# Temporada 1981-82 de los Boston Celtics

La temporada 1981-82 fue la trigésimo sexta de los Boston Celtics en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 63 victorias y 19 derrotas, clasificándose para los playoffs, donde se cayeron en las finales de conferencia ante los Philadelphia 76ers.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 23 | Charles Bradley | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Wyoming |
| 2 | 25 | Tracy Jackson | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 31 | Danny Ainge | Escolta | Estados Unidos | BYU |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | 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 |

## Playoffs
### Semifinales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Washington Bullets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 25 de abril | Boston Celtics 109, Washington Bullets 91 | Boston |
| 28 de abril | Boston Celtics 102, Washington Bullets 103 | Boston |
| 1 de mayo | Washington Bullets 83, Boston Celtics 92 | Landover |
| 2 de mayo | Washington Bullets 99, Boston Celtics 103 | Landover |
| 5 de mayo | Boston Celtics 131, Washington Bullets 126 | Boston |
| | Boston Celtics gana las series 4-1 | |

### Finales de Conferencia

Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 9 de mayo | Boston Celtics 121, Philadelphia 76ers 81' | Boston |
| 13 de mayo | Boston Celtics 113, Philadelphia 76ers 121 | Boston |
| 15 de mayo | Philadelphia 76ers 99, Boston Celtics 97 | Filadelfia |
| 16 de mayo | Philadelphia 76ers 119, Boston Celtics 94 | Filadelfia |
| 19 de mayo | Boston Celtics 114, Philadelphia 76ers 85 | Boston |
| 21 de mayo | Philadelphia 76ers 75, Boston Celtics 88 | Filadelfia |
| 23 de mayo | Boston Celtics 106, Philadelphia 76ers 120 | Boston |
| | Philadelphia 76ers gana las series 4-3 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Larry Bird | 25 | 77 | 58 | 38.0 | 9.2 | 18.4 | .503 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .212 | 4.3 | 4.9 | .863 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 22.9 |
| 2 | Cedric Maxwell | 26 | 78 | 73 | 33.2 | 5.1 | 9.3 | .548 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 4.6 | 6.1 | .747 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 14.8 |
| 3 | Tiny Archibald | 33 | 68 | 51 | 31.9 | 4.5 | 9.6 | .472 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .375 | 3.5 | 4.6 | .747 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 12.6 |
| 4 | Robert Parish | 28 | 80 | 78 | 31.7 | 8.4 | 15.4 | .542 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.2 | 4.4 | .710 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 19.9 |
| 5 | Kevin McHale | 24 | 82 | 33 | 28.4 | 5.7 | 10.7 | .531 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 2.3 | 3.0 | .754 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 13.6 |
| 6 | M.L. Carr | 31 | 56 | 27 | 23.1 | 3.3 | 7.3 | .450 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .294 | 1.5 | 2.1 | .707 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| 7 | Gerald Henderson | 26 | 82 | 31 | 22.5 | 4.3 | 8.6 | .501 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 1.5 | 2.1 | .727 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 10.2 |
| 8 | Chris Ford | 33 | 76 | 53 | 20.9 | 2.5 | 5.9 | .418 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .317 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .696 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 5.7 |
| 9 | Rick Robey | 26 | 80 | 4 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.1 | 2.0 | .535 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.7 |
| 10 | Danny Ainge | 22 | 53 | 1 | 10.6 | 1.5 | 4.2 | .357 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .294 | 1.1 | 1.2 | .862 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| 11 | Terry Duerod | 25 | 21 | 0 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 | .442 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .333 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 12 | Charles Bradley | 22 | 51 | 1 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .451 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .677 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Tracy Jackson | 22 | 11 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | .385 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.5 | 0.9 | .600 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| 14 | Eric Fernsten | 28 | 43 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .388 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.4 | 0.7 | .633 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador/Entrenador | Galardón |
| Larry Bird | Mejor quinteto de la NBA 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| Robert Parish | 2.º Mejor quinteto de la NBA All-Star |
| Nate Archibald | All-Star |