1989–90 Boston Celtics season

1989–90 Boston Celtics season
Dennis Johnson's final season
Head coach Jim Rodgers
Arena Boston Garden
Hartford Civic Center
Results
Record 52–30 (.634)
Place Division: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish First Round
(eliminated 2-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television SportsChannel New England, WLVI, WTXX, WTIC-TV
Radio WHDH, WTIC Radio
Boston Celtics seasons
< 1988–89 1990–91 >

The 1989–90 Boston Celtics season was the 44th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents:

Draft picks

Main article: 1989 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 13 Michael Smith SF/PF  United States Brigham Young
2 40 Dino Radja PF  Croatia KK Jugoplastika

Roster

00 Robert Parish
3 Dennis Johnson
4 Jim Paxson
7 Kelvin Upshaw
12 Otis Birdsong
20 Brian Shaw
31 Ronnie Grandison
32 Kevin McHale
33 Larry Bird
34 Kevin Gamble
35 Reggie Lewis
42 Mark Acres
44 Danny Ainge
45 Ramon Rivas
53 Joe Kleine
54 Brad Lohaus
54 Ed Pinckney
[1]

Season Facts

Larry Bird, the Celtics star player, had just come back from a back injury he dealt with during the 1988-1989 NBA season and was slowed enough to make an impact. Despite the injury, the Celtics were able to rise to 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. [2] By the end of the regular season, the Celtics had scored an average of 110 points per a game, and allowed an average of 106 points per game. During the playoffs against the Knicks that year, the Celtics quickly took the first 2 games of the series, but the New York Knicks would come back and rally to win 3 games in a row, sending the Celtics home.[3]

Depth chart

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Bird 33 75 75 39.3 9.6 20.2 .473 0.9 2.6 .333 4.3 4.6 .930 1.2 8.3 9.5 7.5 1.4 0.8 3.2 2.3 24.3
2 Kevin McHale 32 82 25 33.2 7.9 14.4 .549 0.3 0.8 .333 4.8 5.4 .893 2.5 5.8 8.3 2.1 0.4 1.9 2.2 3.0 20.9
3 Reggie Lewis 24 79 54 31.9 6.8 13.8 .496 0.1 0.2 .267 3.2 4.0 .808 1.4 3.0 4.4 2.8 1.1 0.8 1.5 2.7 17.0
4 Robert Parish 36 79 78 30.3 6.4 11.0 .580 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 .747 3.3 6.8 10.1 1.3 0.5 0.9 2.1 2.4 15.7
5 Dennis Johnson 35 75 65 27.1 2.7 6.3 .434 0.0 0.3 .042 1.6 1.9 .843 0.6 2.0 2.7 6.5 1.1 0.2 1.6 2.4 7.1
6 Jim Paxson 32 72 25 17.8 2.7 5.9 .453 0.1 0.3 .250 1.0 1.3 .811 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.6 6.4
7 Joe Kleine 28 81 4 16.9 2.2 4.5 .480 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.2 .830 1.4 2.9 4.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 2.1 5.4
8 Kevin Gamble 24 71 10 13.9 1.9 4.2 .455 0.0 0.3 .167 1.2 1.5 .794 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.1 5.1
9 Michael Smith 24 65 7 9.5 2.1 4.4 .476 0.0 0.4 .071 0.8 1.0 .828 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.8 5.0
10 Ed Pinckney 26 77 50 14.1 1.8 3.2 .542 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.5 .773 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.6 4.7
11 John Bagley 29 54 17 20.3 1.9 4.0 .459 0.0 0.3 .056 0.5 0.7 .744 0.5 1.2 1.6 5.5 0.7 0.1 1.7 1.4 4.3
12 Charles Smith 22 60 0 8.7 1.0 2.2 .444 0.0 0.1 .000 0.9 1.3 .697 0.2 0.9 1.2 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.9
13 Kelvin Upshaw 27 14 0 9.4 0.9 2.8 .308 0.1 0.4 .400 0.3 0.4 .667 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.4 2.1

[4]

Regular season

Season Standings

Atlantic Division
Team W L PCT. GB
Philadelphia 76ers 53 29 .646 -
Boston Celtics 52 30 .634 1
New York Knicks 45 37 .549 8
Washington Bullets 31 51 .378 22
Miami Heat 18 64 .220 35
New Jersey Nets 17 65 .207 36

[5]

Game log

References

  1. ^ http://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Rosters/Roster8090.html
  2. ^ Larry Bird Biography
  3. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1990_games.html
  4. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1990.html
  5. ^ 1989-90 NBA Season Summary - Basketball-Reference.com

See also

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Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Sacramento • Seattle
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