1959β60 Boston Celtics season | |
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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 4β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHDH-TV |
Radio | WHDH |
The 1959β60 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.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Boston Celtics | 59 | 16 | .787 | β | 25β2 | 24β9 | 10β5 | 28β11 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 49 | 26 | .653 | 10 | 22β6 | 12β19 | 15β1 | 22β17 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 45 | 30 | .600 | 14 | 25β4 | 12β19 | 8β7 | 21β18 |
New York Knicks | 27 | 48 | .360 | 32 | 13β18 | 9β19 | 5β11 | 7β32 |
1959-60 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 8β1 | 9β0 | 8β1 | 12β1 | 8β5 | 6β3 | 8β5 |
Cincinnati | 1β8 | β | 5β8 | 5β8 | 2β7 | 0β9 | 4β9 | 2β7 |
Detroit | 0β9 | 8β5 | β | 7β6 | 4β5 | 2β7 | 5β8 | 4β5 |
Minneapolis | 1β8 | 8β5 | 6β7 | β | 4β5 | 2β7 | 3β10 | 1β8 |
New York | 1β12 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 5β4 | β | 4β9 | 3β6 | 2β11 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 9β0 | 7β2 | 7β2 | 9β4 | β | 4β5 | 8β5 |
St. Louis | 3β6 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 10β3 | 6β3 | 5β4 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β8 | 7β2 | 5β4 | 8β1 | 11β2 | 5β8 | 4β5 | β |
1959β60 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 17 | Cincinnati | 125β129 | Bill Russell (32) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 24 | @ Syracuse | 121β109 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 31 | @ New York | 123β109 | Bill Russell (29) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 1 | @ Cincinnati | 124β109 | Bill Sharman (25) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | November 3 | @ St. Louis | 103β98 | Cousy, Russell (17) | 5β0 | |||||
6 | November 7 | Philadelphia | 106β115 | Bill Sharman (25) | 6β0 | |||||
7 | November 8 | @ Minneapolis | 115β136 | Sam Jones (22) | 6β1 | |||||
8 | November 10 | N Detroit | 109β128 | Bob Cousy (26) | 7β1 | |||||
9 | November 11 | Cincinnati | 118β151 | Bill Sharman (32) | 8β1 | |||||
10 | November 14 | St. Louis | 111β113 | Sam Jones (27) | 9β1 | |||||
11 | November 15 | @ Cincinnati | 134β128 | Bob Cousy (38) | 10β1 | |||||
12 | November 17 | @ Detroit | 132β129 (2OT) | S. Jones, Sharman (28) | 11β1 | |||||
13 | November 18 | @ Syracuse | 103β138 | Sam Jones (28) | 11β2 | |||||
14 | November 20 | Syracuse | 101β114 | Bill Sharman (25) | 12β2 | |||||
15 | November 21 | @ New York | 128β127 | Bob Cousy (32) | 13β2 | |||||
16 | November 25 | Philadelphia | 123β113 | Sam Jones (20) | 13β3 | |||||
17 | November 26 | @ Philadelphia | 130β143 | Gene Conley (24) | 13β4 | |||||
18 | November 28 | Detroit | 110β136 | Frank Ramsey (24) | 14β4 | |||||
19 | November 29 | N Minneapolis | 109β93 | Bill Sharman (29) | 15β4 | |||||
20 | December 3 | N Cincinnati | 111β114 | Bill Sharman (27) | 16β4 | |||||
21 | December 4 | New York | 107β122 | Bill Russell (26) | 17β4 | |||||
22 | December 6 | @ Minneapolis | 121β104 | Bill Sharman (24) | 18β4 | |||||
23 | December 8 | @ New York | 121β105 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 19β4 | |||||
24 | December 9 | Philadelphia | 116β137 | Frank Ramsey (29) | 20β4 | |||||
25 | December 11 | St. Louis | 99β122 | Tom Heinsohn (29) | 21β4 | |||||
26 | December 12 | @ Philadelphia | 126β117 | Bill Russell (26) | 22β4 | |||||
27 | December 17 | N New York | 126β137 | Tom Heinsohn (32) | 23β4 | |||||
28 | December 19 | New York | 116β119 | Bill Sharman (25) | 24β4 | |||||
29 | December 20 | @ Syracuse | 132β127 | Bill Sharman (30) | 25β4 | |||||
30 | December 22 | @ Detroit | 136β104 | Bill Sharman (26) | 26β4 | |||||
31 | December 25 | @ New York | 123β119 | Sam Jones (27) | 27β4 | |||||
32 | December 27 | @ Cincinnati | 122β111 | Bob Cousy (25) | 28β4 | |||||
33 | December 28 | Minneapolis | 104β107 | Tom Heinsohn (21) | 29β4 | |||||
34 | December 30 | @ St. Louis | 96β82 | Frank Ramsey (17) | 30β4 | |||||
35 | January 1 | N Cincinnati | 128β115 | Bill Sharman (34) | 30β5 | |||||
36 | January 2 | @ Philadelphia | 117β118 | Sam Jones (22) | 30β6 | |||||
37 | January 3 | @ Syracuse | 113β114 | Tom Heinsohn (40) | 30β7 | |||||
38 | January 4 | Syracuse | 120β127 | Bill Russell (32) | 31β7 | |||||
39 | January 5 | N Syracuse | 145β143 (OT) | Bob Cousy (35) | 31β8 | |||||
40 | January 9 | @ Detroit | 126β103 | Bob Cousy (26) | 32β8 | |||||
41 | January 10 | @ St. Louis | 111β121 | Tom Heinsohn (29) | 32β9 | |||||
42 | January 12 | N Syracuse | 127β120 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) | 32β10 | |||||
43 | January 13 | St. Louis | 112β134 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 33β10 | |||||
44 | January 15 | @ Philadelphia | 124β112 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (21) | 34β10 | |||||
45 | January 17 | Philadelphia | 123β129 | Bill Sharman (31) | 35β10 | |||||
46 | January 20 | New York | 126β144 | Tom Heinsohn (43) | 36β10 | |||||
47 | January 23 | Syracuse | 121β130 | Tom Heinsohn (32) | 37β10 | |||||
48 | January 24 | @ Syracuse | 131β110 | Bill Russell (28) | 38β10 | |||||
49 | January 27 | St. Louis | 114β127 | Cousy, Heinsohn (25) | 39β10 | |||||
50 | January 29 | @ Philadelphia | 116β124 | Cousy, Heinsohn (29) | 39β11 | |||||
51 | January 30 | N Cincinnati | 107β129 | Bill Sharman (26) | 40β11 | |||||
52 | January 31 | Detroit | 128β146 | Tom Heinsohn (28) | 41β11 | |||||
53 | February 2 | N St. Louis | 114β113 | Bob Cousy (23) | 41β12 | |||||
54 | February 3 | Minneapolis | 108β128 | Bill Sharman (26) | 42β12 | |||||
55 | February 5 | Syracuse | 100β124 | Frank Ramsey (25) | 43β12 | |||||
56 | February 6 | @ New York | 143β117 | Heinsohn, Russell (29) | 44β12 | |||||
57 | February 7 | New York | 142β135 | Bob Cousy (46) | 44β13 | |||||
58 | February 9 | N Minneapolis | 90β129 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 45β13 | |||||
59 | February 10 | N Detroit | 121β153 | Heinsohn, Sharman (28) | 46β13 | |||||
60 | February 13 | Philadelphia | 120β122 | Tom Heinsohn (39) | 47β13 | |||||
61 | February 14 | @ Philadelphia | 125β115 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 48β13 | |||||
62 | February 16 | N Minneapolis | 122β130 | Bill Sharman (26) | 49β13 | |||||
63 | February 18 | N New York | 104β109 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 50β13 | |||||
64 | February 19 | @ Detroit | 136β116 | Tom Heinsohn (32) | 51β13 | |||||
65 | February 20 | @ St. Louis | 105β121 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 51β14 | |||||
66 | February 21 | @ Cincinnati | 115β108 | Bill Russell (27) | 52β14 | |||||
67 | February 23 | N Philadelphia | 126β108 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 52β15 | |||||
68 | February 24 | N Minneapolis | 110β131 | Frank Ramsey (25) | 53β15 | |||||
69 | February 25 | N Detroit | 107β121 | Bill Russell (29) | 54β15 | |||||
70 | February 26 | Minneapolis | 111β128 | Bob Cousy (26) | 55β15 | |||||
71 | February 28 | @ New York | 129β125 | Cousy, Russell (27) | 56β15 | |||||
72 | March 2 | Philadelphia | 119β133 | Bill Sharman (31) | 57β15 | |||||
73 | March 3 | @ Syracuse | 108β149 | Bill Sharman (22) | 57β16 | |||||
74 | March 6 | Syracuse | 117β126 | Tom Heinsohn (37) | 58β16 | |||||
75 | March 9 | New York | 128β148 | Bill Sharman (22) | 59β16 |