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1959-60 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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59-16, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (59-16)

1959-60 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 124.5 (1st of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 116.2 (5th of 8)
SRS: 7.62 (1st of 8)
Expected W-L: 54-21 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 209,374 (4th of 8)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-2) versus Philadelphia Warriors


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Gene Conley C-F 6-8 225 November 10, 1930 2 Washington State University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 9 College of the Holy Cross
20 Gene Guarilia F 6-5 220 September 13, 1937 R George Washington University
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 3 College of the Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 1 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 2 North Carolina Central University
19 Maury King G 6-2 195 March 12, 1935 R University of Kansas
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 4 University of Oregon
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 4 University of Kentucky
16 John Richter F 6-9 225 March 12, 1937 R North Carolina State University
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 3 University of San Francisco
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 9 University of Southern California

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 75 3744 8971 .417 1849 2519 .734 6014 1849 1856 9337 124.5
Lg Rank 1 1 3 7 8 4 1 2 6 1 1
Opponent 75 8713 116.2
Lg Rank 5 5

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 Tom Heinsohn 25 75 2420 673 1590 .423 283 386 .733 794 171 275 1629
2 Bob Cousy 31 75 2588 568 1481 .384 319 403 .792 352 715 146 1455
3 Bill Sharman 33 71 1916 559 1225 .456 252 291 .866 262 144 154 1370
4 Bill Russell 25 74 3146 555 1189 .467 240 392 .612 1778 277 210 1350
5 Frank Ramsey 28 73 2009 422 1062 .397 273 347 .787 506 137 251 1117
6 Sam Jones 26 74 1512 355 782 .454 168 220 .764 375 125 101 878
7 Gene Conley 29 71 1330 201 539 .373 76 114 .667 590 32 270 478
8 K.C. Jones 27 74 1274 169 414 .408 128 170 .753 199 189 109 466
9 John Richter 22 66 808 113 332 .340 59 117 .504 312 27 158 285
10 Jim Loscutoff 29 28 536 66 205 .322 22 36 .611 108 12 108 154
11 Gene Guarilia 22 48 423 58 154 .377 29 41 .707 85 18 57 145
12 Maury King 24 1 19 5 8 .625 0 1 .000 4 2 3 10

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 Tom Heinsohn 25 75 32.3 9.0 21.2 .423 3.8 5.1 .733 10.6 2.3 3.7 21.7
2 Bob Cousy 31 75 34.5 7.6 19.7 .384 4.3 5.4 .792 4.7 9.5 1.9 19.4
3 Bill Sharman 33 71 27.0 7.9 17.3 .456 3.5 4.1 .866 3.7 2.0 2.2 19.3
4 Bill Russell 25 74 42.5 7.5 16.1 .467 3.2 5.3 .612 24.0 3.7 2.8 18.2
5 Frank Ramsey 28 73 27.5 5.8 14.5 .397 3.7 4.8 .787 6.9 1.9 3.4 15.3
6 Sam Jones 26 74 20.4 4.8 10.6 .454 2.3 3.0 .764 5.1 1.7 1.4 11.9
7 Maury King 24 1 19.0 5.0 8.0 .625 0.0 1.0 .000 4.0 2.0 3.0 10.0
8 Gene Conley 29 71 18.7 2.8 7.6 .373 1.1 1.6 .667 8.3 0.5 3.8 6.7
9 K.C. Jones 27 74 17.2 2.3 5.6 .408 1.7 2.3 .753 2.7 2.6 1.5 6.3
10 Jim Loscutoff 29 28 19.1 2.4 7.3 .322 0.8 1.3 .611 3.9 0.4 3.9 5.5
11 John Richter 22 66 12.2 1.7 5.0 .340 0.9 1.8 .504 4.7 0.4 2.4 4.3
12 Gene Guarilia 22 48 8.8 1.2 3.2 .377 0.6 0.9 .707 1.8 0.4 1.2 3.0

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 33 71 1916 10.5 23.0 .456 4.7 5.5 .866 4.9 2.7 2.9 25.7
2 Tom Heinsohn 25 75 2420 10.0 23.7 .423 4.2 5.7 .733 11.8 2.5 4.1 24.2
3 Sam Jones 26 74 1512 8.5 18.6 .454 4.0 5.2 .764 8.9 3.0 2.4 20.9
4 Bob Cousy 31 75 2588 7.9 20.6 .384 4.4 5.6 .792 4.9 9.9 2.0 20.2
5 Frank Ramsey 28 73 2009 7.6 19.0 .397 4.9 6.2 .787 9.1 2.5 4.5 20.0
6 Maury King 24 1 19 9.5 15.2 .625 0.0 1.9 .000 7.6 3.8 5.7 18.9
7 Bill Russell 25 74 3146 6.4 13.6 .467 2.7 4.5 .612 20.3 3.2 2.4 15.4
8 K.C. Jones 27 74 1274 4.8 11.7 .408 3.6 4.8 .753 5.6 5.3 3.1 13.2
9 Gene Conley 29 71 1330 5.4 14.6 .373 2.1 3.1 .667 16.0 0.9 7.3 12.9
10 John Richter 22 66 808 5.0 14.8 .340 2.6 5.2 .504 13.9 1.2 7.0 12.7
11 Gene Guarilia 22 48 423 4.9 13.1 .377 2.5 3.5 .707 7.2 1.5 4.9 12.3
12 Jim Loscutoff 29 28 536 4.4 13.8 .322 1.5 2.4 .611 7.3 0.8 7.3 10.3

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 25 74 3146 20.1 .496 .467 4.9 8.9 13.8 .211
2 Bill Sharman 33 71 1916 18.5 .506 .456 5.4 2.5 7.9 .198
3 Bob Cousy 31 75 2588 18.7 .439 .384 1.9 5.9 7.8 .145
4 Tom Heinsohn 25 75 2420 18.4 .463 .423 3.0 4.7 7.7 .154
5 Sam Jones 26 74 1512 17.7 .500 .454 3.2 2.6 5.9 .186
6 Frank Ramsey 28 73 2009 14.5 .460 .397 2.0 3.4 5.3 .128
7 K.C. Jones 27 74 1274 12.6 .477 .408 1.5 2.2 3.7 .139
8 Gene Conley 29 71 1330 10.1 .406 .373 -0.8 2.8 2.1 .074
9 Gene Guarilia 22 48 423 7.7 .421 .377 -0.1 0.6 0.5 .059
10 John Richter 22 66 808 8.1 .372 .340 -1.1 1.6 0.4 .026
11 Maury King 24 1 19 17.3 .592 .625 0.1 0.0 0.1 .264
12 Jim Loscutoff 29 28 536 3.1 .349 .322 -0.9 0.7 -0.2 -0.022

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 Tom Heinsohn 25 13 423 112 267 60 80 126 27 53 284 .419 .750 32.5 21.8 9.7 2.1
2 Bill Russell 25 13 572 94 206 53 75 336 38 38 241 .456 .707 44.0 18.5 25.8 2.9
3 Bill Sharman 33 13 364 88 209 43 53 45 20 22 219 .421 .811 28.0 16.8 3.5 1.5
4 Frank Ramsey 28 13 459 81 196 55 63 100 27 51 217 .413 .873 35.3 16.7 7.7 2.1
5 Bob Cousy 31 13 468 80 262 39 51 48 116 27 199 .305 .765 36.0 15.3 3.7 8.9
6 Sam Jones 26 13 197 45 117 17 21 41 18 15 107 .385 .810 15.2 8.2 3.2 1.4
7 Gene Conley 29 13 269 34 88 16 22 116 3 59 84 .386 .727 20.7 6.5 8.9 0.2
8 K.C. Jones 27 13 232 27 80 17 22 45 14 28 71 .338 .773 17.8 5.5 3.5 1.1
9 John Richter 22 8 95 15 38 5 14 29 2 18 35 .395 .357 11.9 4.4 3.6 0.3
10 Gene Guarilia 22 7 41 4 18 6 6 19 3 4 14 .222 1.000 5.9 2.0 2.7 0.4

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 Bill Russell 25 13 572 22.1 .504 .456 8.7 1.1 1.8 3.0 .249
2 Tom Heinsohn 25 13 423 19.9 .470 .419 9.6 0.8 0.9 1.7 .192
3 Frank Ramsey 28 13 459 14.7 .485 .413 7.8 0.8 0.8 1.6 .169
4 Bill Sharman 33 13 364 16.0 .471 .421 8.0 0.6 0.5 1.1 .150
5 Gene Conley 29 13 269 10.4 .430 .386 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.6 .114
6 Sam Jones 26 13 197 15.1 .424 .385 13.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 .098
7 K.C. Jones 27 13 232 8.0 .396 .338 7.4 -0.1 0.4 0.3 .056
8 Bob Cousy 31 13 468 12.7 .350 .305 32.7 -0.9 1.2 0.2 .023
9 John Richter 22 8 95 8.5 .396 .395 2.7 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .054
10 Gene Guarilia 22 7 41 12.4 .339 .222 8.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .027