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1995–96 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season

NBA basketball team season

FieldValue
teamBoston Celtics
end_year1996
wins33
losses49
divisionatlantic
division_place5
conf_place11
coachM. L. Carr
gmJan Volk
ownerPaul Gaston
arenaFleet Center
televisionWSBK-TV
SportsChannel New England
radioWRKO
playoffsDid not qualify
bbr_teamBOS

SportsChannel New England

The 1995–96 Boston Celtics season was the 50th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. A new era began for the Celtics as they moved into a new arena known as the FleetCenter. In addition, this also ended their practice of playing occasional home games at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Celtics had the 14th overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft, and selected small forward Eric Williams out of Providence College. There was much speculation during the previous off-season over who would coach the team after the firing of Chris Ford, with candidates that included former Celtics coaches Dave Cowens and K. C. Jones, and even former Celtic player Paul Silas. Ultimately, General Manager M. L. Carr decided to hire himself as the team's new head coach. The Celtics also signed free agent and former Boston College guard Dana Barros, who won the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year award the previous season with the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Celtics started the regular season losing their first game at the Fleet Center, 101–100 to the Milwaukee Bucks on November 3, 1995. Near the end of the month, the team traded Sherman Douglas to the Bucks in exchange for Todd Day and Alton Lister, as they played around .500 in winning percentage with a 12–12 start. However, the magic was clearly gone for the Celtics as they lost 15 of their next 18 games, holding a 17–30 record at the All-Star break, finishing in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with a 33–49 record, and failing to qualify for the NBA playoffs.

Dino Radja averaged 19.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, but was out for the remainder of the season due to a season-ending ankle injury after 53 games, while Rick Fox averaged 14.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and Barros provided the team with 13.0 points and 3.8 assists per game, and also led them with 150 three-point field goals. In addition, David Wesley contributed 12.3 points and 4.8 assists per game, along with 116 three-point field goals, while Day contributed 12.0 points per game in 71 games after the trade, Dee Brown provided with 10.7 points and 1.2 steals per game, Williams averaged 10.7 points per game, and second-year guard Greg Minor contributed 9.6 points per game. On the defensive side, second-year center Eric Montross averaged 7.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, but only played 61 games due to a sprained ankle, and Pervis Ellison provided with 5.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Barros participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout for the fourth consecutive year, while Williams was selected for the NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference Rookie team, and Minor participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Wesley finished tied in eighth place in Most Improved Player voting.

The Celtics finished ninth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 730,842 at the FleetCenter during the regular season. Following the season, Montross was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft.

Draft picks

Main article: 1995 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
114Eric WilliamsSFProvidence
233Junior BurroughSFVirginia

Roster

  • M. L. Carr
  • Don Casey
  • Dennis Johnson
  • John Kuester

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 80 || 25 || 29.1 || .470 || .408 || .884 || 2.4 || 3.8 || .7 || .0 || 13.0 |- | 65 || 23 || 24.5 || .399 || .309 || .854 || 2.1 || 2.2 || 1.2 || .2 || 10.7 |- | 61 || 3 || 8.1 || .376 || || .656 || 1.8 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 3.1 |- | 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .500 || || .000 || .7 || .0 || .0 || .3 || .7 |- | 71 || 12 || 23.0 || .371 || .343 || .766 || 2.8 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .7 || 12.0 |- | 10 || 4 || 23.4 || .429 || .143 || .625 || 2.3 || 3.9 || .2 || .0 || 9.8 |- | 69 || 29 || 20.7 || .492 || || .641 || 6.5 || .9 || .6 || 1.4 || 5.3 |- | 81 || 81 || 32.0 || .454 || .364 || .772 || 5.6 || 4.6 || 1.4 || .5 || 14.0 |- | 11 || 0 || 6.4 || .290 || || .389 || 2.0 || .1 || .0 || .8 || 2.3 |- | 57 || 14 || 11.4 || .490 || || .629 || 4.4 || .3 || .1 || .7 || 2.3 |- | 78 || 47 || 22.6 || .500 || .259 || .762 || 3.3 || 1.9 || .5 || .1 || 9.6 |- | 61 || 59 || 23.5 || .566 || || .376 || 5.8 || .7 || .3 || .5 || 7.2 |- | 9 || 0 || 3.7 || .333 || || || .3 || .1 || .1 || .1 || .7 |- | 53 || 52 || 37.4 || .500 || || .695 || 9.8 || 1.6 || .9 || 1.5 || 19.7 |- | 17 || 2 || 5.4 || .359 || || .625 || 1.3 || .2 || .2 || .0 || 1.9 |- | 1 || 0 || 2.0 || || || || 2.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | 82 || 53 || 25.7 || .459 || .426 || .753 || 3.2 || 4.8 || 1.2 || .1 || 12.3 |- | 64 || 6 || 23.0 || .441 || .300 || .671 || 3.4 || 1.1 || .9 || .2 || 10.7 |}

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

Transactions

Main article: List of 1995-96 NBA season transactions

Overview

**Players Added****Players Lost**

Trades

June 21, 1996To **Boston Celtics**To **Dallas Mavericks**

Player Transactions Citation:

References

References

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