1960–61 Boston Celtics season
Appearance
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1960–61 Boston Celtics season | |
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NBA champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 57–22 (.722) |
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | NBA Champions (Defeated Hawks 4–1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHDH-TV |
Radio | WHDH |
The 1960–61 Boston Celtics season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season by winning their fourth NBA Championship. HoopsHype later ranked this squad as having the 12th easiest route to the NBA Finals championship in 2024 due to the record of their first round opponent, the Syracuse Nationals.[1]
Draft picks
[edit]This table only displays picks through the second round.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 8 | Tom Sanders | SF/PF | ![]() |
NYU |
2 | 16 | Leroy Wright | SF/PF | ![]() |
Pacific |
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 57 | 22 | .722 | – | 21–7 | 24–11 | 12–4 | 28–11 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 46 | 33 | .582 | 11 | 23–6 | 12–21 | 11–6 | 22–17 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 38 | 41 | .481 | 19 | 19–9 | 8–21 | 11–11 | 18–21 |
New York Knicks | 21 | 58 | .266 | 36 | 10–22 | 7–25 | 4–11 | 10–29 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | – | 7–3 | 8–2 | 8–2 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 6–4 | 10–3 |
Cincinnati | 3–7 | – | 2–11 | 8–5 | 8–2 | 2–8 | 6–7 | 4–6 |
Detroit | 2–8 | 11–2 | – | 4–9 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 3–10 | 4–6 |
Los Angeles | 2–8 | 5–8 | 9–4 | – | 7–3 | 2–8 | 5–8 | 6–4 |
New York | 3–10 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | – | 2–11 | 1–9 | 5–8 |
Philadelphia | 5–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 11–2 | – | 3–7 | 6–7 |
St. Louis | 4–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 9–1 | 7–3 | – | 6–4 |
Syracuse | 3–10 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–6 | — |
Game log
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Detroit | 116–118 | Bob Cousy (30) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 28 | @ New York | 110–101 | Bill Russell (22) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | October 29 | Philadelphia | 131–103 | Bill Russell (22) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | November 5 | Cincinnati | 113–104 | Cousy, Sharman (27) | 2–2 | |||||
5 | November 8 | @ Cincinnati | 136–120 | Tom Heinsohn (33) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | November 11 | N Cincinnati | 110–128 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | November 12 | N Los Angeles | 124–131 | Sam Jones (25) | 5–2 | |||||
8 | November 15 | N Detroit | 115–114 (OT) | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | November 16 | St. Louis | 106–124 | Bob Cousy (30) | 6–3 | |||||
10 | November 19 | @ Syracuse | 114–94 | Bill Russell (19) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 20 | @ Cincinnati | 120–103 | Bob Cousy (23) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | November 23 | New York | 105–122 | Frank Ramsey (24) | 9–3 | |||||
13 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 132–129 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 10–3 | |||||
14 | November 25 | @ New York | 111–110 | Bill Sharman (26) | 11–3 | |||||
15 | November 26 | Syracuse | 110–129 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 12–3 | |||||
16 | November 29 | @ St. Louis | 119–109 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 13–3 | |||||
17 | November 30 | @ Detroit | 125–110 | Bill Sharman (23) | 14–3 | |||||
18 | December 1 | N New York | 116–111 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) | 14–4 | |||||
19 | December 2 | Los Angeles | 120–117 | Bill Sharman (32) | 14–5 | |||||
20 | December 4 | @ Los Angeles | 113–103 | Tom Heinsohn (34) | 15–5 | |||||
21 | December 5 | @ Los Angeles | 123–101 | Bob Cousy (24) | 16–5 | |||||
22 | December 7 | Syracuse | 142–134 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 16–6 | |||||
23 | December 8 | N Cincinnati | 118–115 | Bill Russell (23) | 16–7 | |||||
24 | December 9 | Cincinnati | 123–146 | Bill Sharman (26) | 17–7 | |||||
25 | December 10 | @ Philadelphia | 97–102 | Bill Russell (22) | 17–8 | |||||
26 | December 13 | @ New York | 115–117 | Bob Cousy (30) | 17–9 | |||||
27 | December 15 | N Syracuse | 105–115 | Bob Cousy (28) | 18–9 | |||||
28 | December 17 | Los Angeles | 112–140 | Bob Cousy (25) | 19–9 | |||||
29 | December 20 | N Cincinnati | 112–115 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 20–9 | |||||
30 | December 21 | St. Louis | 108–120 | Sam Jones (28) | 21–9 | |||||
