1981–82 Boston Celtics season

1981–82 Boston Celtics season
Atlantic Division Champions
Head coach	Bill Fitch
General manager	Red Auerbach
Arena	Boston Garden Hartford Civic Center
Results
Record	63–19 (.768)
Place	Division: 1st (Atlantic) Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Finals (eliminated 3-4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	PRISM New England, WBZ, WATR
Radio	WRKO, WTIC

The 1981–82 Boston Celtics season was the 36th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season with the best record in the NBA.

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	23	Charles Bradley	SG	United States	Wyoming-Sr.
5	95	Glen Grunwald	C	United States	Indiana

Roster

Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 44 Ainge, Danny 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Brigham Young G 7 Archibald, Tiny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Texas–El Paso F 33 Bird, Larry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Indiana State G 35 Bradley, Charles 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Wyoming F 30 Carr, M. L. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Guilford G/F 40 Duerod, Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Detroit F/C 45 Fernsten, Eric 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) San Francisco G 42 Ford, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Villanova G 43 Henderson, Gerald 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Virginia Commonwealth F 31 Maxwell, Cedric 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Charlotte F 32 McHale, Kevin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota C 00 Parish, Robert 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Centenary C 53 Robey, Rick 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Kentucky	Head coach Bill Fitch (Coe) Assistant coach(es) K. C. Jones (San Francisco) Jimmy Rodgers (Ohio State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Robert Parish	Rick Robey		Eric Fernsten
PF	Larry Bird	Kevin McHale
SF	Cedric Maxwell	M. L. Carr
SG	Chris Ford	Danny Ainge		Terry Duerod Charles Bradley
PG	Tiny Archibald	Gerald Henderson

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	63	19	.768	–	35–6	28–13	20–4
x-Philadelphia 76ers	58	24	.707	5.0	32–9	26–15	16–8
x-New Jersey Nets	44	38	.537	19.0	25–16	19–22	12–12
x-Washington Bullets	43	39	.524	20.0	22–19	21–20	7–17
New York Knicks	33	49	.402	30.0	19–22	14–27	5–19

Awards and honors

• Larry Bird, All-NBA First Team

See also

• 1981–82 NBA season