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Here is the Boston Celtics 1984–85 Roster and Regular Season Player Statistics.


Boston Celtics 1984–85 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Age College
00 Robert Parish C 7’0″ 230 lb 31 Centenary
3 Dennis Johnson PG 6’4″ 185 lb 30 Pepperdine
11 Gerald Henderson SG 6’2″ 185 lb 29 VCU
20 Rick Carlisle SG 6’5″ 200 lb 24 Virginia
31 Cedric Maxwell PF 6’8″ 205 lb 29 UNC Charlotte
32 Kevin McHale PF 6’10” 210 lb 27 Minnesota
33 Larry Bird SF 6’9″ 220 lb 28 Indiana State
35 Carlos Clark SG 6’4″ 210 lb 24 Mississippi
40 Quinn Buckner PG 6’3″ 190 lb 30 Indiana
44 Danny Ainge SG 6’4″ 175 lb 26 BYU
50 Greg Kite C 6’11” 250 lb 23 BYU
52 M.L. Carr SF 6’6″ 210 lb 33 Guilford
HC K.C. Jones San Francisco


Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird SF 28 80 77 39.5 28.7 10.5 6.6 1.6 1.2 3.1 22.0 11.5 .522 1.6 0.7 .427 5.7 5.0 .882
Kevin McHale PF 27 79 31 33.6 19.8 9.0 1.8 0.4 1.5 2.0 13.4 7.7 .570 0.1 0.0 .000 5.9 4.5 .760
Robert Parish C 31 79 78 36.1 17.6 10.6 1.6 0.7 1.3 2.4 12.9 7.0 .542 0.0 0.0   5.0 3.7 .743
Dennis Johnson PG 30 80 77 37.2 15.7 4.0 6.8 1.2 0.5 2.7 13.3 6.2 .462 0.3 0.1 .269 3.8 3.3 .853
Danny Ainge SG 25 75 73 34.2 12.9 3.6 5.3 1.6 0.1 2.0 10.6 5.6 .529 0.7 0.2 .268 1.8 1.6 .868
Cedric Maxwell SF 29 57 51 26.2 11.1 4.2 1.8 0.6 0.3 1.7 6.6 3.5 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 4.9 4.1 .831
Scott Wedman SF 32 78 5 14.4 6.4 2.0 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 5.9 2.8 .478 0.4 0.2 .500 0.7 0.5 .764
Ray Williams PG 30 23 5 20.0 6.4 2.5 3.9 1.3 0.2 1.8 6.2 2.4 .385 1.0 0.3 .261 2.0 1.3 .674
M.L. Carr SF 34 47 0 8.4 3.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 3.2 1.3 .416 0.5 0.2 .391 0.4 0.4 1.000
Carlos Clark SG 24 62 3 9.1 2.7 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.7 2.5 1.0 .421 0.1 0.0 .000 0.9 0.7 .774
Quinn Buckner PG 30 75 6 11.4 2.4 1.2 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.9 2.6 1.0 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.4 .640
Rick Carlisle SG 25 38 0 4.7 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.8 0.7 .388 0.1 0.0 .000 0.4 0.4 .882
Greg Kite C 23 55 4 7.7 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.6 0.6 .375 0.0 0.0   0.6 0.4 .688
Totals     82 82 240.3 114.8 45.7 27.9 7.9 5.0 16.2 89.3 45.4 .508 3.8 1.3 .356 28.1 22.7 .806

