1959–60 Boston Celtics season

1959–60 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coach	Red Auerbach
Arena	Boston Garden
Results
Record	59–16 (.787)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions (Defeated Hawks 4–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WHDH-TV
Radio	WHDH

The 1959–60 Boston Celtics season was the 14th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season by winning their third NBA Championship.

The complete Celtics roster.

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	59	16	.787	–	25–2	24–9	10–5	28–11
x-Philadelphia Warriors	49	26	.653	10	22–6	12–19	15–1	22–17
x-Syracuse Nationals	45	30	.600	14	25–4	12–19	8–7	21–18
New York Knicks	27	48	.360	32	13–18	9–19	5–11	7–32

Record vs. opponents

1959-60 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	MIN	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	–	8–1	9–0	8–1	12–1	8–5	6–3	8–5
Cincinnati	1–8	–	5–8	5–8	2–7	0–9	4–9	2–7
Detroit	0–9	8–5	–	7–6	4–5	2–7	5–8	4–5
Minneapolis	1–8	8–5	6–7	–	4–5	2–7	3–10	1–8
New York	1–12	7–2	5–4	5–4	–	4–9	3–6	2–11
Philadelphia	5–8	9–0	7–2	7–2	9–4	–	4–5	8–5
St. Louis	3–6	9–4	8–5	10–3	6–3	5–4	–	5–4
Syracuse	5–8	7–2	5–4	8–1	11–2	5–8	4–5	—

Game log

1959–60 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 17	Cincinnati	125–129	Bill Russell (32)	1–0
2	October 24	@ Syracuse	121–109	Tom Heinsohn (24)	2–0
3	October 31	@ New York	123–109	Bill Russell (29)	3–0
4	November 1	@ Cincinnati	124–109	Bill Sharman (25)	4–0
5	November 3	@ St. Louis	103–98	Cousy, Russell (17)	5–0
6	November 7	Philadelphia	106–115	Bill Sharman (25)	6–0
7	November 8	@ Minneapolis	115–136	Sam Jones (22)	6–1
8	November 10	N Detroit	109–128	Bob Cousy (26)	7–1
9	November 11	Cincinnati	118–151	Bill Sharman (32)	8–1
10	November 14	St. Louis	111–113	Sam Jones (27)	9–1
11	November 15	@ Cincinnati	134–128	Bob Cousy (38)	10–1
12	November 17	@ Detroit	132–129 (2OT)	S. Jones, Sharman (28)	11–1
13	November 18	@ Syracuse	103–138	Sam Jones (28)	11–2
14	November 20	Syracuse	101–114	Bill Sharman (25)	12–2
15	November 21	@ New York	128–127	Bob Cousy (32)	13–2
16	November 25	Philadelphia	123–113	Sam Jones (20)	13–3
17	November 26	@ Philadelphia	130–143	Gene Conley (24)	13–4
18	November 28	Detroit	110–136	Frank Ramsey (24)	14–4
19	November 29	N Minneapolis	109–93	Bill Sharman (29)	15–4
20	December 3	N Cincinnati	111–114	Bill Sharman (27)	16–4
21	December 4	New York	107–122	Bill Russell (26)	17–4
22	December 6	@ Minneapolis	121–104	Bill Sharman (24)	18–4
23	December 8	@ New York	121–105	Frank Ramsey (27)	19–4
24	December 9	Philadelphia	116–137	Frank Ramsey (29)	20–4
25	December 11	St. Louis	99–122	Tom Heinsohn (29)	21–4
26	December 12	@ Philadelphia	126–117	Bill Russell (26)	22–4
27	December 17	N New York	126–137	Tom Heinsohn (32)	23–4
28	December 19	New York	116–119	Bill Sharman (25)	24–4
29	December 20	@ Syracuse	132–127	Bill Sharman (30)	25–4
30	December 22	@ Detroit	136–104	Bill Sharman (26)	26–4
31	December 25	@ New York	123–119	Sam Jones (27)	27–4
32	December 27	@ Cincinnati	122–111	Bob Cousy (25)	28–4
33	December 28	Minneapolis	104–107	Tom Heinsohn (21)	29–4
34	December 30	@ St. Louis	96–82	Frank Ramsey (17)	30–4
35	January 1	N Cincinnati	128–115	Bill Sharman (34)	30–5
36	January 2	@ Philadelphia	117–118	Sam Jones (22)	30–6
37	January 3	@ Syracuse	113–114	Tom Heinsohn (40)	30–7
38	January 4	Syracuse	120–127	Bill Russell (32)	31–7
39	January 5	N Syracuse	145–143 (OT)	Bob Cousy (35)	31–8
40	January 9	@ Detroit	126–103	Bob Cousy (26)	32–8
41	January 10	@ St. Louis	111–121	Tom Heinsohn (29)	32–9
42	January 12	N Syracuse	127–120	Heinsohn, Ramsey (22)	32–10
43	January 13	St. Louis	112–134	Frank Ramsey (27)	33–10
44	January 15	@ Philadelphia	124–112	Heinsohn, Ramsey (21)	34–10
45	January 17	Philadelphia	123–129	Bill Sharman (31)	35–10
46	January 20	New York	126–144	Tom Heinsohn (43)	36–10
47	January 23	Syracuse	121–130	Tom Heinsohn (32)	37–10
48	January 24	@ Syracuse	131–110	Bill Russell (28)	38–10
49	January 27	St. Louis	114–127	Cousy, Heinsohn (25)	39–10
50	January 29	@ Philadelphia	116–124	Cousy, Heinsohn (29)	39–11
51	January 30	N Cincinnati	107–129	Bill Sharman (26)	40–11
52	January 31	Detroit	128–146	Tom Heinsohn (28)	41–11
53	February 2	N St. Louis	114–113	Bob Cousy (23)	41–12
54	February 3	Minneapolis	108–128	Bill Sharman (26)	42–12
55	February 5	Syracuse	100–124	Frank Ramsey (25)	43–12
56	February 6	@ New York	143–117	Heinsohn, Russell (29)	44–12
57	February 7	New York	142–135	Bob Cousy (46)	44–13
58	February 9	N Minneapolis	90–129	Tom Heinsohn (24)	45–13
59	February 10	N Detroit	121–153	Heinsohn, Sharman (28)	46–13
60	February 13	Philadelphia	120–122	Tom Heinsohn (39)	47–13
61	February 14	@ Philadelphia	125–115	Tom Heinsohn (30)	48–13
62	February 16	N Minneapolis	122–130	Bill Sharman (26)	49–13
63	February 18	N New York	104–109	Tom Heinsohn (24)	50–13
64	February 19	@ Detroit	136–116	Tom Heinsohn (32)	51–13
65	February 20	@ St. Louis	105–121	Tom Heinsohn (20)	51–14
66	February 21	@ Cincinnati	115–108	Bill Russell (27)	52–14
67	February 23	N Philadelphia	126–108	Tom Heinsohn (26)	52–15
68	February 24	N Minneapolis	110–131	Frank Ramsey (25)	53–15
69	February 25	N Detroit	107–121	Bill Russell (29)	54–15
70	February 26	Minneapolis	111–128	Bob Cousy (26)	55–15
71	February 28	@ New York	129–125	Cousy, Russell (27)	56–15
72	March 2	Philadelphia	119–133	Bill Sharman (31)	57–15
73	March 3	@ Syracuse	108–149	Bill Sharman (22)	57–16
74	March 6	Syracuse	117–126	Tom Heinsohn (37)	58–16
75	March 9	New York	128–148	Bill Sharman (22)	59–16

Playoffs

1960 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series 1 March 16 Philadelphia W 111–105 Bill Sharman (25) Bill Russell (30) Bob Cousy (13) Boston Garden 1–0 2 March 18 @ Philadelphia L 110–115 Tom Heinsohn (26) Bill Russell (20) Bob Cousy (6) Philadelphia Civic Center 1–1 3 March 19 Philadelphia W 120–90 Bill Russell (26) Bill Russell (39) Bob Cousy (8) Boston Garden 2–1 4 March 20 @ Philadelphia W 112–104 Tom Heinsohn (28) Bill Russell (21) Bob Cousy (8) Philadelphia Civic Center 3–1 5 March 22 Philadelphia L 107–128 Bill Russell (22) Bill Russell (27) Bob Cousy (7) Boston Garden 3–2 6 March 24 @ Philadelphia W 119–117 Bill Russell (25) Bill Russell (25) Bob Cousy (4) Philadelphia Civic Center 4–2
NBA Finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 March 27 St. Louis W 140–122 Tom Heinsohn (24) Bill Russell (19) Bob Cousy (12) Boston Garden 10,002 1–0 2 March 29 St. Louis L 103–113 Bill Sharman (30) Bill Russell (40) Bob Cousy (8) Boston Garden 13,909 1–1 3 April 2 @ St. Louis W 102–86 Tom Heinsohn (30) Bill Russell (16) Bob Cousy (13) Kiel Auditorium 10,612 2–1 4 April 3 @ St. Louis L 96–106 Ramsey, Sharman (20) Bill Russell (19) Bob Cousy (4) Kiel Auditorium 10,612 2–2 5 April 5 St. Louis W 127–102 Tom Heinsohn (34) Bill Russell (26) Bob Cousy (10) Boston Garden 13,909 3–2 6 April 7 @ St. Louis L 102–105 Bill Russell (17) Bill Russell (16) Bob Cousy (9) Kiel Auditorium 10,612 3–3 7 April 9 St. Louis W 122–103 Frank Ramsey (24) Bill Russell (35) Bob Cousy (14) Boston Garden 13,909 4–3
1960 schedule

Awards and honors

• Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
• Bill Russell, All-NBA Second Team
• Bill Sharman, All-NBA Second Team

References

• Celtics on Database Basketball
• /1960.html Celtics on Basketball Reference