1985-86 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 67-15
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 15-3 Won NBA championship
Conference First Round - Defeated Chicago Bulls 3-0
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-1
Conference Finals - Defeated Milwaukee Bucks 4-0
Finals - Defeated Houston Rockets 4-2
Coach: K.C. Jones (67-15)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 610,581, Avg. 14,892 in 41 home dates

1985-86 Boston Celtics Roster
1985-86 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 67 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 15-3.

The Celtics poured in 9,359 points and conceded 8,587. Larry Bird tossed in a team-best 2,115 points for Boston, and Kevin McHale scored 18 or more per game, too. Larry Bird contributed 805 boards. Larry Bird dished out 557 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Bird added 166 steals, while Kevin McHale blocked 134 shots.

K.C. Jones coached the team. The 1985-86 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.

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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	81	3113	1606	796	194	82	492	441	190	615	805	557	166	51	266	182	2115
Kevin McHale	F-C	68	62	2397	978	561	0	0	420	326	171	380	551	181	29	134	149	192	1448
Robert Parish	C	81	80	2567	966	530	0	0	335	245	246	524	770	145	65	116	187	215	1305
Dennis Johnson	G	78	78	2732	1060	482	42	6	297	243	69	199	268	456	110	35	173	206	1213
Danny Ainge	G-F	80	78	2407	701	353	73	26	136	123	47	188	235	405	94	7	129	204	855
Scott Wedman	F-G	79	19	1402	605	286	48	17	68	45	66	126	192	83	38	22	54	127	634
Bill Walton	C-F	80	2	1546	411	231	0	0	202	144	136	408	544	165	38	106	151	210	606
Jerry Sichting	G	82	7	1596	412	235	16	6	66	61	27	77	104	188	50	0	73	118	537
Rick Carlisle	G	77	1	760	189	92	10	0	23	15	22	55	77	104	19	4	50	92	199
Sam Vincent	G	57	0	432	162	59	4	1	70	65	11	37	48	69	17	4	49	59	184
David Thirdkill	F-G	49	0	385	110	54	1	0	88	55	27	43	70	15	11	3	19	55	163
Greg Kite	C	64	2	464	91	34	1	0	39	15	35	93	128	17	3	28	32	81	83
Sly Williams	F-G	6	0	54	21	5	4	0	12	7	7	8	15	2	1	1	7	15	17
Totals		883	410	19855	7312	3718	393	138	2248	1785	1054	2753	3807	2387	641	511	1339	1756	9359

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	82	81	38.0	49.6	42.3	89.6	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	25.8
Kevin McHale	F-C	68	62	35.3	57.4		77.6	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	21.3
Robert Parish	C	81	80	31.7	54.9		73.1	3.0	6.5	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	2.7	16.1
Dennis Johnson	G	78	78	35.0	45.5	14.3	81.8	0.9	2.6	3.4	5.8	1.4	0.4	2.2	2.6	15.6
Danny Ainge	G-F	80	78	30.1	50.4	35.6	90.4	0.6	2.4	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.1	1.6	2.6	10.7
Scott Wedman	F-G	79	19	17.7	47.3	35.4	66.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.6	8.0
Bill Walton	C-F	80	2	19.3	56.2		71.3	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	7.6
Jerry Sichting	G	82	7	19.5	57.0	37.5	92.4	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.4	6.5
Rick Carlisle	G	77	1	9.9	48.7	0.0	65.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.2	2.6
Sam Vincent	G	57	0	7.6	36.4	25.0	92.9	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.0	3.2
David Thirdkill	F-G	49	0	7.9	49.1	0.0	62.5	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	3.3
Greg Kite	C	64	2	7.3	37.4	0.0	38.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.3
Sly Williams	F-G	6	0	9.0	23.8	0.0	58.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.5	2.8
Averages		883	410	22.5	50.8	35.1	79.4	1.2	3.1	4.3	2.7	0.7	0.6	1.5	2.0	10.6

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	18	770	331	171	56	23	109	101	34	134	168	148	37	11	47	55	466
Kevin McHale	F-C	18	715	290	168	1	0	141	112	51	104	155	48	8	43	48	64	448
Dennis Johnson	G	18	715	245	109	16	6	84	67	23	53	76	107	39	5	51	58	291
Danny Ainge	G-F	18	652	193	107	34	14	60	52	22	54	76	93	41	1	31	57	280
Robert Parish	C	18	591	225	106	0	0	89	58	52	106	158	25	9	30	44	47	270
Bill Walton	C-F	16	291	93	54	1	0	23	19	25	78	103	27	6	12	22	45	127
Jerry Sichting	G	18	274	61	27	1	0	7	3	5	11	16	40	5	0	8	18	57
Scott Wedman	F-G	12	142	51	20	4	2	4	3	11	11	22	8	9	3	6	14	45
Sam Vincent	G	9	41	28	8	1	0	6	6	1	6	7	5	2	0	4	9	22
Rick Carlisle	G	10	54	15	8	0	0	4	3	3	2	5	8	2	0	3	9	19
Greg Kite	C	13	78	10	7	0	0	7	4	5	14	19	3	2	4	3	20	18
David Thirdkill	F-G	13	47	18	6	1	0	11	5	1	7	8	3	2	0	3	5	17
Totals		181	4370	1560	791	115	45	545	433	233	580	813	515	162	109	270	401	2060

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	18	42.8	51.7	41.1	92.7	1.9	7.4	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.1	25.9
Kevin McHale	F-C	18	39.7	57.9	0.0	79.4	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	24.9
Dennis Johnson	G	18	39.7	44.5	37.5	79.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	5.9	2.2	0.3	2.8	3.2	16.2
Danny Ainge	G-F	18	36.2	55.4	41.2	86.7	1.2	3.0	4.2	5.2	2.3	0.1	1.7	3.2	15.6
Robert Parish	C	18	32.8	47.1		65.2	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.4	0.5	1.7	2.4	2.6	15.0
Bill Walton	C-F	16	18.2	58.1	0.0	82.6	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	7.9
Jerry Sichting	G	18	15.2	44.3	0.0	42.9	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.0	3.2
Scott Wedman	F-G	12	11.8	39.2	50.0	75.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.8
Sam Vincent	G	9	4.6	28.6	0.0	100.0	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.0	2.4
Rick Carlisle	G	10	5.4	53.3		75.0	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.9
Greg Kite	C	13	6.0	70.0		57.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.5	1.4
David Thirdkill	F-G	13	3.6	33.3	0.0	45.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.3
Averages		883	24.1	50.7	39.1	79.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.2	11.4