1962-63 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 58-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (58-22)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 118.8 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (2nd of 9)

SRS: 6.38 (1st of 9) Pace: 127.3 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 93.0 (9th of 9) Def Rtg: 87.4 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +5.6 (1st of 9)

Expected W-L: 56-24 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 262,581 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1963 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Cincinnati Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) 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
14	Bob Cousy	PG	6-1	175	August 9, 1928	us US	12	Holy Cross
21	Jack Foley	F	6-3	170	April 19, 1939	us US	R	Holy Cross
20	Gene Guarilia	SF	6-5	220	September 13, 1937	us US	3	George Washington
17	John Havlicek	SF	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	R	Ohio State
15	Tom Heinsohn	PF	6-7	218	August 26, 1934	us US	6	Holy Cross
25	K.C. Jones	PG	6-1	200	May 25, 1932	us US	4	San Francisco
24	Sam Jones	SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933	us US	5	NC Central
18	Jim Loscutoff	SF	6-5	220	February 4, 1930	us US	7	Oregon
4	Clyde Lovellette	C	6-9	234	September 7, 1929	us US	9	Kansas
23	Frank Ramsey	SG	6-3	190	July 13, 1931	us US	7	Kentucky
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	6	San Francisco
16	Tom Sanders	SF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	2	NYU
12	Dan Swartz	SF	6-4	215	December 23, 1934	us US	R	Morehead State University

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	28	C	78	44.9	6.6	15.2	.432	3.7	6.6	.555	23.6	4.5	2.4	16.8	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Sam Jones	29	SG	76	30.6	8.2	17.2	.476	3.4	4.3	.793	5.2	3.2	2.1	19.7
3	John Havlicek	22	SF	80	27.5	6.0	13.6	.445	2.2	3.0	.728	6.7	2.2	2.4	14.3	MVP-10
4	Tom Sanders	24	SF	80	26.9	4.2	9.3	.456	2.3	3.2	.738	7.2	1.2	3.3	10.8
5	Tom Heinsohn	28	PF	76	26.4	7.2	17.1	.423	4.5	5.4	.835	7.5	1.3	3.6	18.9	AS,NBA2
6	Bob Cousy	34	PG	76	26.0	5.2	13.0	.397	2.9	3.9	.735	2.5	6.8	2.3	13.2	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
7	K.C. Jones	30	PG	79	24.6	2.9	7.5	.389	1.4	2.2	.633	3.3	4.0	2.8	7.2
8	Frank Ramsey	31	SG	77	20.0	3.7	9.6	.382	3.5	4.3	.816	3.7	1.2	3.4	10.9
9	Jim Loscutoff	32	SF	63	9.6	1.5	4.0	.375	0.3	0.7	.524	2.5	0.4	2.0	3.3
10	Clyde Lovellette	33	C	61	9.3	2.6	6.2	.428	1.2	1.6	.745	2.9	0.4	2.2	6.5
11	Jack Foley	23		5	9.2	2.6	5.2	.500	1.2	1.6	.750	1.4	0.0	0.6	6.4
12	Dan Swartz	28	SF	39	8.6	1.5	3.8	.380	1.6	1.8	.847	2.3	0.5	2.4	4.5
13	Gene Guarilia	25	SF	11	7.5	1.0	3.5	.289	0.4	1.0	.364	1.3	0.2	0.5	2.4
	Team Totals			80	24.1	46.8	109.7	.427	25.2	34.7	.725	72.7	24.5	26.1	118.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	28	C	13	47.5	7.4	16.3	.453	5.5	8.4	.661	25.1	5.1	2.8	20.3
2	Sam Jones	29	SG	13	34.6	9.2	19.1	.484	5.3	6.4	.831	6.2	2.5	3.2	23.8
3	Tom Heinsohn	28	PF	13	31.8	9.5	20.8	.456	5.8	7.5	.765	8.9	1.2	4.2	24.7
4	Bob Cousy	34	PG	13	30.2	5.5	15.7	.353	3.0	3.6	.830	2.5	8.9	3.4	14.1
5	Tom Sanders	24	SF	13	29.8	4.0	9.2	.437	1.8	2.4	.774	7.4	1.5	4.7	9.8
6	John Havlicek	22	SF	11	23.1	5.1	11.4	.448	1.6	2.5	.667	4.8	1.5	2.5	11.8
7	K.C. Jones	30	PG	13	19.6	1.5	4.9	.297	1.6	2.3	.700	2.8	2.8	3.2	4.5
8	Frank Ramsey	31	SG	13	19.3	2.8	8.0	.356	2.6	3.6	.723	2.7	0.9	3.3	8.3
9	Clyde Lovellette	33	C	6	6.7	1.2	4.3	.269	0.7	1.0	.667	0.8	0.2	2.2	3.0
10	Jim Loscutoff	32	SF	9	6.2	0.8	2.8	.280	0.1	0.2	.500	2.3	0.1	2.2	1.7
11	Dan Swartz	28	SF	1	4.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			26	891.4	168.3	399.1	.422	102.0	136.9	.744	242.0	90.7	109.6	438.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	28	C	78	3500	5.3	12.2	.432	3.0	5.3	.555	19.0	3.6	1.9	13.5	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Sam Jones	29	SG	76	2323	9.6	20.2	.476	4.0	5.0	.793	6.1	3.7	2.5	23.2
3	John Havlicek	22	SF	80	2200	7.9	17.8	.445	2.8	3.9	.728	8.7	2.9	3.1	18.7	MVP-10
4	Tom Sanders	24	SF	80	2148	5.7	12.5	.456	3.1	4.2	.738	9.7	1.6	4.4	14.5
5	Tom Heinsohn	28	PF	76	2004	9.9	23.4	.423	6.1	7.3	.835	10.2	1.7	4.9	25.9	AS,NBA2
6	Bob Cousy	34	PG	76	1975	7.1	18.0	.397	4.0	5.4	.735	3.5	9.4	3.2	18.3	MVP-8,AS,NBA2
7	K.C. Jones	30	PG	79	1945	4.3	10.9	.389	2.1	3.3	.633	4.9	5.9	4.1	10.6
8	Frank Ramsey	31	SG	77	1541	6.6	17.4	.382	6.3	7.8	.816	6.7	2.2	6.1	19.6
9	Jim Loscutoff	32	SF	63	607	5.6	14.9	.375	1.3	2.5	.524	9.3	1.5	7.5	12.5
10	Clyde Lovellette	33	C	61	568	10.2	23.8	.428	4.6	6.2	.745	11.2	1.7	8.7	25.0
11	Dan Swartz	28	SF	39	335	6.1	16.1	.380	6.6	7.7	.847	9.5	2.3	9.9	18.8
12	Gene Guarilia	25	SF	11	83	4.8	16.5	.289	1.7	4.8	.364	6.1	0.9	2.2	11.3
13	Jack Foley	23		5	46	10.2	20.3	.500	4.7	6.3	.750	5.5	0.0	2.3	25.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	28	C	13	617	5.6	12.4	.453	4.2	6.4	.661	19.0	3.9	2.1	15.4
2	Sam Jones	29	SG	13	450	9.6	19.8	.484	5.5	6.6	.831	6.5	2.6	3.4	24.7
3	Tom Heinsohn	28	PF	13	413	10.7	23.5	.456	6.5	8.5	.765	10.1	1.3	4.8	28.0
4	Bob Cousy	34	PG	13	393	6.6	18.7	.353	3.6	4.3	.830	2.9	10.6	4.0	16.8
5	Tom Sanders	24	SF	13	387	4.8	11.1	.437	2.2	2.9	.774	8.9	1.8	5.7	11.9
6	K.C. Jones	30	PG	13	255	2.7	9.0	.297	3.0	4.2	.700	5.1	5.2	5.9	8.3
7	John Havlicek	22	SF	11	254	7.9	17.7	.448	2.6	3.8	.667	7.5	2.4	4.0	18.4
8	Frank Ramsey	31	SG	13	251	5.3	14.9	.356	4.9	6.7	.723	5.0	1.7	6.2	15.5
9	Jim Loscutoff	32	SF	9	56	4.5	16.1	.280	0.6	1.3	.500	13.5	0.6	12.9	9.6
10	Clyde Lovellette	33	C	6	40	6.3	23.4	.269	3.6	5.4	.667	4.5	0.9	11.7	16.2
11	Dan Swartz	28	SF	1	4	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0