1962–63 Boston Celtics season
The 1962–63 NBA season was the Celtics' 17th season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season by winning their sixth NBA Championship.
1962–63 Boston Celtics season | |
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NBA champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 58–22 (.725) |
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | NBA Champions (Defeated Lakers 4–2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHDH-TV |
Radio | WHDH |
Offseason
NBA draft
The 1962 NBA Draft results were:
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 7 | John Havlicek | Forward/Guard | United States | Ohio State |
2 | 16 | Jack Foley | Guard | United States | Holy Cross |
3 | 25 | Jim Hadnot | United States | Providence | |
4 | 34 | Roger Strickland | United States | Jacksonville University | |
5 | 43 | Gary Daniels | United States | The Citadel | |
6 | 52 | Jim Hooley | Boston College | ||
7 | 60 | Clyde Arnold | Duquesne | ||
8 | 69 | Chuck Chevalier | Boston College | ||
9 | 78 | Mike Cingiser | Brown | ||
Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 58 | 22 | .725 | – | 25–5 | 21–16 | 12–1 | 25–11 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 48 | 32 | .600 | 10 | 23–5 | 13–19 | 12–8 | 21–15 |
x-Cincinnati Royals | 42 | 38 | .525 | 16 | 23–10 | 15–19 | 4–9 | 20–16 |
New York Knicks | 21 | 59 | .263 | 37 | 12–22 | 5–28 | 4–9 | 6–30 |
Record vs. opponents
1962-63 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | CIN | DET | LAL | NYK | SFW | STL | SYR |
Boston | — | 8–2 | 9–3 | 8–0 | 4–5 | 10–2 | 8–1 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 2–8 | — | 4–6 | 3–7 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 2–8 |
Cincinnati | 3–9 | 6–4 | — | 4–4 | 3–6 | 10–2 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 7–5 |
Detroit | 0–8 | 7–3 | 4–4 | — | 1–11 | 8–1 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 3–6 |
Los Angeles | 5–4 | 7–3 | 6–3 | 11–1 | — | 5–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 4–4 |
New York | 2–10 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 1–8 | 3–5 | — | 2–6 | 3–6 | 2–10 |
San Francisco | 1–8 | 6–4 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–2 | — | 3–9 | 3–5 |
St. Louis | 3–5 | 7–3 | 5–3 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 9–3 | — | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 6–6 | 8–2 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 4–4 | 10–2 | 5–3 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
1962–63 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 20 | New York | 116–149 | Sam Jones (25) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 26 | @ New York | 133–108 | Bill Russell (25) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | October 27 | Syracuse | 98–118 | Heinsohn, S. Jones, Sanders (17) | 3–0 | |||||
4 | October 30 | @ St. Louis | 97–98 | Sam Jones (23) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 31 | @ Detroit | 115–100 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | November 2 | @ Chicago | 107–97 | Bob Cousy (23) | 5–1 | |||||
7 | November 3 | Detroit | 114–125 | Tom Heinsohn (21) | 6–1 | |||||
8 | November 7 | @ Cincinnati | 106–105 | Sam Jones (23) | 7–1 | |||||
9 | November 9 | Los Angeles | 133–120 | Sam Jones (23) | 7–2 | |||||
10 | November 11 | N New York | 98–117 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 8–2 | |||||
11 | November 12 | Cincinnati | 126–137 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 9–2 | |||||
12 | November 13 | @ New York | 116–102 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 10–2 | |||||
13 | November 16 | @ Syracuse | 105–113 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 10–3 | |||||
14 | November 17 | San Francisco | 109–127 | Tom Heinsohn (28) | 11–3 | |||||
15 | November 20 | N Chicago | 106–113 | Heinsohn, Russell (20) | 12–3 | |||||
16 | November 21 | St. Louis | 106–115 | Bill Russell (26) | 13–3 | |||||
17 | November 22 | N Syracuse | 130–120 | Frank Ramsey (23) | 13–4 | |||||
18 | November 23 | N Chicago | 104–116 | Satch Sanders (27) | 14–4 | |||||
19 | November 24 | @ St. Louis | 95–97 | Satch Sanders (21) | 14–5 | |||||
20 | November 27 | N Detroit | 115–125 | Tom Heinsohn (24) | 15–5 | |||||
21 | December 1 | Syracuse | 110–129 | Heinsohn, S. Jones, Russell (22) | 16–5 | |||||
22 | December 2 | @ Cincinnati | 128–127 (OT) | Sam Jones (27) | 17–5 | |||||
23 | December 5 | @ Detroit | 106–93 | Sam Jones (20) | 18–5 | |||||
24 | December 7 | Los Angeles | 112–126 | Bill Russell (24) | 19–5 | |||||
25 | December 8 | @ Syracuse | 97–102 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 19–6 | |||||
26 | December 11 | @ New York | 87–95 | Bill Russell (18) | 19–7 | |||||
27 | December 12 | St. Louis | 98–111 | Sam Jones (27) | 20–7 | |||||
28 | December 13 | N Detroit | 93–103 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 21–7 | |||||
29 | December 15 | Cincinnati | 124–120 | Bill Russell (23) | 21–8 | |||||
30 | December 22 | New York | 120–106 | Sam Jones (24) | 21–9 | |||||
31 | December 26 | San Francisco | 113–116 | Sam Jones (20) | 22–9 | |||||
32 | December 27 | N San Francisco | 102–108 | Sam Jones (32) | 23–9 | |||||
33 | December 28 | @ Cincinnati | 121–113 | John Havlicek (31) | 24–9 | |||||
