1982-83 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 56-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-5 Lost conference semifinals
Conference First Round - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 2-1
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Milwaukee Bucks 4-0
Coach: Bill Fitch (56-26)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 621,829, Avg. 15,167 in 41 home dates

1982-83 Boston Celtics Roster
1982-83 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-5.

The Celtics scored 9,191 points and allowed 8,752. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 1,867 points for Boston, and Robert Parish contributed 18 or more per game, too. Larry Bird accounted for 870 boards. Larry Bird dished out 458 assists for the squad.

On defense, Larry Bird added 148 steals, while Kevin McHale blocked 192 shots.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1982-83 Boston Celtics lost in the conference semifinals.

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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	79	79	2982	1481	747	77	22	418	351	193	677	870	458	148	71	240	197	1867
Robert Parish	C	78	76	2459	1125	619	1	0	388	271	260	567	827	141	79	148	185	222	1509
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	13	2345	893	483	1	0	269	193	215	338	553	104	34	192	159	241	1159
Cedric Maxwell	F	79	71	2252	663	331	1	0	345	280	185	237	422	186	65	39	165	202	942
Danny Ainge	G-F	80	76	2048	720	357	29	5	97	72	83	131	214	251	109	6	98	259	791
Nate Archibald	G	66	0	1811	553	235	24	5	296	220	25	66	91	409	38	4	163	110	695
Gerald Henderson	G	82	9	1551	618	286	16	3	133	96	57	67	124	195	95	3	128	190	671
Quinn Buckner	G	72	56	1565	561	248	4	0	117	74	62	125	187	275	108	5	159	195	570
M.L. Carr	F-G	77	0	883	315	135	19	3	81	60	51	86	137	71	48	10	79	140	333
Rick Robey	C-F	59	6	855	214	100	0	0	78	45	79	140	219	65	13	8	72	131	245
Scott Wedman	F-G	40	0	503	205	94	10	1	30	20	29	45	74	31	20	6	32	83	209
Charles Bradley	G	51	5	532	176	69	3	0	90	46	30	48	78	28	32	27	42	84	184
Darren Tillis	C-F	15	0	44	23	7	1	0	6	2	4	5	9	2	0	2	4	8	16
Totals		860	391	19830	7547	3711	186	39	2348	1730	1273	2532	3805	2216	789	521	1526	2062	9191

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	79	79	37.7	50.4	28.6	84.0	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.0	2.5	23.6
Robert Parish	C	78	76	31.5	55.0	0.0	69.8	3.3	7.3	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	2.4	2.8	19.3
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	13	28.6	54.1	0.0	71.7	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	14.1
Cedric Maxwell	F	79	71	28.5	49.9	0.0	81.2	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.6	11.9
Danny Ainge	G-F	80	76	25.6	49.6	17.2	74.2	1.0	1.6	2.7	3.1	1.4	0.1	1.2	3.2	9.9
Nate Archibald	G	66	0	27.4	42.5	20.8	74.3	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.2	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.7	10.5
Gerald Henderson	G	82	9	18.9	46.3	18.8	72.2	0.7	0.8	1.5	2.4	1.2	0.0	1.6	2.3	8.2
Quinn Buckner	G	72	56	21.7	44.2	0.0	63.2	0.9	1.7	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.7	7.9
M.L. Carr	F-G	77	0	11.5	42.9	15.8	74.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	4.3
Rick Robey	C-F	59	6	14.5	46.7		57.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.2	4.2
Scott Wedman	F-G	40	0	12.6	45.9	10.0	66.7	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.1	5.2
Charles Bradley	G	51	5	10.4	39.2	0.0	51.1	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.6	3.6
Darren Tillis	C-F	15	0	2.9	30.4	0.0	33.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.1
Averages		860	391	23.1	49.2	21.0	73.7	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.6	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	10.7

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	6	240	116	49	4	1	29	24	20	55	75	41	13	3	19	15	123
Robert Parish	C	7	249	89	43	0	0	20	17	21	53	74	9	5	9	17	18	103
Cedric Maxwell	F	7	246	55	29	0	0	38	32	23	28	51	23	4	4	19	18	90
Kevin McHale	F-C	7	177	62	34	1	0	18	10	15	27	42	5	3	7	10	16	78
Gerald Henderson	G	7	187	85	35	3	0	7	6	8	6	14	31	11	1	14	25	76
Nate Archibald	G	7	161	68	22	6	1	29	22	3	7	10	44	2	0	11	12	67
Danny Ainge	G-F	7	201	72	28	5	2	11	8	2	12	14	25	5	1	6	24	66
Quinn Buckner	G	7	98	37	16	2	0	2	0	1	9	10	2	1	0	5	18	32
Scott Wedman	F-G	6	66	24	14	2	0	2	1	3	11	14	0	1	0	4	11	29
M.L. Carr	F-G	3	22	8	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	6
Rick Robey	C-F	5	29	4	0	1	0	4	2	3	5	8	1	0	0	2	4	2
Charles Bradley	G	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		71	1680	620	272	25	4	162	124	99	213	313	181	47	25	107	164	672

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	6	40.0	42.2	25.0	82.8	3.3	9.2	12.5	6.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	2.5	20.5
Robert Parish	C	7	35.6	48.3		85.0	3.0	7.6	10.6	1.3	0.7	1.3	2.4	2.6	14.7
Cedric Maxwell	F	7	35.1	52.7		84.2	3.3	4.0	7.3	3.3	0.6	0.6	2.7	2.6	12.9
Kevin McHale	F-C	7	25.3	54.8	0.0	55.6	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	11.1
Gerald Henderson	G	7	26.7	41.2	0.0	85.7	1.1	0.9	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.1	2.0	3.6	10.9
Nate Archibald	G	7	23.0	32.4	16.7	75.9	0.4	1.0	1.4	6.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	1.7	9.6
Danny Ainge	G-F	7	28.7	38.9	40.0	72.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.4	9.4
Quinn Buckner	G	7	14.0	43.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	2.6	4.6
Scott Wedman	F-G	6	11.0	58.3	0.0	50.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.8	4.8
M.L. Carr	F-G	3	7.3	25.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0
Rick Robey	C-F	5	5.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.4
Charles Bradley	G	2	2.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		860	23.7	43.9	16.0	76.5	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.5	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.3	9.5