Bill Russell Playoffs Advanced Game Log

William Felton Russell ▪ Twitter: realbillrussell

(Russ, Whiskers, Willie, Bill the Hill, The Stuffer)

Position: Center ▪ Shoots: Left

6-10, 215lb (208cm, 97kg)

Born: February 12, 1934 in Monroe, Louisiana us

Died: July 31, 2022

Relatives: Cousin Bob Hopkins

College: San Francisco

High School: McClymonds in Oakland, California

Draft: St. Louis Hawks, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1956 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: December 22, 1956

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975 and Coach in 2021 (Full List)

Career Length: 13 years

Hall of Fame
12x All Star
4x TRB Champ
11x NBA Champ
11x All-NBA
5x MVP
1962-63 AS MVP
1968-69 All-Defensive
NBA 75th Anniv. Team

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SUMMARY

Career

963

PTS

15.1

TRB

22.5

AST

4.3

FG%

44.0

FT%

56.1

PER

18.9

163.5

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Playoffs

Playoffs Table
Rk	G	1957 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
1	1	1957-03-21	EDF	BOS		SYR	1	W (+18)		33:00	.442
2	2	1957-03-23	EDF	BOS	@	SYR	2	W (+15)		44:00	.474
3	3	1957-03-24	EDF	BOS		SYR	3	W (+3)		41:00	.317

4	4	1957-03-30	FIN	BOS		STL	1	L (-2)		42:00	.237
5	5	1957-03-31	FIN	BOS		STL	2	W (+20)		31:00	.337
6	6	1957-04-06	FIN	BOS	@	STL	3	L (-2)		38:00	.259
7	7	1957-04-07	FIN	BOS	@	STL	4	W (+5)		44:00	.650
8	8	1957-04-09	FIN	BOS		STL	5	W (+15)		36:00	.397
9	9	1957-04-11	FIN	BOS	@	STL	6	L (-2)		46:00	.399
10	10	1957-04-13	FIN	BOS		STL	7	W (+2)		54:00	.444
Rk	G	1958 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
11	1	1958-03-19	EDF	BOS		PHW	1	W (+9)		39:00	.568
12	2	1958-03-22	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	2	W (+22)		41:00	.345
13	3	1958-03-23	EDF	BOS		PHW	3	W (+14)		48:00	.391
14	4	1958-03-26	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	4	L (-15)		44:00	.338
15	5	1958-03-27	EDF	BOS		PHW	5	W (+5)		46:00	.416

16	6	1958-03-29	FIN	BOS		STL	1	L (-2)		40:00	.338
17	7	1958-03-30	FIN	BOS		STL	2	W (+24)		43:00	.567
18	8	1958-04-02	FIN	BOS	@	STL	3	L (-3)		30:00	.427
19	9	1958-04-12	FIN	BOS	@	STL	6	L (-1)		20:00	.435
Rk	G	1959 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
20	1	1959-03-18	EDF	BOS		SYR	1	W (+22)		43:00	.389
21	2	1959-03-21	EDF	BOS	@	SYR	2	L (-2)		48:00	.575
22	3	1959-03-22	EDF	BOS		SYR	3	W (+22)		33:00	.436
23	4	1959-03-25	EDF	BOS	@	SYR	4	L (-12)		48:00	.663
24	5	1959-03-28	EDF	BOS		SYR	5	W (+21)		44:00	.477
25	6	1959-03-29	EDF	BOS	@	SYR	6	L (-12)		48:00	.587
26	7	1959-04-01	EDF	BOS		SYR	7	W (+5)		46:00	.377