34 | December 29 | @ St. Louis | 100–102 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 24–10 | |||||
35 | January 2 | @ San Francisco | 135–120 (OT) | Tom Heinsohn (41) | 25–10 | |||||
36 | January 4 | @ Los Angeles | 123–125 | Tom Heinsohn (29) | 25–11 | |||||
37 | January 5 | @ Los Angeles | 104–106 | John Havlicek (24) | 25–12 | |||||
38 | January 8 | @ San Francisco | 118–112 | Bob Cousy (19) | 26–12 | |||||
39 | January 9 | @ Chicago | 123–131 | John Havlicek (20) | 26–13 | |||||
40 | January 10 | @ Cincinnati | 121–130 | Bill Russell (31) | 26–14 | |||||
41 | January 11 | Syracuse | 117–134 | John Havlicek (27) | 27–14 | |||||
42 | January 13 | Chicago | 99–143 | Clyde Lovellette (24) | 28–14 | |||||
43 | January 17 | N Chicago | 93–110 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 29–14 | |||||
44 | January 18 | Cincinnati | 114–122 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 30–14 | |||||
45 | January 19 | @ Syracuse | 148–149 (OT) | Sam Jones (37) | 30–15 | |||||
46 | January 20 | Los Angeles | 121–133 | S. Jones, Russell (29) | 31–15 | |||||
47 | January 22 | @ New York | 124–100 | Bob Cousy (19) | 32–15 | |||||
48 | January 23 | @ Cincinnati | 133–138 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 32–16 | |||||
49 | January 24 | N St. Louis | 109–111 | Sam Jones (27) | 33–16 | |||||
50 | January 25 | St. Louis | 98–113 | Sam Jones (21) | 34–16 | |||||
51 | January 27 | New York | 110–123 | John Havlicek (26) | 35–16 | |||||
52 | January 29 | N Chicago | 99–100 | Sam Jones (23) | 36–16 | |||||
53 | January 30 | San Francisco | 111–125 | Bill Russell (23) | 37–16 | |||||
54 | January 31 | N Cincinnati | 125–128 | Sam Jones (22) | 38–16 | |||||
55 | February 1 | Syracuse | 125–111 | Satch Sanders (22) | 38–17 | |||||
56 | February 3 | Detroit | 128–137 | Sam Jones (35) | 39–17 | |||||
57 | February 5 | @ Cincinnati | 106–96 | Sam Jones (27) | 40–17 | |||||
58 | February 6 | @ Syracuse | 109–126 | Sam Jones (22) | 40–18 | |||||
59 | February 8 | @ New York | 129–97 | John Havlicek (19) | 41–18 | |||||
60 | February 9 | San Francisco | 112–118 | Cousy, S. Jones (22) | 42–18 | |||||
61 | February 10 | New York | 123–129 | Sam Jones (21) | 43–18 | |||||
62 | February 12 | N Los Angeles | 93–120 | Sam Jones (25) | 44–18 | |||||
63 | February 13 | Los Angeles | 134–128 | Satch Sanders (25) | 44–19 | |||||
64 | February 15 | N Syracuse | 114–123 | Tom Heinsohn (33) | 45–19 | |||||
65 | February 16 | @ St. Louis | 114–94 | Sam Jones (34) | 46–19 | |||||
66 | February 17 | @ Chicago | 110–107 | Sam Jones (28) | 47–19 | |||||
67 | February 19 | Cincinnati | 126–129 | Heinsohn, S. Jones (25) | 48–19 | |||||
68 | February 20 | @ Detroit | 117–113 | John Havlicek (24) | 49–19 | |||||
69 | February 21 | @ San Francisco | 135–118 | Bill Russell (25) | 50–19 | |||||
70 | February 22 | @ Los Angeles | 105–113 | Sam Jones (24) | 50–20 | |||||
71 | February 24 | @ Los Angeles | 119–109 | Sam Jones (28) | 51–20 | |||||
72 | February 26 | @ San Francisco | 112–128 | Bill Russell (20) | 51–21 | |||||
73 | March 2 | New York | 117–122 | John Havlicek (32) | 52–21 | |||||
74 | March 3 | @ New York | 102–95 | Sam Jones (17) | 53–21 | |||||
75 | March 7 | @ Detroit | 115–104 | Sam Jones (31) | 54–21 | |||||
76 | March 8 | @ Chicago | 109–110 | Bill Russell (24) | 54–22 | |||||
77 | March 10 | Cincinnati | 117–149 | Tom Heinsohn (29) | 55–22 | |||||
78 | March 13 | Chicago | 108–121 | Tom Heinsohn (37) | 56–22 | |||||
79 | March 16 | @ Syracuse | 125–121 | Tom Heinsohn (21) | 57–22 | |||||
80 | March 17 | Syracuse | 116–125 | Tom Heinsohn (28) | 58–22 |
Player stats
Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | AVG |
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Sam Jones | 76 | 396 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 1499 | 19.7 |
Tom Heinsohn | 76 | 596 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1440 | 18.9 |
Bill Russell | 78 | 1843 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 1309 | 16.8 |
John Havlicek | 80 | 534 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 1140 | 14.3 |
Bob Cousy | 76 | 193 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 1003 | 13.2 |
Frank Ramsey | 77 | 288 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 839 | 10.9 |
Thomas "Satch" Sanders | 80 | 576 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 864 | 10.8 |
K.C. Jones | 79 | 263 | 317 | 0 | 0 | 572 | 7.2 |
Clyde Lovellette | 61 | 177 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 6.5 |
Dan Swartz | 39 | 88 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 4.5 |
Jim Loscutoff | 63 | 157 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 3.3 |
Gene Guarilia | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.4 |
Playoffs
Awards and honors
- Bill Russell, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Bill Russell, All-NBA First Team
- Bob Cousy, All-NBA Second Team
- Tom Heinsohn, All-NBA Second Team
- John Havlicek, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
- Nine players are enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
References
- "1962 Boston Celtics". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
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