1960β61 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 4β1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHDH-TV |
Radio | WHDH |
The 1960β61 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]
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 |
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Boston Celtics | 57 | 22 | .722 | β | 21β7 | 24β11 | 12β4 | 28β11 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 46 | 33 | .582 | 11 | 23β6 | 12β21 | 11β6 | 22β17 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 38 | 41 | .481 | 19 | 19β9 | 8β21 | 11β11 | 18β21 |
New York Knicks | 21 | 58 | .266 | 36 | 10β22 | 7β25 | 4β11 | 10β29 |
1960β61 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 6β4 | 10β3 |
Cincinnati | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 8β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β7 | 4β6 |
Detroit | 2β8 | 11β2 | β | 4β9 | 5β5 | 5β5 | 3β10 | 4β6 |
Los Angeles | 2β8 | 5β8 | 9β4 | β | 7β3 | 2β8 | 5β8 | 6β4 |
New York | 3β10 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 1β9 | 5β8 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 8β2 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 11β2 | β | 3β7 | 6β7 |
St. Louis | 4β6 | 7β6 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 9β1 | 7β3 | β | 6β4 |
Syracuse | 3β10 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 8β5 | 7β6 | 4β6 | β |
1960β61 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Detroit | 116β118 | Bob Cousy (30) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 28 | @ New York | 110β101 | Bill Russell (22) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 29 | Philadelphia | 131β103 | Bill Russell (22) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 5 | Cincinnati | 113β104 | Cousy, Sharman (27) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 8 | @ Cincinnati | 136β120 | Tom Heinsohn (33) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 11 | N Cincinnati | 110β128 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | November 12 | N Los Angeles | 124β131 | Sam Jones (25) | 5β2 | |||||
8 | November 15 | N Detroit | 115β114 (OT) | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 16 | St. Louis | 106β124 | Bob Cousy (30) | 6β3 | |||||
10 | November 19 | @ Syracuse | 114β94 | Bill Russell (19) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 20 | @ Cincinnati | 120β103 | Bob Cousy (23) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 23 | New York | 105β122 | Frank Ramsey (24) | 9β3 | |||||
13 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 132β129 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 10β3 | |||||
14 | November 25 | @ New York | 111β110 | Bill Sharman (26) | 11β3 | |||||
15 | November 26 | Syracuse | 110β129 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 12β3 | |||||
16 | November 29 | @ St. Louis | 119β109 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 13β3 | |||||
17 | November 30 | @ Detroit | 125β110 | Bill Sharman (23) | 14β3 | |||||
18 | December 1 | N New York | 116β111 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) | 14β4 | |||||
19 | December 2 | Los Angeles | 120β117 | Bill Sharman (32) | 14β5 | |||||
20 | December 4 | @ Los Angeles | 113β103 | Tom Heinsohn (34) | 15β5 | |||||
21 | December 5 | @ Los Angeles | 123β101 | Bob Cousy (24) | 16β5 | |||||
22 | December 7 | Syracuse | 142β134 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 16β6 | |||||
23 | December 8 | N Cincinnati | 118β115 | Bill Russell (23) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 9 | Cincinnati | 123β146 | Bill Sharman (26) | 17β7 | |||||
25 | December 10 | @ Philadelphia | 97β102 | Bill Russell (22) | 17β8 | |||||
26 | December 13 | @ New York | 115β117 | Bob Cousy (30) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 15 | N Syracuse | 105β115 | Bob Cousy (28) | 18β9 | |||||
28 | December 17 | Los Angeles | 112β140 | Bob Cousy (25) | 19β9 | |||||
29 | December 20 | N Cincinnati | 112β115 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 20β9 | |||||
30 | December 21 | St. Louis | 108β120 | Sam Jones (28) | 21β9 | |||||
31 | December 24 | Detroit | 106β150 | Bob Cousy (25) | 22β9 | |||||
32 | December 26 | Philadelphia | 115β119 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (25) | 23β9 | |||||
33 | December 27 | @ Philadelphia | 101β116 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 23β10 | |||||
34 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 99β105 | Frank Ramsey (19) | 23β11 | |||||
35 | December 30 | @ New York | 120β106 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 113β96 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 25β11 | |||||
37 | January 3 | @ Los Angeles | 102β96 | Bob Cousy (27) | 26β11 | |||||
38 | January 5 | @ Cincinnati | 125β107 | Frank Ramsey (28) | 27β11 | |||||
39 | January 6 | @ Detroit | 108β102 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 28β11 | |||||
40 | January 8 | @ St. Louis | 104β133 | Sam Jones (24) | 28β12 | |||||
41 | January 10 | N Detroit | 98β118 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 29β12 | |||||
42 | January 12 | N Syracuse | 118β124 (OT) | Bob Cousy (33) | 30β12 | |||||
43 | January 13 | Philadelphia | 121β123 (OT) | Sam Jones (34) | 31β12 | |||||
44 | January 14 | @ Philadelphia | 113β116 | Frank Ramsey (21) | 31β13 | |||||
45 | January 15 | New York | 124β142 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 32β13 | |||||
46 | January 18 | St. Louis | 125β114 | Bob Cousy (23) | 32β14 | |||||
47 | January 19 | N Los Angeles | 103β106 | Cousy, Heinsohn (22) | 33β14 | |||||
48 | January 21 | @ Syracuse | 124β127 | Tom Heinsohn (34) | 33β15 | |||||
49 | January 24 | @ New York | 125β112 | Bob Cousy (33) | 34β15 | |||||
50 | January 26 | @ Philadelphia | 129β121 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (26) | 35β15 | |||||
51 | January 27 | Detroit | 111β140 | Sam Jones (28) | 36β15 | |||||
52 | January 29 | Philadelphia | 115β128 | Bill Sharman (21) | 37β15 | |||||
53 | January 30 | @ Cincinnati | 88β116 | Cousy, Russell (14) | 37β16 | |||||
54 | January 31 | @ St. Louis | 109β103 | Bill Russell (25) | 38β16 | |||||
55 | February 1 | N New York | 120β124 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 39β16 | |||||
56 | February 3 | New York | 109β123 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 40β16 | |||||
57 | February 5 | St. Louis | 121β123 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 41β16 | |||||
58 | February 7 | N Los Angeles | 95β96 | Bill Russell (26) | 42β16 | |||||
59 | February 8 | @ Syracuse | 108β130 | Bill Sharman (26) | 42β17 | |||||
60 | February 10 | @ Detroit | 134β137 | Sam Jones (29) | 42β18 | |||||
61 | February 11 | New York | 129β107 | Frank Ramsey (26) | 42β19 | |||||
62 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 125β136 | Sam Jones (25) | 43β19 | |||||
63 | February 14 | N Los Angeles | 93β113 | Bob Cousy (19) | 44β19 | |||||
64 | February 16 | N Philadelphia | 121β111 | Bill Sharman (28) | 44β20 | |||||
65 | February 17 | @ Philadelphia | 133β128 | Bill Russell (28) | 45β20 | |||||
66 | February 19 | @ Syracuse | 116β106 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 46β20 | |||||
67 | February 22 | @ Los Angeles | 93β105 | Bill Russell (21) | 46β21 | |||||
68 | February 24 | Syracuse | 128β144 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 47β21 | |||||
69 | February 25 | @ St. Louis | 122β109 | Bob Cousy (23) | 48β21 | |||||
70 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 113β99 | Cousy, Heinsohn (23) | 49β21 | |||||
71 | February 28 | @ New York | 142β116 | Bill Russell (24) | 50β21 | |||||
72 | March 1 | St. Louis | 110β97 | Bill Sharman (23) | 50β22 | |||||
73 | March 4 | New York | 110β113 | Bob Cousy (20) | 51β22 | |||||
74 | March 5 | Philadelphia | 129β146 | Bill Russell (37) | 52β22 | |||||
75 | March 7 | N Cincinnati | 121β124 | Bill Russell (25) | 53β22 | |||||
76 | March 8 | Syracuse | 127β136 | Bill Sharman (27) | 54β22 | |||||
77 | March 9 | N Detroit | 118β119 | Frank Ramsey (31) | 55β22 | |||||
78 | March 11 | Syracuse | 116β126 | Bill Russell (24) | 56β22 | |||||
79 | March 12 | @ Syracuse | 136β134 (OT) | Sam Jones (44) | 57β22 |
1961 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
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NBA Finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
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1961 schedule |
1960β61 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 4β1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHDH-TV |
Radio | WHDH |
The 1960β61 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]
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 |
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Boston Celtics | 57 | 22 | .722 | β | 21β7 | 24β11 | 12β4 | 28β11 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 46 | 33 | .582 | 11 | 23β6 | 12β21 | 11β6 | 22β17 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 38 | 41 | .481 | 19 | 19β9 | 8β21 | 11β11 | 18β21 |
New York Knicks | 21 | 58 | .266 | 36 | 10β22 | 7β25 | 4β11 | 10β29 |
1960β61 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β3 | 8β2 | 8β2 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 6β4 | 10β3 |
Cincinnati | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 8β5 | 8β2 | 2β8 | 6β7 | 4β6 |
Detroit | 2β8 | 11β2 | β | 4β9 | 5β5 | 5β5 | 3β10 | 4β6 |
Los Angeles | 2β8 | 5β8 | 9β4 | β | 7β3 | 2β8 | 5β8 | 6β4 |
New York | 3β10 | 2β8 | 5β5 | 3β7 | β | 2β11 | 1β9 | 5β8 |
Philadelphia | 5β8 | 8β2 | 5β5 | 8β2 | 11β2 | β | 3β7 | 6β7 |
St. Louis | 4β6 | 7β6 | 10β3 | 8β5 | 9β1 | 7β3 | β | 6β4 |
Syracuse | 3β10 | 6β4 | 6β4 | 4β6 | 8β5 | 7β6 | 4β6 | β |
1960β61 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | Detroit | 116β118 | Bob Cousy (30) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 28 | @ New York | 110β101 | Bill Russell (22) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 29 | Philadelphia | 131β103 | Bill Russell (22) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 5 | Cincinnati | 113β104 | Cousy, Sharman (27) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 8 | @ Cincinnati | 136β120 | Tom Heinsohn (33) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 11 | N Cincinnati | 110β128 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 4β2 | |||||
7 | November 12 | N Los Angeles | 124β131 | Sam Jones (25) | 5β2 | |||||
8 | November 15 | N Detroit | 115β114 (OT) | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 5β3 | |||||
9 | November 16 | St. Louis | 106β124 | Bob Cousy (30) | 6β3 | |||||
10 | November 19 | @ Syracuse | 114β94 | Bill Russell (19) | 7β3 | |||||
11 | November 20 | @ Cincinnati | 120β103 | Bob Cousy (23) | 8β3 | |||||
12 | November 23 | New York | 105β122 | Frank Ramsey (24) | 9β3 | |||||
13 | November 24 | @ Philadelphia | 132β129 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 10β3 | |||||
14 | November 25 | @ New York | 111β110 | Bill Sharman (26) | 11β3 | |||||
15 | November 26 | Syracuse | 110β129 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 12β3 | |||||
16 | November 29 | @ St. Louis | 119β109 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 13β3 | |||||
17 | November 30 | @ Detroit | 125β110 | Bill Sharman (23) | 14β3 | |||||
18 | December 1 | N New York | 116β111 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) | 14β4 | |||||
19 | December 2 | Los Angeles | 120β117 | Bill Sharman (32) | 14β5 | |||||
20 | December 4 | @ Los Angeles | 113β103 | Tom Heinsohn (34) | 15β5 | |||||
21 | December 5 | @ Los Angeles | 123β101 | Bob Cousy (24) | 16β5 | |||||
22 | December 7 | Syracuse | 142β134 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 16β6 | |||||
23 | December 8 | N Cincinnati | 118β115 | Bill Russell (23) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 9 | Cincinnati | 123β146 | Bill Sharman (26) | 17β7 | |||||
25 | December 10 | @ Philadelphia | 97β102 | Bill Russell (22) | 17β8 | |||||
26 | December 13 | @ New York | 115β117 | Bob Cousy (30) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 15 | N Syracuse | 105β115 | Bob Cousy (28) | 18β9 | |||||
28 | December 17 | Los Angeles | 112β140 | Bob Cousy (25) | 19β9 | |||||
29 | December 20 | N Cincinnati | 112β115 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 20β9 | |||||
30 | December 21 | St. Louis | 108β120 | Sam Jones (28) | 21β9 | |||||
31 | December 24 | Detroit | 106β150 | Bob Cousy (25) | 22β9 | |||||
