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Under head coach K. C. Jones, the 1985–86 Boston Celtics finished the regular season with a record of 67–15. This team is generally considered to be the best of Larry Bird's career. In addition to longtime Celtics Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, the franchise was joined on the front line by former NBA MVP Bill Walton.
The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8. On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons. [1]
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Boston Celtics x: Denotes player who is currently on the Boston Celtics roster: 0.0: Denotes the Boston Celtics statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics)
After five seasons with the Pacers, Sichting was traded to the Boston Celtics to start the 1985–86 season. Sichting and fellow Indiana native Larry Bird were the only two Celtics players that season to play in all 82 games. Sichting became a role player off the bench for the Celtics' 1986 NBA championship team.
Dennis Wayne Johnson was born the eighth of sixteen children, to a social worker and a bricklayer who lived in Compton, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. [1] Originally a baseball fan and a Little Leaguer, [2] Johnson learned basketball from his father, but seemed to have neither the size nor the talent to compete with his peers: as a teenager at Dominguez High School, Johnson measured just ...
Pages in category "Boston Celtics players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 518 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Boston Celtics: 1988–1989: Los Angeles Clippers: 1989: Charlotte Hornets: 1989–1990: Sacramento Kings: 1990–1994: Orlando Magic: 1995: New York Knicks: 1995: Indiana Pacers: 1995: Rapid City Thrillers: 1995–1996: Fort Wayne Fury: Career highlights and awards; 2× NBA champion (1984, 1986) McDonald's All-American (1979) Second-team ...
The Boston Celtics (/ ˈ s ɛ l t ɪ k s / SEL-tiks [a]) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference .