Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

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1981-1982 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 23 Brigham Young 0 1981 2nd Rnd, #31, Boston Celtics
Tiny Archibald PG 6-1 150 Sep 2, 1948 33 UTEP 11 1970 2nd Rnd, #19, Cincinnati Royals
Larry Bird PF 6-9 220 Dec 7, 1956 25 Indiana State 2 1978 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Charles Bradley SG 6-5 215 May 16, 1959 22 Wyoming 0 1981 1st Rnd, #23, Boston Celtics
M.L. Carr GF 6-6 205 Jan 9, 1951 31 Guilford 7 1973 5th Rnd, #76, Kansas City Kings
Dave Cowens FC 6-9 230 Oct 25, 1948 33 Florida State 10 1970 1st Rnd, #4, Boston Celtics
Terry Duerod SG 6-2 180 Jul 29, 1956 25 Detroit-Mercy 2 1979 3rd Rnd, #48, Detroit Pistons
Eric Fernsten FC 6-10 205 Nov 1, 1953 28 San Francisco 4 1975 4th Rnd, #67, Cleveland Cavaliers
Chris Ford SG 6-5 190 Jan 11, 1949 33 Villanova 9 1972 2nd Rnd, #17, Detroit Pistons
Gerald Henderson PG 6-2 175 Jan 16, 1956 26 VCU 3 1978 3rd Rnd, #64, San Antonio Spurs
Cedric Maxwell PF 6-8 205 Nov 21, 1955 26 Charlotte 4 1977 1st Rnd, #12, Boston Celtics
Kevin McHale PF 6-10 210 Dec 19, 1957 24 Minnesota 1 1980 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Robert Parish C 7-0 230 Aug 30, 1953 28 Centenary 4 1976 1st Rnd, #16, Golden State Warriors
Rick Robey C 6-11 230 Jan 30, 1956 26 Kentucky 3 1978 1st Rnd, #3, Indiana Pacers

1981-1982 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 Atlanta Hawks PHI in 2
First Round #4 New Jersey Nets #5 Washington Bullets WAS in 2
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #5 Washington Bullets BOS in 5
Second Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Milwaukee Bucks PHI in 6
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #6 Houston Rockets SEA in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Phoenix Suns PHX in 3
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Phoenix Suns LAL in 4
Second Round #3 Seattle SuperSonics #2 San Antonio Spurs SAS in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #3 Philadelphia Sixers #1 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 6

1981-1982 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Robert Parish 12 35.5 21.2 11.2 1.5 0.4 4.0 3.2
Larry Bird 12 40.8 17.8 12.5 5.6 1.9 1.4 3.2
Kevin McHale 12 28.7 16.2 7.1 0.9 0.4 2.2 1.3
Cedric Maxwell 12 32.1 14.5 7.2 2.2 1.5 0.9 2.0
Gerald Henderson 12 25.8 8.3 2.1 4.0 1.2 0.2 2.1
M.L. Carr 12 25.4 7.4 3.6 2.3 0.9 0.0 1.8
Tiny Archibald 8 34.6 10.6 2.1 6.5 0.6 0.2 2.9
Rick Robey 12 10.2 4.6 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.9
Danny Ainge 10 12.9 5.0 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.1
Chris Ford 12 11.5 3.9 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Charles Bradley 7 2.6 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.6
Eric Fernsten 5 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

1981-1982 Boston Celtics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Washington Leaders
Apr 25, 1982
v.
Washington		 W, 109-91 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 21. M.L. Carr
REB: 12. Larry Bird
AST: 7. T. Archibald 		PTS: 17. S. Haywood
REB: 9. Greg Ballard
AST: 6. F. Johnson
Apr 28, 1982
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Washington		 L, 102-103 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		1-1 PTS: 26. Larry Bird
REB: 10. Larry Bird
AST: 6. T. Archibald 		PTS: 26. F. Johnson
REB: 10. Jeff Ruland
AST: 8. F. Johnson
May 1, 1982
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Washington		 W, 83-92 US Airways Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		2-1 PTS: 25. R. Parish
 PTS: 19. S. Haywood
May 2, 1982
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Washington		 W, 99-103 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		3-1 PTS: 28. R. Parish
REB: 15. R. Parish
AST: 4. T. Archibald 		PTS: 28. S. Haywood
REB: 10. Rick Mahorn
AST: 7. F. Johnson
May 5, 1982
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Washington		 W, 131-126 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		4-1 PTS: 33. R. Parish
 PTS: 33. Jeff Ruland

1981-1982 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Philadelphia Leaders
May 9, 1982
v.
Philadelphia		 W, 121-81 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 24. R. Parish
REB: 15. Larry Bird
AST: 10. Larry Bird 		PTS: 15. Andrew Toney
REB: 7. Bobby Jones
AST: 4. Mo Cheeks
May 12, 1982
v.
Philadelphia		 L, 113-121 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-1 PTS: 24. T. Archibald
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 13. T. Archibald 		PTS: 30. Andrew Toney
REB: 11. C. Jones
AST: 14. Mo Cheeks
May 15, 1982
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Philadelphia		 L, 99-97 Spectrum
Conference Finals 		1-2 PTS: 18. C. Maxwell
REB: 13. Larry Bird
AST: 11. Larry Bird 		PTS: 19. J. Erving
REB: 12. C. Jones
AST: 10. Mo Cheeks
May 16, 1982
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Philadelphia		 L, 119-94 Spectrum
Conference Finals 		1-3 PTS: 18. R. Parish
REB: 9. Larry Bird
AST: 7. G. Henderson 		PTS: 39. Andrew Toney
REB: 11. C. Jones
AST: 11. Mo Cheeks
May 19, 1982
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Philadelphia		 W, 114-85 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		2-3 PTS: 26. R. Parish
REB: 20. Larry Bird
AST: 8. Larry Bird 		PTS: 18. Andrew Toney
REB: 10. D. Dawkins
AST: 7. L. Hollins
May 21, 1982
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Philadelphia		 W, 75-88 Spectrum
Conference Finals 		3-3 PTS: 17. Kevin McHale
REB: 17. Larry Bird
AST: 7. Danny Ainge 		PTS: 24. J. Erving
REB: 17. C. Jones
AST: 7. Mo Cheeks
May 23, 1982
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Philadelphia		 L, 106-120 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		3-4 PTS: 23. R. Parish
REB: 14. R. Parish
AST: 9. Larry Bird 		PTS: 34. Andrew Toney
REB: 10. C. Jones
AST: 11. Mo Cheeks