1980-81 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 62-20
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 12-5 Won NBA championship
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Chicago Bulls 4-0
Conference Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-3
Finals - Defeated Houston Rockets 4-2
Coach: Bill Fitch (62-20)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 595,444, Avg. 14,523 in 41 home dates

1980-81 Boston Celtics Roster
1980-81 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-5.

The Celtics netted 9,008 points and yielded 8,526. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 1,741 points for Boston, while Robert Parish scored 18 or more per game, too. Larry Bird contributed 895 boards. Nate Archibald dished out 618 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Larry Bird added 161 steals, and Robert Parish blocked 214 shots.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1980-81 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.

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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	82	82	3239	1503	719	74	20	328	283	191	704	895	451	161	63	289	239	1741
Robert Parish	C	82	82	2298	1166	635	1	0	397	282	245	532	777	144	81	214	191	310	1552
Cedric Maxwell	F	81	81	2730	750	441	1	0	450	352	222	303	525	219	79	68	180	256	1234
Nate Archibald	G	80	0	2820	766	382	9	0	419	342	36	140	176	618	75	18	265	201	1106
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	1	1645	666	355	2	0	159	108	155	204	359	55	27	151	110	260	818
Rick Robey	C-F	82	0	1569	547	298	1	0	251	144	132	258	390	126	38	19	141	204	740
Chris Ford	G-F	82	75	2723	707	314	109	36	87	64	72	91	163	295	100	23	127	212	728
Gerald Henderson	G	82	10	1608	579	261	16	1	157	113	43	89	132	213	79	12	160	177	636
M.L. Carr	F-G	41	7	655	216	97	14	1	67	53	26	57	83	56	30	18	47	74	248
Eric Fernsten	C-F	45	0	279	79	38	0	0	30	20	29	33	62	10	6	7	20	29	96
Terry Duerod	G	32	0	114	73	30	10	6	14	13	2	3	5	6	5	0	10	8	79
Wayne Kreklow	G	25	0	100	47	11	4	1	10	7	2	10	12	9	2	1	10	20	30
Totals		796	338	19780	7099	3581	241	65	2369	1781	1155	2424	3579	2202	683	594	1550	1990	9008

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	82	82	39.5	47.8	27.0	86.3	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.5	2.9	21.2
Robert Parish	C	82	82	28.0	54.5	0.0	71.0	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	2.3	3.8	18.9
Cedric Maxwell	F	81	81	33.7	58.8	0.0	78.2	2.7	3.7	6.5	2.7	1.0	0.8	2.2	3.2	15.2
Nate Archibald	G	80	0	35.3	49.9	0.0	81.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	13.8
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	1	20.1	53.3	0.0	67.9	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	10.0
Rick Robey	C-F	82	0	19.1	54.5	0.0	57.4	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	9.0
Chris Ford	G-F	82	75	33.2	44.4	33.0	73.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.5	2.6	8.9
Gerald Henderson	G	82	10	19.6	45.1	6.3	72.0	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	2.2	7.8
M.L. Carr	F-G	41	7	16.0	44.9	7.1	79.1	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.8	6.0
Eric Fernsten	C-F	45	0	6.2	48.1		66.7	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.1
Terry Duerod	G	32	0	3.6	41.1	60.0	92.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.5
Wayne Kreklow	G	25	0	4.0	23.4	25.0	70.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.2
Averages		796	338	24.8	50.4	27.0	75.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.8	0.9	0.7	1.9	2.5	11.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	17	750	313	147	8	3	85	76	49	189	238	103	39	17	62	53	373
Cedric Maxwell	F	17	598	174	101	0	0	88	72	61	64	125	46	12	16	43	53	274
Nate Archibald	G	17	630	211	95	5	0	94	76	6	22	28	107	13	0	50	39	266
Robert Parish	C	17	492	219	108	0	0	58	39	50	96	146	19	21	39	44	74	255
Chris Ford	G-F	17	507	146	66	25	7	25	15	13	32	45	46	14	1	19	47	154
Kevin McHale	F-C	17	296	113	61	0	0	36	23	29	30	59	14	4	25	15	51	145
M.L. Carr	F-G	17	288	101	42	4	0	24	18	0	0	25	14	10	6	8	32	102
Gerald Henderson	G	16	228	86	41	1	0	12	10	10	15	25	26	10	3	12	24	92
Rick Robey	C-F	17	265	81	35	0	0	35	16	19	41	60	12	2	5	19	44	86
Terry Duerod	G	10	12	10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8
Eric Fernsten	C-F	8	14	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	3	2
Totals		170	4080	1457	700	45	10	460	347	238	492	755	388	127	112	273	420	1757

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	17	44.1	47.0	37.5	89.4	2.9	11.1	14.0	6.1	2.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	21.9
Cedric Maxwell	F	17	35.2	58.0		81.8	3.6	3.8	7.4	2.7	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.1	16.1
Nate Archibald	G	17	37.1	45.0	0.0	80.9	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.3	0.8	0.0	2.9	2.3	15.6
Robert Parish	C	17	28.9	49.3		67.2	2.9	5.6	8.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	2.6	4.4	15.0
Chris Ford	G-F	17	29.8	45.2	28.0	60.0	0.8	1.9	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.8	9.1
Kevin McHale	F-C	17	17.4	54.0		63.9	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	8.5
M.L. Carr	F-G	17	16.9	41.6	0.0	75.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	6.0
Gerald Henderson	G	16	14.3	47.7	0.0	83.3	0.6	0.9	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.5	5.8
Rick Robey	C-F	17	15.6	43.2		45.7	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.6	5.1
Terry Duerod	G	10	1.2	40.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8
Eric Fernsten	C-F	8	1.8	0.0		66.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3
Averages		796	24.0	48.0	22.2	75.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.5	10.3