1964-65 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 62-18, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (62-18)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 112.8 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 104.4 (1st of 9)

SRS: 7.46 (1st of 9) Pace: 123.6 (1st of 9)

Off Rtg: 90.9 (7th of 9) Def Rtg: 84.2 (1st of 9) Net Rtg: +6.8 (1st of 9)

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

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 246,529 (2nd of 2)

NBA 1965 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) 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
21	Ron Bonham	SF	6-5	192	May 31, 1942	us US	R	Cincinnati
11	Mel Counts	C	7-0	230	October 16, 1941	us US	R	Oregon State
17	John Havlicek	SG	6-5	203	April 8, 1940	us US	2	Ohio State
15	Tom Heinsohn	SF	6-7	218	August 26, 1934	us US	8	Holy Cross
25	K.C. Jones	PG	6-1	200	May 25, 1932	us US	6	San Francisco
24	Sam Jones	SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933	us US	7	NC Central
12	Willie Naulls	SF	6-6	225	October 7, 1934	us US	8	UCLA
34	Bevo Nordmann	C	6-10	225	December 11, 1939	us US	3	Saint Louis
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	8	San Francisco
16	Tom Sanders	PF	6-6	210	November 8, 1938	us US	4	NYU
20	Larry Siegfried	SG	6-3	190	May 22, 1939	us US	1	Ohio State
18	John Thompson	PF	6-10	225	September 2, 1941	us US	R	Providence
4	Gerry Ward	SG	6-4	195	September 6, 1941		1	Boston College

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	30	C	78	44.4	5.5	12.6	.438	3.1	5.5	.573	24.1	5.3	2.6	14.1	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Sam Jones	31	SG	80	36.1	10.3	22.7	.452	5.4	6.5	.820	5.1	2.8	2.2	25.9	MVP-4,AS,NBA2
3	K.C. Jones	32	PG	78	31.2	3.2	8.2	.396	1.8	2.9	.630	4.1	5.6	3.4	8.3
4	Tom Sanders	26	PF	80	30.7	4.7	10.9	.429	2.4	3.2	.745	8.3	1.2	4.0	11.8
5	John Havlicek	24	SG	75	28.9	7.6	18.9	.401	3.1	4.2	.744	4.9	2.7	2.7	18.3
6	Tom Heinsohn	30	SF	67	25.5	5.4	14.2	.383	2.7	3.4	.795	6.0	2.3	3.8	13.6	AS
7	Willie Naulls	30	SF	71	20.6	4.3	11.1	.384	2.0	2.5	.813	4.7	1.0	3.2	10.5
8	Larry Siegfried	25	SG	72	13.8	2.4	5.8	.415	1.5	1.9	.779	1.9	1.7	1.5	6.3
9	John Thompson	23	PF	64	10.9	1.3	3.3	.402	1.0	1.6	.590	3.6	0.3	2.2	3.6
10	Mel Counts	23	C	54	10.6	1.9	5.0	.368	1.1	1.4	.784	4.9	0.4	2.5	4.8
11	Ron Bonham	22	SF	37	10.0	2.5	5.9	.414	2.5	3.0	.821	2.1	0.5	0.9	7.4	ROY-4
12	Gerry Ward	23	SG	3	10.0	0.7	6.0	.111	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.7	2.0	2.0	1.7
13	Bevo Nordmann	25	C	3	8.3	1.0	1.7	.600	0.0	0.0		2.7	1.0	1.7	2.0
	Team Totals			80	240.9	44.6	107.6	.414	23.6	32.3	.731	71.9	22.2	25.8	112.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	30	C	12	46.8	6.6	12.5	.527	3.3	6.3	.526	25.2	6.3	3.6	16.5
2	Sam Jones	31	SG	12	41.3	11.3	24.5	.459	6.1	7.0	.869	4.6	2.5	3.3	28.6
3	John Havlicek	24	SG	12	33.8	7.3	20.8	.352	3.8	4.6	.836	7.3	2.4	3.7	18.5
4	K.C. Jones	32	PG	12	33.0	3.6	8.7	.413	2.9	3.8	.778	3.3	6.2	4.1	10.1
5	Tom Sanders	26	PF	12	30.4	5.3	12.7	.421	2.6	3.6	.721	8.5	1.6	4.8	13.3
6	Tom Heinsohn	30	SF	12	23.0	5.5	15.1	.365	1.7	2.7	.625	7.0	1.9	3.8	12.7
7	Willie Naulls	30	SF	12	15.0	3.3	7.9	.411	0.8	1.3	.667	4.3	0.8	2.3	7.3
8	Larry Siegfried	25	SG	12	13.6	2.5	6.6	.380	2.0	2.3	.857	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.0
9	Mel Counts	23	C	4	7.5	1.0	3.8	.267	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.8	0.3	2.5	2.3
10	John Thompson	23	PF	3	7.0	0.7	2.3	.286	2.3	2.3	1.000	4.0	0.3	0.7	3.7
11	Ron Bonham	22	SF	4	3.3	1.3	3.0	.417	1.0	1.3	.800	0.3	0.0	0.3	3.5
	Team Totals			24	830.0	158.6	382.0	.414	83.1	111.7	.744	233.9	80.9	98.3	400.3

