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1988-89 Boston Celtics Statistics
Team Record: 42-40
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Detroit Pistons 3-0
Coach: Jimmy Rodgers (42-40)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 611,537, Avg. 14,916 in 41 home dates
1988-89 Boston Celtics Results
The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 42 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.
Boston netted 8,958 points and surrendered 8,863. Kevin McHale tossed in a team-best 1,758 points for the Celtics, while Reggie Lewis and Robert Parish scored 17 or more per game, too. Robert Parish contributed 996 boards. Dennis Johnson and Brian Shaw apiece dished out 472 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Reggie Lewis added 124 steals.
Jimmy Rodgers coached the team. The 1988-89 Boston Celtics lost in the conference first round.
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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 |
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Kevin McHale | F-C | 78 | 74 | 2876 | 1211 | 661 | 4 | 0 | 533 | 436 | 223 | 414 | 637 | 172 | 26 | 97 | 196 | 223 | 1758 |
Reggie Lewis | G-F | 81 | 57 | 2657 | 1242 | 604 | 22 | 3 | 361 | 284 | 116 | 261 | 377 | 218 | 124 | 72 | 142 | 258 | 1495 |
Robert Parish | C | 80 | 80 | 2840 | 1045 | 596 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 294 | 342 | 654 | 996 | 175 | 79 | 116 | 200 | 209 | 1486 |
Dennis Johnson | G | 72 | 72 | 2309 | 638 | 277 | 50 | 7 | 195 | 160 | 31 | 159 | 190 | 472 | 94 | 21 | 175 | 211 | 721 |
Danny Ainge | G-F | 45 | 28 | 1349 | 589 | 271 | 155 | 58 | 128 | 114 | 37 | 117 | 154 | 215 | 52 | 1 | 63 | 108 | 714 |
Brian Shaw | G | 82 | 54 | 2301 | 686 | 297 | 13 | 0 | 132 | 109 | 119 | 257 | 376 | 472 | 78 | 27 | 188 | 211 | 703 |
Jim Paxson | G-F | 57 | 7 | 1138 | 445 | 202 | 24 | 4 | 103 | 84 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 107 | 38 | 8 | 57 | 96 | 492 |
Ed Pinckney | F | 29 | 9 | 678 | 176 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 103 | 60 | 88 | 148 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 38 | 77 | 293 |
Brad Lohaus | C-F | 48 | 15 | 738 | 270 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 35 | 47 | 95 | 142 | 49 | 21 | 26 | 49 | 101 | 269 |
Kevin Gamble | F-G | 44 | 6 | 375 | 136 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 35 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 40 | 187 |
Ron Grandison | F | 72 | 0 | 528 | 142 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 80 | 59 | 47 | 45 | 92 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 71 | 177 |
Joe Kleine | C | 28 | 2 | 498 | 129 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 53 | 49 | 88 | 137 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 37 | 66 | 171 |
Kelvin Upshaw | G | 23 | 0 | 473 | 149 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 97 | 19 | 3 | 42 | 62 | 162 |
Mark Acres | F-C | 62 | 0 | 632 | 114 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 59 | 87 | 146 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 94 | 137 |
Larry Bird | F-G | 6 | 6 | 189 | 104 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 116 |
Ramon Rivas Contreras | F-C | 28 | 0 | 91 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 40 |
Otis Birdsong | G | 13 | 0 | 108 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
Totals | 848 | 410 | 19780 | 7143 | 3520 | 309 | 78 | 2349 | 1840 | 1179 | 2442 | 3621 | 2189 | 639 | 418 | 1297 | 1876 | 8958 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin McHale | F-C | 78 | 74 | 36.9 | 54.6 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 22.5 |
Reggie Lewis | G-F | 81 | 57 | 32.8 | 48.6 | 13.6 | 78.7 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 18.5 |
Robert Parish | C | 80 | 80 | 35.5 | 57.0 | 71.9 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 18.6 | |
Dennis Johnson | G | 72 | 72 | 32.1 | 43.4 | 14.0 | 82.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 10.0 |
Danny Ainge | G-F | 45 | 28 | 30.0 | 46.0 | 37.4 | 89.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 15.9 |
Brian Shaw | G | 82 | 54 | 28.1 | 43.3 | 0.0 | 82.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 8.6 |
Jim Paxson | G-F | 57 | 7 | 20.0 | 45.4 | 16.7 | 81.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 8.6 |
Ed Pinckney | F | 29 | 9 | 23.4 | 54.0 | 79.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 10.1 | |
Brad Lohaus | C-F | 48 | 15 | 15.4 | 43.3 | 0.0 | 76.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
Kevin Gamble | F-G | 44 | 6 | 8.5 | 55.1 | 18.2 | 63.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
Ron Grandison | F | 72 | 0 | 7.3 | 41.5 | 0.0 | 73.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
Joe Kleine | C | 28 | 2 | 17.8 | 45.7 | 0.0 | 82.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
Kelvin Upshaw | G | 23 | 0 | 20.6 | 49.0 | 20.0 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
Mark Acres | F-C | 62 | 0 | 10.2 | 48.2 | 100.0 | 54.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
Larry Bird | F-G | 6 | 6 | 31.5 | 47.1 | 94.7 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 19.3 | |
Ramon Rivas Contreras | F-C | 28 | 0 | 3.3 | 38.7 | 0.0 | 64.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
Otis Birdsong | G | 13 | 0 | 8.3 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
Averages | 848 | 410 | 23.3 | 49.3 | 25.2 | 78.3 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 10.6 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reggie Lewis | G-F | 3 | 125 | 55 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 61 | |
Kevin McHale | F-C | 3 | 115 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 57 | |
Brian Shaw | G | 3 | 124 | 43 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 51 | |
Robert Parish | C | 3 | 112 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 47 | |
Joe Kleine | C | 3 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |
Kelvin Upshaw | G | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
Ed Pinckney | F | 3 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
Dennis Johnson | G | 3 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
Kevin Gamble | F-G | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
Otis Birdsong | G | 3 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Mark Acres | F-C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 30 | 720 | 250 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 49 | 29 | 91 | 120 | 65 | 20 | 7 | 41 | 72 | 271 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reggie Lewis | G-F | 3 | 41.7 | 47.3 | 0.0 | 69.2 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 20.3 |
Kevin McHale | F-C | 3 | 38.3 | 48.8 | 73.9 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 19.0 | |
Brian Shaw | G | 3 | 41.3 | 51.2 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 17.0 |
Robert Parish | C | 3 | 37.3 | 45.5 | 77.8 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 15.7 | |
Joe Kleine | C | 3 | 21.7 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
Kelvin Upshaw | G | 3 | 8.0 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 | ||
Ed Pinckney | F | 3 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | |
Dennis Johnson | G | 3 | 19.7 | 26.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
Kevin Gamble | F-G | 1 | 29.0 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
Otis Birdsong | G | 3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
Mark Acres | F-C | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Averages | 848 | 24.0 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 73.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 9.0 |