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1958-59 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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52-20, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (52-20)

1958-59 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 116.4 (1st of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (6th of 8)
SRS: 5.84 (1st of 8)
Expected W-L: 50-22 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 244,642 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Gene Conley C-F 6-8 225 November 10, 1930 1 Washington State University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 8 College of the Holy Cross
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 2 College of the Holy Cross
25-27 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 R University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 1 North Carolina Central University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 3 University of Oregon
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 3 University of Kentucky
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 2 University of San Francisco
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 8 University of Southern California
16 Bennie Swain F 6-8 220 December 16, 1933 R Texas Southern University
20 Lou Tsioropoulos F 6-5 190 August 31, 1930 2 University of Kentucky

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 72 3208 8116 .395 1963 2563 .766 5601 1568 1769 8379 116.4
Lg Rank 1 1 4 5 6 3 1 1 8 1 1
Opponent 72 7912 109.9
Lg Rank 6 6

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bill Sharman 32 72 2382 562 1377 .408 342 367 .932 292 179 173 1466
2 Bob Cousy 30 65 2403 484 1260 .384 329 385 .855 359 557 135 1297
3 Tom Heinsohn 24 66 2089 465 1192 .390 312 391 .798 638 164 271 1242
4 Bill Russell 24 70 2979 456 997 .457 256 428 .598 1612 222 161 1168
5 Frank Ramsey 27 72 2013 383 1013 .378 341 436 .782 491 147 266 1107
6 Sam Jones 25 71 1466 305 703 .434 151 196 .770 428 101 102 761
7 Jim Loscutoff 28 66 1680 242 686 .353 62 84 .738 460 60 285 546
8 Bennie Swain 25 58 708 99 244 .406 67 110 .609 262 29 127 265
9 Gene Conley 28 50 663 86 262 .328 37 64 .578 276 19 117 209
10 K.C. Jones 26 49 609 65 192 .339 41 68 .603 127 70 58 171
11 Lou Tsioropoulos 28 35 488 60 190 .316 25 33 .758 110 20 74 145

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bill Sharman 32 72 33.1 7.8 19.1 .408 4.8 5.1 .932 4.1 2.5 2.4 20.4
2 Bob Cousy 30 65 37.0 7.4 19.4 .384 5.1 5.9 .855 5.5 8.6 2.1 20.0
3 Tom Heinsohn 24 66 31.7 7.0 18.1 .390 4.7 5.9 .798 9.7 2.5 4.1 18.8
4 Bill Russell 24 70 42.6 6.5 14.2 .457 3.7 6.1 .598 23.0 3.2 2.3 16.7
5 Frank Ramsey 27 72 28.0 5.3 14.1 .378 4.7 6.1 .782 6.8 2.0 3.7 15.4
6 Sam Jones 25 71 20.6 4.3 9.9 .434 2.1 2.8 .770 6.0 1.4 1.4 10.7
7 Jim Loscutoff 28 66 25.5 3.7 10.4 .353 0.9 1.3 .738 7.0 0.9 4.3 8.3
8 Bennie Swain 25 58 12.2 1.7 4.2 .406 1.2 1.9 .609 4.5 0.5 2.2 4.6
9 Gene Conley 28 50 13.3 1.7 5.2 .328 0.7 1.3 .578 5.5 0.4 2.3 4.2
10 Lou Tsioropoulos 28 35 13.9 1.7 5.4 .316 0.7 0.9 .758 3.1 0.6 2.1 4.1
11 K.C. Jones 26 49 12.4 1.3 3.9 .339 0.8 1.4 .603 2.6 1.4 1.2 3.5

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bill Sharman 32 72 2382 8.5 20.8 .408 5.2 5.5 .932 4.4 2.7 2.6 22.2
2 Tom Heinsohn 24 66 2089 8.0 20.5 .390 5.4 6.7 .798 11.0 2.8 4.7 21.4
3 Frank Ramsey 27 72 2013 6.8 18.1 .378 6.1 7.8 .782 8.8 2.6 4.8 19.8
4 Bob Cousy 30 65 2403 7.3 18.9 .384 4.9 5.8 .855 5.4 8.3 2.0 19.4
5 Sam Jones 25 71 1466 7.5 17.3 .434 3.7 4.8 .770 10.5 2.5 2.5 18.7
6 Bill Russell 24 70 2979 5.5 12.0 .457 3.1 5.2 .598 19.5 2.7 1.9 14.1
7 Bennie Swain 25 58 708 5.0 12.4 .406 3.4 5.6 .609 13.3 1.5 6.5 13.5
8 Jim Loscutoff 28 66 1680 5.2 14.7 .353 1.3 1.8 .738 9.9 1.3 6.1 11.7
9 Gene Conley 28 50 663 4.7 14.2 .328 2.0 3.5 .578 15.0 1.0 6.4 11.3
10 Lou Tsioropoulos 28 35 488 4.4 14.0 .316 1.8 2.4 .758 8.1 1.5 5.5 10.7
11 K.C. Jones 26 49 609 3.8 11.3 .339 2.4 4.0 .603 7.5 4.1 3.4 10.1

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bill Russell 24 70 2979 20.7 .493 .457 4.7 8.2 12.9 .208
2 Bob Cousy 30 65 2403 19.9 .454 .384 3.3 5.4 8.7 .174
3 Bill Sharman 32 72 2382 16.8 .476 .408 4.5 3.1 7.6 .154
4 Tom Heinsohn 24 66 2089 17.9 .455 .390 2.5 4.1 6.5 .150
5 Frank Ramsey 27 72 2013 15.7 .459 .378 2.5 3.5 5.9 .142
6 Sam Jones 25 71 1466 18.0 .482 .434 2.6 2.7 5.3 .173
7 Bennie Swain 25 58 708 12.3 .453 .406 0.5 1.4 1.9 .128
8 Jim Loscutoff 28 66 1680 7.2 .378 .353 -1.9 2.7 0.9 .025
9 K.C. Jones 26 49 609 9.5 .385 .339 -0.4 1.1 0.8 .060
10 Gene Conley 28 50 663 8.8 .360 .328 -1.0 1.4 0.4 .025
11 Lou Tsioropoulos 28 35 488 5.6 .354 .316 -0.8 0.7 0.0 -0.005

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Frank Ramsey 27 11 303 95 192 65 81 68 20 52 255 .495 .802 27.5 23.2 6.2 1.8
2 Bill Sharman 32 11 322 82 193 57 59 36 28 35 221 .425 .966 29.3 20.1 3.3 2.5
3 Tom Heinsohn 24 11 348 91 220 37 56 98 32 41 219 .414 .661 31.6 19.9 8.9 2.9
4 Bob Cousy 30 11 460 72 221 70 94 76 119 28 214 .326 .745 41.8 19.5 6.9 10.8
5 Bill Russell 24 11 496 65 159 41 67 305 40 28 171 .409 .612 45.1 15.5 27.7 3.6
6 Sam Jones 25 11 192 40 108 33 39 63 17 14 113 .370 .846 17.5 10.3 5.7 1.5
7 Jim Loscutoff 28 11 260 39 113 11 21 73 13 49 89 .345 .524 23.6 8.1 6.6 1.2
8 Gene Conley 28 11 157 24 66 6 13 75 7 40 54 .364 .462 14.3 4.9 6.8 0.6
9 K.C. Jones 26 8 75 5 20 5 5 12 10 8 15 .250 1.000 9.4 1.9 1.5 1.3
10 Bennie Swain 25 5 27 2 6 1 2 14 1 4 5 .333 .500 5.4 1.0 2.8 0.2

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Frank Ramsey 27 11 303 23.4 .560 .495 10.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 .322
2 Bill Russell 24 11 496 18.8 .454 .409 9.6 0.3 1.6 1.9 .184
3 Bill Sharman 32 11 322 17.5 .505 .425 12.1 0.8 0.5 1.3 .194
4 Bob Cousy 30 11 460 16.1 .408 .326 31.6 -0.1 1.2 1.0 .107
5 Tom Heinsohn 24 11 348 16.7 .448 .414 12.9 0.2 0.7 0.9 .130
6 Sam Jones 25 11 192 17.9 .451 .370 11.5 0.1 0.4 0.6 .144
7 Gene Conley 28 11 157 8.7 .376 .364 5.4 -0.2 0.4 0.2 .061
8 Jim Loscutoff 28 11 260 6.1 .364 .345 6.1 -0.4 0.5 0.1 .011
9 K.C. Jones 26 8 75 6.1 .338 .250 14.7 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .031
10 Bennie Swain 25 5 27 9.4 .363 .333 4.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 .088