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bill Russell	30	C	78	3466	4.5	10.2	.438	2.5	4.4	.573	19.5	4.3	2.1	11.4	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Sam Jones	31	SG	80	2885	10.2	22.7	.452	5.3	6.5	.820	5.1	2.8	2.2	25.8	MVP-4,AS,NBA2
3	Tom Sanders	26	PF	80	2459	5.5	12.8	.429	2.8	3.8	.745	9.7	1.3	4.7	13.8
4	K.C. Jones	32	PG	78	2434	3.7	9.5	.396	2.1	3.4	.630	4.7	6.5	3.9	9.6
5	John Havlicek	24	SG	75	2169	9.5	23.6	.401	3.9	5.2	.744	6.2	3.3	3.3	22.8
6	Tom Heinsohn	30	SF	67	1706	7.7	20.1	.383	3.8	4.8	.795	8.4	3.3	5.3	19.2	AS
7	Willie Naulls	30	SF	71	1465	7.4	19.3	.384	3.5	4.3	.813	8.3	1.8	5.5	18.4
8	Larry Siegfried	25	SG	72	996	6.3	15.1	.415	3.9	5.1	.779	4.8	4.3	3.9	16.4
9	John Thompson	23	PF	64	699	4.3	10.8	.402	3.2	5.4	.590	11.8	0.8	7.3	11.8
10	Mel Counts	23	C	54	572	6.3	17.1	.368	3.7	4.7	.784	16.7	1.2	8.4	16.2
11	Ron Bonham	22	SF	37	369	8.9	21.5	.414	9.0	10.9	.821	7.6	1.9	3.2	26.7	ROY-4
12	Gerry Ward	23	SG	3	30	2.4	21.6	.111	1.2	1.2	1.000	6.0	7.2	7.2	6.0
13	Bevo Nordmann	25	C	3	25	4.3	7.2	.600	0.0	0.0		11.5	4.3	7.2	8.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Bill Russell	30	C	12	561	5.1	9.6	.527	2.6	4.9	.526	19.4	4.9	2.8	12.7
2	Sam Jones	31	SG	12	495	9.8	21.4	.459	5.3	6.1	.869	4.0	2.2	2.8	24.9
3	John Havlicek	24	SG	12	405	7.8	22.2	.352	4.1	4.9	.836	7.8	2.6	3.9	19.7
4	K.C. Jones	32	PG	12	396	3.9	9.5	.413	3.2	4.1	.778	3.5	6.7	4.5	11.0
5	Tom Sanders	26	PF	12	365	6.3	15.0	.421	3.1	4.2	.721	10.1	1.9	5.7	15.7
6	Tom Heinsohn	30	SF	12	276	8.6	23.6	.365	2.6	4.2	.625	11.0	3.0	6.0	19.8
7	Willie Naulls	30	SF	12	180	7.8	19.0	.411	2.0	3.0	.667	10.2	1.8	5.4	17.6
8	Larry Siegfried	25	SG	12	163	6.6	17.4	.380	5.3	6.2	.857	5.5	4.6	5.5	18.6
9	Mel Counts	23	C	4	30	4.8	18.0	.267	1.2	1.2	1.000	13.2	1.2	12.0	10.8
10	John Thompson	23	PF	3	21	3.4	12.0	.286	12.0	12.0	1.000	20.6	1.7	3.4	18.9
11	Ron Bonham	22	SF	4	13	13.8	33.2	.417	11.1	13.8	.800	2.8	0.0	2.8	38.8