1961-62 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 60-20
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-6 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Warriors 4-3
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Red Auerbach (60-20)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 191,855, Avg. 6,852 in 28 home dates

1961-62 Boston Celtics Roster
1961-62 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 60 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-6.

The Celtics conceded 8,948 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Boston racked up 9,687 points. Tom Heinsohn tossed in a team-best 1,742 points for the team, while Bill Russell contributed 1,790 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 584 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1961-62 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	79	2383	1613	692			437	358	747	165	280	1742
Bill Russell	C	76	3433	1258	575			481	286	1790	341	207	1436
Sam Jones	G-F	78	2388	1284	596			297	243	458	232	149	1435
Frank Ramsey	F-G	79	1913	1019	436			405	334	387	109	245	1206
Bob Cousy	G	75	2114	1181	462			333	251	261	584	135	1175
Tom Sanders	F	80	2325	804	350			263	197	762	74	279	897
K.C. Jones	G	80	2054	724	294			232	147	298	343	206	735
Jim Loscutoff	F	79	1146	519	188			84	45	329	51	185	421
Gary Phillips	G	67	713	310	110			86	50	107	64	109	270
Carl Braun	G-F	48	414	207	78			27	20	50	71	49	176
Gene Guarilia	F	45	367	161	61			64	41	124	11	56	163
Al Butler	G	5	47	29	13			6	5	13	4	9	31
Totals		791	19297	9109	3855	0	0	2715	1977	5326	2049	1909	9687

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	79	30.2	42.9	81.9	9.5	2.1	3.5	22.1
Bill Russell	C	76	45.2	45.7	59.5	23.6	4.5	2.7	18.9
Sam Jones	G-F	78	30.6	46.4	81.8	5.9	3.0	1.9	18.4
Frank Ramsey	F-G	79	24.2	42.8	82.5	4.9	1.4	3.1	15.3
Bob Cousy	G	75	28.2	39.1	75.4	3.5	7.8	1.8	15.7
Tom Sanders	F	80	29.1	43.5	74.9	9.5	0.9	3.5	11.2
K.C. Jones	G	80	25.7	40.6	63.4	3.7	4.3	2.6	9.2
Jim Loscutoff	F	79	14.5	36.2	53.6	4.2	0.6	2.3	5.3
Gary Phillips	G	67	10.6	35.5	58.1	1.6	1.0	1.6	4.0
Carl Braun	G-F	48	8.6	37.7	74.1	1.0	1.5	1.0	3.7
Gene Guarilia	F	45	8.2	37.9	64.1	2.8	0.2	1.2	3.6
Al Butler	G	5	9.4	44.8	83.3	2.6	0.8	1.8	6.2
Averages		791	24.4	42.3	72.8	6.7	2.6	2.4	12.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Russell	C	14	672	253	116			113	82	370	70	49	314
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	14	445	291	116			76	58	115	34	58	290
Sam Jones	G-F	14	504	277	123			60	42	101	44	30	288
Bob Cousy	G	14	474	241	86			76	52	64	123	43	224
Tom Sanders	F	14	439	130	56			36	29	115	14	65	141
K.C. Jones	G	14	329	102	44			53	38	56	55	50	126
Frank Ramsey	F-G	13	210	104	39			45	41	38	10	38	119
Jim Loscutoff	F	14	212	86	31			10	4	59	6	59	66
Carl Braun	G-F	6	42	28	11			4	3	7	2	3	25
Gary Phillips	G	6	32	16	1			11	8	3	1	6	10
Gene Guarilia	F	5	26	8	2			5	2	4	1	6	6
Totals		128	3385	1536	625	0	0	489	359	932	360	407	1609

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Russell	C	14	48.0	45.8	72.6	26.4	5.0	3.5	22.4
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	14	31.8	39.9	76.3	8.2	2.4	4.1	20.7
Sam Jones	G-F	14	36.0	44.4	70.0	7.2	3.1	2.1	20.6
Bob Cousy	G	14	33.9	35.7	68.4	4.6	8.8	3.1	16.0
Tom Sanders	F	14	31.4	43.1	80.6	8.2	1.0	4.6	10.1
K.C. Jones	G	14	23.5	43.1	71.7	4.0	3.9	3.6	9.0
Frank Ramsey	F-G	13	16.2	37.5	91.1	2.9	0.8	2.9	9.2
Jim Loscutoff	F	14	15.1	36.0	40.0	4.2	0.4	4.2	4.7
Carl Braun	G-F	6	7.0	39.3	75.0	1.2	0.3	0.5	4.2
Gary Phillips	G	6	5.3	6.3	72.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.7
Gene Guarilia	F	5	5.2	25.0	40.0	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.2
Averages		791	26.4	40.7	73.4	7.3	2.8	3.2	12.6