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1960–61 Boston Celtics season

October 27, 2023

The 1960–61 Boston Celtics season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season by winning their fourth NBA Championship.

1960–61 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record57–22 (.722)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Hawks 4–1)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHDH-TV
RadioWHDH

Draft picks edit

Main article: 1960 NBA draft

This table only displays picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 8 Tom Sanders SF/PF   United States NYU
2 16 Leroy Wright SF/PF   United States Pacific

Roster edit

Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F/C 17   Conley, Gene 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Washington State
G 14   Cousy, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Holy Cross
F 20   Guarilia, Gene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) George Washington
F 15   Heinsohn, Tom 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Holy Cross
G 25   Jones, K. C. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) San Francisco
G/F 24   Jones, Sam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) North Carolina Central
F 18   Loscutoff, Jim 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oregon
G/F 23   Ramsey, Frank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kentucky
C 6   Russell, Bill 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) San Francisco
F 16   Sanders, Satch 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NYU
G 21   Sharman, Bill 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) USC
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics 57 22 .722 – 21–7 24–11 12–4 28–11
x-Philadelphia Warriors 46 33 .582 11 23–6 12–21 11–6 22–17
x-Syracuse Nationals 38 41 .481 19 19–9 8–21 11–11 18–21
New York Knicks 21 58 .266 36 10–22 7–25 4–11 10–29

Record vs. opponents edit

1960–61 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston – 7–3 8–2 8–2 10–3 8–5 6–4 10–3
Cincinnati 3–7 – 2–11 8–5 8–2 2–8 6–7 4–6
Detroit 2–8 11–2 – 4–9 5–5 5–5 3–10 4–6
Los Angeles 2–8 5–8 9–4 – 7–3 2–8 5–8 6–4
New York 3–10 2–8 5–5 3–7 – 2–11 1–9 5–8
Philadelphia 5–8 8–2 5–5 8–2 11–2 – 3–7 6–7
St. Louis 4–6 7–6 10–3 8–5 9–1 7–3 – 6–4
Syracuse 3–10 6–4 6–4 4–6 8–5 7–6 4–6 —

Game log edit

1960–61 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 22 Detroit 116–118 Bob Cousy (30) 1–0
2 October 28 @ New York 110–101 Bill Russell (22) 2–0
3 October 29 Philadelphia 131–103 Bill Russell (22) 2–1
4 November 5 Cincinnati 113–104 Cousy, Sharman (27) 2–2
5 November 8 @ Cincinnati 136–120 Tom Heinsohn (33) 3–2
6 November 11 N Cincinnati 110–128 Tom Heinsohn (30) 4–2
7 November 12 N Los Angeles 124–131 Sam Jones (25) 5–2
8 November 15 N Detroit 115–114 (OT) Tom Heinsohn (23) 5–3
9 November 16 St. Louis 106–124 Bob Cousy (30) 6–3
10 November 19 @ Syracuse 114–94 Bill Russell (19) 7–3
11 November 20 @ Cincinnati 120–103 Bob Cousy (23) 8–3
12 November 23 New York 105–122 Frank Ramsey (24) 9–3
13 November 24 @ Philadelphia 132–129 Tom Heinsohn (26) 10–3
14 November 25 @ New York 111–110 Bill Sharman (26) 11–3
15 November 26 Syracuse 110–129 Tom Heinsohn (20) 12–3
16 November 29 @ St. Louis 119–109 Tom Heinsohn (25) 13–3
17 November 30 @ Detroit 125–110 Bill Sharman (23) 14–3
18 December 1 N New York 116–111 Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) 14–4
19 December 2 Los Angeles 120–117 Bill Sharman (32) 14–5
20 December 4 @ Los Angeles 113–103 Tom Heinsohn (34) 15–5
21 December 5 @ Los Angeles 123–101 Bob Cousy (24) 16–5
22 December 7 Syracuse 142–134 Tom Heinsohn (30) 16–6
23 December 8 N Cincinnati 118–115 Bill Russell (23) 16–7
24 December 9 Cincinnati 123–146 Bill Sharman (26) 17–7
25 December 10 @ Philadelphia 97–102 Bill Russell (22) 17–8
26 December 13 @ New York 115–117 Bob Cousy (30) 17–9
27 December 15 N Syracuse 105–115 Bob Cousy (28) 18–9
28 December 17 Los Angeles 112–140 Bob Cousy (25) 19–9
29 December 20 N Cincinnati 112–115 Tom Heinsohn (23) 20–9
30 December 21 St. Louis 108–120 Sam Jones (28) 21–9
31 December 24 Detroit 106–150 Bob Cousy (25) 22–9
32 December 26 Philadelphia 115–119 Heinsohn, S. Jones (25) 23–9
33 December 27 @ Philadelphia 101–116 Tom Heinsohn (30) 23–10
34 December 28 @ St. Louis 99–105 Frank Ramsey (19) 23–11
35 December 30 @ New York 120–106 Tom Heinsohn (30) 24–11
36 January 1 @ Syracuse 113–96 Tom Heinsohn (23) 25–11
37 January 3 @ Los Angeles 102–96 Bob Cousy (27) 26–11
38 January 5 @ Cincinnati 125–107 Frank Ramsey (28) 27–11
39 January 6 @ Detroit 108–102 Tom Heinsohn (31) 28–11
40 January 8 @ St. Louis 104–133 Sam Jones (24) 28–12
41 January 10 N Detroit 98–118 Tom Heinsohn (25) 29–12
42 January 12 N Syracuse 118–124 (OT) Bob Cousy (33) 30–12
43 January 13 Philadelphia 121–123 (OT) Sam Jones (34) 31–12
44 January 14 @ Philadelphia 113–116 Frank Ramsey (21) 31–13
45 January 15 New York 124–142 Tom Heinsohn (31) 32–13
46 January 18 St. Louis 125–114 Bob Cousy (23) 32–14
47 January 19 N Los Angeles 103–106 Cousy, Heinsohn (22) 33–14
48 January 21 @ Syracuse 124–127 Tom Heinsohn (34) 33–15
49 January 24 @ New York 125–112 Bob Cousy (33) 34–15
50 January 26 @ Philadelphia 129–121 Heinsohn, S. Jones (26) 35–15
51 January 27 Detroit 111–140 Sam Jones (28) 36–15
52 January 29 Philadelphia 115–128 Bill Sharman (21) 37–15
53 January 30 @ Cincinnati 88–116 Cousy, Russell (14) 37–16
54 January 31 @ St. Louis 109–103 Bill Russell (25) 38–16
55 February 1 N New York 120–124 Tom Heinsohn (31) 39–16
56 February 3 New York 109–123 Tom Heinsohn (23) 40–16
57 February 5 St. Louis 121–123 Tom Heinsohn (24) 41–16
58 February 7 N Los Angeles 95–96 Bill Russell (26) 42–16
59 February 8 @ Syracuse 108–130 Bill Sharman (26) 42–17
60 February 10 @ Detroit 134–137 Sam Jones (29) 42–18
61 February 11 New York 129–107 Frank Ramsey (26) 42–19
62 February 12 Philadelphia 125–136 Sam Jones (25) 43–19
63 February 14 N Los Angeles 93–113 Bob Cousy (19) 44–19
64 February 16 N Philadelphia 121–111 Bill Sharman (28) 44–20
65 February 17 @ Philadelphia 133–128 Bill Russell (28) 45–20
66 February 19 @ Syracuse 116–106 Tom Heinsohn (25) 46–20
67 February 22 @ Los Angeles 93–105 Bill Russell (21) 46–21
68 February 24 Syracuse 128–144 Tom Heinsohn (26) 47–21
69 February 25 @ St. Louis 122–109 Bob Cousy (23) 48–21
70 February 26 @ Detroit 113–99 Cousy, Heinsohn (23) 49–21
71 February 28 @ New York 142–116 Bill Russell (24) 50–21
72 March 1 St. Louis 110–97 Bill Sharman (23) 50–22
73 March 4 New York 110–113 Bob Cousy (20) 51–22
74 March 5 Philadelphia 129–146 Bill Russell (37) 52–22
75 March 7 N Cincinnati 121–124 Bill Russell (25) 53–22
76 March 8 Syracuse 127–136 Bill Sharman (27) 54–22
77 March 9 N Detroit 118–119 Frank Ramsey (31) 55–22
78 March 11 Syracuse 116–126 Bill Russell (24) 56–22
79 March 12 @ Syracuse 136–134 (OT) Sam Jones (44) 57–22

