@DickLipe

NBC Sports Boston Celtic statistician and researcher. Longtime Bentley University SID who retired at the end of 2025 following nearly 50 years of service.

Joined November 2013
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A sad start for the Knicks! The New York Knicks are the first defending champs to start 0-3 since the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011-2012 season! 馃弨
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Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 24
The Sultan of Stat sends the email, and I pass it along... @DickLipe with the relevant noteage from the Celtic victory over the Knicks. 猬囷笍
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The Knicks are only the 7th defending NBA champion to start the season 0-2! Dallas had been the most recent (2011-12) and the Lakers are on the list twice, once in Minneapolis (1953-54) and once in LA (2002-03).
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CELTIC HISTORY: MOST STEALS IN SEASON'S 1ST 2 GAMES 9 - Larry Bird, 1985 7 - PAUL GEORGE, 2026 7 - Kenny Anderson, 2000 7 - Kenny Anderson, 2001 7 - Sherman Douglas, 1993
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This is the 1st time in 28 career regular season games for Anunoby that he has scored more than 14 points vs. the Celtics. He does have 4 20-point games vs. Celtics in the postseason. Anunoby's career regular season scoring average vs. Boston (9.0) is his lowest vs. any team.
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Garza, Hauser and Pritchard have combined to make 5 of 8 three-pointers off the bench so far tonight. Garza, in 3:30, has 8 points (2/2 3's), 1 o-board and a steal
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Celtics are 51-24 all-time in home-openers, including 2-2 vs. the Bulls 1967: W 105-90 1996: L 107-98 1997: W 92-85 2002: L 99-96
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Entering Thursday, teams were 65-0 in the shot-clock era when leading by 20+ at half of their season opener. The Cavs' 29-point blown lead is the largest in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98)
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In today's season-opener at Detroit, Paul George became the 3rd Celtic, age 36 or more, to score at least 38 points in a game. John Havlicek, vs. Washington, 4/11/76, 38 pts Robert Parish, vs. Denver, 12/8/89, 38 pts George was the oldest of the 3. at 36 yrs and 171 days.
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Dick Lipe retweeted
Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 20
The Sultan of Stat, @DickLipe, has the good, the bad and the ultimately ugly from the Celtics' season-opening loss in Detroit today. 猬囷笍
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Paul George - 1st career game with at least 38 pts, 7 3's and 5 steals 8th player in NBA history to hit each of those marks, and the 2nd oldest (Steph Curry last year)
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DUNCAN ROBINSON: 21 points tonight, including 15 in 4th quarter Previous 15 regular season games vs. Celtics: 16, 6, 5, 0, 3, 9, 5, 15, 5, 5, 6, 8, 11, 7, 15
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Paul George has broken the record for most points in a Celtic debut with 31 so far. Porzingis has 30 against the Knicks in 2023.
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Tatum: only 4th player in PxP era to have at least 11 pts, 5 reb, 6 asst, 1 stl in 1st half of season-opener (Anthony Davis, Doncic, Michael Finley) George: 17 points ... tied for his 2nd most in the first half of a season-opener Celtics: kept DET to 27% FG and 2/10 3's 2nd Q
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CELTICS: MOST CAREER OPENING DAY POINTS 371 Pierce, 1998-2012 (14 G) 298 Bird, 1979-91 (13 G) 279 Cousy, 1950-62 (13 G) 274 Havlicek, 1962-77 (15 G) 240 Parish, 1980-93 (14 G) 227 J. Brown, 2016-25 (10 G) 214 TATUM, 2017-24 (8 G) Tatum has the highest scoring avg (26.8)
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Dick Lipe retweeted
Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 17
With the OT win in Philadelphia Friday, the Celtics finished undefeated for the preseason. Meanwhile, the Sultan of Stat remains undefeated for life. @DickLipe has noteage that can make even an exhibition game seem interesting. 猬囷笍
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Career points for tonight's starters: Boston 6 (all by Hayden Gray) Philadelphia 89,240 (regular season), 14,588 playoffs)
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Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 15
The Sultan of Stat putting this much work into preseason game noteage is like Jayson Tatum and LeBron James each playing 48 minutes in the exhibition finale Friday night. The fact they won't is why Sultan's rookie card is more valuable. @DickLipe delivers from Celts-Hornets. 猬囷笍
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Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 11
Jaylen Brown, LeBron James and Joel Embiid didn't play... but the Sultan of Stat always answers the bell. @DickLipe with your relevant noteage from the Celtics' preseason win over Philadelphia. 猬囷笍
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Dick Lipe retweeted
Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 9
The Sultan of Stat actually sent along noteage from tonight's Celtic preseason game, meaning: a.) the man loves you, his loyal subjects b.) stats never sleep c.) he could probably use some counseling In any case, @DickLipe delivers. 猬囷笍
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