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1979 Boston Celtics (1946 - )

1980-81 1979-80 1978-79

61 - 21?.744??(pythagorean: 62?- 20?.764)
Finished in 1st place, 0 games out of first.
Attendance: 596,349 Total; 14,545 Avg

Coaching:
Bill Fitch 61 - 21 (playoffs:5 - 4)

1979 Draft
3 - Wayne Kreklow, Drake
3 - Ernesto Malcolm, Briarcliff
4 - Nick Galis, Seton Hall
5 - Jimmy Allen, New Haven
6 - Marvin Delph, Arkansas
7 - Steve Castellan, Virginia
8 - Glenn Sudhop, North Carolina State
9 - Kevin Sinnett, Navy
10 - Alton Byrd, Columbia

1979-80 Game Log and Scores

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? EFF Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP OREB REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF PACE
Offense 106.0 9303 113.5 3617 7387 .490 1907 2449 .779 162 422 .000 1227 3684 44.9 2198 26.8 809 308 1539 1974 106.0
Defense 98.9 8664 105.7 3439 7313 .470 1712 2222 .770 74 0 .000 1168 3462 42.2 1867 22.8 686 419 1635 2059 ?

Players


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Name G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
Larry Bird 82 2955 1745 21.3 693 1463 .474 301 360 .836 58 143 .406 852 10.4 370 4.5 143 53 263
Cedric Maxwell 80 2744 1350 16.9 457 750 .609 436 554 .787 0 0 .000 704 8.8 199 2.5 76 61 230
Dave Cowens 66 2159 940 14.2 422 932 .453 95 122 .779 1 12 .083 534 8.1 206 3.1 69 61 108
Nate Archibald 80 2864 1131 14.1 383 794 .482 361 435 .830 4 18 .222 197 2.5 671 8.4 106 10 242
Pete Maravich 26 442 299 11.5 123 249 .494 50 55 .909 3 4 .750 38 1.5 29 1.1 9 2 37
Rick Robey 82 1918 942 11.5 379 727 .521 184 269 .684 0 1 .000 530 6.5 92 1.1 53 15 151
Chris Ford 73 2115 816 11.2 330 709 .465 86 114 .754 70 164 .427 181 2.5 215 2.9 111 27 105
M.l. Carr 82 1994 914 11.1 362 763 .474 178 241 .739 12 41 .293 330 4.0 156 1.9 120 36 143
Gerald Henderson 76 1061 473 6.2 191 382 .500 89 129 .690 2 6 .333 83 1.1 147 1.9 45 15 109
Jeff Judkins 65 674 351 5.4 139 276 .504 62 76 .816 11 27 .407 66 1.0 47 0.7 29 5 49
Eric Fernsten 56 431 175 3.1 71 153 .464 33 52 .635 0 0 .000 96 1.7 28 0.5 17 12 20
Don Chaney 60 523 167 2.8 67 189 .354 32 42 .762 1 6 .167 73 1.2 38 0.6 31 11 33

Players (Extended Stats)


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Name G Min EFF AV VI PPFGA PPR RbRate
Larry Bird 82 2955 25.26 14.6 10.0 1.076 -0.55 16.0
Cedric Maxwell 80 2744 21.86 12.9 7.2 1.358 -3.55 14.2
Dave Cowens 66 2159 17.65 9.5 7.1 0.954 1.36 13.7
Nate Archibald 80 2864 17.35 10.8 6.7 1.148 7.17 3.8
Pete Maravich 26 442 8.04 2.6 2.7 1.094 -4.04 0.0
Rick Robey 82 1918 12.78 8.8 4.3 1.114 -4.67 15.3
Chris Ford 73 2115 11.48 7.4 4.3 1.075 1.81 4.8
M.l. Carr 82 1994 11.57 8.1 4.4 1.052 -1.96 9.2
Gerald Henderson 76 1061 5.57 4.4 2.3 1.078 -1.04 4.3
Jeff Judkins 65 674 4.58 3.4 1.6 1.134 -2.62 5.4
Eric Fernsten 56 431 3.70 2.6 1.4 0.995 -0.31 12.4
Don Chaney 60 523 2.58 2.0 1.3 0.805 -1.47 7.8

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