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.

Boston scored 9,180 points and conceded 8,657. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 1,761 points for the Celtics, while Robert Parish netted 18 or more per game, too. Robert Parish contributed 866 boards. Nate Archibald dished out 541 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Bird added 143 steals, and Robert Parish blocked 192 shots.

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