Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

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1982-1983 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 Mar 17, 1959 24 Brigham Young 1 1981 2nd Rnd, #31, Boston Celtics
Tiny Archibald PG 6-1 150 Sep 2, 1948 34 UTEP 12 1970 2nd Rnd, #19, Cincinnati Royals
Larry Bird PF 6-9 220 Dec 7, 1956 26 Indiana State 3 1978 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Charles Bradley SG 6-5 215 May 16, 1959 23 Wyoming 1 1981 1st Rnd, #23, Boston Celtics
Quinn Buckner PG 6-3 190 Aug 20, 1954 28 Indiana 6 1976 1st Rnd, #14, Milwaukee Bucks
M.L. Carr GF 6-6 205 Jan 9, 1951 32 Guilford 8 1973 5th Rnd, #76, Kansas City Kings
Gerald Henderson PG 6-2 175 Jan 16, 1956 27 VCU 4 1978 3rd Rnd, #64, San Antonio Spurs
Cedric Maxwell PF 6-8 205 Nov 21, 1955 27 Charlotte 5 1977 1st Rnd, #12, Boston Celtics
Kevin McHale PF 6-10 210 Dec 19, 1957 25 Minnesota 2 1980 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Robert Parish C 7-0 230 Aug 30, 1953 29 Centenary 5 1976 1st Rnd, #16, Golden State Warriors
Rick Robey C 6-11 230 Jan 30, 1956 27 Kentucky 4 1978 1st Rnd, #3, Indiana Pacers
Scott Wedman GF 6-7 215 Jul 29, 1952 30 Colorado 8 1974 1st Rnd, #6, Kansas City Kings

1982-1983 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Boston Celtics #6 Atlanta Hawks BOS in 3
First Round #4 New Jersey Nets #5 New York Knicks NYK in 2
Second Round #1 Philadelphia Sixers #5 New York Knicks PHI in 4
Second Round #3 Boston Celtics #2 Milwaukee Bucks MIL in 4
Conference Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #2 Milwaukee Bucks PHI in 5

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Denver Nuggets DEN in 3
First Round #4 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Portland Trail Blazers POR in 2
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Portland Trail Blazers LAL in 5
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #6 Denver Nuggets SAS in 5
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #2 San Antonio Spurs LAL in 6

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Philadelphia Sixers #1 Los Angeles Lakers PHI in 4

1982-1983 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Larry Bird 6 40.0 20.5 12.5 6.8 2.2 0.5 3.2
Robert Parish 7 35.6 14.7 10.6 1.3 0.7 1.3 2.4
Cedric Maxwell 7 35.1 12.9 7.3 3.3 0.6 0.6 2.7
Kevin McHale 7 25.3 11.1 6.0 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.4
Gerald Henderson 7 26.7 10.9 2.0 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.0
Tiny Archibald 7 23.0 9.6 1.4 6.3 0.3 0.0 1.6
Danny Ainge 7 28.7 9.4 2.0 3.6 0.7 0.1 0.9
Quinn Buckner 7 14.0 4.6 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.7
Scott Wedman 6 11.0 4.8 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.7
M.L. Carr 3 7.3 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
Rick Robey 5 5.8 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
Charles Bradley 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1982-1983 Boston Celtics Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Atlanta Leaders
Apr 19, 1983
v.
Atlanta		 W, 103-95 Boston Garden
Opening Round 		1-0 PTS: 26. Larry Bird
REB: 16. R. Parish
AST: 11. T. Archibald 		PTS: 24. D. Roundfield
REB: 20. D. Roundfield
AST: 11. Johnny Davis
Apr 22, 1983
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Atlanta		 L, 95-93 Omni Coliseum
Opening Round 		1-1 PTS: 17. R. Parish
REB: 16. Larry Bird
AST: 9. Larry Bird 		PTS: 19. D. Roundfield
REB: 14. Tree Rollins
AST: 14. Johnny Davis
Apr 24, 1983
v.
Atlanta		 W, 98-79 Boston Garden
Opening Round 		2-1 PTS: 26. Larry Bird
REB: 11. R. Parish
AST: 9. Larry Bird 		PTS: 18. Tree Rollins
REB: 10. D. Roundfield
AST: 3. Wes Matthews

1982-1983 Boston Celtics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
Apr 27, 1983
v.
Milwaukee		 L, 95-116 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		0-1 PTS: 23. T. Archibald
REB: 12. R. Parish
AST: 7. T. Archibald 		PTS: 22. S. Moncrief
REB: 10. Bob Lanier
AST: 5. M. Johnson
Apr 29, 1983
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Milwaukee		 L, 91-95 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		0-2 PTS: 25. Danny Ainge
REB: 10. R. Parish
AST: 8. G. Henderson 		PTS: 20. S. Moncrief
REB: 9. M. Johnson
AST: 4. S. Moncrief
May 1, 1983
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Milwaukee		 L, 107-99 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		0-3 PTS: 21. Larry Bird
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 6. Larry Bird 		PTS: 26. S. Moncrief
REB: 10. J. Bridgeman
AST: 6. Bob Lanier
May 2, 1983
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Milwaukee		 L, 107-93 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		0-4 PTS: 18. Larry Bird
REB: 11. Larry Bird
AST: 8. Larry Bird 		PTS: 33. M. Johnson
REB: 11. Alton Lister
AST: 6. M. Johnson