1978-1979 Boston Celtics: 29-53 .354
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 21-20 (4438 points scored, 4465 allowed) Road record: 7-33 (4324 points scored, 4720 allowed) Other sites: 1-0 (112 points scored, 103 allowed) Head Coaches: Satch Sanders (2-12), Dave Cowens (27-41) 8874 points scored (16th of 22 teams), 9288 points allowed (19th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Nate Archibald 6'1 150 30 Texas - El Paso Dennis Awtrey 6'10 235 30 Santa Clara Tom Barker 6'11 225 23 Hawaii Marvin Barnes 6'8 210 26 Providence Don Chaney 6'5 210 32 Houston Dave Cowens 6'9 230 30 Florida State Chris Ford 6'5 190 29 Villanova Jeff Judkins 6'6 185 22 Utah Billy Knight 6'6 195 26 Pittsburgh Cedric Maxwell 6'8 205 23 North Carolina - Charlotte Bob McAdoo 6'9 210 27 North Carolina Rick Robey 6'11 230 22 Kentucky Curtis Rowe 6'7 225 29 UCLA Frankie Sanders 6'6 200 21 Southern Kevin Stacom 6'3 185 27 Providence Earl Tatum 6'4 185 25 Marquette Jo Jo White 6'3 190 32 Kansas Earl Williams 6'7 230 27 Winston-Salem State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Cedric Maxwell 80 2969 472 808 0 0 574 716 272 519 791 228 98 74 273 266 1518 19.0 G Chris Ford 78 2629 525 1107 0 0 165 219 115 141 256 369 114 24 200 200 1215 15.6 C Dave Cowens 68 2517 488 1010 0 0 151 187 152 500 652 242 76 51 174 263 1127 16.6 G Nate Archibald 69 1662 259 573 0 0 242 307 25 78 103 324 55 6 197 132 760 11.0 G Jeff Judkins 81 1521 295 587 0 0 119 146 70 121 191 145 81 12 109 184 709 8.8 G Jo Jo White 47 1455 255 596 0 0 79 89 22 106 128 214 54 4 142 100 589 12.5 F Billy Knight 40 1119 219 436 0 0 118 146 41 132 173 66 31 3 129 86 556 13.9 C Rick Robey 36 914 182 378 0 0 84 103 88 171 259 79 23 3 75 121 448 12.4 C Bob McAdoo 20 637 167 334 0 0 77 115 36 105 141 40 12 20 64 55 411 20.6 G Don Chaney 65 1074 174 414 0 0 36 42 63 78 141 75 72 11 65 167 384 5.9 F Curtis Rowe 53 1222 151 346 0 0 52 75 79 163 242 69 15 13 88 105 354 6.7 F Marvin Barnes 38 796 133 271 0 0 43 66 57 120 177 53 38 39 68 144 309 8.1 F Frankie Sanders 24 216 55 119 0 0 22 27 22 29 51 17 7 3 23 25 132 5.5 C Earl Williams 20 273 54 123 0 0 14 24 41 64 105 12 12 9 20 41 122 6.1 G Kevin Stacom 24 260 52 133 0 0 13 19 10 14 24 35 15 0 26 18 117 4.9 C Tom Barker 12 131 21 48 0 0 11 15 12 18 30 6 4 4 13 26 53 4.4 C Dennis Awtrey 23 247 17 44 0 0 16 20 13 34 47 20 3 6 21 37 50 2.2 G Earl Tatum 3 38 8 20 0 0 4 5 1 3 4 1 0 1 3 7 20 6.7
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 6 Larry Bird 897 Indiana State
1 8 Freeman Williams 323 Portland State [pick acquired from NO via LA]
2 30 Jeff Judkins 272 Utah [pick acquired from NO]
3 50 Dana Skinner Merrimack
4 72 Dave Nelson Bloomfield (NJ)
5 94 Greg Tynes Seton Hall
6 116 Dave Winey Minnesota
7 137 Steve Balkun Fairfield
8 156 Kim Fisher Fairfield
9 173 Les Anderson George Washington
10 188 Walter Harrigan Brandeis
Traded draft picks:
#2 to HOU (Buster Matheney)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 101-115 0-1 10/14/1978 vs Houston Rockets L 108-114 0-2 10/18/1978 at Atlanta Hawks W 116-99 1-2 10/19/1978 at New Orleans Jazz L 115-120 1-3 10/21/1978 at Houston Rockets L 101-118 1-4 10/24/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 109-132 1-5 10/28/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 109-111 1-6 11/01/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 118-112 2-6 11/03/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 103-110 2-7 11/07/1978 at Milwaukee Bucks L 108-125 2-8 11/08/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 109-112 2-9 11/10/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks L 103-115 2-10 11/11/1978 at New York Knicks L 98-111 2-11 11/12/1978 vs Detroit Pistons L 123-128 2-12 11/17/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 120-118 3-12 11/18/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 92-90 4-12 11/22/1978 vs Washington Bullets L 103-119 4-13 11/24/1978 vs New York Knicks W 109-98 5-13 11/26/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 103-105 5-14 11/28/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 97-102 5-15 11/30/1978 at Kansas City Kings L 94-108 5-16 12/01/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 87-80 6-16 12/02/1978 at Indiana Pacers W 117-110 7-16 12/05/1978 at Detroit Pistons W 114-112 8-16 12/06/1978 vs San Diego Clippers W 117-111 9-16 12/08/1978 vs Phoenix Suns L 104-124 9-17 12/12/1978 at Houston Rockets L 105-112 9-18 12/13/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz W 102-96 10-18 12/15/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 101-105 10-19 12/16/1978 at Washington Bullets L 117-125 10-20 12/20/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 121-105 11-20 12/22/1978 vs Atlanta Hawks W 124-105 12-20 12/27/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 112-103 13-20 12/30/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 109-112 13-21 01/03/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 116-123 13-22 01/05/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 98-113 13-23 01/06/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 98-127 13-24 01/10/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 89-99 13-25 01/12/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 128-125 14-25 01/14/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 100-110 14-26 01/17/1979 vs Kansas City Kings L 99-120 14-27 01/19/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 103-102 15-27 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/20/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers W 108-102 16-27 01/21/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 87-91 16-28 01/23/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 90-100 16-29 01/24/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 106-128 16-30 01/26/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 106-119 16-31 01/28/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 103-102 17-31 01/31/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 119-102 18-31 02/02/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 112-98 19-31 02/06/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 101-104 19-32 02/07/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 107-100 20-32 02/09/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 112-101 21-32 02/10/1979 at New York Knicks W 106-102 22-32 02/11/1979 vs New York Knicks W 107-102 23-32 02/14/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 119-149 23-33 02/18/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers L 104-111 23-34 02/21/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 101-97 24-34 02/23/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 104-113 24-35 02/25/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 116-131 24-36 02/28/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 122-112 25-36 03/02/1979 vs San Diego Clippers L 99-106 25-37 03/04/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 122-135 25-38 03/07/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-114 25-39 03/09/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 117-160 25-40 03/11/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 108-106 26-40 03/14/1979 vs Phoenix Suns L 117-126 26-41 03/16/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 99-98 27-41 03/18/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 111-122 27-42 03/21/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 113-134 27-43 03/22/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 110-112 27-44 03/23/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 113-137 27-45 03/25/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 103-94 28-45 03/27/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 109-111 28-46 03/28/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks L 117-135 28-47 03/30/1979 vs Chicago Bulls L 105-121 28-48 04/01/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 110-112 28-49 04/03/1979 at New Orleans Jazz L 125-141 28-50 04/04/1979 at Washington Bullets L 119-145 28-51 04/06/1979 vs Denver Nuggets L 101-107 28-52 04/07/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 112-126 28-53 04/08/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 127-101 29-53 |