- Won
- 63
- Lost
- 19
- Pct
- .768
- Finish
- 1st of 23
- SRS
- 6.35
Roster, regular season
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | PF | 77 | 58 | 38.0 | 22.9 | 10.9 | 5.8 | .503 | .212 | .863 |
| Robert Parish | C | 80 | 78 | 31.7 | 19.9 | 10.8 | 1.8 | .542 | — | .710 |
| Cedric Maxwell | SF | 78 | 73 | 33.2 | 14.8 | 6.4 | 2.3 | .548 | .000 | .747 |
| Kevin McHale | PF | 82 | 33 | 28.4 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 1.1 | .531 | — | .754 |
| Tiny Archibald | PG | 68 | 51 | 31.9 | 12.6 | 1.7 | 8.0 | .472 | .375 | .747 |
| Gerald Henderson | PG | 82 | 31 | 22.5 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 | .501 | .167 | .727 |
| M.L. Carr | SF | 56 | 27 | 23.1 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | .450 | .294 | .707 |
| Rick Robey | C | 80 | 4 | 14.8 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 0.8 | .493 | .000 | .535 |
| Chris Ford | SG | 76 | 53 | 20.9 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | .418 | .317 | .696 |
| Danny Ainge | SG | 53 | 1 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .357 | .294 | .862 |
| Charles Bradley | SG | 51 | 1 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | .451 | .000 | .677 |
| Terry Duerod | SG | 21 | 0 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | .442 | .000 | .333 |
| Eric Fernsten | C | 43 | 0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .388 | — | .633 |
| Tracy Jackson | SG | 11 | 0 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | .385 | — | .600 |
Playoffs
- Beat Washington Bullets 4–1 in the conference semifinals
- Lost to Philadelphia 76ers 3–4 in the conference finals
Roster, playoffs
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Parish | C | 12 | 12 | 35.5 | 21.3 | 11.3 | 1.5 | .488 | — | .680 |
| Larry Bird | PF | 12 | 12 | 40.8 | 17.8 | 12.5 | 5.6 | .427 | — | .822 |
| Kevin McHale | PF | 12 | 0 | 28.7 | 16.2 | 7.1 | 0.9 | .575 | — | .755 |
| Cedric Maxwell | SF | 12 | 12 | 32.1 | 14.5 | 7.3 | 2.2 | .517 | — | .714 |
| Gerald Henderson | PG | 12 | 4 | 25.8 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 4.0 | .409 | — | .686 |
| M.L. Carr | SF | 12 | – | 25.4 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | .352 | — | .652 |
| Tiny Archibald | PG | 8 | – | 34.6 | 10.6 | 2.1 | 6.5 | .429 | — | .893 |
| Rick Robey | C | 12 | – | 10.2 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 | .525 | — | .765 |
| Danny Ainge | SG | 10 | 0 | 12.9 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .422 | — | .769 |
| Chris Ford | SG | 12 | – | 11.5 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .476 | — | .714 |
| Charles Bradley | SG | 7 | – | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | .250 | — | .000 |
| Eric Fernsten | C | 5 | – | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .500 | — | .500 |
Games
- Boston Celtics103–99Washington BulletsPlayoffs · OT
- Washington Bullets126–131Boston CelticsPlayoffs · 2OT
Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.