Playoffs edit

1961 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 19 Syracuse W 128–115 Frank Ramsey (25) — Bob Cousy (9) Boston Garden
7,728 		1–0
2 March 21 @ Syracuse L 98–115 Bill Russell (17) — Bill Russell (5) Onondaga War Memorial
6,657 		1–1
3 March 23 Syracuse W 133–110 Bill Sharman (30) Bill Russell (39) Bob Cousy (12) Boston Garden
11,754 		2–1
4 March 25 @ Syracuse W 120–107 Tom Heinsohn (22) — Bob Cousy (9) Onondaga War Memorial 3–1
5 March 26 Syracuse W 123–101 Bill Sharman (27) Bill Russell (33) Frank Ramsey (6) Boston Garden
12,292 		4–1
NBA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 2 St. Louis W 129–95 Tom Heinsohn (26) Bill Russell (31) Bob Cousy (7) Boston Garden
11,531 		1–0
2 April 5 St. Louis W 116–108 Bob Cousy (26) Bill Russell (28) Bob Cousy (14) Boston Garden
13,909 		2–0
3 April 8 @ St. Louis L 120–124 Russell, Heinsohn (24) Bill Russell (23) Bill Russell (9) Kiel Auditorium
8,468 		2–1
4 April 9 @ St. Louis W 119–104 Cousy, Sanders (22) Bill Russell (24) Bob Cousy (12) Kiel Auditorium
10,442 		3–1
5 April 11 St. Louis W 121–112 Bill Russell (30) Bill Russell (18) Bob Cousy (12) Boston Garden
13,909 		4–1
1961 schedule

Awards and honors edit

External links edit

  • 1960–61 Boston Celtics at LandOfBasketball.com

References edit

  • Celtics on Basketball Reference

October 27, 2023
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The 1960 61 Boston Celtics season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association NBA The Celtics finished the season by winning their fourth NBA Championship 1960 61 Boston Celtics seasonNBA championsDivision championsHead coachRed AuerbachArenaBoston GardenResultsRecord57 22 722 PlaceDivision 1st Eastern Playoff finishNBA Champions Defeated Hawks 4 1 Stats at Basketball Reference comLocal mediaTelevisionWHDH TVRadioWHDH lt 1959 60 1961 62 gt Contents 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 3 3 Game log 4 Playoffs 5 Awards and honors 6 External links 7 ReferencesDraft picks editMain article 1960 NBA draft This table only displays picks through the second round Round Pick Player Position Nationality College1 8 Tom Sanders SF PF nbsp United States NYU2 16 Leroy Wright SF PF nbsp United States PacificRoster editBoston Celtics rostervtePlayers CoachesPos No Name Height Weight DOB FromF C 17 nbsp Conley Gene 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 225 lb 102 kg Washington StateG 14 nbsp Cousy Bob 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 175 lb 79 kg Holy CrossF 20 nbsp Guarilia Gene 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 220 lb 100 kg George WashingtonF 15 nbsp Heinsohn Tom 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 218 lb 99 kg Holy CrossG 25 nbsp Jones K C 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 200 lb 91 kg San FranciscoG F 24 nbsp Jones Sam 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 198 lb 90 kg North Carolina CentralF 18 nbsp Loscutoff Jim 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 220 lb 100 kg OregonG F 23 nbsp Ramsey Frank 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg KentuckyC 6 nbsp Russell Bill 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 215 lb 98 kg San FranciscoF 16 nbsp Sanders Satch 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 210 lb 95 kg NYUG 21 nbsp Sharman Bill 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 175 lb 79 kg USC Head coachRed AuerbachLegend C Team captain DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp InjuredRegular season editSeason standings edit Eastern Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Divx Boston Celtics 57 22 722 21 7 24 11 12 4 28 11x Philadelphia Warriors 46 33 582 11 23 6 12 21 11 6 22 17x Syracuse Nationals 38 41 481 19 19 9 8 21 11 11 18 21New York Knicks 21 58 266 36 10 22 7 25 4 11 10 29Record vs opponents edit 1960 61 NBA RecordsTeam BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYRBoston 7 3 8 2 8 2 10 3 8 5 6 4 10 3Cincinnati 3 7 2 11 8 5 8 2 2 8 6 7 4 6Detroit 2 8 11 2 4 9 5 5 5 5 3 10 4 6Los Angeles 2 8 5 8 9 4 7 3 2 8 5 8 6 4New York 3 10 2 8 5 5 3 7 2 11 1 9 5 8Philadelphia 5 8 8 2 5 5 8 2 11 2 3 7 6 7St Louis 4 6 7 6 10 3 8 5 9 1 7 3 6 4Syracuse 3 10 6 4 6 4 4 6 8 5 7 6 4 6 Game log edit 1960 61 Game log Date Opponent Score High points Record1 October 22 Detroit 116 118 Bob Cousy 30 1 02 October 28 New York 110 101 Bill Russell 22 2 03 October 29 Philadelphia 131 103 Bill Russell 22 2 14 November 5 Cincinnati 113 104 Cousy Sharman 27 2 25 November 8 Cincinnati 136 120 Tom Heinsohn 33 3 26 November 11 N Cincinnati 110 128 Tom Heinsohn 30 4 27 November 12 N Los Angeles 124 131 Sam Jones 25 5 28 November 15 N Detroit 115 114 OT Tom Heinsohn 23 5 39 November 16 St Louis 106 124 Bob Cousy 30 6 310 November 19 Syracuse 114 94 Bill Russell 19 7 311 November 20 Cincinnati 120 103 Bob Cousy 23 8 312 November 23 New York 105 122 Frank Ramsey 24 9 313 November 24 Philadelphia 132 129 Tom Heinsohn 26 10 314 November 25 New York 111 110 Bill Sharman 26 11 315 November 26 Syracuse 110 129 Tom Heinsohn 20 12 316 November 29 St Louis 119 109 Tom Heinsohn 25 13 317 November 30 Detroit 125 110 Bill Sharman 23 14 318 December 1 N New York 116 111 Heinsohn Ramsey 22 14 419 December 2 Los Angeles 120 117 Bill Sharman 32 14 520 December 4 Los Angeles 113 103 Tom Heinsohn 34 15 521 December 5 Los Angeles 123 101 Bob Cousy 24 16 522 December 7 Syracuse 142 134 Tom Heinsohn 30 16 623 December 8 N Cincinnati 118 115 Bill Russell 23 16 724 December 9 Cincinnati 123 146 Bill Sharman 26 17 725 December 10 Philadelphia 97 102 Bill Russell 22 17 826 December 13 New York 115 117 Bob Cousy 30 17 927 December 15 N Syracuse 105 115 Bob Cousy 28 18 928 December 17 Los Angeles 112 140 Bob Cousy 25 19 929 December 20 N Cincinnati 112 115 Tom Heinsohn 23 20 930 December 21 St Louis 108 120 Sam Jones 28 21 931 December 24 Detroit 106 150 Bob Cousy 25 22 932 December 26 Philadelphia 115 119 Heinsohn S Jones 25 23 933 December 27 Philadelphia 101 116 Tom Heinsohn 30 23 1034 December 28 St Louis 99 105 Frank Ramsey 19 23 1135 December 30 New York 120 106 Tom Heinsohn 30 24 1136 January 1 Syracuse 113 96 Tom Heinsohn 23 25 1137 January 3 Los Angeles 102 96 Bob Cousy 27 26 1138 January 5 Cincinnati 125 107 Frank Ramsey 28 27 1139 January 6 Detroit 108 102 Tom Heinsohn 31 28 1140 January 8 St Louis 104 133 Sam Jones 24 28 1241 January 10 N Detroit 98 118 Tom Heinsohn 25 29 1242 January 12 N Syracuse 118 124 OT Bob Cousy 33 30 1243 January 13 Philadelphia 121 123 OT Sam Jones 34 31 1244 January 14 Philadelphia 113 116 Frank Ramsey 21 31 1345 January 15 New York 124 142 Tom Heinsohn 31 32 1346 January 18 St Louis 125 114 Bob Cousy 23 32 1447 January 19 N Los Angeles 103 106 Cousy Heinsohn 22 33 1448 January 21 Syracuse 124 127 Tom Heinsohn 34 33 1549 January 24 New York 125 112 Bob Cousy 33 34 1550 January 26 Philadelphia 129 121 Heinsohn S Jones 26 35 1551 January 27 Detroit 111 140 Sam Jones 28 36 1552 January 29 Philadelphia 115 128 Bill Sharman 21 37 1553 January 30 Cincinnati 88 116 Cousy Russell 14 37 1654 January 31 St Louis 109 103 Bill Russell 25 38 1655 February 1 N New York 120 124 Tom Heinsohn 31 39 1656 February 3 New York 109 123 Tom Heinsohn 23 40 1657 February 5 St Louis 121 123 Tom Heinsohn 24 41 1658 February 7 N Los Angeles 95 96 Bill Russell 26 42 1659 February 8 Syracuse 108 130 Bill Sharman 26 42 1760 February 10 Detroit 134 137 Sam Jones 29 42 1861 February 11 New York 129 107 Frank Ramsey 26 42 1962 February 12 Philadelphia 125 136 Sam Jones 25 43 1963 February 14 N Los Angeles 93 113 Bob Cousy 19 44 1964 February 16 N Philadelphia 121 111 Bill Sharman 28 44 2065 February 17 Philadelphia 133 128 Bill Russell 28 45 2066 February 19 Syracuse 116 106 Tom Heinsohn 25 46 2067 February 22 Los Angeles 93 105 Bill Russell 21 46 2168 February 24 Syracuse 128 144 Tom Heinsohn 26 47 2169 February 25 St Louis 122 109 Bob Cousy 23 48 2170 February 26 Detroit 113 99 Cousy Heinsohn 23 49 2171 February 28 New York 142 116 Bill Russell 24 50 2172 March 1 St Louis 110 97 Bill Sharman 23 50 2273 March 4 New York 110 113 Bob Cousy 20 51 2274 March 5 Philadelphia 129 146 Bill Russell 37 52 2275 March 7 N Cincinnati 121 124 Bill Russell 25 53 2276 March 8 Syracuse 127 136 Bill Sharman 27 54 2277 March 9 N Detroit 118 119 Frank Ramsey 31 55 2278 March 11 Syracuse 116 126 Bill Russell 24 56 2279 March 12 Syracuse 136 134 OT Sam Jones 44 57 22Playoffs edit1961 playoff game logDivision Finals 4 1 home 3 0 road 1 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series1 March 19 Syracuse W 128 115 Frank Ramsey 25 Bob Cousy 9 Boston Garden7 728 1 02 March 21 Syracuse L 98 115 Bill Russell 17 Bill Russell 5 Onondaga War Memorial6 657 1 13 March 23 Syracuse W 133 110 Bill Sharman 30 Bill Russell 39 Bob Cousy 12 Boston Garden11 754 2 14 March 25 Syracuse W 120 107 Tom Heinsohn 22 Bob Cousy 9 Onondaga War Memorial 3 15 March 26 Syracuse W 123 101 Bill Sharman 27 Bill Russell 33 Frank Ramsey 6 Boston Garden12 292 4 1NBA Finals 4 1 home 3 0 road 1 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series1 April 2 St Louis W 129 95 Tom Heinsohn 26 Bill Russell 31 Bob Cousy 7 Boston Garden11 531 1 02 April 5 St Louis W 116 108 Bob Cousy 26 Bill Russell 28 Bob Cousy 14 Boston Garden13 909 2 03 April 8 St Louis L 120 124 Russell Heinsohn 24 Bill Russell 23 Bill Russell 9 Kiel Auditorium8 468 2 14 April 9 St Louis W 119 104 Cousy Sanders 22 Bill Russell 24 Bob Cousy 12 Kiel Auditorium10 442 3 15 April 11 St Louis W 121 112 Bill Russell 30 Bill Russell 18 Bob Cousy 12 Boston Garden13 909 4 11961 scheduleAwards and honors editBill Russell NBA Most Valuable Player Award Bob Cousy All NBA First Team Bill Russell All NBA Second Team Tom Heinsohn All NBA Second TeamExternal links edit1960 61 Boston Celtics at LandOfBasketball comReferences editCeltics on Database Basketball Celtics on Basketball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 61 Boston Celtics season amp oldid 1172132920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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