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird SF 28 20 20 40.8 26.0 9.1 5.8 1.7 1.0 2.9 21.3 9.8 .461 1.3 0.4 .280 6.8 6.1 .890
Kevin McHale PF 27 21 21 39.9 22.1 9.9 1.5 0.6 2.2 2.9 14.4 8.2 .568 0.0 0.0   7.1 5.8 .807
Dennis Johnson PG 30 21 21 40.4 17.3 4.0 7.3 1.5 0.4 3.4 15.2 6.8 .445 0.7 0.0 .000 4.4 3.8 .860
Robert Parish C 31 21 21 38.2 17.1 10.4 1.5 1.0 1.6 2.4 13.1 6.5 .493 0.0 0.0   5.3 4.1 .784
Danny Ainge SG 25 21 21 32.7 11.0 2.8 5.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 9.9 4.6 .466 0.8 0.3 .438 1.9 1.4 .769
Scott Wedman SF 32 21 1 16.7 8.7 2.8 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.6 6.4 3.5 .545 1.0 0.5 .455 1.8 1.2 .684
Ray Williams PG 30 19 0 14.6 6.3 1.9 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.7 6.1 2.5 .405 0.8 0.1 .133 1.3 1.3 .960
Cedric Maxwell SF 29 20 0 11.9 3.8 2.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 2.2 1.1 .488 0.0 0.0   2.2 1.7 .791
Carlos Clark SG 24 3 0 3.7 2.7 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.0 .600 0.0 0.0   0.7 0.7 1.000
Quinn Buckner PG 30 15 0 5.7 2.1 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.5 0.9 .591 0.0 0.0   0.5 0.3 .625
M.L. Carr SF 34 7 0 3.4 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 2.1 0.6 .267 0.3 0.1 .500 0.0 0.0  
Greg Kite C 23 9 0 7.0 1.2 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 1.3 0.6 .417 0.0 0.0   0.2 0.1 .500
Totals     21 21 240.0 113.1 43.8 27.2 8.3 5.3 16.1 89.4 43.3 .484 4.5 1.3 .287 30.8 25.3 .821

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird SF 28 80 77 39.5 26.1 9.6 6.0 1.5 1.1 2.8 20.0 10.5 .522 1.5 0.6 .427 5.2 4.6 .882
Kevin McHale PF 27 79 31 33.6 21.2 9.7 1.9 0.4 1.6 2.1 14.4 8.2 .570 0.1 0.0 .000 6.3 4.8 .760
Robert Parish C 31 79 78 36.1 17.6 10.6 1.6 0.7 1.3 2.3 12.8 7.0 .542 0.0 0.0   5.0 3.7 .743
Scott Wedman SF 32 78 5 14.4 15.9 5.1 3.0 0.7 0.3 1.5 14.7 7.0 .478 1.1 0.5 .500 1.8 1.3 .764
Dennis Johnson PG 30 80 77 37.2 15.2 3.8 6.6 1.2 0.5 2.6 12.9 6.0 .462 0.3 0.1 .269 3.7 3.2 .853
Cedric Maxwell SF 29 57 51 26.2 15.2 5.8 2.5 0.9 0.4 2.4 9.1 4.8 .533 0.0 0.0 .000 6.7 5.6 .831
Danny Ainge SG 25 75 73 34.2 13.6 3.8 5.6 1.7 0.1 2.1 11.1 5.9 .529 0.8 0.2 .268 1.9 1.7 .868
M.L. Carr SF 34 47 0 8.4 13.6 3.9 2.2 1.9 0.5 2.2 13.5 5.6 .416 2.1 0.8 .391 1.5 1.5 1.000
Rick Carlisle SG 25 38 0 4.7 13.5 4.2 5.0 0.6 0.0 3.8 13.5 5.2 .388 0.4 0.0 .000 3.4 3.0 .882
Ray Williams PG 30 23 5 20.0 11.5 4.5 7.1 2.4 0.4 3.3 11.2 4.3 .385 1.8 0.5 .261 3.6 2.4 .674
Carlos Clark SG 24 62 3 9.1 10.8 4.4 3.1 2.2 0.1 2.7 9.7 4.1 .421 0.3 0.0 .000 3.4 2.6 .774
Quinn Buckner PG 30 75 6 11.4 7.6 3.7 6.2 2.6 0.1 2.8 8.1 3.1 .383 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 1.3 .640
Greg Kite C 23 55 4 7.7 7.5 7.6 1.4 0.3 0.8 2.5 7.5 2.8 .375 0.0 0.0   2.7 1.9 .688

