1990–91 Boston Celtics season

The 1990–91 NBA season was the 45th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association.[1] During the off-season, the Celtics hired Chris Ford as their new head coach.[2][3] After playing in Italy the previous season, former Celtics guard Brian Shaw would return to the team after a one-year absence.[4][5] After failing to advance past the first round in the two previous seasons, it appeared going into the 1990–91 season that the Celtics were fading as NBA title contenders. However, the Celtics burst to a 29–5 start reminiscent of their title years of the 1980s, and once again established themselves as contenders,[6] holding a 35–12 record at the All-Star break.[7]

1990–91 Boston Celtics season
Division champions
Head coachChris Ford
General managerDave Gavitt
OwnersDon Gaston
Alan N. Cohen
Paul Dupee
ArenaBoston Garden
Hartford Civic Center
Results
Record56–26 (.683)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference semifinals
(lost to Pistons 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWFXT
(Tom Heinsohn, Bob Cousy)
SportsChannel New England
(Mike Gorman, Tom Heinsohn)
RadioWEEI
(Glenn Ordway, Doug Brown)

Beginning in January, Larry Bird began to miss significant playing time due to back injuries (Bird would miss 22 regular season games) and the team struggled in his absence.[8][9][10] The team limped to the finish, losing 6 of their final 8 games to finish at 56–26 (still good for the Atlantic Division title and #2 seed in the East).[11] The Celtics also qualified for the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season.[12]

Bird averaged 19.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game, while sixth man Kevin McHale averaged 18.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, and Robert Parish provided the team with 14.9 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. Bird, McHale and Parish were all selected for the 1991 NBA All-Star Game, with Ford coaching the Eastern Conference, but Bird did not participate due to injury.[13][14] In addition, Reggie Lewis finished second on the team in scoring with 18.7 points per game, while Kevin Gamble contributed 15.6 points per game, Shaw provided with 13.8 points, 7.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and top draft pick Dee Brown averaged 8.7 points and 4.2 assists per game off the bench,[15] was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and also won the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend in Charlotte.[16][17] Bird also finished tied in ninth place in Most Valuable Player voting, while McHale finished in third place in Sixth Man of the Year voting,[18] Gamble finished in second place in Most Improved Player voting,[19][20] and Ford finished in third place in Coach of the Year voting.[21][22]

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the playoffs, the Celtics survived a scare from the 7th-seeded Indiana Pacers, going the full five games before winning a classic finale (in which Bird went to the locker room during the game with injury, only to return and finish with 32 points).[23][24][25][26] In the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, the Celtics held home court advantage against the 2-time defending NBA Champion Detroit Pistons, but Bird missed Game 1 with injury and the Pistons took the game at Boston Garden, 86–75.[27][28] Bird returned for the remainder of the series and the Celtics rallied to win Games 2 and 3 (Game 3 a blowout win in Detroit, 115–83),[29][30] but Detroit won 3 in a row afterwards to take the series.[31][32][33][34]

Draft picks
Main article: 1990 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 19 Dee Brown SG/PG  United States Jacksonville

Roster
1990–91 Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 33 Bird, Larry (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1956–12–07 Indiana State
G 7 Brown, Dee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1968–11–29 Jacksonville
G/F 34 Gamble, Kevin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1965–11–13 Iowa
C 53 Kleine, Joe 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1962–01–04 Arkansas
G 35 Lewis, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1965–11–21 Northeastern
F 32 McHale, Kevin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1957–12–19 Minnesota
C 00 Parish, Robert 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1953–08–30 Centenary
F 54 Pinckney, Ed 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963–03–27 Villanova
F 42 Popson, Dave 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1964–05–17 North Carolina
G 20 Shaw, Brian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1966–03–22 UC Santa Barbara
G 13 Smith, Charles E. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1967–11–29 Georgetown
G 43 Smith, Derek Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1961–11–01 Louisville
F 11 Smith, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1965–05–19 BYU
C 52 Vranković, Stojko 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1964–01–22 Croatia
G 12 Wynder, A. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1964–09–11 Fairfield
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 12, 1991

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics5626.683—35–621–2020-6
x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.5371229-1215-2614-12
x-New York Knicks3943.4761721-2018-2317–9
Washington Bullets3052.3662621-209-3210-16
New Jersey Nets2656.3173020-216–358-18
Miami Heat2458.2933218-236-359-17
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot
#
Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Chicago Bulls6121.744–
2 y-Boston Celtics5626.6835
3 x-Detroit Pistons5032.61011
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks4834.58513
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4438.53717
6 x-Atlanta Hawks4339.52418
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50020
8 x-New York Knicks3943.47622
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3349.40228
10 Orlando Magic3151.37832
11 Washington Bullets3052.36631
12 New Jersey Nets2656.31735
13 Charlotte Hornets2656.31735
14 Miami Heat2458.29337
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1990-91 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta –3–11–41–43–22–01–10–51–11–14–12–01–14–02–31–13–13–11–10–40–21–12–02–01–11–12–2
Boston 1–3–3–12–23–12–02–02–21–12–02–22–01–14–12–22–04–15–01–12–31–11–12–01–12–01–15–1
Charlotte 4–11–3–0–51–41–10–21–41–10–20–51–10–22–22–31–12–20–42–02–20–20–22–01–10–20–22–2
Chicago 4–12–25–0–5–02–02–03–21–10–24–12–01–14–04–12–03–14–02–01–31–10–22–00–22–02–03–1
Cleveland 2–31–34–10–5–2–01–12–30–20–21–41–11–13–12–31–12–23–12–02–20–20–21–10–21–10–21–3
Dallas 0–20–21–10–20–2–3–10–22–21–32–01–32–20–21–11–42–02–01–41–10–41–32–21–42–20–52–0
Denver 1–10–22–00–21–11–3–0–21–30–50–20–40–40–21–13–21–11–12–30–20–40–43–11–40–41–31–1
Detroit 5–02–24–12–33–22–02–0–1–12–03–22–00–23–12–32–03–11–32–02–20–21–12–00–21–10–23–1
Golden State 1–11–11–11–12–02–23–11–1–2–21–13–22–32–01–13–11–12–02–22–01–32–32–32–23–11–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–02–03–15–00–22–2–1–12–21–32–02–05–02–02–03–22–03–10–43–12–32–22–21–1
Indiana 1–42–25–01–44–10–22–02–31–11–1–1–10–22–22–31–13–12–21–11–31–10–22–01–11–12–02–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–10–21–13–14–00–22–32–21–1–0–40–21–13–11–10–21–30–22–31–33–22–22–31–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–12–01–11–12–24–02–03–23–12–04–0–2–00–23–12–01–14–01–13–22–34–03–13–22–22–0
Miami 0–41–42–20–41–32–02–01–30–20–22–22–00–2–0–40–23–31–41–11–40–20–21–10–20–21–13–2
Milwaukee 3–22–23–21–43–21–11–13–21–10–23–21–12–04–0–1–12–24–02–02–21–11–11–11–11–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–10–21–10–21–14–12–30–21–30–51–11–31–32–01–1–1–11–12–22–00–40–43–10–42–21–41–1
New Jersey 1–31–42–21–32–20–21–11–31–10–21–31–10–23–32–21–1–0–51–12–31–10–21–10–21–10–22–3
New York 1–30–54–00–41–30–21–13–10–20–22–22–01–14–10–41–15–0–0–25–10–20–22–01–11–12–03–2
Orlando 1–11–10–20–20–24–13–20–22–22–31–13–10–41–10–22–21–12–0–0–22–20–42–21–31–31–41–1
Philadelphia 4–03–22–23–12–21–12–02–20–20–23–12–01–14–12–20–23–21–52–0–1–11–11–10–21–10–23–2
Phoenix 2–01–12–01–12–04–04–02–03–11–31–13–22–32–01–14–01–12–02–21–1–3–23–11–33–22–22–0
Portland 1–11–12–02–02–03–14–01–13–24–02–03–13–22–01–14–02–02–04–01–12–3–3–22–24–03–12–0
Sacramento 0–20–20–20–21–12–21–30–23–21–30–22–30–41–11–11–31–10–22–21–11–32–3–1–31–41–32–0
San Antonio 0–21–11–12–02–04–14–12–02–23–21–12–21–32–01–14–02–01–13–12–03–12–23–1–3–12–32–0
Seattle 1–10–22–00–21–12–24–01–11–32–21–13–22–32–01–12–21–11–13–11–12–30–44–11–3–1–32–0
Utah 1–11–12–00–22–05–03–12–03–12–20–23–12–21–11–14–12–00–24–12–02–21–33–13–23–1–2–0
Washington 2–21–52–21–33–10–21–11–32–01–12–22–00–22–31–31–13–22–31–12–30–20–20–20–20–20–2—

