Earlier this month, Forbes.com reporter profiled the work that longtime Bentley sports information director Dick Lipe has done as part of NBC Sports Boston's broadcast of Boston Celtics games.

"For More Than 40 Years, Dick Lipe Has Been The Statistics Guru For Boston Celtics' TV Broadcasters"

by Tim Casey

About 12 hours before Game 3 of the NBA Finals last Wednesday, Dick Lipe sent an email to the staff at NBC Sports Boston, a regional sports network that airs Celtics' games. The message contained a 10-page document detailing dozens of statistics and notes, informing the network's producers and on-air talent with what had happened so far during the Celtics-Golden State Warriors series and what to look out for that night and beyond.

For instance, before rallying to beat the Warriors in Game 1, the Celtics had been 0-27 in NBA Finals games when trailing by six or more points entering the fourth quarter. And Celtics star Jayson Tatum ranked first in this year's playoffs in overlooked categories such as fouls drawn and deflections.

For Lipe, no number is obscure or irrelevant, as he's dedicated more than 40 years to helping the Celtics' broadcasters understand the game better and improve their performance via numbers. Since January 1980, Lipe has served as the stats guru during Celtics television broadcasts and shoulder programming such as pre-game and post-game studio shows. During nearly every home game, Lipe sits next to legendary Celtics' TV play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman and feeds Gorman with statistics that Gorman often uses on the air.

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