1979-80 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 61-21
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-4 Lost conference finals
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Houston Rockets 4-0
Conference Finals - Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
Coach: Bill Fitch (61-21)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 596,349, Avg. 14,545 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Boston Celtics Roster
1979-80 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-4.

The Celtics scored 9,303 points and surrendered 8,664. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 1,745 points for Boston and contributed 852 rebounds. Nate Archibald dished out 671 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Bird added 143 steals.

Bill Fitch coached the team. The 1979-80 Boston Celtics lost in the conference 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	82	82	2955	1463	693	143	58	360	301	216	636	852	370	143	53	263	279	1745
Cedric Maxwell	F	80	80	2744	750	457	0	0	554	436	284	420	704	199	76	61	230	266	1350
Nate Archibald	G	80	0	2864	794	383	18	4	435	361	59	138	197	671	106	10	242	218	1131
Rick Robey	C-F	82	27	1918	727	379	1	0	269	184	209	321	530	92	53	15	151	244	942
Dave Cowens	C-F	66	55	2159	932	422	12	1	122	95	126	408	534	206	69	61	108	216	940
M.L. Carr	F-G	82	7	1994	763	362	41	12	241	178	106	224	330	156	120	36	143	214	914
Chris Ford	G-F	73	73	2115	709	330	164	70	114	86	77	104	181	215	111	27	105	178	816
Gerald Henderson	G	76	2	1061	382	191	6	2	129	89	37	46	83	147	45	15	109	96	473
Jeff Judkins	G-F	65	0	674	276	139	27	11	76	62	32	34	66	47	29	5	49	91	351
Pete Maravich	G	26	4	442	249	123	4	3	55	50	10	28	38	29	9	2	37	49	299
Eric Fernsten	C-F	56	0	431	153	71	0	0	52	33	40	56	96	28	17	12	20	43	175
Don Chaney	G	60	0	523	189	67	6	1	42	32	31	42	73	38	31	11	33	80	167
Totals		828	330	19880	7387	3617	422	162	2449	1907	1227	2457	3684	2198	809	308	1490	1974	9303

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	82	82	36.0	47.4	40.6	83.6	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.4	21.3
Cedric Maxwell	F	80	80	34.3	60.9		78.7	3.6	5.3	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.9	3.3	16.9
Nate Archibald	G	80	0	35.8	48.2	22.2	83.0	0.7	1.7	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	2.7	14.1
Rick Robey	C-F	82	27	23.4	52.1	0.0	68.4	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.0	11.5
Dave Cowens	C-F	66	55	32.7	45.3	8.3	77.9	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.3	14.2
M.L. Carr	F-G	82	7	24.3	47.4	29.3	73.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.9	1.5	0.4	1.7	2.6	11.1
Chris Ford	G-F	73	73	29.0	46.5	42.7	75.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.4	1.4	2.4	11.2
Gerald Henderson	G	76	2	14.0	50.0	33.3	69.0	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.3	6.2
Jeff Judkins	G-F	65	0	10.4	50.4	40.7	81.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.4	5.4
Pete Maravich	G	26	4	17.0	49.4	75.0	90.9	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.4	1.9	11.5
Eric Fernsten	C-F	56	0	7.7	46.4		63.5	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.8	3.1
Don Chaney	G	60	0	8.7	35.4	16.7	76.2	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.8
Averages		828	330	24.0	49.0	38.4	77.9	1.5	3.0	4.4	2.7	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.4	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	9	372	177	83	15	4	25	22	22	79	101	42	14	8	33	30	192
Cedric Maxwell	F	9	320	93	59	0	0	61	46	31	59	90	19	5	10	22	25	164
Nate Archibald	G	9	332	89	45	2	1	42	37	3	8	11	71	10	0	38	28	128
Dave Cowens	C-F	9	301	103	49	2	0	11	10	18	48	66	21	9	7	8	37	108
M.L. Carr	F-G	9	172	80	32	5	2	24	16	0	0	33	11	6	1	7	20	82
Chris Ford	G-F	9	279	79	34	13	2	15	12	9	16	25	21	14	6	13	35	82
Rick Robey	C-F	9	151	53	24	1	0	14	7	13	19	32	10	7	3	8	27	55
Pete Maravich	G	9	104	51	25	6	2	3	2	0	8	8	6	3	0	9	12	54
Gerald Henderson	G	9	101	37	15	2	0	20	12	4	6	10	12	4	0	7	8	42
Jeff Judkins	G-F	7	10	8	4	3	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	9
Eric Fernsten	C-F	5	18	6	2	0	0	3	2	3	2	5	0	0	3	2	1	6
Totals		93	2160	776	372	49	12	218	166	106	246	385	213	73	38	147	223	922

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	9	41.3	46.9	26.7	88.0	2.4	8.8	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	3.7	3.3	21.3
Cedric Maxwell	F	9	35.6	63.4		75.4	3.4	6.6	10.0	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.8	18.2
Nate Archibald	G	9	36.9	50.6	50.0	88.1	0.3	0.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	0.0	4.2	3.1	14.2
Dave Cowens	C-F	9	33.4	47.6	0.0	90.9	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	4.1	12.0
M.L. Carr	F-G	9	19.1	40.0	40.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.8	2.2	9.1
Chris Ford	G-F	9	31.0	43.0	15.4	80.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.3	1.6	0.7	1.4	3.9	9.1
Rick Robey	C-F	9	16.8	45.3	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.9	3.0	6.1
Pete Maravich	G	9	11.6	49.0	33.3	66.7	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	6.0
Gerald Henderson	G	9	11.2	40.5	0.0	60.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	4.7
Jeff Judkins	G-F	7	1.4	50.0	33.3		0.4	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Eric Fernsten	C-F	5	3.6	33.3		66.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.2
Averages		828	23.2	47.9	24.5	76.1	1.1	2.6	4.1	2.3	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.4	9.9