Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

1983-1984 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 Mar 17, 1959 25 Brigham Young 2 1981 2nd Rnd, #31, Boston Celtics
Larry Bird PF 6-9 220 Dec 7, 1956 27 Indiana State 4 1978 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Quinn Buckner PG 6-3 190 Aug 20, 1954 29 Indiana 7 1976 1st Rnd, #14, Milwaukee Bucks
M.L. Carr GF 6-6 205 Jan 9, 1951 33 Guilford 9 1973 5th Rnd, #76, Kansas City Kings
Carlos Clark SG 6-4 210 Aug 20, 1960 23 Ole Miss 0 1983 4th Rnd, #91, Boston Celtics
Gerald Henderson PG 6-2 175 Jan 16, 1956 28 VCU 5 1978 3rd Rnd, #64, San Antonio Spurs
Dennis Johnson SG 6-4 185 Sep 18, 1954 29 Pepperdine 7 1976 2nd Rnd, #41, Seattle SuperSonics
Greg Kite C 6-11 250 Aug 5, 1961 22 Brigham Young 0 1983 1st Rnd, #21, Boston Celtics
Cedric Maxwell PF 6-8 205 Nov 21, 1955 28 Charlotte 6 1977 1st Rnd, #12, Boston Celtics
Kevin McHale PF 6-10 210 Dec 19, 1957 26 Minnesota 3 1980 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Robert Parish C 7-0 230 Aug 30, 1953 30 Centenary 6 1976 1st Rnd, #16, Golden State Warriors
Scott Wedman GF 6-7 215 Jul 29, 1952 31 Colorado 9 1974 1st Rnd, #6, Kansas City Kings

1983-1984 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Boston Celtics #8 Washington Bullets BOS in 4
First Round #2 Milwaukee Bucks #7 Atlanta Hawks MIL in 5
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 New Jersey Nets NJN in 5
First Round #4 Detroit Pistons #5 New York Knicks NYK in 5
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #5 New York Knicks BOS in 7
Second Round #2 Milwaukee Bucks #6 New Jersey Nets MIL in 6
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Milwaukee Bucks BOS in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Kansas City Kings LAL in 3
First Round #2 Utah Jazz #7 Denver Nuggets UTA in 5
First Round #3 Portland Trail Blazers #6 Phoenix Suns PHX in 5
First Round #4 Dallas Mavericks #5 Seattle SuperSonics DAL in 5
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #4 Dallas Mavericks LAL in 5
Second Round #2 Utah Jazz #6 Phoenix Suns PHX in 6
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #6 Phoenix Suns LAL in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics #1 Los Angeles Lakers BOS in 7

1983-1984 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Larry Bird 23 41.8 27.5 11.0 5.9 2.3 1.2 3.8
Dennis Johnson 22 36.7 16.6 3.6 4.4 1.1 0.3 2.4
Robert Parish 23 37.8 14.9 10.8 1.2 1.0 1.8 2.0
Kevin McHale 23 30.5 14.8 6.2 1.2 0.1 1.5 1.7
Gerald Henderson 23 26.8 12.5 2.3 4.2 1.5 0.0 1.8
Cedric Maxwell 23 32.7 11.9 5.2 2.4 1.0 0.3 2.0
Danny Ainge 19 13.3 4.8 0.8 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.7
Scott Wedman 17 13.3 5.2 2.8 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.8
Quinn Buckner 23 11.7 3.3 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.8
M.L. Carr 16 5.1 2.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2
Carlos Clark 8 2.5 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Greg Kite 11 3.5 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3

1983-1984 Boston Celtics Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Washington Leaders
Apr 17, 1984
v.
Washington
W, 91-83 Boston Garden
Opening Round
1-0 PTS: 23. Larry Bird
REB: 14. R. Parish
AST: 12. Larry Bird
PTS: 24. Ricky Sobers
REB: 14. Rick Mahorn
AST: 10. Jeff Ruland
Apr 19, 1984
v.
Washington
W, 88-85 Boston Garden
Opening Round
2-0 PTS: 23. Larry Bird
REB: 12. Larry Bird
AST: 6. Larry Bird
PTS: 20. Greg Ballard
REB: 10. Jeff Ruland
AST: 8. Jeff Ruland
Apr 21, 1984
@
Washington
L, 111-108 US Airways Arena
Opening Round
2-1 PTS: 27. Larry Bird
REB: 16. R. Parish
AST: 6. Larry Bird
PTS: 33. Jeff Ruland
REB: 15. Rick Mahorn
AST: 11. Ricky Sobers
Apr 24, 1984
@
Washington
W, 96-99 US Airways Arena
Opening Round
3-1 PTS: 20. R. Parish
REB: 12. R. Parish
AST: 7. Larry Bird
PTS: 30. Jeff Ruland
REB: 15. Jeff Ruland
AST: 8. Jeff Ruland

