- Won
- 63
- Lost
- 19
- Pct
- .768
- Finish
- 1st of 23
- SRS
- 6.47
Roster, regular season
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | SF | 80 | 77 | 39.5 | 28.7 | 10.5 | 6.6 | .522 | .427 | .882 |
| Kevin McHale | PF | 79 | 31 | 33.6 | 19.8 | 9.0 | 1.8 | .570 | .000 | .760 |
| Robert Parish | C | 79 | 78 | 36.1 | 17.6 | 10.6 | 1.6 | .542 | — | .743 |
| Dennis Johnson | PG | 80 | 77 | 37.2 | 15.7 | 4.0 | 6.8 | .462 | .269 | .853 |
| Danny Ainge | SG | 75 | 73 | 34.2 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 5.3 | .529 | .268 | .868 |
| Cedric Maxwell | SF | 57 | 51 | 26.2 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 1.8 | .533 | .000 | .831 |
| Scott Wedman | SF | 78 | 5 | 14.4 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .478 | .500 | .764 |
| Quinn Buckner | PG | 75 | 6 | 11.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | .383 | .000 | .640 |
| Carlos Clark | SG | 62 | 3 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | .421 | .000 | .774 |
| M.L. Carr | SF | 47 | 0 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | .416 | .391 | 1.000 |
| Ray Williams | PG | 23 | 5 | 20.0 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | .385 | .261 | .674 |
| Greg Kite | C | 55 | 4 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.3 | .375 | — | .688 |
| Rick Carlisle | SG | 38 | 0 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .388 | .000 | .882 |
Playoffs
- Beat Cleveland Cavaliers 3–1 in the first round
- Beat Detroit Pistons 4–2 in the conference semifinals
- Beat Philadelphia 76ers 4–1 in the conference finals
- Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 2–4 in the Finals
Roster, playoffs
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | SF | 20 | 20 | 40.8 | 26.0 | 9.1 | 5.8 | .461 | — | .890 |
| Kevin McHale | PF | 21 | 21 | 39.9 | 22.1 | 9.9 | 1.5 | .568 | — | .807 |
| Dennis Johnson | PG | 21 | 21 | 40.4 | 17.3 | 4.0 | 7.3 | .445 | — | .860 |
| Robert Parish | C | 21 | 21 | 38.2 | 17.1 | 10.4 | 1.5 | .493 | — | .784 |
| Danny Ainge | SG | 21 | 21 | 32.7 | 11.0 | 2.8 | 5.8 | .466 | — | .769 |
| Scott Wedman | SF | 21 | 1 | 16.7 | 8.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | .545 | — | .684 |
| Ray Williams | PG | 19 | 0 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | .405 | — | .960 |
| Cedric Maxwell | SF | 20 | 0 | 11.9 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | .488 | — | .791 |
| Quinn Buckner | PG | 15 | 0 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .591 | — | .625 |
| Greg Kite | C | 9 | 0 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | .417 | — | .500 |
| M.L. Carr | SF | 7 | 0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | .267 | — | — |
| Carlos Clark | SG | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | .600 | — | 1.000 |
Games
Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.