1961-62 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 60-20, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (60-20)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 121.1 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (1st of 9)

SRS: 8.25 (1st of 9) Pace: 130.8 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 92.1 (7th of 9) Def Rtg: 85.1 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +7.0 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 60-20 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 191,855 (1st of 2)

NBA 1962 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers (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
4	Carl Braun	PG	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us US	12	Colgate
22	Al Butler	PG	6-2	175	July 9, 1938	us US	R	Niagara University
14	Bob Cousy	PG	6-1	175	August 9, 1928	us US	11	Holy Cross
20	Gene Guarilia	SF	6-5	220	September 13, 1937	us US	2	George Washington
15	Tom Heinsohn	PF	6-7	218	August 26, 1934	us US	5	Holy Cross
25	K.C. Jones	PG	6-1	200	May 25, 1932	us US	3	San Francisco
24	Sam Jones	SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933	us US	4	NC Central
18	Jim Loscutoff	SF	6-5	220	February 4, 1930	us US	6	Oregon
21	Gary Phillips	PG	6-3	189	December 7, 1939	us US	R	Houston
23	Frank Ramsey	SG	6-3	190	July 13, 1931	us US	6	Kentucky
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	5	San Francisco
16	Tom Sanders	SF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	1	NYU

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	27	C	76	45.2	7.6	16.6	.457	3.8	6.3	.595	23.6	4.5	2.7	18.9	MVP-1,AS,NBA2
2	Sam Jones	28	SG	78	30.6	7.6	16.5	.464	3.1	3.8	.818	5.9	3.0	1.9	18.4	AS
3	Tom Heinsohn	27	PF	79	30.2	8.8	20.4	.429	4.5	5.5	.819	9.5	2.1	3.5	22.1	AS,NBA2
4	Tom Sanders	23	SF	80	29.1	4.4	10.1	.435	2.5	3.3	.749	9.5	0.9	3.5	11.2
5	Bob Cousy	33	PG	75	28.2	6.2	15.7	.391	3.3	4.4	.754	3.5	7.8	1.8	15.7	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
6	K.C. Jones	29	PG	80	25.7	3.7	9.1	.406	1.8	2.9	.634	3.7	4.3	2.6	9.2
7	Frank Ramsey	30	SG	79	24.2	5.5	12.9	.428	4.2	5.1	.825	4.9	1.4	3.1	15.3
8	Jim Loscutoff	31	SF	79	14.5	2.4	6.6	.362	0.6	1.1	.536	4.2	0.6	2.3	5.3
9	Gary Phillips	22	PG	67	10.6	1.6	4.6	.355	0.7	1.3	.581	1.6	1.0	1.6	4.0
10	Al Butler	23	PG	5	9.4	2.6	5.8	.448	1.0	1.2	.833	2.6	0.8	1.8	6.2
11	Carl Braun	34	PG	48	8.6	1.6	4.3	.377	0.4	0.6	.741	1.0	1.5	1.0	3.7
12	Gene Guarilia	24	SF	45	8.2	1.4	3.6	.379	0.9	1.4	.641	2.8	0.2	1.2	3.6
	Team Totals			80	24.4	4.9	11.5	.423	2.5	3.4	.728	6.7	2.6	2.4	12.2

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	27	C	14	48.0	8.3	18.1	.458	5.9	8.1	.726	26.4	5.0	3.5	22.4
2	Sam Jones	28	SG	14	36.0	8.8	19.8	.444	3.0	4.3	.700	7.1	3.1	2.1	20.6
3	Bob Cousy	33	PG	14	33.9	6.1	17.2	.357	3.7	5.4	.684	4.6	8.8	3.1	16.0
4	Tom Heinsohn	27	PF	14	31.8	8.3	20.8	.399	4.1	5.4	.763	8.2	2.4	4.1	20.7
5	Tom Sanders	23	SF	14	31.4	4.0	9.3	.431	2.1	2.6	.806	8.2	1.0	4.6	10.1
6	K.C. Jones	29	PG	14	23.5	3.1	7.3	.431	2.7	3.8	.717	4.0	3.9	3.6	9.0
7	Frank Ramsey	30	SG	13	16.2	3.0	8.0	.375	3.2	3.5	.911	2.9	0.8	2.9	9.2
8	Jim Loscutoff	31	SF	14	15.1	2.2	6.1	.360	0.3	0.7	.400	4.2	0.4	4.2	4.7
9	Carl Braun	34	PG	6	7.0	1.8	4.7	.393	0.5	0.7	.750	1.2	0.3	0.5	4.2
10	Gary Phillips	22	PG	6	5.3	0.2	2.7	.063	1.3	1.8	.727	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.7
11	Gene Guarilia	24	SF	5	5.2	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	1.0	.400	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.2
	Team Totals			28	26.4	4.9	12.0	.407	2.8	3.8	.734	7.3	2.8	3.2	12.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	27	C	76	3433	6.0	13.2	.457	3.0	5.0	.595	18.8	3.6	2.2	15.1	MVP-1,AS,NBA2
2	Sam Jones	28	SG	78	2388	9.0	19.4	.464	3.7	4.5	.818	6.9	3.5	2.2	21.6	AS
3	Tom Heinsohn	27	PF	79	2383	10.5	24.4	.429	5.4	6.6	.819	11.3	2.5	4.2	26.3	AS,NBA2
4	Tom Sanders	23	SF	80	2325	5.4	12.4	.435	3.1	4.1	.749	11.8	1.1	4.3	13.9
5	Bob Cousy	33	PG	75	2114	7.9	20.1	.391	4.3	5.7	.754	4.4	9.9	2.3	20.0	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
6	K.C. Jones	29	PG	80	2054	5.2	12.7	.406	2.6	4.1	.634	5.2	6.0	3.6	12.9
7	Frank Ramsey	30	SG	79	1913	8.2	19.2	.428	6.3	7.6	.825	7.3	2.1	4.6	22.7
8	Jim Loscutoff	31	SF	79	1146	5.9	16.3	.362	1.4	2.6	.536	10.3	1.6	5.8	13.2
9	Gary Phillips	22	PG	67	713	5.6	15.7	.355	2.5	4.3	.581	5.4	3.2	5.5	13.6
10	Carl Braun	34	PG	48	414	6.8	18.0	.377	1.7	2.3	.741	4.3	6.2	4.3	15.3
11	Gene Guarilia	24	SF	45	367	6.0	15.8	.379	4.0	6.3	.641	12.2	1.1	5.5	16.0
12	Al Butler	23	PG	5	47	10.0	22.2	.448	3.8	4.6	.833	10.0	3.1	6.9	23.7

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	27	C	14	672	6.2	13.6	.458	4.4	6.1	.726	19.8	3.7	2.6	16.8
2	Sam Jones	28	SG	14	504	8.8	19.8	.444	3.0	4.3	.700	7.1	3.1	2.1	20.6
3	Bob Cousy	33	PG	14	474	6.5	18.3	.357	3.9	5.8	.684	4.9	9.3	3.3	17.0
4	Tom Heinsohn	27	PF	14	445	9.4	23.5	.399	4.7	6.1	.763	9.3	2.8	4.7	23.5
5	Tom Sanders	23	SF	14	439	4.6	10.7	.431	2.4	3.0	.806	9.4	1.1	5.3	11.6
6	K.C. Jones	29	PG	14	329	4.8	11.2	.431	4.2	5.8	.717	6.1	6.0	5.5	13.8
7	Jim Loscutoff	31	SF	14	212	5.3	14.6	.360	0.7	1.7	.400	10.0	1.0	10.0	11.2
8	Frank Ramsey	30	SG	13	210	6.7	17.8	.375	7.0	7.7	.911	6.5	1.7	6.5	20.4
9	Carl Braun	34	PG	6	42	9.4	24.0	.393	2.6	3.4	.750	6.0	1.7	2.6	21.4
10	Gary Phillips	22	PG	6	32	1.1	18.0	.063	9.0	12.4	.727	3.4	1.1	6.8	11.3
11	Gene Guarilia	24	SF	5	26	2.8	11.1	.250	2.8	6.9	.400	5.5	1.4	8.3	8.3