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1960-61 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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57-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (57-22)

1960-61 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 119.7 (3rd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 114.1 (2nd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 52-27 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 201,569 (3rd of 8)

SRS: 4.93 (1st of 8)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Syracuse Nationals

1960-61 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Gene Conley C-F 6-8 225 November 10, 1930 3 Washington State University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 10 College of the Holy Cross
20 Gene Guarilia F 6-5 220 September 13, 1937 1 George Washington University
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 4 College of the Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 2 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 3 North Carolina Central University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 5 University of Oregon
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 5 University of Kentucky
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 4 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 R New York University
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 10 University of Southern California

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 79 3699 9295 .398 2062 2804 .735 6131 1872 2032 9460 119.7
Opponent 79 9013 114.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 26 74 2256 627 1566 .400 325 424 .767 732 141 260 1579
2 Bob Cousy 32 76 2468 513 1382 .371 352 452 .779 331 587 196 1378
3 Bill Russell 26 78 3458 532 1250 .426 258 469 .550 1868 268 155 1322
4 Frank Ramsey 29 79 2019 448 1100 .407 295 354 .833 431 146 284 1191
5 Sam Jones 27 78 2028 480 1069 .449 211 268 .787 421 217 148 1171
6 Bill Sharman 34 61 1538 383 908 .422 210 228 .921 223 146 127 976
7 K.C. Jones 28 78 1605 203 601 .338 186 280 .664 279 253 190 592
8 Gene Conley 30 75 1242 183 495 .370 106 153 .693 550 40 275 472
9 Tom Sanders 22 68 1084 148 352 .420 67 100 .670 385 44 131 363
10 Jim Loscutoff 30 76 1153 144 478 .301 49 76 .645 291 25 238 337
11 Gene Guarilia 23 25 209 38 94 .404 3 10 .300 71 5 28 79

Per Game

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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 26 74 30.5 8.5 21.2 .400 4.4 5.7 .767 9.9 1.9 3.5 21.3
2 Bob Cousy 32 76 32.5 6.8 18.2 .371 4.6 5.9 .779 4.4 7.7 2.6 18.1
3 Bill Russell 26 78 44.3 6.8 16.0 .426 3.3 6.0 .550 23.9 3.4 2.0 16.9
4 Bill Sharman 34 61 25.2 6.3 14.9 .422 3.4 3.7 .921 3.7 2.4 2.1 16.0
5 Frank Ramsey 29 79 25.6 5.7 13.9 .407 3.7 4.5 .833 5.5 1.8 3.6 15.1
6 Sam Jones 27 78 26.0 6.2 13.7 .449 2.7 3.4 .787 5.4 2.8 1.9 15.0
7 K.C. Jones 28 78 20.6 2.6 7.7 .338 2.4 3.6 .664 3.6 3.2 2.4 7.6
8 Gene Conley 30 75 16.6 2.4 6.6 .370 1.4 2.0 .693 7.3 0.5 3.7 6.3
9 Tom Sanders 22 68 15.9 2.2 5.2 .420 1.0 1.5 .670 5.7 0.6 1.9 5.3
10 Jim Loscutoff 30 76 15.2 1.9 6.3 .301 0.6 1.0 .645 3.8 0.3 3.1 4.4
11 Gene Guarilia 23 25 8.4 1.5 3.8 .404 0.1 0.4 .300 2.8 0.2 1.1 3.2

Per 36 Minutes

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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 26 74 2256 10.0 25.0 .400 5.2 6.8 .767 11.7 2.3 4.1 25.2
2 Bill Sharman 34 61 1538 9.0 21.3 .422 4.9 5.3 .921 5.2 3.4 3.0 22.8
3 Frank Ramsey 29 79 2019 8.0 19.6 .407 5.3 6.3 .833 7.7 2.6 5.1 21.2
4 Sam Jones 27 78 2028 8.5 19.0 .449 3.7 4.8 .787 7.5 3.9 2.6 20.8
5 Bob Cousy 32 76 2468 7.5 20.2 .371 5.1 6.6 .779 4.8 8.6 2.9 20.1
6 Bill Russell 26 78 3458 5.5 13.0 .426 2.7 4.9 .550 19.4 2.8 1.6 13.8
7 Gene Conley 30 75 1242 5.3 14.3 .370 3.1 4.4 .693 15.9 1.2 8.0 13.7
8 Gene Guarilia 23 25 209 6.5 16.2 .404 0.5 1.7 .300 12.2 0.9 4.8 13.6
9 K.C. Jones 28 78 1605 4.6 13.5 .338 4.2 6.3 .664 6.3 5.7 4.3 13.3
10 Tom Sanders 22 68 1084 4.9 11.7 .420 2.2 3.3 .670 12.8 1.5 4.4 12.1
11 Jim Loscutoff 30 76 1153 4.5 14.9 .301 1.5 2.4 .645 9.1 0.8 7.4 10.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bill Russell 26 78 3458 18.1 .454 .426 1.7 11.3 13.0
2 Sam Jones 27 78 2028 17.7 .493 .449 3.9 4.2 8.1
3 Bob Cousy 32 76 2468 17.4 .436 .371 0.9 6.3 7.2
4 Tom Heinsohn 26 74 2256 18.4 .450 .400 1.4 5.2 6.6
5 Frank Ramsey 29 79 2019 15.2 .474 .407 2.7 3.8 6.5
6 Bill Sharman 34 61 1538 17.0 .484 .422 2.7 2.7 5.4
7 K.C. Jones 28 78 1605 11.0 .409 .338 -0.6 3.6 3.0
8 Tom Sanders 22 68 1084 11.7 .458 .420 0.5 2.5 3.0
9 Gene Conley 30 75 1242 11.0 .420 .370 -0.5 3.2 2.8
10 Gene Guarilia 23 25 209 9.7 .401 .404 -0.2 0.4 0.3
11 Jim Loscutoff 30 76 1153 3.3 .329 .301 -2.9 2.0 -0.9

Playoffs

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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 26 10 291 82 201 33 43 99 20 36 197 .408 .767 29.1 19.7 9.9 2.0
2 Bill Russell 26 10 462 73 171 45 86 299 48 24 191 .427 .523 46.2 19.1 29.9 4.8
3 Frank Ramsey 29 10 300 55 136 61 75 64 23 40 171 .404 .813 30.0 17.1 6.4 2.3
4 Bill Sharman 34 10 261 68 133 32 36 27 17 22 168 .511 .889 26.1 16.8 2.7 1.7
5 Bob Cousy 32 10 337 50 147 67 88 43 91 33 167 .340 .761 33.7 16.7 4.3 9.1
6 Sam Jones 27 10 258 50 112 31 35 54 22 22 131 .446 .886 25.8 13.1 5.4 2.2
7 Tom Sanders 22 10 216 37 75 15 24 84 7 42 89 .493 .625 21.6 8.9 8.4 0.7
8 Jim Loscutoff 30 10 116 15 54 7 9 35 3 34 37 .278 .778 11.6 3.7 3.5 0.3
9 Gene Conley 30 9 56 12 33 7 12 31 1 20 31 .364 .583 6.2 3.4 3.4 0.1
10 K.C. Jones 28 9 103 9 30 7 14 19 15 17 25 .300 .500 11.4 2.8 2.1 1.7

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bill Russell 26 10 462 22.0 .457 .427 13.3 0.4 1.6 1.9
2 Bill Sharman 34 10 261 18.8 .564 .511 9.6 1.1 0.3 1.4
3 Frank Ramsey 29 10 300 16.7 .506 .404 10.1 0.7 0.5 1.2
4 Bob Cousy 32 10 337 17.8 .450 .340 34.1 0.4 0.8 1.2
5 Sam Jones 27 10 258 16.6 .514 .446 11.4 0.6 0.4 1.0
6 Tom Sanders 22 10 216 14.2 .520 .493 4.2 0.4 0.5 0.9
7 Tom Heinsohn 26 10 291 18.6 .448 .408 10.4 0.2 0.6 0.8
8 K.C. Jones 28 9 103 6.6 .346 .300 17.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1
9 Gene Conley 30 9 56 12.4 .405 .364 2.5 -0.1 0.1 0.1
10 Jim Loscutoff 30 10 116 2.5 .319 .278 3.2 -0.4 0.2 -0.1