# Temporada 1978-79 de los Boston Celtics

La temporada 1978-79 fue la trigésimo tercera de los Boston Celtics en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 29 victorias y 53 derrotas, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 6 | Larry Bird | Alero | Estados Unidos | Indiana State |
| 1 | 8 | Freeman Williams | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Portland State |
| 2 | 30 | Jeff Judkins | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Utah |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Washington Bullets | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 31–10 | 23–18 | 11–5 |
| x-Philadelphia 76ers | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | 31–10 | 16–25 | 9–7 |
| x-New Jersey Nets | 37 | 45 | .451 | 17 | 25–16 | 12–29 | 7–9 |
| New York Knicks | 31 | 51 | .378 | 23 | 23–18 | 8–33 | 7–9 |
| Boston Celtics | 29 | 53 | .354 | 25 | 21–20 | 8–33 | 6–10 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Cedric Maxwell | 23 | 80 | 37.1 | 5.9 | 10.1 | .584 | 7.2 | 9.0 | .802 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 19.0 |
| 2 | Dave Cowens | 30 | 68 | 37.0 | 7.2 | 14.9 | .483 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .807 | 2.2 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 16.6 |
| 3 | Chris Ford | 30 | 78 | 33.7 | 6.7 | 14.2 | .474 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .753 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| 4 | Bob McAdoo | 27 | 20 | 31.9 | 8.4 | 16.7 | .500 | 3.9 | 5.8 | .670 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 20.6 |
| 5 | Jo Jo White | 32 | 47 | 31.0 | 5.4 | 12.7 | .428 | 1.7 | 1.9 | .888 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Billy Knight | 26 | 40 | 28.0 | 5.5 | 10.9 | .502 | 3.0 | 3.7 | .808 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 13.9 |
| 7 | Rick Robey | 23 | 36 | 25.4 | 5.1 | 10.5 | .481 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .816 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 12.4 |
| 8 | Tiny Archibald | 30 | 69 | 24.1 | 3.8 | 8.3 | .452 | 3.5 | 4.4 | .788 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 9 | Curtis Rowe | 29 | 53 | 23.1 | 2.8 | 6.5 | .436 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .693 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Marvin Barnes | 26 | 38 | 20.9 | 3.5 | 7.1 | .491 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .652 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 8.1 |
| 11 | Jeff Judkins | 22 | 81 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 7.2 | .503 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .815 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 8.8 |
| 12 | Don Chaney | 32 | 65 | 16.5 | 2.7 | 6.4 | .420 | 0.6 | 0.6 | .857 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 5.9 |
| 13 | Earl Williams | 27 | 20 | 13.7 | 2.7 | 6.2 | .439 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .583 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 6.1 |
| 14 | Earl Tatum | 25 | 3 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 6.7 | .400 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .800 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| 15 | Tom Barker | 23 | 12 | 10.9 | 1.8 | 4.0 | .438 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .733 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 16 | Kevin Stacom | 27 | 24 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 5.5 | .391 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .684 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| 17 | Dennis Awtrey | 30 | 23 | 10.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | .386 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .800 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 18 | Frankie Sanders | 22 | 24 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | .462 | 0.9 | 1.1 | .815 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |