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1965-66 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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54-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (54-26)

1965-66 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 112.7 (7th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.8 (1st of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 52-28 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 246,189 (4th of 9)

SRS: 4.34 (1st of 9)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Cincinnati Royals

1965-66 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Ron Bonham F 6-5 192 May 31, 1942 1 University of Cincinnati
11 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 1 Oregon State University
28 Si Green G-F 6-2 185 August 20, 1933 8 Duquesne University
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 3 Ohio State University
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 7 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 8 North Carolina Central University
12 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 9 University of California, Los Angeles
19 Don Nelson F 6-6 210 May 15, 1940 3 University of Iowa
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 9 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 5 New York University
18 Woody Sauldsberry F-C 6-7 220 July 11, 1934 6 Texas Southern University
20 Larry Siegfried F 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 2 Ohio State University
5 John Thompson F 6-10 225 September 2, 1941 1 Providence College
12 Ron Watts F 6-6 210 May 21, 1943 R Wake Forest 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 19225 3488 8367 .417 2038 2758 .739 5591 1795 2012 9014 112.7
Opponent 80 19225 8623 107.8

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 Sam Jones 32 67 2155 626 1335 .469 325 407 .799 347 216 170 1577
2 John Havlicek 25 71 2175 530 1328 .399 274 349 .785 423 210 158 1334
3 Bill Russell 31 78 3386 391 943 .415 223 405 .551 1779 371 221 1005
4 Larry Siegfried 26 71 1675 349 825 .423 274 311 .881 196 165 157 972
5 Tom Sanders 27 72 1896 349 816 .428 211 276 .764 508 90 317 909
6 Don Nelson 25 75 1765 271 618 .439 223 326 .684 403 79 187 765
7 Willie Naulls 31 71 1433 328 815 .402 104 131 .794 319 72 197 760
8 K.C. Jones 33 80 2710 240 619 .388 209 303 .690 304 503 243 689
9 Mel Counts 24 67 1021 221 549 .403 120 145 .828 432 50 207 562
10 Ron Bonham 23 39 312 76 207 .367 52 61 .852 35 11 29 204
11 Woody Sauldsberry 31 39 530 80 249 .321 11 22 .500 142 15 94 171
12 Si Green 32 10 92 12 31 .387 8 16 .500 11 9 16 32
13 John Thompson 24 10 72 14 30 .467 4 6 .667 30 3 15 32
14 Ron Watts 22 1 3 1 2 .500 0 0 1 1 1 2

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 Sam Jones 32 67 32.2 9.3 19.9 .469 4.9 6.1 .799 5.2 3.2 2.5 23.5
2 John Havlicek 25 71 30.6 7.5 18.7 .399 3.9 4.9 .785 6.0 3.0 2.2 18.8
3 Larry Siegfried 26 71 23.6 4.9 11.6 .423 3.9 4.4 .881 2.8 2.3 2.2 13.7
4 Bill Russell 31 78 43.4 5.0 12.1 .415 2.9 5.2 .551 22.8 4.8 2.8 12.9
5 Tom Sanders 27 72 26.3 4.8 11.3 .428 2.9 3.8 .764 7.1 1.3 4.4 12.6
6 Willie Naulls 31 71 20.2 4.6 11.5 .402 1.5 1.8 .794 4.5 1.0 2.8 10.7
7 Don Nelson 25 75 23.5 3.6 8.2 .439 3.0 4.3 .684 5.4 1.1 2.5 10.2
8 K.C. Jones 33 80 33.9 3.0 7.7 .388 2.6 3.8 .690 3.8 6.3 3.0 8.6
9 Mel Counts 24 67 15.2 3.3 8.2 .403 1.8 2.2 .828 6.4 0.7 3.1 8.4
10 Ron Bonham 23 39 8.0 1.9 5.3 .367 1.3 1.6 .852 0.9 0.3 0.7 5.2
11 Woody Sauldsberry 31 39 13.6 2.1 6.4 .321 0.3 0.6 .500 3.6 0.4 2.4 4.4
12 Si Green 32 10 9.2 1.2 3.1 .387 0.8 1.6 .500 1.1 0.9 1.6 3.2
13 John Thompson 24 10 7.2 1.4 3.0 .467 0.4 0.6 .667 3.0 0.3 1.5 3.2
14 Ron Watts 22 1 3.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0

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 Sam Jones 32 67 2155 10.5 22.3 .469 5.4 6.8 .799 5.8 3.6 2.8 26.3
2 Ron Watts 22 1 3 12.0 24.0 .500 0.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 24.0
3 Ron Bonham 23 39 312 8.8 23.9 .367 6.0 7.0 .852 4.0 1.3 3.3 23.5
4 John Havlicek 25 71 2175 8.8 22.0 .399 4.5 5.8 .785 7.0 3.5 2.6 22.1
5 Larry Siegfried 26 71 1675 7.5 17.7 .423 5.9 6.7 .881 4.2 3.5 3.4 20.9
6 Mel Counts 24 67 1021 7.8 19.4 .403 4.2 5.1 .828 15.2 1.8 7.3 19.8
7 Willie Naulls 31 71 1433 8.2 20.5 .402 2.6 3.3 .794 8.0 1.8 4.9 19.1
8 Tom Sanders 27 72 1896 6.6 15.5 .428 4.0 5.2 .764 9.6 1.7 6.0 17.3
9 John Thompson 24 10 72 7.0 15.0 .467 2.0 3.0 .667 15.0 1.5 7.5 16.0
10 Don Nelson 25 75 1765 5.5 12.6 .439 4.5 6.6 .684 8.2 1.6 3.8 15.6
11 Si Green 32 10 92 4.7 12.1 .387 3.1 6.3 .500 4.3 3.5 6.3 12.5
12 Woody Sauldsberry 31 39 530 5.4 16.9 .321 0.7 1.5 .500 9.6 1.0 6.4 11.6
13 Bill Russell 31 78 3386 4.2 10.0 .415 2.4 4.3 .551 18.9 3.9 2.3 10.7
14 K.C. Jones 33 80 2710 3.2 8.2 .388 2.8 4.0 .690 4.0 6.7 3.2 9.2

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 31 78 3386 17.3 .448 .415 13.8 0.3 11.4 11.7
2 Sam Jones 32 67 2155 21.7 .521 .469 16.3 6.1 3.8 10.0
3 K.C. Jones 33 80 2710 10.9 .458 .388 22.7 1.0 5.6 6.6
4 Larry Siegfried 26 71 1675 16.5 .505 .423 14.1 3.1 2.7 5.8
5 Tom Sanders 27 72 1896 13.6 .485 .428 6.6 1.8 3.7 5.5
6 Don Nelson 25 75 1765 13.3 .502 .439 5.9 2.3 3.1 5.4
7 John Havlicek 25 71 2175 16.7 .450 .399 14.6 0.1 4.1 4.3
8 Mel Counts 24 67 1021 16.4 .459 .403 7.1 0.3 2.6 2.9
9 Willie Naulls 31 71 1433 12.5 .435 .402 7.4 -0.7 2.5 1.8
10 John Thompson 24 10 72 14.8 .490 .467 5.8 0.1 0.2 0.3
11 Ron Bonham 23 39 312 13.1 .436 .367 5.3 -0.2 0.4 0.2
12 Si Green 32 10 92 7.5 .421 .387 12.6 -0.1 0.1 0.1
13 Ron Watts 22 1 3 24.8 .500 .500 58.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Woody Sauldsberry 31 39 530 4.6 .331 .321 3.7 -1.8 1.0 -0.8

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 32 17 602 154 343 114 136 86 53 65 422 .449 .838 35.4 24.8 5.1 3.1
2 John Havlicek 25 17 719 153 374 95 113 154 70 69 401 .409 .841 42.3 23.6 9.1 4.1
3 Bill Russell 31 17 814 124 261 76 123 428 85 60 324 .475 .618 47.9 19.1 25.2 5.0
4 Tom Sanders 27 17 500 97 201 36 48 110 27 70 230 .483 .750 29.4 13.5 6.5 1.6
5 Larry Siegfried 26 17 452 81 193 62 75 42 41 52 224 .420 .827 26.6 13.2 2.5 2.4
6 Don Nelson 25 17 316 50 118 42 52 85 13 50 142 .424 .808 18.6 8.4 5.0 0.8
7 K.C. Jones 33 17 543 45 109 39 57 52 75 65 129 .413 .684 31.9 7.6 3.1 4.4
8 Mel Counts 24 10 82 14 39 15 17 40 3 26 43 .359 .882 8.2 4.3 4.0 0.3
9 Willie Naulls 31 11 75 9 35 17 21 16 1 23 35 .257 .810 6.8 3.2 1.5 0.1
10 Ron Bonham 23 5 16 7 11 3 9 3 0 2 17 .636 .333 3.2 3.4 0.6 0.0
11 John Thompson 24 3 11 1 7 0 0 4 0 2 2 .143 3.7 0.7 1.3 0.0

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 Bill Russell 31 17 814 20.2 .514 .475 14.2 1.0 2.2 3.2
2 Sam Jones 32 17 602 19.6 .524 .449 13.9 1.4 0.8 2.2
3 John Havlicek 25 17 719 16.3 .473 .409 14.4 0.3 1.2 1.5
4 Tom Sanders 27 17 500 13.6 .518 .483 7.8 0.7 0.7 1.4
5 Larry Siegfried 26 17 452 13.0 .496 .420 12.8 0.5 0.5 1.0
6 K.C. Jones 33 17 543 8.5 .481 .413 17.1 0.2 0.8 1.0
7 Don Nelson 25 17 316 13.2 .504 .424 5.6 0.3 0.5 0.8
8 Mel Counts 24 10 82 14.5 .463 .359 5.1 0.0 0.2 0.2
9 Ron Bonham 23 5 16 27.5 .568 .636 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
10 Willie Naulls 31 11 75 5.2 .396 .257 1.7 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
11 John Thompson 24 3 11 -6.5 .143 .143 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1