1962–63 Boston Celtics season
1962–63 Boston Celtics season | |
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Sixth NBA Championship | |
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 58–22 (.725) |
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | NBA Champions |
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHDH-TV |
Radio | WHDH |
The 1962-63 NBA season was the Celtics' 17th season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season by winning their sixth NBA Championship.
Offseason
NBA Draft
The 1962 NBA Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | John Havlicek | Forward/Guard | ![]() |
Ohio State |
2 | 16 | Jack Foley | Guard | ![]() |
Holy Cross |
3 | 25 | Jim Hadnot | ![]() |
Providence | |
4 | 34 | Roger Strickland | ![]() |
Jacksonville University | |
5 | 43 | Gary Daniels | ![]() |
The Citadel | |
6 | 52 | Jim Hooley | Boston College | ||
7 | 60 | Clyde Arnold | Duquesne | ||
8 | 69 | Chuck Chevalier | Boston College | ||
9 | 78 | Mike Cingiser | Brown | ||
Roster
Depth chart
Pos. | Starter | Bench | Reserve | Inactive |
---|---|---|---|---|
C | Bill Russell | Clyde Lovellette | ||
PF | Tom Heinsohn | Satch Sanders | Jim Loscutoff | |
SF | Frank Ramsey | John Havlicek | Gene Guarilia Dan Swartz | |
SG | Sam Jones | |||
PG | Bob Cousy | K. C. Jones |
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | PCT. | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Celtics C | 58 | 22 | .725 | – |
Syracuse Nationals | 48 | 32 | .600 | 10 |
Cincinnati Royals | 42 | 38 | .525 | 16 |
New York Knicks | 21 | 59 | .263 | 37 |
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 | — |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
East Division Semifinals
The Celtics had a division semifinal bye.
East Division Finals
(1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Cincinnati Royals: Celtics win series 4–3
- Game 1 @ Boston: Cincinnati 135, Boston 132
- Game 2 @ Cincinnati: Boston 125, Cincinnati 102
- Game 3 @ Boston: Cincinnati 121, Boston 116
- Game 4 @ Cincinnati: Boston 128, Cincinnati 110
- Game 5 @ Boston: Boston 125, Cincinnati 120
- Game 6 @ Cincinnati: Cincinnati 109, Boston 99
- Game 7 @ Boston: Boston 142, Cincinnati 131
NBA Finals
Game | Date | Home Team | Result | Road Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game 1 | April 14 | Boston | 117–114 | Los Angeles |
Game 2 | April 16 | Boston | 113–106 | Los Angeles |
Game 3 | April 17 | Los Angeles | 119–99 | Boston |
Game 4 | April 19 | Los Angeles | 105–108 | Boston |
Game 5 | April 21 | Boston | 119–126 | Los Angeles |
Game 6 | April 24 | Los Angeles | 109–112 | Boston |
Celtics win series 4–2
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
- ↑ 1962–63 NBA Season Summary – Basketball-Reference.com
- ↑ "1962 Boston Celtics". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ↑ 1963 NBA Playoff Summary – Basketball-Reference.com
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