1988-89 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
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 Roster
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
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