1967-68 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-28
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 12-7 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 4-2
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-3
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
Coach: Bill Russell (54-28)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 320,788, Avg. 8,670 in 37 home dates

1967-68 Boston Celtics Roster
1967-68 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1967-68 season with a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-7.

The Celtics scored 9,523 points and yielded 9,186. John Havlicek tossed in a team-best 1,700 points for Boston, while Bailey Howell and Sam Jones netted 19 or more per game also. Bill Russell contributed 1,451 boards. John Havlicek dished out 384 assists for the squad.

Bill Russell coached the team. The 1967-68 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	82	2921	1551	666			453	368	546	384	237	1700
Bailey Howell	F	82	2801	1336	643			461	335	805	133	285	1621
Sam Jones	G-F	73	2408	1348	621			376	311	357	216	181	1553
Bill Russell	C	78	2953	858	365			460	247	1451	357	242	977
Don Nelson	F	82	1498	632	312			268	195	431	103	178	819
Tom Sanders	F	78	1981	691	296			255	200	454	100	300	792
Larry Siegfried	F	62	1937	629	261			272	236	215	289	194	758
Wayne Embry	C-F	78	1088	483	193			185	109	321	52	174	495
Mal Graham	G	48	786	272	117			88	56	94	61	123	290
Tom Thacker	G-F	65	782	272	114			84	43	161	69	165	271
Johnny Jones	F	51	475	253	86			68	42	114	26	60	214
Rick Weitzman	G	25	75	46	12			13	9	10	8	8	33
Totals		804	19705	8371	3686	0	0	2983	2151	4959	1798	2147	9523

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	82	35.6	42.9	81.2	6.7	4.7	2.9	20.7
Bailey Howell	F	82	34.2	48.1	72.7	9.8	1.6	3.5	19.8
Sam Jones	G-F	73	33.0	46.1	82.7	4.9	3.0	2.5	21.3
Bill Russell	C	78	37.9	42.5	53.7	18.6	4.6	3.1	12.5
Don Nelson	F	82	18.3	49.4	72.8	5.3	1.3	2.2	10.0
Tom Sanders	F	78	25.4	42.8	78.4	5.8	1.3	3.8	10.2
Larry Siegfried	F	62	31.2	41.5	86.8	3.5	4.7	3.1	12.2
Wayne Embry	C-F	78	13.9	40.0	58.9	4.1	0.7	2.2	6.3
Mal Graham	G	48	16.4	43.0	63.6	2.0	1.3	2.6	6.0
Tom Thacker	G-F	65	12.0	41.9	51.2	2.5	1.1	2.5	4.2
Johnny Jones	F	51	9.3	34.0	61.8	2.2	0.5	1.2	4.2
Rick Weitzman	G	25	3.0	26.1	69.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.3
Averages		804	24.5	44.0	72.1	6.2	2.2	2.7	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	19	862	407	184			151	125	164	142	67	493
Sam Jones	G-F	19	685	367	162			84	66	64	50	58	390
Bailey Howell	F	19	597	264	135			107	74	146	22	84	344
Bill Russell	C	19	869	242	99			130	76	434	99	73	274
Don Nelson	F	19	468	175	91			74	55	143	32	49	237
Larry Siegfried	F	19	535	201	78			85	77	50	56	75	233
Tom Sanders	F	14	289	99	50			21	16	63	12	53	116
Wayne Embry	C-F	16	162	59	23			29	13	45	6	36	59
Tom Thacker	G-F	17	81	24	7			7	2	17	8	23	16
Johnny Jones	F	5	10	6	3			0	0	4	0	2	6
Mal Graham	G	5	22	5	2			3	1	4	1	3	5
Rick Weitzman	G	3	5	3	2			0	0	1	1	0	4
Totals		174	4585	1852	836	0	0	691	505	1135	429	523	2177

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	19	45.4	45.2	82.8	8.6	7.5	3.5	25.9
Sam Jones	G-F	19	36.1	44.1	78.6	3.4	2.6	3.1	20.5
Bailey Howell	F	19	31.4	51.1	69.2	7.7	1.2	4.4	18.1
Bill Russell	C	19	45.7	40.9	58.5	22.8	5.2	3.8	14.4
Don Nelson	F	19	24.6	52.0	74.3	7.5	1.7	2.6	12.5
Larry Siegfried	F	19	28.2	38.8	90.6	2.6	2.9	3.9	12.3
Tom Sanders	F	14	20.6	50.5	76.2	4.5	0.9	3.8	8.3
Wayne Embry	C-F	16	10.1	39.0	44.8	2.8	0.4	2.3	3.7
Tom Thacker	G-F	17	4.8	29.2	28.6	1.0	0.5	1.4	0.9
Johnny Jones	F	5	2.0	50.0		0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2
Mal Graham	G	5	4.4	40.0	33.3	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.0
Rick Weitzman	G	3	1.7	66.7		0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3
Averages		804	26.4	45.1	73.1	6.5	2.5	3.0	12.5