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2001-02 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 49-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Jim O'Brien (49-33)

Executive: Chris Wallace

PTS/G: 96.4 (12th of 29) Opp PTS/G: 94.1 (9th of 29)

SRS: 1.75 (9th of 29) Pace: 92.5 (5th of 29)

Off Rtg: 103.4 (18th of 29) Def Rtg: 101.0 (5th of 29) Net Rtg: +2.4 (10th of 29)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (9th of 29)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000, Over-Under 35.5

Arena: FleetCenter Attendance: 659,751 (18th of 29)

NBA 2002 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus New Jersey Nets (Series Stats)

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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	Birth	Exp	College
7	Kenny Anderson	PG	6-1	168	October 9, 1970	us US	10	Georgia Tech
4	Tony Battie	C	6-11	230	February 11, 1976	us US	4	Texas Tech
30	Mark Blount	C	7-0	230	November 30, 1975	us US	1	Pitt
42	Kedrick Brown	SF	6-7	222	March 18, 1981	us US	R	Okaloosa-Walton Community College
11	Randy Brown	PG	6-2	190	May 22, 1968	us US	10	Houston, New Mexico State
28	Tony Delk	SG	6-1	189	January 28, 1974	us US	5	Kentucky
40	Joseph Forte	SG	6-4	194	March 23, 1981	us US	R	UNC
31	Joe Johnson	SG	6-7	240	June 29, 1981	us US	R	Arkansas
0	Walter McCarty	PF	6-10	230	February 1, 1974	us US	5	Kentucky
9	Milt Palacio	PG	6-3	195	February 7, 1978	us US	2	Midland College, Colorado State
34	Paul Pierce	SG	6-7	235	October 13, 1977	us US	3	Kansas
52	Vitaly Potapenko	C	6-10	280	March 21, 1975	ua UA	5	Wright State University
54	Rodney Rogers	SF	6-7	235	June 20, 1971	us US	8	Wake Forest
20	Erick Strickland	PG	6-3	210	November 25, 1973	us US	5	Nebraska
8	Antoine Walker	PF	6-9	224	August 12, 1976	us US	5	Kentucky
55	Eric Williams	SF	6-8	220	July 17, 1972	us US	6	Vincennes University, Providence

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	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Antoine Walker	25	PF	81	81	42.0	8.2	20.9	.394	2.7	8.0	.344	5.5	12.9	.425	.460	3.0	4.0	.741	1.9	7.0	8.8	5.0	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.9	22.1	AS
2	Paul Pierce	24	SG	82	82	40.3	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.1	13.1	.461	.508	6.3	7.8	.809	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	26.1	MVP-11,AS,NBA3
3	Kenny Anderson	31	PG	76	76	32.0	4.1	9.4	.436	0.1	0.4	.273	4.0	9.0	.444	.442	1.3	1.7	.742	0.8	2.9	3.6	5.3	1.9	0.1	1.6	2.8	9.6
4	Tony Delk	28	SG	22	16	25.9	2.7	7.8	.349	0.9	3.0	.299	1.8	4.8	.381	.407	1.0	1.4	.733	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.7	7.4
5	Tony Battie	25	C	74	73	24.6	2.9	5.3	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	5.2	.544	.541	1.2	1.8	.677	2.5	4.0	6.5	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.7	3.0	6.9
6	Eric Williams	29	SF	74	30	23.6	1.9	5.2	.374	0.3	1.2	.279	1.6	4.0	.401	.405	2.2	3.0	.731	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.5	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.4	6.4
7	Rodney Rogers	30	SF	27	1	23.2	4.0	8.2	.482	1.4	3.5	.411	2.5	4.7	.535	.570	1.3	1.9	.700	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.5	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.9	10.7
8	Joe Johnson	20	SG	48	33	20.9	2.7	6.2	.439	0.5	1.8	.273	2.2	4.3	.510	.480	0.4	0.5	.769	0.8	2.1	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.2	6.3
9	Erick Strickland	28	PG	79	4	20.8	2.4	6.2	.389	1.2	3.1	.385	1.2	3.1	.394	.487	1.7	2.0	.845	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.8	7.7
10	Vitaly Potapenko	26	C	79	9	17.0	1.7	3.8	.455	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.8	.455	.455	1.1	1.5	.742	2.1	2.3	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.2	4.6
11	Walter McCarty	27	PF	56	0	12.8	1.4	3.2	.444	0.7	1.8	.394	0.7	1.4	.506	.553	0.2	0.3	.684	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	3.8
12	Milt Palacio	23	PG	41	0	12.6	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.8	.353	1.0	2.5	.396	.430	0.9	1.2	.706	0.2	1.0	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.9	3.7
13	Mark Blount	26	C	44	0	9.4	0.7	1.7	.421	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.7	.421	.421	0.7	0.8	.811	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.1
14	Kedrick Brown	20	SF	29	5	8.4	0.8	2.4	.329	0.2	0.9	.185	0.6	1.5	.419	.364	0.4	0.7	.600	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	2.2
15	Randy Brown	33	PG	1	0	6.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
16	Joseph Forte	20	SG	8	0	4.9	0.1	1.5	.083	0.0	0.4	.000	0.1	1.1	.111	.083	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.8
	Team Totals					48.4	34.8	82.1	.424	8.5	23.7	.359	26.3	58.4	.450	.476	18.3	23.9	.764	10.9	31.3	42.2	21.0	9.7	3.6	13.6	21.7	96.4

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	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	Awards
1	Antoine Walker	25	PF	16	16	43.9	8.2	19.9	.411	2.6	6.8	.385	5.6	13.1	.424	.476	3.1	4.0	.781	1.4	7.2	8.6	3.3	1.5	0.4	3.4	3.5	22.1
2	Paul Pierce	24	SG	16	16	42.0	7.6	18.9	.403	1.9	6.5	.288	5.8	12.4	.462	.452	7.5	9.8	.764	1.7	6.9	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8	3.3	24.6
3	Kenny Anderson	31	PG	16	16	35.0	5.1	12.3	.416	0.0	0.0		5.1	12.3	.416	.416	1.8	2.2	.800	0.8	2.3	3.1	4.8	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.6	12.0
4	Eric Williams	29	SF	16	16	30.4	2.9	5.9	.500	0.9	1.9	.467	2.1	4.0	.516	.574	1.1	1.4	.739	1.1	3.3	4.4	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.7	3.3	7.8
5	Tony Battie	25	C	16	16	27.7	2.6	5.4	.488	0.0	0.0		2.6	5.4	.488	.488	0.8	1.3	.619	2.4	5.1	7.6	0.8	0.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	6.1
6	Rodney Rogers	30	SF	16	0	24.6	2.9	6.8	.426	1.2	3.3	.365	1.7	3.5	.482	.514	1.9	2.2	.886	1.8	3.8	5.5	2.1	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.6	8.9
7	Tony Delk	28	SG	14	0	16.2	1.6	4.6	.354	0.9	2.4	.394	0.7	2.3	.313	.454	0.5	0.9	.583	0.6	1.9	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.9	4.7
8	Walter McCarty	27	PF	14	0	13.9	1.2	2.7	.447	0.2	1.3	.167	1.0	1.4	.700	.487	0.5	0.6	.778	0.6	1.9	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.4	3.1
9	Mark Blount	26	C	4	0	9.8	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	.500	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.8	1.5
10	Erick Strickland	28	PG	12	0	9.8	0.9	3.3	.282	0.3	1.7	.200	0.6	1.6	.368	.333	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.9
11	Kedrick Brown	20	SF	2	0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	1.250	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.5
	Team Totals					48.0	32.8	78.4	.418	7.9	22.9	.343	24.9	55.5	.449	.469	17.8	22.9	.774	10.6	32.6	43.3	18.8	8.9	4.7	14.1	22.9	91.3

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	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	Awards
1	Antoine Walker	25	PF	81	81	3406	7.0	17.9	.394	2.3	6.8	.344	4.7	11.0	.425	.460	2.5	3.4	.741	1.6	6.0	7.5	4.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.5	19.0	AS
2	Paul Pierce	24	SG	82	82	3302	7.7	17.4	.442	2.3	5.7	.404	5.4	11.8	.461	.508	5.7	7.0	.809	0.9	5.3	6.2	2.8	1.7	0.9	2.6	2.6	23.4	MVP-11,AS,NBA3
3	Kenny Anderson	31	PG	76	76	2430	4.6	10.6	.436	0.1	0.5	.273	4.5	10.1	.444	.442	1.5	2.0	.742	0.8	3.2	4.1	6.0	2.1	0.1	1.8	3.1	10.8
4	Tony Battie	25	C	74	73	1819	4.2	7.7	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	7.7	.544	.541	1.7	2.6	.677	3.6	5.9	9.5	0.7	1.2	1.3	1.0	4.3	10.1
5	Eric Williams	29	SF	74	30	1747	3.0	7.9	.374	0.5	1.8	.279	2.5	6.2	.401	.405	3.3	4.5	.731	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.2	1.6	0.2	2.0	3.7	9.7
6	Erick Strickland	28	PG	79	4	1643	4.2	10.7	.389	2.1	5.4	.385	2.1	5.3	.394	.487	2.9	3.4	.845	0.5	4.2	4.7	4.0	1.2	0.0	2.1	3.2	13.3
7	Vitaly Potapenko	26	C	79	9	1343	3.7	8.1	.455	0.0	0.0		3.7	8.1	.455	.455	2.4	3.2	.742	4.5	4.8	9.3	0.8	1.0	0.5	1.7	4.7	9.7
8	Joe Johnson	20	SG	48	33	1003	4.7	10.6	.439	0.9	3.2	.273	3.8	7.5	.510	.480	0.7	0.9	.769	1.4	3.6	5.0	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.0	2.1	10.9
9	Walter McCarty	27	PF	56	0	718	4.0	9.0	.444	2.0	5.0	.394	2.1	4.1	.506	.553	0.7	1.0	.684	1.6	4.8	6.4	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.1	4.2	10.6
10	Rodney Rogers	30	SF	27	1	626	6.2	12.8	.482	2.2	5.5	.411	3.9	7.3	.535	.570	2.0	2.9	.700	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.3	0.9	0.7	2.4	4.5	16.6
11	Tony Delk	28	SG	22	16	570	3.8	10.9	.349	1.3	4.2	.299	2.5	6.6	.381	.407	1.4	1.9	.733	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.2	1.4	0.4	1.2	2.4	10.2
12	Milt Palacio	23	PG	41	0	518	3.6	9.4	.385	0.8	2.4	.353	2.8	7.0	.396	.430	2.5	3.5	.706	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.8	1.5	0.2	1.7	2.6	10.6
13	Mark Blount	26	C	44	0	415	2.8	6.6	.421	0.0	0.0		2.8	6.6	.421	.421	2.6	3.2	.811	2.3	5.1	7.4	0.9	1.4	1.6	2.0	5.1	8.2
14	Kedrick Brown	20	SF	29	5	245	3.4	10.3	.329	0.7	4.0	.185	2.6	6.3	.419	.364	1.8	2.9	.600	1.6	5.7	7.3	2.2	2.6	1.0	1.0	2.6	9.3
15	Joseph Forte	20	SG	8	0	39	0.9	11.1	.083	0.0	2.8	.000	0.9	8.3	.111	.083	3.7	3.7	1.000	0.9	4.6	5.5	5.5	1.8	0.0	2.8	0.9	5.5
16	Randy Brown	33	PG	1	0	6	0.0	6.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	6.0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	6.0	0.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	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	Awards
1	Antoine Walker	25	PF	16	16	703	6.7	16.3	.411	2.2	5.6	.385	4.6	10.8	.424	.476	2.6	3.3	.781	1.2	5.9	7.1	2.7	1.2	0.3	2.8	2.9	18.1
2	Paul Pierce	24	SG	16	16	672	6.5	16.2	.403	1.6	5.6	.288	4.9	10.7	.462	.452	6.4	8.4	.764	1.4	5.9	7.3	3.5	1.4	1.1	3.3	2.8	21.1
3	Kenny Anderson	31	PG	16	16	560	5.3	12.7	.416	0.0	0.0		5.3	12.7	.416	.416	1.8	2.3	.800	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.9	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.7	12.3
4	Eric Williams	29	SF	16	16	487	3.5	6.9	.500	1.0	2.2	.467	2.4	4.7	.516	.574	1.3	1.7	.739	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.6	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.9	9.2
5	Tony Battie	25	C	16	16	443	3.4	7.0	.488	0.0	0.0		3.4	7.0	.488	.488	1.1	1.7	.619	3.2	6.7	9.8	1.1	0.8	2.4	0.9	4.1	7.9
6	Rodney Rogers	30	SF	16	0	394	4.2	9.9	.426	1.7	4.8	.365	2.5	5.1	.482	.514	2.8	3.2	.886	2.6	5.5	8.0	3.1	1.5	0.6	2.0	3.8	13.0
7	Tony Delk	28	SG	14	0	227	3.6	10.3	.354	2.1	5.2	.394	1.6	5.1	.313	.454	1.1	1.9	.583	1.3	4.1	5.4	2.5	1.3	0.8	2.4	2.1	10.5
8	Walter McCarty	27	PF	14	0	194	3.2	7.1	.447	0.6	3.3	.167	2.6	3.7	.700	.487	1.3	1.7	.778	1.5	4.8	6.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.5	8.2
9	Erick Strickland	28	PG	12	0	118	3.4	11.9	.282	1.2	6.1	.200	2.1	5.8	.368	.333	2.7	2.7	1.000	0.6	3.4	4.0	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.7	4.6	10.7
10	Mark Blount	26	C	4	0	39	1.8	3.7	.500	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.7	.500	.500	1.8	1.8	1.000	2.8	3.7	6.5	0.9	1.8	1.8	0.9	6.5	5.5
11	Kedrick Brown	20	SF	2	0	3	24.0	24.0	1.000	12.0	12.0	1.000	12.0	12.0	1.000	1.250	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	60.0

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