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1993–94 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season

NBA basketball team season

Hartford Civic Center WBZ-TV SportsChannel New England The 1993–94 Boston Celtics season was the 48th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. Tragedy struck the Celtics during the off-season when star guard, and team captain Reggie Lewis died of cardiac arrest during practice at the age of 27 on July 27, 1993; Lewis previously collapsed during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Charlotte Hornets in the 1993 NBA playoffs. Two years later, the Celtics would retire his #35 jersey during a game against the Chicago Bulls at the Boston Garden on March 22, 1995.

Croatian rookie power forward Dino Radja, who was drafted by the Celtics as the 40th overall pick in the 1989 NBA draft, made his debut in the NBA this season. The Celtics started strong with a 6–2 start to the regular season, and then played mostly mediocre basketball for the remainder of the season, hovering at around .500 in winning percentage until right before Christmas, when they went on a 7-game losing streak.

The Celtics posted a 7-game winning streak in January, and held a 20–27 record at the All-Star break, but also had a winless month in February, where they suffered a 13-game losing streak which they never recovered from, as they finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with a disappointing 32–50 record. This season marked the first since 1978–79 that the Celtics failed to qualify for the NBA playoffs (a streak of 14 seasons). The absence of Lewis, and the retirements over the previous two seasons of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale contributed to the poor season.

Dee Brown averaged 15.5 points, 4.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while Radja averaged 15.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and Sherman Douglas provided the team with 13.3 points and 8.8 assists per game. In addition, long-time Celtics center Robert Parish averaged 11.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while Kevin Gamble provided with 11.5 points per game, and Rick Fox contributed 10.8 points per game. Off the bench, Xavier McDaniel averaged 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, while first-round draft pick Acie Earl contributed 5.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and Ed Pinckney provided with 5.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Radja was selected for the inaugural NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the Phenoms team. Following the season, Parish signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets, while Gamble signed with the Miami Heat, and Pinckney was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
119Acie EarlCUnited StatesIowa

Roster

  • Chris Ford
  • Don Casey
  • Jon Jennings
  • Dennis Johnson

Roster Notes

  • Center Alaa Abdelnaby holds both American and Egyptian citizenship.

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 13 || 0 || 12.2 || .436 || || .640 || 3.5 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 4.9 |- | 77 || 76 || 37.2 || .480 || .313 || .831 || 3.9 || 4.5 || 2.0 || .6 || 15.5 |- | 51 || 0 || 9.2 || .426 || .289 || .684 || .9 || 1.7 || .4 || .0 || 2.3 |- | 78 || 78 || 35.8 || .462 || .232 || .641 || 2.5 || 8.8 || 1.1 || .1 || 13.3 |- | 74 || 8 || 15.5 || .406 || .000 || .675 || 3.3 || .2 || .3 || .7 || 5.5 |- | 82 || 53 || 25.6 || .467 || .330 || .757 || 4.3 || 2.6 || 1.0 || .6 || 10.8 |- | 75 || 28 || 25.1 || .458 || .243 || .817 || 2.1 || 2.0 || .8 || .3 || 11.5 |- | 5 || 0 || 17.6 || .290 || .333 || .920 || 2.0 || 1.6 || .8 || .0 || 8.8 |- | 4 || 0 || 12.0 || .429 || || .500 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 1.3 || .3 || 4.8 |- | 82 || 5 || 24.0 || .461 || .244 || .676 || 4.9 || 1.5 || .6 || .5 || 11.3 |- | 44 || 6 || 12.3 || .416 || .406 || .758 || 1.0 || .8 || .4 || .0 || 4.9 |- | 74 || 74 || 26.9 || .491 || || .740 || 7.3 || 1.1 || .6 || 1.3 || 11.7 |- | 76 || 35 || 20.1 || .522 || || .736 || 6.3 || .8 || .8 || .6 || 5.2 |- | 80 || 47 || 28.8 || .521 || .000 || .751 || 7.2 || 1.4 || .9 || .8 || 15.1 |- | 11 || 0 || 3.4 || .600 || || .600 || 1.1 || .0 || .0 || .2 || 1.6 |}

  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Celtics only.

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

  • Dino Radja, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

Additions

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References

References

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