1981-82 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 63-19
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 7-5 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Washington Bullets 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 4-3
Coach: Bill Fitch (63-19)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 622,711, Avg. 15,188 in 41 home dates

1981-82 Boston Celtics Roster
1981-82 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 63 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-5.

The Celtics scored 9,180 points and conceded 8,657.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1981-82 Boston Celtics lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	77	58	2923	1414	711	52	11	380	328	200	637	837	447	143	66	254	244	1761
Robert Parish	C	80	78	2534	1235	669	0	0	355	252	288	578	866	140	68	192	221	267	1590
Cedric Maxwell	F	78	74	2590	724	397	3	0	478	357	218	281	499	183	79	49	174	263	1151
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	32	2332	875	465	0	0	248	187	191	365	556	91	30	185	137	264	1117
Nate Archibald	G	68	0	2167	652	308	16	6	316	236	25	91	116	541	52	3	178	131	858
Gerald Henderson	G	82	31	1844	705	353	12	2	172	125	47	105	152	252	82	11	150	199	833
M.L. Carr	F-G	56	27	1296	409	184	17	5	116	82	56	94	150	128	67	21	63	136	455
Rick Robey	C-F	80	4	1186	375	185	2	0	157	84	114	181	295	68	27	14	92	183	454
Chris Ford	G-F	76	53	1591	450	188	63	20	56	39	52	56	108	142	42	10	52	143	435
Danny Ainge	G-F	53	1	564	221	79	17	5	65	56	25	31	56	87	37	3	53	86	219
Charles Bradley	G	51	1	339	122	55	1	0	62	42	12	26	38	22	14	6	37	61	152
Terry Duerod	G	21	0	146	77	34	1	0	12	4	6	9	15	12	3	1	2	9	72
Eric Fernsten	C-F	43	0	202	49	19	0	0	30	19	12	30	42	8	5	7	13	23	57
Tracy Jackson	G-F	11	0	66	26	10	0	0	10	6	7	5	12	5	3	0	6	5	26
Totals		858	359	19780	7334	3657	184	49	2457	1817	1253	2489	3742	2126	652	568	1432	2014	9180

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	77	58	38.0	50.3	21.2	86.3	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.3	3.2	22.9
Robert Parish	C	80	78	31.7	54.2		71.0	3.6	7.2	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	2.8	3.3	19.9
Cedric Maxwell	F	78	74	33.2	54.8	0.0	74.7	2.8	3.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.6	2.2	3.4	14.8
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	32	28.4	53.1		75.4	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	13.6
Nate Archibald	G	68	0	31.9	47.2	37.5	74.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	8.0	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.9	12.6
Gerald Henderson	G	82	31	22.5	50.1	16.7	72.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.4	10.2
M.L. Carr	F-G	56	27	23.1	45.0	29.4	70.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	2.3	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.4	8.1
Rick Robey	C-F	80	4	14.8	49.3	0.0	53.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.3	5.7
Chris Ford	G-F	76	53	20.9	41.8	31.7	69.6	0.7	0.7	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.9	5.7
Danny Ainge	G-F	53	1	10.6	35.7	29.4	86.2	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	4.1
Charles Bradley	G	51	1	6.6	45.1	0.0	67.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	3.0
Terry Duerod	G	21	0	7.0	44.2	0.0	33.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	3.4
Eric Fernsten	C-F	43	0	4.7	38.8		63.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.3
Tracy Jackson	G-F	11	0	6.0	38.5		60.0	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.4
Averages		858	359	23.1	49.9	26.6	74.0	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.5	0.8	0.7	1.7	2.3	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Robert Parish	C	12	426	209	102	0	0	75	51	43	92	135	18	5	48	39	47	255
Larry Bird	F-G	12	490	206	88	6	1	45	37	33	117	150	67	23	17	38	43	214
Kevin McHale	F-C	12	344	134	77	0	0	53	40	41	44	85	11	5	27	16	44	194
Cedric Maxwell	F	12	385	120	62	0	0	70	50	37	50	87	26	18	11	24	40	174
Gerald Henderson	G	12	310	93	38	2	0	35	24	12	13	25	48	14	2	25	30	100
M.L. Carr	F-G	12	305	105	37	4	0	23	15	0	0	43	28	11	0	21	30	89
Nate Archibald	G	8	277	70	30	4	0	28	25	1	16	17	52	5	2	23	21	85
Rick Robey	C-F	12	122	40	21	0	0	17	13	13	16	29	4	2	3	11	27	55
Danny Ainge	G-F	10	129	45	19	4	2	13	10	6	7	13	11	2	1	11	21	50
Chris Ford	G-F	12	138	42	20	7	2	7	5	6	9	15	15	3	1	3	15	47
Charles Bradley	G	7	18	8	2	0	0	2	0	1	4	5	1	1	0	4	6	4
Eric Fernsten	C-F	5	11	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Totals		126	2955	1074	497	27	5	370	271	195	368	606	281	89	113	215	324	1270

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Robert Parish	C	12	35.5	48.8		68.0	3.6	7.7	11.3	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.3	3.9	21.3
Larry Bird	F-G	12	40.8	42.7	16.7	82.2	2.8	9.8	12.5	5.6	1.9	1.4	3.2	3.6	17.8
Kevin McHale	F-C	12	28.7	57.5		75.5	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	16.2
Cedric Maxwell	F	12	32.1	51.7		71.4	3.1	4.2	7.3	2.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	14.5
Gerald Henderson	G	12	25.8	40.9	0.0	68.6	1.0	1.1	2.1	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.5	8.3
M.L. Carr	F-G	12	25.4	35.2	0.0	65.2	0.0	0.0	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.5	7.4
Nate Archibald	G	8	34.6	42.9	0.0	89.3	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.5	0.6	0.3	2.9	2.6	10.6
Rick Robey	C-F	12	10.2	52.5		76.5	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.3	4.6
Danny Ainge	G-F	10	12.9	42.2	50.0	76.9	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.1	5.0
Chris Ford	G-F	12	11.5	47.6	28.6	71.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.3	3.9
Charles Bradley	G	7	2.6	25.0		0.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.6
Eric Fernsten	C-F	5	2.2	50.0		50.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6
Averages		858	23.5	46.3	18.5	73.2	1.5	2.9	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	10.1

1981-82 Boston Celtics Statistics

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