Game log
1990-91 game log
November
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
1Fri. Nov. 2Cleveland Cavaliers125-101Boston Garden1-0
2Sat. Nov. 3@ New York Knicks106-103Madison Square Garden2-0
3Tue. Nov. 6@ Chicago Bulls110-108Chicago Stadium3-0
4Fri. Nov. 9Chicago Bulls100-120Boston Garden3-1
5Sat. Nov. 10@ New Jersey Nets105-91Brendan Byrne Arena4-1
6Tue. Nov. 13@ Milwaukee Bucks91-119Bradley Center4-2
7Wed. Nov. 14Charlotte Hornets135-126Boston Garden5-2
8Fri. Nov. 16Utah Jazz114-89Boston Garden6-2
9Sat. Nov. 17@ Washington Bullets102-90Capital Centre7-2
10Wed. Nov. 21Houston Rockets108-95Boston Garden8-2
11Fri. Nov. 23Sacramento Kings115-105Boston Garden9-2
12Sat. Nov. 24@ Cleveland Cavaliers113-102Richfield Coliseum10-2
13Mon. Nov. 26Miami Heat118-101Hartford Civic Center11-2
14Fri. Nov. 30Washington Bullets123-95Boston Garden12-2
December
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
15Sat. Dec. 1@ Philadelphia 76ers110-116The Spectrum12-3
16Mon. Dec. 3Seattle SuperSonics135-102Boston Garden13-3
17Wed. Dec. 5Denver Nuggets148-140Boston Garden14-3
18Fri. Dec. 7@ Dallas Mavericks112-104Reunion Arena15-3
19Sat. Dec. 8@ San Antonio Spurs96-102HemisFair Arena15-4
20Mon. Dec. 10@ Houston Rockets107-95The Summit16-4
21Wed. Dec. 12Milwaukee Bucks129-111Boston Garden17-4
22Fri. Dec. 14Detroit Pistons108-100Boston Garden18-4
23Sat. Dec. 15@ Miami Heat114-100Miami Arena19-4
24Wed. Dec. 19Philadelphia 76ers115-105Boston Garden20-4
25Thu. Dec. 20@ Charlotte Hornets115-96Charlotte Coliseum21-4
26Sun. Dec. 23Atlanta Hawks132-104Boston Garden22-4
27Wed. Dec. 26Indiana Pacers152-132Boston Garden23-4
28Fri. Dec. 28@ Atlanta Hawks114-131The Omni23-5
January
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
29Wed. Jan. 2New York Knicks113-86Boston Garden24-5
30Fri. Jan. 4Phoenix Suns132-103Boston Garden25-5
31Sun. Jan. 6Dallas Mavericks127-110Boston Garden26-5
32Tue. Jan. 8@ New York Knicks101-87Madison Square Garden27-5
33Wed. Jan. 9Milwaukee Bucks110-102Boston Garden28-5
34Fri. Jan. 11Los Angeles Clippers109-107Boston Garden29-5
35Sat. Jan. 12@ Washington Bullets99-116Capital Centre29-6
36Wed. Jan. 16Golden State Warriors105-110Boston Garden29-7
37Fri. Jan. 18New Jersey Nets106-111Boston Garden29-8
38Mon. Jan. 21@ Detroit Pistons90-101The Palace of Auburn Hills29-9
39Wed. Jan. 23Detroit Pistons111-94Boston Garden30-9
40Fri. Jan. 25@ Philadelphia 76ers94-116The Spectrum30-10
41Sun. Jan. 27Los Angeles Lakers87-104Boston Garden30-11
42Mon. Jan. 28@ Minnesota Timberwolves108-87Target Center31-11
43Wed. Jan. 30Orlando Magic144-102Boston Garden32-11
February
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
44Fri. Feb. 1@ Charlotte Hornets91-92Charlotte Coliseum32-12
45Sun. Feb. 3Washington Bullets119-101Boston Garden33-12
46Wed. Feb. 6Charlotte Hornets133-117Boston Garden34-12
47Thu. Feb. 7@ New York Knicks117-101Madison Square Garden35-12
48Tue. Feb. 12@ Seattle SuperSonics114-111Seattle Center Coliseum36-12
49Thu. Feb. 14@ Golden State Warriors128-112Oakland Coliseum37-12
50Fri. Feb. 15@ Los Angeles Lakers98-85The Forum38-12
51Sun. Feb. 17@ Denver Nuggets126-108McNichols Sports Arena39-12
52Tue. Feb. 19@ Phoenix Suns105-109Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum39-13
53Fri. Feb. 22New Jersey Nets111-99Hartford Civic Center40-13
54Sun. Feb. 24@ Indiana Pacers109-115Market Square Arena40-14
55Tue. Feb. 26@ Chicago Bulls99-129Chicago Stadium40-15
56Wed. Feb. 27Minnesota Timberwolves116-111Boston Garden41-15
March
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
57Fri. Mar. 1San Antonio Spurs108-98Boston Garden42-15
58Sun. Mar. 3Portland Trail Blazers107-116Boston Garden42-16
59Mon. Mar. 4Indiana Pacers126-101Hartford Civic Center43-16
60Wed. Mar. 6Miami Heat126-117Boston Garden44-16
61Fri. Mar. 8@ Los Angeles Clippers104-98L.A. Sports Arena45-16
62Sun. Mar. 10@ Portland Trail Blazers111-109 (OT)Memorial Coliseum46-16
63Tue. Mar. 12@ Sacramento Kings110-95ARCO Arena47-16
64Wed. Mar. 13@ Utah Jazz109-112Salt Palace47-17
65Fri. Mar. 15@ Washington Bullets94-86Capital Centre48-17
66Sun. Mar. 17Philadelphia 76ers110-105Boston Garden49-17
67Tue. Mar. 19@ Atlanta Hawks92-104The Omni49-18
68Wed. Mar. 20Washington Bullets102-81Boston Garden50-18
69Fri. Mar. 22@ Indiana Pacers109-121Market Square Arena50-19
70Thu. Mar. 28@ Miami Heat88-90Miami Arena50-20
71Fri. Mar. 29Cleveland Cavaliers110-108Boston Garden51-20
72Sun. Mar. 31Chicago Bulls135-132 (2OT)Boston Garden52-20
April
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
73Tue. Apr. 2@ New Jersey Nets94-77Brendan Byrne Arena53-20
74Thu. Apr. 4New Jersey Nets123-104Boston Garden54-20
75Sat. Apr. 6@ Orlando Magic98-102Orlando Arena54-21
76Thu. Apr. 11@ Milwaukee Bucks92-111Bradley Center54-22
77Fri. Apr. 12Miami Heat119-109Boston Garden55-22
78Sun. Apr. 14New York Knicks115-102Boston Garden56-22
79Tue. Apr. 16@ Detroit Pistons90-118The Palace of Auburn Hills56-23
80Thu. Apr. 18@ Philadelphia 76ers97-122The Spectrum56-24
81Fri. Apr. 19@ Cleveland Cavaliers117-124 (OT)Richfield Coliseum56-25
82Sun. Apr. 21Atlanta Hawks105-117Boston Garden56-26
1990-91 Schedule

