1960-61 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-22
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-2 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 4-1
Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 4-1
Coach: Red Auerbach (57-22)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 201,569, Avg. 7,199 in 28 home dates

1960-61 Boston Celtics Roster
1960-61 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1960-61 season with a record of 57 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-2.

Boston scored 9,460 points and surrendered 9,013. Tom Heinsohn tossed in a team-best 1,579 points for the Celtics, and Bill Russell contributed 1,868 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 587 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1960-61 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	74	2256	1566	627			424	325	732	141	260	1579
Bob Cousy	G	76	2468	1382	513			452	352	331	587	196	1378
Bill Russell	C	78	3458	1250	532			469	258	1868	268	155	1322
Frank Ramsey	F-G	79	2019	1100	448			354	295	431	146	284	1191
Sam Jones	G-F	78	2028	1069	480			268	211	421	217	148	1171
Bill Sharman	G	61	1538	908	383			228	210	223	146	127	976
K.C. Jones	G	78	1605	601	203			280	186	279	253	190	592
Gene Conley	C-F	75	1242	495	183			153	106	550	40	275	472
Tom Sanders	F	68	1084	352	148			100	67	385	44	131	363
Jim Loscutoff	F	76	1153	478	144			76	49	291	25	238	337
Gene Guarilia	F	25	209	94	38			10	3	71	5	28	79
Totals		768	19060	9295	3699	0	0	2814	2062	5582	1872	2032	9460

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	74	30.5	40.0	76.7	9.9	1.9	3.5	21.3
Bob Cousy	G	76	32.5	37.1	77.9	4.4	7.7	2.6	18.1
Bill Russell	C	78	44.3	42.6	55.0	23.9	3.4	2.0	16.9
Frank Ramsey	F-G	79	25.6	40.7	83.3	5.5	1.8	3.6	15.1
Sam Jones	G-F	78	26.0	44.9	78.7	5.4	2.8	1.9	15.0
Bill Sharman	G	61	25.2	42.2	92.1	3.7	2.4	2.1	16.0
K.C. Jones	G	78	20.6	33.8	66.4	3.6	3.2	2.4	7.6
Gene Conley	C-F	75	16.6	37.0	69.3	7.3	0.5	3.7	6.3
Tom Sanders	F	68	15.9	42.0	67.0	5.7	0.6	1.9	5.3
Jim Loscutoff	F	76	15.2	30.1	64.5	3.8	0.3	3.1	4.4
Gene Guarilia	F	25	8.4	40.4	30.0	2.8	0.2	1.1	3.2
Averages		768	24.8	39.8	73.3	7.3	2.4	2.6	12.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	10	291	201	82			43	33	99	20	36	197
Bill Russell	C	10	462	171	73			86	45	299	48	24	191
Frank Ramsey	F-G	10	300	136	55			75	61	64	23	40	171
Bill Sharman	G	10	261	133	68			36	32	27	17	22	168
Bob Cousy	G	10	337	147	50			88	67	43	91	33	167
Sam Jones	G-F	10	258	112	50			35	31	54	22	24	131
Tom Sanders	F	10	216	75	37			24	15	84	7	42	89
Jim Loscutoff	F	10	116	54	15			9	7	35	3	34	37
Gene Conley	C-F	9	56	33	12			12	7	31	1	20	31
K.C. Jones	G	9	103	30	9			14	7	19	15	17	25
Totals		98	2400	1092	451	0	0	422	305	755	247	292	1207

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	10	29.1	40.8	76.7	9.9	2.0	3.6	19.7
Bill Russell	C	10	46.2	42.7	52.3	29.9	4.8	2.4	19.1
Frank Ramsey	F-G	10	30.0	40.4	81.3	6.4	2.3	4.0	17.1
Bill Sharman	G	10	26.1	51.1	88.9	2.7	1.7	2.2	16.8
Bob Cousy	G	10	33.7	34.0	76.1	4.3	9.1	3.3	16.7
Sam Jones	G-F	10	25.8	44.6	88.6	5.4	2.2	2.4	13.1
Tom Sanders	F	10	21.6	49.3	62.5	8.4	0.7	4.2	8.9
Jim Loscutoff	F	10	11.6	27.8	77.8	3.5	0.3	3.4	3.7
Gene Conley	C-F	9	6.2	36.4	58.3	3.4	0.1	2.2	3.4
K.C. Jones	G	9	11.4	30.0	50.0	2.1	1.7	1.9	2.8
Averages		768	24.5	41.3	72.3	7.7	2.5	3.0	12.3