1976-1977 Boston Celtics: 44-38 .537
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 23-12 (3735 points scored, 3695 allowed) Road record: 16-25 (4207 points scored, 4440 allowed) Other sites: 5-1 (630 points scored, 599 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Heinsohn 8572 points scored (17th of 22 teams), 8734 points allowed (12th) NBA Averages: 106.5 points/game (8731.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Jim Ard 6'8 215 28 Cincinnati Tom Boswell 6'8 220 23 South Carolina Norm Cook 6'8 210 21 Kansas Dave Cowens 6'9 230 28 Florida State John Havlicek 6'5 203 36 Ohio State Steve Kuberski 6'8 215 29 Bradley Curtis Rowe 6'7 225 27 UCLA Fred Saunders 6'7 210 25 Syracuse Charlie Scott 6'5 175 28 North Carolina Kevin Stacom 6'3 185 25 Providence Jo Jo White 6'3 190 30 Kansas Sidney Wicks 6'8 225 27 UCLA Bobby Wilson 6'2 175 25 Wichita State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG G Jo Jo White 82 3333 638 1488 0 0 333 383 87 296 383 492 118 22 0 193 1609 19.6 F John Havlicek 79 2913 580 1283 0 0 235 288 109 273 382 400 84 18 0 208 1395 17.7 F Sidney Wicks 82 2642 464 1012 0 0 310 464 268 556 824 169 64 61 0 331 1238 15.1 C Dave Cowens 50 1888 328 756 0 0 162 198 147 550 697 248 46 49 0 181 818 16.4 F Curtis Rowe 79 2190 315 632 0 0 170 240 188 375 563 107 24 47 0 215 800 10.1 G Charlie Scott 43 1581 326 734 0 0 129 173 52 139 191 196 60 12 0 155 781 18.2 F Tom Boswell 70 1083 175 340 0 0 96 135 111 195 306 85 27 8 0 237 446 6.4 G Kevin Stacom 79 1051 179 438 0 0 46 58 40 57 97 117 19 3 0 65 404 5.1 F Fred Saunders 68 1051 184 395 0 0 35 53 73 150 223 85 26 7 0 191 403 5.9 F Steve Kuberski 76 860 131 312 0 0 63 83 76 133 209 39 7 5 0 89 325 4.3 C Jim Ard 63 969 96 254 0 0 49 76 77 219 296 53 18 28 0 128 241 3.8 F Norm Cook 25 138 27 72 0 0 9 17 10 17 27 5 10 3 0 27 63 2.5 G Bobby Wilson 25 131 19 59 0 0 11 13 3 6 9 14 3 0 0 19 49 2.0
1976 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 16 Norman Cook 27 Kansas
3 51 Jerry Fort Nebraska
4 67 Lewis Linder Kentucky State
5 85 Louis McKinney St. Louis
6 103 Art Collins 29 Biscayne
7 121 Ralph Drollinger 6 UCLA
8 139 John Clark Northeastern
9 156 Bill Collins Boston College
10 172 Otho Tucker Illinois
Traded draft picks:
#2 to PHO (Butch Feher)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern First Round
04/12/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 104-94
04/15/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 113-109
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Eastern Semifinals
04/17/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers W 113-111
04/20/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 101-113
04/22/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 100-109
04/24/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 124-119
04/27/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 91-110
04/29/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 113-108
05/01/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 77-83
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
G Jo Jo White 9 395 91 201 28 33 10 29 39 52 14 0 27 210 23.3
F John Havlicek 9 375 62 167 41 50 15 34 49 62 8 4 33 165 18.3
C Dave Cowens 9 379 66 148 17 22 29 105 134 36 8 13 37 149 16.6
G Charlie Scott 9 338 52 128 44 52 15 23 38 38 13 2 41 148 16.4
F Sidney Wicks 9 261 42 81 34 47 26 57 83 16 13 3 37 118 13.1
F Curtis Rowe 9 237 32 68 22 29 29 43 72 10 1 4 29 86 9.6
F Fred Saunders 9 66 12 33 5 6 1 8 9 5 1 0 21 29 3.2
F Tom Boswell 9 81 8 18 4 6 10 10 20 7 1 0 18 20 2.2
G Kevin Stacom 5 25 3 6 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 7 1.4
