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1961-62 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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60-20, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (60-20)

1961-62 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 121.1 (3rd of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (1st of 9)
SRS: 8.25 (1st of 9)
Expected W-L: 60-20 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 191,855 (3rd of 9)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 12 Colgate University
22 Al Butler G 6-2 175 July 9, 1938 R Niagara University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 11 College of the Holy Cross
20 Gene Guarilia F 6-5 220 September 13, 1937 2 George Washington University
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 5 College of the Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 3 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 4 North Carolina Central University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 6 University of Oregon
21 Gary Phillips G 6-3 189 December 7, 1939 R University of Houston
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 6 University of Kentucky
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 5 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 1 New York University

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 80 3855 9109 .423 1977 2715 .728 6080 2049 1909 9687 121.1
Lg Rank 2 1 5 7 8 6 1 3 9 3 3
Opponent 80 8948 111.9
Lg Rank 1 1

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 27 79 2383 692 1613 .429 358 437 .819 747 165 280 1742
2 Bill Russell 27 76 3433 575 1258 .457 286 481 .595 1790 341 207 1436
3 Sam Jones 28 78 2388 596 1284 .464 243 297 .818 458 232 149 1435
4 Frank Ramsey 30 79 1913 436 1019 .428 334 405 .825 387 109 245 1206
5 Bob Cousy 33 75 2114 462 1181 .391 251 333 .754 261 584 135 1175
6 Tom Sanders 23 80 2325 350 804 .435 197 263 .749 762 74 279 897
7 K.C. Jones 29 80 2054 294 724 .406 147 232 .634 298 343 206 735
8 Jim Loscutoff 31 79 1146 188 519 .362 45 84 .536 329 51 185 421
9 Gary Phillips 22 67 693 110 310 .355 50 86 .581 107 64 109 270
10 Carl Braun 34 48 414 78 207 .377 20 27 .741 50 71 49 176
11 Gene Guarilia 24 45 367 61 161 .379 41 64 .641 124 11 56 163
12 Al Butler 23 5 47 13 29 .448 5 6 .833 13 4 9 31

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 27 79 30.2 8.8 20.4 .429 4.5 5.5 .819 9.5 2.1 3.5 22.1
2 Bill Russell 27 76 45.2 7.6 16.6 .457 3.8 6.3 .595 23.6 4.5 2.7 18.9
3 Sam Jones 28 78 30.6 7.6 16.5 .464 3.1 3.8 .818 5.9 3.0 1.9 18.4
4 Bob Cousy 33 75 28.2 6.2 15.7 .391 3.3 4.4 .754 3.5 7.8 1.8 15.7
5 Frank Ramsey 30 79 24.2 5.5 12.9 .428 4.2 5.1 .825 4.9 1.4 3.1 15.3
6 Tom Sanders 23 80 29.1 4.4 10.1 .435 2.5 3.3 .749 9.5 0.9 3.5 11.2
7 K.C. Jones 29 80 25.7 3.7 9.1 .406 1.8 2.9 .634 3.7 4.3 2.6 9.2
8 Al Butler 23 5 9.4 2.6 5.8 .448 1.0 1.2 .833 2.6 0.8 1.8 6.2
9 Jim Loscutoff 31 79 14.5 2.4 6.6 .362 0.6 1.1 .536 4.2 0.6 2.3 5.3
10 Gary Phillips 22 67 10.3 1.6 4.6 .355 0.7 1.3 .581 1.6 1.0 1.6 4.0
11 Carl Braun 34 48 8.6 1.6 4.3 .377 0.4 0.6 .741 1.0 1.5 1.0 3.7
12 Gene Guarilia 24 45 8.2 1.4 3.6 .379 0.9 1.4 .641 2.8 0.2 1.2 3.6

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 Tom Heinsohn 27 79 2383 10.5 24.4 .429 5.4 6.6 .819 11.3 2.5 4.2 26.3
2 Al Butler 23 5 47 10.0 22.2 .448 3.8 4.6 .833 10.0 3.1 6.9 23.7
3 Frank Ramsey 30 79 1913 8.2 19.2 .428 6.3 7.6 .825 7.3 2.1 4.6 22.7
4 Sam Jones 28 78 2388 9.0 19.4 .464 3.7 4.5 .818 6.9 3.5 2.2 21.6
5 Bob Cousy 33 75 2114 7.9 20.1 .391 4.3 5.7 .754 4.4 9.9 2.3 20.0
6 Gene Guarilia 24 45 367 6.0 15.8 .379 4.0 6.3 .641 12.2 1.1 5.5 16.0
7 Carl Braun 34 48 414 6.8 18.0 .377 1.7 2.3 .741 4.3 6.2 4.3 15.3
8 Bill Russell 27 76 3433 6.0 13.2 .457 3.0 5.0 .595 18.8 3.6 2.2 15.1
9 Gary Phillips 22 67 693 5.7 16.1 .355 2.6 4.5 .581 5.6 3.3 5.7 14.0
10 Tom Sanders 23 80 2325 5.4 12.4 .435 3.1 4.1 .749 11.8 1.1 4.3 13.9
11 Jim Loscutoff 31 79 1146 5.9 16.3 .362 1.4 2.6 .536 10.3 1.6 5.8 13.2
12 K.C. Jones 29 80 2054 5.2 12.7 .406 2.6 4.1 .634 5.2 6.0 3.6 12.9

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 27 76 3433 19.4 .489 .457 3.9 11.6 15.5 .217
2 Sam Jones 28 78 2388 17.9 .507 .464 4.9 4.7 9.6 .193
3 Tom Heinsohn 27 79 2383 20.0 .482 .429 3.7 5.5 9.3 .187
4 Frank Ramsey 30 79 1913 16.3 .504 .428 3.9 3.4 7.3 .183
5 Tom Sanders 23 80 2325 12.4 .488 .435 2.2 5.1 7.2 .149
6 Bob Cousy 33 75 2114 18.3 .443 .391 0.7 5.6 6.3 .144
7 K.C. Jones 29 80 2054 11.7 .445 .406 0.5 4.4 4.9 .115
8 Gene Guarilia 24 45 367 11.3 .431 .379 -0.1 0.8 0.7 .089
9 Jim Loscutoff 31 79 1146 7.7 .379 .362 -1.9 2.4 0.5 .019
10 Carl Braun 34 48 414 10.7 .402 .377 -0.4 0.9 0.5 .053
11 Gary Phillips 22 67 693 7.4 .388 .355 -1.0 1.2 0.3 .018
12 Al Butler 23 5 47 17.4 .490 .448 0.1 0.1 0.2 .189

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 Bill Russell 27 14 672 116 253 82 113 370 70 49 314 .458 .726 48.0 22.4 26.4 5.0
2 Tom Heinsohn 27 14 445 116 291 58 76 115 34 58 290 .399 .763 31.8 20.7 8.2 2.4
3 Sam Jones 28 14 504 123 277 42 60 99 44 30 288 .444 .700 36.0 20.6 7.1 3.1
4 Bob Cousy 33 14 474 86 241 52 76 64 123 43 224 .357 .684 33.9 16.0 4.6 8.8
5 Tom Sanders 23 14 439 56 130 29 36 115 14 65 141 .431 .806 31.4 10.1 8.2 1.0
6 K.C. Jones 29 14 329 44 102 38 53 56 55 50 126 .431 .717 23.5 9.0 4.0 3.9
7 Frank Ramsey 30 13 210 39 104 41 45 38 10 38 119 .375 .911 16.2 9.2 2.9 0.8
8 Jim Loscutoff 31 14 212 31 86 4 10 59 6 59 66 .360 .400 15.1 4.7 4.2 0.4
9 Carl Braun 34 6 42 11 28 3 4 7 2 3 25 .393 .750 7.0 4.2 1.2 0.3
10 Gary Phillips 22 6 32 1 16 8 11 3 1 6 10 .063 .727 5.3 1.7 0.5 0.2
11 Gene Guarilia 24 5 26 2 8 2 5 4 1 6 6 .250 .400 5.2 1.2 0.8 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 Bill Russell 27 14 672 22.8 .519 .458 13.9 1.4 2.2 3.6 .257
2 Sam Jones 28 14 504 16.6 .475 .444 12.9 0.7 0.9 1.5 .143
3 K.C. Jones 29 14 329 13.7 .503 .431 21.2 0.5 0.6 1.2 .173
4 Tom Sanders 23 14 439 9.7 .483 .431 4.0 0.4 0.7 1.1 .123
5 Tom Heinsohn 27 14 445 16.4 .447 .399 11.5 0.2 0.8 1.0 .111
6 Bob Cousy 33 14 474 15.5 .408 .357 35.0 -0.2 1.1 0.8 .083
7 Frank Ramsey 30 13 210 13.2 .481 .375 6.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 .139
8 Jim Loscutoff 31 14 212 3.9 .365 .360 3.6 -0.4 0.4 0.0 .002
9 Gene Guarilia 24 5 26 -0.6 .294 .250 4.5 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.084
10 Carl Braun 34 6 42 12.6 .420 .393 7.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 .033
11 Gary Phillips 22 6 32 -4.6 .240 .063 3.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.285