1964–65 Boston Celtics season

The 1964–65 NBA season was the Celtics' 19th season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season by winning their eighth NBA Championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. In 1996, the team was named one of the 10 greatest teams in NBA history. In addition five players were inducted into the Hall of Fame - K. C. Jones, Sam Jones, Tom Heinsohn, Bill Russell, and John Havlicek. Sam Jones, Havlicek, and Russell were selected as among the NBA's 50 greatest players. Both Red Auerbach and John Thompson were elected into the Hall of Fame as coaches.

1964–65 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
OwnersWalter Brown
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record62–18 (.775)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Lakers 4–1)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHDH-TV
WIHS-TV
RadioWHDH

This season is best noted for Havlicek's heroic "steal" of the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Division final, immortalized in a commentary by Johnny Most where he exclaims that "Havlicek stole the ball." This is considered one of the greatest NBA moments, and its importance over time overshadowed the subsequent final between the Celtics and Lakers (of which there were many played in that era).

Offseason

NBA draft

The 1965 NBA draft took place on May 4, 1964.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 7 Mel Counts Center / Forward  United States Oregon State
2 16 Ron Bonham Forward  United States Cincinnati

Roster
Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 21 United States Bonham, Ron 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Cincinnati
C 11 United States Counts, Mel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Oregon State
G/F 17 United States Havlicek, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Ohio State
F 15 United States Heinsohn, Tom 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Holy Cross
G 25 United States Jones, K. C. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) San Francisco
G/F 24 United States Jones, Sam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) North Carolina Central
F 12 United States Naulls, Willie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
C 6 United States Russell, Bill 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) San Francisco
F 16 United States Sanders, Satch 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NYU
G 20 United States Siegfried, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ohio State
F/C 18 United States Thompson, John 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Providence
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics6218.775–27–327–118–420–10
x-Cincinnati Royals4832.6001425–717–216–416–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers4040.5002213–129–2118–714–16
New York Knicks3149.3883115–209–217–810–20

Record vs. opponents
1964-65 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —3–76–46–44–62–84–67–35–5
Boston 7–3—8–210–07–37–35–59–19–1
Cincinnati 4–62–8—6–46–48–26–48–28–2
Detroit 4–60–104–6—3–75–54–68–23–7
Los Angeles 6–43–74–67–3—10–07–38–24–6
New York 8–23–72–85–50–10—5–57–31–9
Philadelphia 6–45–54–66–43–75–5—6–45–5
San Francisco 3–71–92–82–82–83–74–6—0–10
St. Louis 5–51–92–87–36–49–15–510–0—

Game log
1964–65 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 17Detroit81–112Bill Russell (19)1–0
2October 22N Detroit102–104Sam Jones (23)2–0
3October 24Baltimore103–131Sam Jones (28)3–0
4October 25@ Baltimore112–100Sam Jones (26)4–0
5October 27@ New York131–103Sam Jones (30)5–0
6October 28@ St. Louis119–117Sam Jones (27)6–0
7October 30@ Detroit106–90Sam Jones (28)7–0
8October 31Cincinnati94–122Sam Jones (22)8–0
9November 7Detroit113–130Heinsohn, S. Jones (18)9–0
10November 8@ Cincinnati106–103Sam Jones (26)10–0
11November 11San Francisco84–110Larry Siegfried (20)11–0
12November 12N Philadelphia110–109Sam Jones (24)11–1
13November 13Los Angeles114–112Sam Jones (32)11–2
14November 14@ Philadelphia113–102John Havlicek (24)12–2
15November 17@ Baltimore99–102Sam Jones (33)12–3
16November 18St. Louis97–100John Havlicek (26)13–3
17November 20N New York120–127Sam Jones (29)14–3
18November 21N Philadelphia108–96Sam Jones (29)14–4
19November 25San Francisco118–122Sam Jones (30)15–4
20November 26@ St. Louis98–110John Havlicek (21)15–5
21November 28Cincinnati98–129John Havlicek (19)16–5
22December 1@ New York117–113 (OT)Sam Jones (37)17–5
23December 2New York91–116Heinsohn, S. Jones (20)18–5
24December 4@ San Francisco85–112Mel Counts (15)18–6
25December 5@ San Francisco105–81Sam Jones (22)19–6
26December 8@ Los Angeles108–98John Havlicek (25)20–6
27December 10@ Cincinnati116–101Sam Jones (22)21–6
28December 11@ Philadelphia118–109Sam Jones (33)22–6
29December 12Baltimore99–112Heinsohn, S. Jones (27)23–6
30December 15N St. Louis109–124Sam Jones (26)24–6
31December 16San Francisco106–107Sam Jones (32)25–6
32December 17N New York113–112John Havlicek (23)25–7
33December 19@ St. Louis115–105Sam Jones (28)26–7
34December 25N Detroit106–118Sam Jones (34)27–7
35December 26@ St. Louis97–84Sam Jones (32)28–7
36December 27N Detroit106–112Sam Jones (40)29–7
37December 28Los Angeles112–133Willie Naulls (22)30–7
38December 30@ Baltimore121–114Sam Jones (37)31–7
39January 2@ Detroit101–89John Havlicek (23)32–7
40January 3@ Cincinnati89–85Sam Jones (31)33–7
41January 6St. Louis106–138Ron Bonham (19)34–7
42January 7@ Los Angeles112–104Sam Jones (33)35–7
43January 8@ San Francisco94–91Bill Russell (22)36–7
44January 9@ Los Angeles107–103John Havlicek (24)37–7
45January 15Philadelphia95–104Sam Jones (29)38–7
46January 17Cincinnati98–101Sam Jones (30)39–7
47January 20@ Baltimore131–105Sam Jones (34)40–7
48January 22San Francisco94–104Willie Naulls (24)41–7
49January 23N Philadelphia104–100Sam Jones (35)41–8
50January 24Los Angeles93–117Sam Jones (27)42–8
51January 25N Baltimore142–104Sam Jones (27)43–8
52January 27Philadelphia98–115Sam Jones (29)44–8
53January 29@ Philadelphia105–118John Havlicek (25)44–9
54January 30@ New York97–90Sam Jones (25)45–9
55January 31New York95–123John Havlicek (22)46–9
56February 3Baltimore122–114John Havlicek (38)46–10
57February 5Cincinnati113–114Sam Jones (32)47–10
58February 7Los Angeles97–101Sam Jones (27)48–10
59February 9@ Cincinnati121–134Sam Jones (28)48–11
60February 10@ Detroit117–106John Havlicek (33)49–11
61February 12New York92–94 (OT)Sam Jones (34)50–11
62February 13@ New York113–123Sam Jones (44)50–12
63February 14Baltimore111–126Sam Jones (35)51–12
64February 17St. Louis114–121Sam Jones (32)52–12
65February 18N St. Louis109–119John Havlicek (28)53–12
66February 20@ San Francisco114–108John Havlicek (27)54–12
67February 21@ Los Angeles114–129Sam Jones (29)54–13
68February 24@ Los Angeles97–95Sam Jones (27)55–13
69February 26@ San Francisco130–112Sam Jones (26)56–13
70February 28@ St. Louis108–102Tom Heinsohn (23)57–13
71March 3Los Angeles104–102Sam Jones (28)57–14
72March 5@ Baltimore124–128 (OT)Sam Jones (38)57–15
73March 6@ Philadelphia98–103Havlicek, S. Jones (21)57–16
74March 7Philadelphia111–133Sam Jones (27)58–16
75March 10@ Detroit124–106Sam Jones (28)59–16
76March 11N Detroit100–112Bill Russell (27)60–16
77March 12@ Cincinnati108–118Sam Jones (32)60–17
78March 14San Francisco98–106Sam Jones (24)61–17
79March 17@ New York114–119Sam Jones (28)61–18
80March 21Cincinnati99–116Bill Russell (23)62–18

Playoffs
1965 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 4 Philadelphia W 108–98 Tom Heinsohn (23) Bill Russell (32) Bill Russell (6) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–0
2 April 6 @ Philadelphia L 103–109 Sam Jones (40) Bill Russell (16) Bill Russell (5) Municipal Auditorium
9,790		 1–1
3 April 8 Philadelphia W 112–94 S. Jones, Havlicek (24) Bill Russell (26) Bill Russell (8) Boston Garden
13,909		 2–1
4 April 9 @ Philadelphia L 131–134 (OT) Sam Jones (36) Bill Russell (25) K. C. Jones (10) Municipal Auditorium
9,294		 2–2
5 April 11 Philadelphia W 114–108 Sam Jones (29) Bill Russell (28) K. C. Jones (9) Boston Garden
13,909		 3–2
6 April 13 @ Philadelphia L 106–112 Tom Sanders (25) Bill Russell (21) Russell, K. C. Jones (5) Municipal Auditorium
11,182		 3–3
7 April 15 Philadelphia W 110–109 Sam Jones (37) Bill Russell (8) K. C. Jones (10) Boston Garden
13,909		 4–3
NBA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 Los Angeles W 142–110 Sam Jones (25) Bill Russell (28) K. C. Jones (8) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–0
2 April 19 Los Angeles W 129–123 John Havlicek (24) Bill Russell (25) Bill Russell (10) Boston Garden
13,909		 2–0
3 April 21 @ Los Angeles L 105–126 Sam Jones (35) Bill Russell (19) Larry Siegfried (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
14,243		 2–1
4 April 23 @ Los Angeles W 112–99 Sam Jones (37) Bill Russell (23) Russell, K. C. Jones (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,217		 3–1
5 April 25 Los Angeles W 129–96 S. Jones, Russell (22) Bill Russell (30) K. C. Jones (9) Boston Garden
13,909		 4–1
1965 schedule

Awards and honors

References
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