1972-73 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 68-14
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 7-6 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 4-3
Coach: Tom Heinsohn (68-14)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 423,234, Avg. 10,852 in 39 home dates

1972-73 Boston Celtics Roster
1972-73 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 68 wins and 14 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.

The Celtics netted 9,238 points and yielded 8,566.

Tom Heinsohn coached the team. The 1972-73 Boston Celtics lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	80	3367	1704	766			431	370	567	529	195	1902
Dave Cowens	C-F	82	3425	1637	740			262	204	1329	333	311	1684
Jo Jo White	G	82	3250	1655	717			228	178	414	498	185	1612
Paul Silas	F-C	80	2618	851	400			380	266	1039	251	197	1066
Don Chaney	G	79	2488	859	414			267	210	449	221	276	1038
Don Nelson	F	72	1425	649	309			188	159	315	102	155	777
Steve Kuberski	F-C	78	762	347	140			84	65	197	26	92	345
Art Williams	G	81	974	261	110			56	43	182	236	136	263
Paul Westphal	G	60	482	212	89			86	67	67	69	88	245
Hank Finkel	C	76	496	173	78			52	28	151	26	83	184
Tom Sanders	F	59	423	149	47			35	23	88	27	82	117
Mark Minor	F	4	20	4	1			4	3	4	2	5	5
Totals		833	19730	8501	3811	0	0	2073	1616	4802	2320	1805	9238

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	80	42.1	45.0	85.8	7.1	6.6	2.4	23.8
Dave Cowens	C-F	82	41.8	45.2	77.9	16.2	4.1	3.8	20.5
Jo Jo White	G	82	39.6	43.3	78.1	5.0	6.1	2.3	19.7
Paul Silas	F-C	80	32.7	47.0	70.0	13.0	3.1	2.5	13.3
Don Chaney	G	79	31.5	48.2	78.7	5.7	2.8	3.5	13.1
Don Nelson	F	72	19.8	47.6	84.6	4.4	1.4	2.2	10.8
Steve Kuberski	F-C	78	9.8	40.3	77.4	2.5	0.3	1.2	4.4
Art Williams	G	81	12.0	42.1	76.8	2.2	2.9	1.7	3.2
Paul Westphal	G	60	8.0	42.0	77.9	1.1	1.2	1.5	4.1
Hank Finkel	C	76	6.5	45.1	53.8	2.0	0.3	1.1	2.4
Tom Sanders	F	59	7.2	31.5	65.7	1.5	0.5	1.4	2.0
Mark Minor	F	4	5.0	25.0	75.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.3
Averages		833	23.7	44.8	78.0	5.8	2.8	2.2	11.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jo Jo White	G	13	583	300	135			54	49	54	83	44	319
Dave Cowens	C-F	13	598	273	129			41	27	216	48	54	285
John Havlicek	F-G	12	479	235	112			74	61	62	65	24	285
Don Nelson	F	13	303	101	47			56	49	38	15	29	143
Paul Silas	F-C	13	512	120	47			50	31	196	39	39	125
Don Chaney	G	12	288	82	39			17	12	40	25	41	90
Art Williams	G	10	156	47	21			8	6	27	41	31	48
Steve Kuberski	F-C	12	95	46	19			10	7	14	3	15	45
Paul Westphal	G	11	109	39	19			7	5	7	9	24	43
Hank Finkel	C	7	23	9	6			0	0	6	3	4	12
Tom Sanders	F	5	24	9	5			2	0	5	1	7	10
Totals		121	3170	1261	579	0	0	319	247	665	332	312	1405

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jo Jo White	G	13	44.8	45.0	90.7	4.2	6.4	3.4	24.5
Dave Cowens	C-F	13	46.0	47.3	65.9	16.6	3.7	4.2	21.9
John Havlicek	F-G	12	39.9	47.7	82.4	5.2	5.4	2.0	23.8
Don Nelson	F	13	23.3	46.5	87.5	2.9	1.2	2.2	11.0
Paul Silas	F-C	13	39.4	39.2	62.0	15.1	3.0	3.0	9.6
Don Chaney	G	12	24.0	47.6	70.6	3.3	2.1	3.4	7.5
Art Williams	G	10	15.6	44.7	75.0	2.7	4.1	3.1	4.8
Steve Kuberski	F-C	12	7.9	41.3	70.0	1.2	0.3	1.3	3.8
Paul Westphal	G	11	9.9	48.7	71.4	0.6	0.8	2.2	3.9
Hank Finkel	C	7	3.3	66.7		0.9	0.4	0.6	1.7
Tom Sanders	F	5	4.8	55.6	0.0	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.0
Averages		833	26.2	45.9	77.4	5.5	2.7	2.6	11.6