1989-90 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 52-30
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to New York Knicks 3-2
Coach: Jimmy Rodgers (52-30)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 611,537, Avg. 14,916 in 41 home dates

1989-90 Boston Celtics Roster
1989-90 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1989-90 season with a record of 52 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

Boston scored 9,023 points and yielded 8,696. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 1,820 points for the Celtics, while Kevin McHale netted 18 or more per game, too. Robert Parish contributed 796 boards. Larry Bird dished out 562 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Bird added 106 steals, and Kevin McHale blocked 157 shots.

Jimmy Rodgers coached the team. The 1989-90 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
Larry Bird	F-G	75	75	2944	1517	718	195	65	343	319	90	622	712	562	106	61	243	173	1820
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	25	2722	1181	648	69	23	440	393	201	476	677	172	30	157	183	250	1712
Reggie Lewis	G-F	79	54	2522	1089	540	15	4	317	256	109	238	347	225	88	63	120	216	1340
Robert Parish	C	79	78	2396	871	505	0	0	312	233	259	537	796	103	38	69	169	189	1243
Dennis Johnson	G	75	65	2036	475	206	24	1	140	118	48	153	201	485	81	14	117	179	531
Jim Paxson	G-F	72	25	1283	422	191	20	5	90	73	24	53	77	137	33	5	54	115	460
Joe Kleine	C	81	4	1365	367	176	4	0	100	83	117	238	355	46	15	27	64	170	435
Ed Pinckney	F	77	50	1082	249	135	1	0	119	92	93	132	225	68	34	42	56	126	362
Kevin Gamble	F-G	71	10	990	301	137	18	3	107	85	42	70	112	119	28	8	44	77	362
Michael Smith	F	65	7	620	286	136	28	2	64	53	40	60	100	79	9	1	54	51	327
John Bagley	G	54	17	1095	218	100	18	1	39	29	26	63	89	296	40	4	90	77	230
Charles Smith	G	60	0	519	133	59	7	0	76	53	14	55	69	103	35	3	36	75	171
Kelvin Upshaw	G	14	0	131	39	12	5	2	6	4	3	10	13	28	2	1	12	19	30
Totals		884	410	19705	7148	3563	404	106	2153	1791	1066	2707	3773	2423	539	455	1242	1717	9023

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	75	75	39.3	47.3	33.3	93.0	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	2.3	24.3
Kevin McHale	F-C	82	25	33.2	54.9	33.3	89.3	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	20.9
Reggie Lewis	G-F	79	54	31.9	49.6	26.7	80.8	1.4	3.0	4.4	2.8	1.1	0.8	1.5	2.7	17.0
Robert Parish	C	79	78	30.3	58.0		74.7	3.3	6.8	10.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.1	2.4	15.7
Dennis Johnson	G	75	65	27.1	43.4	4.2	84.3	0.6	2.0	2.7	6.5	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	7.1
Jim Paxson	G-F	72	25	17.8	45.3	25.0	81.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.6	6.4
Joe Kleine	C	81	4	16.9	48.0	0.0	83.0	1.4	2.9	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.1	5.4
Ed Pinckney	F	77	50	14.1	54.2	0.0	77.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.6	4.7
Kevin Gamble	F-G	71	10	13.9	45.5	16.7	79.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.1	5.1
Michael Smith	F	65	7	9.5	47.6	7.1	82.8	0.6	0.9	1.5	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.8	5.0
John Bagley	G	54	17	20.3	45.9	5.6	74.4	0.5	1.2	1.6	5.5	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.4	4.3
Charles Smith	G	60	0	8.7	44.4	0.0	69.7	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.9
Kelvin Upshaw	G	14	0	9.4	30.8	40.0	66.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.1
Averages		884	410	22.3	49.8	26.2	83.2	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.7	0.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	10.2

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	5	207	99	44	19	5	32	29	7	39	46	44	5	5	18	10	122
Kevin McHale	F-C	5	192	69	42	3	1	29	25	8	31	39	13	2	10	14	17	110
Reggie Lewis	G-F	5	200	62	37	1	0	35	27	9	16	25	22	7	2	12	14	101
Robert Parish	C	5	170	54	31	0	0	18	17	23	27	50	13	5	7	12	21	79
Dennis Johnson	G	5	162	62	30	6	2	7	7	2	12	14	28	2	2	10	17	69
Joe Kleine	C	5	79	17	13	1	0	6	5	3	11	14	2	2	3	4	12	31
Ed Pinckney	F	4	25	7	6	0	0	9	7	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	19
John Bagley	G	5	70	15	8	1	0	4	3	3	1	4	17	4	1	9	9	19
Jim Paxson	G-F	5	62	16	8	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	7	5	0	3	1	19
Michael Smith	F	4	16	8	5	2	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	17
Kevin Gamble	F-G	3	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	6
Charles Smith	G	3	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2
Totals		54	1200	416	228	34	8	151	130	59	141	200	151	34	30	86	106	594

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	5	41.4	44.4	26.3	90.6	1.4	7.8	9.2	8.8	1.0	1.0	3.6	2.0	24.4
Kevin McHale	F-C	5	38.4	60.9	33.3	86.2	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	22.0
Reggie Lewis	G-F	5	40.0	59.7	0.0	77.1	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.4	1.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	20.2
Robert Parish	C	5	34.0	57.4		94.4	4.6	5.4	10.0	2.6	1.0	1.4	2.4	4.2	15.8
Dennis Johnson	G	5	32.4	48.4	33.3	100.0	0.4	2.4	2.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.4	13.8
Joe Kleine	C	5	15.8	76.5	0.0	83.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	6.2
Ed Pinckney	F	4	6.3	85.7		77.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	4.8
John Bagley	G	5	14.0	53.3	0.0	75.0	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.4	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.8	3.8
Jim Paxson	G-F	5	12.4	50.0	0.0	75.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	3.8
Michael Smith	F	4	4.0	62.5	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	4.3
Kevin Gamble	F-G	3	2.7	60.0			0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.0
Charles Smith	G	3	3.0	50.0			0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
Averages		884	22.2	54.8	23.5	86.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	2.8	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.0	11.0