# Temporada 1988-89 de los Boston Celtics

La temporada 1988-89 fue la cuadragésimo tercera de los Boston Celtics en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 42 victorias y 40 derrotas, acabando octavos de la Conferencia Este y clasificándose para los playoffs, donde cayeron en primera ronda ante Detroit Pistons.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad/Club |
| 1 | 24 | Brian Shaw | Escolta | Estados Unidos | UC Santa Barbara |
| 3 | 74 | Gerald Paddio | Alero | Estados Unidos | UNLV |

## Temporada regular

División Atlántico :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-New York Knicks | 52 | 30 | .634 | – | 35–6 | 17–24 | 18–12 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 46 | 36 | .561 | 6 | 30–11 | 16–25 | 19–11 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 42 | 40 | .512 | 10 | 32–9 | 10–31 | 19–11 |
| Washington Bullets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 12 | 30–11 | 10–31 | 17–13 |
| New Jersey Nets | 26 | 56 | .317 | 26 | 17–24 | 9–32 | 9–21 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 32 | 12–29 | 8–33 | 8–22 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 28 de abril | Detroit Pistons 108, Boston Celtics 91 | Detroit |
| 30 de abril | Detroit Pistons 108, Boston Celtics 91 | Detroit |
| 2 de mayo | Boston Celtics 85, Detroit Pistons 100 | Boston |
| | Detroit Pistons gana las series 3-0 | |

## 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 | Kevin McHale | 31 | 78 | 74 | 36.9 | 8.5 | 15.5 | .546 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 5.6 | 6.8 | .818 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 22.5 |
| 2 | Robert Parish | 35 | 80 | 80 | 35.5 | 7.5 | 13.1 | .570 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.7 | 5.1 | .719 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 12.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 18.6 |
| 3 | Reggie Lewis | 23 | 81 | 57 | 32.8 | 7.5 | 15.3 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .136 | 3.5 | 4.5 | .787 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 18.5 |
| 4 | Dennis Johnson | 34 | 72 | 72 | 32.1 | 3.8 | 8.9 | .434 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .140 | 2.2 | 2.7 | .821 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Larry Bird | 32 | 6 | 6 | 31.5 | 8.2 | 17.3 | .471 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.0 | 3.2 | .947 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 19.3 |
| 6 | Danny Ainge | 29 | 45 | 28 | 30.0 | 6.0 | 13.1 | .460 | 1.3 | 3.4 | .374 | 2.5 | 2.8 | .891 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 15.9 |
| 7 | Brian Shaw | 22 | 82 | 54 | 28.1 | 3.6 | 8.4 | .433 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.6 | .826 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Ed Pinckney | 25 | 29 | 9 | 23.4 | 3.3 | 6.1 | .540 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 3.6 | 4.4 | .798 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 10.1 |
| 9 | Kelvin Upshaw | 26 | 23 | 0 | 20.6 | 3.2 | 6.5 | .490 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .200 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .700 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Jim Paxson | 31 | 57 | 7 | 20.0 | 3.5 | 7.8 | .454 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .167 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .816 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| 11 | Joe Kleine | 27 | 28 | 2 | 17.8 | 2.1 | 4.6 | .457 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .828 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| 12 | Brad Lohaus | 24 | 48 | 15 | 15.4 | 2.4 | 5.6 | .433 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .761 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| 13 | Mark Acres | 26 | 62 | 0 | 10.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | .482 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .542 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 14 | Kevin Gamble | 23 | 44 | 6 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | .551 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .182 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .636 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 15 | Otis Birdsong | 33 | 13 | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | .500 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 16 | Ron Grandison | 24 | 72 | 0 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | .415 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.1 | .738 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 17 | Ramón Rivas | 22 | 28 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | .387 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .640 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador/Entrenador | Galardón |
| Kevin McHale | 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| Robert Parish | 3er Mejor quinteto de la NBA |
| Brian Shaw | 2.º Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |