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Dick Lipe

@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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The only Celtics to have at least 100 points, 25 rebounds and 25 assists during the season's first 4 games are Larry Bird (4 times), John Havlicek and Jayson Tatum.
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Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 28
The Sultan of Stat, @DickLipe, sends Jayson Tatum-centric noteage in the wake of the Celtics' OT win against the Nets. Larry Bird, Paul Pierce and John Havlicek make cameo appearances. ⬇️
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Jayson Tatum became just the 2nd Celtic with 40+ points, 8 rebounds and no turnovers in a game, in addition to draining the buzzer-beating game-winner Larry Bird did it twice, against Portland in 1988 and against Orlando in 1990.
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This should have read 8 assists, not 8 rebounds. Sorry for the error.
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Tatum enters tonight as the only player in the NBA with at least 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the 1st quarter this season.
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The Celtics are back at it TONIGHT against Brooklyn, and Joe Mazzulla's team has been excellent on the 2nd night of back-to-backs. More great stats from @DickLipe... ⌚ 7:30pm w/ @Drewdle25, @Scalabrine, and @TVAbby 📺 NBC Sports Boston 📲💻 NBC Sports App & NBCSportsBoston.com
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Steve Bulpett@SteveBHoopOct 27
The Celtics did something for the first time in their history Monday night - ans something else for the first time since 2014. ... The Sultan of Stat, @DickLipe, has those answers and more from the blowout of the Bulls. ⬇️
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MOST GAMES WITH 5+ 3’S OFF BENCH, CAREER 57 - Malik Beasley, 2018-25 47 - Tim Hardaway Jr, 2013-26 47 - Buddy Hield, 2017-26 44 - J.R. Smith, 2006-14 41 - Payton Pritchard, 2020-26
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Tatum was the first Celtic to have at least 5 FG, 5 FT, 5 REB and 5 AST in a 1st half since Paul Pierce (twice in 2004). It was only the 2nd time in his career he's had at least 19 points, 6 rebs and 5 assists by halftime.
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Tatum had 5 assists in the 1st quarter and is now tied for 2nd most 1st Q assists this season with 11. Only Keyonte George (Utah) has more.
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It's early, but that won't stop Celtics Stats Legend @DickLipe from pulling some interesting nuggets! TONIGHT: @Drewdle25, @Scalabrine, and @TVAbby bring you #Celtics vs Bulls 📍TD Garden ⌚7:30pm 💻📲 NBC Sports App 📺 NBC Sports Boston
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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! 🏀
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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. ⬇️
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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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