32 | December 26 | Philadelphia | 115β119 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (25) | 23β9 | |||||
33 | December 27 | @ Philadelphia | 101β116 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 23β10 | |||||
34 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 99β105 | Frank Ramsey (19) | 23β11 | |||||
35 | December 30 | @ New York | 120β106 | Tom Heinsohn (30) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 113β96 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 25β11 | |||||
37 | January 3 | @ Los Angeles | 102β96 | Bob Cousy (27) | 26β11 | |||||
38 | January 5 | @ Cincinnati | 125β107 | Frank Ramsey (28) | 27β11 | |||||
39 | January 6 | @ Detroit | 108β102 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 28β11 | |||||
40 | January 8 | @ St. Louis | 104β133 | Sam Jones (24) | 28β12 | |||||
41 | January 10 | N Detroit | 98β118 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 29β12 | |||||
42 | January 12 | N Syracuse | 118β124 (OT) | Bob Cousy (33) | 30β12 | |||||
43 | January 13 | Philadelphia | 121β123 (OT) | Sam Jones (34) | 31β12 | |||||
44 | January 14 | @ Philadelphia | 113β116 | Frank Ramsey (21) | 31β13 | |||||
45 | January 15 | New York | 124β142 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 32β13 | |||||
46 | January 18 | St. Louis | 125β114 | Bob Cousy (23) | 32β14 | |||||
47 | January 19 | N Los Angeles | 103β106 | Cousy, Heinsohn (22) | 33β14 | |||||
48 | January 21 | @ Syracuse | 124β127 | Tom Heinsohn (34) | 33β15 | |||||
49 | January 24 | @ New York | 125β112 | Bob Cousy (33) | 34β15 | |||||
50 | January 26 | @ Philadelphia | 129β121 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (26) | 35β15 | |||||
51 | January 27 | Detroit | 111β140 | Sam Jones (28) | 36β15 | |||||
52 | January 29 | Philadelphia | 115β128 | Bill Sharman (21) | 37β15 | |||||
53 | January 30 | @ Cincinnati | 88β116 | Cousy, Russell (14) | 37β16 | |||||
54 | January 31 | @ St. Louis | 109β103 | Bill Russell (25) | 38β16 | |||||
55 | February 1 | N New York | 120β124 | Tom Heinsohn (31) | 39β16 | |||||
56 | February 3 | New York | 109β123 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 40β16 | |||||
57 | February 5 | St. Louis | 121β123 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 41β16 | |||||
58 | February 7 | N Los Angeles | 95β96 | Bill Russell (26) | 42β16 | |||||
59 | February 8 | @ Syracuse | 108β130 | Bill Sharman (26) | 42β17 | |||||
60 | February 10 | @ Detroit | 134β137 | Sam Jones (29) | 42β18 | |||||
61 | February 11 | New York | 129β107 | Frank Ramsey (26) | 42β19 | |||||
62 | February 12 | Philadelphia | 125β136 | Sam Jones (25) | 43β19 | |||||
63 | February 14 | N Los Angeles | 93β113 | Bob Cousy (19) | 44β19 | |||||
64 | February 16 | N Philadelphia | 121β111 | Bill Sharman (28) | 44β20 | |||||
65 | February 17 | @ Philadelphia | 133β128 | Bill Russell (28) | 45β20 | |||||
66 | February 19 | @ Syracuse | 116β106 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 46β20 | |||||
67 | February 22 | @ Los Angeles | 93β105 | Bill Russell (21) | 46β21 | |||||
68 | February 24 | Syracuse | 128β144 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 47β21 | |||||
69 | February 25 | @ St. Louis | 122β109 | Bob Cousy (23) | 48β21 | |||||
70 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 113β99 | Cousy, Heinsohn (23) | 49β21 | |||||
71 | February 28 | @ New York | 142β116 | Bill Russell (24) | 50β21 | |||||
72 | March 1 | St. Louis | 110β97 | Bill Sharman (23) | 50β22 | |||||
73 | March 4 | New York | 110β113 | Bob Cousy (20) | 51β22 | |||||
74 | March 5 | Philadelphia | 129β146 | Bill Russell (37) | 52β22 | |||||
75 | March 7 | N Cincinnati | 121β124 | Bill Russell (25) | 53β22 | |||||
76 | March 8 | Syracuse | 127β136 | Bill Sharman (27) | 54β22 | |||||
77 | March 9 | N Detroit | 118β119 | Frank Ramsey (31) | 55β22 | |||||
78 | March 11 | Syracuse | 116β126 | Bill Russell (24) | 56β22 | |||||
79 | March 12 | @ Syracuse | 136β134 (OT) | Sam Jones (44) | 57β22 |
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NBA Finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
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1961 schedule |