1986-87 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 59-23
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 13-10 Lost finals
Conference First Round - Defeated Chicago Bulls 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-3
Conference Finals - Defeated Detroit Pistons 4-3
Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
Coach: K.C. Jones (59-23)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 611,222, Avg. 14,908 in 41 home dates

1986-87 Boston Celtics Roster
1986-87 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 59 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-10.

Boston racked up 9,237 points and allowed 8,692. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 2,076 points for the Celtics, and Kevin McHale scored 18 or more per game, too. Robert Parish contributed 851 boards. Dennis Johnson dished out 594 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Bird added 135 steals, while Kevin McHale blocked 172 shots.

K.C. Jones coached the team. The 1986-87 Boston Celtics lost in the finals.

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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	74	73	3005	1497	786	225	90	455	414	124	558	682	566	135	70	240	185	2076
Kevin McHale	F-C	77	77	3060	1307	790	4	0	512	428	247	516	763	198	38	172	197	240	2008
Robert Parish	C	80	80	2995	1057	588	1	0	309	227	254	597	851	173	64	144	191	266	1403
Dennis Johnson	G	79	78	2933	953	423	62	7	251	209	45	216	261	594	87	38	177	201	1062
Danny Ainge	G-F	71	66	2499	844	410	192	85	165	148	49	193	242	400	101	14	141	189	1053
Jerry Sichting	G	78	15	1566	398	202	26	7	42	37	22	69	91	187	40	1	61	124	448
Fred Roberts	F-C	73	11	1079	270	139	3	0	153	124	54	136	190	62	22	20	89	129	402
Darren Daye	F-G	61	2	724	202	101	0	0	65	34	37	87	124	75	25	7	56	98	236
Sam Vincent	G	46	5	374	136	60	0	0	55	51	5	22	27	59	13	1	33	33	171
Greg Kite	C	74	1	745	110	47	1	0	76	29	61	108	169	27	17	46	34	148	123
Conner Henry	G	36	0	231	103	38	31	12	17	10	7	20	27	27	6	1	17	27	98
Rick Carlisle	G	42	0	297	92	30	16	5	20	15	8	22	30	35	8	0	25	28	80
Bill Walton	C-F	10	0	112	26	10	0	0	15	8	11	20	31	9	1	10	15	23	28
David Thirdkill	F-G	17	0	89	24	10	1	0	16	5	5	14	19	2	2	0	5	12	25
Scott Wedman	F-G	6	2	78	27	9	2	1	2	1	3	6	9	6	2	2	3	6	20
Andre Turner	G	3	0	18	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	4
Totals		827	410	19805	7051	3645	565	207	2153	1740	933	2585	3518	2421	561	526	1289	1710	9237

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	74	73	40.6	52.5	40.0	91.0	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	3.2	2.5	28.1
Kevin McHale	F-C	77	77	39.7	60.4	0.0	83.6	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	26.1
Robert Parish	C	80	80	37.4	55.6	0.0	73.5	3.2	7.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	2.4	3.3	17.5
Dennis Johnson	G	79	78	37.1	44.4	11.3	83.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	2.2	2.5	13.4
Danny Ainge	G-F	71	66	35.2	48.6	44.3	89.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	2.7	14.8
Jerry Sichting	G	78	15	20.1	50.8	26.9	88.1	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.6	5.7
Fred Roberts	F-C	73	11	14.8	51.5	0.0	81.0	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.8	5.5
Darren Daye	F-G	61	2	11.9	50.0		52.3	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.9
Sam Vincent	G	46	5	8.1	44.1		92.7	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	3.7
Greg Kite	C	74	1	10.1	42.7	0.0	38.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	1.7
Conner Henry	G	36	0	6.4	36.9	38.7	58.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.7
Rick Carlisle	G	42	0	7.1	32.6	31.3	75.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.7	1.9
Bill Walton	C-F	10	0	11.2	38.5		53.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	2.3	2.8
David Thirdkill	F-G	17	0	5.2	41.7	0.0	31.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.5
Scott Wedman	F-G	6	2	13.0	33.3	50.0	50.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0	3.3
Andre Turner	G	3	0	6.0	40.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.3	1.3
Averages		827	410	23.9	51.7	36.6	80.8	1.1	3.1	4.3	2.9	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.1	11.2

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	23	1015	454	216	41	14	193	176	41	190	231	165	27	19	71	55	622
Kevin McHale	F-C	21	827	298	174	0	0	126	96	66	128	194	39	7	30	54	71	444
Dennis Johnson	G	23	964	361	168	26	3	113	96	24	67	91	205	16	8	44	71	435
Robert Parish	C	21	734	263	149	1	0	103	79	59	139	198	28	18	35	38	79	377
Danny Ainge	G-F	20	762	238	116	73	32	36	31	13	39	52	92	24	4	41	62	295
Darren Daye	F-G	23	240	72	42	0	0	37	32	11	21	32	13	9	3	18	33	116
Fred Roberts	F-C	20	265	59	30	0	0	44	31	15	18	33	12	6	3	12	47	91
Jerry Sichting	G	23	338	82	35	6	1	10	8	5	15	20	33	9	0	10	36	79
Sam Vincent	G	17	141	56	23	2	1	35	27	3	9	12	19	3	2	10	13	74
Bill Walton	C-F	12	102	25	12	0	0	14	5	9	22	31	10	3	4	8	23	29
Conner Henry	G	11	35	16	8	5	1	10	5	3	3	6	0	0	0	4	3	22
Greg Kite	C	20	172	20	7	0	0	7	3	15	31	46	8	2	8	7	43	17
Totals		234	5595	1944	980	154	52	728	589	264	682	946	624	124	116	317	536	2601

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	23	44.1	47.6	34.1	91.2	1.8	8.3	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	3.1	2.4	27.0
Kevin McHale	F-C	21	39.4	58.4		76.2	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	21.1
Dennis Johnson	G	23	41.9	46.5	11.5	85.0	1.0	2.9	4.0	8.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	18.9
Robert Parish	C	21	35.0	56.7	0.0	76.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.3	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.8	18.0
Danny Ainge	G-F	20	38.1	48.7	43.8	86.1	0.7	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.2	2.1	3.1	14.8
Darren Daye	F-G	23	10.4	58.3		86.5	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.4	5.0
Fred Roberts	F-C	20	13.3	50.8		70.5	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.4	4.6
Jerry Sichting	G	23	14.7	42.7	16.7	80.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.4
Sam Vincent	G	17	8.3	41.1	50.0	77.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	4.4
Bill Walton	C-F	12	8.5	48.0		35.7	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.4
Conner Henry	G	11	3.2	50.0	20.0	50.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	2.0
Greg Kite	C	20	8.6	35.0		42.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.2	0.9
Averages		827	23.9	50.4	33.8	80.9	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	2.3	11.1