.5	3.8
4	Chris Ford	32	82	2723	8.8	.488	.154	.123	3.1	3.7	3.4	13.7	1.7	0.5	14.6	13.0		1.3	2.4	3.7	.066		-1.5	0.6	-0.9	0.7
5	Robert Parish	27	82	2298	25.2	.579	.001	.340	12.7	25.3	19.3	10.0	1.7	5.1	12.5	27.1		6.0	4.9	10.9	.228		3.3	2.1	5.4	4.3
6	Kevin McHale	23	82	1645	16.4	.556	.003	.239	11.2	13.6	12.4	4.8	0.8	5.1	13.0	20.9		2.3	2.4	4.7	.137		-0.9	0.9	0.1	0.9
7	Gerald Henderson	25	82	1608	10.4	.491	.028	.271	3.2	6.1	4.7	17.8	2.3	0.4	19.8	20.5		-0.6	1.8	1.3	.037		-2.8	0.2	-2.6	-0.2
8	Rick Robey	25	82	1569	14.9	.563	.002	.459	10.0	18.0	14.2	11.2	1.2	0.7	17.7	20.7		1.6	2.1	3.7	.114		-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.7
9	M.L. Carr	30	41	655	11.6	.505	.065	.310	4.7	9.5	7.2	11.3	2.2	1.5	16.1	18.2		0.2	0.9	1.1	.082		-1.6	1.2	-0.4	0.3
10	Eric Fernsten	27	45	279	11.0	.521	.000	.380	12.4	12.9	12.7	4.7	1.0	1.4	17.8	16.4		0.1	0.3	0.5	.079		-1.9	-0.6	-2.4	0.0
11	Terry Duerod	24	32	114	14.3	.499	.137	.192	2.1	2.9	2.5	8.2	2.1	0.0	11.2	31.8		0.0	0.1	0.1	.058		-2.5	-1.0	-3.5	0.0
12	Wayne Kreklow	24	25	100	-1.9	.292	.085	.213	2.4	10.9	6.8	11.3	1.0	0.6	16.3	25.0		-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.167		-7.4	-1.3	-8.8	-0.3

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	Larry Bird	24	17	750	21.8	.532	.026	.272	7.6	26.7	17.6	20.8	2.6	1.3	15.0	23.2		1.4	1.7	3.1	.198		5.5	2.1	7.7	1.8
2	Tiny Archibald	32	17	630	13.4	.527	.024	.445	1.1	3.7	2.5	24.0	1.0	0.0	16.5	20.2		0.8	0.4	1.3	.096		2.1	-2.2	-0.1	0.3
3	Cedric Maxwell	25	17	598	18.9	.644	.000	.506	11.8	11.3	11.6	11.2	1.0	1.5	16.8	18.0		1.8	0.7	2.5	.201		5.5	-0.2	5.3	1.1
4	Chris Ford	32	17	507	9.9	.490	.171	.171	3.0	6.7	4.9	12.5	1.4	0.1	10.8	14.6		0.4	0.5	0.9	.083		0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.2
5	Robert Parish	27	17	492	18.8	.521	.000	.265	11.8	20.7	16.4	6.0	2.1	4.5	15.3	24.7		0.4	1.1	1.4	.139		1.2	1.0	2.3	0.5
6	Kevin McHale	23	17	296	18.1	.563	.000	.319	11.4	10.7	11.0	7.3	0.7	4.8	10.4	20.5		0.7	0.4	1.1	.177		2.4	0.7	3.1	0.4
7	M.L. Carr	30	17	288	10.1	.457	.040	.238	3.2	6.3	4.8	6.8	1.7	1.2	6.7	17.5		0.2	0.3	0.5	.080		-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	0.1
8	Rick Robey	25	17	265	7.5	.446	.000	.432	8.3	16.4	12.5	6.2	0.4	1.1	16.5	18.4		-0.2	0.3	0.1	.022		-2.7	-1.4	-4.1	-0.1
9	Gerald Henderson	25	16	228	14.3	.504	.012	.140	5.1	7.0	6.1	16.8	2.2	0.7	11.6	19.1		0.3	0.3	0.6	.118		1.6	0.6	2.2	0.2
10	Eric Fernsten	27	8	14	6.2	.231	.000	1.000	8.3	22.7	15.8	8.3	3.6	0.0	0.0	13.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	.053		-3.5	0.7	-2.9	0.0
11	Terry Duerod	24	10	12	10.6	.400	.200	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	0.0	9.1	38.6		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.119		-3.4	-2.8	-6.2	0.0

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