1959-60 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 17, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		129	125	1	0	W 1	3,341
2	Sat, Oct 24, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		121	109	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Oct 31, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	109	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, Nov 1, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		124	109	4	0	W 4
5	Tue, Nov 3, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		103	98	5	0	W 5
6	Sat, Nov 7, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		115	106	6	0	W 6	13,909
7	Sun, Nov 8, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		115	136	6	1	L 1
8	Tue, Nov 10, 1959	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		128	109	7	1	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
9	Wed, Nov 11, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		151	118	8	1	W 2	6,788
10	Sat, Nov 14, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		113	111	9	1	W 3	7,246
11	Sun, Nov 15, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		134	128	10	1	W 4
12	Tue, Nov 17, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	2OT	132	129	11	1	W 5
13	Wed, Nov 18, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		103	138	11	2	L 1
14	Fri, Nov 20, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		114	101	12	2	W 1	5,135
15	Sat, Nov 21, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		128	127	13	2	W 2
16	Wed, Nov 25, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		113	123	13	3	L 1	11,683
17	Thu, Nov 26, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		130	143	13	4	L 2
18	Sat, Nov 28, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		136	110	14	4	W 1	4,275
19	Sun, Nov 29, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		109	93	15	4	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
20	Thu, Dec 3, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		114	111	16	4	W 3			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 4, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	107	17	4	W 4	4,123
22	Sun, Dec 6, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		121	104	18	4	W 5
23	Tue, Dec 8, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		121	105	19	4	W 6
24	Wed, Dec 9, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	116	20	4	W 7	8,702
25	Fri, Dec 11, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		122	99	21	4	W 8	4,706
26	Sat, Dec 12, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		126	117	22	4	W 9
27	Thu, Dec 17, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		137	126	23	4	W 10	3,743		at Providence, RI
28	Sat, Dec 19, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	116	24	4	W 11	7,014
29	Sun, Dec 20, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		132	127	25	4	W 12
30	Tue, Dec 22, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		136	104	26	4	W 13
31	Fri, Dec 25, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	119	27	4	W 14
32	Sun, Dec 27, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		122	111	28	4	W 15
33	Mon, Dec 28, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		107	104	29	4	W 16	13,292
34	Wed, Dec 30, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		96	82	30	4	W 17
35	Fri, Jan 1, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	L		115	128	30	5	L 1			at Detroit, MI
36	Sat, Jan 2, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		117	118	30	6	L 2
37	Sun, Jan 3, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		113	114	30	7	L 3
38	Mon, Jan 4, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		127	120	31	7	W 1	11,000
39	Tue, Jan 5, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	143	145	31	8	L 1	4,063		at Providence, RI
40	Sat, Jan 9, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		126	103	32	8	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 10, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		111	121	32	9	L 1
42	Tue, Jan 12, 1960	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		120	127	32	10	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA
43	Wed, Jan 13, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		134	112	33	10	W 1	12,187
44	Fri, Jan 15, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		124	112	34	10	W 2
45	Sun, Jan 17, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		129	123	35	10	W 3	13,057
46	Wed, Jan 20, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		144	126	36	10	W 4	4,008
47	Sat, Jan 23, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		130	121	37	10	W 5	6,296
48	Sun, Jan 24, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		131	110	38	10	W 6
49	Wed, Jan 27, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		127	114	39	10	W 7	10,837
50	Fri, Jan 29, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		116	124	39	11	L 1
51	Sat, Jan 30, 1960	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		129	107	40	11	W 1	4,299		at Providence, RI
52	Sun, Jan 31, 1960	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		146	128	41	11	W 2	6,249
53	Tue, Feb 2, 1960	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	L		113	114	41	12	L 1			at New York, NY
54	Wed, Feb 3, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		128	108	42	12	W 1	5,277
55	Fri, Feb 5, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		124	100	43	12	W 2	5,518
56	Sat, Feb 6, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		143	117	44	12	W 3
57	Sun, Feb 7, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		135	142	44	13	L 1	10,934
58	Tue, Feb 9, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		129	90	45	13	W 1			at St. Louis, MO
59	Wed, Feb 10, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		153	121	46	13	W 2			at Providence, RI
60	Sat, Feb 13, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		122	120	47	13	W 3	11,553
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 14, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		125	115	48	13	W 4
62	Tue, Feb 16, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		130	122	49	13	W 5			at New York, NY
63	Thu, Feb 18, 1960	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		109	104	50	13	W 6			at Syracuse, NY
64	Fri, Feb 19, 1960	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		136	116	51	13	W 7
65	Sat, Feb 20, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		105	121	51	14	L 1
66	Sun, Feb 21, 1960	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		115	108	52	14	W 1
67	Tue, Feb 23, 1960	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		108	126	52	15	L 1			at New York, NY
68	Wed, Feb 24, 1960	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		131	110	53	15	W 1			at College Park, MD
69	Thu, Feb 25, 1960	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		121	107	54	15	W 2			at Providence, RI
70	Fri, Feb 26, 1960	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		128	111	55	15	W 3	5,000
71	Sun, Feb 28, 1960	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		129	125	56	15	W 4
72	Wed, Mar 2, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		133	119	57	15	W 5	8,572
73	Thu, Mar 3, 1960	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		108	149	57	16	L 1
74	Sun, Mar 6, 1960	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		126	117	58	16	W 1	5,793
75	Wed, Mar 9, 1960	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		148	128	59	16	W 2	3,921

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 16, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	111	105	1	0	W 1	12,102
2	Fri, Mar 18, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	110	115	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Mar 19, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	120	90	2	1	W 1	12,178
4	Sun, Mar 20, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	112	104	3	1	W 2
5	Tue, Mar 22, 1960	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L	107	128	3	2	L 1	12,218
6	Thu, Mar 24, 1960	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	119	117	4	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Sun, Mar 27, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	140	122	5	2	W 2	10,002
8	Tue, Mar 29, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	103	113	5	3	L 1	13,909
9	Sat, Apr 2, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	102	86	6	3	W 1	10,612
10	Sun, Apr 3, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	96	106	6	4	L 1	10,612
11	Tue, Apr 5, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	127	102	7	4	W 1	13,909
12	Thu, Apr 7, 1960	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	102	105	7	5	L 1	10,612
13	Sat, Apr 9, 1960	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	122	103	8	5	W 1	13,909

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