1959–60 Boston Celtics season

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.
1959–60 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record59–16 (.787)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Hawks 4–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHDH-TV
RadioWHDH

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5916.787–25–224–910–528–11
x-Philadelphia Warriors4926.6531022–612–1915–122–17
x-Syracuse Nationals4530.6001425–412–198–721–18
New York Knicks2748.3603213–189–195–117–32

Record vs. opponents
1959-60 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston –8–19–08–112–18–56–38–5
Cincinnati 1–8–5–85–82–70–94–92–7
Detroit 0–98–5–7–64–52–75–84–5
Minneapolis 1–88–56–7–4–52–73–101–8
New York 1–127–25–45–4–4–93–62–11
Philadelphia 5–89–07–27–29–4–4–58–5
St. Louis 3–69–48–510–36–35–4–5–4
Syracuse 5–87–25–48–111–25–84–5—

Playoffs
1960 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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

Roster

Awards and honors

References
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