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Carlos Clark SG 24 3 0 3.7 26.2 6.5 9.8 3.3 0.0 0.0 16.4 9.8 .600 0.0 0.0   6.5 6.5 1.000
Larry Bird SF 28 20 20 40.8 23.0 8.0 5.1 1.5 0.8 2.5 18.8 8.7 .461 1.1 0.3 .280 6.0 5.3 .890
Kevin McHale PF 27 21 21 39.9 20.0 8.9 1.4 0.6 2.0 2.6 13.0 7.4 .568 0.0 0.0   6.5 5.2 .807
Scott Wedman SF 32 21 1 16.7 18.7 6.1 3.4 1.3 0.0 1.2 13.8 7.5 .545 2.3 1.0 .455 3.9 2.7 .684
Robert Parish C 31 21 21 38.2 16.1 9.8 1.4 0.9 1.5 2.2 12.4 6.1 .493 0.0 0.0   5.0 3.9 .784
Dennis Johnson PG 30 21 21 40.4 15.5 3.6 6.5 1.3 0.4 3.1 13.5 6.0 .445 0.6 0.0 .000 3.9 3.4 .860
Ray Williams PG 30 19 0 14.6 15.5 4.7 7.8 1.6 0.1 4.3 15.0 6.1 .405 1.9 0.3 .133 3.2 3.1 .960
M.L. Carr SF 34 7 0 3.4 13.5 3.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.5 22.5 6.0 .267 3.0 1.5 .500 0.0 0.0  
Quinn Buckner PG 30 15 0 5.7 13.0 2.9 5.0 2.5 0.0 2.5 9.2 5.4 .591 0.0 0.0   3.3 2.1 .625
Danny Ainge SG 25 21 21 32.7 12.1 3.0 6.3 1.7 0.1 1.7 10.9 5.1 .466 0.8 0.4 .438 2.0 1.6 .769
Cedric Maxwell SF 29 20 0 11.9 11.5 7.1 1.1 1.4 0.3 1.5 6.5 3.2 .488 0.0 0.0   6.5 5.1 .791
Greg Kite C 23 9 0 7.0 6.3 9.1 1.7 0.6 0.0 1.1 6.9 2.9 .417 0.0 0.0   1.1 0.6 .500

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird   28 80 77 3161 2295 842 531 129 98 248 1760 918 .522 131 56 .427 457 403 .882
Kevin McHale   27 79 31 2653 1565 712 141 28 120 157 1062 605 .570 6 0 .000 467 355 .760
Robert Parish   31 79 78 2850 1394 840 125 56 101 186 1016 551 .542 0 0   393 292 .743
Dennis Johnson   30 80 77 2976 1254 317 543 96 39 212 1066 493 .462 26 7 .269 306 261 .853
Danny Ainge   25 75 73 2564 971 268 399 122 6 149 792 419 .529 56 15 .268 136 118 .868
Cedric Maxwell   29 57 51 1495 633 242 102 36 15 98 377 201 .533 2 0 .000 278 231 .831
Scott Wedman   32 78 5 1127 499 159 94 23 10 47 460 220 .478 34 17 .500 55 42 .764
Quinn Buckner   30 75 6 858 180 87 148 63 2 67 193 74 .383 1 0 .000 50 32 .640
Carlos Clark   24 62 3 562 169 69 48 35 2 42 152 64 .421 5 0 .000 53 41 .774
M.L. Carr   34 47 0 397 150 43 24 21 6 24 149 62 .416 23 9 .391 17 17 1.000
Ray Williams   30 23 5 459 147 57 90 30 5 42 143 55 .385 23 6 .261 46 31 .674
Greg Kite   23 55 4 424 88 89 17 3 10 29 88 33 .375 0 0   32 22 .688
Rick Carlisle   25 38 0 179 67 21 25 3 0 19 67 26 .388 2 0 .000 17 15 .882
Totals     82 82 19705 9412 3746 2287 645 414 1320 7325 3721 .508 309 110 .356 2307 1860 .806

