1972-73 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 68-14
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 7-6 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-2
Conference Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 4-3
Coach: Tom Heinsohn (68-14)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 423,234, Avg. 10,852 in 39 home dates

1972-73 Boston Celtics Roster
1972-73 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 68 wins and 14 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.

The Celtics netted 9,238 points and yielded 8,566. John Havlicek tossed in a team-best 1,902 points for Boston, while Dave Cowens and Jo Jo White scored 18 or more per game also. Dave Cowens contributed 1,329 boards. John Havlicek dished out 529 assists for the squad.

Tom Heinsohn coached the team. The 1972-73 Boston Celtics lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	80	3367	1704	766			431	370	567	529	195	1902
Dave Cowens	C-F	82	3425	1637	740			262	204	1329	333	311	1684
Jo Jo White	G	82	3250	1655	717			228	178	414	498	185	1612
Paul Silas	F-C	80	2618	851	400			380	266	1039	251	197	1066
Don Chaney	G	79	2488	859	414			267	210	449	221	276	1038
Don Nelson	F	72	1425	649	309			188	159	315	102	155	777
Steve Kuberski	F-C	78	762	347	140			84	65	197	26	92	345
Art Williams	G	81	974	261	110			56	43	182	236	136	263
Paul Westphal	G	60	482	212	89			86	67	67	69	88	245
Hank Finkel	C	76	496	173	78			52	28	151	26	83	184
Tom Sanders	F	59	423	149	47			35	23	88	27	82	117
Mark Minor	F	4	20	4	1			4	3	4	2	5	5
Totals		833	19730	8501	3811	0	0	2073	1616	4802	2320	1805	9238

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
John Havlicek	F-G	80	42.1	45.0	85.8	7.1	6.6	2.4	23.8
Dave Cowens	C-F	82	41.8	45.2	77.9	16.2	4.1	3.8	20.5
Jo Jo White	G	82	39.6	43.3	78.1	5.0	6.1	2.3	19.7
Paul Silas	F-C	80	32.7	47.0	70.0	13.0	3.1	2.5	13.3
Don Chaney	G	79	31.5	48.2	78.7	5.7	2.8	3.5	13.1
Don Nelson	F	72	19.8	47.6	84.6	4.4	1.4	2.2	10.8
Steve Kuberski	F-C	78	9.8	40.3	77.4	2.5	0.3	1.2	4.4
Art Williams	G	81	12.0	42.1	76.8	2.2	2.9	1.7	3.2
Paul Westphal	G	60	8.0	42.0	77.9	1.1	1.2	1.5	4.1
Hank Finkel	C	76	6.5	45.1	53.8	2.0	0.3	1.1	2.4
Tom Sanders	F	59	7.2	31.5	65.7	1.5	0.5	1.4	2.0
Mark Minor	F	4	5.0	25.0	75.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.3
Averages		833	23.7	44.8	78.0	5.8	2.8	2.2	11.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jo Jo White	G	13	583	300	135			54	49	54	83	44	319
Dave Cowens	C-F	13	598	273	129			41	27	216	48	54	285
John Havlicek	F-G	12	479	235	112			74	61	62	65	24	285
Don Nelson	F	13	303	101	47			56	49	38	15	29	143
Paul Silas	F-C	13	512	120	47			50	31	196	39	39	125
Don Chaney	G	12	288	82	39			17	12	40	25	41	90
Art Williams	G	10	156	47	21			8	6	27	41	31	48
Steve Kuberski	F-C	12	95	46	19			10	7	14	3	15	45
Paul Westphal	G	11	109	39	19			7	5	7	9	24	43
Hank Finkel	C	7	23	9	6			0	0	6	3	4	12
Tom Sanders	F	5	24	9	5			2	0	5	1	7	10
Totals		121	3170	1261	579	0	0	319	247	665	332	312	1405

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Jo Jo White	G	13	44.8	45.0	90.7	4.2	6.4	3.4	24.5
Dave Cowens	C-F	13	46.0	47.3	65.9	16.6	3.7	4.2	21.9
John Havlicek	F-G	12	39.9	47.7	82.4	5.2	5.4	2.0	23.8
Don Nelson	F	13	23.3	46.5	87.5	2.9	1.2	2.2	11.0
Paul Silas	F-C	13	39.4	39.2	62.0	15.1	3.0	3.0	9.6
Don Chaney	G	12	24.0	47.6	70.6	3.3	2.1	3.4	7.5
Art Williams	G	10	15.6	44.7	75.0	2.7	4.1	3.1	4.8
Steve Kuberski	F-C	12	7.9	41.3	70.0	1.2	0.3	1.3	3.8
Paul Westphal	G	11	9.9	48.7	71.4	0.6	0.8	2.2	3.9
Hank Finkel	C	7	3.3	66.7		0.9	0.4	0.6	1.7
Tom Sanders	F	5	4.8	55.6	0.0	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.0
Averages		833	26.2	45.9	77.4	5.5	2.7	2.6	11.6