1959-60 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 59-16, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (59-16)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 124.5 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 116.2 (5th of 8)

SRS: 7.62 (1st of 8) Pace: 136.3 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 91.0 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 84.9 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: +6.1 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 54-21 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 209,374 (1st of 1)

NBA 1960 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
17	Gene Conley	PF	6-8	225	November 10, 1930	us US	2	Washington State
14	Bob Cousy	PG	6-1	175	August 9, 1928	us US	9	Holy Cross
20	Gene Guarilia	SF	6-5	220	September 13, 1937	us US	R	George Washington
15, 20	Tom Heinsohn	PF	6-7	218	August 26, 1934	us US	3	Holy Cross
25	K.C. Jones	PG	6-1	200	May 25, 1932	us US	1	San Francisco
24	Sam Jones	SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933	us US	2	NC Central
19	Maurice King	PG	6-2	195	March 12, 1935	us US	R	Kansas
18	Jim Loscutoff	SF	6-5	220	February 4, 1930	us US	4	Oregon
23	Frank Ramsey	SG	6-3	190	July 13, 1931	us US	4	Kentucky
16	John Richter	C	6-9	225	March 12, 1937	us US	R	NC State
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	3	San Francisco
21	Bill Sharman	SG	6-1	175	May 25, 1926	us US	9	USC

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	25	C	74	42.5	7.5	16.1	.467	3.2	5.3	.612	24.0	3.7	2.8	18.2	MVP-2,AS,NBA2
2	Bob Cousy	31	PG	75	34.5	7.6	19.7	.384	4.3	5.4	.792	4.7	9.5	1.9	19.4	MVP-4,AS,NBA1
3	Tom Heinsohn	25	PF	75	32.3	9.0	21.2	.423	3.8	5.1	.733	10.6	2.3	3.7	21.7	MVP-10
4	Frank Ramsey	28	SG	73	27.5	5.8	14.5	.397	3.7	4.8	.787	6.9	1.9	3.4	15.3
5	Bill Sharman	33	SG	71	27.0	7.9	17.3	.456	3.5	4.1	.866	3.7	2.0	2.2	19.3	AS,NBA2
6	Sam Jones	26	SG	74	20.4	4.8	10.6	.454	2.3	3.0	.764	5.1	1.7	1.4	11.9
7	Jim Loscutoff	29	SF	28	19.1	2.4	7.3	.322	0.8	1.3	.611	3.9	0.4	3.9	5.5
8	Maurice King	24	PG	1	19.0	5.0	8.0	.625	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	2.0	3.0	10.0
9	Gene Conley	29	PF	71	18.7	2.8	7.6	.373	1.1	1.6	.667	8.3	0.5	3.8	6.7
10	K.C. Jones	27	PG	74	17.2	2.3	5.6	.408	1.7	2.3	.753	2.7	2.6	1.5	6.3
11	John Richter	22	C	66	12.2	1.7	5.0	.340	0.9	1.8	.504	4.7	0.4	2.4	4.3
12	Gene Guarilia	22	SF	48	8.8	1.2	3.2	.377	0.6	0.9	.707	1.8	0.4	1.2	3.0
	Team Totals			75	24.6	5.1	12.3	.417	2.5	3.4	.734	7.3	2.5	2.5	12.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	25	C	13	44.0	7.2	15.8	.456	4.1	5.8	.707	25.8	2.9	2.9	18.5
2	Bob Cousy	31	PG	13	36.0	6.2	20.2	.305	3.0	3.9	.765	3.7	8.9	2.1	15.3
3	Frank Ramsey	28	SG	13	35.3	6.2	15.1	.413	4.2	4.8	.873	7.7	2.1	3.9	16.7
4	Tom Heinsohn	25	PF	13	32.5	8.6	20.5	.419	4.6	6.2	.750	9.7	2.1	4.1	21.8
5	Bill Sharman	33	SG	13	28.0	6.8	16.1	.421	3.3	4.1	.811	3.5	1.5	1.7	16.8
6	Gene Conley	29	PF	13	20.7	2.6	6.8	.386	1.2	1.7	.727	8.9	0.2	4.5	6.5
7	K.C. Jones	27	PG	13	17.8	2.1	6.2	.338	1.3	1.7	.773	3.5	1.1	2.2	5.5
8	Sam Jones	26	SG	13	15.2	3.5	9.0	.385	1.3	1.6	.810	3.2	1.4	1.2	8.2
9	John Richter	22	C	8	11.9	1.9	4.8	.395	0.6	1.8	.357	3.6	0.3	2.3	4.4
10	Gene Guarilia	22	SF	7	5.9	0.6	2.6	.222	0.9	0.9	1.000	2.7	0.4	0.6	2.0
	Team Totals			26	26.2	4.9	12.4	.392	2.6	3.4	.764	7.6	2.3	2.6	12.4

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	25	C	74	3146	6.4	13.6	.467	2.7	4.5	.612	20.3	3.2	2.4	15.4	MVP-2,AS,NBA2
2	Bob Cousy	31	PG	75	2588	7.9	20.6	.384	4.4	5.6	.792	4.9	9.9	2.0	20.2	MVP-4,AS,NBA1
3	Tom Heinsohn	25	PF	75	2420	10.0	23.7	.423	4.2	5.7	.733	11.8	2.5	4.1	24.2	MVP-10
4	Frank Ramsey	28	SG	73	2009	7.6	19.0	.397	4.9	6.2	.787	9.1	2.5	4.5	20.0
5	Bill Sharman	33	SG	71	1916	10.5	23.0	.456	4.7	5.5	.866	4.9	2.7	2.9	25.7	AS,NBA2
6	Sam Jones	26	SG	74	1512	8.5	18.6	.454	4.0	5.2	.764	8.9	3.0	2.4	20.9
7	Gene Conley	29	PF	71	1330	5.4	14.6	.373	2.1	3.1	.667	16.0	0.9	7.3	12.9
8	K.C. Jones	27	PG	74	1274	4.8	11.7	.408	3.6	4.8	.753	5.6	5.3	3.1	13.2
9	John Richter	22	C	66	808	5.0	14.8	.340	2.6	5.2	.504	13.9	1.2	7.0	12.7
10	Jim Loscutoff	29	SF	28	536	4.4	13.8	.322	1.5	2.4	.611	7.3	0.8	7.3	10.3
11	Gene Guarilia	22	SF	48	423	4.9	13.1	.377	2.5	3.5	.707	7.2	1.5	4.9	12.3
12	Maurice King	24	PG	1	19	9.5	15.2	.625	0.0	1.9	.000	7.6	3.8	5.7	18.9

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	25	C	13	572	5.9	13.0	.456	3.3	4.7	.707	21.1	2.4	2.4	15.2
2	Bob Cousy	31	PG	13	468	6.2	20.2	.305	3.0	3.9	.765	3.7	8.9	2.1	15.3
3	Frank Ramsey	28	SG	13	459	6.4	15.4	.413	4.3	4.9	.873	7.8	2.1	4.0	17.0
4	Tom Heinsohn	25	PF	13	423	9.5	22.7	.419	5.1	6.8	.750	10.7	2.3	4.5	24.2
5	Bill Sharman	33	SG	13	364	8.7	20.7	.421	4.3	5.2	.811	4.5	2.0	2.2	21.7
6	Gene Conley	29	PF	13	269	4.6	11.8	.386	2.1	2.9	.727	15.5	0.4	7.9	11.2
7	K.C. Jones	27	PG	13	232	4.2	12.4	.338	2.6	3.4	.773	7.0	2.2	4.3	11.0
8	Sam Jones	26	SG	13	197	8.2	21.4	.385	3.1	3.8	.810	7.5	3.3	2.7	19.6
9	John Richter	22	C	8	95	5.7	14.4	.395	1.9	5.3	.357	11.0	0.8	6.8	13.3
10	Gene Guarilia	22	SF	7	41	3.5	15.8	.222	5.3	5.3	1.000	16.7	2.6	3.5	12.3