1961–62 Boston Celtics season

The 1961–62 NBA season was the Celtics' 16th season in the NBA. The Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to claim their fifth NBA Championship. They set new records with the most games won and the first NBA team to post 60 wins. Three years later, the Celtics would break this record with 62 wins in 1964–65 season.

1961–62 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record60–20 (.750)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Lakers 4–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHDH-TV
RadioWHDH

Offseason

NBA draft

The 1961 NBA draft took place on March 27, 1961.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 9 Gary Phillips Guard  United States Houston
2 17 Al Butler Guard  United States Niagara

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics6020.750–23–526–1211–326–10
x-Philadelphia Warriors4931.6131118–1119–1912–118–18
x-Syracuse Nationals4139.5131918–1011–1912–1017–19
New York Knicks2951.3633119–152–238–1311–25

Record vs. opponents
1961-62 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston —9–17–15–36–38–48–47–210–2
Chicago 1–9—1–93–72–86–40–104–61–9
Cincinnati 1–79–1—6–65–75–43–59–35–4
Detroit 3–57–36–6—4–85–41–77–54–5
Los Angeles 3–68–27–58–4—6–26–310–26–2
New York 4–84–64–54–52–6—4–84–43–9
Philadelphia 4–810–05–37–13–68–4—6–36–6
St. Louis 2–76–43–95–72–104–43–6—4–4
Syracuse 2–109–14–55–42–69–36–64–4—

Game log
1961–62 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 21Detroit102–137Tom Heinsohn (26)1–0
2October 28New York102–132Tom Heinsohn (19)2–0
3November 3@ Philadelphia112–98Bob Cousy (27)3–0
4November 4Syracuse107–127Bob Cousy (23)4–0
5November 9N Detroit116–110Bill Russell (28)4–1
6November 11Philadelphia125–128Bill Russell (28)5–1
7November 12@ Chicago112–96Bill Russell (28)6–1
8November 14@ St. Louis119–117Bill Russell (35)7–1
9November 16@ Cincinnati127–121Tom Heinsohn (29)8–1
10November 17@ New York104–100Bill Russell (25)9–1
11November 18Los Angeles103–101Tom Heinsohn (26)9–2
12November 22St. Louis121–141Heinsohn, Sanders (22)10–2
13November 23@ Philadelphia119–106Tom Heinsohn (31)11–2
14November 25New York96–116Frank Ramsey (26)12–2
15November 26@ Detroit107–101Sam Jones (28)13–2
16November 28N Detroit108–116Bob Cousy (27)14–2
17November 30N Cincinnati133–130Tom Heinsohn (31)14–3
18December 1Chicago121–140Bill Russell (26)15–3
19December 3@ Cincinnati119–96Bill Russell (23)16–3
20December 6N Cincinnati102–103Bill Russell (28)17–3
21December 8Syracuse111–123Tom Heinsohn (30)18–3
22December 9@ Syracuse106–102Sam Jones (30)19–3
23December 13Philadelphia113–123Sam Jones (35)20–3
24December 14N Chicago108–123Tom Heinsohn (28)21–3
25December 16St. Louis113–130Bill Russell (25)22–3
26December 17@ New York117–109Sam Jones (30)23–3
27December 19@ Los Angeles101–104Sam Jones (26)23–4
28December 21N New York103–122Satch Sanders (23)24–4
29December 23New York111–122Bill Russell (31)25–4
30December 25@ Syracuse127–122Tom Heinsohn (45)26–4
31December 26Los Angeles117–129Bob Cousy (26)27–4
32December 28@ St. Louis117–109Sam Jones (26)28–4
33December 29@ New York100–110Bob Cousy (20)28–5
34December 30@ Philadelphia116–111Sam Jones (36)29–5
35January 2N St. Louis99–136Tom Heinsohn (25)30–5
36January 3@ Detroit103–112Tom Heinsohn (23)30–6
37January 5@ Cincinnati124–103Tom Heinsohn (31)31–6
38January 7@ Los Angeles118–95Tom Heinsohn (28)32–6
39January 10@ Chicago90–103Bob Cousy (21)32–7
40January 12Cincinnati125–141Tom Heinsohn (32)33–7
41January 13N Syracuse127–117Tom Heinsohn (23)33–8
42January 14Philadelphia136–145Sam Jones (30)34–8
43January 17@ Detroit126–116Sam Jones (33)35–8
44January 19Syracuse103–128Bill Russell (24)36–8
45January 20@ Syracuse107–101Bill Russell (24)37–8
46January 21Detroit124–120Tom Heinsohn (43)37–9
47January 23N Los Angeles103–118Tom Heinsohn (28)38–9
48January 24St. Louis135–123Tom Heinsohn (28)38–10
49January 26@ New York121–129Frank Ramsey (38)38–11
50January 27@ Philadelphia106–131Satch Sanders (24)38–12
51January 28Philadelphia133–129 (OT)Tom Heinsohn (31)38–13
52January 31@ Chicago122–115Bob Cousy (27)39–13
53February 1N Los Angeles115–130Sam Jones (22)40–13
54February 2Cincinnati124–143Tom Heinsohn (24)41–13
55February 4New York114–130Frank Ramsey (24)42–13
56February 5@ Chicago127–111Tom Heinsohn (28)43–13
57February 6@ St. Louis129–114Heinsohn, S. Jones (24)44–13
58February 8@ Syracuse110–122Sam Jones (26)44–14
59February 9Philadelphia126–124Heinsohn, S. Jones (23)44–15
60February 10@ Philadelphia106–107Sam Jones (21)44–16
61February 11Chicago115–148Tom Heinsohn (42)45–16
62February 13N Chicago117–138Tom Heinsohn (30)46–16
63February 14@ New York112–125Bob Cousy (26)46–17
64February 16N New York104–127Bob Cousy (28)47–17
65February 18@ Los Angeles99–125Frank Ramsey (19)47–18
66February 20@ Los Angeles115–96Satch Sanders (26)48–18
67February 22N Syracuse106–134Bob Cousy (32)49–18
68February 23Syracuse107–121Tom Heinsohn (31)50–18
69February 24@ Philadelphia109–86Bob Cousy (22)51–18
70February 25@ Syracuse110–106Bill Russell (23)52–18
71February 27N Chicago100–115Heinsohn, Russell (20)53–18
72February 28@ Cincinnati129–123 (OT)Frank Ramsey (30)54–18
73March 2@ St. Louis120–138Tom Heinsohn (22)54–19
74March 4St. Louis120–123Tom Heinsohn (28)55–19
75March 6@ New York106–113Tom Heinsohn (30)55–20
76March 7Philadelphia102–153Sam Jones (23)56–20
77March 8@ Chicago108–102Bill Russell (27)57–20
78March 9@ Detroit130–111Tom Heinsohn (32)58–20
79March 11Los Angeles105–119Sam Jones (20)59–20
80March 13Syracuse110–142Satch Sanders (30)60–20

Playoffs
1962 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 24 Philadelphia W 117–89 Sam Jones (20) Bill Russell (30) Bob Cousy (8) Boston Garden 1–0
2 March 27 @ Philadelphia L 106–113 Tom Heinsohn (24) Bill Russell (20) Bill Russell (6) Philadelphia Civic Center 1–1
3 March 28 Philadelphia W 129–114 Russell, Heinsohn (31) Bill Russell (31) Bob Cousy (10) Boston Garden 2–1
4 March 31 @ Philadelphia L 106–110 Bill Russell (31) Bill Russell (30) Bob Cousy (10) Philadelphia Civic Center 2–2
5 April 1 Philadelphia W 119–104 Bill Russell (29) Bill Russell (26) Russell, S. Jones (7) Boston Garden 3–2
6 April 3 @ Philadelphia L 99–109 Heinsohn, Cousy (22) Bill Russell (22) Bob Cousy (12) Philadelphia Civic Center 3–3
7 April 5 Philadelphia W 109–107 Sam Jones (28) Bill Russell (22) K. C. Jones (10) Boston Garden 4–3
NBA Finals: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 7 Los Angeles W 122–108 Sam Jones (24) Bill Russell (28) Bob Cousy (7) Boston Garden
7,467		 1–0
2 April 8 Los Angeles L 122–129 Tom Heinsohn (27) Bill Russell (23) Bob Cousy (11) Boston Garden
12,364		 1–1
3 April 10 @ Los Angeles L 115–117 Bill Russell (26) Bill Russell (32) Bob Cousy (8) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,180		 1–2
4 April 11 @ Los Angeles W 115–103 Bill Russell (21) Bill Russell (22) Bob Cousy (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,104		 2–2
5 April 14 Los Angeles L 121–126 Tom Heinsohn (30) Bill Russell (29) Bob Cousy (10) Boston Garden
13,909		 2–3
6 April 16 @ Los Angeles W 119–105 Sam Jones (35) Bill Russell (24) Bill Russell (10) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,030		 3–3
7 April 18 Los Angeles W 110–107 (OT) Bill Russell (30) Bill Russell (40) Bob Cousy (9) Boston Garden
13,909		 4–3
1962 schedule

Awards and honors
  • Bill Russell, NBA Most Valuable Player
  • Bill Russell, All-NBA Second team
  • Bob Cousy, All-NBA Second team
  • Tom Heinsohn, All-NBA Second team

References
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