- Won
- 42
- Lost
- 40
- Pct
- .512
- Finish
- 15th of 25
- SRS
- 1.26
Roster, regular season
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin McHale | PF | 78 | 74 | 36.9 | 22.5 | 8.2 | 2.2 | .546 | .000 | .818 |
| Reggie Lewis | SF | 81 | 57 | 32.8 | 18.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | .486 | .136 | .787 |
| Robert Parish | C | 80 | 80 | 35.5 | 18.6 | 12.4 | 2.2 | .570 | — | .719 |
| Dennis Johnson | PG | 72 | 72 | 32.1 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 6.6 | .434 | .140 | .821 |
| Danny Ainge | PG | 45 | 28 | 30.0 | 15.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | .460 | .374 | .891 |
| Brian Shaw | SG | 82 | 54 | 28.1 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 | .433 | .000 | .826 |
| Jim Paxson | PG | 57 | 7 | 20.0 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | .454 | .167 | .816 |
| Ed Pinckney | PF | 29 | 9 | 23.4 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 1.5 | .540 | — | .798 |
| Brad Lohaus | PF | 48 | 15 | 15.4 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .433 | .000 | .761 |
| Kevin Gamble | SF | 44 | 6 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | .551 | .182 | .636 |
| Ron Grandison | PF | 72 | 0 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | .415 | .000 | .738 |
| Joe Kleine | C | 28 | 2 | 17.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 1.1 | .457 | .000 | .828 |
| Kelvin Upshaw | SG | 23 | 0 | 20.6 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 4.2 | .490 | .200 | .700 |
| Mark Acres | C | 62 | 0 | 10.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | .482 | 1.000 | .542 |
| Larry Bird | SF | 6 | 6 | 31.5 | 19.3 | 6.2 | 4.8 | .471 | — | .947 |
| Ramón Rivas | C | 28 | 0 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .387 | .000 | .640 |
| Otis Birdsong | SG | 13 | 0 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | .500 | .333 | .000 |
Playoffs
- Lost to Detroit Pistons 0–3 in the first round
Roster, playoffs
| Player | Pos | G | GS | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lewis | SF | 3 | 3 | 41.7 | 20.3 | 7.0 | 3.7 | .473 | — | .692 |
| Kevin McHale | PF | 3 | 3 | 38.3 | 19.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | .488 | — | .739 |
| Brian Shaw | SG | 3 | 3 | 41.3 | 17.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | .512 | — | .778 |
| Robert Parish | C | 3 | 3 | 37.3 | 15.7 | 8.7 | 2.0 | .455 | — | .778 |
| Joe Kleine | C | 3 | 0 | 21.7 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 0.7 | .545 | — | .778 |
| Kelvin Upshaw | SG | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .417 | — | — |
| Dennis Johnson | PG | 3 | 1 | 19.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | .267 | — | — |
| Ed Pinckney | PF | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | .250 | — | 1.000 |
| Kevin Gamble | SF | 1 | 1 | 29.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .364 | — | .000 |
| Otis Birdsong | SG | 3 | 1 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | .200 | — | — |
| Mark Acres | C | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .000 | — | — |
Games
Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.