1971-72 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-6 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 4-1
Coach: Tom Heinsohn (56-26)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 346,701, Avg. 8,456 in 41 home dates

1971-72 Boston Celtics Roster
1971-72 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Celtics racked up 9,477 points and yielded 9,085. John Havlicek tossed in a team-best 2,252 points for Boston, while Dave Cowens and Jo Jo White scored 18 or more per game also. Dave Cowens contributed 1,203 boards. John Havlicek dished out 614 assists for the squad.

Tom Heinsohn coached the team. The 1971-72 Boston Celtics lost in the conference finals.

Click on column headings to sort.

Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	82	3698	1957	897			549	458	672	614	183	2252
Jo Jo White	G	79	3261	1788	770			343	285	446	416	227	1825
Dave Cowens	C-F	79	3186	1357	657			243	175	1203	245	314	1489
Don Nelson	F	82	2086	811	389			452	356	453	192	220	1134
Don Chaney	G	79	2275	786	373			255	197	395	202	295	943
Tom Sanders	F	82	1631	524	215			136	111	353	98	257	541
Steve Kuberski	F-C	71	1128	444	185			102	80	320	46	130	450
Art Williams	G	81	1326	339	161			119	90	256	327	204	412
Hank Finkel	C	78	736	254	103			74	43	251	61	118	249
Clarence Glover	F	25	119	55	25			32	15	46	4	26	65
Garfield Smith	C-F	26	134	66	28			31	6	37	8	22	62
Rex Morgan	G	28	150	50	16			31	23	30	17	34	55
Totals		792	19730	8431	3819	0	0	2367	1839	4462	2230	2030	9477

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	82	45.1	45.8	83.4	8.2	7.5	2.2	27.5
Jo Jo White	G	79	41.3	43.1	83.1	5.6	5.3	2.9	23.1
Dave Cowens	C-F	79	40.3	48.4	72.0	15.2	3.1	4.0	18.8
Don Nelson	F	82	25.4	48.0	78.8	5.5	2.3	2.7	13.8
Don Chaney	G	79	28.8	47.5	77.3	5.0	2.6	3.7	11.9
Tom Sanders	F	82	19.9	41.0	81.6	4.3	1.2	3.1	6.6
Steve Kuberski	F-C	71	15.9	41.7	78.4	4.5	0.6	1.8	6.3
Art Williams	G	81	16.4	47.5	75.6	3.2	4.0	2.5	5.1
Hank Finkel	C	78	9.4	40.6	58.1	3.2	0.8	1.5	3.2
Clarence Glover	F	25	4.8	45.5	46.9	1.8	0.2	1.0	2.6
Garfield Smith	C-F	26	5.2	42.4	19.4	1.4	0.3	0.8	2.4
Rex Morgan	G	28	5.4	32.0	74.2	1.1	0.6	1.2	2.0
Averages		792	24.9	45.3	77.7	5.6	2.8	2.6	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	11	517	235	108			99	85	92	70	35	301
Jo Jo White	G	11	432	220	109			48	40	59	58	31	258
Dave Cowens	C-F	11	441	156	71			47	28	152	33	50	170
Don Nelson	F	11	308	99	52			48	41	61	21	30	145
Steve Kuberski	F-C	11	218	87	48			38	32	63	3	23	128
Don Chaney	G	11	271	81	41			20	15	39	22	39	97
Art Williams	G	11	173	64	25			20	15	28	33	30	65
Tom Sanders	F	11	186	53	17			21	13	26	10	36	47
Hank Finkel	C	8	68	22	10			0	0	24	3	11	20
Clarence Glover	F	3	10	6	2			2	2	3	0	1	6
Rex Morgan	G	4	10	7	1			3	1	5	0	6	3
Garfield Smith	C-F	4	6	5	1			3	0	1	0	1	2
Totals		107	2640	1035	485	0	0	349	272	553	253	293	1242

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	11	47.0	46.0	85.9	8.4	6.4	3.2	27.4
Jo Jo White	G	11	39.3	49.5	83.3	5.4	5.3	2.8	23.5
Dave Cowens	C-F	11	40.1	45.5	59.6	13.8	3.0	4.5	15.5
Don Nelson	F	11	28.0	52.5	85.4	5.5	1.9	2.7	13.2
Steve Kuberski	F-C	11	19.8	55.2	84.2	5.7	0.3	2.1	11.6
Don Chaney	G	11	24.6	50.6	75.0	3.5	2.0	3.5	8.8
Art Williams	G	11	15.7	39.1	75.0	2.5	3.0	2.7	5.9
Tom Sanders	F	11	16.9	32.1	61.9	2.4	0.9	3.3	4.3
Hank Finkel	C	8	8.5	45.5		3.0	0.4	1.4	2.5
Clarence Glover	F	3	3.3	33.3	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	2.0
Rex Morgan	G	4	2.5	14.3	33.3	1.3	0.0	1.5	0.8
Garfield Smith	C-F	4	1.5	20.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5
Averages		792	24.7	46.9	77.9	5.2	2.4	2.7	11.6