31 | December 24 | Detroit | 106–150 | Bob Cousy (25) | 22–9 | |||||
32 | December 26 | Philadelphia | 115–119 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (25) | 23–9 | |||||
33 | December 27 | @ Philadelphia | 101–116 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 23–10 | |||||
34 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 99–105 | Frank Ramsey (19) | 23–11 | |||||
35 | December 30 | @ New York | 120–106 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 24–11 | |||||
36 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 113–96 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 25–11 | |||||
37 | January 3 | @ Los Angeles | 102–96 | Bob Cousy (27) | 26–11 | |||||
38 | January 5 | @ Cincinnati | 125–107 | Frank Ramsey (28) | 27–11 | |||||
39 | January 6 | @ Detroit | 108–102 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 28–11 | |||||
40 | January 8 | @ St. Louis | 104–133 | Sam Jones (24) | 28–12 | |||||
41 | January 10 | N Detroit | 98–118 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 29–12 | |||||
42 | January 12 | N Syracuse | 118–124 (OT) | Bob Cousy (33) | 30–12 | |||||
43 | January 13 | Philadelphia | 121–123 (OT) | Sam Jones (34) | 31–12 | |||||
44 | January 14 | @ Philadelphia | 113–116 | Frank Ramsey (21) | 31–13 | |||||
45 | January 15 | New York | 124–142 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 32–13 | |||||
46 | January 18 | St. Louis | 125–114 | Bob Cousy (23) | 32–14 | |||||
47 | January 19 | N Los Angeles | 103–106 | Cousy, Heinsohn (22) | 33–14 | |||||
48 | January 21 | @ Syracuse | 124–127 | Tom Heinsohn (34) | 33–15 | |||||
49 | January 24 | @ New York | 125–112 | Bob Cousy (33) | 34–15 | |||||
50 | January 26 | @ Philadelphia | 129–121 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (26) | 35–15 | |||||
51 | January 27 | Detroit | 111–140 | Sam Jones (28) | 36–15 | |||||
52 | January 29 | Philadelphia | 115–128 | Bill Sharman (21) | 37–15 | |||||
53 | January 30 | @ Cincinnati | 88–116 | Cousy, Russell (14) | 37–16 | |||||
54 | January 31 | @ St. Louis | 109–103 | Bill Russell (25) | 38–16 | |||||
55 | February 1 | N New York | 120–124 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 39–16 | |||||
56 | February 3 | New York | 109–123 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 40–16 | |||||
57 | February 5 | St. Louis | 121–123 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 41–16 | |||||
58 | February 7 | N Los Angeles | 95–96 | Bill Russell (26) | 42–16 | |||||
59 | February 8 | @ Syracuse | 108–130 | Bill Sharman (26) | 42–17 | |||||
60 | February 10 | @ Detroit | 134–137 | Sam Jones (29) | 42–18 | |||||
61 | February 11 | New York | 129–107 | Frank Ramsey (26) | 42–19 | |||||
62 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 125–136 | Sam Jones (25) | 43–19 | |||||
63 | February 14 | N Los Angeles | 93–113 | Bob Cousy (19) | 44–19 | |||||
64 | February 16 | N Philadelphia | 121–111 | Bill Sharman (28) | 44–20 | |||||
65 | February 17 | @ Philadelphia | 133–128 | Bill Russell (28) | 45–20 | |||||
66 | February 19 | @ Syracuse | 116–106 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 46–20 | |||||
67 | February 22 | @ Los Angeles | 93–105 | Bill Russell (21) | 46–21 | |||||
68 | February 24 | Syracuse | 128–144 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 47–21 | |||||
69 | February 25 | @ St. Louis | 122–109 | Bob Cousy (23) | 48–21 | |||||
70 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 113–99 | Cousy, Heinsohn (23) | 49–21 | |||||
71 | February 28 | @ New York | 142–116 | Bill Russell (24) | 50–21 | |||||
72 | March 1 | St. Louis | 110–97 | Bill Sharman (23) | 50–22 | |||||
73 | March 4 | New York | 110–113 | Bob Cousy (20) | 51–22 | |||||
74 | March 5 | Philadelphia | 129–146 | Bill Russell (37) | 52–22 | |||||
75 | March 7 | N Cincinnati | 121–124 | Bill Russell (25) | 53–22 | |||||
76 | March 8 | Syracuse | 127–136 | Bill Sharman (27) | 54–22 | |||||
77 | March 9 | N Detroit | 118–119 | Frank Ramsey (31) | 55–22 | |||||
78 | March 11 | Syracuse | 116–126 | Bill Russell (24) | 56–22 | |||||
79 | March 12 | @ Syracuse | 136–134 (OT) | Sam Jones (44) | 57–22 |
Playoffs
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Division Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
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NBA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
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1961 schedule |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Bill Russell, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
- Bill Russell, All-NBA Second Team
- Tom Heinsohn, All-NBA Second Team
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever". HoopsHype. June 18, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.