F Norm Cook 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/21/1976 at Indiana Pacers W 129-122 1-0 10/23/1976 at Milwaukee Bucks W 111-107 2-0 10/28/1976 vs Buffalo Braves W 112-105 3-0 10/30/1976 at San Antonio Spurs W 126-117 4-0 11/02/1976 at New Orleans Jazz L 97-115 4-1 11/03/1976 at Houston Rockets L 111-117 4-2 11/05/1976 vs Washington Bullets L 104-107 4-3 11/06/1976 at Washington Bullets L 103-109 4-4 11/10/1976 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 117-112 5-4 11/12/1976 vs New Orleans Jazz W 117-110 6-4 11/13/1976 at Buffalo Braves L 107-118 6-5 11/17/1976 vs Atlanta Hawks W 104-91 7-5 11/19/1976 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-108 8-5 11/20/1976 at Detroit Pistons L 110-116 8-6 11/23/1976 at Philadelphia 76ers L 102-116 8-7 11/24/1976 vs Kansas City Kings W 133-111 9-7 11/26/1976 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 92-108 9-8 11/27/1976 at New York Knicks W 123-109 10-8 12/01/1976 vs Seattle Supersonics W 107-103 11-8 12/03/1976 vs Chicago Bulls W 115-109 12-8 12/05/1976 at Kansas City Kings L 96-102 12-9 12/08/1976 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 104-95 13-9 12/10/1976 vs Phoenix Suns L 103-107 13-10 12/11/1976 at Chicago Bulls L 76-84 13-11 12/15/1976 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 129-125 14-11 12/17/1976 vs New York Knicks L 109-123 14-12 12/18/1976 at Atlanta Hawks W 117-110 15-12 12/19/1976 at New York Nets W 94-87 16-12 12/21/1976 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-108 16-13 12/26/1976 at Denver Nuggets W 103-101 17-13 12/28/1976 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-134 17-14 12/29/1976 at Phoenix Suns L 87-97 17-15 01/02/1977 at Golden State Warriors L 98-105 17-16 01/04/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 84-128 17-17 01/05/1977 at Seattle Supersonics L 93-94 17-18 01/08/1977 at Buffalo Braves W 109-106 18-18 01/11/1977 vs Houston Rockets W 105-101 19-18 01/12/1977 vs Indiana Pacers L 101-112 19-19 01/14/1977 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 92-107 19-20 01/16/1977 vs New York Nets W 106-91 20-20 01/18/1977 at New Orleans Jazz L 89-99 20-21 01/19/1977 at Houston Rockets W 112-102 21-21 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/21/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 103-90 22-21 01/22/1977 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-109 22-22 01/23/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 83-91 22-23 01/25/1977 vs Detroit Pistons L 89-91 22-24 01/26/1977 at Indiana Pacers L 101-121 22-25 01/28/1977 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 119-113 23-25 01/30/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 92-109 23-26 02/02/1977 at New York Nets L 89-99 23-27 02/04/1977 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 99-98 24-27 02/06/1977 vs Buffalo Braves W 113-97 25-27 02/11/1977 vs New York Knicks W 119-111 26-27 02/15/1977 vs Detroit Pistons W 109-99 27-27 02/16/1977 at Washington Bullets L 92-111 27-28 02/17/1977 at Kansas City Kings W 126-125 28-28 02/20/1977 at Golden State Warriors W 114-112 29-28 02/22/1977 at Portland Trail Blazers L 111-113 29-29 02/25/1977 at Seattle Supersonics W 102-92 30-29 02/26/1977 at Phoenix Suns W 108-104 31-29 02/27/1977 at Denver Nuggets L 100-121 31-30 03/01/1977 vs Golden State Warriors L 94-101 31-31 03/04/1977 at Detroit Pistons W 94-92 32-31 03/06/1977 vs Denver Nuggets W 112-110 33-31 03/09/1977 vs Seattle Supersonics L 86-114 33-32 03/13/1977 vs Phoenix Suns W 124-107 34-32 03/15/1977 at Chicago Bulls L 96-107 34-33 03/17/1977 at Milwaukee Bucks L 91-100 34-34 03/18/1977 vs Atlanta Hawks W 98-96 35-34 03/20/1977 vs Kansas City Kings W 118-110 36-34 03/22/1977 at San Antonio Spurs W 108-104 37-34 03/23/1977 at Atlanta Hawks W 103-96 38-34 03/25/1977 vs Washington Bullets L 97-122 38-35 03/27/1977 vs New York Nets W 114-109 39-35 03/29/1977 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 82-110 39-36 03/30/1977 vs Chicago Bulls W 90-88 40-36 04/03/1977 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 96-90 41-36 04/05/1977 at New York Knicks L 113-121 41-37 04/06/1977 vs Houston Rockets L 93-104 41-38 04/08/1977 vs New Orleans Jazz W 120-109 42-38 04/09/1977 vs San Antonio Spurs W 120-105 43-38 04/10/1977 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 115-105 44-38 |