1968-69 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 48-34
Finishing 4th in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 12-6 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
Division Finals - Defeated New York Knicks 4-2
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Bill Russell (48-34)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 322,130, Avg. 8,948 in 36 home dates

1968-69 Boston Celtics Roster
1968-69 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing fourth in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-6.

Boston scored 9,102 points and yielded 8,645. John Havlicek tossed in a team-best 1,771 points for the Celtics, while Bailey Howell netted 18 or more per game, too. Bill Russell contributed 1,484 boards. John Havlicek dished out 441 assists for the squad.

Bill Russell coached the team. The 1968-69 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	3174	1709	692			496	387	570	441	247	1771
Bailey Howell	F	78	2527	1257	612			426	313	685	137	285	1537
Sam Jones	G-F	70	1820	1103	496			189	148	265	182	121	1140
Larry Siegfried	F	79	2560	1031	392			389	336	282	370	222	1120
Don Nelson	F	82	1773	771	374			259	201	458	92	198	949
Tom Sanders	F	82	2184	847	364			255	187	574	110	293	915
Bill Russell	C	77	3291	645	279			388	204	1484	374	231	762
Emmette Bryant	G	80	1388	488	197			100	65	192	176	264	459
Jim Barnes	C-F	49	595	202	92			92	65	194	27	107	249
Don Chaney	G	20	209	113	36			20	8	46	19	32	80
Rich Johnson	C	31	163	76	29			23	11	52	7	40	69
Mal Graham	G	22	103	55	13			14	11	24	14	27	37
Bud Olsen	F-C	7	43	19	7			6	0	14	4	6	14
Totals		759	19830	8316	3583	0	0	2657	1936	4840	1953	2073	9102

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	82	38.7	40.5	78.0	7.0	5.4	3.0	21.6
Bailey Howell	F	78	32.4	48.7	73.5	8.8	1.8	3.7	19.7
Sam Jones	G-F	70	26.0	45.0	78.3	3.8	2.6	1.7	16.3
Larry Siegfried	F	79	32.4	38.0	86.4	3.6	4.7	2.8	14.2
Don Nelson	F	82	21.6	48.5	77.6	5.6	1.1	2.4	11.6
Tom Sanders	F	82	26.6	43.0	73.3	7.0	1.3	3.6	11.2
Bill Russell	C	77	42.7	43.3	52.6	19.3	4.9	3.0	9.9
Emmette Bryant	G	80	17.4	40.4	65.0	2.4	2.2	3.3	5.7
Jim Barnes	C-F	49	12.1	45.5	70.7	4.0	0.6	2.2	5.1
Don Chaney	G	20	10.5	31.9	40.0	2.3	1.0	1.6	4.0
Rich Johnson	C	31	5.3	38.2	47.8	1.7	0.2	1.3	2.2
Mal Graham	G	22	4.7	23.6	78.6	1.1	0.6	1.2	1.7
Bud Olsen	F-C	7	6.1	36.8	0.0	2.0	0.6	0.9	2.0
Averages		759	26.1	43.1	72.9	6.4	2.6	2.7	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	18	850	382	170			138	118	179	100	58	458
Sam Jones	G-F	18	514	296	124			69	55	58	37	45	303
Bailey Howell	F	18	551	229	112			64	46	118	19	84	270
Don Nelson	F	18	348	168	87			60	50	83	21	51	224
Larry Siegfried	F	18	392	172	72			70	55	38	46	60	199
Emmette Bryant	G	18	607	193	79			53	40	88	54	75	198
Bill Russell	C	18	829	182	77			81	41	369	98	65	195
Tom Sanders	F	15	197	73	32			31	23	48	7	40	87
Don Chaney	G	7	25	6	1			4	3	4	0	7	5
Rich Johnson	C	2	4	1	1			0	0	2	0	0	2
Mal Graham	G	2	3	2	0			0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		152	4320	1704	755	0	0	570	431	987	383	485	1941

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	18	47.2	44.5	85.5	9.9	5.6	3.2	25.4
Sam Jones	G-F	18	28.6	41.9	79.7	3.2	2.1	2.5	16.8
Bailey Howell	F	18	30.6	48.9	71.9	6.6	1.1	4.7	15.0
Don Nelson	F	18	19.3	51.8	83.3	4.6	1.2	2.8	12.4
Larry Siegfried	F	18	21.8	41.9	78.6	2.1	2.6	3.3	11.1
Emmette Bryant	G	18	33.7	40.9	75.5	4.9	3.0	4.2	11.0
Bill Russell	C	18	46.1	42.3	50.6	20.5	5.4	3.6	10.8
Tom Sanders	F	15	13.1	43.8	74.2	3.2	0.5	2.7	5.8
Don Chaney	G	7	3.6	16.7	75.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	0.7
Rich Johnson	C	2	2.0	100.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Mal Graham	G	2	1.5	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Averages		759	28.4	44.3	75.6	6.5	2.5	3.2	12.8