Boston Celtics Opening Day Rosters

2001-2002 Boston Celtics Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Kenny Anderson PG 6-0 168 Oct 9, 1970 31 Georgia Tech 10 1991 1st Rnd, #2, New Jersey Nets
Tony Battie PF 6-11 230 Feb 11, 1976 25 Texas Tech 4 1997 1st Rnd, #5, Denver Nuggets
Mark Blount C-F 7-0 250 Nov 30, 1975 25 Pittsburgh 2 1997 2nd Rnd, #54, Seattle SuperSonics
Kedrick Brown G-F 6-7 222 Mar 18, 1981 20 Northwest Florida State College 0 2001 1st Rnd, #11, Boston Celtics
Randy Brown PG 6-2 190 May 22, 1968 33 New Mexico State 10 1991 2nd Rnd, #31, Sacramento Kings
Joseph Forte SG 6-4 194 Mar 23, 1981 20 North Carolina 0 2001 1st Rnd, #21, Boston Celtics
Joe Johnson SG 6-7 240 Jun 29, 1981 20 Arkansas 0 2001 1st Rnd, #10, Boston Celtics
Walter McCarty PF 6-10 230 Feb 1, 1974 27 Kentucky 5 1996 1st Rnd, #19, New York Knicks
Roshown McLeod PF 6-8 221 Nov 17, 1975 25 Duke 3 1998 1st Rnd, #20, Atlanta Hawks
Milt Palacio PG 6-3 195 Feb 7, 1978 23 Colorado State 2 1999 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Paul Pierce SF 6-7 235 Oct 13, 1977 24 Kansas 3 1998 1st Rnd, #10, Boston Celtics
Vitaly Potapenko C-F 6-10 280 Mar 21, 1975 26 Wright State 5 1996 1st Rnd, #12, Cleveland Cavaliers
Antoine Walker PF 6-9 265 Aug 12, 1976 25 Kentucky 5 1996 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Eric Williams PF 6-8 220 Jul 17, 1972 29 Providence 6 1995 1st Rnd, #14, Boston Celtics

Boston 108, Cleveland 89

October 30, 2001

Regular Season

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)

Attendance: 17,748

Officials: Dan Crawford, Scott Foster, Pat Fraher

Team Rebounds: Boston (9) Cleveland (8)

Technicals: Boston (0) Cleveland (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (1-0) 33 32 27 16 108
CLE (0-1) 19 26 14 30 89

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 97 111.6 92.0
CLE 97 92.0 111.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .494 0.145 0.208 0.346
CLE .450 0.134 0.194 0.089

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
7 Kenny Anderson Starter PG 22:00 2-4 0-1 3-3 14.6 0.0 7 7 6 1 2 0 1 7
4 Tony Battie Starter C 15:00 2-3 0-0 2-2 8.2 2.0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 6
34 Paul Pierce Starter SG 28:00 12-20 2-3 3-4 17.5 1.0 4 5 1 2 2 1 2 29
8 Antoine Walker Starter PF 30:00 6-20 4-8 7-8 16.5 2.0 6 8 7 2 0 0 1 23
55 Eric Williams Starter SF 22:00 2-7 0-0 3-4 1.8 3.0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 7
30 Mark Blount Bench C 15:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 2.5 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 4
42 Kedrick Brown Bench SG 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Joseph Forte Bench SG 13:00 0-2 0-1 2-2 0.5 0.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
31 Joe Johnson Bench SG 33:00 5-10 0-2 0-0 11.8 0.0 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 10
0 Walter McCarty Bench PF 18:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 0.5 0.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 4
9 Milt Palacio Bench PG 21:00 2-5 2-3 2-2 6.0 0.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 8
52 Vitaly Potapenko Bench C 18:00 2-4 0-0 4-4 6.0 2.0 4 6 1 1 0 0 3 8
  Team                   9         1  
        240 36-81 8-18 28-31 109.1 10 38 57 24 14 6 2 15 108
          44.4% 44.4% 90.3%                    

Cleveland Cavaliers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
51 Michael Doleac Starter PF 25:00 0-3 0-0 2-2 4.2 1.0 7 8 2 4 0 0 1 2
4 Chris Mihm Starter C 19:00 3-7 0-0 0-0 4.8 1.0 2 3 0 3 0 4 1 6
24 Andre Miller Starter PG 29:00 4-12 0-0 1-2 5.5 0.0 1 1 9 1 0 0 3 9
30 Lamond Murray Starter SF 14:00 3-6 0-1 0-1 3.6 1.0 2 3 1 4 1 2 2 6
1 Wesley Person Starter SG 33:00 6-16 1-4 0-0 10.0 0.0 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 13
12 Bimbo Coles Bench SG 15:00 2-4 0-0 2-2 6.2 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6
31 Ricky Davis Bench SF 09:00 5-7 0-1 2-2 7.8 0.0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 12
52 DeSagana Diop Bench C 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 0.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 Jumaine Jones Bench SF 28:00 6-11 0-1 0-0 5.2 2.0 2 4 1 2 0 0 2 12
21 Trajan Langdon Bench SG 24:00 5-13 2-7 1-1 11.1 1.0 3 4 6 2 0 0 0 13
8 Brian Skinner Bench C 19:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 1.2 0.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 6
20 Bryant Stith Bench SG 19:00 2-6 0-3 0-0 4.0 0.0 4 4 3 1 0 0 1 4
  Team                   8         1  
        240 39-90 3-17 8-10 74.0 7 29 44 30 21 3 8 14 89
          43.3% 17.6% 80.0%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Kenny Anderson
7p, 7r, 6a
Paul Pierce
29p, 5r, 1a
Eric Williams
7p, 3r, 0a
Antoine Walker
23p, 8r, 7a
Tony Battie
6p, 5r, 1a
Rotation Milt Palacio
8p, 2r, 2a
Joe Johnson
10p, 7r, 4a
 
 
Walter McCarty
4p, 2r, 0a
Vitaly Potapenko
8p, 6r, 1a
Rotation  
 
Joseph Forte
2p, 1r, 2a
 
 
 
 
Mark Blount
4p, 2r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Kedrick Brown
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Andre Miller
9p, 1r, 9a
Wesley Person
13p, 4r, 3a
Lamond Murray
6p, 3r, 1a
Michael Doleac
2p, 8r, 2a
Chris Mihm
6p, 3r, 0a
Rotation  
 
Trajan Langdon
13p, 4r, 6a
Jumaine Jones
12p, 4r, 1a
 
 
Brian Skinner
6p, 1r, 0a
Rotation  
 
Bryant Stith
4p, 4r, 3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rotation  
 
Bimbo Coles
6p, 1r, 3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Ricky Davis
12p, 1r, 2a
 
 
DeSagana Diop
0p, 2r, 0a