1958–59 Boston Celtics season

The 1958–59 Boston Celtics season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season by winning the first of eight consecutive NBA World Championships, and their second title overall.

1958–59 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record52–20 (.722)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Lakers 4–0)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHDH

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5220.722–26–413–1513–123–13
x-New York Knicks4032.5561221–915–154–819–17
x-Syracuse Nationals3537.4861717–97–248–714–22
Philadelphia Warriors3240.4442017–97–248–714–22

Record vs. opponents
1958-59 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston –8–18–19–07–59–34–57–5
Cincinnati 1–8–3–96–63–62–71–113–6
Detroit 1–89–3–4–83–65–44–82–7
Minneapolis 0–96–68–4–4–56–34–85–4
New York 5–76–36–35–4–5–74–59–3
Philadelphia 3–97–24–53–67–5–4–54–8
St. Louis 5–411–18–48–45–45–4–7–2
Syracuse 5–76–37–24–53–98–42–7—

Game log
1958–59 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 25@ New York125–127 (OT)Bill Sharman (28)0–1
2November 1Detroit98–112Tom Heinsohn (31)1–1
3November 5@ Syracuse117–115Bill Russell (28)2–1
4November 8@ St. Louis84–87Tom Heinsohn (22)2–2
5November 9@ Detroit133–136Bill Russell (32)2–3
6November 11Minneapolis113–116 (OT)Bill Russell (20)3–3
7November 15Cincinnati105–130Frank Ramsey (33)4–3
8November 18N Detroit102–115Russell, Sharman (20)5–3
9November 19@ Cincinnati103–119Bill Russell (27)5–4
10November 21N New York112–106Bill Russell (25)5–5
11November 22Philadelphia100–105Bill Sharman (26)6–5
12November 24N Minneapolis104–123Bob Cousy (23)7–5
13November 26New York109–121Bill Sharman (22)8–5
14November 27@ Philadelphia107–94Bill Sharman (31)9–5
15November 29Detroit96–110Tom Heinsohn (19)10–5
16December 2@ New York109–90Bill Sharman (23)11–5
17December 3St. Louis119–110Bill Sharman (28)11–6
18December 4N Syracuse114–116Bill Sharman (29)12–6
19December 6Syracuse101–92Bill Russell (21)12–7
20December 7@ Syracuse104–108Frank Ramsey (17)12–8
21December 10Philadelphia97–100Bob Cousy (23)13–8
22December 11@ Philadelphia123–114Bob Cousy (28)14–8
23December 12Cincinnati115–125 (OT)Bob Cousy (30)15–8
24December 16N Syracuse104–108Frank Ramsey (25)16–8
25December 17@ Detroit102–95Bill Sharman (25)17–8
26December 18@ Cincinnati104–90Bill Sharman (21)18–8
27December 20New York106–135Bob Cousy (21)19–6
28December 25@ New York129–120Bill Russell (32)20–8
29December 26N Minneapolis99–107Frank Ramsey (26)21–8
30December 27@ Minneapolis112–94Bob Cousy (34)22–8
31December 29Syracuse105–107Bill Russell (28)23–8
32December 30@ Philadelphia105–112Bill Sharman (26)23–9
33January 3@ St. Louis110–116Bill Sharman (24)23–10
34January 4@ Cincinnati111–108Bob Cousy (26)24–10
35January 5Minneapolis106–118Bob Cousy (30)25–10
36January 6N Cincinnati95–109Bill Sharman (23)26–10
37January 7N New York78–109Tom Heinsohn (23)27–10
38January 9@ Detroit103–90Bob Cousy (25)28–10
39January 11N Minneapolis106–109 (OT)Heinsohn, Sharman (26)29–10
40January 12N Minneapolis108–117Tom Heinsohn (38)30–10
41January 14New York112–123Heinsohn, Russell (25)31–10
42January 16@ Philadelphia98–105Bob Cousy (27)31–11
43January 18St. Louis117–139Bill Sharman (36)32–11
44January 20@ St. Louis114–119Bill Russell (23)32–12
45January 21@ Syracuse112–134Bill Sharman (27)32–13
46January 24Philadelphia104–132Tom Heinsohn (26)33–13
47January 25Detroit118–119 (OT)Bob Cousy (29)34–13
48January 28St. Louis111–120 (OT)Frank Ramsey (30)35–13
49January 31Philadelphia102–137Bill Sharman (30)36–13
50February 1Syracuse137–139 (OT)Bob Cousy (32)37–13
51February 3N St. Louis97–104Cousy, Ramsey (23)38–13
52February 4New York129–126Ramsey, Russell (22)38–14
53February 6St. Louis95–122Tom Heinsohn (29)39–14
54February 7@ New York124–116Cousy, Heinsohn (28)40–14
55February 8Cincinnati117–136Tom Heinsohn (36)41–14
56February 9@ Philadelphia113–121Bob Cousy (32)41–15
57February 11Philadelphia118–120Bob Cousy (31)42–15
58February 14Syracuse121–124Tom Heinsohn (24)43–15
59February 15Detroit94–120Bill Sharman (31)44–15
60February 17N Philadelphia84–95Bill Sharman (24)45–15
61February 19@ Syracuse105–113Tom Heinsohn (24)45–16
62February 20@ Detroit111–106 (OT)Frank Ramsey (31)46–16
63February 22@ Cincinnati129–112Tom Heinsohn (27)47–16
64February 24@ New York122–134Bob Cousy (33)47–17
65February 26N Philadelphia109–125Heinsohn, Ramsey (21)48–17
66February 27Minneapolis139–173Tom Heinsohn (43)49–17
67March 1@ St. Louis102–104Tom Heinsohn (23)49–18
68March 3N Minneapolis112–119Tom Heinsohn (30)50–18
69March 4Syracuse114–120Bill Sharman (26)51–18
70March 5@ Syracuse118–142Bill Sharman (23)51–19
71March 8Cincinnati131–141Bill Sharman (29)52–19
72March 10New York138–116Bob Cousy (37)52–20

Playoffs
1959 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 18 Syracuse W 131–109 Tom Heinsohn (28) Bill Russell (32) — Boston Garden 1–0
2 March 21 @ Syracuse L 118–120 Bob Cousy (27) Bill Russell (19) — Onondaga War Memorial 1–1
3 March 22 Syracuse W 133–111 Frank Ramsey (24) Bill Russell (27) — Boston Garden 2–1
4 March 25 @ Syracuse L 107–119 Frank Ramsey (29) Bill Russell (21) — Onondaga War Memorial 2–2
5 March 28 Syracuse W 129–108 Bob Cousy (27) Bill Russell (32) — Boston Garden 3–2
6 March 29 @ Syracuse L 121–133 Frank Ramsey (26) Bill Russell (24) — Onondaga War Memorial 3–3
7 April 1 Syracuse W 130–125 Frank Ramsey (28) Bill Russell (32) Bob Cousy (10) Boston Garden 4–3
NBA Finals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 4 Minneapolis W 118–115 Frank Ramsey (29) Bill Russell (28) Boston Garden
8,195		 1–0
2 April 5 Minneapolis W 128–108 Bill Sharman (28) Bill Russell (30) Boston Garden
11,082		 2–0
3 April 7 @ Minneapolis W 123–110 Tom Heinsohn (26) Bill Russell (30) St. Paul Auditorium
11,272		 3–0
4 April 9 @ Minneapolis W 118–113 Bill Sharman (29) Bill Russell (30) Minneapolis Auditorium
8,124		 4–0
1959 schedule

Roster

Awards and honors
  • Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
  • Bill Russell, All-NBA First Team
  • Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team

References
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