1960-61 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 57-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (57-22)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 119.7 (3rd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 114.1 (2nd of 8)

SRS: 4.94 (1st of 8) Pace: 134.4 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.7 (8th of 8) Def Rtg: 84.5 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: +4.2 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 52-27 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 201,569 (1st of 2)

NBA 1961 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1960-10-22		DET	W	118	116	43	124	.347				32	45	.711		78	26				25	44	109	.404				28	39	.718		64	20				31
2	2	1960-10-28	@	NYK	W	110	101	46						18	22	.818							25	39						23	28	.821							20
3	3	1960-10-29		PHW	L	103	131	43	132	.326				17	26	.654		83	20				26	52	126	.413				27	38	.711		79	25				27
4	4	1960-11-05		CIN	L	104	113	41	109	.376				22	41	.537		61	16				23	45	109	.413				23	33	.697		68	14				28
5	5	1960-11-08	@	CIN	W	136	120	50						36	49	.735		68					29	45						30	36	.833		63					33
6	6	1960-11-11	N	CIN	W	128	110	53						22	28	.786		53					21	43						24	31	.774		63					20
7	7	1960-11-12	N	LAL	W	131	124	48						35	43	.814							28	47						30	41	.732							27
8	8	1960-11-15	N	DET	L	114	115	47						20	23	.870							28	41						33	46	.717							17
9	9	1960-11-16		STL	W	124	106	49	112	.438				26	39	.667		77	23				22	43	114	.377				20	30	.667		69	21				26
10	10	1960-11-19	@	SYR	W	114	94	54						24	30	.800							30	45						30	42	.714							26
11	11	1960-11-20	@	CIN	W	120	103	49	126	.389				22	31	.710		73					19	40	95	.421				23	28	.821		62					21
12	12	1960-11-23		NYK	W	122	105	47	132	.356				28	37	.757		92	21				29	42	112	.375				21	31	.677		68	22				25
13	13	1960-11-24	@	PHW	W	132	129	52	109	.477				28	41	.683		59	31				27	52	128	.406				25	41	.610		90	25				29
14	14	1960-11-25	@	NYK	W	111	110	43						25	31	.806							22	43						24	28	.857							24
15	15	1960-11-26		SYR	W	129	110	45	127	.354				39	52	.750		95	30				25	43	125	.344				24	34	.706		80	19				34
16	16	1960-11-29	@	STL	W	119	109	45	107	.421				29	38	.763		57					25	39	110	.355				31	39	.795		75					26
17	17	1960-11-30	@	DET	W	125	110	50						25	36	.694							26	40						30	38	.789							26
18	18	1960-12-01	N	NYK	L	111	116	45						21	29	.724							27	42						32	39	.821							24
19	19	1960-12-02		LAL	L	117	120	45	127	.354				27	29	.931		70	25				27	46	100	.460				28	31	.903		64	20				27
20	20	1960-12-04	@	LAL	W	113	103	44	115	.383				25	35	.714		58					19	40	97	.412				23	29	.793		63					30
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1960-12-05	@	LAL	W	123	101	47	114	.412				29	35	.829							27	35	93	.376				31	39	.795							23
22	22	1960-12-07		SYR	L	134	142	50	112	.446				34	42	.810		61	22				24	60	119	.504				22	33	.667		63	30				32
23	23	1960-12-08	N	CIN	L	115	118	44						27	36	.750		89					30	44						30	42	.714		73					23
24	24	1960-12-09		CIN	W	146	123	65	122	.533				16	22	.727		70	31				29	47	107	.439				29	36	.806		51	20				18
25	25	1960-12-10	@	PHW	L	97	102	35	122	.287				27	30	.900		70	16				25	40	114	.351				22	34	.647		82	22				25
26	26	1960-12-13	@	NYK	L	115	117	42						31	46	.674							33	40						37	46	.804							36
27	27	1960-12-15	N	SYR	W	115	105	43						29	47	.617							25	42						21	31	.677							24
28	28	1960-12-17		LAL	W	140	112	56	139	.403				28	38	.737			28				28	44	122	.361				24	33	.727			16				26
29	29	1960-12-20	N	CIN	W	115	112	47						21	29	.724		70					24	44	106	.415				24	31	.774		57					23
30	30	1960-12-21		STL	W	120	108	49	112	.438				22	30	.733		69	30				25	43	116	.371				22	30	.733		69					25
31	31	1960-12-24		DET	W	150	106	61	146	.418				28	34	.824		112	31				19	42	118	.356				22	27	.815		60	15				25
32	32	1960-12-26		PHW	W	119	115	49	129	.380				21	33	.636		84	27				30	40	116	.345				35	52	.673		76	21				28
33	33	1960-12-27	@	PHW	L	101	116	39	136	.287				23	28	.821		89	18				29	45	127	.354				26	40	.650		88	28				23
34	34	1960-12-28	@	STL	L	99	105	36	108	.333				27	34	.794		59					26	44	106	.415				17	23	.739		67					23
35	35	1960-12-30	@	NYK	W	120	106	46						28	34	.824							25	40						26	33	.788							24
36	36	1961-01-01	@	SYR	W	113	96	45						23	35	.657							27	37						22	32	.688							29
37	37	1961-01-03	@	LAL	W	102	96	39	107	.364				24	29	.828		53					24	35	85	.412				26	35	.743		65					22
38	38	1961-01-05	@	CIN	W	125	107	47						31	37	.838		62				16	23	42						23	33	.697		77				31	29
39	39	1961-01-06	@	DET	W	108	102	37						34	47	.723							23	38						26	32	.813							29
40	40	1961-01-08	@	STL	L	104	133	41	113	.363				22	31	.710		57					28	49	116	.422				35	45	.778		79					25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1961-01-10	N	DET	W	118	98	44	110	.400				30	44	.682		67					29	35	100	.350				28	40	.700		63					26
42	42	1961-01-12	N	SYR	W	124	118	53	129	.411				18	25	.720		77	32				27	50	124	.403				18	32	.563		87	20				24
43	43	1961-01-13		PHW	W	123	121	52	140	.371				19	31	.613		78	24				29	48	110	.436				25	42	.595		74	23				29
44	44	1961-01-14	@	PHW	L	113	116	43	108	.398				27	31	.871		57	20				33	41	91	.451				34	51	.667		65	28				29
45	45	1961-01-15		NYK	W	142	124	54	125	.432				34	42	.810		83	28				22	50	125	.400				24	32	.750		71	25				25
46	46	1961-01-18		STL	L	114	125	46	129	.357				22	31	.710		80	18				27	48	111	.432				29	40	.725		66	33				24
47	47	1961-01-19	N	LAL	W	106	103	44	120	.367				18	25	.720		70	23				20	43	113	.381				17	25	.680		74	18				21
48	48	1961-01-21	@	SYR	L	124	127	45						34	51	.667							32	47						33	51	.647							32
49	49	1961-01-24	@	NYK	W	125	112	51						23	31	.742							24	46						20	31	.645							25
50	50	1961-01-26	@	PHW	W	129	121	49	113	.434				31	38	.816		66	15				28	47	98	.480				27	44	.614		50	23				29
51	51	1961-01-27		DET	W	140	111	62	149	.416				16	38	.421			30				23	42	125	.336				27	43	.628			20				26
52	52	1961-01-29		PHW	W	128	115	52	122	.426				24	31	.774		79	27				26	46	114	.404				23	36	.639		63	24				26
53	53	1961-01-30	@	CIN	L	88	116	35	121	.289				18	37	.486		64					20	47	105	.448				22	31	.710		70					23
54	54	1961-01-31	@	STL	W	109	103	43	117	.368				23	33	.697		68					23	40	116	.345				23	31	.742		72					23
55	55	1961-02-01	N	NYK	W	124	120	46	115	.400				32	49	.653		83					21	48	108	.444				24	34	.706		61					33
56	56	1961-02-03		NYK	W	123	109	46	121	.380				31	44	.705			28				23	43	118	.364				23	33	.697		77	18				31
57	57	1961-02-05		STL	W	123	121	50	123	.407				23	31	.742		80	24				26	45	126	.357				31	38	.816		89	21				23
58	58	1961-02-07	N	LAL	W	96	95	37						22	35	.629							29	33						29	37	.784							24
59	59	1961-02-08	@	SYR	L	108	130	42	110	.382				24	41	.585		61	13				23	50	117	.427				30	34	.882		82	20				31
60	60	1961-02-10	@	DET	L	134	137	54						26	38	.684							35	52						33	47	.702							29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1961-02-11		NYK	L	107	129	43	126	.341				21	26	.808		86	17				35	44	110	.400				41	50	.820		77	22				21
62	62	1961-02-12		PHW	W	136	125	55	127	.433				26	34	.765		86	33				28	51	128	.398				23	38	.605		64	24				26
63	63	1961-02-14	N	LAL	W	113	93	46	96	.479				21	33	.636		64					25	37	106	.349				19	34	.559		64					21
64	64	1961-02-16	N	PHW	L	111	121	38	118	.322				35	43	.814		62	14				28	48	105	.457				25	36	.694		69	16				30
65	65	1961-02-17	@	PHW	W	133	128	51	113	.451				31	41	.756		69	30				30	52	122	.426				24	37	.649		71	29				30
66	66	1961-02-19	@	SYR	W	116	106	42						32	43	.744							29	37						32	41	.780							27
67	67	1961-02-22	@	LAL	L	93	105	33	97	.340				27	34	.794		50					23	40	104	.385				25	34	.735		88					24
68	68	1961-02-24		SYR	W	144	128	56	124	.452				32	42	.762		81	25				26	49	118	.415				30	33	.909		69	23				27
69	69	1961-02-25	@	STL	W	122	109	49	111	.441				24	30	.800		66					27	42	105	.400				25	33	.758		62					22
70	70	1961-02-26	@	DET	W	113	99	45						23	32	.719							23	37						25	32	.781							23
71	71	1961-02-28	@	NYK	W	142	116	57						28	36	.778							23	47						22	27	.815							26
72	72	1961-03-01		STL	L	97	110	38	107	.355				21	35	.600		66	14				27	44	113	.389				22	34	.647		75	24				23
73	73	1961-03-04		NYK	W	113	110	42	120	.350				29	41	.707		86	20				23	44	126	.349				22	34	.647		81	26				28
74	74	1961-03-05		PHW	W	146	129	66	133	.496				14	20	.700		86	36				25	53	141	.376				23	40	.575		69	17				15
75	75	1961-03-07	N	CIN	W	124	121	47						30	38	.789		69					20	51						19	25	.760		75					23
76	76	1961-03-08		SYR	W	136	127	50	121	.413				36	43	.837		80	26				20	55	129	.426				17	21	.810		76	31				28
77	77	1961-03-09	N	DET	W	119	118	46						27	36	.750							23	42						34	39	.872							26
78	78	1961-03-11		SYR	W	126	116	49	110	.445				28	47	.596		83	24				25	44	130	.338				28	36	.778		90	25				30
79	79	1961-03-12	@	SYR	W	136	134	50						36	46	.783							28	52						30	41	.732							33

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