27	8	1959-04-04	FIN	BOS		MNL	1	W (+3)		43:00	.203
28	9	1959-04-05	FIN	BOS		MNL	2	W (+20)		47:00	.333
29	10	1959-04-07	FIN	BOS	@	MNL	3	W (+13)		48:00	.347
30	11	1959-04-09	FIN	BOS	@	MNL	4	W (+5)		48:00	.560
Rk	G	1960 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
31	1	1960-03-16	EDF	BOS		PHW	1	W (+6)		47:00	.545
32	2	1960-03-18	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	2	L (-5)		36:00	.486
33	3	1960-03-19	EDF	BOS		PHW	3	W (+30)		40:00	.523
34	4	1960-03-20	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	4	W (+8)		48:00	.326
35	5	1960-03-22	EDF	BOS		PHW	5	L (-21)		38:00	.590
36	6	1960-03-24	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	6	W (+2)		48:00	.450

37	7	1960-03-27	FIN	BOS		STL	1	W (+18)		31:00	.607
38	8	1960-03-29	FIN	BOS		STL	2	L (-10)		48:00	.658
39	9	1960-04-02	FIN	BOS	@	STL	3	W (+16)		48:00	.487
40	10	1960-04-03	FIN	BOS	@	STL	4	L (-10)		48:00	.481
41	11	1960-04-05	FIN	BOS		STL	5	W (+25)		45:00	.511
42	12	1960-04-07	FIN	BOS	@	STL	6	L (-3)		48:00	.473
43	13	1960-04-09	FIN	BOS		STL	7	W (+19)		47:00	.567
Rk	G	1961 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
44	1	1961-03-19	EDF	BOS		SYR	1	W (+13)		48:00	.395
45	2	1961-03-21	EDF	BOS	@	SYR	2	L (-17)		48:00	.426
46	3	1961-03-23	EDF	BOS		SYR	3	W (+23)		41:00	.422
47	4	1961-03-25	EDF	BOS	@	SYR	4	W (+13)		47:00	.469
48	5	1961-03-26	EDF	BOS		SYR	5	W (+22)		45:00	.623

49	6	1961-04-02	FIN	BOS		STL	1	W (+34)		41:00	.361
50	7	1961-04-05	FIN	BOS		STL	2	W (+8)		48:00	.203
51	8	1961-04-08	FIN	BOS	@	STL	3	L (-4)		48:00	.506
52	9	1961-04-09	FIN	BOS	@	STL	4	W (+15)		48:00	.427
53	10	1961-04-11	FIN	BOS		STL	5	W (+9)		48:00	.591
Rk	G	1962 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
54	1	1962-03-24	EDF	BOS		PHW	1	W (+28)		46:00	.337
55	2	1962-03-27	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	2	L (-7)		48:00	.302
56	3	1962-03-28	EDF	BOS		PHW	3	W (+15)		48:00	.517
57	4	1962-03-31	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	4	L (-4)		48:00	.496
58	5	1962-04-01	EDF	BOS		PHW	5	W (+15)		48:00	.472
59	6	1962-04-03	EDF	BOS	@	PHW	6	L (-10)		48:00	.402
60	7	1962-04-05	EDF	BOS		PHW	7	W (+2)		48:00	.586

61	8	1962-04-07	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	W (+14)		45:00	.490
62	9	1962-04-08	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	L (-7)		48:00	.640
63	10	1962-04-10	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	L (-2)		48:00	.624
64	11	1962-04-11	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	W (+12)		48:00	.671
65	12	1962-04-14	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	L (-5)		48:00	.601
66	13	1962-04-16	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	6	W (+14)		48:00	.617
67	14	1962-04-18	FIN	BOS		LAL	7	W (+3)		53:00	.589
Rk	G	1963 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
68	1	1963-03-28	EDF	BOS		CIN	1	L (-3)		48:00	.403
69	2	1963-03-29	EDF	BOS	@	CIN	2	W (+23)		44:00	.543
70	3	1963-03-31	EDF	BOS		CIN	3	L (-5)		48:00	.420
71	4	1963-04-03	EDF	BOS	@	CIN	4	W (+18)		46:00	.558
72	5	1963-04-06	EDF	BOS		CIN	5	W (+5)		48:00	.523
73	6	1963-04-07	EDF	BOS	@	CIN	6	L (-10)		48:00	.373
74	7	1963-04-10	EDF	BOS		CIN	7	W (+11)		48:00	.601

75	8	1963-04-14	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	W (+3)		47:00	.555
76	9	1963-04-16	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	W (+7)		48:00	.472
77	10	1963-04-17	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	L (-20)		48:00	.541
78	11	1963-04-19	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	W (+3)		48:00	.522
79	12	1963-04-21	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	L (-7)		48:00	.641
80	13	1963-04-24	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	6	W (+3)		48:00	.423
Rk	G	1964 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
81	1	1964-03-31	EDF	BOS		CIN	1	W (+16)		46:00	.385
82	2	1964-04-02	EDF	BOS		CIN	2	W (+11)		48:00	.211
83	3	1964-04-05	EDF	BOS	@	CIN	3	W (+10)		48:00	.564
84	4	1964-04-07	EDF	BOS	@	CIN	4	L (-9)		48:00	.274
85	5	1964-04-09	EDF	BOS		CIN	5	W (+14)		47:00	.524

86	6	1964-04-18	FIN	BOS		SFW	1	W (+12)		32:00	.423
87	7	1964-04-20	FIN	BOS		SFW	2	W (+23)		39:00	.383
88	8	1964-04-22	FIN	BOS	@	SFW	3	L (-24)		47:00	.377
89	9	1964-04-24	FIN	BOS	@	SFW	4	W (+3)		48:00	.357
90	10	1964-04-26	FIN	BOS		SFW	5	W (+6)		48:00	.530
Rk	G	1965 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
91	1	1965-04-04	EDF	BOS		PHI	1	W (+10)		48:00	.362
92	2	1965-04-06	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	2	L (-6)		48:00	.450
93	3	1965-04-08	EDF	BOS		PHI	3	W (+18)		48:00	.506
94	4	1965-04-09	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	4	L (-3)		52:00	.408
95	5	1965-04-11	EDF	BOS		PHI	5	W (+6)		48:00	.652
96	6	1965-04-13	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	6	L (-6)		48:00	.470
97	7	1965-04-15	EDF	BOS		PHI	7	W (+1)		48:00	.444

98	8	1965-04-18	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	W (+32)		38:00	.517
99	9	1965-04-19	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	W (+6)		48:00	.843
100	10	1965-04-21	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	L (-21)		45:00	.632
101	11	1965-04-23	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	W (+13)		48:00	.732
102	12	1965-04-25	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	W (+33)		42:00	.770
Rk	G	1966 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
103	1	1966-03-23	EDS	BOS		CIN	1	L (-4)		48:00	.403
104	2	1966-03-26	EDS	BOS	@	CIN	2	W (+7)		48:00	.566
105	3	1966-03-27	EDS	BOS		CIN	3	L (-6)		48:00	.402
106	4	1966-03-30	EDS	BOS	@	CIN	4	W (+17)		48:00	.325
107	5	1966-04-01	EDS	BOS		CIN	5	W (+9)		48:00	.512

108	6	1966-04-03	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+19)		46:00	.509
109	7	1966-04-06	EDF	BOS		PHI	2	W (+21)		44:00	.367
110	8	1966-04-07	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-6)		48:00	.417
111	9	1966-04-10	EDF	BOS		PHI	4	W (+6)		53:00	.464
112	10	1966-04-12	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	5	W (+8)		48:00	.584

113	11	1966-04-17	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	L (-4)		53:00	.664
114	12	1966-04-19	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	W (+20)		42:00	.713
115	13	1966-04-20	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	W (+14)		48:00	.448
116	14	1966-04-22	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	W (+5)		48:00	.558
117	15	1966-04-24	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	L (-4)		48:00	.613
118	16	1966-04-26	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	6	L (-8)		48:00	.602
119	17	1966-04-28	FIN	BOS		LAL	7	W (+2)		48:00	.517
Rk	G	1967 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
120	1	1967-03-21	EDS	BOS		NYK	1	W (+30)		43:00	.363
121	2	1967-03-25	EDS	BOS	@	NYK	2	W (+7)		48:00	.621
122	3	1967-03-26	EDS	BOS		NYK	3	L (-11)		43:00	.426
123	4	1967-03-28	EDS	BOS	@	NYK	4	W (+9)		28:00	.258

124	5	1967-03-31	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	1	L (-14)		42:00	.585
125	6	1967-04-02	EDF	BOS		PHI	2	L (-5)		48:00	.421
126	7	1967-04-05	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-11)		48:00	.329
127	8	1967-04-09	EDF	BOS		PHI	4	W (+4)		48:00	.411
128	9	1967-04-11	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	5	L (-24)		42:00	.368
Rk	G	1968 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
129	1	1968-03-24	EDS	BOS		DET	1	W (+7)		38:00	.436
130	2	1968-03-25	EDS	BOS	@	DET	2	L (-10)		35:00	.417
131	3	1968-03-27	EDS	BOS		DET	3	L (-11)		48:00	.209
132	4	1968-03-28	EDS	BOS	@	DET	4	W (+25)		39:00	.515
133	5	1968-03-31	EDS	BOS		DET	5	W (+14)		48:00	.407
134	6	1968-04-01	EDS	BOS	@	DET	6	W (+8)		47:00	.380

135	7	1968-04-05	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+9)		46:00	.564
136	8	1968-04-10	EDF	BOS		PHI	2	L (-9)		45:00	.413
137	9	1968-04-11	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	3	L (-8)		39:00	.331
138	10	1968-04-14	EDF	BOS		PHI	4	L (-5)		48:00	.569
139	11	1968-04-15	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	5	W (+18)		48:00	.400
140	12	1968-04-17	EDF	BOS		PHI	6	W (+8)		48:00	.529
141	13	1968-04-19	EDF	BOS	@	PHI	7	W (+4)		48:00	.577

142	14	1968-04-21	FIN	BOS		LAL	1	W (+6)		48:00	.429
143	15	1968-04-24	FIN	BOS		LAL	2	L (-10)		48:00	.480
144	16	1968-04-26	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	3	W (+8)		48:00	.613
145	17	1968-04-28	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	4	L (-13)		48:00	.358
146	18	1968-04-30	FIN	BOS		LAL	5	W (+3)		53:00	.459
147	19	1968-05-02	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	6	W (+15)		47:00	.761
Rk	G	1969 Playoffs	Series	Tm		Opp	G#		GS	MP	TS%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	ORtg	DRtg
148	1	1969-03-26	EDS	BOS	@	PHI	1	W (+14)		48:00	.216
149	2	1969-03-28	EDS	BOS		PHI	2	W (+31)		29:00	.222
150	3	1969-03-30	EDS	BOS	@	PHI	3	W (+7)		41:00	.446
151	4	1969-04-01	EDS	BOS		PHI	4	L (-3)		48:00	.359
152	5	1969-04-04	EDS	BOS	@	PHI	5	W (+3)		47:00	.396

153	6	1969-04-06	EDF	BOS	@	NYK	1	W (+8)		48:00	.484
154	7	1969-04-09	EDF	BOS		NYK	2	W (+15)		40:00	.788
155	8	1969-04-10	EDF	BOS	@	NYK	3	L (-10)		48:00	.401
156	9	1969-04-13	EDF	BOS		NYK	4	W (+1)		48:00	.485
157	10	1969-04-14	EDF	BOS	@	NYK	5	L (-8)		48:00	.517
158	11	1969-04-18	EDF	BOS		NYK	6	W (+1)		48:00	.530

159	12	1969-04-23	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	1	L (-2)		48:00	.563
160	13	1969-04-25	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	2	L (-6)		48:00	.489
161	14	1969-04-27	FIN	BOS		LAL	3	W (+6)		48:00	.427
162	15	1969-04-29	FIN	BOS		LAL	4	W (+1)		48:00	.218
163	16	1969-05-01	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	5	L (-13)		48:00	.643
164	17	1969-05-03	FIN	BOS		LAL	6	W (+9)		48:00	.483
165	18	1969-05-05	FIN	BOS	@	LAL	7	W (+2)		48:00	.342

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