1983-1984 Boston Celtics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders New York Leaders
Apr 29, 1984
v.
New York
W, 110-92 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 25. Kevin McHale
REB: 12. R. Parish
AST: 12. Larry Bird
PTS: 26. Bernard King
REB: 9. T. Robinson
AST: 6. Rory Sparrow
May 2, 1984
v.
New York
W, 116-102 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
2-0 PTS: 37. Larry Bird
REB: 11. Larry Bird
AST: 7. D. Johnson
PTS: 25. B. Cartwright
REB: 11. B. Cartwright
AST: 5. Rory Sparrow
May 4, 1984
@
New York
L, 100-92 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 24. Larry Bird
REB: 11. Larry Bird
AST: 4. D. Johnson
PTS: 25. B. Cartwright
REB: 9. Bernard King
AST: 10. Rory Sparrow
May 6, 1984
@
New York
L, 118-113 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals
2-2 PTS: 29. Larry Bird
REB: 12. Kevin McHale
AST: 7. D. Johnson
PTS: 43. Bernard King
REB: 9. T. Robinson
AST: 9. Ray Williams
May 9, 1984
v.
New York
W, 121-99 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
3-2 PTS: 26. Larry Bird
REB: 10. R. Parish
AST: 10. Larry Bird
PTS: 30. Bernard King
REB: 10. B. Cartwright
AST: 10. Ray Williams
May 11, 1984
@
New York
L, 106-104 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals
3-3 PTS: 35. Larry Bird
REB: 11. Larry Bird
AST: 8. G. Henderson
PTS: 44. Bernard King
REB: 14. B. Cartwright
AST: 11. Rory Sparrow
May 13, 1984
v.
New York
W, 121-104 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals
4-3 PTS: 39. Larry Bird
REB: 12. Larry Bird
AST: 10. Larry Bird
PTS: 24. Bernard King
REB: 9. T. Robinson
AST: 7. Ray Williams

1983-1984 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
May 15, 1984
v.
Milwaukee
W, 119-96 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
1-0 PTS: 24. Larry Bird
REB: 7. Kevin McHale
AST: 7. G. Henderson
PTS: 18. M. Johnson
REB: 11. Bob Lanier
AST: 4. M. Johnson
May 17, 1984
v.
Milwaukee
W, 125-110 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
2-0 PTS: 32. Larry Bird
REB: 13. Larry Bird
AST: 7. Larry Bird
PTS: 29. M. Johnson
REB: 7. S. Moncrief
AST: 4. Bob Lanier
May 19, 1984
@
Milwaukee
W, 100-109 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Finals
3-0 PTS: 28. Larry Bird
REB: 16. R. Parish
AST: 6. Larry Bird
PTS: 22. S. Moncrief
REB: 12. Paul Mokeski
AST: 6. S. Moncrief
May 21, 1984
@
Milwaukee
L, 122-113 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Finals
3-1 PTS: 32. Larry Bird
REB: 10. Larry Bird
AST: 8. Larry Bird
PTS: 22. Paul Pressey
REB: 9. Paul Mokeski
AST: 8. Bob Lanier
May 23, 1984
v.
Milwaukee
W, 115-108 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
4-1 PTS: 21. Larry Bird
REB: 13. Larry Bird
AST: 4. Larry Bird
PTS: 24. M. Johnson
REB: 8. Alton Lister
AST: 4. Paul Pressey

1983-1984 Boston Celtics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
May 27, 1984
v.
L.A. Lakers
L, 109-115 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
0-1 PTS: 25. Kevin McHale
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 5. Larry Bird
PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 8. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 10. M. Johnson
May 31, 1984
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 124-121 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
1-1 PTS: 27. Larry Bird
REB: 13. Larry Bird
AST: 5. G. Henderson
PTS: 29. James Worthy
REB: 10. M. Johnson
AST: 9. M. Johnson
Jun 3, 1984
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 137-104 The Forum
NBA Finals
1-2 PTS: 30. Larry Bird
REB: 12. R. Parish
AST: 5. C. Maxwell
PTS: 24. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 11. M. Johnson
AST: 21. M. Johnson
Jun 6, 1984
@
L.A. Lakers
W, 125-129 The Forum
NBA Finals
2-2 PTS: 29. Larry Bird
REB: 21. Larry Bird
AST: 14. D. Johnson
PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 11. M. Johnson
AST: 17. M. Johnson
Jun 8, 1984
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 121-103 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
3-2 PTS: 34. Larry Bird
REB: 17. Larry Bird
AST: 9. G. Henderson
PTS: 22. James Worthy
REB: 9. Kurt Rambis
AST: 13. M. Johnson
Jun 10, 1984
@
L.A. Lakers
L, 119-108 The Forum
NBA Finals
3-3 PTS: 28. Larry Bird
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 8. Larry Bird
PTS: 30. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 10. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 10. M. Johnson
Jun 12, 1984
v.
L.A. Lakers
W, 111-102 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
4-3 PTS: 24. C. Maxwell
REB: 16. R. Parish
AST: 8. C. Maxwell
PTS: 29. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 9. Kurt Rambis
AST: 15. M. Johnson