Playoffs
1991 playoff game log
First round: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 26 Indiana W 127–120 Reggie Lewis (28) Larry Bird (12) Larry Bird (12) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–0
2 April 28 Indiana L 118–130 Lewis, Shaw (22) Robert Parish (12) Larry Bird (10) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–1
3 May 1 @ Indiana W 112–105 Kevin McHale (22) Larry Bird (9) Brian Shaw (7) Market Square Arena
16,530		 2–1
4 May 3 @ Indiana L 113–116 Kevin McHale (24) Robert Parish (12) Larry Bird (8) Market Square Arena
16,530		 2–2
5 May 5 Indiana W 124–121 Larry Bird (32) Larry Bird (9) Brian Shaw (9) Boston Garden
14,890		 3–2
Conference Semi-finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 7 Detroit L 75–86 Reggie Lewis (20) Kevin McHale (10) Brian Shaw (5) Boston Garden
14,890		 0–1
2 May 9 Detroit W 109–103 Reggie Lewis (23) Robert Parish (13) Dee Brown (8) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–1
3 May 11 @ Detroit W 115–83 Reggie Lewis (21) Robert Parish (11) Brown, McHale (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills
21,454		 2–1
4 May 13 @ Detroit L 97–104 Kevin McHale (28) Robert Parish (10) Brian Shaw (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills
21,454		 2–2
5 May 15 Detroit L 111–116 Reggie Lewis (30) Reggie Lewis (11) Dee Brown (10) Boston Garden
14,890		 2–3
6 May 17 @ Detroit L 113–117 (OT) Kevin McHale (34) Ed Pinckney (9) Reggie Lewis (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills
21,454		 2–4
1991 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Boston Celtics statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Larry Bird 606038.0.454.389.8918.57.21.81.019.4
Dee Brown 82523.7.464.206.8732.24.21.00.28.7
Kevin Gamble 827633.0.587.000.8153.33.11.20.415.6
Joe Kleine 72111.8.468.000.7833.40.30.20.23.6
Reggie Lewis 797936.4.491.077.8265.22.51.21.118.7
Kevin McHale 681030.4.553.405.8297.11.90.42.118.4
Robert Parish 818130.1.598.000.76710.60.80.81.3

14.9

Ed Pinckney 701616.6.539.000.8974.90.60.90.65.2
Dave Popson 1903.4.406.000.9000.70.10.10.11.8
Brian Shaw 797935.1.469.111.8194.77.61.30.413.8
Charles E. Smith 506.0.429.000.6000.41.20.20.01.8
Derek Smith 208.0.250.000.7500.02.50.50.52.5
Michael Smith 4738.3.475.250.8151.20.90.10.04.6
Stojko Vranković 3105.4.462.000.5561.60.10.00.91.9
A. J. Wynder 606.5.250.000.7500.51.30.20.02.0

Playoffs
Boston Celtics statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Larry Bird 101039.6.408.143.8637.26.51.30.317.1
Dee Brown 11025.8.491.000.8244.13.71.00.512.2
Kevin Gamble 111121.6.483.000.6671.21.70.40.26.0
Joe Kleine 516.2.444.000.0002.20.20.00.01.6
Reggie Lewis 111142.0.487.000.8246.22.91.10.522.4
Kevin McHale 11134.2.527.545.8256.51.80.51.320.7
Robert Parish 101029.6.598.000.6899.20.60.80.715.8
Ed Pinckney 11015.5.762.000.8103.60.20.50.24.5
Brian Shaw 111128.7.470.333.8673.54.60.90.111.0
Derek Smith 1008.6.429.000.7860.90.50.30.12.9
Michael Smith 203.0.500.000.0000.00.50.00.01.0
Stojko Vranković 104.01.000.000.0002.00.00.00.02.0

Awards and records

Transactions
Players Added

Draft

Free agency

 Players Lost

Released

Free agency

Player Transactions Citation:[35]

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