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1986-87 Boston Celtics

NBA · Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division · 59–23 · 1st in the conference · Coach K. C. Jones · Lost NBA Finals 2–4

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Roster and season stats (16)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
33	Larry Bird	F	6′9″	74	73	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	.525	.400	.910
32	Kevin McHale	F	6′10″	77	77	39.7	26.1	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	.604	.000	.836
00	Robert Parish	C	7′1″	80	80	37.4	17.5	10.6	2.2	0.8	1.8	.556	.000	.735
44	Danny Ainge	G	6′4″	71	66	35.2	14.8	3.4	5.6	1.4	0.2	.486	.443	.897
3	Dennis Johnson	G	6′4″	79	78	37.1	13.4	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	.444	.113	.833
12	Jerry Sichting	G	6′1″	78	15	20.1	5.7	1.2	2.4	0.5	0.0	.508	.269	.881
31	Fred Roberts	F	6′10″	73	11	14.8	5.5	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.3	.515	.000	.810
20	Darren Daye	F	6′8″	61	2	11.9	3.9	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.1	.500		.523
11	Sam Vincent	G	6′2″	46	5	8.1	3.7	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.0	.441		.927
8	Scott Wedman	F	6′7″	6	2	13.0	3.3	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	.333	.500	.500
5	Bill Walton	C	6′11″	10	0	11.2	2.8	3.1	0.9	0.1	1.0	.385		.533
43	Conner Henry	G	6′7″	36	0	6.4	2.7	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	.369	.387	.588
34	Rick Carlisle	G	6′5″	42	0	7.1	1.9	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	.326	.313	.750
50	Greg Kite	C	6′11″	74	1	10.1	1.7	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	.427	.000	.382
	David Thirdkill		6′7″	17	0	5.2	1.5	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	.417	.000	.313
	Andre Turner		5′11″	3	0	6.0	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	.400	.000	.000

Per-game averages as published: no box scores for this season, so no totals, and a blank where the league did not record the figure.

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1986-87 Boston Celtics

Roster and season stats (16)