1958-59 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 52-20
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-3 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 4-3
Finals - Defeated Minneapolis Lakers 4-0
Coach: Red Auerbach (52-20)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 244,642, Avg. 8,155 in 30 home dates

1958-59 Boston Celtics Roster
1958-59 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1958-59 season with a record of 52 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-3.

The Celtics topped the circuit with 8,379 points. Boston allowed 7,912 points. Bill Sharman tossed in a team-best 1,466 points for the squad, and Bob Cousy scored 19 or more per game as well. Bill Russell contributed 1,612 boards. Bob Cousy doled out 557 assists for the team.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1958-59 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Sharman	G	72	2382	1377	562			367	342	292	179	173	1466
Bob Cousy	G	65	2403	1260	484			385	329	359	557	135	1297
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	66	2089	1192	465			391	312	638	164	271	1242
Bill Russell	C	70	2979	997	456			428	256	1612	222	161	1168
Frank Ramsey	F-G	72	2013	1013	383			436	341	491	147	266	1107
Sam Jones	G-F	71	1466	703	305			196	151	428	101	102	761
Jim Loscutoff	F	66	1680	686	242			84	62	460	60	285	546
Bennie Swain	F	58	708	244	99			110	67	262	29	127	265
Gene Conley	C-F	50	663	262	86			64	37	276	19	117	209
K.C. Jones	G	49	609	192	65			68	41	127	70	58	171
Lou Tsioropoulos	F	35	488	190	60			33	25	110	20	74	145
Totals		674	17480	8116	3207	0	0	2562	1963	5055	1568	1769	8377

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Sharman	G	72	33.1	40.8	93.2	4.1	2.5	2.4	20.4
Bob Cousy	G	65	37.0	38.4	85.5	5.5	8.6	2.1	20.0
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	66	31.7	39.0	79.8	9.7	2.5	4.1	18.8
Bill Russell	C	70	42.6	45.7	59.8	23.0	3.2	2.3	16.7
Frank Ramsey	F-G	72	28.0	37.8	78.2	6.8	2.0	3.7	15.4
Sam Jones	G-F	71	20.6	43.4	77.0	6.0	1.4	1.4	10.7
Jim Loscutoff	F	66	25.5	35.3	73.8	7.0	0.9	4.3	8.3
Bennie Swain	F	58	12.2	40.6	60.9	4.5	0.5	2.2	4.6
Gene Conley	C-F	50	13.3	32.8	57.8	5.5	0.4	2.3	4.2
K.C. Jones	G	49	12.4	33.9	60.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	3.5
Lou Tsioropoulos	F	35	13.9	31.6	75.8	3.1	0.6	2.1	4.1
Averages		674	25.9	39.5	76.6	7.5	2.3	2.6	12.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Frank Ramsey	F-G	11	303	192	95			81	65	68	20	52	255
Bill Sharman	G	11	322	193	82			59	57	36	28	35	221
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	11	348	220	91			56	37	98	32	41	219
Bob Cousy	G	11	460	221	72			94	70	76	119	28	214
Bill Russell	C	11	496	159	65			67	41	305	40	28	171
Sam Jones	G-F	11	192	108	40			39	33	63	17	14	113
Jim Loscutoff	F	11	260	113	39			21	11	73	13	49	89
Gene Conley	C-F	11	157	66	24			13	6	75	7	40	54
K.C. Jones	G	8	75	20	5			5	5	12	10	8	15
Bennie Swain	F	5	27	6	2			2	1	14	1	4	5
Totals		101	2640	1298	515	0	0	437	326	820	287	299	1356

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Frank Ramsey	F-G	11	27.5	49.5	80.2	6.2	1.8	4.7	23.2
Bill Sharman	G	11	29.3	42.5	96.6	3.3	2.5	3.2	20.1
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	11	31.6	41.4	66.1	8.9	2.9	3.7	19.9
Bob Cousy	G	11	41.8	32.6	74.5	6.9	10.8	2.5	19.5
Bill Russell	C	11	45.1	40.9	61.2	27.7	3.6	2.5	15.5
Sam Jones	G-F	11	17.5	37.0	84.6	5.7	1.5	1.3	10.3
Jim Loscutoff	F	11	23.6	34.5	52.4	6.6	1.2	4.5	8.1
Gene Conley	C-F	11	14.3	36.4	46.2	6.8	0.6	3.6	4.9
K.C. Jones	G	8	9.4	25.0	100.0	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.9
Bennie Swain	F	5	5.4	33.3	50.0	2.8	0.2	0.8	1.0
Averages		674	26.1	39.7	74.6	8.1	2.8	3.0	13.4