1964-65 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 62-18
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-4 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-3
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-1
Coach: Red Auerbach (62-18)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 246,529, Avg. 8,218 in 30 home dates

1964-65 Boston Celtics Roster
1964-65 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1964-65 season with a record of 62 wins and 18 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-4.

The Celtics led the league with just 8,351 points allowed. Boston tossed in 9,024 points. Sam Jones scored a team-best 2,070 points for the squad, while John Havlicek netted 18 or more per game, too. Bill Russell contributed 1,878 boards. K.C. Jones dished out 437 assists for the team.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1964-65 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
Sam Jones	G-F	80	2885	1818	821			522	428	411	223	176	2070
John Havlicek	F-G	75	2169	1420	570			316	235	371	199	200	1375
Bill Russell	C	78	3466	980	429			426	244	1878	410	204	1102
Tom Sanders	F	80	2459	871	374			259	193	661	92	318	941
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	67	1706	954	365			229	182	399	157	252	912
Willie Naulls	F-C	71	1465	786	302			176	143	336	72	225	747
K.C. Jones	G	78	2434	639	253			227	143	318	437	263	649
Larry Siegfried	F	72	996	417	173			140	109	134	119	108	455
Ron Bonham	F	37	369	220	91			112	92	78	19	33	274
Mel Counts	C-F	54	572	272	100			74	58	265	19	134	258
John Thompson	F	64	699	209	84			105	62	230	16	141	230
Bevo Nordmann	C	3	25	5	3			0	0	8	3	5	6
Gerry Ward	G	3	30	18	2			1	1	5	6	6	5
Totals		762	19275	8609	3567	0	0	2587	1890	5094	1772	2065	9024

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	80	36.1	45.2	82.0	5.1	2.8	2.2	25.9
John Havlicek	F-G	75	28.9	40.1	74.4	4.9	2.7	2.7	18.3
Bill Russell	C	78	44.4	43.8	57.3	24.1	5.3	2.6	14.1
Tom Sanders	F	80	30.7	42.9	74.5	8.3	1.2	4.0	11.8
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	67	25.5	38.3	79.5	6.0	2.3	3.8	13.6
Willie Naulls	F-C	71	20.6	38.4	81.3	4.7	1.0	3.2	10.5
K.C. Jones	G	78	31.2	39.6	63.0	4.1	5.6	3.4	8.3
Larry Siegfried	F	72	13.8	41.5	77.9	1.9	1.7	1.5	6.3
Ron Bonham	F	37	10.0	41.4	82.1	2.1	0.5	0.9	7.4
Mel Counts	C-F	54	10.6	36.8	78.4	4.9	0.4	2.5	4.8
John Thompson	F	64	10.9	40.2	59.0	3.6	0.3	2.2	3.6
Bevo Nordmann	C	3	8.3	60.0		2.7	1.0	1.7	2.0
Gerry Ward	G	3	10.0	11.1	100.0	1.7	2.0	2.0	1.7
Averages		762	25.3	41.4	73.1	6.7	2.3	2.7	11.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	12	495	294	135			84	73	55	30	39	343
John Havlicek	F-G	12	405	250	88			55	46	88	29	44	222
Bill Russell	C	12	561	150	79			76	40	302	76	43	198
Tom Sanders	F	12	365	152	64			43	31	102	19	58	159
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	12	276	181	66			32	20	84	23	46	152
K.C. Jones	G	12	396	104	43			45	35	39	74	49	121
Willie Naulls	F-C	12	180	95	39			15	10	51	9	27	88
Larry Siegfried	F	12	163	79	30			28	24	25	21	25	84
Ron Bonham	F	4	13	12	5			5	4	1	0	1	14
John Thompson	F	3	21	7	2			7	7	12	1	2	11
Mel Counts	C-F	4	30	15	4			1	1	11	1	10	9
Totals		107	2905	1339	555	0	0	391	291	770	283	344	1401

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	12	41.3	45.9	86.9	4.6	2.5	3.3	28.6
John Havlicek	F-G	12	33.8	35.2	83.6	7.3	2.4	3.7	18.5
Bill Russell	C	12	46.8	52.7	52.6	25.2	6.3	3.6	16.5
Tom Sanders	F	12	30.4	42.1	72.1	8.5	1.6	4.8	13.3
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	12	23.0	36.5	62.5	7.0	1.9	3.8	12.7
K.C. Jones	G	12	33.0	41.3	77.8	3.3	6.2	4.1	10.1
Willie Naulls	F-C	12	15.0	41.1	66.7	4.3	0.8	2.3	7.3
Larry Siegfried	F	12	13.6	38.0	85.7	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.0
Ron Bonham	F	4	3.3	41.7	80.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	3.5
John Thompson	F	3	7.0	28.6	100.0	4.0	0.3	0.7	3.7
Mel Counts	C-F	4	7.5	26.7	100.0	2.8	0.3	2.5	2.3
Averages		762	27.1	41.4	74.4	7.2	2.6	3.2	13.1