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Larry Bird   28 20 20 815 520 182 115 34 19 57 425 196 .461 25 7 .280 136 121 .890
Kevin McHale   27 21 21 837 465 208 32 13 46 60 303 172 .568 0 0   150 121 .807
Dennis Johnson   30 21 21 848 364 84 154 31 9 72 319 142 .445 14 0 .000 93 80 .860
Robert Parish   31 21 21 803 359 219 31 21 34 50 276 136 .493 0 0   111 87 .784
Danny Ainge   25 21 21 687 231 58 121 32 1 32 208 97 .466 16 7 .438 39 30 .769
Scott Wedman   32 21 1 350 182 59 33 13 0 12 134 73 .545 22 10 .455 38 26 .684
Ray Williams   30 19 0 278 120 36 60 12 1 33 116 47 .405 15 2 .133 25 24 .960
Cedric Maxwell   29 20 0 238 76 47 7 9 2 10 43 21 .488 0 0   43 34 .791
Quinn Buckner   30 15 0 86 31 7 12 6 0 6 22 13 .591 0 0   8 5 .625
Greg Kite   23 9 0 63 11 16 3 1 0 2 12 5 .417 0 0   2 1 .500
M.L. Carr   34 7 0 24 9 2 1 1 0 1 15 4 .267 2 1 .500 0 0  
Carlos Clark   24 3 0 11 8 2 3 1 0 0 5 3 .600 0 0   2 2 1.000
Totals     21 21 5040 2376 920 572 174 112 335 1878 909 .484 94 27 .287 647 531 .821

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK Impact Index* Notes Awards
Larry Bird Franchise Anchor / Primary Creator 39.5 High 28.7 10.5 6.6 2.8 24.3 Led Boston as its most complete weapon — elite scoring, playmaking, and rebounding that anchored both offense and defense; widely described as a transcendent all-around leader whose IQ and versatility elevated teammates. Role definition: focal offense + defense + leadership. MVP-1, All-Star, Player of the Month (Dec 84, Mar 85)
Kevin McHale High-Value Post Creator & Interior Scorer 33.6 Mid-High 19.8 9.0 1.8 1.9 16.3 Primary interior scoring and efficient post presence; excellent defender around the rim and a gravity anchor in half-court sets, contributing significantly to spacing despite limited 3PA. Sixth Man of Year-1
Robert Parish Defensive Anchor / Rim Protector 36.1 Mid 17.6 10.6 1.6 2.0 16.0 Consistent double-digit scorer and rebounder, anchored the paint on both ends; his steadiness permitted Bird & McHale to operate with positional freedom. All-Star
Dennis Johnson Two-Way Lead Guard 37.2 Mid 15.7 4.0 6.8 1.7 14.1 Handled ball-driving duties alongside scoring; widely respected for physical defense and clutch play, functioning as the engine of perimeter offense and defense. All-Star Coaches Selection
Danny Ainge Secondary Creator / Spot Scorer 34.2 Mid 12.9 3.6 5.3 1.7 11.7 Served as a versatile combo wing — capable shooter, secondary creator, and rotation defender; contributed floor spacing and transition facilitation.
Cedric Maxwell Complementary Forward 26.2 Mid-Low 11.1 4.2 1.8 0.9 9.0 Provided scoring punch as a complementary forward; effective cutter and mid-range scorer in bench/rotation minutes, adding physical rebounding.
Ray Williams Backup Ball-Handler 20.0 Low 6.4 2.5 3.9 1.5 7.1 Served in reserve guard duties; contributed pockets of playmaking and scoring in limited minutes.
Scott Wedman Spot Scorer / Floor Spacer 14.4 Low 6.4 2.0 1.2 0.4 5.0 Provided perimeter spacing and efficient shooting in a reserve role; helped maintain offensive rhythm off bench.
M.L. Carr Role Wing 8.4 Low 3.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 2.6 Limited minutes role player valued for spot shooting and veteran presence.
Carlos Clark Reserve Shooter 9.1 Low 2.7 1.1 0.8 0.8 3.7 Small reserve offering occasional shooting and hustle contributions.
Quinn Buckner Defensive Backup Guard 11.4 Low 2.4 1.2 2.0 0.8 3.2 Backup point guard with defensive instincts and steady decision making in limited minutes.
Greg Kite Interior Reserve 7.7 Very Low 1.6 1.6 0.3 0.3 1.9 Deep rotation big providing physical interior minutes.
Rick Carlisle Deep Reserve 4.7 Very Low 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.1 2.6 Minimal offensive role; primarily provided depth guard minutes.