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Boston Celtics

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Also known as: Boston Celtics
Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 989 (#18) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 934 (#22) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → -1.6 (#21) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.417 (#21) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 vs CHI W 92 - 85
1997-11-02 vs ORL L 96 - 107
1997-11-04 @ NYK L 70 - 102
1997-11-05 vs MIA L 74 - 90
1997-11-07 vs CLE L 92 - 96
1997-11-08 @ MIL L 96 - 105
1997-11-12 vs DEN W 96 - 86
1997-11-14 vs TOR W 103 - 99
1997-11-15 @ PHI W 107 - 101
1997-11-18 @ TOR W 122 - 109
1997-11-19 @ NJN L 100 - 108
1997-11-21 vs NJN W 101 - 93
1997-11-26 vs LAL L 103 - 118
1997-11-28 vs PHX L 108 - 112
1997-11-29 @ CLE L 97 - 103
1997-12-03 vs CHI L 87 - 97
1997-12-05 @ MIA L 97 - 117
1997-12-10 vs MIL W 96 - 91
1997-12-12 vs WAS W 97 - 88
1997-12-13 @ DET L 77 - 93
1997-12-15 vs PHI W 100 - 83
1997-12-17 @ TOR W 88 - 83
1997-12-21 vs LAC W 99 - 77
1997-12-23 vs CHH W 102 - 96
1997-12-26 @ SAS L 86 - 101
1997-12-28 @ LAL W 108 - 102
1998-01-02 vs MIN W 93 - 89
1998-01-03 @ MIL W 106 - 99
1998-01-06 @ CHI L 79 - 90
1998-01-07 @ WAS L 108 - 110
1998-01-09 vs SEA L 92 - 111
1998-01-10 @ ORL L 82 - 90
1998-01-13 vs SAS L 88 - 97
1998-01-15 vs VAN W 97 - 93
1998-01-18 vs IND L 96 - 103
1998-01-19 @ NYK L 82 - 98
1998-01-21 @ MIN L 95 - 104
1998-01-23 @ ATL W 89 - 85
1998-01-24 @ IND L 88 - 95
1998-01-26 vs NYK W 94 - 85
1998-01-28 vs WAS W 104 - 102
1998-01-30 vs CHH L 95 - 97
1998-02-01 vs HOU W 107 - 96
1998-02-03 @ CHH L 89 - 93
1998-02-10 @ DEN L 99 - 112
1998-02-12 @ UTA L 100 - 118
1998-02-13 @ LAC W 97 - 96
1998-02-17 @ SAC L 99 - 102
1998-02-18 @ VAN W 114 - 105
1998-02-20 @ SEA W 106 - 96
1998-02-22 @ POR L 96 - 121
1998-02-25 vs SAC W 111 - 94
1998-02-27 vs GSW W 120 - 88
1998-03-01 vs POR W 102 - 101
1998-03-04 vs UTA L 94 - 110
1998-03-06 vs WAS W 108 - 98
1998-03-08 @ IND L 100 - 104
1998-03-11 vs ATL L 105 - 110
1998-03-13 vs DET L 92 - 96
1998-03-15 @ ATL L 77 - 93
1998-03-19 @ HOU L 96 - 105
1998-03-22 vs PHI W 108 - 90
1998-03-25 vs MIA L 91 - 105
1998-03-27 @ NJN W 82 - 76
1998-03-29 @ PHI L 94 - 99
1998-03-31 @ MIA L 95 - 121
1998-04-01 @ ORL W 98 - 87
1998-04-03 @ DET W 101 - 100
1998-04-05 vs NYK W 102 - 92
1998-04-08 vs NJN L 104 - 117
1998-04-10 vs ORL W 82 - 80
1998-04-12 vs IND L 87 - 93
1998-04-14 @ CLE L 86 - 95
1998-04-15 vs MIL L 109 - 117
1998-04-17 vs CLE W 78 - 71
1998-04-18 @ WAS L 95 - 112

1998 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Antoine Walker G 76 39.5 22.4 10.3 3.4 1.7 0.7 3.6 20.7 14.2 - - - 42.5 31.1 63.5 - 48.1 45.1
Ron Mercer G 74 32.9 15.5 3.4 2.2 1.5 0.2 1.6 14.3 6.9 - - - 45.3 10.7 84.8 - 49.6 45.5
Chauncey Billups G 47 24.7 11.3 2.2 4.1 1.6 0.0 2.3 9.0 7.9 - - - 38.9 35.1 83.1 - 53.4 46.1
Kenny Anderson G 15 23.1 10.9 2.3 6.3 1.4 0.0 1.9 8.8 10.1 - - - 43.9 37.5 82.6 - 53.5 47.3
Dana Barros G 74 20.9 9.9 2.0 3.6 1.0 0.1 1.3 7.7 7.5 - - - 45.9 40.1 84.2 - 57.9 53.9
Walter McCarty G 76 28.1 9.5 4.5 2.2 1.3 0.6 1.7 8.8 7.6 - - - 40.1 30.4 75.5 - 48.3 43.8
Travis Knight G 68 19.9 6.7 5.0 1.4 0.8 1.1 1.2 6.0 7.8 - - - 44.3 29.4 79.2 - 50.4 46.1
Dee Brown G 37 19.1 6.3 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.8 6.1 3.4 - - - 41.2 34.7 68.2 - 49.6 48.5
Bruce Bowen G 56 21.0 5.6 2.9 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.9 5.0 6.0 - - - 40.9 35.1 63.6 - 48.5 44.4
Tyus Edney G 48 11.7 5.6 1.1 2.8 1.0 0.0 1.3 4.2 4.9 - - - 45.1 30.0 79.0 - 54.0 45.8
Andrew DeClercq G 75 17.9 5.3 4.8 0.7 1.0 0.6 1.0 4.1 7.4 - - - 49.4 0.0 61.0 - 53.0 49.4
Greg Minor G 63 16.2 5.2 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.6 4.8 4.2 - - - 43.9 20.0 70.7 - 48.7 44.9
Zan Tabak G 17 12.8 3.5 3.4 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 3.2 4.5 - - - 47.3 0 53.8 - 48.6 47.3
John Thomas G 31 10.8 3.2 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.0 2.4 3.2 - - - 51.4 0 77.4 - 57.1 51.4
Dontae' Jones F 15 5.7 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.7 3.8 -0.3 - - - 33.3 26.1 0 - 38.6 38.6
Pervis Ellison G 32 12.8 2.9 3.3 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.9 2.0 5.8 - - - 56.9 0 58.8 - 58.8 56.9
Roy Rogers - 8 3.6 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.1 - - - 42.9 0 50.0 - 44.4 42.9
Reggie Hanson G 8 2.5 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.9 - - - 50.0 0 0 - 50.0 50.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG