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1962-63 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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58-22, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (58-22)

1962-63 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 118.8 (3rd of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (2nd of 9)
SRS: 6.38 (1st of 9)
Expected W-L: 56-24 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 262,581 (4th of 9)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Cincinnati Royals


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 12 College of the Holy Cross
21 Jack Foley F 6-3 170 April 19, 1939 R College of the Holy Cross
20 Gene Guarilia F 6-5 220 September 13, 1937 3 George Washington University
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 R Ohio State University
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 6 College of the Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 4 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 5 North Carolina Central University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 7 University of Oregon
4 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 September 7, 1929 9 University of Kansas
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 7 University of Kentucky
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 6 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 2 New York University
12 Dan Swartz F 6-4 215 December 23, 1934 R Morehead State 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 3746 8779 .427 2012 2777 .725 5818 1960 2090 9504 118.8
Lg Rank 2 1 9 7 9 5 1 1 5 3 3
Opponent 80 8930 111.6
Lg Rank 2 2

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 Sam Jones 29 76 2323 621 1305 .476 257 324 .793 396 241 162 1499
2 Tom Heinsohn 28 76 2004 550 1300 .423 340 407 .835 569 95 270 1440
3 Bill Russell 28 78 3500 511 1182 .432 287 517 .555 1843 348 189 1309
4 John Havlicek 22 80 2200 483 1085 .445 174 239 .728 534 179 189 1140
5 Bob Cousy 34 76 1975 392 988 .397 219 298 .735 193 515 175 1003
6 Tom Sanders 24 80 2148 339 744 .456 186 252 .738 576 95 262 864
7 Frank Ramsey 31 77 1541 284 743 .382 271 332 .816 288 95 259 839
8 K.C. Jones 30 79 1945 230 591 .389 112 177 .633 263 317 221 572
9 Clyde Lovellette 33 61 568 161 376 .428 73 98 .745 177 95 137 395
10 Jim Loscutoff 32 63 607 94 251 .375 22 42 .524 157 25 126 210
11 Dan Swartz 28 39 335 57 150 .380 61 72 .847 88 21 92 175
12 Jack Foley 23 5 46 13 26 .500 6 8 .750 7 0 3 32
13 Gene Guarilia 25 11 83 11 38 .289 4 11 .364 14 2 5 26

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 Sam Jones 29 76 30.6 8.2 17.2 .476 3.4 4.3 .793 5.2 3.2 2.1 19.7
2 Tom Heinsohn 28 76 26.4 7.2 17.1 .423 4.5 5.4 .835 7.5 1.3 3.6 18.9
3 Bill Russell 28 78 44.9 6.6 15.2 .432 3.7 6.6 .555 23.6 4.5 2.4 16.8
4 John Havlicek 22 80 27.5 6.0 13.6 .445 2.2 3.0 .728 6.7 2.2 2.4 14.3
5 Bob Cousy 34 76 26.0 5.2 13.0 .397 2.9 3.9 .735 2.5 6.8 2.3 13.2
6 Frank Ramsey 31 77 20.0 3.7 9.6 .382 3.5 4.3 .816 3.7 1.2 3.4 10.9
7 Tom Sanders 24 80 26.9 4.2 9.3 .456 2.3 3.2 .738 7.2 1.2 3.3 10.8
8 K.C. Jones 30 79 24.6 2.9 7.5 .389 1.4 2.2 .633 3.3 4.0 2.8 7.2
9 Clyde Lovellette 33 61 9.3 2.6 6.2 .428 1.2 1.6 .745 2.9 1.6 2.2 6.5
10 Jack Foley 23 5 9.2 2.6 5.2 .500 1.2 1.6 .750 1.4 0.0 0.6 6.4
11 Dan Swartz 28 39 8.6 1.5 3.8 .380 1.6 1.8 .847 2.3 0.5 2.4 4.5
12 Jim Loscutoff 32 63 9.6 1.5 4.0 .375 0.3 0.7 .524 2.5 0.4 2.0 3.3
13 Gene Guarilia 25 11 7.5 1.0 3.5 .289 0.4 1.0 .364 1.3 0.2 0.5 2.4

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 28 76 2004 9.9 23.4 .423 6.1 7.3 .835 10.2 1.7 4.9 25.9
2 Jack Foley 23 5 46 10.2 20.3 .500 4.7 6.3 .750 5.5 0.0 2.3 25.0
3 Clyde Lovellette 33 61 568 10.2 23.8 .428 4.6 6.2 .745 11.2 6.0 8.7 25.0
4 Sam Jones 29 76 2323 9.6 20.2 .476 4.0 5.0 .793 6.1 3.7 2.5 23.2
5 Frank Ramsey 31 77 1541 6.6 17.4 .382 6.3 7.8 .816 6.7 2.2 6.1 19.6
6 Dan Swartz 28 39 335 6.1 16.1 .380 6.6 7.7 .847 9.5 2.3 9.9 18.8
7 John Havlicek 22 80 2200 7.9 17.8 .445 2.8 3.9 .728 8.7 2.9 3.1 18.7
8 Bob Cousy 34 76 1975 7.1 18.0 .397 4.0 5.4 .735 3.5 9.4 3.2 18.3
9 Tom Sanders 24 80 2148 5.7 12.5 .456 3.1 4.2 .738 9.7 1.6 4.4 14.5
10 Bill Russell 28 78 3500 5.3 12.2 .432 3.0 5.3 .555 19.0 3.6 1.9 13.5
11 Jim Loscutoff 32 63 607 5.6 14.9 .375 1.3 2.5 .524 9.3 1.5 7.5 12.5
12 Gene Guarilia 25 11 83 4.8 16.5 .289 1.7 4.8 .364 6.1 0.9 2.2 11.3
13 K.C. Jones 30 79 1945 4.3 10.9 .389 2.1 3.3 .633 4.9 5.9 4.1 10.6

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 28 78 3500 18.2 .464 .432 1.0 12.6 13.5 .185
2 Sam Jones 29 76 2323 19.1 .518 .476 5.0 4.6 9.6 .198
3 Tom Heinsohn 28 76 2004 18.8 .487 .423 2.5 4.4 6.8 .163
4 Tom Sanders 24 80 2148 12.6 .505 .456 2.3 4.5 6.8 .152
5 John Havlicek 22 80 2200 15.4 .479 .445 1.6 4.8 6.4 .139
6 Bob Cousy 34 76 1975 16.6 .448 .397 0.1 5.1 5.2 .126
7 K.C. Jones 30 79 1945 9.8 .428 .389 -0.7 4.2 3.6 .088
8 Frank Ramsey 31 77 1541 12.8 .472 .382 0.8 2.8 3.6 .113
9 Clyde Lovellette 33 61 568 19.6 .471 .428 0.4 1.7 2.1 .180
10 Dan Swartz 28 39 335 12.3 .482 .380 0.3 0.7 1.0 .143
11 Jim Loscutoff 32 63 607 6.6 .390 .375 -1.0 1.2 0.3 .021
12 Jack Foley 23 5 46 17.9 .542 .500 0.1 0.1 0.2 .202
13 Gene Guarilia 25 11 83 3.1 .303 .289 -0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.131

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 28 13 413 123 270 75 98 116 15 55 321 .456 .765 31.8 24.7 8.9 1.2
2 Sam Jones 29 13 450 120 248 69 83 81 32 42 309 .484 .831 34.6 23.8 6.2 2.5
3 Bill Russell 28 13 617 96 212 72 109 326 66 36 264 .453 .661 47.5 20.3 25.1 5.1
4 Bob Cousy 34 13 393 72 204 39 47 32 116 44 183 .353 .830 30.2 14.1 2.5 8.9
5 John Havlicek 22 11 254 56 125 18 27 53 17 28 130 .448 .667 23.1 11.8 4.8 1.5
6 Tom Sanders 24 13 387 52 119 24 31 96 19 61 128 .437 .774 29.8 9.8 7.4 1.5
7 Frank Ramsey 31 13 251 37 104 34 47 35 12 43 108 .356 .723 19.3 8.3 2.7 0.9
8 K.C. Jones 30 13 255 19 64 21 30 36 37 42 59 .297 .700 19.6 4.5 2.8 2.8
9 Clyde Lovellette 33 6 40 7 26 4 6 5 1 13 18 .269 .667 6.7 3.0 0.8 0.2
10 Jim Loscutoff 32 9 56 7 25 1 2 21 1 20 15 .280 .500 6.2 1.7 2.3 0.1
11 Dan Swartz 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 28 13 617 20.5 .508 .453 13.6 0.7 1.8 2.5 .197
2 Sam Jones 29 13 450 19.6 .543 .484 10.5 1.3 0.7 1.9 .206
3 Tom Heinsohn 28 13 413 20.5 .513 .456 5.6 0.9 0.7 1.6 .182
4 Tom Sanders 24 13 387 9.5 .483 .437 6.1 0.2 0.6 0.8 .099
5 John Havlicek 22 11 254 13.5 .475 .448 9.3 0.1 0.4 0.5 .097
6 Bob Cousy 34 13 393 14.4 .407 .353 38.8 -0.5 0.8 0.3 .040
7 Frank Ramsey 31 13 251 7.8 .433 .356 6.0 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .026
8 K.C. Jones 30 13 255 6.3 .382 .297 16.7 -0.3 0.4 0.1 .028
9 Dan Swartz 28 1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .022
10 Jim Loscutoff 32 9 56 0.5 .290 .280 2.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.107
11 Clyde Lovellette 33 6 40 -1.4 .314 .269 3.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.215