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1963-64 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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59-21, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (59-21)

1963-64 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 113.0 (2nd of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.1 (2nd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 59-21 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 223,347 (5th of 9)

SRS: 6.93 (1st of 9)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus San Francisco Warriors
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Cincinnati Royals

1963-64 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 1 Ohio State University
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 7 College of the Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 5 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 6 North Carolina Central University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 8 University of Oregon
34 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 September 7, 1929 10 University of Kansas
21 Johnny McCarthy G 6-1 185 April 25, 1934 5 Canisius College
12 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 7 University of California, Los Angeles
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 8 University of Kentucky
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 7 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 3 New York University
20 Larry Siegfried F 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 R Ohio State University

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 80 3619 8770 .413 1804 2489 .725 5736 1760 2125 9042 113.0
Opponent 80 8410 105.1

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 John Havlicek 23 80 2587 640 1535 .417 315 422 .746 428 238 227 1595
2 Sam Jones 30 76 2381 612 1359 .450 249 318 .783 349 202 192 1473
3 Tom Heinsohn 29 76 2040 487 1223 .398 283 342 .827 460 183 268 1257
4 Bill Russell 29 78 3482 466 1077 .433 236 429 .550 1930 370 190 1168
5 Tom Sanders 25 80 2370 349 836 .417 213 280 .761 667 102 277 911
6 Willie Naulls 29 78 1409 321 769 .417 125 157 .796 356 64 208 767
7 K.C. Jones 31 80 2424 283 722 .392 88 168 .524 372 407 253 654
8 Frank Ramsey 32 75 1227 226 604 .374 196 233 .841 223 81 245 648
9 Clyde Lovellette 34 45 437 128 305 .420 45 57 .789 126 24 100 301
10 Jim Loscutoff 33 53 451 56 182 .308 18 31 .581 131 25 90 130
11 Larry Siegfried 24 31 261 35 110 .318 31 39 .795 51 40 33 101
12 Johnny McCarthy 29 28 206 16 48 .333 5 13 .385 35 24 42 37

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 John Havlicek 23 80 32.3 8.0 19.2 .417 3.9 5.3 .746 5.4 3.0 2.8 19.9
2 Sam Jones 30 76 31.3 8.1 17.9 .450 3.3 4.2 .783 4.6 2.7 2.5 19.4
3 Tom Heinsohn 29 76 26.8 6.4 16.1 .398 3.7 4.5 .827 6.1 2.4 3.5 16.5
4 Bill Russell 29 78 44.6 6.0 13.8 .433 3.0 5.5 .550 24.7 4.7 2.4 15.0
5 Tom Sanders 25 80 29.6 4.4 10.5 .417 2.7 3.5 .761 8.3 1.3 3.5 11.4
6 Willie Naulls 29 78 18.1 4.1 9.9 .417 1.6 2.0 .796 4.6 0.8 2.7 9.8
7 Frank Ramsey 32 75 16.4 3.0 8.1 .374 2.6 3.1 .841 3.0 1.1 3.3 8.6
8 K.C. Jones 31 80 30.3 3.5 9.0 .392 1.1 2.1 .524 4.7 5.1 3.2 8.2
9 Clyde Lovellette 34 45 9.7 2.8 6.8 .420 1.0 1.3 .789 2.8 0.5 2.2 6.7
10 Larry Siegfried 24 31 8.4 1.1 3.5 .318 1.0 1.3 .795 1.6 1.3 1.1 3.3
11 Jim Loscutoff 33 53 8.5 1.1 3.4 .308 0.3 0.6 .581 2.5 0.5 1.7 2.5
12 Johnny McCarthy 29 28 7.4 0.6 1.7 .333 0.2 0.5 .385 1.3 0.9 1.5 1.3

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 Clyde Lovellette 34 45 437 10.5 25.1 .420 3.7 4.7 .789 10.4 2.0 8.2 24.8
2 Sam Jones 30 76 2381 9.3 20.5 .450 3.8 4.8 .783 5.3 3.1 2.9 22.3
3 Tom Heinsohn 29 76 2040 8.6 21.6 .398 5.0 6.0 .827 8.1 3.2 4.7 22.2
4 John Havlicek 23 80 2587 8.9 21.4 .417 4.4 5.9 .746 6.0 3.3 3.2 22.2
5 Willie Naulls 29 78 1409 8.2 19.6 .417 3.2 4.0 .796 9.1 1.6 5.3 19.6
6 Frank Ramsey 32 75 1227 6.6 17.7 .374 5.8 6.8 .841 6.5 2.4 7.2 19.0
7 Larry Siegfried 24 31 261 4.8 15.2 .318 4.3 5.4 .795 7.0 5.5 4.6 13.9
8 Tom Sanders 25 80 2370 5.3 12.7 .417 3.2 4.3 .761 10.1 1.5 4.2 13.8
9 Bill Russell 29 78 3482 4.8 11.1 .433 2.4 4.4 .550 20.0 3.8 2.0 12.1
10 Jim Loscutoff 33 53 451 4.5 14.5 .308 1.4 2.5 .581 10.5 2.0 7.2 10.4
11 K.C. Jones 31 80 2424 4.2 10.7 .392 1.3 2.5 .524 5.5 6.0 3.8 9.7
12 Johnny McCarthy 29 28 206 2.8 8.4 .333 0.9 2.3 .385 6.1 4.2 7.3 6.5

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 29 78 3482 19.3 .461 .433 1.3 16.0 17.3
2 Sam Jones 30 76 2381 17.7 .491 .450 3.7 5.2 8.9
3 John Havlicek 23 80 2587 16.9 .463 .417 1.6 6.1 7.7
4 Tom Sanders 25 80 2370 12.7 .475 .417 1.5 6.1 7.6
5 Tom Heinsohn 29 76 2040 17.0 .458 .398 0.8 5.4 6.2
6 K.C. Jones 31 80 2424 10.4 .411 .392 -1.2 7.0 5.8
7 Willie Naulls 29 78 1409 14.4 .458 .417 0.4 3.5 3.9
8 Frank Ramsey 32 75 1227 12.6 .459 .374 0.5 2.7 3.2
9 Clyde Lovellette 34 45 437 16.8 .456 .420 0.1 1.2 1.3
10 Larry Siegfried 24 31 261 11.8 .397 .318 -0.3 0.8 0.5
11 Johnny McCarthy 29 28 206 4.8 .344 .333 -0.3 0.5 0.2
12 Jim Loscutoff 33 53 451 5.8 .332 .308 -1.3 1.2 0.0

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 Sam Jones 30 10 356 91 180 50 68 47 23 24 232 .506 .735 35.6 23.2 4.7 2.3
2 Tom Heinsohn 29 10 308 70 180 34 42 80 26 36 174 .389 .810 30.8 17.4 8.0 2.6
3 John Havlicek 23 10 289 61 159 35 44 43 32 26 157 .384 .795 28.9 15.7 4.3 3.2
4 Bill Russell 29 10 451 47 132 37 67 272 44 33 131 .356 .552 45.1 13.1 27.2 4.4
5 Tom Sanders 25 10 302 34 94 23 34 68 6 45 91 .362 .676 30.2 9.1 6.8 0.6
6 Willie Naulls 29 10 167 37 95 17 23 46 8 31 91 .389 .739 16.7 9.1 4.6 0.8
7 K.C. Jones 31 10 312 25 72 13 25 37 68 40 63 .347 .520 31.2 6.3 3.7 6.8
8 Frank Ramsey 32 10 138 22 63 18 21 21 10 25 62 .349 .857 13.8 6.2 2.1 1.0
9 Clyde Lovellette 34 5 40 8 34 4 4 7 2 8 20 .235 1.000 8.0 4.0 1.4 0.4
10 Larry Siegfried 24 4 24 2 6 3 6 4 1 4 7 .333 .500 6.0 1.8 1.0 0.3
11 Jim Loscutoff 33 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 4 1.000 5.0 4.0 2.0 0.0
12 Johnny McCarthy 29 1 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.000 8.0 2.0 1.0 1.0

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 Sam Jones 30 10 356 21.5 .553 .506 11.2 1.5 0.7 2.1
2 Bill Russell 29 10 451 18.9 .406 .356 13.4 -0.3 2.2 1.9
3 Tom Heinsohn 29 10 308 17.0 .438 .389 13.9 0.0 0.9 0.9
4 K.C. Jones 31 10 312 9.9 .380 .347 28.9 -0.2 1.0 0.8
5 John Havlicek 23 10 289 15.7 .440 .384 17.8 0.0 0.7 0.7
6 Tom Sanders 25 10 302 7.9 .418 .362 2.8 -0.2 0.6 0.5
7 Willie Naulls 29 10 167 14.2 .433 .389 7.8 -0.1 0.4 0.4
8 Frank Ramsey 32 10 138 10.7 .429 .349 10.8 0.0 0.3 0.3
9 Jim Loscutoff 33 1 5 30.6 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Johnny McCarthy 29 1 8 17.0 1.000 1.000 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.1
11 Larry Siegfried 24 4 24 6.3 .405 .333 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Clyde Lovellette 34 5 40 0.3 .280 .235 7.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.3