1959-60 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 59-16
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-5 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 4-2
Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Coach: Red Auerbach (59-16)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 209,374, Avg. 7,755 in 27 home dates

1959-60 Boston Celtics Roster
1959-60 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1959-60 season with a record of 59 wins and 16 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-5.

The Celtics led the circuit with 9,337 points. Boston surrendered 8,713 points. Tom Heinsohn tossed in a team-best 1,629 points for the squad, and Bill Russell contributed 1,778 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 715 assists for the team.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1959-60 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
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	75	2420	1590	673			386	283	794	171	275	1629
Bob Cousy	G	75	2588	1481	568			403	319	352	715	146	1455
Bill Sharman	G	71	1916	1225	559			291	252	262	144	154	1370
Bill Russell	C	74	3146	1189	555			392	240	1778	277	210	1350
Frank Ramsey	F-G	73	2009	1062	422			347	273	506	137	251	1117
Sam Jones	G-F	74	1512	782	355			220	168	375	125	101	878
Gene Conley	C-F	71	1330	539	201			114	76	590	32	270	478
K.C. Jones	G	74	1274	414	169			170	128	199	189	109	466
John Richter	F	66	808	332	113			117	59	312	27	158	285
Jim Loscutoff	F	28	536	205	66			36	22	108	12	108	154
Gene Guarilia	F	48	423	154	58			41	29	85	18	57	145
Maury King	G	1	19	8	5			1	0	4	2	3	10
Totals		730	17981	8981	3744	0	0	2518	1849	5365	1849	1842	9337

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	75	32.3	42.3	73.3	10.6	2.3	3.7	21.7
Bob Cousy	G	75	34.5	38.4	79.2	4.7	9.5	1.9	19.4
Bill Sharman	G	71	27.0	45.6	86.6	3.7	2.0	2.2	19.3
Bill Russell	C	74	42.5	46.7	61.2	24.0	3.7	2.8	18.2
Frank Ramsey	F-G	73	27.5	39.7	78.7	6.9	1.9	3.4	15.3
Sam Jones	G-F	74	20.4	45.4	76.4	5.1	1.7	1.4	11.9
Gene Conley	C-F	71	18.7	37.3	66.7	8.3	0.5	3.8	6.7
K.C. Jones	G	74	17.2	40.8	75.3	2.7	2.6	1.5	6.3
John Richter	F	66	12.2	34.0	50.4	4.7	0.4	2.4	4.3
Jim Loscutoff	F	28	19.1	32.2	61.1	3.9	0.4	3.9	5.5
Gene Guarilia	F	48	8.8	37.7	70.7	1.8	0.4	1.2	3.0
Maury King	G	1	19.0	62.5	0.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	10.0
Averages		730	24.6	41.7	73.4	7.3	2.5	2.5	12.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	13	423	267	112			80	60	126	27	53	284
Bill Russell	C	13	572	206	94			75	53	336	38	38	241
Bill Sharman	G	13	364	209	88			53	43	45	20	22	219
Frank Ramsey	F-G	13	459	196	81			63	55	100	27	51	217
Bob Cousy	G	13	468	262	80			51	39	48	116	27	199
Sam Jones	G-F	13	197	117	45			21	17	41	18	17	107
Gene Conley	C-F	13	269	88	34			22	16	116	3	59	84
K.C. Jones	G	13	232	80	27			22	17	45	14	28	71
John Richter	F	8	95	38	15			14	5	29	2	18	35
Gene Guarilia	F	7	41	18	4			6	6	19	3	4	14
Totals		119	3120	1481	580	0	0	407	311	905	268	317	1471

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	13	32.5	41.9	75.0	9.7	2.1	4.1	21.8
Bill Russell	C	13	44.0	45.6	70.7	25.8	2.9	2.9	18.5
Bill Sharman	G	13	28.0	42.1	81.1	3.5	1.5	1.7	16.8
Frank Ramsey	F-G	13	35.3	41.3	87.3	7.7	2.1	3.9	16.7
Bob Cousy	G	13	36.0	30.5	76.5	3.7	8.9	2.1	15.3
Sam Jones	G-F	13	15.2	38.5	81.0	3.2	1.4	1.3	8.2
Gene Conley	C-F	13	20.7	38.6	72.7	8.9	0.2	4.5	6.5
K.C. Jones	G	13	17.8	33.8	77.3	3.5	1.1	2.2	5.5
John Richter	F	8	11.9	39.5	35.7	3.6	0.3	2.3	4.4
Gene Guarilia	F	7	5.9	22.2	100.0	2.7	0.4	0.6	2.0
Averages		730	26.2	39.2	76.4	7.6	2.3	2.7	12.4