1979-1980 Boston Celtics: 61-21 .744
Previous Season Home record: 33-6 (4510 points scored, 4120 allowed) Road record: 26-15 (4571 points scored, 4345 allowed) Other sites: 2-0 (222 points scored, 199 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Fitch 9303 points scored (5th of 22 teams), 8664 points allowed (6th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Nate Archibald 6'1 150 31 Texas - El Paso Larry Bird 6'9 220 23 Indiana State M.L. Carr 6'6 205 28 Guilford Don Chaney 6'5 210 33 Houston Dave Cowens 6'9 230 31 Florida State Eric Fernsten 6'10 205 26 San Francisco Chris Ford 6'5 190 30 Villanova Gerald Henderson 6'2 175 23 Virginia Commonwealth Jeff Judkins 6'6 185 23 Utah Pete Maravich 6'5 197 32 Louisiana State Cedric Maxwell 6'8 205 24 North Carolina - Charlotte Rick Robey 6'11 230 23 Kentucky Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Larry Bird 82 2955 693 1463 58 143 301 360 216 636 852 370 143 53 263 279 1745 21.3 F Cedric Maxwell 80 2744 457 750 0 0 436 554 284 420 704 199 76 61 230 266 1350 16.9 G Nate Archibald 80 2864 383 794 4 18 361 435 59 138 197 671 106 10 242 218 1131 14.1 C Rick Robey 82 1918 379 727 0 1 184 269 209 321 530 92 53 15 151 244 942 11.5 C Dave Cowens 66 2159 422 932 1 12 95 122 126 408 534 206 69 61 108 216 940 14.2 F M.L. Carr 82 1994 362 763 12 41 178 241 106 224 330 156 120 36 143 214 914 11.1 G Chris Ford 73 2115 330 709 70 164 86 114 77 104 181 215 111 27 105 178 816 11.2 G Gerald Henderson 76 1061 191 382 2 6 89 129 37 46 83 147 45 15 109 96 473 6.2 G Jeff Judkins 65 674 139 276 11 27 62 76 32 34 66 47 29 5 49 91 351 5.4 G Pete Maravich 26 442 123 249 3 4 50 55 10 28 38 29 9 2 37 49 299 11.5 C Eric Fernsten 56 431 71 153 0 0 33 52 40 56 96 28 17 12 20 43 175 3.1 G Don Chaney 60 523 67 189 1 6 32 42 31 42 73 38 31 11 33 80 167 2.8
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
3 53 Wayne Kreklow 25 Drake [pick acquired from IND]
3 61 Ernesto Malcolm Briarcliff [pick acquired from DEN]
4 68 Nick Galis Seton Hall
5 90 Jimmy Allen New Haven
6 110 Marvin Delph Arkansas
7 130 Steve Castellan Virginia
8 149 Glenn Sudhop North Carolina State
9 168 Kevin Sinnett Navy
10 186 Alton Byrd Columbia
Traded draft picks:
#1 to NYK (Bill Cartwright)
#2 to PHO (Johnny High)
#3 to WAS (Andrew Parker)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Eastern Semifinals
04/09/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 119-101
04/11/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 95-75
04/13/1980 at Houston Rockets W 100-81
04/14/1980 at Houston Rockets W 138-121
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Eastern Finals
04/18/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 93-96
04/20/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 96-90
04/23/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 97-99
04/25/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 90-102
04/27/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 94-105
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Larry Bird 9 372 83 177 4 15 22 25 22 79 101 42 14 8 33 30 192 21.3
F Cedric Maxwell 9 320 59 93 0 0 46 61 31 59 90 19 5 10 22 25 164 18.2
G Nate Archibald 9 332 45 89 1 2 37 42 3 8 11 71 10 0 38 28 128 14.2
C Dave Cowens 9 301 49 103 0 2 10 11 18 48 66 21 9 7 8 37 108 12.0
F M.L. Carr 9 172 32 80 2 5 16 24 14 19 33 11 6 1 7 20 82 9.1
G Chris Ford 9 279 34 79 2 13 12 15 9 16 25 21 14 6 13 35 82 9.1
C Rick Robey 9 151 24 53 0 1 7 14 13 19 32 10 7 3 8 27 55 6.1
G Pete Maravich 9 104 25 51 2 6 2 3 0 8 8 6 3 0 9 12 54 6.0
G Gerald Henderson 9 101 15 37 0 2 12 20 4 6 10 12 4 0 7 8 42 4.7
G Jeff Judkins 7 10 4 8 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.3
C Eric Fernsten 5 18 2 6 0 0 2 3 3 2 5 0 0 3 2 1 6 1.2
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 114-106 1-0 10/13/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 139-117 2-0 10/17/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 127-108 3-0 10/19/1979 vs Washington Bullets W 130-93 4-0 10/20/1979 at Indiana Pacers L 128-131 4-1 10/23/1979 at San Antonio Spurs L 120-129 4-2 10/24/1979 at Houston Rockets W 100-99 5-2 10/27/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 100-95 6-2 10/31/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 116-79 7-2 11/03/1979 at Washington Bullets W 118-97 8-2 11/07/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 117-105 9-2 11/09/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 127-119 10-2 11/10/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 94-95 10-3 11/14/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-111 11-3 11/16/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 113-97 12-3 11/17/1979 at New York Knicks L 109-113 12-4 11/21/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 111-103 13-4 11/23/1979 vs Indiana Pacers W 118-103 14-4 11/24/1979 at Atlanta Hawks W 106-101 15-4 11/28/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 119-97 16-4 11/30/1979 vs New York Knicks W 100-97 17-4 12/01/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 106-102 18-4 12/02/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 88-94 18-5 12/04/1979 at Detroit Pistons W 118-114 19-5 12/05/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 92-120 19-6 12/07/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 100-92 20-6 12/08/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 100-116 20-7 12/09/1979 at Milwaukee Bucks W 113-108 21-7 12/12/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 116-102 22-7 12/14/1979 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 97-94 23-7 12/15/1979 at New York Knicks W 99-96 24-7 12/16/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 115-112 25-7 12/19/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 112-89 26-7 12/21/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 133-114 27-7 12/22/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 113-126 27-8 12/27/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 118-97 28-8 12/28/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 105-123 28-9 12/29/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 104-88 29-9 01/02/1980 at Houston Rockets W 111-103 30-9 01/05/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 111-119 30-10 01/09/1980 vs New York Knicks W 112-95 31-10 01/11/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-93 32-10 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 98-100 32-11 01/16/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 114-104 33-11 01/18/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 111-93 34-11 01/20/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 106-108 34-12 01/22/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 112-106 35-12 01/23/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 131-104 36-12 01/25/1980 vs Washington Bullets L 107-118 36-13 01/27/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 131-108 37-13 01/29/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 103-99 38-13 01/30/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 110-103 39-13 01/31/1980 at Washington Bullets W 119-103 40-13 02/06/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 129-110 41-13 02/08/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 130-108 42-13 02/10/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 128-111 43-13 02/13/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 134-135 43-14 02/15/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers W 106-91 44-14 02/17/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 108-109 44-15 02/20/1980 at Utah Jazz W 105-98 45-15 02/23/1980 at Denver Nuggets W 124-105 46-15 02/26/1980 vs Atlanta Hawks W 108-97 47-15 02/27/1980 vs San Antonio Spurs W 130-125 48-15 02/29/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 110-99 49-15 03/02/1980 vs Detroit Pistons W 118-115 50-15 03/04/1980 at San Antonio Spurs W 137-108 51-15 03/05/1980 at Houston Rockets W 103-99 52-15 03/07/1980 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 111-92 53-15 03/09/1980 vs Washington Bullets L 128-133 53-16 03/11/1980 at Indiana Pacers L 108-114 53-17 03/12/1980 vs Houston Rockets W 121-105 54-17 03/14/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 87-88 54-18 03/15/1980 at New York Knicks W 123-120 55-18 03/17/1980 at New Jersey Nets W 117-92 56-18 03/18/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 114-102 57-18 03/20/1980 at Detroit Pistons W 124-106 58-18 03/22/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers L 105-109 58-19 03/23/1980 vs New Jersey Nets L 96-101 58-20 03/25/1980 at Washington Bullets W 96-95 59-20 03/26/1980 vs New York Knicks W 129-121 60-20 03/28/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 130-122 61-20 03/30/1980 at Philadelphia 76ers L 110-116 61-21 |